Kavalam Narayana Panicker was born on April 28, 1928, and died on June 26, 2016. He was an Indian dramatist, theatre director and poet. Kavalam Narayana Panicker has written over 26 Malayalam plays, many adapted from classical Sanskrit drama and Shakespeare, notably Madhyamavyayogam (1979), Kalidasa’s Vikramorvasiyam (1981, 1996), Shakuntalam (1982), Karnabharam (1984, 2001), Bhasa’s Uru ..
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Barbara Goldsmith was born on May 18, 1931, and died on June 26, 2016. She was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist. Her birth name was Barbara Joan Lubun. Goldsmith has received critical and popular acclaim for her best selling books, essays, articles and her philanthropic work. She completed her first book, in 1975, The ..
Sergei Cortez was born on February 18, 1935, and died on June 26, 2016. He was a Belarusian composer. He was born in San Antonio, Chile. Sergei Cortez lived for most of his early life in Argentina. He emigrated with his parents to Minsk in the Byelorussian SSR in 1955 at the age of 20. ..
Austin Ardinel Chesterfield “Tom” Clarke was born on July 26, 1934, in St. James, Barbados, and died on June 26, 2016. He was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He was living in Toronto, Ontario He received his early education there and taught at a rural school for three years. During 1955, he ..
Bonny “Mack” Rice was born on November 10, 1933, in Clarksdale, Mississippi and died on June 27, 2016. He was sometimes credited as Sir Mack Rice. He was an American songwriter and singer. Rice was best-known for compositions, and biggest hit as a solo performer, was “Mustang Sally.” Mark also wrote “Respect Yourself” with Luther ..
Simon “Si” Ramo was born on May 7, 1913, and died on June 27, 2016. He was an American engineer, business leader, and author. Ramo led the development of microwave and missile technology and was sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Simon Ramo was also a developer at General Electric’s ..
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen was born on November 21, 1932, and died on June 27, 2016. He was a Danish composer. He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of the sculptor Jørgen Gudmundsen-Holmgreen. Pelle studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, with Finn Høffding, Svend Westergaard, Bjørn Hjelmborg, and Vagn Holmboe ..
Leland Bardwell was born in 1922 and died on June 28, 2016. She was an Irish poet, novelist and playwright. Leland was born in India to Irish parents, and then they relocated to Ireland at the age of two. She was rasied in Leixlip, County Kildare. Bradwell attented Alexandra School and later at the University ..
Jim Boyd was born in 1956, and died in June 22, 2016. He was an American singer-songwriter, actor and member of The Jim Boyd Band on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington. Jim has performed in several groups, including XIT, Greywolf, and Winterhawk. He sang four songs with lyrics by Sherman Alexie on the soundtrack ..
Michael Herr was born on April 13, 1940, and died on June 23, 2016. He was an American writer and former war correspondent, Herr was best known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. His book was called the best ..