Friday, October 31, 2014

Daniel Boulanger

Writer and actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Wrote the  screenplay for the cult hit "The King of Hearts" and the Oscar-nominated "That Man from Rio." Appeared in films such as "Breathless," "Shoot the Piano Player," and "The Bride Wore Black."


Genpei Akasegawa

Artist -- via asahi.com. AKA Katsuhiko Akasegawa, Katsuhiko Otsuji.

David Armstrong

Photographer -- via the Huffington Post.

Thabiso Sekgala

Photographer -- via the Mail & Guardian.

Stan M. Jay

Lutenist -- via the New York Times.

Paul Nabor

Singer and guitarist -- via Channel 5 Belize. AKA Alfonso Palacio.

Azel Wendell Grasty Sr.

Superfan -- via oaklandraiders.com. AKA Oaktown Pirate.


Pavle Merku

Composer -- via delo.si.

Kim Anderzon

Actress -- via dn.se.

Shin Hae Chul

Musician -- via kppstarz.com.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Henry Bailey

Actor -- via ABC7 Chicago.

Aldo Sarabia

Musician -- via Billboard.

Victor Holchak

Actor and sports journalist -- via legacy.com.

Peter Shelton

Dave Redfern

Photographer -- via the Telegraph.


Allen "Alpo" Paulino

Bassist for the Real Kids -- via lostinthegrooves.blogspot.com.

Jeff Robinson

Former MLB pitcher -- via ESPN.

Pat McGlothin

Former MLB player -- via knoxnews.com.

Bob Carroll

Tap dancer -- via the L.A. Times.


Dale Dorman

Radio host -- via WCVB.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Elisabeth Norment

Actress -- via the L.A. Times. Best known for her role as Nancy Kaufberger in "House of Cards."

S.S. Rajendran

Actor -- via the Times of India.

Ursula Lingen

Actress -- via focus.de.

Mile Krajna

Musician -- via 24sata.hr.

Michael Hayes

Director, producer, actor, and newsreader -- via the Telegraph. Among his better-known projects: three Doctor Who series with Tom Baker; "An Age of Kings," and Julie Christie's first screen appearance, "A for Andromeda."


Brian Lemon

Jazz pianist -- via the Guardian.

John Daniel

Kim Robert Koscki

Stuntman and stunt coordinator -- via westernsallitaliana.com.

Marija Crnobori

Actress -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.

Seth Gaaikema

Comedian and writer -- via Omroep Brabant.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

WEEKLY READER: Our roundup of the world of death and mourning

Eight days late due to dead hardware -- thanks, readers, for your patience!

TOP STORIES

·         A different perspective on death with dignity – from Kerry Donahue in Modern Loss
·         And yet another, from Adrienne Pedersen at WFLA

Kate Schweitzer at Popsugar discusses the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibit on mourning dress; as does Art in America, Glam, National News Wire, Complex, Newsweek, TIME, and artcritical. Hillary Kelly’s meditation in the New Republic is particularly well-thought.




DEATH

Death and popular culture – a survey by Ruth LaFerla in the New York Times

What does a death investigator do? – from Katy Moeller at the Idaho Statesman

Unique cemeteries – from Emma Morton in Slate

Jane Gross at the New York Times looks into the lives of the last Holocaust survivors


Art project leads to 50 “Boxes of Death” – from Nastia Voynovskaya at Hi Fructose



In the Guardian, Imogen Russell Williams discusses books that help young children understand death

Explaining death to children: a humanist perspective – by Joan Reisman-Brill in The Humanist

Dying man wrote, left cache of letters for wife, infant daughter – by Alyssa Newcomb on Good Morning America



MOURNING



Older mourning customs explored – by Irene Bowers at the Virginia Beach Beacon


Victorian mourning biscuits – from “Rebeccac” at Daily Two Cents

“ReTweet if You’re Grieving” from Anna Altman at the New York Times


Muslim imambara are houses of mourning – from M H Heider at The Daily Star


END-OF-LIFE ISSUES


On donating your body to science – from Gabrielle Monaghan from the Irish Independent


FUNERALS

Funerary historian and curator Kathy Volkmann gives presentation – from Bob Dohr at the Wausau Daily Herald






Chen Ziming

Dissident -- via the L.A. Times.

Lilli Carati

Actress -- via Corriere Della Sera.

Rene Burri

Photographer -- via the Guardian.

Clive Beer-Jones

Musician; founding member of Black Widow -- via Ultimate Classic Rock.

Tyson Stevens

Vocalist -- via altpress.com. Best known for his work with Scary Kids Scaring Kids.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Alvin Stardust

Singer, TV host, and actor -- via the Guardian. AKA Bernard Jewry, Shane Fenton.

Ed Keegan

Former MLB pitcher -- via philly.com.

Raphael Ravenscroft

Saxophonist, composer, and writer -- via the BBC. Best remembered for his sax solo on "Baker Street."



Margaret Hilert

Writer, poet, and teacher -- via Sullivan & Son Funeral Directors.

Ashok Kumar

Cinematographer -- via the Odisha Sun News.

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.