Sunday, October 26, 2014

Marcia Strassman

Actress and singer -- via deadline.com. Her two defining roles were first as Julie Kotter in he U.S. TV series "Welcome Back, Kotter," and as Diane Szalinski in the "Honey, I Shrunk the . . . " Disney film trilogy. She started as a singer, with the modest hit "The Flower People." Denver angle: her second record, "The Groovy World of Jack and Jill," charted only in Denver, evidently.





Oscar Taveras

Rookie outfielder for the Cardinals; killed in a car crash at 22 -- via MLB. Poor kid. Baruch dayan emet.

Leigh Kamman

Jazz radio host -- via MPR. Broadcast for 67 years, from 1940 through 2007. Denver angle: he broadcast from KOA-AM during World War II.




Ramanlal Mehta

Vocalist and musicologist -- via the Times of India. AKA R.C. Mehta. 

Sidney Shapiro

Writer, scholar, and translator -- via the Malay Mail. AKA Sha Boli. One of the very foreign-born Chinese citizens.

Efua Dorkenoo

Activist against female genital mutilation -- via the Washington Post.

Luther Masingill

Gloria Casarez

Civil rights activist -- via the Advocate.

Mick Burt

Drummer for Chas & Dave -- via contactmusic.com.

Anna Nakagawa

Actress -- via jiji.com.



Friday, October 24, 2014

Lou Lucier

Former MLB player -- via USA Today.

Gerard Parkes

Actor -- via the Huffington Post.

'Sista' Monica Parker

Gospel and blues singer -- via sfgate.com.

Geoff Nugent

Guitarist -- via hollywood.com.

Joanne Borgella

Singer -- via CNN.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Stephen Paulus

Composer -- via the New York Times. A lyrical writer best known for his operatic and choral works.


Federico Boido

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. AKA Rick Boyd, Rico Boido, Rich Boyd, Rick Boyd, Rik Boyd, and Ryck Boyd. Appeared in many spaghetti Westerns, sci-fi and exploitation films such as "Danger:Diabolik," "Planet of the Vampires," "Superfly TNT," and "Guns for Dollars."


Robert Demeger

Actor -- via the Independent.


Donald Shore

Bassoonist -- via the Washington Post.

Damiana L. Eugenio

Folklorist and writer -- via GMA News.

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.