Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Valeriya Novodvorskaya

Dissident -- via Radio Free Europe.



Nestor Basterretxea

Phil Stephens

Pioneering soccer photojournalist -- via Soccer America.


Abshir Hassan

Teacher -- via the CBC.


Robert F. Cawley

Police officer, skater, and actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Juby Bustamante

Journalist and writer -- via El Mundo.

Yann Andrea

Writer -- via France TV Info.

Ahmed Shiekh Jama

Poet and scholar -- via the Somaliland Press.

On Kawara

Artist -- via the Huffington Post.

Chris Grier

Musician -- via Spin.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Ramai Te Miha Hayward

Ray Lonnen

Actor -- via the Guardian.






Harry Whittaker

Child actor -- via The Daily Mirror.


George Morrison

Michael Henry Wilson

Filmmaker and writer -- via Variety. Did a great job on "A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies," as well as many other projects.








OBIT READER: Our weekly roundup of stories on death, dying, and more

TOP STORIES

From Confessions of a Funeral Director, "The Ultimate List of Mortician Themed License Plates" -- http://www.calebwilde.com/2014/07/the-ultimate-list-of-mortitian-themed-license-plates/

Via Katharine Q. Seelye of the New York Times, death on a island sheds light on a changing funeral industry http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/us/even-on-nantucket-a-funeral-home-is-a-luxury.html

R.I.P. T-shirts? Memorial casual wear is the thing in Baton Rouge; the story by Donna Britt of WAFB http://www.wafb.com/story/25991707/rip-shirts-have-changed-how-people-mourn-in-south-louisiana

DEATH

Mike Pleming on Modest Money talks about preparing for death, enotionally and financially http://www.modestmoney.com/prepare-financially-emotionally-death/

Is he dead? Wait just a minute, per ghanaweb.com http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=316513

A dying skill: film program cancelled due to projectionist's demise -- from Meredith Moss of the Dayton Daily News http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/projectionists-death-results-in-cancellation-of-fi/ngZ8D/

Per H5N1, a million-deaths study in India almost complete http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2014/07/india-the-million-deaths-study.html

There's a story here. Urn abandoned. Why? Via the Arizona Daily Independent http://www.arizonadailyindependent.com/2014/07/10/funeral-urn-ditched-at-phoenix-business/

 MOURNING

'Mourning in the age of Skype': Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig in The Atlantic  http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/07/figuring-out-how-to-mourn-in-the-age-of-skype/374044/

Finding meaning in loss, by Emily Lauren Townsend in Whole magazine http://www.wholemagazine.org/2014/07/death-as-way-to-life-finding-meaning-in.html

Lodro Rinzler in Elephant Journal reports on meditation and mourning http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/07/meditation-and-mourning-3-obstacles-to-successful-grieving/


OBITS

Um. Tom Hawthorne of the Vancouver Times Colonist reports on a unique anti-obit: http://www.legacy.com/news/stories-to-share/lovable-con-man-says-goodbye/2477/ and











P.N. "Nick" Furbank

Lou Nigro

Musician, and one of the country's most expert piano tuners -- via legacy.com. Father of Laura Nyro.

Marsha Mehran

Novelist -- via the L.A. Times.

Frank Mumford

Marionettist -- via the Telegraph.

John Leach

Musician and composer -- via the Telegraph.

Nadine Gordimer

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Friday, July 11, 2014

Charlie Haden

One of the great bassists in jazz history -- via the Ottawa Citizen. His deft touch, superb musicianship, and ability to lead, follow and meld with his fellow players makes him an exemplary figure in music history for me.  He made his name with Ornette Coleman, led the Liberation Music Orchestra, numerous ensembles, and nearly countless collaborations with the best musicians on the planet. Among my favorite recordings of his: "Haunted Heart," "Beyond the Missouri Sky," "Come Sunday," "Steal Away," "The Shape of Jazz to Come," "Farewell to Philosophy," "Pop Pop," "Sarabande," "Living Legend," "Jasmine" . . . and many more. From Yoko Ono to Gavin Bryars, he could play any- and everything, his talent and dedication expanding his musical circle ever wider. Can't really express how much I will always love him.










Dan Lenhardt

Ted Steeg

Hope Powell

Photographer -- via The Tennessean.

Zohra Sehgal aka Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan

Actress and choreographer -- via the Times of India. Best remembered for roles in "Bend It Like Beckham," "Bhaji on the Beach," and "Neecha Nagar."






Joe Alfasa

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Thursday, July 10, 2014

Castro aka Theophilus Tagoe

Musician -- via the Guardian.

Andrew Mango

Biographer of Kemal Ataturk -- via the Hurriyet Daily News.

Bora Todorovic

Actor -- via In Serbia.

Jon Plapp

Artist -- via The Australian.

John Spinks

Ken Thorne

Oscar-winning composer -- via soundtrack.net. He won the Oscar for his wonderful adaptation of the score for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"; he wrote the (non-Beatle portion of) the score for "Help!"; also wrote great scores for such films as "The Bed Sitting Room," "The Magic Christian," "Juggernaut," and "Superman II" and "Superman III." Also did the scoring for TV's "The Persuaders." Quite good, actually!