Monday, February 25, 2013

Katherine Kath aka Lily Faess

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Eugene R. Marks

Music editor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Sam Pace

Singer -- from the  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. A member of the Esquires, who had a hit with "Get On Up."




Gloria Pall

Model, showgirl, TV and film actress, and writer -- via the L.A. Times.

Frank Pooler

Choral director; mentor to the Carpenters; co-writer of "Merry Christmas Darling" -- via the L.A. Times.

Pham Duy

Songwriter -- via the L.A. Times.

Simon Lane

Writer, wit, adventurer, and performer -- via the Independent.


Normand Corbeil

Composer for film and video games -- via joystiq.com.




Lloyd Phillips

Film producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Sally Starr aka Alleen Mae Beller

TV and radio host, writer, producer, performer -- via abclocal.go.com.

Mary Jane Philips-Matz

Biographer of Verdi, Puccini, and other opera figures -- via the New York Times.

Dave Purchase

Drug counselor who pioneered the needle exchange to save the lives of addicts -- via the New York Times.

Stanley Karnow

Historian and journalist -- via the New York Times. Best known as the author of "Vietnam: A History."

Ian Breach

Journalist -- via the Guardian.

Barry Mittan

Photographer -- via tallahassee.com.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Otis "Damon" Harris

Singer -- via Spinner. He was most notably a member of the Temptations, replacing Eddie Kendricks and performing with the group from 1971 to 1975. He sang lead on "Papa Was a Rolling Stone."

Ray Cusick

Designer of the Daleks -- via the Telegraph.

Diane Lampert

Songwriter and lyricist -- via Rolling Stone.

Cleotha Staples

Gospel singer -- via the New York Times.

Alexsei German

Director -- via the New York Times.




Wolfgang Sawallisch

Conductor and pianist -- via artsjournal.com. This self-effacing artist did not have marquee-level status, but his work with the Bavarian State Opera, Philadelphia Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, and as accompanist to artists such as Prey, Hampson, and Schwarzkopf was stunning. A master of Richard Strauss, especially the operas, and of Shostakovich, Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, and much more of the Romantic oeuvre.







Frank Keating

Sports writer -- via the Guardian.

John Merhut

Photographer -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Chris Caswell

Harpist and harp maker -- via the Press-Democrat.






Nina Ignatowicz

Children's book editor -- via Publishers Weekly.

Jan Ormerod

Children's author/illustrator -- via the Guardian.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Richard Briers

Actor -- via the BBC. Absolutely one of the most talented comic actors I've ever watched, Briers shot to fame with his work on the English TV sitcom "The Good Life." He also excelled in classical work, stage performances, and occasional turns as villains -- all done with consummate skill.

Loved him particularly as Reg in Ayckbourn's "Norman Conquests," Malvolio, Polonius, Lear, Vanya, and Smee in a recent "Peter Pan" adaptation.