Monday, January 14, 2013

Aaron Swartz

Programmer and activist -- via the New York Times.

J. Mark Travis

Producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Responsible for filmed shows such as "Give 'em Hell, Harry!" and "Richard Pryor Live in Concert."






Bobby Singh

Cinematographer -- via the Hindustan Times.

Augusto Bracca

Composer and singer -- via vtv.gob.ve.

Dennis O'Driscoll

Poet, essayist, critic, and editor -- via the Guardian.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Jon Finch

Actor -- via the Guardian. A highly gifted classical performer, he considered his best work to be in the BBC's "Complete Shakespeare" cycle for TV, in which he played Bolingbroke/Henry IV in "Richard II," "Henry IV Part I" and "Henry IV Part 2." He will be best remembered in films as the title character in Polnaski's "Macbeth," and as the falsely accused suspect in Hitchcock's "Frenzy."








Friday, January 11, 2013

Mariangela Melato

Actress -- via the BBC. Best known for her extensive work with Lina Wertmuller, starring in "Swept Away" and appearing in "The Seduction of Mimi" and "Love and Anarchy."






Lee Hartman

Animator -- via AWN.


Anand Abhyankar, Akshay Pendse

Anand Abhyankar
Akshay Pendse
Actors -- via ibnlive.in.com.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Evan S. Connell

Novelist, poet, biographer, and short-story writer -- via the Kansas City Star. This criminally under-read writer composed at least two brilliant novels, "Mr. Bridge" and "Mrs. Bridge," as well as the brilliant Custer book, "Son of the Morning Star."



Ledo Ivo

Poet -- via the Latin American Herald Tribune.

Kveta Legatova aka Vera Hofmanova

Writer -- via Radio Prague.


Emidio Greco

Director and screenwriter -- via lastampa.it.



Jarl Borssen

Actor -- via aftonbladet.se.

Boyd Bartley

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.


Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Thelma Reston

Actress -- via oglobo.globo.com.


Robert Juniper

Artist -- via The Australian.

George O'Donnell

Former MLB pitcher -- via legacy.com.

Keiji Nakazawa

Manga artist and writer; survivor of Hiroshima -- via the L. A. Times. His best-known work, "Barefoot Gen," is a terrifying and graphic autobiographical work.


Patrick "Paddy" "Pecker" Dunne

Musician,storyteller, and activist -- via the Belfast Telegraph.



Paul Crauchet

Actor -- lci.tf1.com. Performed in many key French films of his era, including "Army of Shadows," "My Father's Glory/My Mother's Castle," and "Le cercle rouge."

Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy

Artist -- via Nigerian Watch.


Sheila McKinley

Singer -- via scotsman.com. With sister Jeanette (r.), pop duo who recorded "Sweet and Tender Romance."

Andrzej Dłużniewski

Sculptor -- via dzieje.pl.


Olga Zubarry aka Olga Adela Zubarriaín

Actress -- via clarin.com. Her big breakthrough came in the 1946 film "El Angel Desnudo" (The Naked Angel), in which her bared her back -- a shocking development in Latin American cinema at the time.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

David R. Ellis

Stuntman and director -- via the L.A. Times. His big hit? "Snakes on a Plane"!




Sammy Johns

Singer/songwriter -- via the Charlotte Observer. His big hit? "Chevy Van," 1975.

Richard Ben Cramer

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Ada Louise Huxtable

Architecture critic -- via the New York Times.

Huell Howser

TV host -- via the L.A. Times.