Friday, July 5, 2019

Jerry Seltzer

His father invented roller derby; Jerry managed, promoted, and expanded it. Via the Sonoma Index-Tribune.




Armando Salas

Rabin Mondal

Stephan Chase

Actor. AKA Stephan de Montaignac. Via legacy.com.


Pol Cruchten

Robert Levine

Social psychologist. Via the New York Times.

Clements Roothaan

Lonn Taylor

Historian and curator. Via the Washington Post.


Graham Fletcher-Cook

Walter Harris

Writer and broadcaster. Via the Telegraph.


Paul Benjamin

Alan Drury

Playwright. Via The Stage.


Maria Idalia

Nisar Nasik

Poet and lyricist. Via Pakistan Today.


Rolland Golden

Artist. Via WWL TV.

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Arte Johnson

Comic performer best remembered as a regular on TV's 'Laugh-In.' Via the New York Times.



Milton Quon

Long-lived animator who worked on 'Fantasia' (1940) and 'Dumbo' (1941). Via Variety.

Ennio Guarnieri

Cinematographer. Via ANSA.

Boguslaw Schaeffer

Composer. Via Slipped Disc.

Bernard M. Judge

Journalist and editor. Via the Chicago Tribune.


Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Sid Ramin

Oscar-, Emmy-, and Grammy-winning composer and arranger. He won for his adaptation of "West Side Story" to screen and soundtrack, the Emmy for "All My Children." Fun facts: he wrote "Music to Watch Girls By" and the theme from "The Patty Duke Show." Via Variety.



Luis Mercedes

Former MLB player. Via Estrellas Orientales.


Sister Donna Marie Beck

Scott Crook

Outdoorsman. Via snewsnet.com.


Christopher Hyde

Monday, July 1, 2019

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Luis Alvarez


Policeman and 9/11 responder activist. Via Newsday.

Abburi Chaya Devi

Gualberto Castro

Singer, actor, and broadcaster. Via El Economista.

Mickey Kapp

Music executive and producer. Via the Hollywood Reporter.

Justin Raimondo

Writer and activist. Via antiwar.com.


Gary Duncan

Guitarist best known for his work with Quicksilver Messenger Service. AKA Gary Grubb. Via Heavy.



Russ Ewing

Journalist, broadcaster, and go-to guy for criminal suspects seeking to turn themselves in. Via the Chicago Tribune.

Kaj Pindal

Gerry Speiss

Sailor who crossed the Atlantic and the Pacific alone. Via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.


Peter Westergaard

John Shearer

Pioneering, wide-ranging photojournalist. Via the New York Times.