Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Howard H. Guttenplan

Peter Katin

Pianist -- via Gramophone.


Irma Palmieri

Margarete Bagshaw

Painter and potter -- via the Santa Fe New Mexican.


Lisa Colagrossi

Broadcast journalist -- via the New York Daily News.


Jorgen Ingmann

Yusulafi Kechery

Moncho Alpuente

Journalist -- via Publico.

Arkady Arkanov

Satirist and playwright -- via Russia Beyond the Headlines.

Matthew Landers

Actor -- via legacy.com.


Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Deathcetera: The week in death and mourning

DEATH

Want to become compost? Urban Death Project needs you – via Mark Prigg in the Daily Mail


Cincinnati Ballet does Mozart ‘Requiem’ – via David Lyman at the Cincinnati Enquirer

Death apps – from Kelly McEvers at NPR


MOURNING

Anger from some regarding roadside memorials – via Chris Holmstrom at KOIN

Lessons in 19th-Century mourning – via Kate Seckinger i the Daily Mail

Review of Scott Simo’s new memoir of his late mother – by Carlos Lozada at the Washington Post



FUNERALS

Program provides burial, services for homeless vets – via Capi Lynn at the Statesman Journal

Richard III reburied – via Sylvia Hui of AP


Hans Erni

Artist -- via the Guardian.




Rhoda Winkler

Gilbert Markle

Liliane Covington

Harley Parnell "Jim" Hisner

Former MLB player -- via the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Pitched one game for the Red Sox -- he gave up two runs to rookie Mickey Mantle, as well as DiMaggio's last regular-season hit.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Gregory Walcott

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Although mocked for his work in the classic Z-movie "Plan 9 from Outer Space," he worked in film and television for decades.

Don Robertson

Songwriter and pianist -- via legacy.com. He co-wrote such gems as "The Happy Whistler," "I Don't Hurt Any More," and "Ringo."











Alberta Watson

Actress -- via Us magazine.

Robert Clatworthy

Sculptor -- via the Telegraph.

Bernice Steadman

Stuart Croft

Artist and filmmaker -- via Art Review.

Angels Poch

Actress -- via El Pais.

Nazmi Yukselen

Singer and songwriter -- via milliyet.com.

"Chainsaw" Tommy May

Key grip -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Roy Doty

Cartoonist and illustrator -- via the National Cartoonists Society.


Sunday, March 22, 2015

Walter Grauman

Director of film and TV -- via . A pulp master -- one of the most prolific talents on TV, here's just a sample of some of his work -- Film: "Lady in a Cage," "633 Squadron" (from which George Lucas stole the attack on the Death Star scene in "Star Wars"), and "A Rage to Live" . . .







TV: The pilots for "The Fugitive," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Barnaby Jones," and "Honey West"; episodes of "Columbo," "TheUntouchables," "Naked City," "Route 66," and "Murder, She Wrote"; and many TV movies and miniseries as well.












Jim Berry


Cartoonist; creator of "Berry's World" -- via the National Cartoonists Society. He produced more than six one-panel syndicated cartoons a week and a larger color bit on Sundays, for 40 years. Never missed a deadline.





Ralph Taeger

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Jackie Trent

Singer and songwriter -- via the BBC. AKA Yvonne Burgess.





Paul Jeffrey

Saxophonist and composer -- via Duke Today.



Thursday, March 19, 2015

Louis Silverstone

Judith Bustany

Samuel Charters

Robert X. Modica

Acting teacher and actor -- via Yahoo News.

Danny Lermer

Producer and director -- via Variety.

Buddy Elias

Eusebiu Stefanescu

Actor -- via agerpres.ro.

Miguel Donoso Pareja

Writer -- via La Republica.

Shaw Taylor

TV and radio host and actor -- via the Daily Mail. The iconic face of Police 5, an early crime-stopping segment. His tag line: "Keep 'em peeled!"

David Maxwell

Pianist -- via the Boston Globe.