Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Gary Lee Bomar

Club owner -- via Westword.

Cal Neeman

Former MLB catcher -- via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Burton Raffel

Kallen Pokkudan

Environmental activist and writer -- via the New Indian Express.

Hellmuth Karasek

Billy Joe Royal

Singer best known for "Down in the Boondocks" and "Cherry Hill Park" -- via WSMV. A very versatile hitmaker who could work in pop, soul, and country.







Sunday, October 4, 2015

Simon Cowe

Isabella Nock

Trapeze artist -- via the Telegraph.


Rockne Tarkington

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. Played the lead in "Black Samson," was the only black actor to appear on "The Andy Griffith Show," and played Morgan on "Danger Island" -- "Uh, oh, Chongo!"





Paul Reed

Artist -- via the New York Times.




Mohan Bhandari

Actor -- via NewsKadda.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Brian Friel

Playwright, writer, translator, and theater director -- via the BBC. Best known for his plays such as "Dancing at Lughnasa" and one of my favorite plays, "Faith Healer". Bore the title of Saoi of Aosdana.



Thursday, October 1, 2015

Vo Phien

Writer, and preserver of Vietnamese literature -- via the L.A. Times. AKA Doan The Nhon.




Tom Kelley

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Manchester Patch.

Ionel Talpazan

Outsider artist -- via the New York Times. AKA Adrian DaVinci.




Joan Mankin

Actor and clown -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.


Marla Krolikowski

Teacher persecuted from being transgender -- via the New York Times.


John Guillermin

Director for film and television -- via the Guardian.


Michael Burgess

Tenor -- via the Toronto Globe & Mail.

Julie Wilson Hochman

Singer with the Deb-Tones -- via legacy.com.

Manuel Oltra i Ferrer

Composer -- via Regio7.

Terry Rosenbaum

Teacher who was persecuted by McCarthy -- via the New York Times.