Life in Legacy

March 2022


      
Madeleine Albright
Diplomat
Saturday, 15th May 1937 - Wednesday, 23rd March 2022 (84)
United States Secretary of State (1997-2001)
United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1993-1997)

Born Marie Jana Korbelová, her family were political refugees from the communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948. She met Joseph Albrightwhile interning on the Denver Post and they were married in 1959. Entered politics working for the election campaign of Ed Muskie, thence to National Security Council's congressional liaison for the Carter administration. Was posted as UN Ambassador by the Clinton administration and in the second term to Secretery of State.


Lynda Baron
Actor/Singer/Dancer
Friday, 24th March 1939 - Saturday, 5th March 2022 (82)
British actress, dancer and singer of stage and screen. Trained as a ballet dancer and made her debut aged 16 in pantomime. In 1958 she was on stage in Living for Pleasure and joined Kenneth Williams in the long running review, One Over the Eight. Has appeared in Eastenders and Doctor Who but probably best remembered as the buxom Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, the object of Arkwright's desire in the comedy series, Open All hours (she wore padding to fill out the curves).

Peter Bowles
Actor
Friday, 16th October 1936 - Thursday, 17th March 2022 (85)
Busy British character actor at home with minor villainy as assorted upper class cads and bounders, but found his niche as le nouveau riche in To the Manor Born.

Johnny Brown
Friday, 11th June 1937 - Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 (84)

Mira Calix
Musician/Artist
1970 - Monday, 28th March 2022
Electronic and avant garde musician and artist contributed to the London 2012 Olympics and worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company on productions.
Ernie Carroll
Actor/Writer/Puppeteer
Sunday, 26th May 1929 - Wednesday, 30th March 2022 (92)
Multi-talented Australian televison personality, creator and puppeteer of the popular Oswald Q "Ossie" Ostrich

Jeremy Child
Wednesday, 20th September 1944 - Monday, 7th March 2022 (77)

Marvin J. Chomsky
Film & TV Director
Thursday, 23rd May 1929 - Monday, 28th March 2022 (92)
Prolific director of mostly US television which speaks to skill and efficiency, including three classic Star Treks, Mssion: Impossibles and Hawaii Five-O's.
John Clayton
Commentator
Tuesday, 11th May 1954 - Friday, 18th March 2022 (67)
ESPN NFL reporter
Denise Coffey
Saturday, 12th December 1936 - Thursday, 24th March 2022 (85)

Tim Considine
Tuesday, 31st December 1940 - Thursday, 3rd March 2022 (81)

Angela Crow
Friday, 13th December 1935 - Thursday, 3rd March 2022 (86)

Lawrence Dane
Actor
Saturday, 3rd April 1937 - Monday, 21st March 2022 (84)

Emilio Delgado
Actor/Singer/Musician
Wednesday, 8th May 1940 - Thursday, 10th March 2022 (81)
Perennial human performer amidst the Muppets of Sesame Street for 44 years! Many other appearances in television from Hawaii 5-0 through the various permutations of Law & Order

Leo Eaton
Friday, 12th October 1945 - Saturday, 19th March 2022 (76)
Johnny Fain
Wednesday, 7th July 1943 - Wednesday, 9th March 2022 (78)

Ed Garner
Sunday, 15th October 1944 - Saturday, 5th March 2022 (77)

Charlie Greene
Athlete
Wednesday, 21st March 1945 - Monday, 14th March 2022 (76)
American sprinter, who helped the USA to a World record and gold medal in the 4x400m relay in the 1968 Mexico Olympics despite injury.
Scott Hall
Wrestler
Monday, 20th October 1958 - Monday, 14th March 2022 (63)

Taylor Hawkins
Musician
Thursday, 17th February 1972 - Saturday, 26th March 2022 (50)
Drummer with the band Foo Fighters
Kathryn Hays
Thursday, 26th July 1934 - Friday, 25th March 2022 (87)

Paul Herman
Actor
Friday, 29th March 1946 - Tuesday, 29th March 2022 (76)
Very "New York" character actor probably most famous for playing 'Beansie' Gaeta in The Sopranos who has a close encounter with Richie Aprile's vehicle.

William Hurt
Actor
Monday, 20th March 1950 - Sunday, 13th March 2022 (71)
Tall, sensitive seeming actor who enjoyed a spectacular series of showy and varied roles in the 80s from meddling scientists to Russian detectives. By the 00s had settled into stodgy bureaucrat roles notably in the Marvel Universe.

Kenneth Ives
Actor/Director
Monday, 26th March 1934 - Sunday, 6th March 2022 (87)

Conrad Janis
Actor/Musician/Director
Saturday, 11th February 1928 - Tuesday, 1st March 2022 (94)

John Korty
Director/Writer/Producer/etcetera
Monday, 22nd June 1936 - Wednesday, 9th March 2022 (85)
Multi talented director with a sensitive touch. Much lauded for his TV movie, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Best Documentary Oscar winner (along with Dan McCann and Warren Lockhart) for Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
Oleksandra Kuvshynova
Journalist
- Monday, 14th March 2022
Ukrainian journalist acting as guide and consultant with Fox News reportes in Kyiv. Killed during a military action in Horenka.
Alan Ladd Jr.
Film Studio Head/Producer
Friday, 22nd October 1937 - Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 (84)
The son of actor Alan Ladd, 'Laddie' started his career as an actor's agent with CMA but soon moved into film production which lead to increasingly more powerful positions at 20th Century Fox. In this capacity he championed such cultural touchstones as Star Wars and Alien. In 1979 he struck out on his own forming The Ladd Company which enjoyed success with the likes of Blade Runner and the Police Academy franchise as well as Academy Award winners, The Right Stuff, Chariots of Fire and Gone Baby Gone.

