Dana Wilson, New Zealand rugby league player, died from a car accident he was 28.
Jonathan “Dana” Wilson was a professional rugby league player who represented the Cook Islands died from a car accident he was 28..
(22 May 1983 – 4 September 2011)
Playing career
Wilson played lower grades for Manly for a season before moving to England in 2005. He played for Oldham Bears, Leigh and Halifax before joining Swinton in 2009.[3] He scored the match-winning try for Leigh in the 2006 Northern Rail Cup final against Hull Kingston Rovers.[4]
He was a key member of Swinton Lions’ promotion-winning team in Championship 1 in 2011.[3]
Representative career
Wilson represented New Zealand Under‑16’s and Under‑18’s before
switching his allegiance to the Cook Islands, where his mother was born
(his dad was born in Samoa).
Wilson played in the Pacific Cup, toured Fiji and played for the Cook Islands in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.[3][4]
Personal life
Wilson lived in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England, with his wife Kirsten and their three children.[5]
Death
Wilson was killed in a car accident on Forshaw Lane, Burtonwood, Cheshire, England, on 4 September 2011.[5]
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Andrzej Maria Deskur, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (1973–1984), died he was 87.
Andrzej Maria Deskur was President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church died he was 87.
(February 29, 1924 – September 3, 2011)
Biography
Deskur was born in Sancygniów near Kielce, Poland, to a family of French origin. He received a doctorate in law in 1945 from the Jagiellonian University (study underground).
He was the secretary general of the very important post-war Polish
student organization called “Bratniak”. He entered the seminary in Kraków and was ordained a priest on 20 August 1950. He obtained a doctorate in theology from the University of Freiburg and, after two years of pastoral activity and study in France and Switzerland, in September 1952, he was called to Rome to work in the Secretariat of State. During this period he served as undersecretary of the Pontifical Commission for Cinematography, Radio and Television (1954–1964), secretary of the Preparatory Secretariat for the Press and Entertainment during Vatican II
(1960–1962), peritus for the assembly of the Council (1962–1965) and
was a member of the Conciliar Commissions for Bishops, for the Clergy,
for the Laity, and for the Press and Entertainment.[1]
In 1973 he was named president of the Pontifical Commission (now Council) for Social Communications.[1] He was appointed titular bishop of Tene on 17 June 1974 and received episcopal ordination the following June 30. On 15 February 1980, John Paul II named him Archbishop and president emeritus of the Pontifical Commission.
Deskur was raised to the Cardinalate on May 25, 1985, becoming Cardinal-Deacon of San Cesareo in Palatio,
that had belonged to Pope John Paul II himself until his elevation to
the Papacy. After ten years as a Cardinal-Deacon he exercised his right
and his titular church
was elevated and he became Cardinal-Priest. Cardinal Deskur lost the
right to participate in the conclave when he turned 80 years old in
2004.
Deskur contributed to numerous congresses and meetings for
professionals of the press, radio, television and cinema, visiting about
70 countries on five continents. Among other endeavours, he was one of
the promoters of the radio station “Radio Veritas” for countries in Asia and Oceania.
The challenge of promoting Christianity in the field of social
communications did not impede Cardinal Deskur from dedicating himself
also to pastoral activity. During all his years in Rome he performed his
priestly and episcopal ministry in numerous parishes. For many years he
devoted himself to the office of spiritual director at the pre-seminary
St. Pius V.
He was President of the Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception.
Curial membership:
- Causes of Saints, Divine Worship and Sacraments (congregations)
- Health Care Workers (council)
- Vatican City State (commission)
Deskur died on 3 September 2011, aged 87.[2]
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Don Fambrough, American football player and head coach (University of Kansas), died from injuries from a fall he was 88.
Donald Preston “Don” Fambrough was an American football player and coach died from injuries from a fall he was 88.. He was the head coach at the University of Kansas.
(October 19, 1922 – September 3, 2011) Early life
Fambrough was born on October 19, 1922 in Longview, Texas to Ivey and Willie Whittington Fambrough. He attended Longview High School.
College football/military career
Fambrough played college football at Texas in 1941 and 1942 before serving in the US Army Air Corps during World War II.[1] After returning home from the war, he and his wife moved to Lawrence, Kansas. While in Lawrence, he chose to play football at the University of Kansas.
Coaching career
His first coaching job was at Kansas as assistant from 1948 to 1953.
After that, he served as an assistant at East Texas State and Wichita
State. Fambrough eventually found his way back to Kansas as assistant
coach under Jack Mitchell from 1958. Following the 1970 season, he got
his dream job as the head coach at Kansas before the 1971. He served as
the coach of Kansas from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1979 to 1982 and
compiled a 37–48–5 record as a head coach.
Later life
Fambrough remained involved in Kansas football leading up to his
death, and would occasionally take part in team practices. The school
dedicated a bench overlooking Memorial Stadium to him in 2007.[2] Fambrough is known for his hatred of rival Missoui[3] and gave an annual anti-Missouri speech to the football team before each Border War game.[4]
Personal life
He married his wife, Del Few on October 4, 1941. His wife preceded
him in death on November 17, 2001. The couple had two children, sons
Robert and Preston.
Death
Farmbrough died September 3, 2011 at his home in Lawrence, Kansas from injuries sustained in a fall.[5] He was survived by two children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Jayhawks (Big Eight Conference) (1971–1974) | |||||||||
| 1971 | Kansas | 4–7 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 1972 | Kansas | 5–6 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1973 | Kansas | 7–4–1 | 4–2–1 | T–2nd | L Liberty | 15 | 18 | ||
| 1974 | Kansas | 4–7 | 1–6 | T–7th | |||||
| Kansas Jayhawks (Big Eight Conference) (1979–1982) | |||||||||
| 1979 | Kansas | 3–8 | 2–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 1980 | Kansas | 4–5–2 | 3–3–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1981 | Kansas | 8–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | L Hall of Fame Classic | ||||
| 1982 | Kansas | 2–7–2 | 1–5–1 | T–6th | |||||
| Kansas: | 37–48–5 | 20–33–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 37–48–5 | ||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches’ Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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Fred Fay, American leader in the disability rights movement, died he was 66.
Frederick A. Fay was an early leader in the disability rights movement
in the United States died he was 66..
(September 12, 1944 – August 20, 2011)
Through a combination of direct advocacy,
grassroots organizing among the various disability rights communities,
building cross-disability coalitions between disparate disability
organizations, and using technology to connect otherwise isolated
disability constituencies, Fay worked diligently to raise awareness and
pass legislation advancing civil rights and independent living
opportunities for people with disabilities across the United States. He
won the 1997 Henry B. Betts Award for outstanding achievement in civil
rights for Americans with disabilities.
