Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Harvey Littleton

Glass artist -- via washingtonglass.blogspot.com.

Leslie Fiedler

Literary critic -- via Slate.

Thomas Kurzhals

Musician -- via RP Online.

Igor Popov

Theatrical designer -- via the Moscow Times.

Esther Borja

Soprano -- via BBC Mundo.




Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Larry D. Mann

Actor -- via the Miami Herald. A distinctive and reliable character actor, he may be best remembered as the voice of Yukon Cornelius in the Xmas TV special "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."



Simon Hoggart

Journalist and wit -- via the Guardian. A long-time participant in the Conference on World Affairs in Boulder -- I got to do a few panels with him. Nice guy!



Carmen Zapata

Actress; best remembered as Dona Luz in TV's "Villa Alegre" -- via USA Today.



Tito Mora aka Carlos Garcia Romero

Singer -- via the Latin American Herald Tribune.

Eiichi Ohtaki

Musician, singer-songwriter, and music producer -- Japan Today.

Run Run Shaw aka Shao Yifu

Film producer; a vital figure in cinema history -- via the New York Times. As head of Shaw Brothers Studios, he did not invent, but fully developed, the martial arts film. Among the talents he developed: directors King Hu, Chang Cheh, and Lau Kar-leung; actors Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sonny Chiba, Sammo Hung, and Cheng Pei Pei. Among the great films made under his imprimatur: "Come Drink with Me," "The Love Eterne," "The One-Armed Swordsman" series, "Fists of Fury," "Water Margin,"
5 Fingers of Death," "The 36 Chambers of Shaolin," "Blood Brothers," "The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter," and "Five Deadly Venoms."










Sunday, January 5, 2014

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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