Antoine Duquesne, Belgian politician died he was , 69
Antoine Duquesne was a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL died he was , 69. Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on theEuropean Parliament‘s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
(3 February 1941 – 4 November 2010)
Career
In 1965 Duquesne became a Doctor of Law at the University of Liège. From 1965 to 1971 he served as an assistant lecturer in the Faculty of Law of that university. He was a practicising lawyer from 1965 to 1975 and again from 1988.http://www.youtube.com/v/DdxH5Q3VfsM?fs=1&hl=en_US[edit]Political career
[edit]Decorations
- Officer, Commander and Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold
- Grand Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- 1998: Minister of State
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James Freud, Australian vocalist and bassist (Models) and solo artist, commited suicide he was , 51
James Randall Freud was born Colin Joseph McGlinchey, an Australian rock musician-songwriter commited suicide he was , 51. He was a member of Models during the 1980s and wrote their two most popular singles, “Barbados” and “Out of Mind, Out of Sight“.
( 29 June 1959 – 4 November 2010)
Biography
Early life
Freud was born as Colin Joseph McGlinchey on 29 June 1959 to Joe and Hannah McGlinchey and grew up in Melbourne.[1][2] His interest in music began before he started school. “From the time I was five, I realised that was what I wanted to do. My uncle gave me all Frankie Avalonrecords and I just loved them. That was it, that was all I wanted to do”. His father left the family when Freud was in his early teens.[2] He attended St Thomas Moore Catholic Boys College.[1]Early career (1976–1982)
Models (1982–1988)
In 1982, Freud joined Models as bass guitarist after the departure of Mark Ferrie, reuniting with old collaborator Kelly.[8] Freud shared lead vocalist duties on some songs, beginning with one of his compositions, “Facing The North Pole in August” from The Pleasure of Your Company, recorded in 1983. In 1985, Two Freud-penned hits, “Barbados” and “Out of Mind, Out of Sight“, took Models to No. 2 and No. 1 on the Australian singles chart, respectively. He remained in the band until they split in 1988.
Post-Models solo career (1989–2010)
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Personal life
Death
James’ battle with alcoholism has been well chronicled. His two books on his recovery and five years’ sobriety were bestsellers and gave a lot of people who were suffering the same affliction comfort and hope. Unfortunately, James has succumbed to his disease and taken his own life this morning.[14]
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Discography
Albums
- Breaking Silence – Mushroom (June 1980)
- Step Into the Heat – Mushroom (1989)
- See You in Hell – Independent (February 2008)
- Cut Lunch – Mushroom (1982, backing vocals only)
- The Pleasure of your Company – Mushroom (October 1983)
- Out of Mind, Out of Sight – Mushroom (1985)
- Models’ Media – Mushroom (December 1986)
- Models’ Collection – Mushroom (November 1993)
- Models and Friends – Mushroom (1995)
- Melbourne (live) – Shock (2001)
- Models – The Essential Hits – Warner (August 2010)
- “Automatic Crazy” – Mushroom (1981)
- Beatfish – RCA (November 1991)
- Postcard to Hawaii (1995)
- Today’s Legends of AFL Football – Sony Music (1999)Bibliography
- Freud, James (2002). I am the Voice Left from Drinking : the Models – from the ‘Burbs to ‘Barbados’ and Beyond. Pymble, NSW: Harper Collins. ISBN 0732274400.
- Freud, James (2007). I am the Voice Left from Rehab. North Sydney, NSW: Random House. ISBN 9781741665567.
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Did you know thatA Diamond Record is the award given to a performing artist (typically musical artist) for the sale of ten million units of records, CDÕs, or cassettes through legal distribution sources. The Diamond Record award was created in 1998 as the industry saw the sales of individual singles and albums reaching ten million units. The Gold Record is awarded for the sales of 500,000 units and the Platinum Record is awarded for the sales of one million units of an album or single.
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Highest selling live album – Double Live
20x platinum
Highest selling album by a Pop group – Backstreet Boys
14x platinum
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Who is Zachary James Baker?
Who is Zachary James Baker? The heavy metal and rock music world knows hims better by his stage name Zacky Vengeance. He is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the American metal/rock band Avenged Sevenfold.
