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Legionella got its name after a 1976  outbreak of a then-unknown "mystery disease" sickened. 221 people were infected, with 34 deaths. The outbreak was first noticed among people attending a convention of the American Legion—an association of U.S. military veterans.

On January 18, 1977, the cause was identified as a previously unknown bacterium later named Legionella.

Legionnaire's disease and Pontiac fever
Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia—lung inflammation usually caused by infection. Legionnaires' disease is caused by a bacterium known as Legionella.

People can't catch Legionnaires' disease from person-to-person contact. Instead, most people get Legionnaires' disease from inhaling the bacteria. Older adults, smokers and people with weakened immune systems are particularly susceptible to Legionnaires' disease.
The Legionella bacterium also causes Pontiac fever, a milder illness resembling the flu. Separately or together, the two illnesses are sometimes called legionellosis. Pontiac fever usually clears on its own, but untreated Legionnaires' disease can be fatal. Although prompt treatment with antibiotics usually cures Legionnaires' disease, some people continue to experience problems after treatment.

Disinfectants help people to avoid catching it.

References 

Gram-negative bacteria
A vehicle frame, is the main structural element of a motor vehicle. All other components are connected to the frame.  Another term for this design is body-on-frame construction. A vehicle's frame is part of the chassis.

The first motor vehicles were almost all built on a frame.  Since then, nearly all cars have changed to unibody construction (see below). The last UK mass-produced car with a chassis was the Triumph Herald, which was discontinued in 1971.  By contrast, today nearly all trucks and buses still use chassis frames.

Types

Ladder Frame 
Named because it resembles a ladder, the ladder frame is the simplest and oldest of all designs. It has two rails, or beams, and crossmembers connecting them. Most manufacturers stopped using them on cars around the 1940s. They are now seen mainly on trucks.
Unibody
In a unibody (also unit body) design, the sheet metal of the body is also the frame. It may use subframes in certain areas. Unibody designs first appeared in the 1930s on some Citroën automobiles. Many modern vehicles use unibody construction including cars, minivans and crossovers. A few SUVs use unibody construction. An example is the Dodge Durango.

References 

Auto parts
Hedesunda is a locality in Gävle Municipality in Gävleborg County in Sweden. In 2010, 1,028 people lived there.

References 

Settlements in Gavleborg County
Pedal steels may have one or two "necks" that typically have 10 strings each. Some may have as many as 14. Unlike most other guitars, pedal steel guitars have reference lines on the fretboard. This is where frets would be, but there are no actual frets. The player changes the pitch of one or more strings by sliding a steel from one position to another while plucking the strings. Pedal steels are typically plucked with a thumb pick and fingers, or two or three fingerpicks. The pedals are mounted on a cross bar below the body. The action of the pedals may be fixed or changed by the player to select which strings the pedals affects. While there are some fairly standard pedal assignments, many advanced players devise their own setups, called copedents. The pedal steel evolved from the console steel guitar and lap steel guitar. 

The pedal steel, with its smooth portamenti, bending chords and complex riffs, is one of the most easily recognized instruments of American country music.

References 

Guitars
Dimitar Iliev Popov () (26 June 1927 in Kula – 5 December 2015) was a leading Bulgarian judge and politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the country not to be a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party since 1946.

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1927 births
2015 deaths
Judges
Prime Ministers of Bulgaria
Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (18 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was a racing cyclist from the Netherlands. He was born in Velsen. He was active between 1947 and 1960. He won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. He died in Heemskerk.

He was the elder brother of Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting.

1923 births
2015 deaths
Dutch cyclists
Dutch Olympic silver medalists
Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from North Holland
Tour de France cyclists
The Palais Bourbon is a large building in Paris. It is on the left bank of the River Seine. Today it is the home of the French National Assembly. It was originally built by Louise Françoise de Bourbon as a large townhouse for her own personal use. It was later the main Parisian residence of the Princes of Condé.

History 

Building began in 1722 under the direction of several prominent architects of the day. It was inspired by the "Grand Trianon" in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles. It was built near the Hôtel de Lassay, which was the townhouse of the Marquis of Lassay. He was a nobleman the duchess had began having an affair with some years prior. The two buildings were connected by a corridor. 

During the French Revolution the property was seized as a bien national or property of the nation.

