Thursday, March 26, 2015

Norman Scribner

Jason Parish

Musician -- via the Daily Mail.

Steven Smith

Tea entrepreneur -- via the New York Times.

Claudio Marzo

Actor -- via Agencia Brasil.

Bill Brewer

John Renbourn

Acoustic guitarist and co-founder of Pentangle -- via the Belfast Telegraph. Like his longtime collaborator Bert Jansch, Renbourne revived and built upon traditional musics of all kinds, pointing the way forward for the evolution of acoustic music and other genres, including prog rock, bluegrass, and the singer-songwriter movement.





Nick Peters

Hall of Fame baseball writer -- via sfgate.com. covered the Giants for 47 years. AKA The Greek.

Ellen Conford

Childrens' writer -- via the Washington Post.

Alan Seymour

Playwright and screenwriter -- via the Guardian.

Ann Dougherty

Luis Geronimo Abreu

Actor -- via El Universal.

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.