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.
Actor -- via Fangoria. A real pro, a character actor with a memorable face. He could and did work on stage, in film and on TV, in comedy, drama, and horror.
TV producer -- via the New York Times. Against the odds, he developed and produced a slew of great shows such as "I Spy," "Dr. Kildaire," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "It Takes a Thief," "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Bob Newhart Show," "Lou Grant,""The White Shadow," "WKRP in Cincinnati," "Hill Street Blues," "Remington Steele," "Cheers," "Family Ties," and "St. Elsewhere" -- to name but a few.
Actress -- via legacy.com. AKA Valerie Reddington. she only has four credits, two in TV and two in film. However, the two films were Hammer's The Curse of Frankenstein and The Horror of Dracula, which launched the British horror boom. She was quite good, but retired early. (Perhaps the horrible fates she suffers in both films were discouraging.)
Composer, accordionist, theorist, and educator -- via NPR. Is credited wit hdeveloping "deep listening," although this is an age-old concept; I have recordings of friends doing it a decade before the coinage of that phrase.
