Posted inBeck, Jeff Deaths (Obituaries) Guitars Pop and Rock Music Jeff Beck, Guitarist With a Page in Rock History, Dies at 78 His playing with the Yardbirds and as leader of his own bands brought a sense of adventure to their groundbreaking recordings. Posted by By Jim Farber
Posted inDeaths (Obituaries) Foreign Policy Hounshell, Blake New York Times News and News Media On Politics (Web-Original Program) Politico, The Politics and Government Washington (DC) Blake Hounshell, ‘On Politics’ Editor at The Times, Dies at 44 He was managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine and a top editor at Politico before overseeing The Times’s popular political newsletter. Posted by By Sam Roberts
Posted inCannibal Holocaust (Movie) Deaths (Obituaries) Deodato, Ruggero Movies Ruggero Deodato, Whose ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ Enraged, Dies at 83 He directed a variety of movies in a variety of genres. But it was a gruesome found-footage film that brought him both fame and infamy. Posted by By Neil Genzlinger
Posted inCBS Corporation Deaths (Obituaries) Kalb, Bernard Kalb, Marvin National Broadcasting Co New York Times News and News Media Qaddafi, Muammar el- Reagan, Ronald Wilson Bernard Kalb, Veteran Foreign Correspondent, Is Dead at 100 He covered wars, revolutions and diplomatic breakthroughs for CBS, NBC and The New York Times. He also served, briefly and unhappily, as a State Department spokesman. Posted by By Dennis Hevesi