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Articles tagged "tribute" NewsFashion world mourns ‘the most important designer of the 20th century’by Elizabeth Wellington [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][3.Jun.08] :. To truly understand’s contributions to modern-day women’s wear, we have to get beyond the YSL luxury brand, the Opium perfume, the Mombasa handbag, the aviator frames. Saint Laurent,...  NewsRock ‘n’ roll pioneer Bo Diddley dead at 79by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][2.Jun.08] :. Bo Diddley, who died Monday at age 79 in Florida, was as essential to the creation of rock `n’ roll as Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard, though he seldom got the credit or the... NewsHall of Famer will be remembered for his influential ‘Bo Diddley beat’by Jim Abbott [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][2.Jun.08] :. Before Buddy Holly did it, before the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and a million unknown garage bands, there was Bo Diddley - and the beat that bears his name. Diddley, a Rock and Roll Hall of... NewsSydney Pollack was an actor’s director — and an actor’s actorby Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][27.May.08] :. Director Sydney Pollack was an actor’s director who saw stars in uncharacteristic conjunctions and alignments. He made Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand a couple in “The “Way We... NewsCharlton remembered as Hollywood pillar of conservatismby Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][7.Apr.08] :. Charlton Heston, a larger-than-life man who portrayed larger-than-life men such as Moses and Michelangelo, died at his home in Los Angeles late Saturday night at the age of 83, his wife of 64 years... NewsScreen villain and gunslinger Richard Widmark dies at age 93by Zap2it.com (MCT)[27.Mar.08] :. Oscar-nominated actor Richard Widmark, who made a career playing bad guys and cowboys, has died. He was 93. The star, who made his film debut as a giggling villain in “Kiss of Death,”... Legendary Cuban musician ‘Cachao’ dies at 89by Enrique Fernandez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][24.Mar.08] :. Known to the world by his nickname, Cachao, bassist, composer and bandleader Israel Lopez died Saturday morning at Coral Gables Hospital of complications resulting from kidney failure. He was... Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella dies at 54by Rene Rodriguez [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][19.Mar.08] :. Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director of “The English Patient” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” died suddenly at age 54 Tuesday morning. Minghella had undergone an... Remembering the late, great Buddy Miles and the Dave Clark Five’s Mike Smithby Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)][3.Mar.08] :. Unless I’m forgetting a random blues-fest appearance, and I probably am, I only had one opportunity to watch the drumming force that was Buddy Miles in action. At the Wiltern Theatre in Los... Conservative critic William F. Buckley diesby Julia Keller [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][28.Feb.08] :. So dapper with that noblesse oblige, so jaunty with that certain je ne sais quoi, he was that rare thing: an intellectual who morphed into a celebrity, so much so that he was the subject of... A grim end to a promising career for Heath Ledgerby Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][23.Jan.08] :. Heath Ledger’s performance in “Brokeback Mountain” revealed a major talent with a hunger for emotional truth. Ledger was found dead Tuesday afternoon in a Manhattan apartment.... Remembering the wonderfully bawdy Suzanne Pleshetteby Hal Boedeker [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)][21.Jan.08] :. Suzanne Pleshette was a lot saltier than Emily Hartley. She’d be the person you’d want to sit next to a party because you were sure to hear some choice comments, delivered with... Tenor superstar brought opera to millions: Luciano Pavarotti 1935-2007by John von Rhein [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][6.Sep.07] :. Some admirers called Luciano Pavarotti the greatest tenor who ever lived. He certainly was the contemporary world’s most widely recognized opera singer and one of the most popular and... The value of CBGB’s founder Hilly Kristalby David Hinckley [New York Daily News (MCT)][30.Aug.07] :. NEW YORK—For obvious and legitimate reasons, Hilly Kristal was best known for nurturing the mid-`70s underground musical explosion thrown together under the umbrella of “punk” or... Jazz drummer Max Roach diesby Howard Reich [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][17.Aug.07] :. Like trumpet visionary Miles Davis, drummer Max Roach helped ignite several revolutions in jazz. From the bebop eruptions of the 1940s to the “cool jazz” style of the `50s, from the... Merv Griffin, a master of the games, dies at 82by Phil Rosenthal [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][13.Aug.07] :. This former big-band singer and longtime TV talk show host created the iconic game shows “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” - leveraging their success into a sprawling... Tom Snyder was a touchstone for his timesby David Hinckley [New York Daily News (MCT)][30.Jul.07] :. Like John Travolta’s white suit, Tom Snyder became a defining icon of his time. You think of the late 1970s and one of the images is Snyder on NBC’s late-night “Tomorrow”... The Front Page: Shrouded in Shadows - Ingmar Bergman (1918 - 2007)by Bill Gibron[30.Jul.07] :. He hadn’t made a theatrical motion picture since 1982’s Fanny and Alexander, vowing to retire after completing the highly autobiographical project. He spent his later years... Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, killed in car crashby Peter St. Onge and Jeri Krentz [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][11.Jul.07] :. CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Doug Marlette tweaked authority for more than three decades, from his brazen and prize-winning cartoons to a popular syndicated comic strip to the Charlotte Observer parking... Musicians come together to honor Pinkneyby Otis R. Taylor Jr. [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][10.Jul.07] :. SUMTER, S.C. - Ali Ollie Woodson, a former lead singer of the Temptations, brought the crowd to its feet Monday afternoon at the Sumter Exhibition Center. It would have made Willie... Why does Vonnegut endure so well?by Carlin Romano [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][30.Apr.07] :. Like his character Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut came “unstuck in time” when he died recently at 84. So he went. Now he belongs to the obit writers, until... Tribute to Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007)by Sarah Zupko[27.Apr.07] :. Perhaps the greatest cellist of the 20th century and surely one of the finest musicians of our times or of any age, Mstislav Rostropovich has died at the age of 80 in a Moscow cancer hospital. ... David Halberstam: Full of sound, fury and brillianceby Julia Keller [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][24.Apr.07] :. The intensity is what you remember. The passion, the righteous indignation, the savage sense of purpose. He had to shove all of that feeling and all of those facts into his work, and that is why, I... Remember Eddie Robinson’s America, tooby David J. Neal [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][5.Apr.07] :. MIAMI - Racism limited Eddie Robinson’s opportunities to coach his beloved football. Racism told many of his players where they could and couldn’t play football, just as it tried to tell... Soul Powerby William Glasspiegel[3.Jan.07] :. Though James Brown's body was lying in state at the Apollo Theater, on the streets of Harlem, his spirit seemed to be everywhere. |
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