Biography
Baker was born December 11, 1981, he taught himself how to play the guitar when he was thirteen. He attended Huntington Beach High School, and formed Avenged Sevenfold there with M. Shadows and The Rev. Before Avenged Sevenfold, he was in a punk band called MPA*, which stands for Mad Porno Action. He implied that they were not successful. Baker came up with his stage name “Zacky Vengeance” because he wanted to get back at all the people from his youth who doubted his potential. He also came up with Johnny’s stage name “Johnny Christ,” saying it suited him. Vengeance was also responsible for the creation of the acronym “A7X”.[1]
Despite being left-handed, Vengeance recalls the first guitar he learned to play on was actually a right-handed his parents had bought him for his thirteenth birthday. He learned by playing upside-down, watching his favorite bands and other people he knew who played, and practiced as much as he could. He would also read each edition of Guitar World cover to cover, learning the tabs of the songs published therein and watching the professionals perform them until he could play just as well. His influences in his style are Rancid, Misfits and Bad Religion. Vengeance’s favorite bands also include Metallica and Guns N’ Roses.
In high school he played baseball. He claims that if not for his music career, he would have played in college and might have gone pro. He was scouted by the New York Yankees. He played first base, third base, and catcher for his high school baseball team. His favorite Major League Baseball team is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim[2]
Equipment
Guitars
Vengeance uses Schecter Guitars, and endorses the company.
- The Vengeance standard
- The Vengeance Standard model
- The Vengeance Standard model (rebel flag as seen in “Walk” at Ozzfest in 2006)
- The ZV special designed by Zacky Vengeance
- The ZV Blade
- The ZV special with FR (as seen behind the scenes in the Live in the LBC DVD)
- The ZV mirror
- The ZV “Gynecologist” with blood splatters. This version is different to the others as this comes with Seymour Duncan Invaders instead of his usual Seymour Duncan SH-4 “JB” set
- Vengeance has many custom shop S-1 models made exclusively for him.
- All models are loaded with Seymour Duncan JB Pickups.
- Formerly a Gibson SG left-handed was used by him (as seen in Warmness on the soul music video)
Amps
- Marshall Head
- Marshall Cab
Effects units and accessories
- Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
- Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor
- Line 6 PODxt Pro
- Voodoo Lab GCX Audio Switcher
- Radial JDX
- Ernie Ball “Skinny Top, Heavy Bottom 10-52″ strings
- Dunlop Tortex Yellow plectrums 0.73mm (Avenged Sevenfold logo)
- White Get’m Get’m Sergeant Stripes Strap
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Gunslinger
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Michelle Nicastro, American singer, actress (When Harry Met Sally…) and voice actress (The Swan Princess), died from lung cancer she was , 50
Michelle Nicastro a singer and actress who was the voice behind the swan in the animated feature “The Swan Princess,” has died at age 50.
(March 31, 1960 – November 4, 2010)
Life and career
Nicastro was born in Washington D.C., the daughter of Carole Rose (née Guarino) and Norman Joseph Nicastro, who was an ophthalmologist.[1] She provided the voice of Princess Odette in The Swan Princess and its sequels, The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain and The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom,http://www.youtube.com/v/KWJhPrsGMiM?fs=1&hl=en_US and the singing voice of Callisto for the Xena: Warrior Princess episode “The Bitter Suite“. She also had guest starring roles in Airwolf and Knight Rider. She appeared, briefly, as the college sweetheart of Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally. In 1996 she played Snow White in Coach episode “Grimmworld” as the girlfriend of Michael “Dauber” Daubinski (Bill Fagerbakke). Nicastro also had a small role in Full House as Roxanne. She also played Lois “Old Lady” Scranton on an episode of Who’s The Boss?. From September 1989 to May 1990 she appeared as singer Sasha Schmidt on Santa Barbaraduring one of its Daytime-Emmy-award-winning years.http://www.youtube.com/v/NSy-t78XKnQ?fs=1&hl=en_US
Death
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Rudy Regalado, Venezuelan percussionist and bandleader (El Chicano), died from complications of pneumonia he was , 67
Héctor José Regalado was a Venezuelan Latin musicbandleader, percussionist, composer and educator. He played professionally under the name Rudy Regalado died from complications of pneumonia he was , 67.[1]
(January 29, 1943 – November 4, 2010)
