Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Jim Zarichny

Activist -- via the Boulder Daily Camera.

Ferrol Sams

Doctor and novelist -- via the New York Times.

Les 'Metro' Pavelik

Comedian and singer -- via the Calgary Herald.

Frank Green

Artist -- via the Cleveland Plain Dealer.


Harold Drake

Journalist -- via the Inquisitr.

Hugo Chavez

President of Venezuela -- via the BBC. Demon? Saint? Fit subject for Oliver Stone? All three? Don't know.

Earl Williams

Former MLB player -- via the New York Times.

Isisdor Saslav

Violinist, concertmaster, and teacher -- via the Baltimore Sun.

Oldrich Kulhanek

Painter, graphic designer, teacher, illustrator, and stage designer -- via Radio Prague.


Jean-Leon Destine

Dancer and choreographer -- via the New York Times.

Ceija Stojka

Artist and writer -- via the Huffington Post.

Benedict Zilliacus

Journalist, author, screenwriter, and translator -- via svd.se.

Aleksander Bednarz

Actor -- via wiadomosci.onet.pl.

Eamon de Buitlear

Filmmaker, writer, and musician -- via the Irish Times.

Bryan Carlstrom

Sound engineer -- via loudwire.com.

Sukekiyo Kameyama

Voice actor -- via animenewsnetwork.com.

Chris Canavan

Actor -- via the Daily Mirror. Best known for his many background roles on "Coronation Street," on which he appeared for more than 50 years.

Muslum Gurses aka Müslüm Akbaş aka Müslüm Baba

Singer and actor -- via the Huffington Post.

Peter Harvey

Journalist -- via the Australian.

Mary Ellen Moore-Richard aka Mary Crow Dog

Memoirist -- via the New York Times.


Joseph Frank aka Joseph Nathaniel Glassman

Writer; biographer of Dostoevsky -- via the New York Times.

Monday, March 4, 2013

Gour Khyapa

Singer and philosopher -- via ibnlive.in.com.

Shotaro Yasuoka


Shotaro Yasuoka -- via The Ashai Shimbun.


Aase Nordmo Lovberg

Soprano -- via mvdaily.com.

Shozo Shimamoto

Artist -- via sfaqonline.com.



Dan Mihaescu

Humorist, screenwriter, and director -- via nineoclock.ru.

Zozimo Bulbul

Actor, filmmaker, and activist -- via caribefilm.cult.cu.






Ed Bouchee

Former MLB player -- via the Spokesman-Review.

Tom Jankiewicz

Screenwriter -- via the Detroit Free Press. Best known for writing "Grosse Pointe Blank."

Janice Knickrehm

Actress -- via legacy.com.

Robert Bonnaud

Historian and activist against France's conflict in Algiers -- via Le Monde.

Zulema Castro de Pena

Human rights activist -- via Jornada Online.

Lidia Mattos

Actress -- via O Dia.

Ted Talbert

Journalist, historian, and filmmaker -- via the Detroit News.


Margareta Teodorescu

Chess master -- via fide.com.

Lucyna Winnicka

Actress -- via Gazeta Wyborcza.

John Cheng Yeow Nam aka Zhong Yao Nam aka Ah Nan

Actor and getai compere* -- via sg.entertainment.yahoo.com. *Getai is a live song and dance performance held during the Ghost Festival; a compere is a master of ceremonies.

Toyo Shibata

Poet -- via the Independent.


Tracy Sugarman

Illustrator and author -- via Westport News.



Ismet Hurmuzlu

Actor, screenwriter, and director -- via kerkukvakfi.com.

John Braheny

Singer/songwriter, author, and mentor -- via philly.com.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Milt Bolling

Former MLB shortstop -- via al.com.

Mehnaz Begum

Singer -- via tribune.com.pk.

A. Rafiq

Musician -- via The Asean Times.

Marcel Sisniega Campbell

First Mexican Grand Master in chess, and film director -- via oem.com.mx.

Danny Windsor

Entertainer; played one of the flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz" -- via mlive.com.

Bobby Rogers

Singer and songwriter; co-founder of the Miracles with Smokey Robinson, Ronnie White, Pete Moore, Marv Tarplin, and Claudette Robinson -- via Reuters. Wrote or co-wrote songs such as "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "My Baby," "What Love Has Joined Together," "One More Heartache," "That's What Love is Made Of," and "Going to a Go-Go."



Walmor Chagas

Actor -- via g1.globo.com.

Victor Radovici

Actor -- via hotnews.ro.