Fay was recognized for “flat-out advocacy” over several decades. He
helped lead the nationwide efforts by disability advocates to secure
passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[1]
Jonathan Young, chairman of the National Council on Disability,
said, “Fred was one of the great early pioneers in disability
advocacy…the depth and breadth of his knowledge and commitment was
surpassed only by the life he lived and the legacy he leaves behind.”[2]
Frederick Allan Fay, Ph.D., was born on September 12, 1944, and raised in Washington, DC. At age 16, he sustained a cervical spinal cord injury,
and started using a manual wheelchair for mobility. At 17, he launched
his disability advocacy career by co-founding “Opening Doors,” a
counseling and information center.[3]
Fay attended the University of Illinois, one of the nation’s first wheelchair-accessible universities. A few years later, he was a founder of the Boston Center for Independent Living[4], the Massachusetts Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities, and of the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities.[5]
Fay worked for many years at the Tufts New England Medical Center, until syringomyelia
made it impossible for him to sit upright. For the past quarter
century, Fay has worked from his home in Concord, Massachusetts. In the
early years, he used a headset to speak and listen on the phone, plus a
personal computer mounted on a stand near his motorized bed. He had an
electronic workstation suspended over the bed.
It was from there that Fay launched the Justice for All forum that
compiles and distributes disability rights information to his wide
network of friends and allies.
One of the continuing visionaries of the disability rights movement,
Fay provided ongoing leadership to disability advocates. He was
recognized in the movement for his irrepressible enthusiasm and
optimism.
Fay made a short video with another disability rights notable, Roland W. Sykes, founder of DIMENET.
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Rafael Halperin, Israeli businessman and professional wrestler, died he was 87.
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| Rafael Halperin and Family |
Rafael Halperin was a prominent Israeli businessman and the author of several religious books and an encyclopedia. In the 1950s, he worked in the United States as a professional wrestler in Vince McMahon Sr.‘s Capitol Wrestling in the 1950s. He later became a Baal teshuva, embracing Orthodox Judaism.[1]
(1924 – 20 August 2011)
Early life
Born in Austria, Halperin moved to Palestine with his family in 1933. The Halperin family moved to Bnei Brak the following year, and Rafael studied in Haifa and Jerusalem as a teenager. He also excelled in several athletic pursuits, including weightlifting and karate.[2] He entered competitions and became the national champion in karate, boxing, and bodybuilding.[2][3] He is also said to have been a skilled diamond cutter.[2]
Professional wrestling
Halperin decided that he wanted to open a chain of athletic
facilities, so he began wrestling professionally to earn the necessary
money. His career took him to the United States, where he was reported
to have won 159 consecutive matches. He earned the displeasure of some
promoters and fellow wrestlers because he treated his matches as legitimate
athletic contests rather than a scripted performance. He refused to
yield, however, as he felt that he was upholding the dignity of his
country. He also wrestled as a face (fan favorite), refusing to break any rules, for the same reason.[2]
Halperin continued to wrestle in the United States and Canada into the 1960s. During this time, he faced such opponents as Antonino Rocca while competing for Capitol Wrestling.[2] He later returned to Israel, where he is credited with popularizing professional wrestling.[4]
Business
After retiring from wrestling, Halperin held several jobs in his home
country. He fulfilled his dream of opening a chain of athletic centers.
He also became an author, writing several books including an
encyclopedia and a weight-loss guide. During the Yom Kippur War, he served in the Israel Defense Forces.[2] Halperin also founded a chain of optical centers in Israel.[2][3] In 2008, he and his wife Bertie decided to divide the optical business among their five children.[5]
Halperin had also been ordained a rabbi.[5] Because of his orthodox Jewish beliefs, he was opposed to businesses operating on Shabbat. To combat this “desecration” of the holy day, Halperin led an initiative to create a credit card containing a chip that renders it inoperable on Saturday. It is also designed not to function in any store known to operate on Shabbat.[3][6]
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Patricia Hardy, American actress, died from colon cancer she was 79.
Patricia Hardy was an American television and film actress whose career was most active during the 1950s died from colon cancer she was 79.. She was the wife of actor Richard Egan.
(December 23, 1931 – August 20, 2011)
Hardy, who was originally from Brooklyn, New York, was of Irish descent.[1] She won several beauty pageants during her early years, including Miss Brooklyn, Miss Coney Island and Miss New York Press Photographer.[1] She also appeared on the cover of Look Magazine.[1] She began her entertainment career in New York City, performing at the Copacabana [nightclub] with several well-known actors, including Danny Thomas and Jimmy Durante.[1]
She met her future husband, actor Richard Egan, in 1956.[1] The couple married in June 1958 and remained together until Egan’s death in July 1987.[1] The couple had four daughters – Patricia, Kathleen, Colleen, and Maureen Egan, a writer and music video director[1], as well as a son, Richard Egan, Jr., who founded Vagrant Records,
Hardy moved from New York to Los Angeles to pursue a film and television career. She was cast in several 1950s television episodes including the series State Trooper, Perry Mason, The Loretta Young Show, Lassie and Schlitz Playhouse, in which she co-starred in an episode with James Dean.[1] Her film credits included Girls in the Night in 1953 and Don’t Knock the Rock in 1957. [1]
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Lou Zaeske, American founder of English-only movement, advocate for Czech ethnic causes, died he was 69.
Louis W. “Lou” Zaeske, Jr. was a mechanical engineer and a political activist in Bryan, Texas died he was 69.. In 1988, he founded the interest group, the American Ethnic Coalition, which lobbied for English as the official language of the United States.
Early years
Zaeske was born at Randolph Air Force Base, then Randolph Field, in San Antonio, the son of Louis Zaeske, Sr. (1906–1991) and Agnes V. Zaeske (née Prihoda; 1910–1999).[1] Louis and Agnes Zaeske are interred at New Bremen Cemetery near Coy City in Karnes County, Texas.[2]
The senior Zaeske made his career in the United States Air Force, and the family lived in various parts of the United States. Zaeske graduated in 1964 from Texas A&M University in College Station Station with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.
He was a member of the TAMU Corps of Cadets and a squadron commanding
officer. He subsequently studied at the graduate level at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. For more than thirty-five years, he operated Zaeske Engineering Company in Bryan.[3]
Czech heritage
Himself of German and Czech
descent, Zaeske was heavily involved in the promotion of Czech heritage
groups. He frequently made public presentations on the migration of the
Czech peoples from Eastern Europe. For many years, Zaeske was the
president of the Brazos Valley Czech Heritage Society in Bryan.[4] Zaeske was a member of the Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, which has established chairs for Czech studies at TAMU, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of North Texas at Denton.[5]
He was also affiliated with the Burleson County’s Czech Heritage Museum, and the Kolache Festival in Caldwell, as well as the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center[6] in La Grange.[3] Zaeske helped found the Texas Polka Music Museum in Schulenburg.[7]
Political activities
In 1990, Zaeske ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the Texas State Senate because the Democratic incumbent in Senate District 5, Kent Caperton, refused to support Official English. Caperton, however, did not seek reelection in 1990,[8] and the Democrat James W. “Jim” Turner, subsequently elected in 1996 as a U.S. representative, defeated Zaske for the seat.[9]
The American Ethnic Coalition claimed that twenty-three members of the Texas State Legislature and four U.S. representatives
from Texas, all of whom were elected with coalition backing and took
office in 1989, were committed to Officlal English. Zaeske’s
organization called for abolition of the printing of literature in Spanish by the Texas Workforce Commission and allowing public school districts to reject bilingual education programs. Zaeske urged that Texas Comptroller Bob Bullock be required to report to the legislature on taxpayer costs of bilingual programs and that Attorney General Jim Mattox
rule on the constitutionality of such measures. Zaeske’s coalition
proposed that foreign instructors in Texas public colleges. many of whom
teach basic courses at universities, be required to pass an English
proficiency test. Zaeske also spoke against a Texas law that permits
lower tuition for students from Mexico who attend Texas public colleges:
“We really can’t understand why the citizens of this state should be
required to underwrite foreigners going to school here when many of the
children of citizens of this state are unable to go to college here
because of not being able to pay the tuition.”[10]
In 1992, Zaeske supported Patrick J. Buchanan‘s unsuccessful insurgent challenge to the renomination of U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush.[11] In 1993, Zaeske ran as an Independent in a special election for the United States Senate seat vacated by incoming United States Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd M. Bentsen. He polled barely 2,000 votes, which was handily won in a runoff by the Republican state treasurer Kay Bailey Hutchison.[12]
In 2008, Zaeske and his wife, Jo Ann (née Macha), supported former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas for the Republican presidential nomination, ultimately won by U.S. Senator John S. McCain
of Arizona. Jo Ann Zaeske told an interviewer that their support for
Huckabee was based on the candidate’s embrace of “family values.” Lou
Zaeske said that could not support McCain in part because of McCain’s
divorce. He even indicated that he would vote for Barack H. Obama
in a contest against McCain because he thought that Obama could work
across party lines, an argument also used at the time by the McCain
supporters.[13]
Death
Zaeske died at the age of sixty-nine at St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, Texas. In addition to his wife of forty-seven years, Zaeske was survived by two daughters and five grandchildren.[3]
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John Bancroft, British architect, died he was 82.
