Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Sir Thomas Chitty aka Thomas Hinde

Writer -- via the Telegraph.


Teodoro 'Tonino' Ricci aka Anthony Richmond

Actor -- via Il Manifesto.

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Van Buren Fowler

Guitarist -- via loudwire.com.

Leo Bretholz

Holocaust survivor and activist -- via the Washington Post.

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Joe McGinniss

Journalist and writer -- via the New York Times.

Hal Douglas

Voice artist -- via the Telegraph.

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Ned O'Gorman

Poet and teacher -- via the New York Times.

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Barbro Kollberg

Actress -- via SVD Kultur.

Eileen Colgan

Actress -- via RTE.

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Selim Lemouchi

Musician -- via Metal Injection.

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Rama Mohanty

Physicist and activist -- via The Advocate.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Wendy Hughes

Actress -- via the Guardian.




Jimmy Ellis

Actor -- via the Daily Mail.

Ali Mustafa

Photojournalist -- via the New York Daily News.


Renato Cioni

Tenor -- via artsjournal.com.





Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov

Actor -- via Interfax-Ukraine.

Gerard Mortier

Opera director and administrator -- via the New York Times.

Martin Gottfried

Theater critic and writer -- via the New York Times. A prodigious and highly informed and intelligent writer on and about the theater; he composed several stage-related biographies, and some theater history, as well. His "Broadway Musicals" revived contemporary interest in the the genre's deep reservoir of productions by revealing its history.


Maria Donata Nanetta Paulina Gustava Ermina Wilhemine Stein Lascelles Thorpe

Pianist -- via the Guardian.

Maja Petrin

Actress -- via http://www.jutarnji.hr.

Scott Kalvert

Director -- via the L.A. Times. Best known for "The Basketball Diaries."

Friday, March 7, 2014

Sheila MacRae

Actress and singer; the last of the four Alices to Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden -- via the Huffington Post.

Curtis McClarin

Actor -- via New York Daily News.

Aino-Maija Tikkanen

Actress -- via Ilta-Sanomat.


Jojon aka Djuhri Masdjan

Comedian -- via republika.co.id.

Leopoldo María Panero

Poet -- via leonoticias.com.

Luis Villoro

Philosopher -- via jornada.unam.mx.

Sam Rosen

Holocaust survivor and rights activist -- via the Scranton Times-Tribune.

Garnell Stamps

Civil-rights activist -- via WSET.


Peter Callander

Songwriter and music producer -- via The Times. With Mitch Murray, created many hit pop songs in the 1960s, including "The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde," "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast," "Hitchin' a Ride," "The Night Chicago Died," and "Billy Don't Be a Hero." Magnificent crap!











Gene Pyrz

Actor and musician -- via the CBC.

William Pogue

Astronaut and author -- via Tulsa World.



Thursday, March 6, 2014

Sherwin B. Nuland

Surgeon and writer; author of "How We Die" -- via the New York Times.

Shoji Yasui

Actor -- via IMDb. Best remembered for his remarkable work as the protagonist Mizushima in Kon Ichikawa's "The Burmese Harp."

Christine Buchegger

Actress -- via Tiroler Tageszeitung.



Stanley Grinstein



Arts patron -- via the L.A. Times.

Van Harris

Comedian -- via northjersey.com.

Geoff Edwards

Game-show host and broadcaster -- via Fox News.

Altan Gunbay

Actor and singer -- via todayszaman.com.

Gail Gerber

Actress -- via Variety.

Mark Freidkin

Poet, writer, translator, and singer -- via newsru.com.