Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Bradley Livezey

Ornithologist -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Marvin Sease

Singer -- via spinningsoul.com.

Donald S. Sanford

Screenwriter -- via Legacy.com. A prolific writer for television, he also wrote the film "Midway."

Bill Foster

TV director -- via backstage.com.

Jorma Ojaharju

Writer -- via hs.fi.

Roza Baglanova

Singer -- via inform.kz.

Johannes Somary

Founder and music director of Amor Artis, acclaimed choral/orchestral ensemble -- via the New York Times.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Brian Jacques

Author of fantasy novels -- via the BBC.

Emanuel Vardi

Violist -- via the New York Times.

Per Grunden

Singer and actor -- via the Expressen.

Philipp Naegele

Violinist, violist and scholar -- via the Bennington Banner.

Art Guenther

Classical record store owner -- via Oregon Music News.

Jeff Coudriet

Gay rights activist -- via the Washington Blade.

Michael Habeck

Actor -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.

Marie Lillo

Actress -- via groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries.

Isaiah Stein

Political activist -- via the Independent.

Utpalendu Chowdhury

Folk singer -- via indiablooms.com.

Andree Chedid

Poet -- via the BBC.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Tura Satana aka Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi

Actress and force of nature -- via the Los Angeles Times. A WWII internment camp survivor, she was a nude model and exotic dancer, then an actress. Her signature role was Varla in Russ Meyer's "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Her iconic portrayal of a blatantly sexual, violent and tough "bad girl" resonated through film history, informing many subsequent strong female characters.

Gary Moore

Blues and rock guitarist and singer -- via the Mirror. He will be best remembered for his many stints with Thin Lizzy.

Woodie Fryman aka the Fleming Flame

Outstanding journeyman left-handed pitcher in the majors -- via the Ledger Independent.

Mary Cleere Haran

Singer -- via the New York Times.

Elsa Rady

Ceramic artist -- via the Los Angeles Times.

Eddie Fowlie

Film special effects man, prop master, location scout and troubleshooter -- via Westerns All'Italiana. More on his remarkable career from the Telegraph.

Ross Merrill

Art conservator and painter -- via the Washington Post.

Geraldine Court

Actress -- via Straus News.

Omir Amiralay

Film director -- via DayPress.

Alex Napier


Bassist -- via Austin 360.

Paul Olive

Journalist, Communist Party functionary and trombonist -- via the Guardian.

Dorothy Thompson

Historian -- via the Guardian.

Tony Levin

Drummer -- via Birmingham Jazz.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Jack McGinnis

Ardent environmentalist -- via the Toronto Star. His claim to fame will be his invention of the home recycling bin -- he was known as "The Father of the Blue Box."

Joyce Sloane

Long-time producer and matriarch at Chicago's Second City -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Warren Tsuneishi

Asian expert -- via the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News.

Julius "Jay" Apt

Newspaperman -- via the Temple University School of Communications.

Jim Ayers

Long-time director the the Mill Mountain Theater -- via the Roanoke Times.

Diego Vallmitjana

Expert mountaineer, paraglider, photographer and researcher -- via the Telegraph.

Donald Carroll

Writer, publisher and agent --via the Guardian. The guiding intelligence behind the literary efforts of Quentin Crisp.

Hugh Goldie

Theater director -- via the Telegraph.

Stanislaw Michalski

Actor -- via e-teatr.pl.

John "Zeke" Gardner

An important regional baseball player -- via the Portland Press Herald. In the uncertain economic times of the Great Depression, he chose to work in business and raise a family rather than try out for the major leagues.

Sidney Cipriano

Vocalist -- via clicrbs.com.br.

Isabella Cerqueira Campos

Actress -- via oglobo.com.

Eric Nichol

Humorous columnist and writer -- via the Times Colonist.

Defne Joy Foster

Actress and VJ -- via Hurriet Daily News.

Armando Chin Yong

Operatic tenor -- via www.sinchew.com.my.

Daniela Castelo

Journalist and radio host -- via www.telam.com.ar.

Tatyana Shmyga

Singer -- via echo.msk.ru.

Mahcan Varghese

Actor and comedian -- via indieglamour.com.

Ronald Jacques Piche

MLB pitcher for the Angels, Braves and Cardinals -- via rds.ca.

LeRoy Grannis

The "godfather of surf photography" -- via the OC Weekly.

Lena Nyman

Actress -- via the Swedish Wire. She will be best remembered for her roles in "I Am Curious (Yellow)", "I Am Curious (Blue)" and "Autumn Sonata."

Michael Tolan aka Seymour Tuchow

Actor - via the New York Times.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Edouard Glissant

Poet, writer and literary critic -- via the Washington Post.

Stefanie Kowal aka Stefanie Cragg aka Diana Stefanie Staffin

TV producer, executive and consultant -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Herbert H. Thomas Jr.

Waiter -- via the Lincoln, NE Journal Star. A very well written remembrance by Jeff Korbelik. A seemingly humble occupation, but as Thomas himself stated: "It's not difficult to be a waiter, but it's extremely difficult to be a good waiter."