Monday, August 24, 2015

Augusta Chiwy

Nurse and Word War II heroine -- via RTBF. Termed "The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne," this Belgian nurse stepped up to treat Allied solider and civilian casualties during the Battle of the Bulge, going so far to dress in uniform to collect the wounded under enemy fire. She was thought to have been killed during that battle, but it turns out that she was found in retirement in 2011 and related her story. She had been blown through a wall when a bomb hit, but lived. After the war she simply went on with her life, got married, had kids, never talking about what she did.

Via AP, Dec. 12, 2011 -- "'What I did was very normal,' Chiwy said during the ceremony. 'I would have done it for anyone. We are all children of God.'"

Michael Turk

Clifford Hatts

Production designer -- via the Telegraph.


Lars Amble

Actor and director -- via Dead Famous.




Ryohei Yanagihara

Illustrator -- via the Japan News.

Ibtihal Salem

Karolyn Ali

Audun Fredriksen

Resistance fighter -- via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.


Freeda Cummings

A poetic soul -- via Arkansas Online.


William Kehoe

Cab driver -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Farkhunda

Student; beaten to death -- via the Guardian. She was accused of heresy because she argued with a mullah who was selling supposed lucky charms to women.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Melody Patterson

Actress -- via Variety. Best known for her role as Wrangler Jane on the TV comedy series "F Troop."

Lina Morgan

Actress -- via El Mundo. AKA Maria de los Angeles Lopez Segovia. A great comic actress!

George Houser

Minister, pacifist, and civil rights leader -- via the Journal-News. Jailed for conscientious objection in World War II, he was part of the Journey of Reconciliation in 1947 -- a pioneering desegregation effort  that presaged the Freedom Rides.


Harry Volkman

Weatherman -- via the New York Daily News. A regular on the Chicago scene for more than 50 years, he was the first to issue a live tornado warning on air.

Lev Durov

Actor -- via Fox News.

Khaled el-Asaad

Archeologist -- via the Independent. Beheaded by Islamic extremist group.

Antonio "Taco" Larreta

William Jay Smith

Poet -- via the New York Times.


Fynn Henkel

Actor -- via Pester Lloyd.

Arsen Dedic

Singer and composer -- via Dnebnik.

Friday, August 21, 2015

Bud Yorkin

Russell Henderson

Musician -- via the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian.



David A. Prior

Film director -- via Bloody Disgusting. A master of the direct-to-video B movie!




Clarence "Jockey" Etienne

Drummer -- via KATC.




Danny Sambello

Carl Edendorfer

Bricklayer -- via DNA Info. He just wanted to "tell his story"; his kids spent $6,000 on a paid obit for him. Here it is, via legacy.com.




Joyce Ingalls

Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Ken Barnes

Johnny Slate

Songwriter -- via legacy.com.


Abdullah Hussein

Novelist -- via the Guardian.


Thursday, August 20, 2015

Doudou N’Diaye Rose

Doris Hines

Singer -- via MPR.

Hamida Salim

Writer -- via the New Indian Express.

Walter Scott

Tony Gleaton

Photographer -- via the New York Times.


Betty Beeby

Artist and illustrator -- via the Traverse City Record-Eagle. Designed and illustrated the beautiful second edition of Owen Barfield's "The Silver Trumpet" in 1968.


Kitty McGeever

Actress and comedian -- via the Telegraph.AKA Catherine Jane Mitchell.

Alex "Happy" Howden

Comedian and actor -- via the Edinburgh News.


Hans Kristiansen

Max Greger

Bandleader and saxophonist -- via Deutsche Welle.

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Don Yoder

Folklorist -- via Lancaster Online. Helped found the first folk festival in the country in 1951, and helped found the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.


John "Bud" Thomas

Roger Smalley

Composer, pianist, and conductor -- via Classical Music.

Roseanne Murray

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Jack Ferry

Actor -- via Obits for Life.