Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Alan Steel

Actor -- via Spettacoli e Cultura. AKA Sergio Chiani. Star of many of the peplum (word-and-sandal) epics of Italy in the 1950s and 1960s.




Sylvie Joly

Actress and comedian -- via Le Monde.






Robyn Beeche

Photographer -- via the Telegraph.

Joy Golden

Ad exec and copywiter par excellence -- via the New York Times.


Alberta Wright

Restaurateur -- via the New York Times.


Jean Darling

Actress, singer, writer, and journalist -- via Broadway World. AKA Dorothy Jean LaVake. One of the Our Gang child actors from the silent era, she was also the first Carrie Pipperridge in "Carousel."






Bob Munson

Electrical engineer and farmer -- via the Daily Camera.



Steve Haun

Keyboardist and composer -- via legacy.com.

Rhoda Lerman

Novelist -- via the New York Times.


Graham Brazier

Singer and songwriter -- via the New Zealand Herald.



Monday, September 7, 2015

Martin Milner

Actor -- via Variety. Best  remembered as Office Pete Molloy in TV cop show "Adam-12," and Tod Stiles in the earlier "Route 66." His 50-year career in film, TV, stage, and radio began in 1947 with "Life with Father." He turned a memorable performance as Steve Dallas in "The Sweet Smell of Success."



Friday, September 4, 2015

Rico Rodriguez

The father of ska and reggae trombone; member of the Specials -- via the Guardian. AKA Emmanuel Rodriguez, Rico, Reco, El Reco. His discography is insane; he made hundreds of recordings, starting in NINETEEN FIFTY EIGHT. His sound is unmistakeable, a model: throbbing and warm, but married to a crisp and bouncy tempo. Like any other master, when he swings it feels just right, like it was meant to be. Try his masterwork, 1977's "Man from Wareika."











Helen Pomerance Johnson

Boudjemaa El Ankis

Performer of chaabi music -- via Huffington Post Maghreb. AKA Mohammed Boudjemaa.








Paul Quinn

Actor and director -- via Variety.

Manos Nathan

Artist --via Radio New Zealand.

Vivian Eng

Dancer on many Broadway  productions -- via the New York Post.


Tessa Ransford

Poet, editor, translator, and archivist -- via the Herald (Scotland).




Simo Salminen

Comic actor -- via mtv.fi. Also former Clown Water-Jump Champion of Finland.

Bouteldja Belkacem

Songwriter, lyricist, singer, and composer -- via Le Figaro. A champion of modern rai music.








George Cleve

Conductor -- via the San Jose Mercury News.




Ken Barnes

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Denise Marshall

Michael Rayner

Totty Ames

Actress and singer -- via legacy.com. AKA Estelle Totty, Winifred Cope.




Endre Fejes

Writer -- via szinhaz.hu.

Owen "Boomer" Castleman

Songwriter, guitarist, and singer; inventor of the Palm Pedal -- via the Fort Worth Weekly. Wrot some good songs, including "What Am I Doin' Hanging Around?", "Judy Mae," "Boy from the Country," and "Fort Worth, I Love You."





Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Dean Jones

Actor and singer -- via Deadline. Irrevocably thought of as the epitome of the Disney live-action comedy hero. In films that included "That Darn Cat!", "Blackbeard's Ghost," "The Ugly Dachsund," "The Love Bug" and its sequels, and other such hilarity. He could do a lot; he opened the orginal production of "Company" as the central character of Bobby, a role he excelled at.




Joy Beverley

Singer; one of the three Beverley sisters -- via the BBC. AKA Joycelyn V. Chinery. She and sisters Babs and Teddie sang with Glenn Miller, had their own TV show in England, and cracked top 10 in America.








Sue Delany

Long-time San Diego radio host -- via NBC San Diego. Classic old-school DJ.

Mighty Joe Longa

Keyboardist -- via the San Diego Union Tribune. AKA Joseph M. Lunga.

Blondell Cummings

Dancer and choreographer -- via the New York Times.


Cipe Lincovsky

Actress -- via El Intransigente.