John Bancroft was a British architect noted for his Brutalist designs for the Greater London Council died he was 82.
He joined the Architects’ Department of the GLC in 1957 and led the project to build Pimlico School from 1964 to 1970. The building was demolished in 2010 by Westminster City Council.
Bancroft explained the design of the school in a 2008 interview: “I
wanted pupils to feel they were part of a community… So I divided the
place up into a form of glass screen so you would get views down from
the place that you would get views down from the level you were at down
into the other parts of the school. And also I wanted to make sure that
you could from time to time glimpse the outside so that you would know
where you were in the great surrounding community that Pimlico is, and
the buildings surrounding it”[2]
His other school designs include the Elfrida Rathbone Girls’ School
in Camden and the Philippa Fawcett Teacher Training College in
Streatham.
Bancroft was a staunch defender of the GLC’s unpopular Brutalist landmarks. Though he did not design it,[3] he argued that the County Hall Island Block, vacant for 20 years, should have been listed as an early example of open-plan office architecture[4] and expressed himself “quite horrified”[5] by the demolition of Pimlico School. Bancroft devoted much of his career to building conservation and was an active member of the Twentieth Century Society, the Victorian Society and an avid supporter of the charity Docomomo.
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David “Honeyboy” Edwards, American blues guitarist and singer, died from heart failure he was 96.
David”Honeyboy” Edwards was a Delta blues guitarist and singer from the American South died from heart failure he was 96.. Edwards was the last of the original Delta bluesmen before his 2011 death.
(June 28, 1915 – August 29, 2011)
Life and career
Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi.[1] Edwards was 14 years old when he left home to travel with blues man Big Joe Williams, beginning life as an itinerant musician which he led throughout the 1930s and 1940s. He performed with famed blues musician Robert Johnson with whom he developed a close friendship. Honeyboy was present on the night Johnson drank poisoned whiskey which killed him,[2]
and his story has become the definitive version of Johnson’s demise.
After Johnson’s passing, Edwards knew and played with many of the
leading bluesmen in the Mississippi Delta, which included Charley Patton, Tommy Johnson, and Johnny Shines.
He described the itinerant bluesman’s life:
| “ | On Saturday, somebody like me or Robert Johnson would go into one of these little towns, play for nickels and dimes. And sometimes, you know, you could be playin’ and have such a big crowd that it would block the whole street. Then the police would come around, and then I’d go to another town and where I could play at. But most of the time, they would let you play. Then sometimes the man who owned a country store would give us something like a couple of dollars to play on a Saturday afternoon. We could hitchhike, transfer from truck to truck, or if we couldn’t catch one of them, we’d go to the train yard, ’cause the railroad was all through that part of the country then…we might hop a freight, go to St. Louis or Chicago. Or we might hear about where a job was paying off – a highway crew, a railroad job, a levee camp there along the river, or some place in the country where a lot of people were workin’ on a farm. You could go there and play and everybody would hand you some money. I didn’t have a special place then. Anywhere was home. Where I do good, I stay. When it gets bad and dull, I’m gone.[3] |
” |
Folklorist Alan Lomax recorded Edwards in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1942 for the Library of Congress.[1] Edwards recorded 15 album sides of music.[1] The songs included “Wind Howlin’ Blues” and “The Army Blues”.[4] He did not record again commercially until 1951, when he recorded “Who May Be Your Regular Be” for Arc under the name of Mr Honey.[1] Edwards claims to have written several well-known blues songs including “Long Tall Woman Blues” and “Just Like Jesse James“.[1] His discography for the 1950s and 1960s amounts to nine songs from seven sessions.[4] From 1974 to 1977, he recorded material for a full length LP, I’ve Been Around, released in 1978 on the independent Trix Records label by producer/ethnomusicologist Peter B. Lowry.
Edwards performing in a shirt publicizing his autobiography.
His autobiography is entitled The World Don’t Owe Me Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards. The book was published in 1997 by Chicago Review Press. The work recounts his life from childhood, his journeys through the South and his arrival in Chicago in the early 1950s. A companion CD by the same title was released by Earwig Music
shortly afterwards. His long association with Earwig Music and Michael
Frank spawned many late career albums on a variety of independent labels
from the 1980s on. He has also recorded at a church-turned-studio in Salina, Kansas and released albums on the APO record label. Edwards continued the rambling life he describes in his autobiography as he still toured the world well into his 90s.
