Mary Louise Watson

Voting rights activist -- via the Tennessean.\

Tulsi Ramsay

Director -- via India TV News. One of the famous film-making Ramsay clan, he specialized in horror, working in tandem with his brother Shyam. The Ramsays, father and seven sons, were close to going out of business when they tried the horror genre with Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche (1972), which proved success. They went on to make more than 30 ultra-low-budget, cheesy fright flicks that attracted a dedicated cadre of fans.

Bob Bryan

Humorist -- via Maine Public Radio.

Rodney Kageyama

Actor -- via the L.A. Times.

Thopil Ajayan

Director -- via The News Minute.

Matti Kasilla

Director -- via mtvuutiset.fi.

Theresa Wozniak

Owner of the storied Wozniak's lounge and banquet hall -- via the Chicago Sun-Times.

Michael Paul Smith

The creator of a spectacular world in miniature -- via the New York Times. Founder and documenter of the tiny town of Elgin Park.

Carol Rhodes

Artist -- via the Guardian.

Michael Wild

Composer, playwright, actor, and performer -- via the Telegraph.

Nancy Wilson

Grammy-winning jazz great; a magnificent singer -- via the New York Times.

Sondra Locke

Actress and director -- via Rolling Stone.

Patricia Marshall

Actress and singer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Angelo Conti

Singer -- via La Repubblica.

Larry Lee Phillipson

Singer -- via Williamson-White Funeral Home. AKA Larry Lee.

Elisapee Ishulutaq

Artist -- via the Inuit Art Foundation.

Ferenc Kosa

Director -- via the Washington Post.

Philip Edgar Carey

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Thomas Baptiste

Actor and singer -- via the Guardian.

Floyd Parton

Songwriter -- via Billboard.

Bill Siegel

Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker ('The Trials of Muhaamad Ali') -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Blanche Lund

Dancer and choreographer -- via the CBC.

Raoul Hunter

Sculptor and caricaturist -- via Le Soleil.

Lucas Starr

Bassist -- via Consequence of Sound.

Bob Giggie

Former MLB pitcher -- via legacy.com.

Alvin Epstein

Actor and director known for his work with Samuel Beckett -- via the New York Times. He performed with Marcel Marceau, and played the Fool to Orson Welles' Macbeth. He was Lucky in the first American production of "Waiting for Godot," and CLov in the American premiere of "Endgame."

Charles Weldon

Actor -- via the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. John Moore's obituary is exemplary --comprehensive and well-sourced.

James Erlichman

Journalist, broadcaster, and writer -- via the Guardian.

Rob DesHotel

TV writer and producer -- via Deadline.

William Blum

Dissenter and writer -- via the New York Times. The only American whose work was ever endorsed by Osama bin Laden.

Evelyn Berezin

Inventor of the word processor -- via the New York Times.

Moira Roberts

Sharpshooter and circus owner -- via the Telegraph.

Shan Goshorn

Artist -- via the Cherokee One Feather.

Vyacheslav Dubinin

Stuntman and actor -- via nsn.fm.

Tor Fretheim

Writer and journalist -- via fjordabladet.

Rosanell Eaton

Voting rights activist -- via the L.A. Times.

Carl Janelli

Musician -- via legacy.com.

Yigal Bashan

Singer and composer -- via ynetnews.com.

Ljupka Dzundeva

Actress -- via fakulteti.mk.

Galina Anisimova

Actress -- via rbc.ru.

Lyudmila Alexeyeva

Human rights activist -- via the New York Times.

Victor Hayden

Artist and musician -- via Beefheart. AKA The Mascara Snake.

Hayden painted the cover for this 1974 Captain Beefheart album.

Fred Wieland

Fred Wieland standing at rear

Guitarist -- via noise11.

Doris Mayer

Actress and writer -- via Salzburger Nachtrichten.

Aat Veldhoen

Artist -- via nos.nl.

Christopher Shea

Child actor; the original voice of Linus in the first five Charlie Brown TV specials -- via legacy.com.

Ed Burks

Pianist -- via St. Louis Cremation.

Ace Cannon

Saxophonist -- via the Memphis Commercial Appeal. AKA John Henry Cannon.

Alan 'Dirty Al' Gallagher

Former MLB player -- via the San Francisco Chronicle. AKA Pigpen, Sludge, Filthy McNasty. Quite a character, he was given his nickname for not washing his uniform (or socks or underwear) for 25 games during a hitting streak. Also made an impact as a manager and promoter.