Accordionist -- via the Washington Post.
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.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Ted Markland
Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. May be best remembered for playing Reno in the TV Western series "High Chaparral."
Walt Ketchum
Did a lot of things to make a living, but he loved to play the trumpet -- via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
John Geddes Lawrence Jr.
Medical technologist; a plaintiff in a landmark gay-rights legal case -- via San Diego Gay and Lesbian News.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Hugh Carless
Career diplomat who accompanied Eric Newby to Afghanistan in 1956, an expedition that formed the substance of the classic travel memoir, Newby's "A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush" -- via the Telegraph.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Reginald Collin
Producer, director, writer and actor, primarily for television -- via the Chicago Tribune.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Yoshimitsu Morita
Film director -- via the Chicago Tribune. Directed such well-regarded works as "The Family Game," "And Then" and "Paradise Lost."
Don Sharp
Film director -- via the New York Times. Best known for his efforts for Hammer films, including "The Kiss of the Vampire" and "The Face of Fu Manchu."
Ronnie Wolfe aka Harvey Ronald Wolfe-Luberoff
Comedy writer for stage, radio and TV -- via the Telegraph.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
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