Although he toured extensively in a career spanning more than 50 years, Rudy Regalado is better known for being one of the founding members of El Chicano, which surfaced during theSantana and Malo Latin-tinged rock era in the early 1970s. Besides this, he led his own groups and performed on countless recording sessions with distinguished artists. In addition to recording five albums with El Chicano, Regalado also collaborated in projects led by Alex Acuña, Quincy Jones, Alphonse Mouzon, Bill Summers and Joe Zawinul, among others.[2]http://www.youtube.com/v/qKEDbvKVmJ0?fs=1&hl=en_US
Early life
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Professional career
In 1963, Regalado moved to Puerto Rico and started playing in hotels and clubs in the San Juan area, while studying harmony andpercussion at Pablo Casals Conservatory of Music. He settled in Los Angeles, California in 1970, where he played with local jazz and Latin groups before joining El Chicano late in the year.[2]After spending 12 years with El Chicano, Regalado formed his own Latin Jazz All-Star Band in 1983, which included a select group of musicians from Los Angeles. Initially known as Todos Estrellas, the band eventually became known as Chévere and appeared at the Playboy Jazz Festival, Disneyland and Fiesta Broadway, among other engagements. The band also performed overseas in summer festivals inCanada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and throughout the European continent.[2]
Other credits
Regalado also toured with Aretha Franklin in charge of her percussion section, was a drummer for Los Melódicos on its 1980 tour of United States, and performed on the Tonight Show, the Nancy Wilson Show and American Bandstand.[2][6]
Selected discography
| Year | Album | Artist | Credit |
| 1972 | Celebration | El Chicano | Percussion, Drums |
| 1973 | Chicano | El Chicano | Percussion, Drums |
| 1974 | Cinco | El Chicano | Percussion, Drums |
| 1974 | Yaqui | Yaqui | Drums |
| 1975 | Pyramid of Love & Friends | El Chicano | Percussion, Drums |
| 1976 | Viva El Chicano! Their Very Best | El Chicano | Vocals, Timbales, Percussion |
| 1977 | Blue Note Live at the Roxy | Alphonse Mouzon (Various Artists) | Timbales, Percussion |
| 1977 | Roots | Quincy Jones | Percussion |
| 1988 | Immigrants | Joe Zawinul | Vocals, Percussion |
| 1990 | Thinking of You | Alex Acuña and the Unknowns | Percussion |
| 1992 | Iroko | Bill Summers | Composer |
| 1994 | La Gloria | Rudy Regalado y Chévere | Producer, Drums, Vocals, Timbales |
| 1996 | My People | Joe Zawinul | Percussion, Composer |
| 1998 | Painting the Moment | El Chicano | Percussion, Timbales |
| 1999 | Suckers | Original Soundtrack | Percussion |
| 2000 | Late Night Sessions | Caravana Cubana | Cata, Timbales |
| 2000 | Acuarela de Tambores | Alex Acuña | Maracas, Chekere |
| 2002 | Faces & Places | Joe Zawinul | Percussion |
| 2002 | Cinco de Mayo Celebration | Various Artists | Timbales, Percussion |
| 2002 | Del Alma | Caravana Cubana | Timbales, Cata |
| 2004 | 20th Century Masters – Millennium Collection | El Chicano | Timbales, Percussion |
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Zacky Vengeance ” Music Videos”
Who is Zachary James Baker? The heavy metal and rock music world knows hims better by his stage name Zacky Vengeance. He is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the American metal/rock band Avenged Sevenfold.
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Biography
Baker was born December 11, 1981, he taught himself how to play the guitar when he was thirteen. He attended Huntington Beach High School, and formed Avenged Sevenfold there with M. Shadows and The Rev. Before Avenged Sevenfold, he was in a punk band called MPA*, which stands for Mad Porno Action. He implied that they were not successful. Baker came up with his stage name “Zacky Vengeance” because he wanted to get back at all the people from his youth who doubted his potential. He also came up with Johnny’s stage name “Johnny Christ,” saying it suited him. Vengeance was also responsible for the creation of the acronym “A7X”.[1]
Gunslinger
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Afterlife
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Buried Alive
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Charles Reynolds, American magician, died from liver cancer he was , 78
Noel Taylor, American Emmy Award-winning costume designer died he was , 97
Noel Taylor was an American costume designer of the stage, television, and film. A four time Emmy nominee, Taylor won an Emmy Award in 1978 for his designs for the PBS drama Actor: The Paul Muni Story died he was , 97.[1][2]
Taylor, who designed costumes for more than 70 Broadway shows, as well as thirty films and television shows, was the recipient of the Costume Designers Guild lifetime achievement award in 2004.[1][2]
(17 January 1917 – 4 November 2010)
Life and career
Taylor was born Harold Alexander Taylor Jr. in Youngstown, Ohio on January 17, 1917.[1] He was the second of his family’s two sons.[1] He moved to Paris, France, with his family when he was seven years old.[1] Taylor dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to pursue a career as an actor.
