Friday, February 20, 2015

Brett Ewins

Comics artist -- via Robot 6.

Apirana Mahuika

Maori leader -- via Stuff.

Celia Lashlie

Desire Dondeyne

Thomas Mosie Lister

Minister, gospel singer and songwriter -- via the Williamson, TN Herald.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Harris Wittels

John Miranda



Actor and playwright -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Anne Cuneo

Jan Pohan

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Richie Pratt

Drummer -- via allaboutjazz.com.

Alan Howard

Great Shakespearian actor -- via the Guardian. One of the great voices in the theater, he played all the kings and many of the knaves. His Coriolanus is the best. (Talented family: his uncle Leslie Howard, and his uncle wrote "Whiskey Galore.")





June Fairchild

Actress -- via TMZ. Best remembered for a scene she did in "Up in Smoke," she also happened to name the Band Three Dog Night.

Ed DeLatte

Actor and director -- via the Dallas Morning News.

Richard Meryman

Writer, editor, and journalist -- via the New York Times.

Georgia Ayers

Activist and humanitarian worker -- via the Miami Herald.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Narcisse Blood

Artist -- via the Calgary Herald.

Michael Green

Theater director -- via the CBC.

Lacy Morin-Desjarlais

Dancer -- via legacy.com. AKA Kimiwan piyesiw iskwew (Raining Thunderbird Woman).


Michele Sereda

Theater director -- via Regina Memorial.

Stan Chambers

TV reporter -- via KTLA.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Movita

Actress and singer -- via the L.A. Times. AKA Maria Castenada. She was in such classics as "Flying Down to Rio," "Mutiny on the Bounty," and "Fort Apache."






Lorena Rojas

Telenovela star -- via CNN.

Pamela Cundell

Actress -- via the Guardian. Best remembered as Mrs. Fox in "Dad's Army."




Corrine le Poulain

Actress -- via Demotix.

Genevieve Dormann

Journalist and novelist -- via Le Figaro.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Lesley Gore

Singer and songwriter -- via TMZ. AKA Lesley Sue Goldstein. Her big hits were "It's My Party" and "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows," tha latter Marvin Hamlisch's first big hit. She worte some of the songs for the movie "Fame" as well.





Deathcetera: The week in death and mourning worldwide

DEATH

Fighting off bodysnatchers: grave cages – from Annetta Black at Atlas Obscura

Different doctors’ voices heard on end-of-life issues – by Jason Breslow at PBS’s Frontline


Yikes! Death in Victorian times was really gross – by Mike Cahill at Viralnova



And, what is it like to have a ‘digital mortician’? – via Jim Herrera at the Washington Post
Egyptian government restricts news of activist’s death – via David D. Kirkpatrick at the New York Times

Death professionals and dating – by Rebecca Solomon at Fox 43


MOURNING

‘My Dead Husband, the Serial Adulterer’ – from Robyn Woodman at Modern Loss

‘Living Memory Project’ seeks to further the altruistic goals of the deceased – by Randall P. Lieberman at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel


A concise history of mourning jewelry – via the Derby Telegraph


FUNERALS


DNA banking could be new sideline for funeral homes – via Tim Grant at the Green Bay Press Gazette

Funeral home launches mobile showroom – by Meredith Shamburger at the Dallas Morning News

Preparing the body of someone you knew – from Nora Menkin at the Order of the Good Death

10 Worst Things to Eat at a Funeral – via Straight White Males at the Huffington Post

Coffin pops open as lowered into too-small grave – via Josh Saul at the New York Post

‘Star Wars’ fan gets Stormtrooper send-off – via Kevin Melrose at Comic Book Resources

Funeral director overcoming racial divide in business – via Doug Moore at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch



OBITS

Dana Lods: portrait of a troubled man – via Bianca Montes at the Vancouver Advocate

Why didn’t the BAFTAs honor the late Bob Hoskins? – by Nick Romano at Cinemablend

An entry in ‘The Art of the Obituary’ – from Bob Collins at MPR


Shaimaa el-Sabbagh

Poet and activist -- vi the New York Times.

Jon Jerde

Carol White

"The huggin' lady" -- from the NWF Daily News.

Ammouri Mbarek

Musician -- via Morocco World News.




Laurie Becklund

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

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Emily Vass Noble

Singer, actress in radio and on stage, writer, and producer of commercials -- via legacy.com. Here's an excellent story on her family's Vass Family Singers history!




Donald Kirkpatrick

Songwriter -- via the Austin Statesman.

Faith Bandler

Aboriginal activist and writer -- via ABC. AKA Ida Lessing Faith Mussing.

Gloria Lothrop

Historian -- via the L.A. Times.

John McCabe

Composer and pianist -- via Gramophone.





Louis Jourdan

Actor -- via Variety. AKA Louis Robert Gendre. The epitome of the dashing Frenchman on film and television, Jourdan actually had quite a good range as a performer. His film debut was derailed by World War II; he fought in the Resistance. He began as a juvenile lead, most notably in "Three Coins in the Fountain" and "Gigi"; he specialized in villains later in films such as "Octopussy" and "Swamp Thing."



Philip Levine

Poet -- via sfgate.com.







Dan Uzan

Volunteer security guard -- via the Daily Forward. Thanks to his presence, the murder of 80 people celebrating a bat mitzvah by a lone terrorist was prevented.


Finn Norgaard

Documentary filmmaker -- via Le Monde.

Danny McCulloch

Sam Andrew