Monday, May 28, 2012

Eugene Polley

Engineer and inventor -- via the L.A. Times. Created the remote control.



John Claus von Dohlen Jr

Penned his own obit, and did quite well -- via the Victoria Advocate.

John "Jack" D. Mooney

Restaurateur -- via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Samuel J Porcello

Principal scientist for Nabisco; "Mr. Oreo" -- via the New York Daily News.


Paul Comeau

Chef and cultural leader -- via the Halifax Herald News.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Crawford Greenewalt Jr.

Archaeologist; excavator of Sardis -- via the New York Times. In a way, he was an obituarist for an ancient society and metropolis. His discovery and analysis of the skeleton of the stone-wielding soldier in the city's walls gave us a portrait of a soul from 2,700 years ago --




Frank Parr

Cricket player and jazz trombonist -- via the Guardian. Check the expression on his face -- sheer bliss. Lovely.




Alan Oakley

The man who designed the Raleigh Chopper bicycle -- via the Telegraph.

Archie Peck

Croquet champion -- via the New York Times.



Thad Tillotson

Former MLB pitcher -- via Bill Schenley and alt.obituaries.com.

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.