Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Sathima Bea Benjamin

Jazz singer and composer -- via allafrica.com.





Jim Brothers

Figurative sculptor -- via the Kansas City Star. Great lede by Dugan Arnett!


Stephenie McMillan

Oscar-winning set decorator -- via the Telegraph. Like the "Hary Potter" movies? She did all of them.


Jose Julio Sarria

Drag performer, gay rights activist; the first open gay person to run for public office in the United States -- via the New York Times.






Dagon Taya aka Htay Myaing

Writer and activist -- via the Irrawaddy.


Thursday, August 22, 2013

Eyob Mekonen

Singer -- via ethioabay.com.



Valentin de Vargas aka Albert C. Schubert

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Best remembered as one of the henchmen who attacks Janet Leigh in "Touch of Evil."


Jon Brookes

Drummer for the Charlatans -- via the Telegraph.



Frances Tannehill

Actress -- via legacy.com. She made her first Broadway appearance in the Hoover administration!


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Ted Post

Director of film and TV -- via the Hollywood Reporter. A key though largely unsung player during the days of live TV, the glut of TV Westerns of the '50s and '60s, and beyond. His film work was remarkably varied -- he directed Clint Eastwood in "Hang 'em High" and "Magnum Force," helemd the riveting Vietnam film "Go Tell the Spartans," and worked on other projects such as "Beneath the Planet of the Apes." For every "important" director out there, there are a dozen talented and hardworking directors who never get the spotlight. Take a bow, Ted!

Marty Adler

Founder of  the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame -- via the New York Times.

Mick Deane

News cameraman -- via CNN.

Jane Harvey aka Phyllis Taff

Jazz singer -- via the New York Times.






Marian Turner McPartland

Jazz pianist, composer, and radio host -- via the New York Times.