On July 17, 2011 his manager Michael Frank announced that Edwards would be retiring due to ongoing health issues.[5]
On August 29, 2011 Edwards died at his home, of congestive heart failure, at approx. 3 a.m.[6] According to events listings on the Metromix Chicago website, Edwards had been scheduled to perform at noon that day, at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park.[7]
Discography
- Who May Be Your Regular Be (Arc, 1951)
- Build A Cave (Artist, 1951)
- Drop Down Mama (Chess, 1953)
- Old Friends (Earwig, 1979)
- White Windows (Blue Suit, 1988)
- Delta Bluesman (Earwig/Indigo, 1992)
- I’ve Been Around (Savoy Jazz, 1995)
- Crawling Kingsnake (Testament, 1997)
- World Don’t Owe Me Nothing [live] (Earwig, 1997)
- Don’t Mistreat a Fool (Genes, 1999)
- Shake ‘Em on Down (APO, 2000)
- Mississippi Delta Bluesman (Smithsonian Folkways, 2001)
- Back to the Roots (Wolf, 2001)
- Roamin’ and Ramblin (Earwig, 2008)
Film
In the 1991 documentary The Search for Robert Johnson, Edwards recounts stories about Johnson, including his murder.[citation needed]
The story of Edwards’ own life is told in the 2010 award-winning film Honeyboy and the History of the Blues from Free Range Studios, directed by Scott Taradash. The film features stories of Edwards’ life from picking cotton as a sharecropper to traveling the world performing his music. Artists who appear in the film include Keith Richards, Robert Cray, Joe Perry, Lucinda Williams, B.B. King, Big Joe Williams, and Ace Atkins.[citation needed]
Edwards appeared in the 2007 film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
Awards and achievement
- 1996: Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame[1]
- 1998: Keeping the Blues Alive Award in literature for The World Don’t Owe Me Nothing
- 2002: National Endowment for the Arts, National Heritage Fellowship Award
- 2005: Acoustic Blues-Artist of the Year (26th W.C. Handy Blues Awards)
- 2007: Acoustic Artist of the Year (The Blues Music Awards)
- 2008: Grammy Award; Best Traditional Blues Album for Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas
- 2010: Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy; Mississippi Governor’s Awards For Excellence in the Arts
- 2010: Lifetime Achievement Award, National Guitar Museum
His albums White Windows, The World Don’t Owe Me Nothin’, Mississippi Delta Blues Man, and a recent album in which he appears with Robert Lockwood, Jr., Henry Townsend and Pinetop Perkins, Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas,[8] were all nominated for the W. C. Handy Award. The latter album also won a Grammy Award in 2008.
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Khamis Gaddafi, Libyan seventh son of Muammar Gaddafi, commander of the Khamis Brigade, died from airstrike he wast 28.
Khamis Gaddafi was the seventh and youngest son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and the military commander in charge of the Khamis Brigade of the Libyan Army. He was part of his father’s inner circle.[4]
During the Libyan civil war, Gaddafi was a major target for opposition forces
trying to overthrow his father. He was frequently rumored to have been
killed during the war, and now it is widely believed that he died on 29
August 2011 when the car he was traveling in, was destroyed by a NATO
helicopter or by a technical. On 15 October, the pro-Gaddafi TV station Arrai TV posted a message mourning his death on 29 August.[1]
(27 May 1983 – 29 August 2011)
Education and career
At the age of three, Khamis Gaddafi was injured in the 15 April 1986 United States bombing of Libya, suffering head injuries when the Bab al-Azizia military compound was attacked in retaliation for the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing.[5] He graduated from the military academy in Tripoli, receiving a bachelor’s degree in military arts and science, further graduating from the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow and the Academy of the General Staff Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2008, Gaddafi visited Algeria, where he was received by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.[3]
In April 2010, he began a masters degree at the IE Business School (formerly known as Instituto de Empresa), in Madrid.[3] However, he was expelled by the institution in March 2011 for “his links to the attacks against the Libyan population”.[6]
In early 2011, Gaddafi worked as an intern at AECOM Technology Corporation. According to Paul Gennaro, AECOM’s Senior Vice President for Global Communications, Gaddafi was touring the United States
in February 2011 as part of his internship, including visiting military
sites and landmarks. This trip was cut short on 17 February after the Libyan civil war
began, and Gaddafi returned to Libya. U.S. government officials later
denied any role in planning, advising or paying for the trip.[7]
Role in the Libyan civil war
After hurrying back to Libya to aid his father in the civil war, Khamis Gaddafi commanded the assault on Zawiya, leading the Khamis Brigade, a special forces brigade of the Libyan Armed Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.[8][9][10] The battle resulted in pro-Gaddafi forces retaking the city. He also assisted in suppressing anti-regime demonstrations in and around the capital Tripoli in late February-early March. His forces also took part in the Battle of Misrata. In June 2011, he was reported to be commanding pro-Gaddafi forces in Zliten
by a soldier captured from his brigade who also reported that Khamis
Gaddafi had told his troops to “take Misrata or I will kill you myself.
If you don’t take Misrata, we are finished.”[11]
Rumors of death
13 March 2011
On 20 March 2011, it was reported by the anti-Gaddafi Al Manara Media
that Khamis Gaddafi had died from injuries sustained when pilot
Muhammad Mokhtar Osman allegedly crashed his plane into Bab al-Azizia
a week earlier. This was not confirmed by any independent news source.
The crashing of the plane itself had also not been previously reported
or confirmed by any other independent media except Al Manara and the
Algerian Shuruk newspaper, which is closely connected to Al
Manara, and with it there is a possibility of the reports being part of
the propaganda operations by the opposition.[12][13]
The pro-Gaddafi Libyan government subsequently denied that he was killed on 21 March.[14] U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton
stated that she was aware of reports that one of Gaddafi’s sons had
been killed in non-coalition air strikes, after hearing them from “many
different sources”, but that the “evidence is not sufficient” for her to
confirm this.[15][16] On 25 March 2011, Al Arabiya television reported that a source had confirmed the death of Khamis Gaddafi,[17] though others including Al Jazeera continued to call it a rumour.[18]
On 29 March 2011, the Libyan government showed footage of what it
said was live footage of Khamis Gaddafi greeting supporters in Tripoli, in an attempt to refute the claims,[19] though it had used false live images before and these images were not verified.[20] On 9 June 2011, a captured pro-Gaddafi soldier in Misrata told the rebels that Khamis Gaddafi was alive in Zliten, and was leading the soldiers there.[11]
5 August 2011
On 5 August 2011, citing spies operating among the ranks of forces
loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, Mohammed Zawawi, a spokesman for the United
Revolutionary Forces, told the Agence France Press news agency that Khamis Gaddafi had been killed overnight, stating that “there was a aircraft attack by NATO on the Gaddafi operations room in Zliten and there are around 32 Gaddafi troops killed. One of them is Khamis.”[21]
This report was officially denied by Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim. “It’s false news. They invented the news about Mr. Khamis Gaddafi in Zliten to cover up their killing,” Ibrahim told Reuters in Tripoli. “This is a dirty trick to cover up their crime in Zliten and the killing of the al-Marabit family.”[22] NATO was also unable to confirm the reports of Khamis’s death.[23]
On 9 August, a man who appeared to be Khamis Gaddafi was on Libyan
state television speaking to a woman who had allegedly been severely
injured by a NATO airstrike.[24]
22 August 2011
On 22 August, Al Jazeera reported that the bodies of both Khamis Gaddafi and his father’s intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi may have been discovered.[25] However, a rebel commander later stated that he believed Khamis Gaddafi was in Bab al-Azizia.[26]
29 August 2011
On 29 August, it was reported that anti-Gaddafi fighters 60 km south of Tripoli claimed that a NATO Apache helicopter had fired on Khamis Gaddafi’s Toyota Land Cruiser,
destroying the vehicle. A man who claimed to be Khamis Gaddafi’s
bodyguard said he had been killed. No visual confirmation was
immediately available.[27] Two days later The Guardian interviewed a former guard being held captive in Tarhuna. His personal guard, Abdul Salam Taher Fagri, a 17 year old from Sabha, recruited in Tripoli, later confirmed that Khamis Gaddafi was indeed killed in this attack.[2]
He told the newspaper “I was in the truck behind him…when his car was
hit. He was burned.” Three other guards being held in separate cells
apparently gave similar accounts, leading their captors to believe the
accounts of all four to be credible.[28] Some accounts of the attack that reportedly killed Gaddafi suggested fire from a technical, rather than a helicopter, destroyed his vehicle.[2]
On 30 August, the pro-Gaddafi Libyan state television denied that he was dead. The National Transitional Council claimed on 4 September that it was now certain Khamis Gaddafi was dead and had been buried near Bani Walid.[29] Mid-September, a report stated that Gaddafi was in Bani Walid, but had left the city and his men to their fate.[30] However, the International Business Times reported on 15 September that Khamis Gaddafi was still presumed dead.[31] On 15 October, the pro-Gaddafi TV station Arrai TV posted a message mourning his death on 29 August.
