Historian to unite Chandler's, wife's remains

A perfect feature story by John Rogers via the Denver Post and the Associated Press. It tells us that Loren Latker, a historian focused on the life and work of oft-imitated, never-surpassed crime novelist Raymond Chandler (pictured above), has arranged for the ashes of his wife to be united with his remains at a cemetery in San Diego. It turns out he wanted to be cremated and placed next to her; however, this seems to be the best the system can do. Latker will inter her this coming Valentine's Day during a graveside celebration and plans to serve drink vodka gimlets at the event.

Sally Holloway

A great pioneering female journalist, radio broadcaster and historian. Via the Telegraph

Marilyn Cantor Baker

TV, radio and nightclub performer; she was the first female disc jockey in New York; and she wrote sitcoms such as "Love, Sidney." Via Sitcoms Online and Legacy.com. The fourth of vaudeville, film and radio star Eddie Cantor's oft-referred-to five daughters.

Jose Antonio Labordeta

Poet, singer, professor and politician -- via Though Cowards May Flinch

Laszlo Polgar

Hungarian operatic bass -- via Associated Press

Jessie James 'Mitch' Mitchell, Sr.

Ace Negro Leagues centerfielder and respected batter -- via the Birmingham News.

Wayne Twitchell

Major League pitcher and All-Star -- via the Oregonian

Joseph L. Harsh

Civil War historian -- via the Alexandria, VA Connection

Wallace Turner

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist -- via the New York Times

James Bacon

Hollywood columnist, reporter and writer -- via the L.A. Times. He acted a bit as well; he has the distinction of being the only performer who appeared in each of the five original "Planet of the Apes" movies!

Roderick Mann

Entertainment journalist -- via the L.A. Times

Dodge Morgan

First American to circumnavigate the globe solo -- via the New York Times

Eileen Nearne

An intelligence agent and radio operator in occupied France. She survived capture and torture by the Gestapo, and imprisonment in concentration camps. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre. A woman who risked her life, and sacrificed her mental well-being, in the Allied cause in World War II. Via the Telegraph

'As the World Turns'

54-year-old CBS soap opera, which broadcast its last episode today -- via Yahoo News. A brief blast from the New York Times about it as well. Irna Phillips, who is credited with creating the soap opera genre on radio in 1932, and who died in 1973, helped create this series. Only one of her creations, "Days of Our Lives," remains on the broadcast menu.

Can you name the three honored actors in this "As the World Turns" scene?

Caterina Boratto

Italian actress in film and television -- via Leggo.it. She can be seen in "Juliet of the Spirits" (above), "8 1/2," "Castle Keep" and "Salo." She worked between 1937 and 1993 -- quite a long career!

Beatrice Sinclair

Hotelier whose venue became the inspiration for "Fawlty Towers" -- via the Telegraph

Jack Shelley

Long-time Iowa journalist and broadcaster -- via the Des Moines Register

Arrow aka Alphonsus Cassell

Noted soca singer -- via Stabroek News. Soca is an acronym for soul calypso -- a fusion of lyrical calypso with an insistent, oftern electronic, beat. His biggest hit was "Hot, Hot, Hot."

Don Lang

Infielder for the Reds and the Cardinals -- via Jack Morris, Bill Schenley, alt.obits at google and the Ventura County Star. At the time of his death, one of the oldest living former major leaguers.

Al LaMacchia

Pitcher for the Browns and Senators (OK, and a noted baseball scout for decades afterward) -- via the L.A. Times

James E. Winner Jr.

Inventor and businessman best known as the creator of car-security device "The Club" -- via Business Journal
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Gary Corry

Radio writer and promotions director who created a vibrant, humorous alter ego, 'Red Neckseron' -- via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Edwin Newman

An excellent journalist and broadcaster, and a witty and erudite expert on the English language -- via the New York Times

Mark Gordon

Chicago actor was a key part of the improvisational scene -- via the Hollywood Reporter. He can be seen in several early Woody Allen films.

Jouko Lehtola

Finnish rock photographer -- via yle.fi

Gunnar Hoffsten

Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer -- via Corren.se

Barbara Holland

Writer and essayist who gained greatest acclaim for her defense of smoking, drinking and other hedonisms -- via the New York Times.

Michael Dennsion

Costume designer -- via the Hollywood Reporter

Jaroslaw Kukulski

Songwriter -- via thenews.pl

Gus Williams

Aboriginal singer -- via ABC News

Charles Ansbacher

Orchestra conductor -- via the Boston Globe

E.C. Tubb

Prolific science-fiction author -- via the British Science Fiction Association. His output is prodigious -- more than 140 novels and more than 230 short stories and novellas. Here's one list of his pen names --
Chuck Adams, Stuart Allen, Anthony Armstrong, Ted Bain, Alice Beecham, Anthony Blake, L. T. Bronson, Raymond L. Burton, Julian Carey, Morley Carpenter, Judy Cary, Julian Cary, J. F. Clarkson, Norman Dale, Robert D. Ennis, James Evans, James Farrow, James R. Fenner, R. H. Godfrey, Charles S. Graham, Charles Grey, Volsted Gridban, Alan Guthrie, D. W. R. Hill, George Holt, Gill Hunt, Alan Innes, E. F. Jackson, Gordon Kent, Gregory Kern, King Lang, Mike Lantry, P. Lawrence, Chet Lawson, Nigel Lloyd, Robert Lloyd, Frank T. Lomas, Ron Lowman, Arthur Maclean, Carl Maddox, Philip Martyn, John Mason, Carl Moulton, L. C. Powers, M. L. Powers, Edward Richards, Paul Schofield, John Seabright, Brian Shaw, Roy Sheldon, John Stevens, Eric Storm, Andrew Sutton, Edward Thomson, Ken Wainwright, Frank Weight, Douglas West, Eric Wilding and Frank Winnard.

Harold Gould ak Harold V. Goldstein

Memorable actor of stage and screen -- via the Washington Post

Safah Abdul Hameed

Iraqi TV journalist -- via the BBC.

Ronald W. Walters

Political analyst and scholar -- via AP.

Alberto Graves Chakussanga

Angolan journalist and broadcaster -- via Committee to Protect Journalists

Ludvig Eikaas

Norwegian artist -- via Dagbladet.no.

Lewis Nkosi

Author, journalist and critic -- via Times Live