Monday, March 5, 2012

Rami al-Sayed

Journalist -- via the BBC.

Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher

Author -- via Ethiaobay.com.

SN Lakshmi

Actress -- via dnaindia.com.

Sullivan Walker

Actor -- via the New York Daily News.

Ken Goodwin

Comedian -- via the Guardian.

Ronnie Montrose

One of the great rock guitarists -- via Rolling Stone. Here's a switch -- he ran away TO Denver when he was a teenager. He played with Edgar Winter Group on hits such as "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride," then formed Montrose. Hits include "Bad Motor Scooter," "Rock Candy" and "I Got the Fire." An inspired musician!







Howie Nunn

Former MLB pitcher -- via baseball-fever.com.


Bubi Chen

Pianist -- via the Jakarta Post.

Humayun Faridi

Actor -- via sangbad.com.au.

Jodie Christian

Pianist  -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Tonmi Lillman

Drummer -- via blabbermouth.net.

Ustad Shamim Ahmed Khan

Master of the sitar -- via the Times of India.

William Gay

Writer -- via the New York Times.

Peter Halliday

Actor -- via the Guardian.

Howard Kissel

Theatre critic -- via the New York Times.

James W. "Red" Holloway

Saxophonist -- via the L.A. Times.



Lina Romay aka Rosa María Almirall Martínez

Actress -- via Fangoria. Muse and companion to cult filmmaker Jess Franco, she starred in a number of the transgressive European horror/erotic features of the time.

Olivier Mathot aka Claude Plaut aka Oliver Mathews aka Oliver Matthau aka Claude Plaud

Film actor and director -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.

Al De Lory

Producer and arranger -- via the Tennessean.

Lydia Lamaison

Actress -- via the Buenos Aires Herald.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Laurie Main

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Frank Braña aka Francisco Braña Perez aka Frank Blank aka Francisco Brana aka Frank Brana aka Frank Branya aka Francisco Braña aka Paco Braña

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. A mainstay of spaghetti Western, horror and action genres, he racked up nearly 170 credits!

Pola Illery aka Paula Illiescu

Actress in silent and sound film -- via fan.tcm.com. She will be best remembered as the female lead in Rene Clair's groundbreaking 1930 early-sound musical, "Under the Roofs of Paris."

Jimmy Sabater

Master of boogaloo -- via the New York Times.



Adam Adamowicz

Concept artist for video games -- via the New York Times.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Kay Davis aka Katherine McDonald Wimp

One of Duke Ellington's great vocalists -- via the New York Times. She can be heard on classic tunes such as "Creole Love Call," "Transbluency," and "Lush Life."

http://growingbolder.com/media/entertainment/music/the-voice-of-the-duke-ellington-254618.html






Ronald Fraser

Historian -- via the New York Times. A "people's" historian who specialized in gathering oral histories.

Tristram P. Coffin

Folklorist and writer -- via the New York Times.

Zina Bethune

Actress, dancer and choreographer -- via the New York Times.



Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Davy Jones

Singer and actor -- via msnbc.com. First gaining notice as th original Artful Dodger in "Oliver!", he will be indelibly linked with The Monkees.





Jan Berenstain

Co-creator, with husband Stan, of the Berenstain Bears series of children's books -- via the New York Times.

Dick Anthony Williams

 Actor on stage ,and in film and television; theatrical producer -- via the New York Times.

Vitka Kovner

Jewish partisan who fought the Nazis - via the Jerusalem Post.

Wislawa Szyborska

Nobel Prize-winning poet, essayist and translator -- via the New York Times.

Charles Anthony aka Calogero Antonio Caruso

Tenor -- via the New York Times. This remarkable singer of comprimario roles holds the record for appearances at the Metropolitan Opera -- 2,928 times between March 6, 1954 and January 28, 2010.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Dorothy Previn aka Dorothy Langdan

Composer, lyricist and performer -- via the New York Times.

Neil Hope

Actor and lost soul -- via the New York Times. Although he died on Nov. 25, 2007, his death was not generally known until recently.

William B. Mills

Founder and director the Masterworks Choir -- via scnow.com.

Latif Ibrahim

Singer and actor -- via the New Traits Times.

Damien Bona

Writer on film -- via the L.A. Times.