Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Sarah Marshall
Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Was in two significant sci-fi TV episodes -- "Star Trek"'s "the Deadly Years," and the "Little Girl Lost" episode of "the Twilight Zone," the latter of which was a great influence on the original "Poltergeist" film.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/283846
http://www.hulu.com/watch/283846
Monday, January 20, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Madeline Arakawa Gins
Architect, poet, and painter -- via the New York Times. Created "Reversible Destiny" housing -- eccentrically and nonintuitively designed in order to keep the inhabitants' senses off-balance, with the professed result of staving off death. Indefinitely. It didn't work, but it sure looks cool!
http://fora.tv/2010/10/02/New_Aging_Visiting_the_Future
http://fora.tv/2010/10/02/New_Aging_Visiting_the_Future
Friday, January 17, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Dave Madden
Actor -- via USA Today. Best known as the slimy manager Reuben Kincaid on TV's "The Patridge Family" -- however, he was a prominent part of "Laugh-In" before that. I am ashamed to say that I even remember him in the short-lived 1965 sitcom "Camp Runamuck."
Russell Johnson
Actor -- via TMZ. He will be remembered as the beloved Professor on TV's "Gilligan's Island." He worked extensively in television, and in classic B movies in the '50s and '60s.
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