Historian -- via the New York Times.
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, January 16, 2013
Charles Chilton
Radio producer and writer -- via the Guardian. One of the great geniuses of sound narrative, hew produced the groundbreaking "Journey Into Space" in 1953, as well as a program that later ecame "Oh What a Lovely War."
Conrad Bain
Actor -- via Fox News. He will be best remembered for his prominent roles on TV sitcoms such as "Diff'rent Strokes" and "Maude."
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Nagisa Oshima
Film director -- via the Guardian. An exceptionally subversive creator, he is best known for films such as "Death by Hanging," "In the Realm of the Senses," and "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence."
Monday, January 14, 2013
J. Mark Travis
Producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Responsible for filmed shows such as "Give 'em Hell, Harry!" and "Richard Pryor Live in Concert."
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Jon Finch
Actor -- via the Guardian. A highly gifted classical performer, he considered his best work to be in the BBC's "Complete Shakespeare" cycle for TV, in which he played Bolingbroke/Henry IV in "Richard II," "Henry IV Part I" and "Henry IV Part 2." He will be best remembered in films as the title character in Polnaski's "Macbeth," and as the falsely accused suspect in Hitchcock's "Frenzy."
Friday, January 11, 2013
Mariangela Melato
Actress -- via the BBC. Best known for her extensive work with Lina Wertmuller, starring in "Swept Away" and appearing in "The Seduction of Mimi" and "Love and Anarchy."
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Evan S. Connell
Novelist, poet, biographer, and short-story writer -- via the Kansas City Star. This criminally under-read writer composed at least two brilliant novels, "Mr. Bridge" and "Mrs. Bridge," as well as the brilliant Custer book, "Son of the Morning Star."
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