Novelist and screenwriter -- via mynewsla.com. A prolific writer for film and television, he is best remembered for writing the Oscar-nominated "I Want to Live!" -- for TV, he created "Ironside" and "Marcus Welby, M.D." For fans of marginalia, he wrote a few episodes ofthe excelent speculative sci-fi series "One Step Beyond," and the highly regarded two-part "Court Martial" episode of the original "Star Trek." Son of Herman ("Citizen Kane"), nephew of Joseph L. ("All About Eve") and father of John ("House of Cards") and uncle of Ben (TCM host and film journalist). A good union (WGA) man!
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.
Monday, April 27, 2015
Kase Kunihiko
Guitarist and front man for the Wild Ones -- via newsonjapan.com. Their big hit, a kind of Shadows cover, "Omoide no nagisa" (Beach of Memories).
Richard West
Old-school journalist extraordinare; writer and someone I wish I'd met -- via the Telegraph. It's rare that I laugh hysterically through the length of an obituary; however, Mr. West sounds exactly like so many of my insane, bold, and complex fellow journalists, who made good company almost anywhere on the planet where there's alcohol, smokes, and (free) food.
Sid Tepper
Songwriter -- via Billboard. Best known for co-writing "Red Roses for a Blue Lady," he also wrote "Kiss of Fire" and many songs for Elvis.
Sabeen Mahmud
Human rights activist -- via CNN. Assassinated. "Things are dangerous and bad things happen. But you can't let fear control you, you'll never get anything done."
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Jim Fanning
Former MLB catcher and manager -- via the Montreal Gazette. Led the Blue Jays to their only playoff appearance, in 1981.
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
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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.
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