PETER O'TOOLE GONE ONE MONTH

PETER O'TOOLE 

August 2, 1932-December 14, 2013 

AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB 

Washington, D.C. 

Two decades after Lawrence of Arabia 

Some of the more interesting obituaries and remembrances can be seen here and here and here; a rather different British interview from 1972, with some anecdotes about his beginnings, here; and a Joseph Wambaugh tale from his police days here. 

Two films of O'Toole's (just to start with) that certainly made politics visual and memorable: Lawrence of Arabia, of course, but Becket very much so also. 

LEE WALCZAK b. April 15, 1946

LEON (LEE) WALCZAK

"SAGE OF WASHINGTON POLITICS"

April 15, 1946-March 28, 2008

LEE WALCZAK

Featured in the Publisher's Memo

Business Week, September 8, 1980, p. 9

Lee Walczak was the White House Correspondent and then Washington Bureau Chief (1986-2006) for Business Week, for which he also wrote the magazine's weekly Washington Outlook. From 2006-March 2008, when he succumbed to cancer, he was White House enterprise editor at Bloomberg News.

The Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis was established by the National Press Club in his honor, with this tribute: Walczak "was known for being a brilliant political analyst and gifted writer who directed thoughtful, ahead-of-the-curve political coverage." Bloomberg News Washington Executive Editor Al Hunt spoke of Lee's inspiring "grace and presence," and added, "he made us better professionally; he was an even better person."

LEONARD BERNSTEIN b. August 25, 1918

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

August 25, 1918-October 14, 1990

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

WASHINGTON, D.C.

The New York Times ran a long and interesting obituary, and has made it available here. Some links to other sites can be found here.

Note: A photograph of a frame from Ricky Leacock's film, BERNSTEIN IN MOSCOW, can now be found here.

JOAN BAEZ b. January 9, 1941

JOAN BAEZ 

b. January 9, 1941 

Photographed at 

The National Press Club 

Washington, D.C. 

An earlier, in performance, 

photograph, here