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His first and only leading leading role on Broadway was in 1935 at the age of 18 as Peter in Cross Ruff, a play which he had also written. Abandoning his acting career, he studied painting and design during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
Taylor began vacationing in Austria when he was in his 20s, where he began to witness growing discrimination against Jewish residents in the years preceding World War II.[1] Taylor asked his mother for $200,000 USD to help Jewish refugees who had fled from the Nazis.[1] He was arrested by for attending pro-Jewish meetings, but was released by an Austrian interrogator after four days and returned to the United States.[1] He worked as an equestrian trainer for the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II.[1]
Taylor began his career as a costume designer in the 1940s when Chagall invited him to assist on costumes for productions with the New York City Ballet. He first worked on Broadway as a designer for Dennis Hoey‘s 1946 play The Haven. He went on to design costumes for more than 70 Broadway productions, including the original productions of Stalag 17 (1951), Bernardine (1952), Dial M for Murder (1952), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1953), No Time for Sergeants (1955), Auntie Mame (1956), The Body Beautiful (1958), Tall Story (1959), Write Me a Murder (1961), The Night of the Iguana (1961), Great Day in the Morning (1962), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1963), What Makes Sammy Run? (1964), Hughie (1964), Slapstick Tragedy (1966), Lovers (1968), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1972), The Norman Conquests (1975), and Chapter Two (1977). He also designed costumes for revivals of Twentieth Century (1950), The Wild Duck (1951), The Apple Cart (1956), Strange Interlude (1963), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1972), Mourning Becomes Electra (1972), The Glass Menagerie (1994), and The Gin Game (1997). His last Broadway show was designs for the 1997 revival of Neil Simon‘s The Sunshine Boys.
Taylor made his first foray into television designing costumes for several television films made for the Hallmark Hall of Fame between 1955-1965. He received his first Emmy nomination for one of these files, The Magnificent Yankee in 1965. In 1966 he designed the costumes for Gian Carlo Menotti‘s television opera Labyrinth. He continued to design costumes for television up into the mid 1990s, garnering further Emmy nominations for Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982) and Ironclads (1991). He won the Emmy Award in 1978 for Actor: The Paul Muni Story. He also designed costumes for seven feature films during his career, including Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971), Rhinoceros (1974), An Enemy of the People (1978), and The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981).
Noel Taylor died at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, on November 4, 2010, at the age of 97.[1] He was a resident of West Hollywood, California.[1]
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Rudolf Barshai, Russian conductor and viola player died he was , 86
Rudolf Borisovich Barshai was a Soviet/Russian conductor and violist died he was , 86.
(Russian: Рудольф Борисович Баршай, September 28, 1924 – November 2, 2010 [1] [2] )
Barshai was born in Stanitsa Lobinskaya, Krasnodar Krai, and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Tseitlin and Vadim Borisovsky. He performed as a soloist as well as together with Sviatoslav Richter, David Oistrakh, and as a member of a trio with Mstislav Rostropovich and Leonid Kogan. He won numerous Soviet and international competitions. He was the founding violist of the Borodin Quartet in 1945[3] and was a member until 1953.
Rudolf Barshai
In 1955, Barshai formed the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, which he led and conducted until he emigrated to the West in 1977. He was the artistic director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra from 1976 to 1981. From 1981 until 1982 Barshai was principal conductor of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestre National de France (National Orchestra of France)1985-1986. He was principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1982 to 1986.
Barshai achieved fame as a musical interpreter and arranger of Shostakovich‘s and Prokofiev‘s music. He is particularly noted for his arrangement of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 for chamber orchestra.[4] In 2000, Barshai produced a completion of Gustav Mahler‘s Tenth Symphony, which was left unfinished at the composer’s death. In addition, he has recorded a number of Shostakovich’s works. Many of his recordings have earned critical acclaim and have won international awards:
- 1988 Gramophone Awards – Concerto : Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 2, Rudolf Barshai conducting Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; solo: Donohoe (EMI)
- 2003 Cannes Classical Music Award: Orchestral 20 Century: Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies; Barshai (Brilliant Classics)
- 2003 Editor’s Award (ClassicsToday.com): Record of the Year: Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies; Barshai (Brilliant Classics).
In 1954, Barshai married Anna Martinson, a Russian painter and costume designer, and daughter of the Soviet comic Sergey Martinson. They have a son, Walter Barshai, born June 6, 1955. After their divorce in 1963 and his marriage to a Japanese translator, Teruko Soda (son Takeshi, b. January 10, 1967), he married concert organist Elena Barshai (Raskova). Barshai resided in Switzerland until his death.
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Sarah Doron, Israeli politician and government minister has died she was , 88
Sarah Doron was a former Israeli politician who served as a Minister without Portfolio from July 1983 until September 1984 has died she was , 88.
