Record producer and music executive -- via Billboard. He signed Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention to Verve! Records produced for Judy Collins, Delaney & Bonnie, Rita Coolidge, and the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
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, September 3, 2014
Elizabeth Egbert
Artist -- via the Arizona Republic.
Elizabeth Egbert from Architectural League of New York on Vimeo.
Elizabeth Egbert from Architectural League of New York on Vimeo.
Andrew V. McLaglen
Director of film and television -- via the Hollywood Reporter. The son of Oscar-winning actor Victor McLaglen, Andrew specialized in Westerns, and was a key contributor to the genre during one of its lean periods. He shot 96 episodes of "Gunsmoke" and 116 of "Have Gun-Will Travel." Among his films are "Shenandoah," "Chisum," "Hellfighters," "The Devil's Brigade," and "The Rare Breed."
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Gottfried John
Actor -- via Deutsche Welle. A frequent collaborator with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, he was also seen in the Bond film "GoldenEye."
WEEKLY READER: Roundup of stories on death, dying, mourning, and more
TOP STORIES
“10
reasons why I want to talk about death” from Elaine Voci in the
Indianapolis Star
Mourning
Michael Brown, from Stacia Brown
Caleb Wilde in Confessions of a Funeral Director makes some
predictions about the future of the funeral industry
DEATH
The
life and death of pioneering thanatologist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, via David
Kessler in the Huffington Post
Medical
insurance may begin to cover end-of-life discussion payments for doctors –
via Pam Belluck at the New York Times
Assisted-death
comedy creates stir at Venice Film Festival – via ABC News
Sierra
Leone funeral is catalyst for 14 Ebola infections – via Donald G. McNeil,
Jr. at the New York Times
Death
over Dinner’s Michael Hebb talks to the Tennessean’s Alex Tolbert
‘The
Death of Klinghofer’: Is it wrong for the Metropolitan Opera to censor itself?
From Ethics Alarms
MOURNING
Police
violence victim Michael Brown’s funeral – reported by Monica Davey in the
New York Times
Grief
and change, by Eliza Berman in Slate
FUNERALS
Hearse
horse dies in harness – via arbroath.blogspot.com.
A
rundown on funeral costs from Michael Camacho in the Pacific Daily News
Portrait
of a funeral home’s staff beautician – by Tom Eblen in the Lexington
Herald-Leader
Charles Bowden
Journalist -- via Forbes. A pretty amazing writer, with the guts to go into Ciudad Juarez and write extensively about the evil going on there.
Monday, September 1, 2014
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Friday, August 29, 2014
Rosetta Hightower Green
Lead singer with the Orlons -- via Facebook. Among their hits: "Don't Hang Up," "South Street," and "The Wah Watusi."
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