Survival rumours
At least one report published after the capture of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi asserted that the older Gaddafi told interrogators that Khamis Gaddafi was still alive and may be hiding in Tarhuna, but this has not been confirmed by other accounts.[1][32] On 25 February 2012, Stratfor reported the capture of Khamis Gaddafi by fighters from Zintan.[33] This was denied by the NTC.[34] In April 2012, New York Times
journalist Robert Worth met with former Tripoli Yarmouk prison captor
Marwan Gdoura, who confessed that after execution of around 100
prisoners he fled from the city with remaining 200 loyalist under
command of Khamis Gaddafi, which he saw killed in gunbattle. Afterwards,
he witnessed his older brother Saif al-Islam Gaddafi receiving condolences in Bani Walid.[35]
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Mark John Ovendale English football goalkeeper, died he was 38
Mark John Ovendale was an English football goalkeeper died he was 38.
Playing career
Ovendale was born in Leicester and began his career with local village team Leverington before joining Wisbech Town. He moved to Northampton Town, playing six league games in the 1994-95 season. He joined Welsh champions Barry Town in August 1997 and after a successful first season, joined Bournemouth for a fee of £30,000 in July 1998.
He quickly became the first choice in the Bournemouth goal, making
his Cherries’ debut on the opening day of the 1998-99 season, a 2-0 win
at home to Lincoln City. He remained a regular over the next two seasons before a £425,000 move took him to Luton Town in August 2000.
Luton manager Ricky Hill
installed Ovendale as his first choice goalkeeper, but he struggled to
make an impact and spent the season in and out of the side, with former
first choice Nathan Abbey
replacing him on a number of occasions. With Abbey released and Luton
relegated at the end of the season, Ovendale found himself as second
choice goalkeeper, following the signing of Carl Emberson.
He appeared only sporadically over the next two seasons and was
released in 2003. In late July that year he resigned for Barry Town, but
just two weeks later joined York City. York were relegated to the Conference at the end of the season and Ovendale was one of a number of players released.
He signed for non-league Tiverton Town in the summer of 2004, where he remained until May 2006 when he joined Welsh side Carmarthen Town. He played for Carmarthen in the Inter-Toto Cup against Finnish side Tampere United, but left in July 2006 to join Newport County, signing as a replacement for the injured Tony Pennock. He was forced to retire from playing in June 2007 due to a hip injury.
Coaching career
Mark joined Wimborne Town in a coaching role in August 2008 but made a few appearances in goal for the club during the 2008-09 season.
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David P. Reynolds, American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse breeder, died he was 96
David P. Reynolds was Chairman emeritus of Reynolds Metals Co. and an owner/breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses died he was 96.. He is the son of Richard S. Reynolds, Sr. (1881–1955) who founded Reynolds Metals in Louisville, Kentucky.
(June 16, 1915 – August 29, 2011)
Born in Bristol, Tennessee, Reynolds received his high school education at Lawrenceville School, where he captained the prep school’s football team. He went on to graduate from Princeton University and would join the family business where he worked for more than fifty years. He followed his brother Richard S. Reynolds, Jr. as president, becoming the last member of his family to head the Richmond, Virginia-based company. In 1986, at age seventy, he stepped down as president but remained Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Thoroughbred horse racing
Reynolds became interested in Thoroughbred horse racing and notably owned and bred sprint horse Lord Carson, a multiple stakes race winner who equaled the track record for 6 furlongs at both Churchill Downs and Turfway Park. However, his most famous horse was Tabasco Cat, owned and bred in partnership with Overbrook Farm. In 1994, the colt won two of the three U.S. Triple Crown races, capturing the Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
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Abdullah Senussi, Libyan brother-in-law of Muammar Gaddafi, died from airstrike he was 61/62.
Abdullah Senussi is a Libyan national who was the intelligence chief and brother-in-law of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi died from airstrike he was 61/62.. He was married to Gaddafi’s sister-in-law.
December 5, 1949- August 29, 2012
Scottish police officers plan to interview him in connection with the Lockerbie bombing, raising the prospect of a second Lockerbie trial.[2]
According to The Guardian he had a reputation for brutality
since the 1970s. During the 1980s he was head of internal security in
Libya, at a time when many opponents of Gaddafi were killed. Later, he
had been described as the head of military intelligence, but it is
unclear whether he actually held an official rank. In 1999 he was
convicted in absentia in France for his role in a 1989 bombing
of a passenger plane flying over Niger that resulted in the deaths of
170 people. Libyans believe he was responsible for massacring 1,200
prisoners at the Abu Salim jail in 1996. He was also thought to have been behind an alleged plot in 2003 to assassinate Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.[1]
US embassy cables described him as being a confidant of Gaddafi who makes “many of his medical arrangements”. During the 2011 Libyan civil war, he was blamed for orchestrating killings in the city of Benghazi and recruiting foreign mercenaries. He was believed to have extensive business interests in Libya.[1]
On 1 March 2011, Libya’s Quryna newspaper reported that Gaddafi sacked him.[3]
On 16 May 2011, the International Criminal Court prosecutor announced that he is seeking an arrest warrant for Abdullah Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity.[4]
On 21 July 2011, Libyan opposition sources claimed that Senussi had
been killed in an attack by armed rebels in Tripoli; however, a few
hours later the same sources recanted on their earlier claim and some
even said he might have just been injured.[5]
On 30 August 2011, there were reports that both Senussi’s son, Mohammed Abdullah al-Senussi,[6] and Muammar Gaddafi‘s son, Khamis, were killed during clashes with NATO and NTC forces in Tarhuna.[7] In October, Arrai Televison, a pro-Gaddafi network in Syria confirmed that Mohammed Senussi and Khamis Gaddafi had been killed on 29 August.[8] On 20 October, Niger foreign minister Mohammad Bazoum told Reuters that he had fled to Niger.[9]
However, a Libyan fighter later told the Guardian that the rebels had
the possession of three other men who were in Gaddafi’s convoy when he
was killed and that he believed one them was Senussi.[10] The other two were identified as Gaddafi’s slain son Mutassim and one of his military commanders Mansour Dhao,[10] who was still alive and confirmed his identity, as well as details of Gaddafi’s death,[10] to Human Rights Watch while in the hospital;[10] Dhao was earlier thought to have fled to Niger.[10]
However, later reports surfaced that Senussi from his hideout in Niger was helping Saif al-Islam Gaddafi escape from Libya.[11] Senussi was reportedly captured on 20 November near the city of Sabha. It was afterwards reported that he would be taken to Tripoli to stand trial for charges of crimes against humanity, according to the National Transitional Council.[12] However, ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo doubted Senussi was captured.[13] Libyan defense minister Osama Jweli also stated that there was no evidence Senussi had been captured.[14] On 4 December 2011, Abdullah Nakir, a Libyan official, told Al Arabiya that Senussi was arrested and was being questioned about a secret nuclear facility Gaddafi was operating,[15] but admitted that the Libyan government was unable to produce any photographs of him in custody.[15]
On 17 March 2012, news reports stated that Senussi had been arrested at Nouakchott airport in Mauritania.[16][17] The Libyan government is reported as having requested his extradition to Libya.[18]
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Junpei Takiguchi, Japanese voice actor and narrator (Dragon Ball, Yatterman, Mazinger Z), died from stomach cancer he was 80.