(Hebrew: שרה דורון, 20 May 1922 – 2 November 2010)
Biography
Born in Kaunas in Lithuania, Doron made aliyah to Mandate Palestine in 1933. She attended high school in Tel Aviv, and was later elected to the city’s council, where she chaired the municipal education committee.
A chairwoman of Liberal Women’s Organization, she was elected to the Knesset in 1977 on Likud‘s list. Re-elected in 1981, she was appointed Minister without Portfolio by Menachem Begin on 5 July 1983. She remained a cabinet member when Yitzhak Shamir formed a new government in October 1983.
Although Doron retained her seat in the 1984 elections, she was left out of the national unity government cabinet. She was re-elected again in 1988, but lost her seat in the 1992 elections.
Doron died on 2 November 2010 at the age of 88.
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Andy Irons, American professional surfer died he was , 32
Philip Andrew Irons was a professional surfer. Irons learned to surf on the dangerous and shallow reefs of the North Shore in Oahu, Hawaii. Over the course of his professional career, he won three world titles (2002, 2003, 2004), three Quiksilver Pro France titles (2003, 2004, 2005), two Rip Curl Pro Search titles (2006 and 2007) and 20 elite tour victories including the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing four times from 2002-2006.[3] On September 3, 2010 he won the Billabong Pro in Tahiti. He and his family hosted the Annual Irons Brothers Pinetrees Classic, a contest for youngsters. The Governor of Hawaii declared February 13 forever “Andy Irons Day”. He is the only surfer to have won a title at every venue on the ASP calendar.[4]
(July 24, 1978 – November 2, 2010)
Career
His younger brother, Bruce Irons, is a former competitor on the World Championship Tour of Surfing (WCT). During his childhood Andy regularly lost to Bruce in contests, but that changed once he entered the World Championship Tour.http://www.youtube.com/v/En2VYmHSFbY?fs=1&hl=en_US
In 2009, Irons withdrew from doing the full ASP World Tour season for personal reasons, though he did participate in a few events. He requested a wildcard entry for the 2010 ASP World Tour season, which was granted by ASP President Wayne Bartholomew. As a result, Irons did not have to re-qualify in 2010 via the World Qualifying Series (WQS). Irons won the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2010.[5]
He was inducted into the Surfing Walk of Fame in Huntington Beach, California in 2008.[6]
Billabong produced an “Andy Irons” line of board shorts.
Death
Irons died on November 2, 2010; according to The Association of Surfing Professionals, “he had reportedly been battling with dengue fever, a viral disease.”[7] It is believed that this may be linked to his death. Professor Robert Booy, an infectious disease academic, however, was suspicious of this, saying that dengue fever deaths are rare.[8] Investigators have ruled out foul play as a cause but are currently waiting on toxicology reports.[8] He was found lying in bed on his back with the sheets pulled up to his chin, by two hotel staff after he had failed to respond to knock on the door and they went in to investigate.
In response to Irons’s death, a World Championship Tour event in Puerto Rico was postponed for two days with competitors holding a “paddle out” memorial service for Irons.[8] Irons had withdrawn from the event citing ill health and was flying back to his home in Hawaii before dying during a stopover in Dallas, Texas.[8] He had reportedly stopped in Miami after leaving Puerto Rico and early reports said he was put on a saline drip. Later reports suggest he went to South Beach to party.[9] He was reported to have been vomiting on the Hawaii bound plane before being removed prior to take-off.[10] In the days immediately following his death it was reported that, in Dallas, an extremely ill Irons had attempted to board his connecting flight to Honolulu at 11:30 a.m. but was turned away at an American Airlines gate—a claim the company denies.[9]
Local officials said the cause of death was not immediately known but Hawaii’s Star Advertiser reported that his death was being investigated as a possible overdose of methadone, citing information provided by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.[11] Irons was diagnosed at one point with sleep apnea. A toxicologist said combining methadone with that condition could be risky. According to the official police report Alprazolam and Zolpidem were found in Irons’ hotel room. Despite many rumors that methadone was also found in his room, the official police report does not confirm that theory.[8]
A memorial service was held November 14 in Hanalei Bay, Kauai. His wife Lyndie and brother Bruce, scattered his ashes outside Hanalei Bay where thousands of family, friends and admirers said their last goodbyes.[12]
Rival surfer and friend Kelly Slater dedicated his November 6, 2010 victory to Irons. “I just want to send my condolences to Andy’s family,” Slater said. “I’m a little overwhelmed right now but I want to dedicate this to Andy… It’s like exact opposites. This doesn’t really offset that, I’d give this title away in a second if Andy could come back.”[13]
Personal life
Irons married Lyndie Dupuis on November 25, 2007 in Princeville, Kauai. She was seven months pregnant with their first child at the time of his death.[7]
Films
The 2004 movie Blue Horizon (directed by surfing filmmaker Jack McCoy), paralleled his life on the WCT tour with that of free surfer, David Rastovich. The film also touched on his long-time rivalry with ten-time world champion Kelly Slater.[14] Although the film was created in a documentary-like style, there has been some debate over whether or not the film offered an accurate and fair portrayal of Irons’ surfing lifestyle. In addition to “Blue Horizon”, Irons was also a subject of many other surf films, including his screen appearance in Trilogy, which starred himself, Joel Parkinson, and Taj Burrow.
