Thursday, September 17, 2015

Oana Ionachim

Actress -- via click.ro.

Barbara Gil

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Gert Wilden

Film composer best known for his scores for erotic films -- via sueddeutsche.de. AKA Gert Wychodil.







Elena Arnedo

Annemarie Bostroem

Poet, playwright, and lyricist -- via presseportal.de.


Radim Palous

Dissident -- via AP.

Murray Rubin

Actor -- via legacy.com.


Salvatore Bovoso

Actor, writer, and restaurateur -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.


May Boss

Stuntman -- via Deadline.


Tony Morelli

Stuntman and martial artist -- via legacy.com.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Rocco Scotti

Noted singer of the National Anthem -- via cleveland.com.

Melvin Bernhardt

Tony-winning director -- via the New York Times. won for "Da," which I was fortunate enough to see.




Ray Smolover

Richard G. Williams

David "Bubba" Powledge

Actor and stuntman -- via pacestancil.com.


Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Kalamandalam Sathyabhama

Dancer, choreographer, and teacher -- via the New Indian Express.

Fred Deux

Artist -- via happenings.media.

Habil Aliyev

Master kamancheh player -- via the Tehran Times.




Kool DJ AJ

DJ -- via Billboard. AKA Aaron O'Bryant.

Teri Harangozo

Singer -- via origo.hu.

Norman Farberow

Eddie Armen

Guitarist -- via dignitymemorials.com.AKA Edward Armendariz.




Nelson Peery

Political activist and writer -- via the People's Tribune.

Voula Zouboulaki

Actress -- via Greek Reporter. AKA Paraskevi Zouboulaki.



Cor Edskes

Organ restorer and expert -- via orgelenkirkmuziek.nl.

Monday, September 14, 2015

Gary Richrath

Guitarist and songwriter best known for his work with REO Speedwagon -- via CNN. Composed or co-composed such hits as "Take It n the Run" and "Ridin' the Storm Out."



Bill Becker

Frank Gilroy

Playwright, screenwriter; film producer and director -- via the New York Times. Best known for his plaay "The Subject Was Roses."





Susan Allen

Harpist -- via Slipped Disc.

Augusta Lee Collins

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Candida Royalle

Feminist pornographic filmmaker -- via the New York Times.




Guillermo Rubalcaba

Pianist, bandleader, composer, and orchestrator -- via Billboard. AKA Guillermo Gonzalez Camejo.






Bryn Merrick

Former bassist for the Damned -- via Wales Online.

Bobby Bennett

Disc jockey -- via the Washington Post. AK The Mighty Burner.


William Grier

Psychiatrist -- via the New York Times.


Friday, September 11, 2015

Dickie Moore

Child actor; writer, public relations exec, and editor -- via the New York Times. AKA John Richard Moore, Jr. He first appeared in film in 1927. He was a member of Our Gang, and racked up over 100 credits before he left  the profession in 1957. He wrote a wonderful study of the lives of child actors, titled "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (But Don't Have Sex or Take the Car)." He was quite a good actor, not just a cute little face; for instance, his brief role as a deaf-mute in "Out of the Past" sticks in the mind.











Franco Interlenghi

Actor -- via La Repubblica. Noted for his work with De Sica, Antonioni, Fellini, and Visconti.


John P. Connell

Ilja Bergh

Pianist and composer -- via kommponistforenigen.dk.

John Perreault

Art critic, poet, and painter -- via the New York Times.



Gabrielle Burton

Barney Schultz

Former MLB relief pitcher -- via CBS St. Louis.

Gene Elston

Gaylord Shaw

Pulitzer-winning journalist -- via the New York Times.


Aadesh Shristastava

Composer and singer -- via IBN Live.