Actor -- via michaelfairmansoaps.com.
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, June 30, 2011
Arthur B. Balinger
Actor -- via obits.dignitymemorial.com. A ubiquitous member of Jack Webb's acting troupe, he appeared in many Mark VII Ltd. TV productions such as "Dragnet," "Adam-12" and "Emergency!", usually as a captain or chief. Before this, he worked extensively in radio.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Maciej Zembaty
Writer, journalist, singer, poet and comedian -- via muzyka.interia.pl. Known promarily for his translations and popularizationjs of Leonard Cohen in the Polish language.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Elaine Stewart
Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. My strongest memory of her is in the role of Jane Ashton, Gene Kelly's erstwhile fiancee in "Brigadoon."
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Gil Spencer
Pulitzer-winning reporter, and editor -- via the Denver Post. He was good to his people, he didn't take any shit, he knew how to have fun and he knew what he was doing. That's pretty rare.
Randall Dale Adams
Friday, June 24, 2011
Fred Steiner
Composer, conductor, orchestrator and arranger for film, radio and television -- via Film Music Reporter. An Academy Award nominee for his score for "The Color Purple," he most famously wrote "Park Avenue Beat," the theme for the "Perry Mason" TV show.
CORRECTION: I received a nice note from Chuck Schwartz, cousin of Steiner, whose corrections are now incorporated into the obituary. "Fred Steiner did NOT write the theme for (saturday morning) Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. I think his father George may have done that one. Fred DID write the theme for primetime's The Bullwinkle Show, which was the prime time version of Rocky."
CORRECTION: I received a nice note from Chuck Schwartz, cousin of Steiner, whose corrections are now incorporated into the obituary. "Fred Steiner did NOT write the theme for (saturday morning) Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. I think his father George may have done that one. Fred DID write the theme for primetime's The Bullwinkle Show, which was the prime time version of Rocky."
Peter Falk
Actor -- via KTLA. A great performer -- although he will be best remembered for playing TV detective Columbo,
he could do much, much more. He started in live TV in New York. He made it into movies playing rats and criminals in movies such as "Pretty Boy Floyd" and "Murder, Inc." He finally displayed his dramatic chops in several collaborations with John Cassavetes in "Husbands," "A Woman Under the Influence," and "Opening Night."
He could do comedy -- just watch the original "The In-Laws," "Murder by Death" and "The Princess Bride."
My favorite role of his was a relatively small one, but a key one, as "Der Filmstar" in Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire."
"To smoke, and have coffee - and if you do it together, it's fantastic." What a guy.
he could do much, much more. He started in live TV in New York. He made it into movies playing rats and criminals in movies such as "Pretty Boy Floyd" and "Murder, Inc." He finally displayed his dramatic chops in several collaborations with John Cassavetes in "Husbands," "A Woman Under the Influence," and "Opening Night."
He could do comedy -- just watch the original "The In-Laws," "Murder by Death" and "The Princess Bride."
My favorite role of his was a relatively small one, but a key one, as "Der Filmstar" in Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire."
"To smoke, and have coffee - and if you do it together, it's fantastic." What a guy.
Gene Colan
One of the great Silver Age comic book artists -- via the Sacramento Bee. Best known for his work on "Daredevil" and "The Tomb of Dracula," he also drew Captain America (inventing the Falcon), Doctor Strange, the Sub-Mariner, Batman and many others.
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