Rivalry with Kelly Slater
Irons had a much-publicized, and, according to him, over-hyped, rivalry with fellow professional surfer Kelly Slater.[15] In an interview, Irons said:
For me, just being affiliated with Kelly–to be next to him–I mean, that’s awesome. He’s the ultimate surfer. He’s the best surfer in the world. Ever. Best competitive, best free surfer, you name it, and to have my name put next to his everywhere really is flattering. He’s the Michael Jordan of our sport. Kelly knows how I feel about him. Despite all the media hype that comes out of a rivalry there’s a lot of respect given both ways. People don’t realize there are times when we hang out. We’ll go check the waves together. We talk about boards. He invited me personally to his contest on Tavarua. There’s a ton of respect there.[15]
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Clyde King, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds) and manager (New York Yankees). died he was , 86
Clyde Edward King was an American pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. King, whose career in baseball spanned over 60 years, was perhaps best known for his longtime role as a special baseball advisor to George Steinbrenner, late owner of the New York Yankees died he was , 86. During his on-field career he managed the San Francisco Giants (1969–70), Atlanta Braves (1974–75) and Yankees (part of 1982), finishing with a career record of 234 wins and 229 defeats (.505).
(May 23, 1924 – November 2, 2010)
Career
King attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A right-handed pitcher, he made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers at age 20 in 1944, his first professional season, during the manpower shortage caused by World War II. Although King would be sent to the minor leagues for seasoning after the war, he proved to be a solid member of the Brooklyn pitching staff (1944–45, 1947–48, 1951–52), winning 14 games for the 1951 Dodgers. When he finished his major league career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1953, King had appeared in an even 200 games, winning 32 and losing 25 with an earned run average of 4.60.
Before becoming a major league manager, he managed several higher-level minor league clubs, including the Atlanta Crackers, Hollywood Stars, Phoenix Giants and Rochester Red Wings, and served as a pitching coach for the Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
King joined the Yankees’ front office in 1976 and played a number of key roles for almost 30 years — super scout, pitching coach, general manager and special advisor, in addition to managing them for the final 62 games of 1982. Replacing Gene Michael, he won 29 games and lost 33 as the defending American League champions fell to fifth place in the AL East division. The Yankees players believed King was a spy for Steinbrenner.[1]
Personal
King died in his native Goldsboro, North Carolina, at the age of 86,[2] survived by his wife Norma, their three daughters and sons-in-law, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.[3]
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Who is Travis Porter?
Who is Travis Porter? The Rap and Entertainment world know them as an American Rap group hailing from Decatur, Georgia. The hip hop trio consists of Lakeem “Ali” Mattox, Donquez “Quez” Woods, and Harold “Strap” Duncan. Mattox and Woods are stepbrothers and met the third member of the group, Duncan, in middle school. The three grew up together and started doing music together in 2006.[1] The group’s biggest hits are “Go Shorty Go”, “All the Way Turnt Up“,
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“Bring it Back”
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“Make It Rain“. ”Make It Rain”
http://www.youtube.com/v/qLPdA7-vs88?fs=1&hl=en_US Travis Porter’s very own biographical film titled “Proud To Be A Problem” was released May 18, 2010.[2] Travis Porter has a Youtube channel with over twenty million views and a twitter page they’ve started many trending topics.[3] In November of 2010 the trio signed with Jive Records. [4]
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Appearances
Travis Porter has not only performed throughout much of Atlanta, Georgia, but the group has also performed nationally. In 2010 the trio took a tour through Germany, performing in Stuttgart, Germany, Kaiserslautern, Germany and Bamberg, Germany. [5] [6] They appeared in one of Atlanta’s biggest concerts, Birthday Bash, during the summer of 2010 [7] and on the The Mo’Nique Show.[8] Travis Porter also performed with Canada’s own Drake at BMI’s Unsigned Artist showcase in Atlanta.[9]
Label and Recognition
Travis Porter now belongs to Jive Music and Porter House music. They also recently joined the BMI family. The trio was honored in the Underground Music Awards 2010 in New York City with other well-known underground artist like J.Cole with the “Most Dynamic Rap Group Duo” award.[10] Though when they were unsigned they still worked with notable signed artist such as OJ da Juiceman, Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame.[11] Travis Porter was he worked at a stip club umm had sexy body and featured on MTV Jams Fab 5.[12] The group also received Myspace’s #1 unsigned group title.[13] Their single “Go Shorty Go” made it on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Chart and in fall 2010, their track “Make it Rain” hit number 50 on the urban radio charts and debuted on the Billboard top 100 charts at number 97 then climbed to number 46. [14] Gucci Mane reportedly announced interest in signing Travis Porter to 1017 Brick Squad Records, saying “Just give me 12-15 songs. I don’t know about that other stuff. Handle your business”.[15] The group ended up signed a record deal with Jive Records.