Kōhei Takiguchi , better known by the stage name Junpei Takiguchi , was a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Chiba Prefecture.
( April 17, 1931 – August 29, 2011)
Besides his many narration and dubbing roles, he was also known for his roles in Time Bokan (as Pera), Yatterman (as Dokurobei), Mazinger Z (as Count Brocken), Tekkaman: The Space Knight (as Ranbos), Yuusha Raideen (as Barao), and for his narration roles in Burari Tochūgesha no Tabi and Pittankokan Kan. Takiguchi died at 7:33am JST on August 29, 2011, aged 80, from stomach cancer.
Voice roles
Television animation
- .hack//Roots (Phyllo)[2]
- Alcatraz Connection (Yellow)
- Alice SOS (M1)
- Astro Boy (Mister Daring)
- Brave Raideen (Barao)
- Burn, Zantetsuken! (Chin Chin Chou)
- Cyborg 009 (Doctor Kozumi)
- D.Gray-man (The Millennium Earl)
- Dragon Ball (Uranai Baba)
- Dragon Ball Z (Uranai Baba, Grand Elder, Porunga)
- Dragon Ball Z Kai (Grand Elder)
- Huckleberry Hound (Huckleberry Hound)
- Karin (Narration)
- Kirarin Revolution (Mister Danchō)
- Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (God)
- Mahōjin Guru Guru (Monburan)
- Mazinger Z (Count Brocken)
- Metal Armor Dragonar (Major Hydelnecken)
- Minami no Niji no Lucy (Pettywell)
- Montana Jones (Professor Nitro)
- One Piece (Admiral Nelson)
- Quick Draw McGraw (Quick Draw McGraw)
- Police Academy: The Animated Series (Lockjaw, Chef)
- The Simpsons (Abraham “Grandpa” Simpson)
- Soreike! Anpanman (Santa Claus)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (BS2 edition) (Krang)
- Tekkaman: The Space Knight (Rambos)
- Time Bokan (Perasuke)
- Tokimeki Tonight (Tamasaburo Kamiya)
- Tottoko Hamutarō (Grandpa Maki)
- UFO Baby (Professor Vincent)
- The Ultraman (Pig)
- Urusei Yatsura (Red Mantle)
- Vicky the Viking (Sunōre)
- We Know You, Moonlight Mask-kun! (Satan’s Claw)
- Yatterman (Dokurobe)
OVA
- Dirty Pair (Mazohho)
- Slayers Gorgeous (Gaizno)
- Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (Doctor Eggman)
Theater animation
- Alice in Wonderland (TBS edition) (Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee)
- The Incredibles (Ollie Johnston)
- Robin Hood (Sheriff)
- Lady and the Tramp (Trusty)
- The Simpsons Movie (Abraham “Grandpa” Simpson)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Happy)
- The Aristocats (Peppo the Italian Cat)
Video games
- Crash Team Racing (Nitros Oxide)
- Dragon Ball Z 3 (Grand Elder, Uranai Baba)
- Dragon Ball Z Infinite World (Porunga)
- Dragon Ball Z Sparking! (Porunga)
- Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteo (Porunga)
- Dragon Ball Z Sparking! Neo (Uranai Baba, Porunga)
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (Happy)
Dubbing roles
- Batman (The Joker)
- Cowboy G-Men (Pat Gallagher, Stoney Crockett, Zerbo and All Male and Female Characters)
- Goldfinger (Nippon TV edition) (Auric Goldfinger)
- Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov)
- I Love Lucy (Frederick ‘Fred’ Hobart Mertz)
- Jingle All the Way (Fuji TV edition) (Officer Alexander Hummell)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (Nippon TV edition) (Benny Chan)
- Live and Let Die (Sheriff J.W. Pepper)
- The Man with the Golden Gun (Sheriff J.W. Pepper)
- Mary Poppins (DVD edition) (Uncle Albert)
- Melody (Mister Perkins)
- The Muppet Show (The Swedish Chef)
- Son of the Mask (TBS edition) (Doctor Arthur Neuman)
- Spartacus (DVD edition) (Gracchus)
- Song of the South 2 (Br’er Owl)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Dexter Jettster)
- The Wizard of Oz (Video and DVD edition) (Professor Marvel, The Doorman, The Cabby, The Guard, The Wizard of Oz)
Other
- Splash Mountain (Brer Owl)
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Billy Drake, British fighter pilot, died he was 93.
Group Captain Billy Drake DSO, DFC & Bar was a British air ace died he was 93..
(20 December 1917 – 28 August 2011)
He scored 20 enemy aircraft confirmed destroyed, six probable and nine damaged with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.[1] Drake flew Hawker Hurricanes, Supermarine Spitfires and Curtiss P-40s (Tomahawks/Kittyhawks), with squadrons based in France, England, West Africa, North Africa and Malta. He was the top-scoring RAF P-40 pilot and the second-highest-scoring British Commonwealth P-40 pilot, behind Clive Caldwell.[1]
Drake was born in London, to an Australian mother and a British father. He was educated in Switzerland.
Career
Drake joined the RAF on a Short Service Commission in July 1936. He joined No. 1 Squadron at RAF Tangmere in May 1937, flying the Hawker Fury before converting to the Hawker Hurricane.
Following the outbreak of war, the squadron was sent to France. On 20 April 1940, during the Battle of France, Drake scored his first kill, a Messerschmitt Bf 109. Subsequent victories over France included a Dornier Do 17 and Heinkel He 111. While attacking another Dornier, Drake was shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 110 and wounded with shell splinters in the back, ending his participation in the campaign.
On 20 June 1940, Drake was posted as a flying instructor to No. 6 Operational Training Unit, at RAF Sutton Bridge. He returned to operational duty, with No. 213 Squadron RAF, on 2 October 1940 at RAF Tangmere. Three weeks later, he was appointed commander of No. 421 Flight (later part of No. 91 Squadron RAF)
on Spitfires, flying specialised low-level reconnaissance patrols over
the Channel and the French coast. He claimed a further two kills and two
probables (all Do 17s and Ju 88s). Drake was awarded the DFC on 7
January 1941.
He then returned to instruction duties in early 1941, with No. 53 Operational Training Unit, at RAF Heston and as Chief Flying Instructor at RAF Llandow until September 1941.
In December 1941, Drake was posted to West Africa to form and command No. 128 Squadron RAF at Hastings, Sierra Leone, flying Mark II Hurricanes. Soon afterwards, he shot down a Vichy French Glenn Martin 167F bomber, near Freetown.
