IN REMEMBRANCE--2013

[Dannyalcatraz]

Richard Ben Cramer has passed.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/politics/obit-richard-ben-cramer/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Frank Vallelonga, a.k.a. Tony Lip, has died.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/08/showbiz/new-jersey-tony-lip-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on The Jeffersons, died last Wednesday from complications after a fall. He was 89.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Sol Yurick, author of novel that became cult classic flick 'The Warriors,' dies at 87

Sol Yurick, a 1960s radical and novelist whose book "The Warriors" inspired a celebrated cult film of the same name, died Jan. 5 in Brooklyn of complications from lung cancer. He was 87.

In Remembrance

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Jim Boyd, who played Crank, the Blue Beetle, Paul the Gorilla, and other characters on The Electric Company,died January 2 after a brief illness. He was 79.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Patty Shepard, American star of Spanish silver screen, dies at 68

An American model and actress who became a star of the Spanish silver screen has died from a heart attack.

Patty Shepard, who was from Greenville, South Carolina, died at the age of 68 in her Madrid home on January 3, Spanish media reports.

In Remembrance

 

[AuroraGyps]

Jim Boyd, who played Crank, the Blue Beetle, Paul the Gorilla, and other characters on The Electric Company,died January 2 after a brief illness. He was 79.

That was J. Arthur Crank.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Evan Connell has died.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-evan-connell-20130111,0,2088045.story

 

[GrayLinnorm]

Aaron Swartz, who co-founded Reddit, committed suicide yesterday. He was 26.

 

[Truth Seeker]

In the Realm of the Senses director Nagisa Oshima dies at 80

Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, best known for his sexually explicit film, In The Realm of the Senses, has died at the age of 80.

In Remembrance