Actress, TV host, producer, and director; best known for her short-lived stint as one of Our Gang -- via the Sacramento Bee.
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.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Gary Becker
Economist who spearheaded the relation of "the dismal science" to reality -- via the Washington Post.
George H. Heilmeier
Engineer and inventor; creator of the LCD (liquid crystal display) -- via the New York Times.
Stories for the day: Death cafes cont., phantom pain, grief vs. mourning, and mortality in 1770
As a lot of stories related to the subject at hand came over the transom today, I will give you the links to them below:
On Death Cafes: New stories from the Boston Globe and the Pomerado News -- this topic seems to be sweeping through the mainstream media right now.
Abigail Carter discusses The Phantom Pain of Widowhood --
From the Education Portal: "Mourning and Grief: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" --
And from The Public Domain Review: "Life and Death Contrasted (ca. 1770" --
On Death Cafes: New stories from the Boston Globe and the Pomerado News -- this topic seems to be sweeping through the mainstream media right now.
Abigail Carter discusses The Phantom Pain of Widowhood --
From the Education Portal: "Mourning and Grief: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" --
And from The Public Domain Review: "Life and Death Contrasted (ca. 1770" --
Tatiana Samoilova
Actress -- via the New York Times. Best known for her stellar work in films such as "The Cranes Are Flying," "Letter Never Sent," andthe 1967 "Anna Karenina.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Farley Mowat
Writer and environmentalist -- via CTV News. One of my absolute favorite writers! His compelling style, marvellously frank and conversational, has been a model for my work. Favorites: "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float," "The Siberians," "And No Birds Sang," his flawless memoir of WWII combat, and of course "Never Cry Wolf." No one was ever better able to cry "Bullshit!"
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Jessica Cleaves
Singer; best known for her work with The Friends of Distinction and Earth, Wind &Fire -- via soultracks.com.
Dick Ayers
Comics artist -- via Comic Book Resources. One of my faves -- long-time creator of "Sgt. Fury and Howling Commandos"!
Hilario "Larry" Ramos
Roz Chast's rueful comedy of death
From the New York Times: The brilliantly funny New Yorker cartoonist on the end of her parents' lives, and how it made her CRAZY! A new book -- "Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?"
Monday, May 5, 2014
From the New York Times: Death as art project?
An interesting, in-depth look by Bob Morris at artist Sophie Calle's installation piece on the subject of her mother's death, currently in place at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest
Sunday, May 4, 2014
From the Washington Post: Death cafes
An excellent survey of the many new actions being taken to demystify and humanize the dying process, by Tara Bahrampour.
From Ghost Hunting Theories: The Victorian Way of Death
An interesting survey of death and mourning practices in the 19th century. Finally, a reference to the unnerving practice of the time of photographing the dead -- a tradition carried on in my family through 1967!
Friday, May 2, 2014
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Emblematic actor of the 1960s -- via the Hollywood Reporter. The son of famed musicians -- violinist Erfrem Sr. and soprano Alma Gluck -- Zimbalist worked his way through stage, on the way producing three of Menoti's most significant operas -- "The Telephone," "The Medium," and "The Consul." He first made a splash in the guest role of Dandy Jim Buckley on the short-lived but significant Western comedy "Maverick." He then starred in the lighthearted detective series "77 Sunset Strip."
Most significantly, he portrayed the central figure of straight-arrow Inspector Lewis Erskine on the series "The F.B.I." for 15 years. He embodied Hoover's ideal of how an agent should look and act. However, once free to act again, he proved his droll charm on his daughter Stephanie's "Remington Steele" show as a suave con man Daniel Chalmers. Later still, he became the voice of Alfred on various animated "Batman" series. A fine talent!
Most significantly, he portrayed the central figure of straight-arrow Inspector Lewis Erskine on the series "The F.B.I." for 15 years. He embodied Hoover's ideal of how an agent should look and act. However, once free to act again, he proved his droll charm on his daughter Stephanie's "Remington Steele" show as a suave con man Daniel Chalmers. Later still, he became the voice of Alfred on various animated "Batman" series. A fine talent!
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