Algia Mae Hinton

Blues guitarist and singer -- via the News Observer.

Ebony Reigns

Singer -- via the Evening Standard. AKA Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng.

Lovebug Starski

Rapper and DJ -- via NPR. AKA Kevin Smith.

Sonia Gechtoff

Artist -- via ArtNews.

Pat Torpey

Drummer -- via Billboard.

John Perry Barlow

Lyricist for the Grateful Dead; poet, rancher, essayit, and pioneer Internet freedom activist -- via Billboard.




A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow. from IDEALOGUE on Vimeo.

Mickey Jones

Drummer who became character actor -- via the L.A. Times.

Joseph Polchinski

Theoretical physicist -- via the New York Times.

Joe Maurer

Doctor; co-founder of Boulder Medical Center -- via the Daily Camera. AKA Lawrence Maurer.

Vicki Joyce

Singer -- via legacy.com. AKA Vicki Heller, Evelyn Mannes. She began her career at the age of 8, in 1923! She was initially billed as "The Miniature Fanny Brice."

Muhiyidin Elamin Moye

Black Lives Matter leader -- via the New York Post. AKA Muhiyidin d'Baha.

Paul Clipson

Experimental filmmaker -- via Resident Advisor.




MADE OF AIR (2014) from Paul Clipson on Vimeo.


LIGHTHOUSE (2015) from Paul Clipson on Vimeo.

Fedora Aleman

Singer -- via El Nacional.

Madavoor Vasudevan Nair

Dancer -- via The News Minute.

Zeno Roth

Guitarist -- via Blabbermouth.

Jo Mapes

Singer and songwriter; later journalist -- via the Chicago Sun-Times. AKA Joanna Shanas.

Jacquie Jones

Documentary filmmaker -- via the Washington Post.

Don Choate

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Belleville News-Democrat.

Mathieu Riboulet

Writer and filmmaker -- via Liberation.

Nat Neujean

Sculptor -- via Academie Royale.

Hoang Van

Songwriter and composer -- via VNE Express.

Alf Humphreys

Actor -- via the North Bay Nugget.

Laurin Pepper

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Hattiesburg American. AKA Hugh Pepper.

Dora De Larios

Ceramicist -- via the L.A. Times.

Roy Dietzel

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.

Chien Te-men

Actor -- via ifeng.

Gregor Dorfmeister

Journalist and novelist -- via Merkur. AKA ManfredGregor. Two of his novels were made into films -- the award-winning antiwar film "Die Brucke" ("The Bridge") and "Das Urteil" ("The Verdict"), which became "Town Without Pity."

Yockie Suryo Prayogo

Keyboardist, singer, and songwriter -- via the Jakarta Post. AKA Jockie Soerjoprajogo. 

Irina Sanpiter

Actress -- via Io Donna.

Leif Rygg

Fiddler -- via Hordaland.

Rita Deneve

Singer and actress -- via Flanders News.

John Mahoney

Beloved Tony-winning actor of stage, screen, and film -- via the Chicago Tribune. He won the Tony for his unforgettable Artie Shaughnessy in John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves" in 1986. A remarkable stage actor who is better remembered as Fraiser's father on the 11-year run of the TV sitcom "Frasier." He did great work in films such as "Moonstruck," "Eight Men Out," and "Say Anything . . .".".

Arnold Gold

Pediatric neurologist; a pioneer of compassionate care -- via the New York Times.

Alan Stout

Composer -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Wojciech Pokora

Actor -- via Radio Poland.

Lakshmi Devi

Actress -- via The News Minute.

Oswaldo Loureiro

Actor and director -- via O Globo.

Reyes Abades

A cinematic special-effects master from Spain -- via El Pais. Almost 300 credits in a career that stretched 44  years, from 1973 until now. A winner of NINE Goya awards for work in classic Spanish films such as "Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown," "Ay, Carmela!", "Abre los Ojos," "The Devil's Backbone," "Pan's Labyrinth," "The Last Circus," "The Skin I Live In," "Blancanieves," and even Terry Gilliam's forthcoming "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote."

Stan Francis

Design engineer, musician, and amateur/master luthier; created Pete Seeger's iconic 12-string guitar in 1960 -- via the Guardian. His father taught how to work with wood. He loved to play banjo and guitar, and was part of the Liverpudlian skiffle/folk music scene, directly before the Britpop revolution. Crafting instruments was  passion for him. He did it in his shed, and never made a going concern of it. No two pieces are alike.

Amber McWilliams

Actress -- via the New Zealand Herald.

Rolf Zacher

Actor -- via Der Westen.

Richard Wesp

Actor -- via the Buffalo News.

Bill Whitehead

Writer and actor -- via the CBC.

Dahaud Shaar

Drummer, musician, and singer -- via the Belfast Telegraph. AKA David Shaw.

Mowzey Radio

Singer -- via the BBC.

Manindra Gupta

Poet -- via Daily Hunt.

Leon 'Ngudu' Chancler

Drummer -- via Suddeutsche Zeitung.

William O'Connor

Artist -- via tribute.com.