In April 1942, Drake was posted to Air HQ Middle East, and at the end of May he succeeded Caldwell as commander of No. 112 Squadron, flying P-40s, from RAF Gambut, Egypt. On 1 September 1942, a day in which the Desert Air Force suffered heavy losses, Drake shot down two Junkers Ju 87s.[2]
Drake was awarded a Bar to the DFC on 28 July 1942 and the Distinguished Service Order on 4 December 1942. He scored 13 aerial victories in P-40s.
After being promoted to Wing Commander in January 1943, Drake briefly assumed a staff job in Cairo, before becoming commander of the Krendi Wing at RAF Krendi on Malta, flying Spitfires. In July 1943, he made his last claim of the war, a Macchi MC.202 of 4 Stormo, Regia Aeronautica, over Sicily.
In November 1943, Drake returned to England and commanded No. 20 Wing RAF, operating Hawker Typhoons with the Second Tactical Air Force. He was later sent on liaison duties to Fort Leavenworth in the United States. On 22 October 1943, he was awarded the American Distinguished Flying Cross. Drake later served as deputy station commander at RAF Biggin Hill, and finished the war as a staff officer at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.
He later served as a staff officer and air attaché at British embassies, retiring from the RAF as a Group Captain, on 1 July 1963.
Upon retirement, Drake spent 20 years in the Algarve coastal area of Portugal,
where he managed properties and ran a bar. In recent years, he lived in
Teignmouth, Devon. He was twice married and is survived by two sons
from his first marriage.
He was credited with 24.5 aerial kills — another pilot was given half
of one kill — and he reportedly destroyed a dozen more enemy planes
parked on the ground
He died on 28 August 2011.
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Bernie Gallacher, British footballer (Aston Villa), died he was 44
Bernard “Bernie” Gallacher was a professional footballer who played predominantly at left-back died he was 44..
(22 March 1967 – 28 August 2011)
Born in Johnstone, Scotland, Gallacher joined Aston Villa
as a 16-year-old apprentice on leaving school in 1983. He progressed
through youth levels, signing a professional contract in March 1985,
before making his first team debut on the final day of the 1986-87 season against Manchester United, at the end of a season where Villa were relegated from the First Division.
Gallacher appeared in all but one of Aston Villa’s 44 Second Division games the following season as Villa gained promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt as Second Division runners-up. His final game for the club was against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in November 1990. In all he made 57 league appearances for Villa.[1]
Gallagher spent a loan spell at Blackburn before joining Doncaster Rovers and then Brighton. In 1994 his career was ended by injury at the age of 27 following a short term as a non-contract player with Northampton Town.
Death
Gallacher died in Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, England on 28 August 2011, aged 44.[2]
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Bruno Gamberini, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Campinas (since 2004), died he was 61
Bruno Gamberini was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas, Brazil died he was 61..
(July 16, 1950 – August 28, 2011)
Born in Matão, São Paulo,
and ordained to the priesthood in 1974, Gamberini became a bishop in
1995 and in 2004 was appointed archbishop of the Campinas Archdiocese.[1]
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Len Ganley, Northern Irish snooker referee, died died he was 68.
Len Ganley was a Northern Irish snooker referee died died he was 68..
(27 April 1943 – 28 August 2011)
He visited England in 1971 to spend a ten-day holiday with his sister in Burton-upon-Trent, and remained in England.
Born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, he became a full-time referee after working as a milkman and bus driver when he first arrived in Burton-on-Trent.[1]
He played snooker when he lived in Northern Ireland and won various
local titles in Britain and Ireland. His highest break was 136.
He refereed four World Snooker Championship finals between 1983 and 1993, including 1990 when Stephen Hendry became the youngest World Champion. Another career highlight was the 1983 UK Snooker Championship final between Alex Higgins and Steve Davis.[2] Another famous match he refereed in his later career was Ronnie O’Sullivan‘s fastest 147 v. Mick Price in the 1997 World Championship first round.
Although a non-drinker, Ganley also appeared in a Carling Black Label beer advert on TV in the early 1980s, in which he crushed a snooker ball with his gloved hand in a match between Terry Griffiths and John Spencer, after Spencer had knocked the ball off the table.[1]
Ganley was featured in the Half Man Half Biscuit song “The Len Ganley Stance”.[2] He retired in 1999 and suffered a heart attack in 2002.[3] His son Mike Ganley is the WPBSA Tournament Director.[4]
Ganley, who suffered from diabetes, died on 28 August 2011, aged 68.[5][6] His family requested that people donated to the Paul Hunter Foundation rather than sending flowers.[5]
Steve Davis said: “Len did a very good job of being a referee and a
personality at the same time. A referee is supposed to be unseen and he
liked the limelight, but he still managed to do the job properly. He was
a great character off the table, but in the arena he was an excellent
referee. He knew the game as a player, having made century breaks
himself, so when he was in charge of your match it was nice to know how
well he understood the game.”[5].
He is credited with inventing the device that marks the position of the
cue ball while it is removed by the referee for cleaning.
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George Green, American songwriter (“Hurts So Good”, “Crumblin’ Down”), died from lung cancer he was 59.
George Michael Green was an American songwriter died from lung cancer he was 59.. His compositions included the Top 10 Billboard hits “Crumblin’ Down” and “Hurts So Good” (the latter of which was an RPM No. 1 hit in Canada), as well as another Canadian No. 1 hit in “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First).”
(January 28, 1952 – August 28, 2011)
Green was John Mellencamp‘s long-time writing partner; he was a classmate and childhood friend of Mellencamp’s from Seymour, Indiana.[1] In 1985, Green’s wife appeared in the video for Mellencamp’s Top 10 hit “Lonely Ol’ Night“.[1] In addition to writing with Mellencamp, Green also wrote songs recorded by Barbra Streisand, Hall & Oates, Jude Cole, Vanessa Williams, Percy Sledge, and The Oak Ridge Boys among others.[2] Green died on August 28, 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 59 after suffering from a rapid-forming small cell lung cancer.[3]
Credits
Green’s songwriting credits with Mellencamp include:
- “Dream Killing Town” and “Sad Lady” from Chestnut Street Incident (1976)[4]
- “Hurts So Good” (#2 Billboard hit)[5] and “Thundering Hearts” from American Fool (1982)[6]
- “Crumblin’ Down” (#9 Billboard hit)[5] and “Warmer Place to Sleep” from Uh-Huh (1983)[7]
- “Rain on the Scarecrow” (#21 Billboard hit)[5] and “Minutes to Memories” from Scarecrow (1985)[8]
- “Empty Hands” from The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)[9]
- “Human Wheels” from Human Wheels (1993)
- “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” (#14 Billboard hit)[5] from Mr. Happy Go Lucky (1996)[10]
- “Your Life Is Now” from John Mellencamp (1998)
- “The Grand Blvd.” from “Blue Night” by Percy Sledge (1994) co-written written with Carla Olson
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Leonard Harris, American actor, arts and theater critic (WCBS-TV), died from complications of pneumonia he was 81
Leonard Harris was an American critic, author, and actor.
