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.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
George C. DeVol
Inventor of the robot arm -- via the New York Times. He also invented an early microwave oven, called the "Speedy Weeny."
Nicholas Val Napolitano
He gave his life to save someone else's -- via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Daniel D. McCracken
Computer scientist and writer -- via the New York Times. For decades, he was easily the widest-read "how-to" author on computers, computing and computer language.
M. Kenneth Oshman
Electronics executive -- via the New York Times. He pioneered the management style that I have found to be most productive -- a supportive and informal atmosphere that encourages vital engagement and camaraderie.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Nat Allbright
Broadcaster and "last of the game re-creators" -- via the Washington Post. In the old days of radio, when live play-by-play broadcasting of baseball games was too technically challenging and/or expensive, radio announcers would mimic a live broadcast using data sent via wire service.
Nat Allbright - Out of the Past - 2008 from Chuck Langdon on Vimeo.
Nat Allbright - Out of the Past - 2008 from Chuck Langdon on Vimeo.
Brigitte Borchert
The last surviving performer from the seminal 1930 German film "Menschen am Sonntag (People on Sunday)" -- via voy.com. Why is this film so important? An independent film shot on a shoestring budget, it's a marvelous piece of work -- a last glimpse of pre-Hitler Germany. Among those involved were Billy Wilder, Edgar Ulmer, Robert and Curt Siodmak, Fred Zinnemann and Eugen Schufftan -- some of the greatest figures in film history.
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