Tuesday, August 6, 2013

George Duke

Jazz keyboardist and music producer -- via the San Jose Mercury.



George "Boomer" Scott

Former MLB player -- via the Huffington Post.

Drungo Hazewood

Former MLB player -- via the Baltimore Sun.

Frank Castillo

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Chicago Tribune.

Babe Martin aka Boris Michael Martinovich

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

Friday, August 2, 2013

Michael Ansara

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. The go-to guy for ethnic noblemen, Native Americans, alien commanders, and the like, this performer from Syria worked a lot and did a great job. He mat be best remembered as Kang in many "Star Trek" series. Hats off to a significant character actor.





Thursday, August 1, 2013

Mick Farren

Singer, songwriter, activist, journalist, novelist, and writer -- via the Guardian. A member of the Deviants, he also wrote some of the best work about rock in the past 50 years, including "Elvis in his Own Words," "Who Put the Bomp!," and many others.





Herb Kaplow

Journalist -- via the New York Times.





Tadayoshi Himeda

Documentary filmmaker and folklorist -- via the Japan Times.

Sheila Whitaker

Film festival director, film expert, and editor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Garry Davis

Peace activist and founder of the One World movement -- via the New York Times.

Willie Louis aka Willie Reed

The man who, as an 18-year-old, braved the Klan to testify and put Emmett Till's killers in jail -- via the New York Times.


Frank Morriss



Film and television editor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. He edited such great work as "Duel," "Romancing the Stone," and "The Execution of Private Slovik."

Rona Anderson

Actress -- via Herald Scotland.

Art Ginsberg

Restaurateur -- via the L.A. Times.