Monday, May 12, 2014

Billy Lenhart

Child actor; best known as half of the once-popular team of Butch & Buddy -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. He died on Feb. 19, 2013, but his death was not announced until recently.



Leo J. Marentette, Jr.

Former MLB player -- via The Cleveland Blade.

Charles Nabess

Musician -- via the CBC.




Mary Ellen Tanner

Singer -- via The River City News.

Bohdan SkaradziƄski

Writer and social activist -- via podkowaleska.pl.

Leslie Carlson

Actor -- via Entertainment Weekly.

Randal Kinkead

Actor -- via the Guardian.

Naura Hayden aka Nora Hayden aka Helene Hayden

Actress and writer -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. Her death on August 10, 2013, was only recently reported.

Ben Hoberman

Nancy Malone

Actress, director, and producer -- via The Hollywood Reporter.

William Olvis

Composer -- via Billboard.

Billy Harrell

Former MLB player and basketball star -- via the Times-Union.

Alexander Flyarkovsky

Composer -- via artsjournal.com. An apparatchik, but a talented one.

Jair Rodrigues

Musician and singer -- via notimerica.com.

Elaine Sturtevant

Artist -- via Gallerist.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Joe Wilder

Trumpeter -- via the New York Times.





Amik Kasoruho

Writer -- via the Independent Balkan News Agency.

Eduardo Mac Entyre

Artist -- via La Nacion.

Elena Ryabinina

Human rights activist -- via Human Rights Watch.

Lo Fu

Journalist -- via the South China Morning Post.

Charles Marowitz

Playwright, director, and critic -- via the L.A. Times.


Will Gaines

Hoofer -- via the Telegraph.

Leslie Thomas

Writer -- via the Guardian.

Bobby Gregg

Drummer -- via legacy.com.

Chandra Mohan Sharma

Activist -- via The Hindu.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Glen Stassen

Ethicist and activist -- via the L.A. Times. A noted innovator in implementing constructive, transformative peacemaking techniques.



Clarence "Pete" Mondale

Professor of American civilization -- via the Washington Post.

Mahmoud al-Sawalga

Actor -- via news.com.au.

George Christie

Datuk Abdul Aziz Sattar

Actor -- via The Straits Times.

Colin Pillinger

Space scientist -- via the Guardian.

Maria Lassnig

Artist --via the Guardian.



Jean Gaven

Actor -- via Pure People.

Antony Hopkins

Paul Wurtzel

Assistant director -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Jackie Lynn Taylor Fries

Actress, TV host, producer, and director; best known for her short-lived stint as one of Our Gang -- via the Sacramento Bee.


Gary Becker

Jack Agueros

George H. Heilmeier

Billy Frank Jr.

Civil rights activist and environmentalist -- via the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Stories for the day: Death cafes cont., phantom pain, grief vs. mourning, and mortality in 1770

As a lot of stories related to the subject at hand came over the transom today, I will give you the links to them below:

On Death Cafes: New stories from the Boston Globe and the Pomerado News -- this topic seems to be sweeping through the mainstream media right now.

Abigail Carter discusses The Phantom Pain of Widowhood --

From the Education Portal: "Mourning and Grief: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" --

And from The Public Domain Review: "Life and Death Contrasted (ca. 1770" -- 

Tatiana Samoilova

Actress -- via the New York Times. Best known for her stellar work in films such as "The Cranes Are Flying," "Letter Never Sent," andthe 1967 "Anna Karenina.









Lynn R. Williams

Labor leader -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Zarko Petan

Chino Montero

Guitarist and vocalist -- via the Honolulu Pulse.



Francisco Icaza

Artist -- via Procesor.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Farley Mowat

Writer and environmentalist -- via CTV News. One of my absolute favorite writers! His compelling style, marvellously frank and conversational, has been a model for my work. Favorites: "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float," "The Siberians," "And No Birds Sang," his flawless memoir of WWII combat, and of course "Never Cry Wolf." No one was ever better able to cry "Bullshit!"



Gerard Benson

Poet -- via the Telegrpah & Argus.