Friday, September 9, 2016

Prince Buster

Singer, songwriter, and music producer; a founding father of ska and rocksteady music -- via Jamaica Observer. AKA Cecil Bustamente Campbell.





Fred McFarlane

Peter Oresick

Poet -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Farhang Sharif

Musician -- via the Tehran Times.



Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor

Culinary anthropologist and broadcaster -- via the New York Times.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Johan Botha

Tenor -- via the Washington Post.



Clifford Curry

Robert Timberg

Journalist -- via the Washington Post.

The Lady Chablis

Entertainer and writer -- via Savannah Now. AKA Benjamin Knox.

John Hostetter

Actor, artist, and musician -- via Page Six.

Darren Seals

Activist -- via USA Today.

Anna Dewdney

Writer -- via the New York Times.

Tommaso Labranca

Writer -- via Corriere della Sera.

Don Minnick

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Roanoke Times.

Leslie H. Martinson

TV and film director -- via Variety. He made a ton of TV, and some notably bad films, including "The Atomic Kid," "Hot Rod Girl," "Fathom," "PT 109," and "Batman; The Movie."




Monday, September 5, 2016

Fred Goodich

Cinematographer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Nalinidhar Bhattacharya

Poet -- via dy265.in.

Richard Scrofani

Scrofani in center of photo.
Former tenor with the Ducanes -- via legacy.com.



Neil Warner

Composer, arranger, and conductor -- via legacy.com. AKA Neil Shilkret.

Kacey Jones

Singer, songwriter, producer, and humorist -- via Rolling Stone. AKA Gail Zeller.





Hugh O'Brian

Bill Etra

Video artist and inventor -- via the New York Times.



Nathan Lyons

Photographer -- via the New York Times.

Geneton Moraes Neto

Journalist -- via Reporter Diario.

Norman Kileen

Drummer -- via LoudWire.

Cesare Gelli

Actor -- via Lettera 43.