Jimmy Lydon
Wednesday, 30th May 1923 - Wednesday, 9th March 2022 (98)

Patricia MacLachlan
Author
Thursday, 3rd March 1938 - Thursday, 31st March 2022 (84)
English teacher who became an author of over 60 books including Sarah, Plain and Tall
Rodney Marsh
Cricketer
Tuesday, 4th November 1947 - Friday, 4th March 2022 (74)
Australian cricketer whose career ran through the 1970s and 1980s. A wicket keeper and decent middle order batsman of stocky build he was nevertheless very acrobatic enabling him to claim 350 test dismissals at one time the highest and still the 4th highest ever. Marsh, along with pace bowlers Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thompson, formed a fearsome trio. Awarded an MBE in 1981he moved into broadcasting followed by responsibility for coaching of the entire Australian Cricket National Teams.
Pepper Martin
Sunday, 20th September 1936 - Friday, 18th March 2022 (85)

Scoey Mitchell
Wednesday, 12th March 1930 - Saturday, 19th March 2022 (92)

Denroy Morgan
Singer/Musician
1946 - Thursday, 3rd March 2022
Valora Noland
Actor/Photographer/Author
Monday, 8th December 1941 - Sunday, 27th March 2022 (80)
Valor Baum aka author, Valora Tree, aka actress Valora Noland

Tom Parker
Singer
Thursday, 4th August 1988 - Wednesday, 30th March 2022 (33)
X-Factor contestant who acheived fame as a singer with pop band, The Wanted.
Joseph Parra
- Friday, 4th March 2022
Ron Pember
Actor/Director
Wednesday, 11th April 1934 - Tuesday, 8th March 2022 (87)
Perennial London character actor equally at home in drama or comedy, heroes, weasels or villains. "Let's see those little thumbies".

Donald Pinkel
Doctor/Researcher
Tuesday, 7th September 1926 - Wednesday, 9th March 2022 (95)
Ralph Riach
Sunday, 26th January 1936 - Sunday, 20th March 2022 (86)

Mitchell Ryan
Thursday, 11th January 1934 - Friday, 4th March 2022 (88)

Leon Schwarzbaum
Holocaust Survivor
1921 - Sunday, 13th March 2022
John Stahl
Actor
Tuesday, 23rd June 1953 - Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 (68)
Stage actor who scored some memorable TV roles in Take the High Road and Game of Thrones. Received a Best Actor award for his work in the 1997 play Anna Weiss.

Akira Takarada
宝田明
Actor
Sunday, 29th April 1934 - Monday, 14th March 2022 (87)
Korean born Japan based actor scored his most enduring role alongside city smashing monster, Godzilla. He has many, many other movie and TV credits and a popular choice for re-dubbing imported movies.

Timmy Thomas
Singer/Musician
Monday, 13th November 1944 - Friday, 11th March 2022 (77)
Bob Thompson
Actor/Author/Director
Saturday, 15th April 1950 - Saturday, 5th March 2022 (71)
Tony Walton
Art Director/Costume Designer
Wednesday, 24th October 1934 - Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 (87)
Shane Warne
Cricketer
Saturday, 13th September 1969 - Friday, 4th March 2022 (52)
Former Australian cricketer widely regarded as the greatest leg spinner in crickets history. His career ran through the nineties into the naughties. The art of leg spinning was fading and Warne is acknowledged as breathing fresh life into it.His delivery to England Captain Mike Gatting in 1990 is widely known as 'the ball of the century' Numerous awards such as Worlds Best Cricketer followed and until 2007 held record for most test wickets 708 and finished career with over 1000 Blond beach boy looks and confidence ensured he had a colorful private life. After retiring Warne continued his links to cricket as a Sky Sports commentator.
Bob Wellings
TV Presenter/Reporter
Sunday, 1st April 1934 - Tuesday, 1st March 2022 (87)
Wellings made his debut with About Anglia and soon moved over to the BBC joining the roster of presenters on the nightly Nationwide show, a mix of local interest stories and news. Endeared himself to the nation by famously failing to quit smoking as his peers succeeded.
William "Bill" White
WWII Veteran
Saturday, 31st July 1915 - Friday, 4th March 2022 (106)
Jennifer Wilson
Actor
Monday, 25th April 1932 - Tuesday, 29th March 2022 (89)

Nobuyuki Yasumaru
Speical Effects Technician
Thursday, 24th January 1935 - Tuesday, 1st March 2022 (87)
Model maker and suit designer at the Toho studios from 1967, worked on many monster suits for the Godzilla series.
Barrie Youngfellow
Actor
Tuesday, 22nd October 1946 - Monday, 28th March 2022 (75)

Pierre Zakrzewski
News Cameraman
- Monday, 14th March 2022
Experienced film cameraman working with Fox News journalists covering crisis in Ukraine. Killed during a military action in Horenka.
John Zaritsky
Tuesday, 13th July 1943 - Wednesday, 30th March 2022 (78)