Thursday, August 13, 2015

Herbert Wise

Director for theater and TV -- via the Telegraph.AKA Herbert Weisz.  Best known for work on series and TV films such as "I, Claudius," "Breaking the Code," "The Norman Conquests," and "Elizabeth R."









Eddie Cusic

Bluesman -- via the Delta Democrat-Times.





Serge Collot

Violist -- via France Musique.

Maarten Tiggeler

Artist and guitarist -- via tezelplaza.nl.


Fernando Fusco

Comic book artist -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Ann McGovern

Writer for children -- via the New York Times.




Jack Gold

Director for film and TV -- via the Guardian. A supremely underestimated talent, he made many great, overlooked films such as "The Naked Civil Servant," "Man Friday," "Escape from Sobibor," and "The National Health." He was particularly effective working with Nicol Williamson -- he directed him in three of his best film performances: "The Reckoning," "The Bofors Gun," and the BBC-TV "Macbeth" (Gold tackled "Merchant of Venice" for that series as well.) He was not perfect ("The Medusa Touch," anyone?), but very much deserves a look at his body of work.












Jonathan Ollivier

Dancer -- via the Guardian.

Jennifer Rae Beck

Actress -- via Broadway World.

Leon Stevens

Actor -- via legacy.com.


Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Miguel Angel Jimenez Blanco

Sunil Das

Artist -- via Outlook India.

Solveig Anspach

Director -- via Deadline.










Djurdjija Cvetic

Actress -- via Telegraf.


Samuil Lurie

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Actor -- via Variety. A solid meat-and-potatoes performer best known for his role as Lieutenant Ryker on the TV series "The Rookies."


Terrence Evans

Actor -- via Deadline.

Susan Sheridan

Actress and voice actress -- via the BBC.

Mark Sheeler

Actor -- via Variety.


Thomas Schuler

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Monday, August 10, 2015

David Nobbs

Novelist and writer for TV and radio -- via the BBC. Best  know for creating the innovative,  surreal, and satirical sitcom "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin."

Marie Dobbs

Jaroslav Tomsa

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Mahmoud Guinia

Musician -- via Morocco World News.

Lois Horvitz

Early advocate of CPR -- via cleveland.com.


Jeff Rice

Graham Ellis

Steam preservationist -- via the Telegraph.

"Bumblebee" Bob Novak

Artist and blues musician -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Issachar Miron

Composer of the classic Israeli song "Tzena, Tzena" -- via Gabriela Geselowitz. AKA Stefan Michrofsky.



Irene Collins

Historian -- via the Telegraph.


Sunday, August 9, 2015

Frances Oldham Kelsey

Sean Price

Rapper -- via Rolling Stone.

Shawn Robinson

Stuntman -- via US Magazine.


Allison Boisvert

Activist -- via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Howard "Shep" Paine

Glyn Morgan

Artist -- via the Telegraph.

Clarke Chambers

Scholar -- via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Vito Buffalo

Bandleader (and butcher) -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Bahar Nawaz

Poet and lyricist -- via DNA India.

Bill Kidwell

Artist -- via the Knoxville News-Sentinel.