They All Died In 2016, 2017, etc ...

[topdog]

Stephen SONDHEIM (1930)
US Composer & Lyricist

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To say that Stephen Sondheim was the greatest living theater composer is too easy. He stood on the shoulders of Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, and Cole Porter (all of whom he knew) and changed both the form and substance of musical theater.

He also mentored the next generation of composers - like Jonathon Larson (Rent) and Lin Manuel Miranda (Hamilton).

He began his career writing the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy, and then went on to write his own scores for Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods, among others.

See my appreciation here in the music section.

 

[haiducii]

Rene HOFER - Austrian GP Racer (2002)​

 

[topdog]

Robert DOLE (1923)
US Senator and Presidential Candidate

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Robert Dole was a US Senator from Kansas from 1969 to 1996. He was a Republican vice presidential candidate in 1976 (losing with Gerald Ford to Jimmy Carter), and a presidential candidate in 1996 (losing to Bill Clinton).

 

[topdog]

Virgil ABLOH (1980)
US DJ and Fashion Designer

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Virgil began as a DJ with Kanye West and went on to create Kanye's sneaker and streetwear brands. He branched off into his own brand Off-White, and in 2018 became the creative director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection. The New York Times called him "the most powerful Black executive in the most powerful luxury group in the world". He made street wear high fashion and made fashion culturally relevant to a new generation.

 

[klimt]

Glenn Foster - American Football Player (New Orleans Saints) (1990)​

He died in Police Custody 2 days after being arrested...​

 

[klimt]

Stevan Jelovac - Serbian basketball player (1989)​

(Stroke)​

 

[klimt]

John MILES - British Singer & Musician (1949)​

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He had a n°1 worldwide hit in 1976 with his song "Music"​

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[klimt]

Pierre RABHI - French-Algerian Environmentalist (1938)​

 

[slimjim]

Robert Warren Dale SHAKESPEARE (1953)​

Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer, best known as the one half of the reggae rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, with drummer Sly Dunbar. Regarded as one of the most influential reggae bassists, Shakespeare was also known for his creative use of electronics and production effects. Who has he played with ... it's a heck of a list starting with reggae artists such as U-Roy, Augustus Pablo, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Chaka Demus, Gregory Isaacs, Sugar Minott, Yellowman, Dennis Brown, and Black Uhuru. He also played with and/or produced various pop and rock artists such as Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Grace Jones, Jackson Browne, Cyndi Lauper, Talking Heads, Gwen Guthrie, Joe Cocker, Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, Serge Gainsbourg and Britney Spears. Prior to his involvement in Sly and Robbie, he was a member of the session groups The Revolutionaries and The Aggrovators.

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[klimt]

Steve BRONSKI - British Musician (1960)​

(Co-Funder of Bronski Beat)​

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[topdog]

Michael NESMITH (1942)
US Musician, Actor, Producer, Writer

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Mike Nesmith is most familiar as a member of The Monkees on TV and records in the late 1960s. He also wrote the Linda Ronstadt hit "Different Drum".

 

[haiducii]

"El Rey" Vicente FERNÁNDEZ - the famed Mexican singer and actor (1940)

The Mexican cultural icon career spanned five decades, during which he recorded more than 50 albums, filmed dozens of movies, and won three Grammys and eight Latin Grammys. In 1998, King of Rancheras received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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[haiducii]

Lina WERTHMÜLLER - the masterful Italian filmmaker, the first woman ever to be nominated for an Oscar for best director (1928)​

She is credited with revolutionising Italian cinema in the 1970s and is best-known for her films Seven Beauties and the award-winning comedy-drama Swept Away, which won a US foreign film award. It was remade in 2002 by Guy Ritchie and Madonna. In 1977, Wertmüller made history when she received an Oscar nomination for the film Seven Beauties. Wertmüller received an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 2019. In the same year, she was also honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.​

 

[haiducii]

Manuel ''Manolo'' SANTANA - Spanish tennis Great, the first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam tennis championship (1938)​

Manuel Santana was one of the biggest figures in Spanish tennis. He won four major singles championships: the French Open in 1961 and 1964, the US Open in 1965 and Wimbledon in 1966, the same year he reached the No. 1 ranking.​

 

[haiducii]

Anne RICE - American writer, who sold more than 150 million books; the author of the gothic novel Interview with the Vampire (1941)​

 

[haiducii]

Veronica FORQUÉ - Spanish actress and Almodóvar muse (1955)​

She won the best actress award in 1994 at the Goya Awards, Spain’s top film honours, for her role in Pedro Almodovar's dark comedy “Kika”. Forqué also appeared in Almodóvar’s 1984 film “What Have I Done to Deserve This?”, his first movie to be released theatrically in the United States, and his 1986 film “Matador” alongside Antonio Banderas. In 2018 she won a lifetime achievement award for her huge contribution to Spanish cinema.​

 

[haiducii]

Carlos MARÍN - one quarter of the pop-opera group Il Divo (1968)

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[gorgik9]

Manuel ''Manolo'' SANTANA - Spanish tennis Great, the first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam tennis championship (1938)​

Manuel Santana was one of the biggest figures in Spanish tennis. He won four major singles championships: the French Open in 1961 and 1964, the US Open in 1965 and Wimbledon in 1966, the same year he reached the No. 1 ranking.​

I remember watching tennis games with Santana as one of the players on Swedish TV in the 1970s. It was at the time when a very young Björn Borg was just beginning his career. Memories...

 

[topdog]

Chris DICKERSON (1939)
US Bodybuilder, Model

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When Dickerson won the Mr. Olympia title in 1982 he was both the first African-American and openly gay winner. He posed nude for photographer Jim French in the 1970s.

 

[topdog]

Joan DIDION (1934)
US Writer of Essays, Novels, Screenplays

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