Thursday, January 17, 2013

Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips aka Abigail Van Buren aka Dear Abby

Advice columnist -- via the Denver Post. From 1956 to 1987, she wrote her immensely popular feature; from 1987 to 2002 she shared writing duties with her daughter Jeanne, who nows pens it. Abby's twin sister, by the way, had her own column -- as Ann Landers.




Vivian Brown

Vivian's on the right.
With her twin Marian, a bon vivant and living San Francisco landmark -- via the San Francisco Chronicle.

John Forte

Research physiologist who helped "cure" ulcers -- via newcenter.berkeley.edu.

Jorge Seladron

Artist; creator of the Escadaria Selaron in Rio de Janiero -- via the BBC.

Gigi Gianuzzi aka Luigi Gianuzzi

Publisher of great photographic books -- via the Guardian.


Rex Trailer

TV host, kids' idol, and recording star -- via boston.com.



Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Gerda Lerner

Historian -- via the New York Times.

J.B. Holdren aka Bardo the Clown

Clown, artist, and sign painter -- via the Kansas City Star.

Miles Austrevich

Cancer victim who inspired Jokes4Miles.com -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Sergiu Nicolaescu

Director and actor -- via the New York Times.

Charles Chilton

Radio producer and writer -- via the Guardian. One of the great geniuses of sound narrative, hew produced the groundbreaking "Journey Into Space" in 1953, as well as a program that later ecame "Oh What a Lovely War."

Conrad Bain

Actor -- via Fox News. He will be best remembered for his prominent roles on TV sitcoms such as "Diff'rent Strokes" and "Maude."

Geza Koroknay

Actor -- via nepszava.hu.

Karel Caslavsky

Film historian and TV host -- via Radio Prague.

Philip Coppens

Author and commentator on the strange -- via inquisitr.com.

Velta Line

Actress -- via diena.lv/kd. Best remembered for her role as the Tsarina in Klimov's "Agony."

Jean Topart

Actor and voice artist; the "voice of French television" -- via laparisien.fr.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Paulo Rocha

Film director -- via publico.pt.

Takashi Taniguchi

Voice artist -- via the Anime Network.

Jayne Cortez

Poet, activist, publisher, and performance artist -- via the New York Times.





Mlada Veselinovic

Actor -- via blic.rs.


Sohrab Hossain

Singer -- via the Daily Sun.

Nagisa Oshima

Film director -- via the Guardian. An exceptionally subversive creator, he is best known for films such as "Death by Hanging," "In the Realm of the Senses," and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence."








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.