Janet Mead was an Australian nun and singer known for singing “The Lord’s Prayer” (1973).
The song made Mead the first Roman Catholic nun to have a hit record in the United States since Jeanine Deckers (“The Singing Nun”), hit No. 1 with “Dominique” in late 1963.
Pete Smith was a New Zealand actor known for performances such as Once Were Warriors (1994).
Thierry Mugler was a French fashion designer known for his avant-garde, architectural, hyperfeminine and theatrical approach to haute couture.
My personal connection to Mugler is me seeing his photos (or was it one photo?) taken at the Tafraout site with the rocks painted by Jean Vérame. This was at the Animism exhibion at the MuKHA in 2010.
That photo can be seen in Thierry Mugler, Photographer (1988) by Thierry Mugler.
Elza Soares was a Brazilian singer known for her work in samba. Early in her career she covered samba classics such as “Mas que Nada” (1963) and “Chove Chuva” (1963).
Towards the end of her life she came with edgier work such as A mulher do fim do mundo (2015), Deus É Mulher (2018) and Planeta Fome (2019).
Meat Loaf was an American singer noted for his grotesque stage persona. He is best known for interpreting two songs written by Jim Steinman: “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” (1977) and “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (1993) .
Meat Loaf became 74.
Steinman died died last year.
Ricardo Bofill was a Spanish architect who built Xanadu (1971), La Muralla Roja (1973) and Walden 7 (1975).
His work references Gaudí, Palladio and Archigram.
Bofill’s opus is of major significance in European postmodern architecture.
Jean-Jacques Beineix was a French film director best known for Betty Blue (1986).
There was something about this film, which I saw when I was 21, which I found very off-putting.
I can never forget when she smears that plate of spaghetti bolognese all over her face.
But the scene above, where she snubs the landlord and throws everything out of the caban by the sea, their beach house, is quite hilarious. Then she lights up the place, foreshadowing here coming madness.
Must see film when you are 21, totally optional afterwards.
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Fred Van Hove was a Belgian jazz pianist known for his work in free jazz.
Ronnie Spector was an American singer best known for interpreting “Be My Baby” (1963).
James Mtume was an American musician and songwriter best-known for his composition “Juicy Fruit” (1983).