Thursday, April 11, 2013

Michaela Niculescu

Former child TV star; later a translator, university lecturer, IT specialist and editor and producer for a publisher -- via foxcrawl.com.

Scott Kennedy

Comedian -- via lubbockonline.com.

Edward Bland

Filmmaker, composer, musician, and orchestrator -- via the New York Times. His 1959 film "The Cry of Jazz" is seen as a precursor of the Black Power and separatism movement.

T.R. Adabala

Actor, director, and makeup artist -- via the Hindu.

Mickey Rose

Comedy writer in film and TV; co-wrote, with Woody Allen, "what's Up Tiger Lily," "Bananas," and "Take the  Money and Run" -- via the L.A. Times.


Robert Slerling "Ducky" Detweiler

Former MLB player and manager -- via legacy.com.

Ray Vincent Adams

Conductor and composer -- via the Aspen Times.

Michael Grigsby

Documentary filmmaker -- via the Guardian.





Ganesh Pyne

Painter -- via The Indian Express.




Hans Moretti

Illusionist -- via contactmusic.com.





Hagop Hagopian

Artist -- via panarmeninan.net.

Sammy Masters aka Samuel Lawmaster

Rockabilly musician and singer -- via hillbillycountry.blogspot.com.






Metin Serezli

Actor and director -- via hurriyet.com.tr.

Boris Vasilyev

Novelist -- via the Voice of Russia.

Sripada Pinakapani

Musician and physician -- via The Hindu.

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 GidiÅŸoÄŸlu

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.