(September 27, 1929 – August 28, 2011)
He played Senator Charles Palantine in the Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver and the mayor in Hero at Large.Harris began his career as a print journalist; he spent several years as the arts and entertainment critic for WCBS-TV in New York City. He had three novels published and worked as a television writer later in his career. He served on the Tony Award Nominating Committee in the later 1980s and early 1990s.
In Taxi Driver, Harris played Senator Charles Palantine, the link between anti-hero Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) and Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), the woman Travis is obsessed with who works on the Charles Palantine political campaign. Throughout the film, Palantine’s picture can be seen all over New York City.
He died on August 28, 2011 in Hartford, Connecticut, aged 81, from complications of pneumonia.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Senator Charles Palantine | |
| 1980 | Hero at Large | Mayor |
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Leonidas Kyrkos, Greek politician, died after short illness he was 87.
Leonidas Kyrkos was a Greek leftist politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament and the European Parliament.
(12 October 1924 – 28 August 2011)
Life
Leonidas Kyrkos was born in Irakleio, Crete, to Michail Kyrkos, who, along with Ioannis Pasalidis, formed the United Democratic Left in 1951.[1] Kyrkos was elected MP to the Greek Parliament in the elections of 1961, 1963 and 1964.[1] On 21 April 1967, during the coup d’état that installed the military junta, he was arrested and remained imprisoned for five years.[1] After the restoration of democracy in 1974, he was elected MP in 1974 and 1977, and MEP in 1981 and 1984
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Dmitri Royster, American hierarch (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop of the Diocese of the South (1978–2009), died he was 87
Archbishop Dmitri was a hierarch of the Orthodox Church in America died he was 87.. He served as archbishop of the church’s Diocese of the South from 1978 to 2009 and was the ruling bishop of the Mexican Exarchate from 1972 to 2008. The territory of the diocese covered fourteen states in the United States – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
(November 2, 1923 – August 28, 2011)
Archbishop Dmitri was born as Robert Royster in Teague, Texas on November 2, 1923 and was raised as a Southern Baptist, converting to Orthodoxy in 1941.
Priesthood and episcopacy
He entered North Texas State University but left in 1943 to join the Army. While in the Army he served as a Japanese language interpreter on the staff of General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines and Japan.
After leaving the Army he resumed his studies, eventually becoming a Spanish language instructor at Southern Methodist University. He received his Master of Arts in Spanish and became a Spanish literature professor.[1]
In 1954, Royster was ordained to the priesthood, and served as the rector of St. Seraphim Orthodox Church in Dallas from then until 1969.[1] On June 29, 1969, he was consecrated as Bishop of Berkeley (the Diocese of San Francisco and the West), making him the first Orthodox convert to be consecrated in America.[citation needed] In 1970, Bishop Dmitri was assigned as Bishop of Washington, auxiliary bishop to Metropolitan Ireney (Bekish). On October 19, 1971, Bishop Dmitri was elected Bishop of Hartford and New England.
In 1978, Bishop Dmitri became the first ruling bishop of the newly
created Diocese of the South. He was elevated to the rank of archbishop
in 1993. Being a senior bishop in his church, Dmitri was the locum tenens of the Metropolitan’s see and temporary head of the OCA from September 4, 2008 until the election of a new primate, Metropolitan Jonah
on November 12, 2008. On March 31, 2009 the then 85-year old archbishop
was granted retirement from active pastoral duties by the Holy Synod of
the OCA.
Death
Archbishop Dmitri died in Dallas on August 28, 2011, on the Julian calendar feast of the Dormition, which was his favorite feast day.
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Tony Sale, British computer scientist, died he was 80.
Anthony Edgar “Tony” Sale, was an electronic engineer, computer
programmer, computer hardware engineer, and historian of computing died he was 80..
(30 January 1931 – 28 August 2011)
He
led the construction of a Colossus computer replica at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park in England, completed in 2007.
Life
He was educated at Dulwich College in south London,[3] During his adolescence he built George the robot out of Meccano, and continued working on it until it reached a fourth version in 1949, when it was given much media coverage.[4][5] Sale joined the Royal Air Force in 1949, serving until 1952. During his three years in the RAF, Sale gained his commission and reached the rank of Flying Officer. He was an instructor at RAF Officers Radar School at RAF Debden.[5] Sale worked as an engineer for MI5 under Peter Wright in the 1950s.[3]
Sale worked with Marconi Research Laboratories, was Technical Director of the British Computer Society and managed the Computer Restoration Project at the Science Museum.[6]
After becoming interested in computers, he joined the British Computer Society
(BCS) in 1965 as Associate Member, being elected to Member in 1967,
Fellow in 1988 and Honorary Fellow in 1996.He was elected to the Council
of the BCS for the period 1967–70. In 1965, was a founder member of the
Bedfordshire branch of the BCS and was named Chairman in 1979.[6]
In 1989, Sale was appointed a senior curator at the Science Museum in London and worked with Doron Swade to restore some of the museum’s computer holdings.[3] He was part of the group that started the Computer Conservation Society in 1989 and was associated with the Bletchley Park Trust from 1992 onwards.[7] In 1991, he joined the campaign to save Bletchley Park from housing development.
In 1992, he was Secretary to the newly formed Bletchley Park Trust, later unpaid Museums Director in 1994.[6] In 1993 he started the Colossus Rebuild Project, inaugurated in 1994,[8] to rebuild the Colossus computer developed at Dollis Hill in 1943.
As a result of his Colossus rebuild work, he was awarded the Comdex IT Personality of the Year for 1997.[9] He also received the 2000 Royal Scottish Society of Arts Silver Medal.[10]
Sale lectured on wartime code breaking in the UK, Europe and the US. He was technical adviser for the 2001 film Enigma.[11]
Sale’s Web site, http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk is a source of
information on aspects of World War II code breaking whilst his booklet Colossus 1943–1996[12] describes the breaking of the German Lorenz cipher and his rebuild of the Colossus computer.
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Eve Brent, American actress (The Green Mile). died from natural causes she was 82.
Eve Brent was a Saturn Award-winning American actress died from natural causes she was 82.. She was often billed as Jean Lewis.
(September 11, 1929 – August 27, 2011)
Born as Jean Ann Ewers in Houston, Texas in 1929, and raised in Fort Worth, she appeared on radio and television (guest-starring roles and hundreds of commercials), in movies and on the theater stage.[2]
Some of her early film work includes roles in Gun Girls (1956), Journey to Freedom (1957) and Forty Guns (1957).[2] She became the twelfth actress to play Jane when she appeared opposite Gordon Scott‘s Tarzan in the film Tarzan’s Fight for Life, (1958). She also played the role in Tarzan and the Trappers 1958, three episodes filmed as a pilot for a proposed Tarzan television series.[2] She also appeared in the “Girl on the Road” episode of The Veil, a short 1958 Boris Karloff TV series that was never aired.
In 1980 she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Fade to Black. Her best-known recent work in films was in The Green Mile, 1999.[2] She continued to work in episodic television, and made a guest appearance in 2006 on an episode of Scrubs, and in 2010 on an episode of Community.
Death
Michael Ashe, her fifth husband[2] died on July 31, 2008. Eve Brent died from natural causes on August 27, 2011, aged 81.[3]
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