Category Archives: Obituaries

RIP Sammy Ross, Dwarf Entertainer (1923-2010)

Posted on March 17, 2011 by atomictv

The Entertainer By Alan H. Feiler (The Jewish Times, 12/24/2010) As a youngster, Leah Schwartz remembers going to family gatherings where her uncle, Sammy Ross, would always come up and joke around, doing anything just to make her smile. “He’d … Continue reading →

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Kraig Krixer, R.I.P. (1951-2011)

Posted on January 24, 2011 by almosthipguy

Kraig Krixer (right) with Accused frontman Dave Cawkwell According to CBS/WJZ news reports, Baltimore musician Kraig Krixer and his friend and roomate John Gurkis were found dead, and somewhat decomposed, inside Krixer’s condo at the Red Fox Farm Condos in … Continue reading →

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Dawn Culbertson (1951-2004)

Posted on December 8, 2010 by atomictv

By Gadi Dechter (Baltimore City Paper, 12/8/2004) The sudden death of local musician, composer, and arts journalist Dawn Christine Culbertson has united in mourning friends and admirers from far-flung corners of the Baltimore arts community—much as the 53-year-old Charles Villager … Continue reading →

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Wild Man Blues: Wild Bill Hagy

Posted on November 16, 2010 by atomictv

By David Dudley (Urbanite Magazine, 10/01/2007) On August 22 (2007), the Baltimore Orioles began a double-header with the last-place Texas Rangers by allowing thirty runs in a single game, a feat unseen since 1897. In the wake of this, the … Continue reading →

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