Bruce Langhorne

Musician and composer; vital part of Greenwich Village folk scene, he was Dylan's  'Mr. Tambourine Man' -- via Fact. Worked extensively with Dylan; he plays lead guitar on "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and "Maggie's Farm," among pretty much every active folk performer of the era. He composed several film scores, beginning with an innovaative one for Peter Fonda's "The Hired Hand"; he composed the score for Demme's splendid "Melvin & Howard."

Ayieya

Comedian and actor -- via The Star. AKA Emmanuel Makori Nyambane, Ayieya Poa Poa.

Tom Coyne

Grammy-winning sound engineer -- via Music Business Worldwide.

Joan See

A primary player in the world of acting in advertising, and teacher of the unique technique -- via the New York Times. Great piece by William Grimes.

Mika Vainio

Pioneer electronic musician' co-founder of Pan Sonic -- via NPR.

Arturo Garcia Bustos

Artist -- via Tiempo. The last living disciple of Frieda Kahlo.

Bustos at far right in 1941 photo.

Lisa Donnelly

Singer and songwriter -- via the Lawrence, KS Journal-World.

Tony Figuerira

Photographer and journalist -- via The Namibian.

Kirill Kovaldzhi

Writer -- via Gorky Media.

Keni Richards

Drummer -- via Loudwire.

L.A. Dre

Music producer -- via hiphopdx.com. AKA Andre Bolton.

Peggy Hayama

Singer -- via Japan Today. AKA Shigeko Mori.

Banner Thomas

Bassist and songwriter best known as founding member of Molly Hatchet -- via Ultimate Classic Rock. Co-wrote "Flirtin' with Disaster."

Ralph Votrian

Actor in radio, and TV; voiceover artist -- via legacy.com. His IMDb bio states that he began performing at age 8 (1942) on radio. His extensive list of appearances include work on "Dragnet" and "Twilight Zone."

Darren Lebrecht

Actor -- via the L.A. Coroner's Office.

Givi Berikashvili

Actor -- via Georgian Journal.

John Chittick

Doctor, activist, and educator; a key player in the worldwide education of teens about HIV/AIDS -- via the Sentinel and Enterprise.

Bob Wooton

Johnny Cash's long-time second lead guitarist -- via Saving Country Music. Wooton worshipped, and replaced, original guitarist Luther Perkins, inventor of the signature boom-chicka-boom propulsive strumming style.

Rodger Maus

Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated art director and production designer -- via legacy.com. Though he is best known for his Oscar-nominated work on victor/Victoria, Maus for me will always be the house designer for Irwin Allen's sci-fi TV shows of the 1960s. "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "The Time Tunnel," "Lost in Space," "Land of the Giants" -- he created the landscape of many a childhood fantasy.

Toby Smith

Keyboardist and songwriter best known for his work with Jamiroquai -- via Fact. AKA Toby Grafftey-Smith.

Bab Christensen

Actress - via vg.no.

Charlie Murphy

Comedian, comedy writer, and screenwriter -- via Variety. A wonderful comedy writer and a great storyteller.

Toshio Matsumoto

Filmmaker and video artist -- via .Japan Trends.

David Angel

Violinist -- via The Strad.

John Shearin

Actor -- via Wilkerson Funeral Home.

Jean Perimony

Actor and drama teacher -- via bfmtv.

J. Geils

Guitarist and founder of the J. Geils Band -- via JamBase.

Carolyn Kelly

Cartoonist -- via News from ME. A very beautiful remembrance.

Amy Ashworth

Pioneering gay rights activist  (PFLAG) -- via legacy.com.

Knut Borge

Journalist, writer, and radio and TV host -- via NRK.

John Clarke

Comedian, writer, and satirist -- via the Guardian.

Michael Ballhaus

Prominent cinematographer noted for his work with top-notch directors such as Fassbinder and Scorsese -- via Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He started out by making no fewer than 16 films with Fassbinder (which must have been an education), and created the look for such films of his as The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Mother Kuster Goes to Heaven, and The Marriage of Maria Braun. He moved on to more conventional fare -- Sayles' Baby It's You, Broadcast News,  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. for example, and lots of work with Scorsese -- After Hours, The Color of Money, The Last Temptation of Christ, Goodfellas, The Age of Innocence, Th Gangs of New York, and The Departed.

Margarita Isabel

Actress -- via El Universal. AKA Margarita Isabel Morales y Gonzalez.

Walter "Jimmie" Booth

Stuntman and actor; master of the lost art of driving horse-drawn wagons and stagecoaches -- via legacy.com.

Patricia McKissack

Writer -- via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AKA L'Ann Carwell, Pat McKissack, Patricia C. McKissack.

Vasantha Obeysekera

Director and screenwriter -- via Ada Derana.

Anri Volokhonsky

Poet and translator -- via Russian Reality.

Kim Young-ae

Actress -- via Asia One.

Ahmad Dahbour

Poet -- via Middle East Monitor.

Tomairangi Pak

Kapa haka master -- via Stuff.

Libuse Havelkova

Actress -- via ahaonline.cz.

Alexander Garros

Writer, screenwriter, and journalist -- via russkiymir.ru.

Peter Hansen

Ubiquitous soap opera actor who played Lee Baldwin on General Hospital -- via legacy.com.

Bernard Millant

Archetier (bow maker) and luthier -- via The Strad.

Yuushi Matsuyama

Film and anime composer -- via Kotaku.