Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra

The greatest catcher that ever lived -- MLB Hall of Fame catcher; All-Star for FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE SEASONS, 18 total. Three-time AL MVP. Thirteen World Series rings. Successful MLB manager as well; a thrilling, muscular artist with a genius for misexpressing himself -- via the New York Times. It was all so long ago that it's difficult to remember that before Yogi was a character he was a giant, the linchpin and creative intelligence of the Dreamtime Yankees. This was combined with great physical strength, and throwing and hitting accuracy. (Did the man have a flaw? Sure. He was not what you might call a stellar baserunner.) He could think, though his verbal parabolas and Bronx/Zen philosophy belie it (he sounded like a New Yorker, but he grew up in St. Louis). Above all, to us he was just a regular guy -- that nutty guy at the end of the bar, the guy you hung out with during lunch at work. I saw him from far away, always, or through a TV screen. When she was a kid, my wife sat on his lap. God bless you, Yogi. "Dear Mr. President: He was out." "I never saw nobody hit one with his face." "If fans don't come out to the ballpark, you can't stop them." I tearfully told my son. "Who killed him?" he asked. "God," I said. Evidently that was the only one who could deter #8.















Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Vilmos Kun

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Jay Scott Pike

Illustrator -- via the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

Martin "Kiddie" Kearns

Drummer for Bolt Thrower -- via Loudwire.

Tomas Ponten

Actor and director -- via aftonbladet.se.

Mihai Volontir

Actor -- via publika.md.

Ben Cauley

Trumpeter, singer, songwriter, and arranger; co-founder of the Bar-Kays -- via Scripps Media. The only survivor of the plane crash that killed Otis Redding and four of his bandmates in 1967,






Alex Monchak

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.


Willie Mae Seaton

Restaurateur; proprietress of  Willie Mae's Scotch House -- via the New Orleans Times-Picayune.




Millie Moore

Film editor -- via the Hollywood  Reporter.


Adrian Frutiger

Type designer -- via the New York Times.

Peggy Jones

Guitarist, songwriter, singer, bandleader, and session musician -- via She Shreds. AKA The Queen Mother of Guitar, Lady Bo (for her early collaborations with Bo Diddley).





Adam Purple

Environmentalist and master gardener -- via the New York Times. AKA Rev. Les Ego, John Peter Zenger 2nd, General Zen of the Headquarters Intergalactic of Psychic Police of Uranus.



Sunday, September 20, 2015

Guy Beart

Singer and songwriter -- via the Guardian. AKA Guy Behart-Hasson.



Randy Wiles

Former MLB pitcher -- via the New Orleans Times-Picayune.


Carl Schorske

Cultural historian -- via the New York Times.


Betty Lago

Actress -- via globo.com.

Rezo Cheishvili

Screenwriter and playwright -- via Vestnik Kavkaza.




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.