Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Pete Seeger

Musician, singer, songwriter, activist, writer, ambassador of goodness -- via the New York Times. I will have to write more extensively about him later -- suffice it to say that he was the number-one influence on me as a creative person. I learned to sing by singing along with him. I learned to question authority thanks to his example. I learned to keep going. I saw him at Carnegie Hall in New York on Thanksgiving, 1978. Thanks, Pete, for everything.







Monday, January 27, 2014

Carlo Mazzacurati

Director -- via Variety.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao

Actor -- via the Hindu.

Fred Bertelmann

Singer and actor -- via merkur-online.de.

Elisa Jayne

Contortionist -- via the Miami Herald. Thanks to "The Real" Steve Miller at WSJ for this tip!

Chet Curtis

Broadcaster -- via the New York Times. With his wife (and then ex-wife) Natalie Jacobson, a fixture in Boston TV at WCVB Channel 5 newscasts --






Saturday, January 25, 2014

Michael Sporn

Animator -- via the L.A. Times. Noted for his adaptations.

Flavio Testi

Composer -- via giornaledellamusica.it.




Jim Jacks

Film producer -- via Variety. Worked on such great films as "Dazed and Confused," "A Simple Plan," "Raising Arizona," and "Tombstone"; revived the "Mummy " franchise as well.

Jerome Willis

Actor -- via Doctor Who Online.

Hal Sutherland

Animator -- via startrek.com.