Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Jeffrey Skitch

Actor, baritone, and teacher -- via the Telegraph.

Andre Panin

Actor -- via the Voice of Russia.

Wilbur "Jake" Striker

Former MLB pitcher -- via obitsforlife.com.

Carl Thomas

Former MLB player -- via baseball-almanac.com.

Ricardo da Force aka Jervis Ricardo Alfonso Lyte

Rapper and vocalist -- via newsflash.bigshotmag.com.






Damiano Damiani

Screenwriter and director -- via the Guardian.

Ward de Ravet

Actor -- via De Standaard.

Ray Martin

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Boston Globe.

Rajasulochana aka Pilliarchetty Bhakthavatsalam Naidu Rajeevalochana

Dancer and actress -- via the Times of India. More than 300 film credits!



Dieter Pfaff

Actor -- via bild.de.

Goro Naya

Actor and voice actor -- via japnator.com.

Raphael D. Silver



Film producer -- via cleveland.com. Best known for the trilogy of films made with his wife, director Joan Micklin Silver -- "Hester Street," "Between the Lines," and "Crossing Delancey."






Jose Sancho

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. He did Almodovar's "Live Flesh" and "Habe con Ella."



Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez

Journalist -- via the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Shabnam Shakeel

Poet, writer, and teacher -- via dawn.com.

Ric Menello

Filmmaker -- via the New York Daily News.






Campbell Armstrong aka Campbell Black aka Thomas Altman

Novelist, playwright, and memoirist -- via campbellarmstrong.com.

Alfred "Slick" Surratt

Former Negro Leagues baseball player -- via legacy.com.

Katharina Wolpe

Pianist -- via the Guardian.




Jack Stokes

Animation director -- via the Guardian. Best known for his work on "Yellow Submarine."


Monday, April 8, 2013

Annette Funicello

Actress, singer, Mickey Mouse Club member -- via the New York Times. An icon of the squeaky-clean late '50s and early '60s, she will be best remembered for her "beach films" with male heartthrobs of the day. Later, she developed multiple sclerosis, and became a spokesperson and activist on behalf of those with the disease.





Osman GidiĹźoÄźlu

Actor -- via habermonitor.com.

Mahmoud Salem

Writer -- via egyptindependent.com.

Farideh Lashai

Artist -- via artasiapacific.com.

Virgil Johnson

Lead vocalist for The Velvets, teacher, DJ -- via the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

Stewart "Dirty Dirk" Fischer

Trumpeter, valve trombonist, composer, arranger, and teacher -- via scvnews.com.

Naarghita aka Maria Amarghioalei

Singer -- via bubblews.com.

Kaoru Shimamura aka Hiroko Takahashi

Voice artist -- via Anime News Network.

Maurice Rosy

Comics writer -- via tintinologist.org.

George Ives

Actor -- via legacy.com.


Behsat Uvez

Singer and composer -- via dvhn.nl.



Ozzie Sweet

Photographer -- via the New York Times.


Eva Bergh

Actress -- via dagbladet.no.

Hans Ernback

Actor -- via aftonbladet.se.


Donald Rutledge

Photojournalist -- via the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Mickey Stubblefield

Baseball player -- via the McCook Gazette.

Kathleen McCormack

Singer -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Chieko Honda

Voice artist -- via Anime News Network.

Yoel Zilberg

Playwright -- via the Jerusalem Post.

Manoranjan Das

Playwright -- via the Times of India.

Andre Gringras

Artist and choreographer -- via watermillcenter.com.

MarĂ­a Asquerino

Actress -- via diariosur.es.

William Perehudoff

Artist -- via the CBC.

Imants Ziedonis

Poet -- via diena.lv.


Marie-Claire Alain

Organist -- via the New York Times.

Bert Flugelman

Artist -- via the Herald Sun.

Shmuel "Shmulik" Kraus

Composer, singer, and actor; one of the founders of Israeli pop -- via Haaretz.





Mike Westhues

Singer-songwriter and guitarist -- via blues-finland.com.

Ralph Ballantine

Illustrator and artist -- via storify.com. He created, among other icons, Tony the Tiger, Charlie the Tuna, and the Good Hands of Allstate.