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, March 21, 2012
Ulu Grosbard
Great theatrical and film director -- via the New York Times. Stage: "The Subject Was Roses," "The Investigation," "The Price," "American Buffalo," the Duvall "View from a Bridge." Film: "The Subject Was Roses," "Straight Time," "True Confessions."
Tonino Guerra
Poet, writer and screenwriter -- via en.ria.ru. He wrote more than 100 screenplays, including many classic films -- "Blow-up," "Nostalghia," "Amarcord," "Red Desert," "The 10th Victim," "L'Aventtura," "La notte," and "L'eclisse."
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Jerry Albert
Amusement park owner -- via the L Magazine. He co-founded Coney Island's Astroland with his father Dewey in 1964.
Dave Philley
Former MLB outfielder -- via MLB.com. Great on defense, and still holds the AL record for pinch-hits in a season -- 24 in 1961. Philley was on the Indians team that played the Giants in Game One of the 1954 World Series, during which Willie Mays made his famous over-the-shoulder catch.
Cris Alexander
(From left) Cris Alexander, John Battles and Adolf Green in the original production of "On the Town." |
Monday, March 19, 2012
Hans G. Helms
Experimental writer, composer, and social and economic analyst and critic -- via www.jungewelt.de.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Takaai Yohimoto
Poet, literary and cultural critic, social activist and writer -- via the Japan Times.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
F. Sherwood Rowland
Nobel Prize-winning chemist who discovered that some aerosol compounds degraded the Earth's vital ozone layer -- via the New York Times.
Encyclopedia Britannica (print edition)
There is something unbeatable about the illusion of having all the knowledge of the universe compiled tidily between the covers of these multiple volumes. Their wonderful heft and tactile reward, the wonderful musty book-smell of them, the bland assurance of their prose -- so reassuring.
Now, of course, we can harbor the illusion that we have all the knowledge of the universe compiled digitally, at the beck of our typing fingertips. That illusion has yet to be supplanted.
Anyway, here are your posts:
Christian Science Monitor -- the basic facts.
Huffington Post -- memories of an encyclopedia salesman.
Slate -- the author hated the Encyclopedia Britannica, and tells us why.
The Guardian -- going bravely onward into the Information Revolution.
Worse than death: its paperwork
Here's an enlightening post from Paula Span via the New York Times on the frustrations of all the bureaucratic machinations that must take place when a death occurs.
Jean Giraud aka Moebius
Illustrator -- via the San Francisco Chronicle. His distinctive style and vision was revolutionary, especially in the depiction of science fiction, fantasy and adventure.
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