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.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Larry Pennell
Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. Best remembered for his guest role as Dash Riprock on "The Beverly Hillbillies."
Claire Grove
Radio drama producer -- via the Guardian. Most memorably, she staged the ENTIRE "Ulysses" for audio on Bloomsday, 2012.
Colin Wilson
Writer -- via Eyewear (the blog). "Wilson wrote and published around 100 books - he was a jobbing, hack writer, true - and he repeated his main idea endlessly. But it was a compelling idea, that extreme states of experience make us glimpse eternity, another better world. He was that rare thing, an optimistic existential thinker. It seems very strange that England's very own Poe - the critic as creative writer, obsessed with sex, murder, sci-fi, ideas, the uncanny, and religion, should not have been recognised as a nutty but essential figure on the landscape."
Monday, December 9, 2013
Eleanor Parker
Actress -- via the Hollywood Reporter. She will probably be typed in memory as The Baroness in "The Sound of Music," but for decades before that she was a solid heroine in a slew of films, earning many award nominations for work in films such as "Detective Story," "Caged," "Interrupted Melody," and "The Man with the Golden Arm."
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Joseph Richard "Dick" Dodd
Drummer and lead singer for the Standells; their big hit was "Dirty Water" -- via the New York Times.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
William Adam
Trumpeter and teacher; "If your mind leaves the sound of the horn, obstacles will appear" -- via Trumpet Herald.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Marcello Gatti
Cinematographer -- via Rai News 24. Best known for his work with Pontecorvo on "The Battle of Algiers."
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