Monday, January 19, 2015

Anne Kirkbride

Don Harron

Comedian, actor, director, journalist, writer, playwright, and composer -- via the CBC. Best known as his comic alter ego, Charlie Farquharson.

Rimma Markova

Actress -- via echo.msk.ru. Best known for her role as Koldunya Darya, the witch, in the Russian "Night Watch"/"Day Watch" films.

Nelida Romero

Actress -- via Libre Prensa.

Arnaldo Calveyra

Poet, novelist, and playwright -- via telam.com.ar.

Hector Quine

Classical guitarist -- via the Telegraph.

Deathcetera: Your week in mortality news

DEATH

The town that talks about death – via Chana Joffe-Walt at NPR

MOURNING

Millenials in mourning – via Eric Ringham, Emily Kaiser at MPR

FUNERALS

Minister denies funeral to lesbian woman – via Ryan Haarer from KUSA-TV

Chronicle of a home funeral – from Ann Zaniewski at USA Today

Disabled man achieves dream of becoming a mortician – from Jay Levin at the Record

Retired funeral director has tons of fun stories – via Steve Pokin at the Springfield News-Leader


Who’s stealing hearse stretchers? – via the Claims Journal

Faten Hamama

The 'first lady of Arab cinema' -- via the Huffington Post.





Ronnie Ronalde

Vocalist, yodeler, and siffleur (expert whistler) -- via Island FM, Guernsey. AKA Ronald Charles Waldron.







Dallas Taylor

Drummer and addictions counselor -- via The Wrap. Played on the first two CSN albums.




Tony Verna

A$AP Yams

Music organizer, mentor, hiphop artist and producer -- via the Rolling Stone. AKA STeven Rodriguez, Yamorbghini. 

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Molly Blank

Disability rights activist -- via the Denver Post.

Vincent Ferrizzi

Singer and musician -- via legacy.com.


Patsy Garrett

Actress and singer -- via Variety.

Chikao Otsuka

Actor and voice actor -- via sonicstadium.org.

Yao Beina

Singer -- via crienglish.com.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Ervin Drake

Songwriter and lyricist -- via the Washington Post. AKA Ervin Druckman. He wrote the classics "It Was a Very Good Year" and "I Believe," and the lyrics for such hits as "Perdido," "Tico Tico," and "Good Morning Heartache."

Sid Smith

TV producer and director -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

German Cobos

Actor -- via westernboothill.blgospot.com.

Kim Fowley

Songwriter, performer, and producer -- via the Rolling Stone.

Elaine Summers

Friday, January 16, 2015

Wes Kenney

TV producer and director -- via Variety.

Sonny Fossett

Clown -- via the Telegraph. AKA Ronald Mole.

A.J. Masters

Alfous "Al" Ferrier

Rockabilly star  -- via legacy.com.

Maureen Budway

Singer -- via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Louise Kane

Actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. AKA Louise Kane Grueneberg. She died in March, 2014, but it has become public knowledge only now.


Al Delugach

Journalist -- via the L.A. Times. also, one of the last rewrite men -- those at daily publications that can take a stack of disparate facts, quotes, and ideas and craft a compelling and accurate new story out of them in record time.

Bernard Williams

Production manager, assistant director, and producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Helped to create films such as "A Clockwork Orange," "The Bounty," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," and "What About Bob?"

Al Martinez

Journalist and columnist -- via the L.A. Times.

Lawrence Gushee

Musicologist -- via the News-Gazette.


Robert Kinoshita

Artist, art director, set and production designer; creator of Robbie the Robot -- via the Hollywood Reporter. He actually invented three iconic robots for film and TV -- Tobor in "Tobor the Great," Robby the Robot in "Forbidden Planet," and Robot in "Lost in Space."










Gene Kemp

Children's writer -- via the Guardian.

Dottie Thomas

Elena Obratztsvoa

Mezzo-soprano -- via the Huffington Post.

Tim Drummond

Bassist -- via Rolling Stone.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015