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Remembering Chouinardians and CalArtians who have recently passed Scott Walker ’64 In March 2019, Chouinard alumnus Scott Walker died at 76, in London. Walker had been living in England since the 1960s when he and his American pop group, the Walker Brothers, had become teenage idols in Britain. Their hits, such as the Bachrach/ David ballad, “Make It Easy on Yourself,” and “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore,” became #1 best sellers. Walker later devoted himself to experimental music that influenced artists including David Bowie and Radiohead. The New York Times described Walker’s music as “intricate puzzles of shock, indiscretion, non-resolution, theatrical uses of text and extended technique, often with a 40-piece orchestra.” A 2007 documentary on his life and work, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, was directed by Stephen Kijak and executive produced by Bowie. David Sewell Chouinard ’65
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North Hollywood. Most importantly, I’m in the process of curating my first show as a director/choreographer for my self-titled dance company, st.cyr. The work will be premiering this year in a yet-to-be-determined space here in LA. The work will explore the past few decades and how advances in technology have affected current social and political dynamics. We question: What are we exploiting and why? Do we even know we are doing it?” F Ariyan Kassam ’18 “I’m excited to share what I’ve been up to so far. On TV, I’ve been a guest star on Fuller House, and FX Legion costar. I did voice-over and dubbing on Mickey Roadster Racers for Disney, Nike Dreamerz, Amazon’s 4 Blocks, and more. In theater, I played Galiana/Nikolchev in The Useless Room, a collaboration with Grotowski Institute.”
Douglas Grindstaff ’75 Benjamin Medrano ’80 “My husband, Benjamin Medrano, a guitar major, passed away on January 8, 2018. He always loved getting the alumni magazine, and read it cover to cover.” Stephen Hillenburg’92 (see cover story on page 20) Adam Burke ’93 John McLaughlin ’93 Carl Raggio IV ’04 passed away in February 2019. Known as “C” to family and friends, Raggio had been working as a storyboard artist on Sony Pictures’s Angry Birds 2 at the time of his death. Raggio was raised in Glendale, CA, the grandson of the town’s mayor, Carl Raggio. After graduating from CalArts’s Character Animation BFA program in 2004, he began his career at Cartoon Network as a character designer and story artist. In 2010, Raggio joined Disney TV Animation, where his character designs for Kick Buttowski earned him an Annie Award nomination. More recently, Raggio contributed to The Grinch and the 2015 blockbuster Minions, both from Illumination Entertainment. Brennan Thale ’13
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