References
Le Palais Bourbon

Palaces in Paris
Reema Abdo (born May 19, 1963) is a Canadian retired swimmer. She was a backstroke swimmer.

Abdo competed for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was able to win a bronze medal for Canada. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay with Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, and Pamela Rai.

She was born in Aden in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. In 1976, Abdo and her family moved to Trenton, Ontario. She would then join the Trenton Dolphin Swim Club. She debuted with the Canadian national swimming team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. There she was able to reach the final of the 200 metre backstroke event, but she did not win a medal. After she retired, she became a constable for the Ontario Provincial Police.

She was inducted into the Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame in 1997.

References

Other websites
 Canadian Olympic team profile
1963 births
Canadian Olympic bronze medalists
Canadian swimmers
Living people
Sportspeople from Ontario
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Naturalized citizens of Canada
Yemeni people
Alexander Vraciu (November 2, 1918 – January 29, 2015) was a United States Navy fighter ace. He was a Medal of Honor nominee. He served during World War II. He once shot down six Japanese dive bombers in eight minutes. Vraciu was born in East Chicago, Indiana.

Vraciu died on January 29, 2015 in his sleep at the age of 96 at his home in Danville, Illinois.

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1918 births
2015 deaths
Military people from Indiana
People from East Chicago, Indiana
Israel Yinon (11 January 1956 – 29 January 2015) was an Israeli conductor. He was known for reviving works of forgotten German composers who were forbidden under Adolf Hitler.

Yinon died after collapsing onstage at a youth concert at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland. He was 59 years old. His cause of death is currently unknown.

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1956 births
2015 deaths
Israeli conductors
Jewish Israeli musicians
Pamela Leila Rai (born March 29, 1966) is a Canadian retired swimmer. She was a freestyle and butterfly swimmer. 

Rai competed for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was able to win a bronze medal for Canada. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay with Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, and Reema Abdo. She also won a silver medal for Canada at the 1983 Pan American Games in the 4x100 m medley.

In 1984, Rai attended the University of Victoria. While there, Rai set five national university records and was named the 1985 Canadian University Swimmer of the Year. She retired in 1986 to finish her schooling.

She was inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, University of Victoria Vikes Hall of Fame in 2005, and the British Columbia Swimming Hall of Fame on October 3, 1998.

References

Other websites
Canadian Olympic team profile

1966 births
Canadian Olympic bronze medalists
Canadian swimmers
Living people
Sportspeople from British Columbia
The Duck family is a fictional family of cartoon ducks. They are related to Disney character Donald Duck.

Ancestors
In the comic story "The Family Tree Spree" (1962), Donald discovers that he has only two notable ancestors. One is Columbust Duck, who tried to prove the Flat Earth model. The other is Deadeye Duck, a stagecoach robber. If Columbust lived at the same time as Christopher Columbus, he would be Donald's oldest known relative on his father's side. On his mother's side, Donald's earliest known relative lived in the second millennium BC.

Pintail Duck was a 16th-century Duck relative. He was the first early ancestor to appear in person.

Asa Duck was the great-great-great uncle of Grandma Duck.

First generation

Humperdink Duck is the earliest known modern Duck family member. He is the husband of Elvira Coot, known as "Grandma Duck". He is Donald's grandfather.

Elvira "Grandma" Duck (née Coot) is Donald's grandmother. She is the Duck family matriarch. In most stories, she is called "Grandma Duck".
Second generation

Quackmore Duck (born 1875) is the father of Donald Duck. His parents are Humperdink and Elvira "Grandma" Duck.

Hortense Duck (née McDuck; born 1876) is the wife of Quackmore Duck and Donald's mother. She was born in Scotland and is the youngest sister of Scrooge McDuck.

Daphne Gander (née Duck) is Donald's aunt. She is the mother of Gladstone Gander.

Eider Duck is Donald's uncle.

Lulubelle Duck (née Loon) is the wife of Eider Duck. She is the mother of Abner and Fethry Duck.

Upsy Duck is Donald's uncle from the 1965 story "Mastering The Matterhorn", illustrated by Tony Strobl.

Sheriff Dan Duck (aka Cousin Dan) is an old cousin of Donald. He is the sheriff of a Western town called Bent Spur Gulch.

