Thursday, August 7, 2014

David Holgate

Sculptor -- via the Guardian.

Gorge Freese

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.

Karen X. Gaylord aka Jane Goerner

Actress. Her death is asserted but unsubstantiated on IMDb; still searching for third-party confirmation. However, here is an excellent page of information on her, courtesy obscureactresses.wordpress.com.

Kenny Drew Jr.

Dorothy Salisbury Davis

Writer -- via lohud.


Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Pran aka Pran Kumar Sharma aka The Disney of India

Smita Talwalkar

Actress, producer, and director -- via Daily News and Analysis.

Khalil Morsi

Actor -- via Ahram Online.


Walter Massey

Actor -- via the Glode and Mail.

Richie Taylor

Journalist and musician -- via independent.ie.

Jake Hooker aka Jerry Mamberg

Guitarist and songwriter; best known for co-writing "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"! -- via Highlight Hollywood. PLEASE NOTE: Sharp-eyed reader Viv Holt corrects me -- Jake co-wrote the rock anthem with Alan Merrill, aka Allan Sachs, of the Arrows, who sings the original version shown below.



Marilyn Burns

Vratislav Schilder

Actor and puppeteer -- via blesk.cz.

Keith Newbery

Journalist -- via the Portsmouth News.

Rafael Santa Cruz

Actor and musician -- via La Republica



Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Billie Letts

Writer and teacher -- via the New York Times.

Steve Post

Radio host -- via the New York Times. Just one of those wonderful, intelligent, funny, descriptive voices that make radio so enchanting. A long-time staple of mornings at classical radio WNYC-FM. Here's a great profile of him by that station:

David Lee Bakenhaster

Former MLB player -- via legacy.com.

Bill Koski

Former MLB player -- via Dignity Memorial.

Yvette Lebon

Actress --via Le Parisien.

Velma Smith

Guitarist and songwriter -- via tasteofcountry.com A session player, she worked with Willie, Waylon, Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold, Roy Acuff, Jim Reeves, Porter Wagoner, and Patsy Cline!






Mike Smith

Radio host -- via the BBC.

Olga Voronets

Folk singer -- via ITAR-TASS.



Juno Alexander

Actress -- via the Telegraph.

Rod de'Ath

Drummer -- via Ultimate Classic Rock.

Monday, August 4, 2014

James Brady

Betty Jo "Grandma Betty" Simpson

Instagram focus of interest -- via the New York Daily News.

Jess Marlow

TV newscaster -- via the NBC Los Angeles.

Benjamin Olmstead

Kevin McGroarty

Master of the self-penned obituary -- via the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader. Here is his highly entertaining autoeulogy: -- via legacy.com.

WEEKLY READER: International roundup of stories on death, mourning, and more

TOP STORIES

Via Apartment Therapy, the story of the death mask


Funny, creative obits stick out – via Bob Kalinowski of citizensvoice.com.

MOURNING

Mourning as performance art? – from Cheryl Rossi in the Vancouver Courier

Disturbing or comforting? Photos of stillborns, dead infants becoming memorial practice – by Joel Landau of the New York Daily News

Sharon Randall of McClatchy-Tribune on the need for funerals

Pamela Jay Gottfried on a beautiful day for a funeral

End-of-life ethicist reflects on her own mourning for her husband, from Peggy Fletcher Stack of the Salt Lake Tribune

Howard Barbanel on Huffington Post, on mourning his mother

OBITS

From Confessions of a Funeral Director: “10 Ways to Make Your Obituary Spicy”

FUNERALS


Funeral home buries wrong body – from Deborah Hastings at the New York Daily News

Veteran plans ahead by purchasing Jack Daniels coffin: from Alex Crook at the Daily Star

Paul Sullivan of the New York Times talks about planning ahead



Rich Ceisler

Comedian -- form his Facebook page.

King Robbo

Graffiti artist -- via the BBC.


Sadanam Divakara Marar

Percussionist -- via the Hindu.

Sam Hunter

Scholar, writer, and curator -- via Princeton University.

Natale Tulli

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Idris Muhammad

Drummer -- via the New Orleans Times-Picayune.





John Mazzola

Ran Lincoln Center -- via the New York Times.

Szobi Cseh

Actor and stuntman -- via ziare.com.

Murat Göğebakan

Singer -- via Today's Zaman.





Wilton Schiller

TV writer and producer -- via Variety.

Kenny Ireland

Actor -- via the Telegraph.


Jay Maeder

Gerardo Cornejo

Writer -- via Pulso.

Mukku Raju aka Sagiraju Rajamraju

Actor and choreographer -- via indiaglitz.com.

Arthur Shafman

Producer -- via the New York Times.

Pete Van Wieren aka The Professor

Noel Black

Director in film and TV; best known for "Pretty Poison" Oscar-nominated for 1965's "Skaterdater"! -- via the New York Times.