Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Daniel von Bargen

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. His range was much broader than his usual assignments of authority figures -- he could do comedy, horror, drama, and so forth!






Richard Finnell

Drummer for Shiva's Headband and later, journalist -- via music.blog.austin360.com.

Kenneth Moore

Jeff McKnight

Former MLB player -- via the New York Daily News.


Alex Johnson

Former MLB player -- via ESPN.


Tod Dockstader

Composer -- via Pitchfork.




Rosa Novell

Actress -- via wn.com. AKA Maria Rosa Novell Clausells.

Barry Newbery

Braulio Castillo

Actor -- via El Nuevo Dia. AKA Braulio Castillo Cintron.

Robert Saloschin

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Graeme Goodall

Sound engineer, music producer, sound studio builder -- via the Jamaica Observer. Recorded the Wailers, the Skatalites, Desmond Dekker, and many more. His remix of "Israelites" was the key to its big success.

Malcom Boyd

Priest, poet, and gay-rights activist -- via the L.A. Times.





Charmayne "Maxee" Maxwell

Singer with R & B trio Brownstone -- via the L.A. Times.

Orrin Keepnews

Jazz writer and producer -- via the New York Times.

Carel Visser

Sculptor -- via kunstmarkt.com.

Avjit Roy

Writer and blogger -- via the New York Times.

William Thomas McKinley

Composer -- via the New York Times.




June Randall

Script supervisor extraordinaire -- via the Telegraph. She ensured continuity, and much more, for projects as diverse as the Bond series, and those of director Stanley Kubrick.

James "Jimsy" Boudwin

Yasar Kemal

Writer -- via the BBC.

Monday, March 2, 2015

Ralf Paulsen

Country-western singer -- via Die Welt.

Maurice Hurley

Hector Carrion

Musician -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

David Banks

Chris Rainbow

Vocalist with the Alan Parsons Project, Camel, and Jon Anderson -- via Ultimate Classic Rock. AKA Christopher James Harley.




Deathcetera: The week in death and mourning

A slow week. Which is good!

DEATH

Achieving a good death – via Alex Lickerman at Slate

Painter renders last meals of 600 executed prisoners – via Anna van Wagtendonk at PBS News Hour

Why we like to read the words of the dying – by Eve Wiseman at the Guardian

Death and . . . improv? – from Barbara Brotman at the Chicago Tribune

FUNERALS

Fascinating funeral traditions from around the globe – via Kate Torgovnick May at ideas.ted.com



Jim King

Former MLB player -- via nelsonberna.com.


Theodore Hesburgh

Priest and university president -- via the New York Times.

Dori J. Maynard

Journalist -- via the L.A. Times.

Terence Ranger

Pauline Fisk

Children's author -- via the BBC. AK Pauline Davies.

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Boris Nemtsov

Scientist and politician -- via the Guardian.

Richard Bakalyan

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. One of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, Bakalyan played gangsters and the like for more than 50 years.

"The Face is Familiar" - Dick Bakalyan from Encore Video Services on Vimeo.

Pam Brighton

Theater director -- via the Guardian.

AL Rees

Said Sheikh Samatar

Scholar and writer -- via raxanreeb.com.

Minnie Miñoso

Great left fielder for the Chicago White Sox -- via the Chicago Tribune. AKA Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso Arrieta, the Cuban Comet, Mr. White Sox. A power hitter, he was fast on the bases as well, second only to Willie Mays at the time. He was also noted for standing in and getting hit by pitches. He is referenced in a notable comedy routine by Robert Klein --  One of those guys I think should be in the Hall of Fame.



The Minnie bit comes at 4:30 in this clip --




Friday, February 27, 2015

Robert "Wolfman" Belfour

Bluesman -- via the Memphis Commercial Appeal.




A. Vincent

Cinematographer -- via the Hindu.

Giacomo Rondinella

Singer and actor -- via Il Mattino.



Ariel Camacho

Singer for Los Plebes del Rancho -- via the New York Times.



Tyzen Hsiao

Composer -- via Focus Taiwan.

Leonard Nimoy

Actor, director, poet, singer, and photographer; our beloved Spock from the original "Star Trek" TV series -- via the New York Times. He enacted one of the most memorable and enduring characters in American culture -- as the Vulcan science officer of the starship Enterprise, he played a brilliant but tormented outsider who struggled to keep his all-too-human side at bay. Nimoy was a versatile actor who later figured prominently in shows such as "Mission: Impossible"; he directed two "Star Trek" films successfully, and the comedy hit "3 Men and a Baby" as well. Lest we forget, he served as the host of the syndicated series "In Search of . . . ", and did a nice turn as a therapist in the remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Famous for what some might consider a silly role, he took it all with good humor.









Thursday, February 26, 2015

Gerardo Reyes

Ranchera singer -- via El Siglo de Torreon. AKA The Son of the People, the Godfather of Cinco de Mayo.



Eugenie Clark

Fritz J. Raddatz

Writer and critic -- via newsdirectory1.com.

Ruth Denison

Buddhist teacher -- via Tricycle.

R.C. Sakthi

Director and actor -- via the Hindu.

John Crocker

Actor -- via the Telegraph.

Tonya Gonnella Frichner

Indigenous leader -- via the New York Times.