Category Archives: Intimations

Amy Winehouse (The Sad Truth)

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

HOW IT REALLY IS ….. Personally I never got the girl, when she crashed onto the scene I listened to her and thought ‘she cant sing, looks a mess and lives her life in such away that she is heading … Continue reading →

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Gerry Rafferty – 16 April 1947 / 4 January 2011

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Gerry  Rafferty, one of Scotland’s greatest singer- songwriters, has died, aged 63. Rafferty, whose most famous work was the 1978 hit Baker Street, died following a long battle with alcoholism. According to his daughter Martha, Rafferty died peacefully at home … Continue reading →

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RIP Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom OBE

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom OBE (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character Norman Pitkin. Charlie … Continue reading →

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Nurse being kissed in iconic wartime picture dies, aged 91

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

Edith Shain, the nurse in the original V–J day in Times Square kiss photo, passed away recently at the age of 91. The iconic photo taken of her recieving a kiss from a solider on VJ Day will live on … Continue reading →

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Herman Leonard Dies !!

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

Jazz scene photographer Herman Leonard, famous for his smoky, backlighted black-and-white photos of such greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87. Leonard, who moved to Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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Brian Duffy (15 June 1933 – 31 May 2010) (Photographer)

Posted on August 12, 2010 by

With David Bailey and Terence Donovan, he formed what was dubbed the “Black Trinity” by Norman Parkinson, the photographer whose pastoral style seemed to embody all that the young trio wanted to challenge. If Bailey was the most creative of … Continue reading →

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