Thursday, July 2, 2015

Val Doonican

Singer -- via the BBC.



Bruce Rowland

Drummer best known for work with Joe Cocker, Fairport Convention -- via Ultimate Classic Rock. Also a prolific session drummer, he can be heard on the original recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar."






"Machine Gun" Lou Butera

Pool player -- via the Scranton Times-Tribune.



Praful Bidwai

Sonny Madrid

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Nicholas Winton

Humanitarian -- via the BBC. Saved hundreds of Jewish children during World War II!

Leonard Starr

Cartoonist -- via News from ME. Best known for creating "Mary Perkins, On Stage" and successfully reviving "Little Orphan Annie."




Eddy Louiss

Jazz organist -- via Le Figaro.



Ladislav Chudik

Actor -- via the Slovak Spectator.

Theodore Weesner

Writer -- via the New York Times.


Sergio Sollima

Director and screenwriter; classic creator of pulp fiction -- via La Stampa. One of the three Sergios (with Leone and Corbucci) who made the spaghetti Western great. He started off writing sword-and-sandal epics ("Goliath Against the Giants," "The Fury of Hercules," "Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators"), moved up to spy films, then the Westerns "The Big Gundown," "Face to Face," and "Run, Man, Run." He finished up in TV, helming the successful costume adventure series "Sandokan," but made two early gritty urban thrillers as well -- "Violent City" (aka "The Family") and "Blood in the Streets" (aka "Revolver").


















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.