Thursday, September 11, 2014

Antoine Duhamel

Film composer and conductor -- via Liberation. I'm not going to kid you; I love this guy. He was in on a bunch of great French New Wave films and more. Here's a partial list: Goddard's "Pierre le fou" and "Weekend"; Truffaut's "Baisers voles," "Mississippi Mermaid," and "Bed & Board"; Tavernier's "Daddy Nostalgia" and "Safe Conduct"; and foreign hits such as "Ridicule" and "Belle Epoque."

Richard Kiel

Actor; best known for playing henchman "Jaws" in two James Bond films -- via Variety. Born with acromegaly, the 7-foot,-1.5 inch-tall Kiel was typecast as aliens, monsters, and villains throughout his career. Despite this, he was a good actor who could pull off comedy as adeptly as he could menace.




Gilda Snowden

Artist -- via the Detroit Free Press.

Joachim "Blacky" Fuchsberger

Actor -- via Deutsche Welle.

Howell Evans

Robert "Throb" Young

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Graham Joyce

Writer of dark fantasies -- via the Guardian.

Jane Baker

TV writer -- via Digital Spy. Best known for writing with husband Pip Baker for "Doctor Who" and "Space: 1999"; also Robery Ryan's last film, "Captain Nemo and the Underwater City."

Rafael 'El Pato' Carret

Comedian, composer, conductor, and actor -- via the Buenos Aires Herald. He was the last of "Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor."

Montserrat Abello i Soler

Poet and translator -- via La Vanguardia.

Cayo Sila Godoy

Classical guitarist -- via Ultima Hora.

David Wynne

Sculptor -- via the Telegraph.

Feroza Begum

Folk singer -- via DNA India.

Austin William "Goose" Gonsoulin

Football player; an original Denver Bronco and member of the Ring of Fame -- via the New York Times.

http://www.denverbroncos.com/multimedia/videos/Remembering-Austin-Goose-Gonsoulin/7580d118-50c9-47c5-a7e5-27ef5efbdd4e

Jannese Davidson

Performer -- via Facebook.

Magda Olivero

Soprano -- via the New York Times. The last of the verismas -- female singers versed in the late-19th century tradition of hyper-realistic, melodramatic "verismo" operas,

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Chaninah Maschler

Educator and Holocaust survivor -- via the Washington Post.

Bobby Coward

Disability advocate -- via the Washington Post.

Cheryl West

Choir director -- via the Lafayette Journal & Courier.

Marjorie Strider

Artist -- via the New York Times.


Arturo Galster

Drag queen -- via sfgate.com.

Gerald Wilson

Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator -- via the L.A. Times. He worked with everyone; his first big gig was replacing Sy Oliver in the Jimmie Lunceford band in 1939!




Lillian Gobitas Klose

George Zuvernik

Former MLB pitcher -- via the Holland Sentinel.

Tobias Graf

Drummer -- via Loudwire.

George L. Little

Costumer designer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Penelope Niven

Biographer -- via the New York Times.

Bernard Yvon

Actor -- via Fox Chicago.

Molly Glynn

Actress -- via Fox News.

Roy Heather

Actor -- via Rogues & Vagabonds.

Mizchif

Rapper -- via Times LIVE. AKA Hechichamunorwa Mount Zion Kwenda



WEEKLY READER for Sept. 8, 2014 -- Stories on death, dying, mourning and more

TOP STORIES

Google-backed life-extension company Calico partners with pharmaceutical company AbbVie for $500 million project to “cure death” – from Ben Popper at The Verge


On Politico, Oren Kessler remembers the murdered journalist Steve Sotloff

DEATH

Network helps parents of terminally ill children – by Gabrielle Birkner in Modern Loss

Interview: Simon Worrall of National Geographic talks to Judy Bacharach, journalist and author of “Glimpsing Heaven: The Stories and Science of Life after Death” (CAVEAT: The book publisher is National Geographic!)

Via Dodai Stwart at Jezebel – Caitlin Doughty at Ask a Mortician answers: “What Happens to Your Breast Implants When You Are Cremated?”



MOURNING

Emma G. Fitzsimmons and James Barron of the New York Times report on Joan Rivers’s funeral

Mementoes as embodiments of mourning – from Susan Dunne at the Hartford Courant

Four dozen tow trucks form procession for deceased young driver – via Marilyn Miller at the Akron Beacon Journal

OBITS/TRIBUTES

Better a feature story than a paid obit – from Katherine Crosier on Another Year of insanity


Kwon Ri-Se

Singer -- via the Wall Street Journal.

William James Bell

Actor -- via legacy.com.


Simone Battle

Singer -- via the L.A. Times.

Hopeton Lewis

Kerrie Biddell

Jazz singer -- via The Australian.




Sunday, September 7, 2014

Bruce Morton

Journalist -- via CBS News.

Wlodzimierz Kotonski

Composer -- via The Rambler.





Habib Wali Muhammad

Ghazi singer -- via the Express Tribune.






Eddie Quarless

Steelband arranger and musician -- via Trinidad and Tobago Express.





Karel Cerny

Oscar-winning art director -- via the Hollywood Reporter.


Friday, September 5, 2014

Octavio Brunetti

Pianist, arranger, and composer -- via SDP Noticias.







Antonis Vardis

Composer and singer -- via greekreporter.com.



EunB

Singer -- via the Sun Star. AKA Go Eun-bi

Maria Eugenia Llamas

Actress -- via CNN Mexico. AKA 'La Tucita'





Nicky da B

Rapper -- via the New Orleans Times-Picayune. AKA Nickesse Toney




Gustavo Cerati

Rock star -- via the L.A. Times.





Mayumi Inaba

Writer and poet -- via sankei.jp.msn.com.