Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Beverly Blossom

Dancer and choreographer -- via the New York Times. AKA Beverly Schmidt.

Renato Sellani

Jazz pianist and composer -- via avvenire.it.

Anna Vejvodova

Actress -- via super.cz.

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Actor -- via the Times of India. AKA Ganesh Kumar Narwode.

Drusilla Campbell

Novelist -- via utsandiego.com.


Brittany Maynard

Death with Dignity practitioner -- via the New York Times. Faced with inoperable and debilitating brain cancer, she chose to end her life on Nov. 1.

Wayne Static

Singer and former frontman for Static X -- via the Telegraph. AKA Wayne Richard Wells.

Larry Latham

Animator -- via News from ME.


Lawrence Solomon

Dermatologist and bibliophile -- via the Chicago Sun-Times.

Joel Rosenzweig

Director -- via Yahoo News. Worked a great deal in television, but got his start by staging the world premiere performance of "Tommy" for his master's thesis at USC!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Acker Bilk

Clarinetist; best known for his big 1962 hit "Stranger on the Shore" -- via the BBC. AKA Bernard Bilk. 50 years after he wrote his signature tune . . . he was thoroughly sick of it.




Jean-Pierre Roy

Former MLB pitcher -- via Radio Canada.

Bob Henry

TV producer and director -- via the L.A. Times.

Ari Hoogenboom

Historian -- via legacy.com.

Eunice Betances

Merengue singer -- via diariolibre.com.

WEEKLY READER: Our roundup of stories worldwide on death and dying

TOP STORIES


The rise of the pauper’s funeral – via Amelia Gentleman at the Guardian

“Decoding the Food and Drink on a Day of the Dead altar” – by Karen Castillo Farfan at NPR


DEATH

The cult of Santa Muerte in Mexico – by Michael Schulson at the Daily Beast

Clive James faces death – interviewed by Steven Erlanger at the New York Times


Pagans observe Samhain – from Katie Bailey at the Citizen-Times


Memento mori: medieval images of death – via medievalists.net.


MOURNING

More on the mourning ensemble show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – from the New York Post, Vanity Fair, Jezebel, Racked, Paste, Thought Catalog,

Mourning in the digital age – via Bella Mackie at the Guardian
Writing and loss – from Carol McGranahan at Savage Minds



Digital methods of mourning – from Karen Heller at the Washington Post


FUNERALS

Black-owned funeral homes in decline – from Lewis Wallace at WYSO

The booming funeral business – a report from NBC News



END-OF-LIFE ISSUES




FUNERALS


Mortician Q & A conducted by Jonathan Anker at HLN TV

Ancient Pangasinan burial rites discussed – from Gabriel Cardinoza and Yolanda Sotelo at inquirer.net.


OBITUARIES

An amusing self-penned obituary – via Robbie Gonzalez at io9


OTHER

Death cakes! From Confessions of a Funeral Director



Tom Magliozzi

Herb Schapiro

Francoise Bertin

Actress -- via purepeople.com.

John Solomon

Croquet champion -- via the Telegraph.

Vic Ash

Jazz clarinetist and saxophonist -- via the Guardian.

Jenny McCrindle

Actress -- via The Herald (Scotland).

Matthew Naegeli

Actor -- via utsandiego.com.

Ian Fraser

Lee Kinney

Masterful bootfitter -- via the Denver Post.

Bernard Mayes

Romualdas Granauskas

Writer -- via vz.lt.

Rhiannon Davies Jones

Writer -- via the Independent.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Jimmy Trujillo

Edward Donno

Stuntman -- via startrek.com.


Ted Beniades

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.


Galway Kinnell

Poet -- via the New York Times.

Michael Hannon

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Alfred Wertheimer

Photographer -- via the New York Times.

Merton Sandler

Chemical pathologist -- via the Guardian. His research led to the development of anti-depressants.

Kamran ul-Haque

Aid worker -- via the Guardian.

Eric Dunham

Vitner -- via the Pour Fool at seattlepi.com.



Bernard Hopkins

Actor -- via Broadway World.

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.