Sunday, October 5, 2014

Mary Lea Bandy

Film preservationist -- via the New York Times.

Sarah Danielle Goldberg

Actress -- via legacy.com. AKA Sarah Danielle Madison. Best known as Dr. Labonte on "Judging Amy," and Sarah Glass in "7th Heaven." 

Michael Goldberg

Screenwriter -- via philly.com. Co-wrote "Cool Runnings" and Rick Moranis's Elvis-has-left-the-building movie, "Little Giants," among others.

Alan Henning

Aid worker; executed by extremist jihad group -- via the New York Times. Once again, won't link to video. I am so sorry; he looks like he was a nice guy.

John J. Lloyd

Art director and production designer for film -- via legacy.com. Started off as an art director on TV in 1950; he worked on such significant series as "Wagon Train," "Leave It to Beaver," and "Emergency!." In film, he did great work as production designer in films such as "The Blues Brothers"; "Big Trouble in Little China" and "The Thing" with John Carpenter; and the first two "Naked Gun" movies. Won his Emmy for "Checkmate," a 1960-1962 detective series starring Doug McClure, Sebastian Cabot, and Anthony George.




Paul Revere

Rocker; keyboardist, singer, and leader of Paul Revere and the Raiders -- via The Oregonian. AKA Paul Revere Dick. Biggest hits: "Kicks" and "Indian Reservation." They even appeared on an episode of "Batman" on Nov. 2, 1966, as Paul Revere and the Ruders.










Nati Cano

Bill Fiore

Actor -- via Chuck McCann's Facebook page. The goggle-eyed performer is best remembered as the "Hi, guy!" character who finds an ebullient McCann on the other side of his bathroom medicine cabinet in a TV Right Guard commercial.

Yuri Lyubimov

Theater director -- via the Guardian.

Pedro Pena

Actor -- via heraldo.es.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Elina Labourdette

Actress -- via purepeople.com. Best known for her role as gnes in the early Bresson filmj "Les dames du Bois de Boulogne," she also appeared in films such as Demy's "Lola."

Cedric Wyatt

Indigenous rights activist -- via The Australian.

Matilde Perez

Artist -- via latercera.com.

Mary Cadogan

Jadir Ambrosio

Musician and composer -- via otempo.com.br.

Otto Paparazzo

Innovative developer -- via the New York Times.

Sheila Tracy

Radio host and trombonist -- via the Telegraph.

Lynsey de Paul

Singer and songwriter -- via the BBC. AKA Lynsey Rubin. Write several pop hits, TV themes, and more.

George M. Roberts

Trombonist -- via the Hollywood Reporter. AKA Mr. Bass Trombone. A highly valued studio musician, he's featured over more than 6,000 recordings.

Ray Lambrecht

Car collector -- via the New York Times. While I'm on intrinsically interested in his life story, Bruce Weber's obit is a prime example of the genre.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Earl Smith

Former MLB player -- via the Fresno Bee.

Cara Silverman

Film editor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Paul Savage

Actor and screenwriter -- via westernboothill.blgospot.com.

Luis Nishizawa

Artist -- via La Jornada.

Dannie Abse

Poet and doctor -- via the Telegraph.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Eileen McKenna

Ad exec and child actress -- via Ad Age. The first pre-teen to be a Breck Girl, she also featured in Xerox's very first TV commercial.



Jack Eagle

Comic, actor, and trumpeter -- via the L.A. Times. Best remembered as Brother Dominic in an iconic Xerox commercial.




George "Shotgun" Shuba

Former MLB player -- via the New York Times. Remembered for his congratulatory handshake with Jackie Robinson after Jackie hit his first big homer in pro ball (playing for the Montreal Royals farm team against the Jersey City Giants in the old International League, on April 18, 1946). At the time, it was a groundbreaking act of racial acceptance.


Tuula Nyman

Actress -- via mtv.fi.

Jean Phillipe Auclair and Carl Andreas Fransson

Fransson, left, and Aucliar died together.
Extreme skiers; killed in avalanche -- via the Independent.



Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Maggie Stables

Actress -- via Big Finish Audio.

Raymond "Big Al" Brownley

Plumber -- via legacy.com. A humorous obituary.

Justin McCowan

Research volunteer -- via NPR.

Zhang Xianliang

Writer -- via english.eastday.com.

http://english.cntv.cn/2014/09/28/VIDE1411902604487710.shtml

Abdelmajid Lakhal

Actor and director -- via tunisie14.tn.

Eugie Foster

Writer, columnist, and editor -- via Boing Boing.

Petr Skoumal

Musician and composer -- via blesk.cz.

Sam Hall

John McIlwaine

Forensic archaeologist -- via the Guardian.

Gerald Larue

Right-to-die activist -- via the New York Times.

WEEKLY READER: An international roundup of stories on death, dying, mourning and more

TOP STORIES

An interview with New York Times obituarist Margalit Fox – from Alex Ronan of the Paris Review

Bourree Lam interviews celebrity mortician Caitlin Doughty in the Atlantic

From Caleb Wilde in Confessions of a Funeral Director: “Why Funeral Directors Become Narcissists: Seven Reasons”


DEATH

A pagan perspective on death and burial – from Cara Schulz at The Wild Hunt

What can you do when someone dies on a plane? – by Laura Begley Bloom of Yahoo Travel




MOURNING


Looking at the dynamics of grief and mourning for the “suicide-bereaved” – via Counseling Connection

“The Jewish Mourning Tradition of Shiva” from Zoe Byrne at Seven Ponds

Mourning on social media by Jennifer Golbeck in Psychology Today


FUNERALS


Woman to have Philadelphia Eagles-themed funeral – from David Chang at NBC Philadelphia.

In praise of funeral slide shows: from Sheryl at Being Fifty-Something


Randy Hutchinson of the Better Business Bureau, in the Jacksonville Sun, tells us about the FTC consumer-protection funeral rules


New funeral customs in Uganda – from Carol Kasujja of New Vision


Funeral co-ops grow in Canada to reduce costs – via Justina Reichel at the Epoch Times

From Confessions of a Funeral Director, another green burial idea

A funeral for the Corcoran Gallery of Art – via Maura Judkis of the Washington Post


OBITS

On Catholic Sports Net, Billy Reed eulogizes his mentor, the late Larry Van Hoose

When an obituary is written to make the writer look good, by Joan King in the Gainesville Times

Obituary reveals man’s five-year affair – via Sam Rkaina in The Mirror

In TIME magazine, Helen Shulman memorializes her cousin David


HUMOR





Jaak Joala

Singer -- via postimees.ee. AKA "The Kremlin's Nightingale" for his many Soviet-era performances in Russia.

Walter Josef Fischer

Graffiti artist -- via artnet.com. AKA Oz. Responsible for more than 120,000 tags; spent a cumulative eight years in prison for his activities.


Ailo Gaup

Shaman and writer -- via nrk.no.

Karl Miller

Editor, writer, and critic -- via the Guardian.

Anatoly Eiramdzhan

Monday, September 29, 2014