Alice Alger Kladnik: 1906-2012
Editor, Activist, Tennis Teacher
During her 67 years as a Santa Barbara resident, Alice, a staunch environmentalist and activist, immersed herself in many volunteer activities until she retired at the age of 103. Read story.
Libby Whaley: 1956-2012
Recreation Therapist, Advocate for the Disabled, Climber, Traveler, Artist Read story.
Levon Helm: 1940-2012
Drummer and Singer for The Band
No other American in the past 50 years did more to put American roots music on the global map than Levon Helm. Read story.
Peter Douglas: 1942-2012
California Coastal Commission Director
Next time you wander down to the shoreline, take a moment to reflect on the life of Peter Douglas and the agency he dedicated his life to creating, sustaining, and leading. Read story.
James Easton Brodhead: 1932-2012
Character Actor, Journalist, Atheist Activist
James Easton Brodhead, character actor, journalist, and atheist activist, died on April 6 of kidney failure in Santa Barbara. He was 80 years old. Read story.
Babatunde Folalyemi: 1940-2012
Activist, Artist, former Santa Barbara City Councilmember
It's not easy to bring soulfulness into the world. Many try, and if you have a positive view of human nature, you might say it is what everybody tries to do. Babatunde Folayemi did it. Read story.
Gerda Ursula Zinn (Ambika): 1913-2012
1930s German Actress, Vedanta Society Devotee
“When I heard the door close behind me, I was terrified,” Gerda Zinn recalled, describing her meeting with Adolf Hitler and his flunky Joseph Goebbels. Read story.
Annette S. Hughes: 1920-2012
Homemaker, Mother, Wife
Annette couldn’t help but effortlessly create and maintain a happy, winning, and forever closeknit family – something precious and rare. Read story.
Rath Shelton: 1923-2012
Westmont's Director of Public Relations
His friendliness came from a spirit of both affection and curiosity, and from a conscious sense that we don’t endure life, we celebrate it. Read story.
Selma Rubin: 1915-2012
Activist
Remembering the life of a Santa Barbara grassroots legend. Read story.
Barbara Galloway: 1939-2011
Painter
I met Barbara many years ago at the Sunday art show along Cabrillo Boulevard. Read story.
Marguerite Birch Torbert: 1912-2011
Curator, Editor, and Painter
Meg began to paint seriously only after retirement in 1978 from a 45-year career as a teacher, designer, editor, and curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where she hung shows for and wrote articles about many important mid-century artists Read story.
Mike deGruy: 1951-2012
Underwater Cinematographer
Mike was director of photography for a gazillion films and series about ocean animals. He worked for National Geographic and PBS, for BBC and David Attenborough and James Cameron and Turner Broadcasting. His contagious enthusiasm was once graphically captured in his jumping and gesturing during a one-hour film called The Octopus Show, which led to Mike's celebrated TED talk on the creature. Read story.
Jim Cook: 1946-2011
Typesetter, Graphic Designer, Theater Director
He brought an elevated and artistic sensibility to every publication he worked on, from fine cookbooks to student newspapers, literary works to catalogs. Read story.
Berka Smock: 1926-2011
Feline Philanthropist
Berka and her late husband began the Tenth Life Foundation, caring for old and disabled cats. Read story.
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