Roy Harris

Folk singer -- via the Telegraph.

Anthony Simmons

Writer and director -- via the Guardian.

Fatima Surayya Bajia

Novelist and playwright -- via The Sindh Times.

Siriku Adeshina

Actor -- via Daily Post (Nigeria). AKA Arakangdu.

Andre van den Huyvel

Actor -- via nos.nl.

Herb Braha

Actor -- via Variety. AKA Herb Simon. Was a member of the original cast of "Godspell"!

Virginia Herrick-Garrison

Actress and soprano -- via the Las Vegas Review-Journal. A familiar face from several B Westerns and early TV shows! She later trained her voice and sang opera.

Markand Bhatt

Actor and director -- via DNA India.

Alethea McGrath

Actress -- via theforce.net.

Ewin McDonough

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Rebecca Masika Katsuva

Human-rights activist -- via the Guardian. A victim of rape who refused to be quiet, who helped women and children who were victimized as well.

Tommy Kelly

Child actor, and teacher -- via The Wrap. Star of Selznick's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" in 1938; had a moment in"Gone With the Wind" as the band boy who criies as the death lists are distributed.

Juliette Benzoni

Novelist -- via Le Figaro.

Andrew Glaze

Poet, playwright, and novelist -- via al.com.

Leslie Bassett

Pulitzer-winning composer -- via the New York Times.

Edith Skom

Mystery novelist -- via legacy.com.

Alexandra Zavyalovla

Actress -- via News 4 Russia.

Bobby "Crow" Caldwell

Organist for Terry Knight & the Pack -- via Oldies Music News.

Nida Fazil

Poet and lyricist -- via the Times of India.

Robert Bergen

Guitarist -- via hln.be. AKA Berre Bergen.

Haro Senft

Filmmaker -- via Der Standard.

Elizabeth Eisenstein

Historian -- via one of her children. Love her thoughts on the transition from a scribal to a print culture!

Nkomode

Comedian -- via GhanaWeb. AKA Yaw Donkor.

Ya’ackov Ben-Sira

Actor -- via the Jerusalem Post.

Douglas "Turkey Egg" Greer

Former child actor -- via legacy.com.

Norman Hudis

Screenwriter; best known for the first six wacky English broad-comedy "Carry On" films -- via the BBC.

Amelia Bence

Actress -- via La Nacion.

Dave Anderson

Comedian and radio host -- via Oregon Live.

Sudhir Tailang

Cartoonist -- via the Indian Express.

Eddy Wally

Singer -- via deredactie.be.

Bodil Malmsten

Poet and novelist -- via Svenska Dagbladet.

Daniel Gerson

Screenwriter -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Margaret Forster

Novelist best known for "Georgy Girl" -- via the Guardian.

Tayeb Saddiki

Playwright -- via Morocco World News.

La Velle

Singer -- via lacote.ch. AKA Louise La Velle McKinnie Duggan.

Ulf Soderblom

Conductor -- via the Violin Channel.

Big Kap

DJ -- via Music Times. AKA Keith Carter.

Ales Debeljak

Poet -- via bodyliterature.com.

Peter Robinson

Keyboardist -- via legacy.com. AKA David Mills, Peter R the Druid.

Gordon Thomas

Outsider composer, musician ,and performer -- via gordonthomas.com.


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Jimmie Haskell

Composer and arranger for film and TV -- via  . AKA Sheridan Perlman.

Dan Hicks

Completely unique singer ,songwriter, and musician -- via the BBC. His unclassifiable music includes a blend of country, jazz, close-harmony singing, great solos, and more. Hicks himself  referred to it as "folk swing." He fronted Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks in various incarnations. He is hilarious!

Edgar Mitchell

Astronaut -- via CNN.

Robin Duke Chandler

Journalist, broadcaster, stockbroker, government official, and pro-choice activist -- via legacy.ccom. AKA Grace Esther Tippett.

Ray Colcord

Composer, musician, music director, and songwriter -- via jwfan.com. Did tons of TV; was the first music director for the Groundlings; signed Aerosmith and co-produced "Get Your Wings"; co-wrote funny songs with Julie Brown; and he played keyborads on albums as diverse as "Rock 'n' Rock Animal" and "American Pie."

Raphael Schumacher

Actor -- via the BBC.

Sam Spence

Composer for NFL Films -- via the New York Daily News. This silly, cheesy, over-the-top musicwas perfect as the bed for the thousands of football documentaries released by the league down the years. My old, old standup joke abut "Why do they play pirate music during slo-mo football sequences?" is answered below.