Sunday, April 7, 2013

Les Blank

Documentary filmmaker -- via the New York Times. One of my all-time favorite filmmakers, he covered the subjects he wanted to cover in the way in which he wanted to cover them. The result: lots of delightful films including "Garlic Is As Good As 10 Mothers," "Gap-Toothed Women," "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe," "Burden of Dreams," "I Went to the Ball," "Always for Pleasure," and many, many others!







Afaq Haider

Novelist -- via the Arab News.

Mr. Magic aka Awood Johnson

Rapper -- via Vibe.


John "Kelloggs" Kalinowski

Band manager -- via the Telegraph.


Jerome Savary

Director and actor -- via Le Monde.


Larry Ashmore

Composer, arranger, and orchestrator -- via artsjournal.com.

Stephen Longley

Ferryman -- via the Sun Journal.

Tissa Balasuriya

Former priest and social activist -- via the Guardian.


Murrey Marder

Journalist -- via the New York Times.

Glenn Boyer

Historian -- via the Arizona Daily Star.

Kevin Peek

Guitarist -- via noise11.com.

Gabriele Basilico

Photographer of urban landscapes -- via the Guardian.

Friedrich Naznansky

Crime novelist -- via ria.ru.

Stephan Wigger

Actor -- via Die Welt.

Tekin Akmansoy

Actor -- via cumhuriyet.com.

Irina Maslennikova

Soprano -- via artsjournal.com.

Lim Yoon Taek

Musician -- via soompi.com.


Kurt Redel

Flutist and conductor -- via kulturinfo.lippe.de.

Norman Udevitz

Journalist -- via the Denver Post.

D. Vinayachandran

Poet -- via malayalam.webdunia.com.

Vernon "Jake" Thies

Former MLB pitcher -- via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.


Akiva "Aki" Orr

Writer and political activist -- via +972 Magazine.

Leonardo Polo

Philosopher -- via diariodenarvarra.sp.


Elizabeth Alley

Actress -- via the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Georgy Kezdy

Actor -- via inforadio.hu.

Jack Dale Megenen

Artist and keeper of tribal culture -- via the ABC.

Alan Sharp

Novelist and screenwriter -- via the New York Times. Among his creations: "Rob Roy," "Night Moves," "The Osterman Weekend," and "Ulzana's Raid."


Elvie Villasanta

Comedian -- via inquirer.entertaiment.net.

Lee Halpin

Filmmaker -- via news.com.au.

Robert Ward

Composer -- via the New York Times. Best known as the creator of the operatic version of "The Crucible."

Patricia McCormick

First professional female bullfighter in North America -- via the New York Times.

Jane Henson

Puppeteer -- via the New York Times.

L. Brent Kingston

Artist and educator; father of the "blacksmithing revival" of the '60s and '70s -- via craftcouncil.org.


Keith Marsh

Actor -- via knowfirst.info.

Peter Steen

Actor -- via Politiken DK.

Peter Smith

Scholar of vernacular architecture -- via the Guardian.

Paul Williams

The father of rock journalism -- via the New York Times. He led the way with Crawdaddy.



Ronnie "Fast Eddie" Allen

Pool shooter; master of one-pocket -- via onepocket.org. Said to be a model for the central character of Walter Tevis' "The Hustler."


Datuk Yaha Sulong aka Pak Ya

Comedian and actor -- via the Daily Star.


Elmer Leon "Tody" Bernard Jr.

Actor -- via legacy.com.


Dirk Ballendorf

Historian -- via the Marianas Variety.

Ichikawa Danjūrō XII

Kabuki actor -- via Japan Times.


Anita Bild aka Anita Lelewer

Dancer, singer, and writer -- via the Guardian.


Gerry Day aka Gerald Lallande

Film and  TV writer -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

John "Mike" Kume Sr.

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Star Beacon.

Ford Parker "Moon" Mullen

Former MLB player -- via the Seattle Times.

Delbert "Del" Tenney

Grindhouse auteur -- via the Connecticut Post. The director, screenwriter, and producer was responsible for some horror and exploitation classics, including "The Horror of Party Beach" and "I Eat Your Skin."



Richard B. Italiano Jr.

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Jewel Akens

Singer and music producer -- via the New York Times. A one-hit wonder with his 1965 "The Birds and the Bees."



Les Coleman

Artist and aphorist -- via the Telegraph.

Pompeyo "Yo-Yo" Davalillo

Former MLB player -- via prorumors.com.

Bob Hover

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Carl Goff Jr.

Bassist -- via the New York Daily News.