Monday, December 7, 2015

Martin E. Brooks

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. AKA Martin Baum.



Luc Bondy

Director --via the New Yorker.



Pio Caro Baroja

Carlos "Buddy" Moreno

Musician, singer, bandleader, TV and radio host -- via St. Louis Public Radio.




Lennart Helsing

Writer -- via Svenska Dagbladet.

Alleppey Sheriff

Screenwriter and director -- via the International Business Times. 

Lex Jacoby

Writer -- via Luxemburger Wort.

Joshua Shintani

Actor -- via the New York Daily News.


Gloria Grant

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. AKA Gloria Greer.

Jean Joubert

Barbro Hiort af Ornas

Actress -- via Svenska Dagbladet.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Holly Woodlawn

Actress -- via NewNowNext. AKA Haroldo Santiago Francheschi Rodriguez Danhakl.








Scott Weiland

Eldzier Cortor

Artist -- via Rolling Out.

Eva Fuka-Engle

Photographer -- via lidovky.cz.


Eli Avramov



Musician -- via Israel International News.

Jamiluddin Aali

Poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar -- via the Express Tribune. AKA Nawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan.

Dan Fante

Writer -- via The Wrap.

Hazel Holt

Crime novelist -- via the Telegraph.

Carlos Oroza



Poet -- via El Pais.

John Theunissen

Hugh Chapman

Actor -- via legacy.com.




Saturday, December 5, 2015

Marilia Pera

Actress -- via O Globo.







Wayne Bickerton

Songwriter and music producer --via PRS for Music. AKA Arthur Ronald Bickerton.

Yoka Berretty

Actress -- via de Volkskrant.

Shigeru Mizuki

Manga artist -- via the Japan Times.

Albert D'Annibale

Friday, December 4, 2015

Robert Loggia

Actor and director -- via Variety. AKA Salvatore Loggia. A great meat-and-potatoes actor who could do funny, serious, adventure, whatever you needed. Great in films such as "Jagged Edge," De Palma's "Scarface," and "Big."













Thursday, December 3, 2015

Anthony Valentine

Actor -- via the Guardian.

John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia

Al Markim

Markim at right in photo.
Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Played Astro on "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet."

Vidonne Sherri Tsamis

Actress -- via Lensing Funeral. AKA Vidonne Sayre Linn. 

Kerry Casey

Actor, writer, director, and teacher -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.


Gabriele Ferzettti

Actor -- via Variety. Best known for his work in films such as "L'Avventura," "Once Upon a Time in the West," "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," "The Night Porter," and "I Am Love."




Arthur Brooks

Vocalist with the Impressions -- via the Chattanooga Free Press.

Warren Miller

Rockabilly singer -- via legacy.com. AKA Cris Kevin.



Eldar Ryazanov

Director and screenwriter -- via the New York Times.

Joseph Silverstein

Violinist and conductor -- via the Forward.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Norman C. Pickering

Engineer, inventor, and musician -- via the New York Times. A polymath who did much; he improved music playback technology to an amazing degree!

Robert Burton 'Mack' McCormick

Folklorist, blues expert and researcher -- via the New York Times.


Ronnie Bright

Ken Johnson

Former MLB pitcher -- via Yahoo Sports. The only pitcher ever to pitch a nine-inning shutout ad still lose the game.


Jan Monrad

Entertainer -- via fyens.dk.