Monday, August 19, 2013

Pauline Alice Rubbelke Maier

Historian and writer -- via the New York Times.

Damon Intrabartolo

Composer and orchestrator -- via broadway.com.






Jason Rosenthal

Vocalist and guitarist best known for his work with On the Might of Princes -- via altpress.com.

Min Lu aka Nyan Paw

Poet and novelist -- via the Myanmar Times.

Henry Polic II

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Spas Wenkoff

Tenor -- via Billboard.

Lisa Robin Kelly

Actress -- via CNN.

Jack Germond

Journalist -- via the New York Times.


Allen Lanier

Guitarist and keyboardist; co-founder of Blue Oyster Cult -- via Rolling Stone.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Alhaja Batili Alake aka the Queen of Waka

Singer and composer -- via pmnewsnigeria.com.




Johnny Logan

Former MLB player -- via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Eddie Perez

Saxophonist and singer; founding member of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico -- via the New York Times.






Andre Verchuren

Accordionist -- via the Independent.





Tim Wright

Bassist and composer -- via Rolling Stone. Founding member of Pere Ubu, he also played with DNA, and contributed to the groundbeaking "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts."








Elisabeth Maxwell

Holocaust scholar -- via the Jerusalem Post.


Gail Levin

Filmmaker -- via pbs.org.

Jack Clement aka Cowboy Jack

Music producer, engineer, songwriter, and arranger -- via the New York Times. He wrote "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"!





Regina Resnick

Opera star who triumphed both as a soprano and as a mezzo -- via the New York Times.





Barbara Mertz aka Barbara Michaels aka Elizabeth Peters

Writer -- via the Washington Post.