Sunday, June 28, 2015

Cristiano Araujo

Singer and songwriter -- via Hollywood Take.



Elizabeth MacLennan

Hal Gould

Photographer and photography curator; long-time owner of Camera Obscura Gallery -- via Westword. Legitimized photography as an art form in the region.




Marva Collins

Teacher -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Walter Browne

Chess grandmaster -- via Chess.com.

Chris Squire

The Lau

Musician and writer -- via deVolksrant. AKA Matheus J. Lau.



Marujita Diaz

Actress and singer -- via hola.com.




Sanjit Bedi

Actor -- via NDTV Movies.


Gregorio Morales Villena

Novelist and poet -- via Entretanto magazine.


Rondal Partridge

Photographer -- via the L.A. Times.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Gabriele Wohmann

Writer -- via Zeit Online.


Solveig Kringlebotn

Soprano -- via Slipped Disc. AKA Solveig Kringleborn.







Arved Viilaid

Writer -- via kultuur.err.ee.


John M. Stephens

Cinematographer and cameraman -- via legacy.com. Started off doing a lot of second-unit and specialty shooting, starting with John Sturges's would-be epic Western comedy, "The Hallelujah Trail" in 1965. He worked with the greats on films such as "Seconds," "Temple of Doom," "Midnight Run," and "Titanic." Served as DP on the great 'B' trilogy, "Billy Jack," "Boxcar Bertha," and "Blacula," as well as Friedkin's underrated "Sorcerer."



Charles Jacob

A pioneer in ethical investments -- via the Telegraph.


Harold Feinstein

Photographer -- via Don't Take Pictures.








Thursday, June 25, 2015

Patrick Macnee

Actor -- via the BBC. Macnee played John Steed, the perfect gentleman and secret agent in the British TV series "The Avengers." This show was my absolute favorite as a child, and Steed was pleasant, well-spoken, intelligent, witty, and tough -- and Macnee was a great foil for the succession of great female partners he would play against in the original series and its remake. For better or worse, he was typed as such for the rest of his career. He had some fun with his image in films such as "Spinal Tap" and "The Howling," and he is one of the few actors to have played both Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. A lot of fun as a performer, his bonhomie always cheered me up. We still have to fact-check the assertion that he was tossed from Eton for selling porn and running a bookie joint.






Pam Matteson

Comedian, singer, and actress -- via The Comic's Comic.







Anthony Sydes

Child actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Best remembered as Peter, the child who Santa (Edmund Gwenn) promises a fire engine in "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947).



Red Mascara

Songwriter; almost wrote the state song of New Jersey -- via nj.com. AKA Joseph Rocco Mascari.




Larry Johnson

Tenor with the Artistics -- via Vintage Vinyl News. They sang background for Major Lance ("Monkey Time") among others. Their big hit: "I'm Gonna Miss You" in 1966.

Albert Evans

Dancer -- via the New York Times.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Nicola Badalucco

Screenwriter and journalist -- via Trapani Oggi. Best known for writing scripts such as "Death in Venice" and "The Damned."

Gordon Oas-Heim

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Blaze Starr

Ecdysiast -- via the New York Times. AKA Fannie Belle Fleming.

Helmuth Lohner

Actor -- via Der Standard.






Hans Kahn

Architect -- via the Denver Post.


Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Don Featherstone

Joseph de Pasquale

Violist -- via Philly.com.






Tony Longo

Actor -- via Deadline.


Joan Riordan

Actress -- via legacy.com.


Colette Marchand

Ballerina -- via the New York Times. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Marie in "Moulin Rouge" (1952).


Magali Noel

Actress and singer -- via ANSA. A favorite of Fellini, she is best known for playing Gradisca in "Amarcord." As a singer, her big hit was the controversial "Hurt Me Johnny" in 1959 -- an extrememly masochistic rock 'n' roll song that was banned from French radio. She also appeared in classics such as "Rififi" and "Satyricon."








Miriam Schapiro

Artist -- via Hyperallergic. A pioneer of feminist art.



Gary Quackenbush

Aryeh Sivan

Poet -- via Haaretz. AKA Aryeh Bornstein.

Stuart Sherwin

Actor -- via the Telegraph.


Dick Van Patten

Actor -- via Entertainment Weekly. A stalwart character actor who started on Broadway at age 7 in 1935, Van Patten is best known for playing Tom Bradford, the father on American TV dramedy "Eight is Enough." A Mel Brooks regular as well, he specialized in comedy and playing nebbishes.



James Horner

Oscar-winning composer, conductor, and orchestrator -- via  the Hollywood Reporter.

Monday, June 22, 2015

George "Foghorn" Wilson

Child actor -- via Digital Spy UK. AKA Karl Wentzlaff. He pestered Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," annoyed Clifton Webb in "Mister Scoutmaster," and traded quips with Cary Grant in "Monkey Business." His one starring vehicle was "The Rocket Man."




Darryl Hamilton

Former MLB outfielder and baseball analyst -- via Sports Illustrated.

James Salter

Remo Remotti

Alice Whyte Wojtecki

Drummer -- via lifestorynet.com. AKA "The female Gene Krupa."


Veijo Meri

Gunther Schuller

Composer, conductor, writer, and teacher -- via the New York Times. A gifted musician who moved into composing and conducting. He was adept in both classical and jazz, and advocated a Third Stream movement that combined the best of both. This wound up happening primarily inside his own compositions, but he was a catalyst for the cross-pollination that enriches cultures. He ran Tanglewood for a while; his GM Recordings put a lot of good music out that might never have been heard otherwise.






Laura Antonelli

Actress -- via ANSA. AKA Laura Antonaz. Known primarily for her sexual allure in films, and despite her tragic personal life, she could act, conveying character in films that often weren't up to par. Part of the brief wave of sophisticated European erotic that vanished when cheaper cable-TV imitators churned out product.

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Earl Norem

Illustrator -- via Facebook. He worked across a vast array of media -- magazines, comic books, trading cards, murals, program covers, movie posters and the like.