Actress and singer -- via deadline.com. Her two defining roles were first as Julie Kotter in he U.S. TV series "Welcome Back, Kotter," and as Diane Szalinski in the "Honey, I Shrunk the . . . " Disney film trilogy. She started as a singer, with the modest hit "The Flower People." Denver angle: her second record, "The Groovy World of Jack and Jill," charted only in Denver, evidently.
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.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Oscar Taveras
Rookie outfielder for the Cardinals; killed in a car crash at 22 -- via MLB. Poor kid. Baruch dayan emet.
Leigh Kamman
Jazz radio host -- via MPR. Broadcast for 67 years, from 1940 through 2007. Denver angle: he broadcast from KOA-AM during World War II.
Sidney Shapiro
Writer, scholar, and translator -- via the Malay Mail. AKA Sha Boli. One of the very foreign-born Chinese citizens.
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Friday, October 24, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Federico Boido
Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. AKA Rick Boyd, Rico Boido, Rich Boyd, Rick Boyd, Rik Boyd, and Ryck Boyd. Appeared in many spaghetti Westerns, sci-fi and exploitation films such as "Danger:Diabolik," "Planet of the Vampires," "Superfly TNT," and "Guns for Dollars."
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Ben Bradlee
Newspaper editor at the Washington Post; directed its groundbreaking Watergate coverage -- via the New York Times.
L. M. Kit Carson
Screenwriter ("Paris, Texas") and actor; inventor of the mockumentary ("David Holzman's Diary") -- via the Dallas Morning News.
Lynda Bellingham
Actress -- via the Guardian. AKA Meredith Lee Hughes. Best known for her long role as the "Oxo mom," in TV commercials peddling gravy.
Paul Craft
Member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame -- via the Washington Post. He wrote such hits as "Drop Kick Me, Jesus," "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life," "Midnight Flyer," "It's Me Again, Margaret," "Keep Me from Blowing Away," "Raised by the Rail Line," and "Brother Jukebox."
John Holt
Singer and songwriter; former lead singer for the Paragons -- via the BBC. His big hit: "The Tide is High."
Monday, October 20, 2014
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