Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Dietrich Haugk

Director and voice actor -- via NWZ Online.

Bronius Vysniauskas

Sculptor -- via 15min.lt.

Joe Bennett

Musician and singer; leader of the Sparkletones -- via goupstate.com. Their big hit in 1957: "Black Slacks."




John Fairhall

Journalist and editor -- via the Guardian.


Clovis Bueno

Chris Thompson

Comedy writer, producer, and director -- via Variety. He created "Bosom Buddies," the sitcom break of Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari -- a hack concept but great execution!

Kaja Saudek

Comics illustrator -- via Radio Prague.

Eter Kakulia

Singer -- via Georgia Today.




Alex Mathew

Actor -- via Vinodamelan. AKA Dr. M M Alex.


Barbara Reynolds

Scholar, writer, and biographer -- via the Telegraph.


Monday, June 29, 2015

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.