Thursday, January 2, 2014

Juanita Moore

Oscar-nominated actress -- via Variety. Best remembered for her key supporting role in "Imitation of Life" as the long-suffering, noble Annie Johnson. She began her career as a performer at the Cotton Club!





James Avery

Actor -- via TMZ.


Mike O'Connor

Journalist and THE guy who actually had all journalists' backs -- via the L.A. Times.


Ernest "Rockin' Tabby" Thomas

Bluesman -- via the Advocate.

Farooq Shaikh

Actor -- via the Edmonton Journal.

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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Joseph Ruskin aka Joseph Schlafman

Actor -- via Deadline Hollywood. A highly recognizable character actor who often played gangsters, "foreigners," aliens, and the like. Star Trek fans will remember him as Galt in "The Gamesters of Triskelion."

Marco Zappia

Film editor -- via Variety.

Herb Geller

Saxophonist, composer, and arranger -- via the Guardian.

Dwayne Burno

Bassist -- via Jazz Times.

Benjamin Curtis

Guitarist -- via the Guardian.






Monday, December 30, 2013

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Allan McKeown

Producer -- via the Guardian.

Jean Rustin

Painter -- via Le Monde.

Eugenio Carrasco aka Le Perla de Triana

Singer, musician, and poet -- via diariosur.es.

Jeff Pollack

Director and producer -- via the New York Daily News.


Manolo Escobar

Singer -- via El Pais.

Paul Blair

Masterful center fielder -- via the Washington Post. He won Game 1 of the '77 Series with a walkoff single in the 12th.

Ed Herrmann

Former MLB catcher -- via mlb.com.

Marta Eggerth

Soprano -- via the Washington Post.



Wojciech Kilar

Composer -- via the BBC.




Henri Rechatin

Tight-rope walker -- via the New York Daily News.