In Memoriam
Drexel Sophomore Dies Suddenly, Meningitis Suspected
Meningitis is suspected in yesterday’s sudden death of Drexel sophomore Stephanie Ross, NBC 10 reports. She was found unresponsive by her sisters in the Phi […]
Walt Keller, Leukemia Survivor, Has Passed
Walter Robert Keller, 1953-2014 In late 2011, I saw a story in the New York Times. A clinical trial of a new kind of cancer […]
Son of Harry Jay Katz Found Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead
Nearly 20 years after Harry Jay Katz found a woman dead in his East Falls hot tub, playwright David Bar Katz, his son, found Philip […]
Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead at 46
The Wall Street Journal has the first word: Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead Sunday afternoon in his New York City apartment, a […]
Lou Reed, Pioneer of Ungerground, Avant Garde Rock, Has Died
http://www.rdio.com/artist/Lou_Reed/album/Transformer/track/Perfect_Day/ Lou Reed, an icon of edgy, boundary-pushing, experimental and avant garde rock—both with the seminal, proto-alt band The Velvet Underground in the 1960s and […]
What Philadelphia Lost When it Lost Dr. Walter P. Lomax Jr.
On this past Thursday at 8:30 a.m., 81-year-old Dr. Walter P. Lomax Jr. passed away. “So what?” you ask. “What’s the big deal?” you ask. […]