Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Hank Robinson

Baseball player, actor/stuntman, teacher -- via Bill Schenley and alt.obituaries.


Shane Hidalgo

Skater -- via skateboarding.transworld.net.



David Littman

Historian, human rights activist and secret humanitarian agent -- via jihadwatch.com.



Tamara Brooks

Choral conductor -- via the JTA.

Mehdi Hassan aka Emperor of the Ghazals

Gazal traash (sculptor of ghazals); music maestro -- via cinebasti.com.










Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Dave Boswell

An amazing and colorful MLB pitcher -- via ESPN.


Gavin Packard

Actor -- via the Times of India. His specialty: villains.

Richard Rabago

Engineering designer, actor and expert in Okinawan kobudo -- via awwman.com.




Elaine Mulqueen

Children's show host -- via the Daily Herald (Chicago).

Gerald J. Christian

Emmy-winning sound editor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. He did the sound for "Psycho" and "Duel," among many others. An ever-so-gifted pro!




Monday, June 11, 2012

Ann Rutherford

Actress -- via the L.A. Times. She played Polly Benedict 12 times in the Andy Hardy film series. She also appeared in "Gone with the Wind," and played the ingenue for Red Skelton in his "Whistling" series.



Ray Torres aka Raynaldo Torres

Drummer -- via the Sacramento Bee.

Boleslaw Sulik

Filmmaker -- via the Independent.


Dudley Clendinen

Journalist -- via the New York Times.


Earl Shorris

Social critic, author, activist and educator -- via the New York Times.

Calvin Hicks

Photographer -- via the L.A. Times.


Sunday, June 10, 2012

Frank Cady

Great comic character actor in film and television -- via the L.A. Times. Cady will be best remembered as the inimitable Sam Drucker on the trifecta of rural TV comedy on CBS, "Petticoat Junction," "Green Acres," and "The Beverly Hillbillies."






Thursday, June 7, 2012

Bob Welch

Guitarist, vocalist, composer; key but overlooked figure in Fleetwood Mac -- via MSNBC.








James Van Buren

Jazz and blues vocalist -- via Westword.

Dick Beals

Voiceover actor -- via the New York Times. He started off in 1949, doing kids' and small-animal voices in the great trilogy of WXYZ-Detroit children's action shows: "The Lone Ranger," "The Green Hornet," and "The Challenge of the Yukon." He was the voice of the Speedy Alka-Seltzer character in early TV commericals; he was the original voice of Davey in the religious claymation series "Davey and Goliath"; he even subbed as the voice of Gumby. A great talent!






Kathryn Joosten

Actress -- via the New York Times.

Ed Quillen

Writer and columnist -- via the Denver Post.