Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Anne Commire

Playwright, editor and author -- via the L.A. Times.

Paul S. Boyer

Historian -- via the New York Times.

John Griffiths

Illustrator -- via the Guardian.


Bernard O. Gruenke

Stained-glass artist -- via legacy.com.


Olimpia Cavalli

Actress -- via westernsallitaliana.blogspot.com.


Jamaa Fanaka aka Walter Gordon

Filmmaker -- via the L.A. Times.



Neil Travis

Editor for film and television -- via Variety. He won an Oscar for "Dances with Wolves" and an Emmy for "Roots."

Elizabeth Catlett

Sculptor and artist -- via the New York Times.


Owen "Sonny" Igoe

Drummer -- via northjersey.com.

Peter Loizos aka Peter Papaloizou

Anthropologist, writer and filmmaker -- via the Guardian.

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Mike Wallace aka Myron Wallik

Journalist, writer, broadcaster, announcer, game-show host, actor -- via the New York Times. Found his niche and fame as an investigative reporter for the CBS new series "60 Minutes."



Thursday, April 5, 2012

Alfred Aloysius "Allie" Clark

Former MLB player -- via the Star-Ledger.

Jim Marshall aka the Father of Loud

Drummer, and inventor of the Marshall amplifier -- via BusinessWeek. As a teacher, he gave drum lessons to, among others, Mitch Mitchell, Mick Underwood and Micky Waller.

"Banjo" Barney McKenna

Folk musician; last original member of the Dubliners -- via the Associated Press.





Claude Miller

Writer, director and producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Cbristopher Martin Hoff

Painter -- via the stranger.com.


Patience Abbe

Writer, environmentalist and sculptor -- via the New York Times.

Armand Crump

Guitar tech for Slayer -- via loudwire.com.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.tv/misc/slayer_guitar_tech_piece_with_armand_crump.html

Irma Kolassi

Mezzo-soprano -- via www.artsjournal.com.

Jimmy Little

Singer, musician, actor and teacher -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.



Cesareo R. Pelaez

Magician and psychology professor -- via salemnews.com.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

John Arden

Playwright, novelist, essaysit and poet -- via the Guardian. May be best remembered for his riveting play "Serjeant Musgrave's Dance."




Jennifer Merendino

Cancer activist -- via the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Charles Lockwood

Architectural historian -- via the New York Times. The first, and self-taught, expert on row houses and brownstones.

Alexander Arutiunian

Composer and pianist -- www.artsjournal.com.

Christine Brooke-Rose

Writer and literary critic -- via www.pnreview.co.uk.


Verica Barac

Anti-corruption activist -- via the Independent.

Marina Salye

Geologist and democratic activist -- via the Guardian.

Roger C. Molander

Nuclear protest leader -- via the New York Times.

Tony Giorgio

Actor, magician and expert in magic, gambling, and scams -- via blog.bcdb.com.