Wayne Kemp

Country music signer and songwriter -- via Rolling Stone. Worked on hits such as "Love Bug," "The Fireman," and "One Piece at a Time."

Inezita Barroso

Folk singer -- via musica.uol.com.br. AKA Ignez Magdalena Aranha de Lima Barroso.

Norm Carlson

NASA test director -- via collectspace.com.

Otar Koberidze

Actor -- via interpressnews.

H.H. ter Balkt

Poet -- via show.nl.

Deathcetera: the world's news in death and mourning

DEATH

So, what happens when Queen Elizabeth II dies? – by Rob Price at Business Insider

Life is cheap for Nepali workers in the Mideast – from Sugam Pokharel at CNN

‘Death with Dignity’ laws considered anew in American states – by Michael Ollove at the Huffington Post

Program enables the dying to view great art – via the Huffington Post

Coping with the death of a spouse – from Kate Ashton at the BBC

Virginia legislation protects postmortem electronic footprints – via the Associated Press

Seven kinds of near-death experiences – via Rachel Nuwer at the BBC

Thomas Ades’s new work, “Totentanz,” reviewed by Alex Ross in the New Yorker

Teacher jailed for showing class extremely inappropriate film “The ABCs of Death” – from Isabelle Khoo at parentdish.ca

Final tweets – from oddee.com

MOURNING

Putin critic Nemtsov’s funeral march – by Masha Lipman at the New Yorker

Russian TV covers Nemtsov’s death, funeral with massive amounts of character assassination – via Yelena Rykovtsena at Radio Free Europe

Kurdish singers preserve thousands of legends, and songs of mourning – via the Anadolu Agency in the Daily Sabah

Celebrity death and social media – by Catrina Dennis at moviepilot

“Spocking fives” tradition in Canada surges in wake of Leonard Nimoy’s death – via Anne quito in Quartz

MMORPG (Massively multi-player online role-playing game) “Star Trek online” builds tributes to late Leonard Nimoy -- inside game – from Mtthew Jackson at Blastr

FUNERALS

Women moving into mortuary profession – via Katherine Johnson at WDAZ

Victorian architect dreamed of a giant London ‘vertical necropolis’ – via Kriston Capps at CItylab

5^th Century B.C.E. funeral complex unearthed in France – via The Blaze

VA causes delays in veterans’ funerals – via Nathan Baca at WBNS

Lighthearted feature story about a young mortician – via Thaddeus Mast at the Laramie Boomerang

Mortuary science is changing – from Andre Eggert at the Minnesota Post

Funeral protest restrictions moved in Iowa – from James Q. Lynch at the Gazette

Analyzing funeral costs – via Dustin Klemann at KTVQ

OBITS

Some caveats concerning New York Times obits – from Kevin Lollar at the News-Press

Dirk Shafer

Model and filmmaker -- via the New York Times. A sexual icon to straight women, Shafer's coming out as gay forms the substance of his documentary film "Man of the Year."

Lillian Nakano

Shamisen master and Japanese-American activist -- via the Washington Post.

TE Kishore

Film editor -- via the International Business Times.

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Comics artist; founder of gekiga -- via bleedingcool.com. Gekiga is the non-manga, darker and more serious Japanese equivalent of what the West would come to cal graphic novels as opposed to comic books.

Gerardo Sofovich

TV host and filmmaker -- via La Nacion.

Windell D. Middlebrooks

Actor best known as the Miller High Life Guy -- via TMZ.

Patrick Whitefield

Permaculture expert -- via permaculture.co.uk. AKA Patrick Vickers.

Gene Lynn

Club owner and singer -- via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AKA Leon Campbell.

John Steinbruck

Minister who helped outcasts in a real way -- via the Washington Post.

Evan Thompson

Actor -- via Broadway World.

Lew Soloff

Trumpeter best known for his work with Blood, Sweat, and Tears -- via the New York Times.

Jenna McMahon

Comedy writer, producer, and performer; co-creator of "The Facts of Life" and "Mama's Family" -- via lgacy.com. AKA Mary Virginia Skinner.

Paulette Breen

Actress and producer -- via legacy.com. Part of the wonder that is "The Clonus Horror."

John Chappell

Actor -- via legacy.com.

Emory Bass

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Sam Simon

Comedy writer and producer; co-creator of "The Simpsons" -- via CNN.

Lloyd Fonvielle

Screenwriter, novelist, essayist, and writer - via the Hollywood Reporter.

Gerald Sim

Actor -- via the Guardian.

Sarah Foot

Journalist and writer -- via the Telegraph.

Skip Bey

Drummer -- via narkive.com.

Jimmy "Spider" Wilson

Guitarist -- via the Tennessean.

Patricia Norris

Costume designer -- via Variety.

Vlada Divljan

Singer and songwriter -- via B92.

Jim McCann

Musician -- via Sky News.

Robert G. Dean

Coastal engineer -- via the New York Times.

Charlotte Spiegel

Created Window Guard program, saving thousands of children's lives -- via the New York Times.

Mal Peet

Children's author and illustrator -- via the Guardian.

Dennis Barker

Journalist and obituarist -- via the Guardian.

George Motoi

Actor -- via news-round.com.

Harve Bennett

TV and film writer and producer -- via the New York Times. AKA Harvard Bennett Fischman. He is best known for reinvigorating the "Star Trek" franchise with his scripts and producing work. He created the Star Trek films II through V. He also created memorable series and works such as "The Mod Squad," "Rich Man, Poor Man," "Th Bionic Woman," "The Six Million Dollar Man," and a good TV adapatatin of "From Here to Eternity." As a child, he was once a rather famous Quiz Kid -- a radio show in which precocious children answered difficult questions.

Brian Carman

Guitarist -- via the L.A. Times. Co-write the hit song "Pipeline."

Lynn Borden

Actress, singer, and artist -- via legacy.com. AKA Lynn Freyse.

Bando Mitsugoro X

Kabuki actor -- via ajw.asahi.com. AKA Hisashi Morita. Kabuki actors traditionally take the name of their father or mentor, preserving it for generations.

Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma

Journalist, humorist, and novelist -- via antena3.com. Pen name: Silver Kane.

Albert Maysles

Filmmaker -- via the New York Times. With his brother David and alone, he created some of the most influential documentaries in American history -- among them "Salesman," "Gimme Shelter," and "Grey Gardens." He made technical improvements, especially with sync sound, that allowed him to shoot "fly on the wall"-style observational films. Most of all, he had the sense when to shoot, and how to keep people relaxed.

Alex Baum

Advocate of cycling -- via the L.A. Times.

Ezra Laderman

Composer -- via the New York Times.

Dwight Grell

Balletomane -- via the L.A. Times.

Christopher Morris

Organist -- via the Telegraph.

Len Shelley

Artist -- via the Guardian.