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.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Julian Bond
Civil rights leader; legislator, writer, commentator, poet, and teacher -- via the New York Times. The only civil rights leader ever to host an episode of "Saturday Night Live."
Jerome Miller
Justice-system reformer -- via the New York Times. He shut down Massachusetts's deeply dysfunctional youth reformatories.
Friday, August 14, 2015
Don Kent
Music scholar, collector, researcher, label owner, and writer -- via Crowe Mortuary. AKA Mr. Mamalish. One of the "Blues Mafia" in New York in the 1960s, he was an expert in blues and bluegrass, amassing an enviable collection and churning out very good liner notes and other forms of musical scholarship.
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."
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
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.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
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."
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."
Jeff Rice
Writer who created "The Kolchak Papers," which inpsired "The Night Stalker" horror TV series -- via Mark Dawidziak at the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Issachar Miron
Composer of the classic Israeli song "Tzena, Tzena" -- via Gabriela Geselowitz. AKA Stefan Michrofsky.
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