Former MLB catcher and manager -- via the Montreal Gazette. Led the Blue Jays to their only playoff appearance, in 1981.
Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Bernard Stollman
Founder of ESP-Disk Records -- via Pitchfork. He recorded a large amount of music and spoken-word performance that otherwise might have been lost. This includes Albery Ayler's classic "Spiritual Unity," and work by Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Pharaoh Sanders, the Fugs, Timothy Leary, and William S. Burroughs. CAVEAT: It appears that Stollman never paid any of this artists.
Friday, April 24, 2015
M.H. Abrams
Teacher, scholar, writer, and editor -- via the New York Times. A profound analyzer of literature, he edited the first seven editions of the Norton Anthology of English Literature.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Ann Price
Restaurateur; founder and proprietor of the famous Ann's Snack Bar in Atlanta -- via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. AKA Miss Ann. A hamburger-creating genius, including the emblematic Ghetto Burger.
Dickie Owen
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
David T. Wilkinson
Guitarist and videographer -- via Stetson's Funeral Home. Had a local hit with the Boston group the Reveliers, "Hangin' Five."
Willis Anderson
Writer, radio host; expert on old-time rock 'n' roll, baseball, and beer -- via legacy.com. Author of the prescient 1973 "The Beer Book" and coiner of the neologism "brewiana" (antique beer-related memorabilia).
Wally Lester
Wally is at far right in photo |
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Film director, screenwriter, and producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Best known for his award-winning film, "Kosh ba kosh."
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Robert V. Hine
Historian, novelist, and memoirist -- via the L.A. Times. His book "Second Sight" tells his story of regaining his eyesight after 15 years.
Betty Willis
Graphic designer; created the iconic "Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas Nevada" sign -- via the New York Daily News. Erected in 1959, it is a prime example of Googie-era degisn, and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. (She also created the less well-known Blue Angel Motel statue.)
Richard Anthony
Singer -- via The Univers News. AKA Ricardo Anthony Btesh. Best known for his French covers of American hits, he was a Gallic pop star of the likes of Johnny Halliday.
Monday, April 20, 2015
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