Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Richard T. Conroy
Writer and artist -- via the Washington Post. Sounds like someone I would have very much liked to hang out with! Well, this is why we write -- so people can after we're gone.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Gloria Winters-Vernon
Actress best known for her role as Penny in the early TV hit "Sky King" -- via the L.A. Times
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Natalie Nevins
Singer and flautist best known for her work on "The Lawrence Welk Show" -- via Philly.com
Gwilym Hughes
"Gwilym Hughes with the late entertainer Roy Castle, presenter of the TV programme Record Breakers"
The best movie fan ever -- he saw more than 28,000 of them! Via the BBC
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Franz Schurmann
Historian, journalist and founder of the Pacific News Service -- via the San Jose Mercury News
Suzanne Grossman
Actress, writer and translator -- via the L.A. Times . . .
"Suzanne Grossmann
Actress, writer and translator
Suzanne Grossmann, 72, an actress, writer and translator, died Thursday at her home in Los Angeles, said family friend Patricia MacKay. Grossmann had chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, a progressive disease that affects breathing.
Grossmann's works were performed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, the Old Globe in San Diego and several other theaters in the United States, Canada and England.
Working with actor-director Paxton Whitehead, Grossman translated and adapted "La Main Passe" by French playwright Georges Feydeau, which opened as "The Chemmy Circle" at the Shaw Festival in Canada in 1968 and at the Mark Taper in 1969. They also translated and adapted another Feydeau play, "Le Dindon," into "There's One In Every Marriage," which reached Broadway in 1972.
Her stage adaptations included "Number Our Days" for the Mark Taper in 1982.
As an actress, Grossmann made her Broadway debut in 1966 in "The Lion in Winter." Other credits included "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "The Show Off" in 1968 and "Private Lives" in 1969. She also had a role in the 1967 television production of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
Grossmann also wrote more than 100 episodes of the television soap opera "Ryan's Hope" and several works for Canadian television.
Born Dec. 21, 1937, in Basel, Switzerland, she was reared in Brazil, the United States and Canada. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at McGill University in Montreal and was in the National Theatre School of Canada's first graduating class in 1963."
"Suzanne Grossmann
Actress, writer and translator
Suzanne Grossmann, 72, an actress, writer and translator, died Thursday at her home in Los Angeles, said family friend Patricia MacKay. Grossmann had chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, a progressive disease that affects breathing.
Grossmann's works were performed at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, the Old Globe in San Diego and several other theaters in the United States, Canada and England.
Working with actor-director Paxton Whitehead, Grossman translated and adapted "La Main Passe" by French playwright Georges Feydeau, which opened as "The Chemmy Circle" at the Shaw Festival in Canada in 1968 and at the Mark Taper in 1969. They also translated and adapted another Feydeau play, "Le Dindon," into "There's One In Every Marriage," which reached Broadway in 1972.
Her stage adaptations included "Number Our Days" for the Mark Taper in 1982.
As an actress, Grossmann made her Broadway debut in 1966 in "The Lion in Winter." Other credits included "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "The Show Off" in 1968 and "Private Lives" in 1969. She also had a role in the 1967 television production of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
Grossmann also wrote more than 100 episodes of the television soap opera "Ryan's Hope" and several works for Canadian television.
Born Dec. 21, 1937, in Basel, Switzerland, she was reared in Brazil, the United States and Canada. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts at McGill University in Montreal and was in the National Theatre School of Canada's first graduating class in 1963."
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Ahna Capri aka Anna Marie Nanasi
Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. She worked extensively in television in the '60s and '70s, and appeared in such campy classics as "Enter the Dragon," "Pirhana" and "The Brotherhood of Satan" -- as well as the vastly underregarded "Payday" --
Monday, August 23, 2010
George David Weiss
Songwriter -- via the New York Times. He wrote some classics, such as "Rumors Are Flying," "I Can't Help Falling in Love with You," "Wheel of Fortune," "What a Wonderful World" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." A member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Satch Davidson
Former NL umpire witnessed history -- Aaron's HR breaking Ruth's HR record, and Fisk's game-winning shot in the 1975 World Series.
Edward Kean
The man who wrote "The Howdy Doody Show," and in the process invented the phrase "Kowabunga!" -- via Yahoo News
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