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.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
June Winters
Singer and actress -- via Playbill. She was in the legendary Olesen and Johnson vaudeville revue "Hellzapoppin" from 1938 through 1941; she late become the storyteller "Lady in Blue" on records and radio.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Don Griffin
Singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer -- via Soul Tracks. Replace Marv Tarplin in the Miracles; can be heard on "Love Machine."
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.
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."
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."
Ken Barnes
Music producer, writer, broadcaster, film historian, filmmaker, and songwriter -- via the Telegraph.
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