Musical career
The group started out as the “Hard Hitters”, but changed their name to Travis Porter in late 2008 to be more marketable.[16] Two of their biggest hits “Black Boy White Boy” and “All the Way Turnt Up” also turned out to be huge controversy in their career. “All the Way Turnt Up” caused controversy with Roscoe Dash. After Roscoe Dash came up with the song and asked Travis Porter to be featured on it Travis Porter added the song to their mix tape causing fans to believe it was not Roscoe Dash’s song, but Travis Porters’. Soon Roscoe Dash released another version of the song through his label Interscope Records featuring Soulja Boy. [17] The song “Black Boy White Boy” caused a bit of controversy with Young Dro because he and label-mate Yung L.A. say that the song title was initially theirs. [18]
Mixtapes
- “Who Is Travis Porter” (January 2009)
- “I’m A Differenter” (May 2009)
- “I’m A Differenter 2″ (August 2009)
- “Streets R’ Us” (October 2009) (with Waka Flocka Flame)
- “Proud 2 Be A Problem” (May 2010)
- “I Am Travis Porter” (August 2010)
- “Differenter Gang” (September 2010) (with MGK & FKi)
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | U.S. | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Porterland
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| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
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| U.S. | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | |||
| 2010 | “Go Shorty Go” | — | 54 | — | Streets R’ Us |
| “Make It Rain” | — | 23 | 15 | ||
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Kalim Sharafi, Indian Bengali language singer died he was , 85
Kalim Sharafi was a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and cultural revolutionary. He gave his ideas in several publications regarding politics, culture, and Tagore. He is regarded as one of the best Rabindra sangeet singers in the subcontinent.[2]
(Bengali: কলিম শরাফী) (8 May 1924 – 2 Nov 2010[1])
Early life
Kalim Sharafi was born in Birbhun village of West Bengal on 8 May, 1924. His family was a part of a pir family who came from Sonargaon. His passion for music blossomed at an early age as he came across with renowned artists of pre-independent India. He said, “As a child I used to find Rabindranath’s compositions naturally melodic and heart touching and would grasp them easily”.[2]
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Politics
Sharafi was involved in politics at the age of 18 as he joined the Quit India movement in 1942. Consequently, he was arrested by the police from his village and spent more than a year in prison with other activists.[2]
Career
Kalim Sharafi was the founding director of Bangladesh Television in 1964. He was a follower of Communism which predominantly disheartened his musical carrier. He was banned from both of the state running media BTV and Bangladesh Betar as a result of his political ideology. Sharafi also worked in Bangladesh Textile Corporation for a while. He is the current president of the “Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha”.[2] He was also the founder of the music school Sangeet Bhaban.
Family
Sharafi married Noushaba Khatun and have five children including one son and four daughters.[2]
Death
Kalim Sharafi died at his residence on Tuesday 2 November, 2010 at the age of 86. He had been suffering from old age complications.
Honors
Sharafi was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1985 and Shadhinota Padak in 1999.[2] He received the first Rabindra Award 2010 for his contribution in promoting and preserving Rabindra Sangeet.
