Ed Benguiat Fontmaker
Benguiat created more than 600 font faces.
From This is True for 18 October 2020
art
Creator/collector/conservationist of art, including musicians and photographers. Actors are under Entertainment.
Tommy Rall Acrobatic dancer
Rall stood out so much he found himself in demand, including on Broadway.
From This is True for 11 October 2020
Sue Nichols Maciorowski Visual artist
“The title ‘Production Stylist’ was created for her, as no one had done a similar role before at Disney Animation.”
From This is True for 6 September 2020
Hal Singer Tenor Saxophonist
As a child, Singer was taught violin, but as a teen he switched to clarinet, and then his final instrument of choice: tenor sax. Singer was born in the “Greenwood District” of Tulsa, Okla. — a “freedom colony” of African Americans that thrived: it was known as “Black Wall Street” …which was burned to the … Read more
From This is True for 23 August 2020
Blaine Kern Sr. Float artist
Blaine developed double-decker floats, multi-unit floats, and animatronics that are popular in floats today.
From This is True for 28 June 2020
Randy Falcon Accordion maker
Falcon was good at making and tuning instruments because he played them himself.
From This is True for 24 May 2020
Gale Halderman Designer
The man behind the development of the Ford Mustang.
From This is True for 3 May 2020
Boris Yaro News Photographer
He called the city desk and said just three words: “I have photos.”
From This is True for 15 March 2020
Roy Walton Magician’s magician
“A typical Roy Walton trick is so perfect that to alter it in any way usually diminishes its impact.”
From This is True for 9 February 2020
Gershon Kingsley ‘Popcorn’ composer
He lamented, “On my gravestone it will say ‘The composer of Popcorn’.”
From This is True for 15 December 2019