Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Jane Taylor

Bassoonist and mainstay of the Dorian Wind Quintet -- via the New York Times.


Lou Goldstein

Comedian, tummler, social director, and master of Simon Says -- via the New York Times.

Micah True aka Caballo Blanco aka Michael Randall Hickman

Pioneer of ultrarunning -- via the Telegraph.

Thomas Langhoff

Theater director -- via the Independent.

Al Veigel

Former MLB pitcher -- via Legacy.com.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Howard Mansfield III: "When no one comes to mourn"

Great story by Melanie Creamer about one man who had no mourners, no obituary and no headstone -- via the Portland Press-Herald.


Grant Tilly

Actor -- via stuff.co.nz.

Barry Cahill

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Ritchie Teeter

Rock drummer -- via Dangerous Minds. He played most notably with The Dictators and Twisted Sister.

Karyn Kay

Teacher, writer and filmmaker -- via CBS News.

David Holtzman

Gay activist -- via vancouverdesi.com.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Misbach Yusa Biran

Film director, screenwriter, journalist and film archivist -- via the Jakarta Post.

Mohit Chattopadhyay

Playwright, poet and screenwriter -- via the Calcutta Telegraph.

Margarita Lilova

Mezzo-soprano -- via the Daily Star.

Martin Poll

Film producer -- via the L.A. Times. Responsible for films such as "The Lion in Winter" and "Love and Death," he was also instrumental in making New York City industry-friendly in terms of location shooting -- restoring filmmaking to the region.

Lewis Dymeck

Engineer and inventor; best known for creating weightlifting's curl bar -- via the Prescott, AZ Daily Courier.

Levon Helm

Drummer, vocalist, mandolinist; part of the great group The Band and later a renowned soloist and collaborator on traditional-music porjects; actor -- via the Poughkeepsie Journal.










Jonathan Frid

Actor in film, television and on stage -- via We Are Movie Geeks. This fine classically trained actor will be best remembered as the central character, vampire Barnabas Collins, in the wildly popular 1960's ABC daytime "gothic soap opera," "Dark Shadows."