Sunday, January 5, 2014

John "Jay" Traynor

Vocalist, most notably as the original Jay of Jay and the Americans -- via Vintage Vinyl News.

Elizabeth Jane Howard

Writer -- via the BBC.

John Fortune

Comedian and actor -- via the Guardian.






Roger Gentry aka James Edgar Rodgers

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


Bill Tremel

Former MLB player -- via the Johnstown, PA Tribune-Democrat.

Jerry Coleman

Former MLB player and broadcaster -- via CBS Sports.

Barbara Lawrence

Actress and writer -- via the Los Angeles Daily News. Short but memoriable career, with credits in films such as "Captain from Castile," "Thieves' Highway," "Oklahoma!," and the 1957 cult sci-fi film "Kronos."

Interview with Barbara Lawrence from The Midnight Palace on Vimeo.

Doe B aka Glenn Thomas

Rapper -- via CNN.

John Dominis

Photographer -- via the New York Times.

Boyd Lee Dunlop

Pianist -- via WBFO.

Elvira Quintilla

Actress -- via La Vanguardia.

Phil Everly

Singer and guitarist; as half of the Everly Brothers, a key figure in pop music -- via the New York Times.









Saul Zaentz

Film producer -- via the New York Times.

Alicia Rhett

Actress and artist -- via the Telegraph.

Robert Nugent

Priest who supported the GLBT community -- via the L.A. Times.

Donald Forst

Editor -- via the New York Times.


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.

http://youtu.be/t03Hdwv9gSo#aid=P9z8Kkr4dvg

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.