Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Weekly Reader changing over to Facebook posts

Dear Readers: I have been having a devil of a time keeping up with my self-imposed weekly posting of stories curated from around the world on death, mourning, and related  topics. This has something to do having lots of stories on lots of subjects to write! That is a good reason to be tardy, but two weeks at a time has stretched into a month, and I find myself hopelessly behind.

I will attempt to correct the problem by posting these stories individually to my Obit Patrol Facebook page. (I am currently working my way up through my backlog.) This will be immensely easier and faster for me, and hopefully more current than it is now. I hope that posting each story on its own will give it better exposure, and that it will prompt more followers via social media. Obits, and stories I write myself, will still be posted regularly on the website.

If you feel like following via Facebook, these stories run the gamut from serious discussion to whimsical feature to humor, a compendium of the talk that's going on out there on the topic. Thanks for participating in whatever way suits you best!

Brad W.


Harry Pitch

Harmonica player -- via the Guardian.




Ludmila Dvorakova

Soprano -- via Slipped Disc.




Laszlo Sinko

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Roland Dupree

Dancer, choreographer, and actor -- via West Hawaii Today. Fun fact: he was the reference model for motion of Disney's "Peter Pan."






Johnny Meeks

Guitarist -- via Guitar World. Replaced Cliff Gallup in Gene Vincent's band for 18 months.



Coleen Gray

Actress -- via Variety. AKA Doris Jensen. Though not as well known as other starlets, she  was a solid performer who appeared in several excellent films. Among there classics such as "Kiss of Death," "Nightmare Alley," and "Red River"; solid genre pieces such as "Kansas City Confidential"and "Apache Drums"; and cult crap such as "The Vampire," "The Leech Woman," and "The Phantom Planet."














Monday, August 3, 2015

John Culhane

Animation historian, writer, and educator -- via legacy.com. Best known for his scholarship on Disney, Culhane is immortalized twice in Disney cartoons: as Mr. Snoops in "The Rescuers" and as Flying John in the "Rhapsody in Blue" sequence in "Fantasia 2000."




Sebastiano Vassalli

Writer -- via the Guardian.

Takeshi Kato

Actor -- via the Sponichi Annex. A member of the Kurosawa repertory company, he also was a favorite of directors such as Ichikawa and Fukasaku.




T.T. Cloete

Poet -- via Channel 24.

Ed Griffin

Writer -- via the Surrey Leader.

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Cilla Black

Singer, actress, and TV host -- via the BBC.AKA Priscilla Maria Veronica White.






Jack Eubanks

Guitarist -- via legacy.com. A legendary 30-year session man in Nashville, with much solo work as well.



James Jude

CPR pioneer -- via MPR News.

Lee Grabel

Magician -- via legacy.com.



Adjigijaga

Actor -- via the Daily Post (Nigeria). AKA Mufutau Sanni Abdulahi. 

Friday, July 31, 2015

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper

Wrestler and actor; star of John Carpenter's cult classic "They Live" -- via TMZ. AKA Roderick George Toombs, the Hot Scot. Loved his goofy energy. Great fight with Keith David in "They Live" . . . and he also did "Hell Comes to Frogtown." Good times.










Billy Piercce

Alan Cheuse

Shunsuke Tsurumi

Antony Holland

Actor, playwright, and director -- via the Georgia Straight.


Alina Rodriguez

Actress -- via Mid Day.



Ndidane

Singer --- via eNCA. AK Mtshengiseni Gcwensa, iThwasa Langempela. A singer of Maskandi.






Rickey Grundy

Lynn Anderson

Country singer -- via the Tennessean. Best known for her hit "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden."




Irvin Bauer

Playwright, screenwriter, and teacher -- via the New York Times.

Shiina Mota

Composer and music producer -- via Anime News Network. AKA Powapowa-P, Ryo Mizoguchi.




Maryvonne Micale

Director, producer, and writer -- via legacy.com.


Sean Malone

Actor -- via the New York Daily News.


N. Brock Winkless IV

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Buddy Emmons

Steel guitarist -- via Country Music Bistro. AKA Big E.





Elaine Kent Oppenheim

Radio actress -- via legacy.com. She appeared in such shows as "Our Gal Sunday," "Grand Central Station," "County Seat," "Little Women," and "Lora Lawton."




James Allen

Television kids' show host -- via oregonlive.com. AKA Rusty Nails.


Ann Marie Petrone

Aurelia DeFelice Mills

Actress -- via legacy.com.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Ivan Moravec

Pianist -- via Gramophone.






Patsy Stoneman

Musician -- via the Tennessean. AKA Pattie Inez Stoneman.



Griffin Kolinski

Heavy metal vocalist -- via the PRP.


Danny Klega

Actor -- via the Los Angeles Daily News. AK Dusan Klega. Best remembered as Ivan the Cosmonaut in an episode of the TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island."






Charles B. Slackman

Illustrator -- via The East Hampton Star.