Jack Higgins was a best-selling author of thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has Landed (1975) was adapted into the 1976 movie of the same title.
Tag Archives: 2022
RIP Bobby Rydell (1942 – 2022)
Bobby Rydell (1942 – 2022) was an American singer, actor and teen idol known for interpreting compositions such as “Sway“.
RIP Joe Messina (1928 – 2022)
Joe Messina was an American guitarist known for playing on such recordings as “Dancing in the Street” (Martha & the Vandellas, 1964).
RIP Richard Howard (1929 – 2022)
Richard Howard was an American poet, literary critic, essayist and teacher. As translator, he was known for translations such as The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre (1970).
RIP Marvin J. Chomsky (1929 – 2022)
Marvin J. Chomsky was an American director and producer.
He is known for products such as Roots (1977) and Holocaust (1978).
RIP Patrick Demarchelier (1943 – 2022)
Patrick Demarchelier was a French photographer known for such photos as the cover of Janet (1993).
RIP Denise Coffey (1936 – 2022)
Denise Coffey (1936 – 2022) was an English actress, director and playwright known, among other things, for the satirical television program Do Not Adjust Your Set.
RIP Lars Bloch (1938 – 2022)
Lars Bloch was a Danish actor and producer known for his appearances in such films as A Stranger in Town (1967), the first of a series of three “Man with No Name” copycat films.
RIP Mira Calix (1970 – 2022)
Mira Calix was a South African musician and visual artist signed to Warp Records.
She is known for such compositions as “Too Slim for Suicide” (pre-2000).
RIP Gianni Cavina (1940 – 2022)
Two actors died. Both played a role in paracinema.
The first is the Canadian actor Lawrence Dane (1937-2022) who is best-known for his part in Scanners (1981), the Cronenberg film forever famous for its exploding head scene.
The second is the Italian actor Gianni Cavina best-known for his parts in The House with Laughing Windows (1976) and Traffic Jam (1979).
Traffic Jam is reminiscent of the eight minute traffic jam scene in Weekend by Truffaut which is based on the infinitely more interesting short story “La autopista del sur” by Julio Cortázar.