Jeff Walls

Guitarist for Guadacanal Diary and other bands. Via Paste.

Theresa Burroughs

Civil rights activist. Via NPR.

Kelly Paris

Former MLB player. Via legacy.com.

Yasuo Furuhata

Film director. Via the Daily.

Francois Weyergans

Writer. Via Livres Hebdo.

Leon Redbone

Singer, songwriter, and musician noted for his Jazz Age period stylings. Mysterious, closed-mouthed, and utterly unique, the self-created Redbone crooned the hits and the obscurities of the early recording era. AKA Dickran Gobalian. Via the New York Daily News.

Sheila Urbanetti

A seemingly "ordinary" person with an inspired obituary. Via dearpersonobits.com.

Robert L. Bernstein

Publisher; founder of Human Rights Watch. Via the New York Times.

Murray Gell-Mann

Theoretical physicist who named quarks. Via the New York Times.

Robert J. Herguth

Journalist and editorialist. Via the Chicago Sun-Times.

Mike Daryoush

Restaurateur who ran the iconic Moby Dick House of Kabob. Via WTOP.

John Gary Williams

Lead singer for the Mad Lads. Via the Chicago Sun-Times.

Veeru Devgan

Stuntman and action choreographer. Via the Indian Express.

Kenneth Craig

Guitarist for the Merced Blue Notes. Via the Merced Sun-Star.

Edmund Morris

Pulitzer-winning biographer of Theodore Roosevelt; was faulted for a later biography of Ronald Regan. Via the New York Times.

Curtis L. Blake

Co-founder of Friendly's Ice Cream. Via boston.com.

Irene Sutcliffe

Actress. Via The Stage.

Esref Kolcak

Actor. Via the Daily Sabah.

Gamini Hettiarachchi

Actor. Via Newsfirst.

Parviz Bahram

Actor. Via Mehr News Agency.

Stephen Thorne

Actor. Via Doctor Who News.

Barbara York Main

Scientist and writer. Via ABC.

Adrian Brown

Noted director of both stage and television. Via the Telegraph.

Vittorio Zucconi

Journalist. Via La Repubblica.

Flaminia Jandolo

Actress. Via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Dmytro Kremin

Poet. Via svidok.info.

Mena Mangal

Murdered journalist. Via the Guardian.

Malcom Ewen

Stage manager for the lauded Steppenwolf Theatre Company for 32 years. Via the Chicago Sun-Times.

Mira Zakai

Contralto. Via Slipped Disc.

Alberico Motta

Cartoonist. Via Fumetto Logica.

Lady Francisco

Actress. AKA Lady Chuquer Volla Borelli de Bourbon. Via The Rio Times.

Bill Buckner

Former MLB player. Via the New York Times.

Neerav Patel

Poet. Via news18.com.

Derek Holman

Choral conductor, organist, and composer. Via legacy.com.

Adrish Bardhan

Writer. Via Kolkata.

Jaroslav Erik Fric

Poet, musician, publisher, and arts organizer. Via Radio Praha.

Bart Starr

Hall of Fame quarterback who dominated football with the Green Bay Packers. Via the New York Times.

Allan Roth

Founder of Herman's Hideaway, key Denver music venue. Via Colorado Music.

Khalid Hossain

Singer. Via bdnews24.

Rik Kuypers

Film director. Via vrt.be.

Nguyen Quang Tuan

Writer and poet. Via motthegioi.vn.

Bobby Diamond

Child actor best known for his role in the TV series "Fury." Via the Hollywood Reporter.

Bob Magoon

Businessman, songwriter, and playwright. AKA Eaton Harry Huha Magoon Jr. Via the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Judith Kerr

Writer best known for children's works such as the classic The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Via the Guardian.

Justin Ponsor

Comics colorist and cover artist. Via Comics Beat.

Bogdan Konopka

Photographer and art critic. Via Courrier de l'Ouest.