Km Ki-duk

Director -- via Yonhap News Agency. Not to be confused with Kim Ki-duk, also director ("spring, Summer, Winter, Fall . . . and Spring"), born 1960.

Elizabeth Bauer-Nock

Circus artiste -- via the Telegraph. One of the renowned "Nerveless Nocks."

Harry Gittes

Film producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Stephen Fybish

Weather maven -- via the New york Times.

Jeffrey Tuchman

Emmy-winning producer, director, and writer --via Deadline.

Kate Millett

Writer, activist, artist, and educator; key figure in Second Wave feminism -- via the New York Times.

Gene 'Stick' Michael

Pivotal Yankees figure; former MLB shortstop, then coach, scout, manager, and general manager -- via MLB. He revived the Yankees' farm system and acquired the Core Four -- Rivera, Pettitte, Jeter, and Posada; and traded for Paulie O'Neill. All this set up the Yankee dynasty of the 1990s. N.B.: Michael was also master of the hidden-ball trick, pulling off five times in his career as a player.

Derek Bourgeois

Composer -- via Slipped Disc.

James Young

Jazzman and founder of Edinburgh's Hogmanay -- via the Scotsman.

Leo Cuypers

Pianist -- via de Volkskrant.

Gauri Lankesh

Murdered journalist and activist -- via the BBC.

Luciano Berruti

Cyclist and cycling enthusiast and expert -- via the Times.

Rick Stevens

Vocalist best known for his work with Tower of Power -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.

Thom Nairn

Poet and translator -- via the Scotsman.

Mario Hernando

Movie critic -- via the Manila Times.

Holger Czukay

Composer, musician, sound engineer, and co-founder of Can; a pioneer in the creation of sampling, ambient music, and worldbeat -- via the Guardian.

Jack Keil

Co-creator and voice of McGruff the Crime Dog --via USA Today.

Larrington Walker

Actor -- via the Sun.

Irene Salemka McGillvray

Soprano -- via the Telegraph.

Simeon Wright

Witness to Emmett Till's abduction, and memoirist -- via the L.A. Times.

Gastone Moschin

Actor -- via the Huffington Post. A versatile actor who played tough guys and comic roles. He will be forever remembered in American film as the vile Don Fanucci in "Godfather II."

Murray Lerner

Oscar-winning documentary director ('From Mao to Mozart: Issac Stern in China'); a pioneer in the making of music documentaries -- via Variety.

Earl Lindo

Reggae musician -- via Les Inrocks. AKA Wire, Wya.

Joan Colom

Photographer -- via El Imparcial.

John Byrne Cooke

Writer, musician, and photographer -- via the Jackson Hole News & Guide.

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Actor known for his work in films high and low (Seven Samurai, Destroy All Monsters!) -- via Movies with Butter. In only his second film, he played the pivotal role of Rikichi, the farmer with a tragic past, in Kurosawa's Seven Samurai. From thence on he was prominent part of the Kurosawa acting ensemble, appearing in such classics as High and Low, Throne of Blood, Red Beard, and Yojimbo. At the same time, he loved working in Toho's tokusatu (special effects) and kaiju (monster) movies. He had great roles in Ishiro Honda films such as The Mysterians, The Human Vapor, and Attack of the Mushroom People.

. . . as the leader of the Mysterians.

Dexter Pottinger

Murdered LGBT activist -- via the Independent.

Elizabeth Kemp

Actress, director, and educator -- via Deadline.

Hedley Jones

Pioneer reggae musician, and sound engineer -- via the Jamaica Observer.

Halim El-Dabh

Composer -- via the Akron Beacon Journal.

Dean Eastmond

LGBT activist -- via the BBC.

Mick Softley

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist; mentor to Donovan and pivotal figure in British folk scene -- via Funeral Times.

Sam Pivnik

Holocaust survivor and memoirist -- via Boersenblatt.

Shirish Pai

Poet and activist -- via The Hindu. AKA Shirish Atre-Pai.

Novella Nelson

Actress and singer -- via Broadway World.

Vladimir Brabec

Actor -- via Radio Prague.

Dave Hlubek

Lead guitarist and co-founder of Molly Hatchet -- via Ultimate Classic Rock.

Larry Marshall

Reggae singer -- via Reggae Vibes.

Mavis Arnold

Investigative journalist -- via the Independent.

Peader Lamb

Actor -- via RTE.

Janine Charrat

Dancer and choreographer -- via the New York Times.

John Ashbery

Poet, translator, critic, and educator; one of the premier poets of the past century -- via the Guardian. When he writes, it is as though Stevens and Stein rutted/somehow starcast flashes glimpsing patrons prowling athwart screenglint.

Ann Jellicoe

Playwright ("The Knack"), director, and translator -- via the Guardian. She moved on to create large-cast, community-based "living history" epic plays -- which sounds fascinating!

Paul Schaal

Former MLB third baseman -- via the Kansas City Star.

Jiri Novotny

Actor -- via Novy Cas.

Susan Vreeland

Writer -- via the San Diego Tribune.

Alan MacDonald

Production designer -- via Deadline.

Pete Kuykendall

Banjoist, composer, and publisher; his Bluegrass Unlimited is the definitive magazine of the genre -- via the Washington Post. AKA Pete Roberts.

Renzo Ozzano

Actor -- via La Stampa.