Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Bobby Keys

Saxophonist best known for his work with the Rolling Stones -- via The Nashville Scene. His career began in 1958 with Bobby Vee and Buddy Holly; he worked with the Stones from 1969-1974 and 1980 to the present. He also played with Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, B.B. King, Chuck Berry . . . a long list.

http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2014/12/02/rolling-stones-saxophonist-bobby-keys-dead-at-70

LeRoy Crume, Sr.

Jan Thomas Njerve

Artist -- via the Aftenposten.

Willie Lewis

Rockabilly musician -- via rockabillywillie.com.

George Hilliard

George is at far right in photo.
Tenor in the group the Latineers -- via classicurbanharmony.net. He was replaced as second tenor by George Williams in 1960; the group's name changed to the Tymes, and their big hit "So Much in Love" was recorded in 1963. Classic Urban Harmony reports that he died on Sept. 24.


Mark Loomis

Guitarist, keyboardist, and co-founder of the Chocolate Watchband -- via the band's Wikipedia page. No primary sources for this, but the report is that he died on Sept. 26 in Hawaii.



Monday, December 1, 2014

DEATHCETERA: Weekly roundup of worldwide stories on death, dying, mourning and more

TOP STORIES

For some Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a National Day of Mourning – by Matt Juul at boston.com. More on this from Fred Hanson at the Plymouth Patriot Ledger, and Liberation.

Modern Loss, just completing its first year, has three Thanksgiving-related stories posted on its site

The holidays will kill you. – from Dan Diamond at Forbes


DEATH


Caleb Wilde of Confessions of a Funeral Director gives a TedX talk on “Embracing Death”

‘The Immortalists’ – a review of the new documentary, concerning two men fighting aging and death, by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg – from Nicolas Rapold in the New York Times

Video report: Deceased psychiatric patients finally get memorials – from Kassie Bracken at the New York Times

Tours of hell: five cultures look at postmortem damnation – via Rebecca Burgan at Atlas Obscura

Return of man assumed dead a “pleasant shock” for his family – via V Mayilvaganan at the Times of India

Hiker photographs bear that kills him – via Lauren Gambino in the Guardian



MOURNING


A funeral for a beloved homeless man – via Corey Kilgannon at the New York Times

Oyate community mourns its murdered members – via Elisa Sand at the Aberdeen, SD News

Churchill’s railway funeral carriage restored – from Britain’s National Railway Museum


FUNERALS

Going green when it comes to funerals – from Lucy Siegle at the Guardian

Author calls for removing the fun from funeral – via Terry Mattingly at the Gaston, NC Gazette


Funeral procession – sacrosanct or a nuisance? – from The Order of the Good Death

Reiterating the details of King Tut’s curse – from Jennifer Latson at TIME magazine

Worst funeral ever? Demented man steals hearse with coffin inside – via May Slater for Daily Mail Australia


END-OF-LIFE

Trouble at an assisted-living facility – from Vivian Vee at the New York Times


OBITS

Beautiful obit of journalist James Ragsdale by Ruben Rosario at the the St. Paul Pioneer Press



Kent Haruf

Novelist -- via the Washington Post.

Les Wasley

Cinematographer and cameraman -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Qayyum Chowdhury

Artist -- via bdnews24.com.

Luc de Vos

Musician, singer, and writer -- via De Redactie.

T.J. Martinez

Priest -- via the Valley Morning Star.




Sunday, November 30, 2014

Mark Strand

Poet -- via the New York Times.

Frances Nero

Singer -- via soulandjazzandfunk.com. AKA Willie Frances Peak. Her bighit: "Footsteps Following Me."




Mary Hinkson

Dancer -- via the New York Times.

Aaron Shirley

Mordecai Lawner

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Friday, November 28, 2014

Chespirito

Comedian -- via Variety. AKA Roberto Gomez Bolanos.

Hermione Hobhouse

Bob Baker

Puppeteer -- via the L.A. Times.

Bernie Fleischer

Lester Bernstein

Journalist and editor -- via the New York Times.

Bunny Briggs

Tap dancer -- via the New York Times. AKA Bernard Briggs.

Mickey Champion

Blues singer -- via the L.A. Times.

Saeed Akl

Poet -- via the Washington Post.

Sabah

Singer and actress -- via CNN. AKA Jeanette Feghali.

Steve Hed

Master of bicycle aerodynamics -- via Velo News.

Thursday, November 27, 2014

P.D. James

Writer -- via the BBC. One of the greatest writers of detective fiction, her long series of Adam Dalgliesh novels are priceless, moving beyond genre conventions to provide indelible portraits of society, the criminal procress, and the internal lives of its characters. In my opinion her two Cordelia Gray novels are even better. Among her miscellaneous works is the great science fiction novel "The Children of Men."




Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Agustin Briolini

Rock vocalist -- via the New York Daily News.

Annemarie Duringer

Actress -- via Die Kleine Zeitung. Best known for her work with Fassbinder, in "Berlin Alexanderplatz" and the evil Dr. Katz in "Veronika Voss."

Petr Hapka

Composer and singer -- via ceskenoviny.cz.

KL Tha General

Rapper -- via the New York Daily News. AKA Kevie Durham.



Paul Vaughan

Claire Barry

One half of the Yiddish jazz-singing duo the Barry Sisters -- via legacy.com. AKA Clara Bagelman.

Helene Duc

Actress -- via purepeople.com.

Bernard Heidsieck

Poet -- via Liberation.

Allan Kornblum

Poet, editor, printer, and publisher -- via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Sitara Devi

A master of Indian classical dance -- via the Economic Times.