Thursday, July 16, 2015

Aubrey Morris

Actor -- via the Guardian. AKA Audrey Steinberg. Simply put, he was in everything. Immediately recognizable, he usually played either extremely pleasant or rather suspicious people. Here's a bit of a partial list: "Clockwork Orange," "Love and Death," The Wicker Man," "Lifeforce," and an insane amount of television.





Glenn Houle

Composer and conductor -- via Mountain News.

Javier Krahe

Singer and lyricist -- via El Pais.

Tom Skinner

Singer and songwriter -- via NewsOK.






Sheila Whitely

Musicologist and writer -- via the Manchester Evening News. AKA The Professor of Pop.

"Diamond" Dave Somerville

Lead singer of doo-wop greats The Diamonds -- via the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Trivia: He had a role on an episode of "Star Trek" (Matson in "The Conscience of the King," credited as "David-Troy") and co-wrote "(The Legend of) The Unknown Stuntman," which became the theme song for the TV series "The Fall Guy."

Somerville as Troy as Matson in "Star Trek."






Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Buddy Lively

Former MLB pitcher -- via Dignity Memorial. AKA Everett Aidan Lively, Red.


Mzee Ojwang

Actor -- via the Daily Nation (Kenya). AKA Benson Wanjau.


Bosse Larsson

TV presenter -- via Aftonbladet.

Chenjeral Hove

Poet and novelist -- via the Billings Gazette.


Mahlon Duckett

Former Negro Leagues player -- via philly.com.


Ozor Akubueze

Actor -- via pulse.ng.


Sami El-Adl

Actor, producer -- via Ahram.


David Masondo

Daniel Quinn

Actor -- via The Wrap.


David Aronson

Artist -- via the New York Times.


Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Tom Piccirilli

Writer -- via Locus Magazine.


Joan Sebastian

Singer and songwriter -- via the Latin Times.

Sergey Artsibashev

Actor -- via Interfax.


Hussein Fatal

Rapper -- via US magazine. AKA Bruce Edward Washington Jr., Dizza.




Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair

Actor -- via RTE News.

Patricia Crone

Scholar, writer and historian -- via minds.com.


Flora Carosello

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Charles Winick

Herbert Winters

Actor and dialogue coach -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. AKA Herbert Schwartz.


Caspar Bowden

Anti-surveillance activist -- via the Guardian.




Monday, July 13, 2015

Ernie Maresca

Lucita Soriano

Actress -- via ABS-CBN.

Michael Masser

Songwriter, composer, and producer -- via the Desert Sun . Wrote tons of hits, such as the "Theme from 'Mahogany'," "The Greatest Love of All," "Touch Me in the Morning," and such.




Delroy "Spider" Thompson

Sound engineer -- via the Jamaican Observer.


Peggy Cordero

Actress -- via La Tercera.

Sunday, July 12, 2015

James Tate

Poet -- via masslive.com.



Richard Fire

Playwright, screenwriter, and actor; long-time member of Chicago's Organic Theater -- via Dignity Memorial. Co-wrote and -performed "Bleacher Bums" and "E/R," the latter of which morphed into the hit TV series. Also wrote "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer."


Masabumi Kikuchi

Jazz pianist -- via the New York Times.









Jaime Morey

Singer -- via ABC.es.

Leerie Thomas Tagney

Artist and tarot reader -- via the Mercury Cafe. AKA Mr. Wizard.


Roger Rees

Actor and director -- via the New York Times. Rose to fame as the title character in the epic RSC stage adaptation of Dickens's "Nicholas Nickleby," for which he also won a Tony. Also Tony-nominated for his direction of "Peter and the Starcatcher." Well-known in America for his roles on TV shows such as "Cheers" and "The West Wing." (Not to mention his cult-TV appearance in the one-season sci-fi/superhero drama "M.A.N.T.I.S.")












Jon Vickers

One of the great tenors of the 20th Century -- via the BBC. Essentially a heldentenor, and the most prominent one between Melchior and Heppner, Vickers's huge voice, presence, energy, and acting ability made him the go-to guy for Wagnerian opera in the second half of the century. (He refused to play Tannhauser on moral grounds.) Also a definitive Peter Grimes, and excellent in Verdi and others as well. Big, warm, sunny tone really expressed the character within. My first Enee in "Les Troyens," and still my favorite.