Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Apidet Sithiran aka Narong Songmanee



Muay Thai fighter -- via the Bangkok Post.

Bengt Blomgren

Actor
-- via Svenska Dagbladet.

Basil Copper

Writer of horror and detective fiction; also journalist and editor -- via the Guardian.

Besedka Johnson

Actress who received great acclaim for her only role -- via the L.A. Times.



Bratindra Nath Mukherjee

Historian and epigrapher -- via The Hindu.

Mariví Bilbao aka María Victoria Bilbao-Goyoaga Álvarez

Actress -- via the Latin Times.

Denis Tomassetti

Record-store owner -- via the Sacramento Bee.

Hugh McCracken

Guitarist; masterful studio musician -- via the New York Times.





Daniel Hoffman

Poet, scholar, and critic -- via the New York Times.

Ed Fisher

Cartoonist -- via the New York Times.


Edward Levitt

Animation artist -- via animationamagazine.net.

Stan Isaacs

Sports reporter and commentator -- via the New York Times.

Bel Lange aka Belno Roy Lange Jr.

Broadcaster -- via the Scaramento Bee.


Eduardo Brito aka Eleuterio Brito

Singer -- via ecuadortimes.net.

Asal Badiei

Actress -- via presstv.ir.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Robert G. Smith

Former MLB pitcher -- via legacy.com.

Peter Scott aka Peter Craig Gulston

King of the cat burglars -- via the Guardian.

Dorothy Taubman

Piano teacher and therapist -- via the New York Times.

Myriam Palacios

Actress -- via emol.com.

Peter Walsh

Classical scholar -- via the Telegraph.

Chrissy Amphlett

Vocalist with the Divinyls -- via the L.A. Times.

Bob Clarke

Illustrator best known for his work with Mad magazine -- via delawareonline.com.


Tomas Pico

Actor and director -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Helena Carroll

Actress -- via the New York Times.


Basil Coleman

Stage, opera, and TV director; actor and teacher -- via the Guardian. He helmed the first productions of Britten's "Billy Budd," Gloriana," and "The Turn of the Screw."




Allan Arbus

Actor and photographer -- via the New York Times. He started as a fashion photographer, working in tandem with his then-wife, Diane. He later quit that profession and started acting, essaying a number of good roles, particularly that of Dr. Freedman on the TV series "M.A.S.H."





John "Johnny V" Mills

Blues guitarist -- via the Vancouver Sun.






Franco Califano

Lyricist, songwriter, singer, actor, and author -- via La Repubblica.





Brian Ackland-Snow

Film production designer; Oscar-winner for "A Room with a View" -- via the Times of London.

Valery Zolotukhin

Actor and director -- via english.ruvr.ru.

Clive Graeme Miles

Songwriter, poet, and artist -- via gazettelive.co.uk.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Richie Havens

Folk singer and guitarist -- via the New York Times. Although he will be remembered in shorthand as "the guy who opened Woodstock," Havens was an important bridge musically, starting off in doo-wop and moving into folk and protest music, who became an icon of world music and heartfelt, impassioned covers and originals.



Carmine Infantino

Comics artist, editor, and publisher -- via the New York Times. Greatly improved the characterizations of such superheroes as The Flash, Batman, and Adam Strange co-created Deadman.


Bigas Luna

Film director -- via the Guardian.


Sara Montiel aka Maria Antonia Alejandra Abad Fernández

Singer and actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Huge in Europe, her three American films were "Vercruz," "Serenade," and "Run of the Arrow."

David Shears

Journalist -- via the Washington Post.

Enzo Jannacci

Singer/songwriter, actor, and comedian -- via La Repubblica.

Gus Triandos

Former MLB player -- via the Baltimore Sun.


Pasha P183

Street artist -- via the L.A. Times.

Jay Smith

Guitarist -- via Spinner.


Gordon Stoker

Vocalist; leader of the Jordanaires -- via the Tennessean.






Reginald Gray

Portrait artist -- via the Irish Times.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Sukumari

Actress -- via the Times of India. Does she have between 2,000 and 3,000 film appearances to her credit? Some claim so.



Danilo Orozco

Musicologist -- via martinoticias.com.

Jerzy Nowak

Actor and teacher -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Margie Babbs aka Margie Alexander

Gospel and soul singer -- via the Times-Georgian.





Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf

Painter; designer of the "doomsday clock" that indicates how close to nuclear Armageddon we are -- via the New York Times.



Friday, April 19, 2013

Storm Thorgerson

Graphic designer; master of the classic album cover -- via the L.A. Times. Editor's note: in 1975, I listened to "Wish You Were Here" at my friend Carl's house. No drugs, but between the music and the graphics, my life was changed forever. Trip-py . . . .