Country store owner -- via WITF.
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.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
Marcus Belgrave
Trumpeter -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Played with many greats, including Ray Charles, Wynton Marsalis, and Motown. That's him you hear playing the trumpet flourish at the beginning of "Dancing in the Streets." Great player and teacher!
Michael Birkett
Director and producer -- via the Independent. An immensely influential figure who started off working on films such as "The Ladykillers" and "Billy Budd"; he hlped preserve much of Peter Brook's finest work on film -- "Marat/Sade," the Scofield "King Lear," and "Mahabarata."
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Louis Johnson
Bassist; half of the Brothers Johnson -- via the BoomBox. AKA Thunder Thumbs. I love them for their strangely lyricked funk hit, "Strawberry Letter 23."
Eric Caidin
Cinephile, pop-culture expert, and owner of Hollywood Book and Poster Company -- via Pop Culture Maven.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Donald Wrye
Director, writer, and producer for film and TV -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Responsible for some of the most affectionately remembered schlock in Hollywood history, including the infamous Linda Blair TV movie "Born Innocent," the Marlo Thomas adaptation of "It's a Wonderful Life," "It Happened One Christmas"; the Soviets-take-over-the-U.S. TV miniseries "Amerika"; most importantly, the seminal sports weepie "Ice Castles," about a blind figure skater.
Jackie Brookner
Artist, writer, and teacher -- via newsgrist.typepad.com. Specialized in ecological art -- biosculptures that also remediate pollution.
Michael Campus
Director, producer, and writer for film and TV -- via Variety. Ana amazingly diverse career. He will be best remembered for helming the cult classic blaxploitation film "The Mack," but he started in TV talk shows, moved on to TV documentaries. He supervised more than 150 specials at CBS. He also directed sci-fi ("Z.P.G."), Christian conspiracy ("The Passover Plot"), and, well, "Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Home." A pocket Howard Hawks.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Bruce Lundvall
Jazz exec; the man who brought Blue Note Records back to life -- via Billboard. an insanely influential figure, a guy who snuck into the West 52nd jazz clubs as a teenager. He got to sign Norah Jones, Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson, Charlie Hunter, Joe Lovano, Terence Blanchard, and tons more.
Bob Belden
Saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and producer -- via Billboard. Won three Grammys, and created the epic orchestral jazz album "The Black Dahlia" in 2001.
Jackie Basehart
Actor -- via il Fatto Quotidiano. Best known for his role as Berle in the original, unforgettable "Inglorious Bastards." Here's an excrpt, dubbed, ironically, in German.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Lu Vason
Promoter and cultural leader; founder of the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo -- via the Denver Post.
Maurie Berman
Maurie and wife Flaurie in front of their restaurant. |
Rigby Graham
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Renowned-Leicester-artist-Rigby-Graham-dies-aged/story-26465006-detail/story.html
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