Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Ben Bradlee

L. M. Kit Carson

Lynda Bellingham

Actress -- via the Guardian.  AKA Meredith Lee Hughes. Best known for her long role as the "Oxo mom," in TV commercials peddling gravy.

Paul Craft

Member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame -- via the Washington Post. He wrote such hits as "Drop Kick Me, Jesus," "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life," "Midnight Flyer," "It's Me Again, Margaret," "Keep Me from Blowing Away," "Raised by the Rail Line," and "Brother Jukebox."

John Holt

Singer and songwriter; former lead singer for the Paragons -- via the BBC. His big hit: "The Tide is High."




Giorgio Rebuffi

Cartoonist -- via La Stampa.

Milton R. Bass

Journalist and writer -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Gabrielle Reidy

Actress -- via the Irish Times.

Jiri Reynek

Oscar "Pete" Denenberg

Assistant film editor -- via legacy.com.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Jason Jurman

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Martyn Grubb

Worker priest -- via the Guardian.

Chris Bartlett

Water engineer -- via the Guardian.

Ali Mazrui

Scholar -- via The Guardian.

Joseph Nicholson

Journalist -- via the Advocate.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Deborah Warren

Actress -- via losandes.com.ar.

Jonathan Mane-Wheoki

Art historian and curator -- via Radio New Zealand.

Ed Nimmervoll

Milan Kozelka

Poet -- via idnes.cz.

Misty Upham

Actress -- via The Wrap.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Tim Hauser

Sumi Haru

Actress -- via Variety. AKA Mildred Sevilla.

Harley Clark

David Candow

Richard Kanter

Oboist -- via the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Celso Faria

Actor -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.

Leonard Delaney


Drummer for the Tornadoes -- via Redlands Daily Facts.

Mark Bell

Lojze Logar

Artist -- via delo.si.

Mats Rondin

Cellist and composer -- via Kristiansbladet.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Louis H. Murillo

Louis Murillo at far left, Karl Wallenda, Jennie Wallenda, Andy Anderson.
Aerialist -- via legacy.com. AKA The Great Murillo. Was a member of the famous Flying Wallendas for many years; served as the stunt double for Lloyd Bridges in the 1978 TV movie "The Great Wallendas."

Murillo was a survivor of one of the deadliest tragedies in aerialist history. On January 30, 1962, they attempted a seven-person pyramid on the high wire. The lead man slipped and the performers fell; two were killed and a third was paralyzed for life. 

Park Honan

Biographer and scholar -- via the Telegraph.

Jan Schanilec

Actor -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.

Ray Metzker

Photographer -- via the New York Times.


Mario Bardella

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Elizabeth Pena

Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Best known for her work in films such as "Jacob's Ladder," "Lone Star," and "The Incredibles."

Marie Dubois

Actress -- via Le Monde. AKA Caludine Lucie Pauline HuzeOne of my heartthrobs, she was the beautiful and loving waitress Lena in Truffaut's "Shoot the Piano Player." Won a Cesar for her work "La Menace," and did much supporting work.






Gary McLarty

Stunt man, actor, and stunt coordinator -- via deadline.com. AKA "Whiz Kid." Killed in a car accident with his old friend and fellow stunt man Bob Orrison. He was in just about everything -- he rode the motorcycle up the stairs in "Animal House," he doubled for Fonzie on "Happy Days."

McLarty figured prominently in two Hollywood tragedies. First, he was Vic Morrow's stunt double in "Twilight Zone: The Movie," and was in the helicopter when it crashed during filming on June 23, 1982, killing Morrow and two child actors. McCarty asserted he warned director John Landis that the stunt was too dangerous to perform.

Second, he testified during the trial of actor Robert Blake for the 2001 murder of his wife, claiming that Blake offered him $10,000 to do the job.

Bob Orrison

Stunt man and actor -- via deadline.com. Killed in car accident with old friend and fellow stunt man Gary McLarty. Orrison was the primary driver of the General Lee on "The Dukes of Hazzard" TV show; he worked in film and TV and can be seen in the background of many original "Star Trek" episodes.

Trigz

Tattoo artist, body artist, and model -- via mstarz.com. AKA Mr. Trigger AKA Michael Pebley.

Howard Cocks Dickinson IV

Former state legislator; perhaps the most exuberant obituary penned since Rabelais walked the earth -- via the Conway Daily Sun. It is currently fourth from the top of the page; it bears repeating in full below.

Howard Cocks Dickinson IV, aka Crow, King of The Hill, and "Uncle Foof" crossed over to the other side at 4:20 AM on October 8, 2014, as stormy skies covered up the eclipse of the full blood moon and the North winds swept in to carry his spirit away from his home on Baird Hill. He walked through heaven's gate "prick first," just as he would have wanted.
Born in Schenectady N.Y., January 29, 1936 to Cynthia Potter Read and Howard C. Dickinson, Jr. Crow grew up at Peach's Point in Marblehead, Mass., and from there went on to St. Paul's School, Harvard University '58, and Yale Forestry School.
In 1967 Crow bought his farm on Baird Hill Road in Center Conway, N.H. where he spent the rest of his life. Crow is survived by three children (that we know of) James Russell Dickinson, Alexander Solely Dickinson, and Anne Staveley, six grandchildren Cree, Taylor, Nathaniel "Tait", Eric, Cypress, and Howard "Jack," and by his brother Read Dickinson. He was pre-deceased by his beloved dog and faithful last companion Tia, among many other adored Jack Russells.
Crow was very proud to have dedicated his life to public service and helping those in his community. He served in the Navy, spent 32 years as a N.H. State Representative, served many years as a selectman for the Town of Conway, and was a member multiple local boards and committees. In his lengthy political career Crow touched the lives of many many people. A few of his accomplishments that he was most proud of were the "Ski Area Liability Law," creating "The Board of Midwifery," "The Current-Use law" and the new "Moose Lottery."
In his younger days, Crow was an adventure traveler who sailed in the Newport-Bermuda Race; rowed at the Henley Regatta in England; fly fished in Iceland, Argentina as well as throughout New England. He hunted in Italy, England, Austria, South America and throughout the Northeast.
Crow was a lover of hunting, fishing, food, the woods, women, politics, dogs, guns,porn, and last but not least, himself. He was The Master teacher of knife sharpening, iron pan cleaning, lawn mowing, gun cleaning, cooking roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and gravy, making "dredge," double-buttered toast, turning off lights, closing windows, sharpening chain saws ... and much much more!
As he begins his new journey we wish him: Fair Winds & Following Seas, Tight Loops & Fish On, Sharp Knives & Good Food, Steady Points & Crossing Shots, A Sharp Saw & Sound Wood, Voice Votes with Unanimous Consent & Bipartisanship, and a room full of women with an open bar!
Services will be held 2 p.m. on November 1, 2014 at the Salyard Center for the Arts in Conway Village, N.H. Please bring your favorite written story, memory or photograph to post and share on a wall created in his memory. No flowers please, instead plant a chestnut tree.

Lesson to be learned: be nice to your children, because they are the ones who hold your hand when you are dying and write your obituary ;)

Fred Branfman

Educational advisor who discovered and reported that the U.S. was bombing Laos -- via the Telegraph. He later became an advisor and writer on political topics.