Monday, November 21, 2011

Jean Julich

Anti-Nazi dissident -- via the Independent. He and other teenage "Edelweiss Pirates" evaded the German draft and fought the Nazi war efforts as they hid out.

Adrian Cowell

Documentary filmmaker and journalist -- via the Guardian.

Jon Weaving

Operatic tenor -- via the Telegraph.

Andrew Laszlo

Cinematographer -- via the Guardian.

Killa Keise aka Markeise Henry

Rapper -- via the Mercury News.

Shelagh Delaney

Playwright and screenwriter -- via the Guardian. Best known for her debut work, "A Taste of Honey," she launched the lauded "kitchen sink" movement of realism in British theatre in the 1950s. She also wrote the excellent "Dance with a Stranger."


Greg Halman

Mariners outfielder -- via Today.

Jesse Morris aka the Punk Rock Johnny Cash

Musician and busker -- via the San Francisco Weekly.

Daniela D'Ercole

Jazz vocalist -- via Jazz Times. Sadly, struck down by a car in Manhattan at the age of only 32.

Lael Stegall

Adventurer and activist -- via the Washington Post.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Friday, November 18, 2011

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Laura Kennedy

Bassist for the Bush Tetras -- via Spinner.

Mark "Moogy" Klingman

Keyboardist, songwriter and founding member of Utopia -- via Spinner.

Lee Pockriss

Composer and songwriter -- via the New York Times. In addition to writing many Broadway musicals, he wrote the hits songs "Johnny Angel," "Catch a Falling Star" and "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini."


Dulcie Gray

Actress and writer -- via the Guardian.

Karl Slover aka Karl Kosiczky

Performer; one of the last of the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz" -- via the L.A. Times.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011