Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Shone An

Singer and actor -- via Asia One.


Nico Castel

Tenor, language and diction coach, and translator of libretti -- via Slipped Disc. A specialist in comprimario (supporting) roles, he also preserved and transmitted many Shepardic Jewish songs.



Christina Reid

Playwright -- via the Belfast Telegraph.


Billy Meshel

Joel Champetier

Sci-fi and fantasy author -- via revue-solaris.com.

Lennie Merullo

Billy Wayne

Rockabilly singer -- via legacy.com. AKA Billy Wane Rolison.




William MacLeod Newman

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Carole Mathews

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. AKA Jean Deifel. Beginning as a dancer (her time in a nunnery was truncated by her nomination as Miss Chicago in 1938), she worked extensively in early television.



Al Webb

Journalist --via UPI. One of the classic old-school pre-digital globetrotters who could get in and get the story from anywhere.




Jim Bailey

Jean Ritchie

Folk musician, songwriter, and singer; a pivotal figure in American traditional musics -- via mudcat.org. AKA "The Mother of Folk." Her encyclopedic knowledge of folk songs, derived from her Kentucky culture, made her a last living link to a lost world.






Monday, June 1, 2015

Julie Harris

Oscar-winning costume designer -- via Variety. Known for her work on films such as "Darling" (Oscar), "Rollerball," "Live and Let Die," and "A Hard Day's Night."




Everett Lee "Skeeter" Kell

Former MLB player -- via Arkansas Online.

Masayuki Imai

Actor -- via The Japan News.

Jake D'Arcy

Actor -- via the BBC.


Steven Gerber

Composer -- via stevengerber.com.




Betsy Palmer

Actress -- via cleveland.com. AKA Patricia Bets Hrunek. Although the mainstream media keeping whingeing on about her "defining" role as the killer in "Friday the 13th," she had a long cfareer on stage and in TV and in films such as "The Tin Star" and "Mister Roberts."






Billy Cummings

Former child actor -- via legacy.com.


Johnny Keating

Musician, composer, songwriter, and arranger -- via the Scotsman. Bet known for his theme for the long-running British TV sereis "Z Cars," some of his '60s hi-fi arrangements were resurrected for use in the New Lounge movement.








Walter Burkert

Scholar -- via the Independent.


Elisabeth Wiedemann

Actress -- via tagesschau.de.

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Cotton Coulson

Photographer -- via National Geographic.

Morris Wilkins

Dave Sweet

Surfboard maker -- via the New York Times.


Jan Prochyra

Actor -- via dziennikteatralny.pl.


Jerry Dior

Friday, May 29, 2015

Claudio Caligari

Director and screenwriter -- via L'Huffington Post.




Lillian Cornell

Actress and singer -- via legacy.com. AKA Lillian Michuda Fessenden.

Jackie Fielding

Actress and director -- via the North-West Evening Mail.

Christer Jansson

Drummer -- via Aftonbladet.

Art Thieme

Folk musician, storyteller, and photographer -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Reynaldo Rey

Comedian and actor -- via Deadline. AKA Harry Reynolds.






Mel Waiters

Blues singer -- via the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Wally Cassell

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. AKA Oswaldo Castellano.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Rocky Frisco

Pianist, primarily for JJ Cale -- via KJRH. AKA Don Roscoe Joseph III, Rocky Curtiss.



Bob Hornery

Actor - via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Vicente Aranda

Director, screenwriter, and producer -- via Vida Latina San Diego. His best-known film in English-speaking countries -- 1991's "Amantes."

Rich Griffin

Radio host -- via the CBC.

Mike O'Brien

Comedy writer and actor -- via the Huffington Post.

Lulu Naw

Activist who aided immigrants -- via syracuse.com.

Liv Marit Wedvik

Country singer -- via Norway Today.




Claude Carliez

Master fencer, stuntman, and stunt coordinator -- via escrime-ffe.fr. A master of arms at 21, Carliez worked with actors such as Marais and Belmondo, appeared in dueling scenes in many films, and coordinated stunts for films such as "Moonraker."






Nevin Akkaya

Actress and voice actress -- via westernbootill.blogspot.com.

Dave Ball

Guitarist -- via the Independent. Replace Robin Trower in Procol Harum, but only for about a year and a half. Formed Bedlam, played for other groups and as a soloist.



Wednesday, May 27, 2015