TOD:
LIVING:
Writer: I really like Elan's choice of Terry Pratchett, especially now that this witty, smart man is in the first stages of Alzheimer's. Second choice would be playwright Peter Shaffer.
Director: Sir Peter Hall
Actor: Simon Russell Beale
Singer: Michael Feinstein...watch the 1st part of his series on PBS. I see he is also a chronic archivist and has done a great deal for keeping the Great American Songbook alive (along with our genial host, BK).
Composer/lyricist: Sondheim
DEAD:
Writer: Shakespeare, whoever he was...
Director: Billy Wilder
Actor: Laurence Olivier
Singer: Sinatra
Composer: Oscar Levant
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart