Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Forrest Bird
Doctor, researcher, and inventor -- via the New York Times. Best known for creating ventilators and respirators that saved thousands of lives. Also an active aviator, inspired by his father, a WWI combat pilot, and by meeting Orville Wright. Single-handedly eliminated the iron lung. Also innovated with medivac procedures in the Vietnam War, saving more lives.
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.
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.
Roland Dupree
Dancer, choreographer, and actor -- via West Hawaii Today. Fun fact: he was the reference model for motion of Disney's "Peter Pan."
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."
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.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Jack Eubanks
Guitarist -- via legacy.com. A legendary 30-year session man in Nashville, with much solo work as well.
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.
Lynn Anderson
Country singer -- via the Tennessean. Best known for her hit "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden."
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Elaine Kent Oppenheim
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