Thursday, May 24, 2012

Mark Deitch

Dissident and journalist -- via JTA.

Ronny aka Wolfgang Roloff

Singer, composer and producer -- via westernboothill.blogspotcom.



Eddy Paape

Comics artist -- via the Comics Reporter.


Mario Trejo

Poet, playwright, screenwriter and journalist -- via infonews.com.

Ernst Hinterberger

Novelist, playwright and poet -- via Die Salzburger Nachrichten.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Frederick E. Smith

Author -- via the Bournemouth Daily Echo. The film adaptation of his most popular work, "633 Squadron," featured a final sequence that inspired George Lucas to steal it for the climatic sequence in "Star Wars."

Sanae Nakahara

Actress -- via Yomiuri Online. Best known for her role as a villainess in the film "Lady Snowblood."

Patricia Aakhus aka Patricia McDowell

Novelist -- via legacy.com.


France Clidat

Pianist -- la-croix.com.

Marco Antonio Avila Garcia

Journalist -- via the Guardian. Tortured, murdered, left in a garbage bag. Fifth journalist killed in a month. WTF.

Monday, May 21, 2012