Rest in peace, at last dear Amy
Showing posts with label In Memoriam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In Memoriam. Show all posts
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Thursday, February 11, 2010
In Memoriam- Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
1969 - 2010
1969 - 2010
It is with a profoundly deep sadness that I say Alexander McQueen has died.
Most regrettably, it's being reported that his death was a suicide and that he was found having hanged himself in his London apartment. He'd been grieving the loss of his mother, Joyce who had died just a few days ago. Ironically his very dear friend Isabella Blow had also taken her own life after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer just 3 years ago.
I worshiped at the alter of McQueen's genius. He was one of the true talents in the fashion industry. Ever innovative and unafraid he never failed to thrill me with his designs.
Rest In Peace dear Alexander.
Most regrettably, it's being reported that his death was a suicide and that he was found having hanged himself in his London apartment. He'd been grieving the loss of his mother, Joyce who had died just a few days ago. Ironically his very dear friend Isabella Blow had also taken her own life after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer just 3 years ago.
I worshiped at the alter of McQueen's genius. He was one of the true talents in the fashion industry. Ever innovative and unafraid he never failed to thrill me with his designs.
Rest In Peace dear Alexander.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
In Memoriam- Teddy Pendergrass
"Teddy Pendergrass, one of the most successful R&B singers of the 1970s and ’80s, passed away yesterday after a battle with colon cancer. He was 59. Pendergrass was diagnosed with cancer last year and had a difficult time recovering from surgery; he died at Bryn Mawr Hospital outside of his native Philadelphia"Rest In Peace
Read the full obit at Rolling Stone
Hit pause on the player (below "The Beasts") ------>
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
In Memoriam
Patrick Swayze
1952 - 2009
1952 - 2009
Rest In Peace
"Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today (Monday Spetember 24th) with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months," said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. Swayze died in Los Angeles, Wolf said, but declined to give further details.
Patrick had been battling pancreatic cancer since January 2008. You can read the complete obituary from The Huffington Post here.
I leave you with my favorite Patrick Swayze performance of all time...
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
In Memorium- Michael Jackson
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” - Michael Jackson
1958 - 2009
Rest In Peace
In Memorium: Farrah Fawcett
Rest In Peace Sweet Angel
1947 - 2009"After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away. Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to so many people around the world."
- Ryan O'Neal
Read the full obituary here.
Friday, June 19, 2009
In Memorium- John Joseph Houghtaling
MIAMI (AP) -- John Joseph Houghtaling the inventor of the ''Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed,'' which brought weary travelers 15 minutes of ''tingling relaxation and ease'' for a quarter in hotel rooms across America during its heyday as a pop culture icon in the 1960s and '70s died Wednesday at his home in Fort Pierce.Tinkering in the basement of his New Jersey home, Houghtaling invented the ''Magic Fingers'' machine in 1958. ''Put in a quarter, turn out the light, Magic Fingers makes ya feel all right,'' Jimmy Buffett sang in ''This Hotel Room.''
You know, I just can't help but wonder if they're going to retrofit his coffin with one. You think?
Click here to read the complete obituary.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
In Memorium
Maxime de La Falaise (1922-2009)
Maxime de la Falaise, a celebrated fashion model and artists’ muse of the mid-20th century who was later a designer, food writer and the matriarch of a three-generation clan of international couture models, died of natural causes on Thursday at her home in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France.
She was 86.
Read her full obituary in The New York Times
She was 86.
Read her full obituary in The New York Times
"The only truly chic Englishwoman of her generation."
- Cecil Beaton
- Cecil Beaton
(Source: LorenzoTricoli/Flickr)Tuesday, March 31, 2009
In Memoriam
Helen Levitt (pictured left 1963), who pioneered street photography using East Harlem and the Lower East Side of New York City as frequent settings died Sunday at her apartment in New York City. She was 95.Her obituary from The New York Times pays homage to her impact as both an artist and story teller through her lens.
Some of my favorites:
New York, circa 1959-60, © Helen Levitt. Courtesy Laurence Miller Gallery and/or powerHouse Books.
New York, circa 1940, © Helen Levitt. Courtesy Laurence Miller Gallery and/or powerHouse Books
New York, circa 1971, © Helen Levitt. Courtesy Laurence Miller Gallery and/or powerHouse Books
New York, circa 1940, © Helen Levitt. Courtesy Laurence Miller Gallery and/or powerHouse Books
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