Swarnalatha

Award-winning film playback singer -- via thebollywoodactress.com.

FYI: a playback singer is one who pre-records songs for use in Bollywood films. While Hollywood, etc. has come to rely on post-dubbing of singing voices for those of film actors not quite up to stuff, in Bollywood the recorded songs are played back, and mimed and lip-synched to, by the actors in a given shot.

Peter Gubser

Scholar, author and humanitarian -- via the Washington Post

Susan Kerchmar

Cafe owner with a remarkable life story -- via the Elyria, Ohio Chronicle-Telegram. Another striking aspect of this obituary is that it is written by one of the most talented and respected obituarists of the day, Alana Baranick. The depth and richness of the story, and the care with which photographic illustrations have been contributed by the family, carefully captioned and displayed, gives this obituary a thoroughness and three-dimensionality that vividly evokes the person portrayed.

Joseph Gelberman

Rabbi and psychotherapist -- via belief.net. He was "a pioneer of the interfaith movement," and a Holocaust survivor.

Rebel Randall aka Alaine Brandes

Model and actress -- via Final Farewell Forum and glamourgirlsofthescreen.com.