Douglas Trumbull was an American film director known for directing films such as Silent Running (1972) and Brainstorm (1983).
He also did special effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner and The Tree of Life.
Tag Archives: 2022
Syl Johnson (1936 – 2022)
Syl Johnson was an American singer known for compositions such as “Is It Because I’m Black” (1969), a musical composition performed and co-written by Johnson.
RIP George Crumb (1929 – 2022)
George Crumb was an American composer known for such compositions as Black Angels (1971). Black Angels is featured in “Confessions of a Vinyl Junkie” (2003), a list of records by David Bowie published in Vanity Fair.
RIP Margarita Lozano (1931 – 2022)
Margarita Lozano was a Spanish actress known for her parts in Viridiana (1961, Luis Buñuel) and A Fistful of Dollars (1964, Sergio Leone).
RIP Monica Vitti (1931 – 2022)
Monica Vitti was an Italian actress best known for starring in L’Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961) and L’Eclisse (1962).
These films were directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
RIP Kohei Yoshiyuki (1946 – 2022)
Kohei Yoshiyuki was a Japanese photographer known for his book The Park (1979, 2007) which shows people cruising for sex in Tokyo parks in the 1970s.
The book was hailed by Martin Parr as “a brilliant piece of social documentation, catching perfectly the loneliness, sadness and desperation that so often accompany sexual or human relationships in a big, hard metropolis like Tokyo.”
Of all the deads I posted about since the death of Elza Soares, this one is the most interesting one. Erotomania is still my main affliction. Long live public sex and its voyeurs.
RIP Janet Mead (1938 – 2022)
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.
RIP Pete Smith (1958 – 2022)
Pete Smith was a New Zealand actor known for performances such as Once Were Warriors (1994).
RIP Thierry Mugler (1948 – 2022)
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.
RIP Elza Soares (1930 – 2022)
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).