Saturday, March 14, 2015

Al Rosen

Former MLB MVP and All-Star with the Cleveland Indians -- via Yahoo Sports. AKA The Hebrew Hammer, Flip.

Daevid Allen

Friday, March 13, 2015

Roy McKie

Illustrator -- via Publishers Weekly. His style is instantly recognizable, having graced many children's books between 1961 and 2002, including works written by Dr. Seuss, Henry Beard, P.D. Eastman, Bennett Cerf, and others.





Sheppard "Sam" Frere

Historian and archaeologist -- via the Guardian.

Fred Latremouille

Radio host -- via the Toronto Globe and Mail.

Tulu Titmouse

Drummer and bassist with the Queers -- via seacoastonline.com.

Sam Denov

Percussionist -- via legacy.com.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Willie T. Barrow

Minister and civil rights activist -- via the Chicago Sun-Times. AKA The Little Warrior.

Issac Heller

Toymaker; co-founder of Remco -- via the New York Times.





Lisa Boncheck Adams

Writer -- via TIME magazine.

Florence Arthaud

Sailor -- via the New York Times.

Norman Lee

Comics artist -- via the Washington Post.

Terry Pratchett

Richard Glatzer

Screenwriter, director, and producer -- via the New York Times. Best known for his last film, "Still Alice," which garnered Julianne Moore an acting Oscar.

Jimmy Greenspoon

Roy Palmer

Claude Sitton

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Vernon Watkins

Union organizer -- via sfgate.com.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Wayne Kemp

Country music signer and songwriter -- via Rolling Stone. Worked on hits such as "Love Bug," "The Fireman," and "One Piece at a Time."

Inezita Barroso

Folk singer -- via musica.uol.com.br. AKA Ignez Magdalena Aranha de Lima Barroso.

Norm Carlson

NASA test director -- via collectspace.com.

Otar Koberidze

Actor -- via interpressnews.

H.H. ter Balkt

Poet -- via show.nl.

Deathcetera: the world's news in death and mourning

DEATH

So, what happens when Queen Elizabeth II dies? – by Rob Price at Business Insider

Life is cheap for Nepali workers in the Mideast – from Sugam Pokharel at CNN

‘Death with Dignity’ laws considered anew in American states – by Michael Ollove at the Huffington Post

Program enables the dying to view great art – via the Huffington Post

Coping with the death of a spouse – from Kate Ashton at the BBC


Seven kinds of near-death experiences – via Rachel Nuwer at the BBC

Thomas Ades’s new work, “Totentanz,” reviewed by Alex Ross in the New Yorker


Final tweets – from oddee.com


MOURNING

Putin critic Nemtsov’s funeral march – by Masha Lipman at the New Yorker


Kurdish singers preserve thousands of legends, and songs of mourning – via the Anadolu Agency in the Daily Sabah

Celebrity death and social media – by Catrina Dennis at moviepilot




FUNERALS

Women moving into mortuary profession – via Katherine Johnson at WDAZ



VA causes delays in veterans’ funerals – via Nathan Baca at WBNS

Lighthearted feature story about a young mortician – via Thaddeus Mast at the Laramie Boomerang

Mortuary science is changing – from Andre Eggert at the Minnesota Post

Funeral protest restrictions moved in Iowa – from James Q. Lynch at the Gazette

Analyzing funeral costs – via Dustin Klemann at KTVQ


OBITS

Some caveats concerning New York Times obits – from Kevin Lollar at the News-Press



Dirk Shafer

Model and filmmaker -- via the New York Times. A sexual icon to straight women, Shafer's coming out as gay forms the substance of his documentary film "Man of the Year."




Lillian Nakano

TE Kishore

Film editor -- via the International Business Times.

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Comics artist; founder of gekiga -- via bleedingcool.com. Gekiga is the non-manga, darker and more serious Japanese equivalent of what the West would come to cal graphic novels as opposed to comic books.

Gerardo Sofovich

TV host and filmmaker -- via La Nacion.


Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Windell D. Middlebrooks

Patrick Whitefield

Permaculture expert -- via permaculture.co.uk. AKA Patrick Vickers.

Gene Lynn

Club owner and singer -- via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AKA Leon Campbell.

John Steinbruck

Minister who helped outcasts in a real way -- via the Washington Post.

Evan Thompson

Actor -- via Broadway World.


Lew Soloff

Jenna McMahon

Paulette Breen

Actress and producer -- via legacy.com. Part of the wonder that is "The Clonus Horror."

John Chappell

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Emory Bass

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Monday, March 9, 2015