Monday, June 28, 2010

Adam Montoya


Federal inmate died despite pleas for help -- via the Associated Press

Aldo Giuffre


Italian actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Jean-Leonard Rugambage


Rwandan journalist murdered -- via the BBC

Sergio Vega el Shaka


Mexican musician murdered -- via helium.com


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John Willis


Theatre World founder -- via broadwayworld.com

Walt LaRue


Cowboy, stunt man, actor, artist -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com

Stuart Brent


Chicago bookseller was a champion of writers and the printed word -- via the Chicago Sun-Times

Benny Powell


Great trombonist -- via NPR

Lorn Brown


Sports broadcaster -- via the Las Cruces Sun-News

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Marie-Luise Jahn


Physician was part of the anti-Nazi group "the White Rose" -- via sueddeutsche.com

Ben Sonnenberg


Founder and publisher of Grand Street -- via the New York Times. He did what he damn pleased.

Robert Dunlap aka Ballarat Bob


One of the last of the old-time prospectors -- via the L.A. Times

Spencer G. Shaw


Librarian advocated literacy efforts for children -- via the Seattle Times

William Allen Kruse


Fishing captain was evidently suicide as result of Gulf oil spill -- via al.com

Paul Wilcox


Broadcaster was host of "Polka Varieties" for 27 years -- via Cleveland.com

Martha Benton


Advocate for public housing residents -- via the Baltimore Sun

Chuck Hedges


Jazz clarinetist -- via groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wendell Logan


Composer -- via the New York Times

Mary Jane Coleman


Film festival director championed independent film -- via the Greeneville Sun

Fred Anderson


Great saxophonist -- via the New York Times

Frank Giering


Solid German actor -- via Reuters. He may be best remembered for his role as a psychotic killer in Haneke's original version of "Funny Games."

Pennant Roberts


English TV director -- via Doctor Who News

Tracy Wright


Canadian actress -- via the Toronto Globe and Mail

Rosemary Gillespie aka Waratah Rose


Australian human rights activist -- via World News Australia

Ursula Thiess


German-born actress was widow of Robert Taylor -- via the Beatrice Daily Sun

Kalmen Opperman


Master clarinetist -- via the New York Times

Joe Deal


Landscape photographer showed us a screwed-up American West -- via the New York Times

Deborah Jo White aka Jo Jo Billingsley


Former Lynryd Skynyrd back-up singer -- via the Cullman Times. She had a prophetic dream about the 1977 plane crash that devastated the band -- she later became a Christian minister and singer.

Edith Shain


Woman who claimed to be part of iconic V-J Day photo -- via the L.A. Times

Alan Plater


English playwright and novelist best known for his literary adaptations -- via the Times of London

Pete Quaife


Original bassist with the Kinks -- via the Guardian

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Walter Rodriguez


Actor, director and playwright -- via the Puerto Rico Daily Sun

Tam White


Scottish blues singer and actor -- via the BBC

Irwin Barker


Canadian comedian -- via the CBC

John Ferrugio


Pan Am in-flight director was the hero of Flight 93 in September, 1970, helping to evacuate all 170 passengers and crew before terrorists exploded their hijacked plane -- via the Boston Globe