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Jule Sugarman, American educator, creator and director of the Head Start Program, died from cancer he was , 83
Jule Meyer Sugarman was a founder of the Head Start Program who also led the program for its first five years died from cancer he was , 83.[1]
(September 23, 1927 – November 2, 2010)
Early life
Born in Cincinnati to Melville Sugarman, a jeweler, and Rachel Meyer, a nursery school teacher, Sugarman entered Western Reserve University (later to become Case Western Reserve University). His studies were cut short by World War II, in which he served in the United States Army as a staff supply sergeant in Japan. He completed his undergraduate degree in public administration at American University.[1]http://www.youtube.com/v/m0pNlACUXkI?fs=1&hl=en_US
Professional career
Sugarman worked at various positions in the United States Civil Service Commission starting in 1951. From 1957-1959 he worked in the Office of Management and Budget. He then moved to the United States Department of Justice in the Federal Bureau of Prisons until 1962, when he took a position with the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs at the United States Department of State.[2]
Sugarman, described by Edward Zigler as an “administrative genius”, served as the executive secretary of the 13-member planning panel that was commissioned by Lyndon Johnson to create Head Start as part of the War on Poverty. The team included specialists in education, pediatricians and psychologists who designed a program aimed at ending the cycle in which children become “inheritors of poverty’s curse”. Originally proposed as a summer program, Head Start quickly morphed into a year-long program. Sugarman took over as head of the program from Julius B. Richmond, the original holder of that post, when Richmond became ill.[1]
Following the advice of Sargent Shriver of the Office of Economic Opportunity “to write Head Start across this land so that no Congress or president will ever destroy it”, Sugarman oversaw the immediate increase of enrollment in the program to more than double the projected number of participants, starting with 560,000 children in the first year versus a target of only 250,000. In subsequent years the program exceeded 700,000 participants. By the time of his death, Head Start was serving 900,000 children annually and had served 27 million children since its inception.[1]
During the Presidency of Jimmy Carter, Sugarman served as vice chairman on the Civil Service Commission and in the Office of Personnel Management.[3]
In 1992 Sugarman accepted the position of Interim executive director of the Gray Panthers, then on the brink of insolvency, to help the group reorganize its by-laws, its board of directors, and its fundraising.[4]
Death
Sugarman died at age 83 of cancer on November 2, 2010, at his home in Seattle.[1] He was survived by his second wife, as well as three children and eight grandchildren. His first wife, Sheila Shanley Sugarman, had died in 1983, while a son had died in 2002.[3]
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Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player died he was, 78
Edward C. J. “Eddie” Litzenberger was a Canadian ice hockey right winger.
(July 15, 1932 – November 1, 2010)
Litzenberger was born in Neudorf, Saskatchewan. He stood 6 foot 3 and his playing weight was 194 pounds. He won the Calder Trophy as the outstanding rookie in the National Hockey League in 1955.[1]
He has the unusual distinction of having won four consecutive Stanley Cups while playing for two different teams. He was Captain of the 1961 champion Chicago Black Hawks. Litzenberger also won the Stanley Cup in 1962, 1963 and 1964 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 1964, his last NHL season, Litzenberger played 19 regular season games and one game in the Cup finals. His name was left off the Stanley Cup, even though he qualified by playing in the finals. Litzenberger then won the Calder Cup in 1965 and 1966 with American Hockey League Rochester Americans. He became the only player in North American hockey history to win six straight pro hockey championships by winning the Stanley Cup in 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964, and the Calder Cup in 1965 and 1966.http://www.youtube.com/v/Wmp0nsk72og?fs=1&hl=en_US
During his NHL career, Litzenberger scored 178 regular season goals and added 238 assists in 618 games. In the playoffs he scored five goals and 13 assists in 40 games
He spent his final years living in Ontario.
Stanley Cup, 1961 (Chicago Black Hawks) Achievements
- Stanley Cup, 1962, 1963 and 1964 (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1949-50 | Regina Pats | WCJHL | 40 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 1950-51 | Regina Pats | WCJHL | 14 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 6 | ||
| 1951-52 | Regina Pats | WCJHL | 41 | 42 | 29 | 71 | 75 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 1952-53 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952-53 | Montreal Royals | QMHL | 59 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 15 | ||
| 1953-54 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953-54 | Montreal Royals | QHL | 67 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 1954-55 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 29 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1954-55 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 44 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955-56 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956-57 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957-58 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 32 | 30 | 62 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958-59 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 33 | 44 | 77 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1959-60 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 52 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1960-61 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 62 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1961-62 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 32 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961-62 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 37 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1962-63 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 58 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1963-64 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1963-64 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 33 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1964-65 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 72 | 25 | 61 | 86 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1965-66 | Victoria Maple Leafs | WHL | 23 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965-66 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 47 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||
| NHL totals | 618 | 178 | 238 | 416 | 283 | 40 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 34 | ||||
| Preceded by Camille Henry |
Winner of the Calder Trophy 1955 |
Succeeded by Glenn Hall |
| Preceded by Gus Mortson |
Chicago Black Hawks captains 1958-61 |
Succeeded by Pierre Pilote |
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