Friday, April 25, 2014

Dana Craig

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Margery Mason

Actress and director -- via Ham & High.

Tony Marriott

Actor and writer -- hollywood.com. Co-creator of "No Sex Please, We're British."

Tadeusz Różewicz

Poet, dramatist, and writer -- via tvn24.pl.

Ramon Pons

Actor -- via El Mercantil Valcenciano.

Osman Hummaida

Peace and human rights activist -- via Human Rights Watch.

Anton Molchik

Actor -- via novincy.cz.

Mimi Kok

Actress -- via Het Parool.

Deon Jackson

Soul singer -- via the Ann Arbor News.








Tajma Hall

Drag performer -- via Chicago Pride.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Mitchell Jason

Actor -- via Variety.

Craig Hill

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Alistair MacLeod

Novelist and short-story writer -- via the National Post.

Sanford Jay Frank

TV comedy writer and producer -- via the L.A. Times.

Win Tin

Journalist, activist, and political prisoner -- via the irrawaddy.org.

Madame Walter Andrews

Gospel singer and radio host -- via the Denver Post.

Kevin Sharp

Country singer -- via CNN.

Guru Dhanapal

Director -- via the Business Standard.

Mayra Alejandra

Actress -- via Latin Times.

Stan Kelly-Bootle

Writer, singer, songwriter, and computer scientist -- via the Liverpool Echo.

Crad Kilodney

Writer; referred to as a 'cult literary figure,' as he tried to figure things out for himself -- via the CBC. Gotta love a man who titled one of his works "Lightning Struck My Dick."

"I'm not sure that literature has the power to lift anyone out of anything or even have any significant impact on the real world."

"Writing is a sublimation for extreme hostility."

Crad Kilodney from Tristen Bakker on Vimeo.

Edna Dore aka Edna Lillian Gorring

Actress -- via the Guardian.

Epifania Archuleta

Weaver and textile artist -- via the Rio Grande Sun.

Nazih Khater

Art and literature critic -- via the Lebanon Daily Star.

Tony Gray

Comic performer; with his brother Doug, and Bruce Lacey, he formed The Alberts, a group that inspired Monty Python -- via the Telegraph.








Monday, April 21, 2014

Kshetra Pratap Adhikari

Lyricist and poet -- via ekantipur.com.

Nina Cassian

Poet, writer, and translator -- via the New York Times.




Phillip Hayes Dean

Actor, director, and playwright; best remembered as the author of "Paul Robeson" -- via the L.A. Times.

Jiří Načeradský

Artist -- via lidovky.cz.

Shane Gibson

Guitarist -- via NME.com.



Cheo Feliciano

Salsa singer -- via the New York Times.






Bill Henry

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Pasadena Independent School District.

Hal Smith

Former MLB player -- via ESPN.

Anna Reynolds

Mezzo-soprano -- via the Guardian.

Hal Cooper

TV comedy director -- via Variety.