Third generation

Donald Duck (born 1920) is the most well-known member of the family. He is the son of Quackmore and Hortense Duck. His girlfriend is Daisy Duck.

Della Duck is the mother of Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

Fethry Duck was Donald's cousin.
Whitewater Duck was only in the story "Log Jockey", published in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #267 on December, 1962. According to that story, he is a distant cousin of Donald, and works as a lumberjack in the woods.

Dudly D. Duck is a cousin of Donald. He appears in the comic story "Why All the Crabby Ducks?".

Nancy Duck is a female cousin of Donald.

Fourth generation

Huebert "Huey", Deuteronomy "Dewey", and Louis "Louie" Duck are Donald's three nephews. They are the identical triplet sons of Della Duck and an unnamed father.

Dugan Duck is Fethry Duck's nephew.

Coot kin
The Coot family (usually called the Coot Kin in stories) are the relatives of Grandma Duck. They and the Clan McDuck make up the third major branch of Donald's family tree. The name "Coot" was used by several comic authors including Carl Barks. Don Rosa was the first to show their relationship to Donald. The members of the family are shown as white Pekin ducks like Donald, although real-life coots are typically black.
Cornelius Coot (1790–1880) founded Duckburg.

Clinton Coot (1830-1910) was first mentioned in Uncle Scrooge Adventures #27 in the story "Guardians of the Lost Library", first published in July 1994. There he was introduced as the son of Cornelius Coot and the founder of The Junior Woodchucks.

Gertrude Coot (née Gadwall) is the wife of Clinton Coot. She is the mother of Casey and Elvira Coot ("Grandma Duck").

Casey Coot (1860-c. 1960) first appeared in "Last Sled to Dawson", first published in June, 1988. He is an unsuccessful gold prospector. He was a friend of Scrooge McDuck during his years in the Klondike.

Gretchen Coot (née Grebe) is  the wife of Casey Coot. She is the mother of Cuthbert and Fanny Coot.

Fanny Coot is the mother of Donald's cousin Gus Goose.

Cuthbert Coot was introduced in the story "Webfooted Wrangler," first published in April 1945. He is a distant cousin of Donald Duck. He is a rancher.
Kildare Coot  was introduced by artist Romano Scarpa. He is a very eccentric fourth cousin of Donald Duck.

Goose family

Luke Goose (sometimes called Luke the Goose) is the father of Donald's cousin Gus Goose.

Gus Goose is Donald Duck's second cousin. He is the great-nephew of Grandma Duck. Gus eats a lot. His first appearance was in the 1939 animated short Donald's Cousin Gus.

Gander family

Goostave Gander is Gladstone Gander's father. In some early stories he is married to Matilda McDuck, Scrooge's sister. Carl Barks later had him married to Daphne Duck instead.

Gladstone Gander is Donald's cousin. He is the son of Goosetave and Daphne Gander.

Shamrock Gander is Gladstone's nephew.

Clyde is another nephew of Gladstone's.
Characters surnamed "Duck" of uncertain relationship
This section contains a list of characters with the surname "Duck" who may or may not be related to Donald. As Don Rosa explained, "Duck" is an understandably common name in Duckburg (just as "Smith" or "Jones" are common in the real-life United States) and does not necessarily identify a blood relation of Donald.

0.0. Duck and Mata Harrier are a secret-agent duo.

April, May, and June Duck are the triplet nieces of Daisy Duck.

Belle Duck is a plus-sized, tall and elegant duck lady.

Daisy Duck is Donald's girlfriend. Huey, Dewey, and Louie sometimes call her "Aunt Daisy". It is unclear if she is their real aunt.

Darkwing Duck is the protagonist of a TV series named after him. He is most likely not related to Donald because "Darkwing Duck" is the character's superhero identity. His name in private life is Drake Mallard.

Dexter Duck, like Gladstone Gander, conpetes with Donald Duck to get Daisy Duck's attention.
Dickie Duck () was introduced as Goldie O'Gilt's granddaughter. But in the story "Paperetta e la leggenda del luna park" by Romano Scarpa she calls Huey, Dewey and Louie cuginetti (small/young cousins) and then cugini (cousins). This might mean that she and Donald's nephews share the same surname in English language because of a kinship.

Dimwitty Duck originally appears as an assistant of Donald Duck.

Hustler Duck is an obscure character that works as a marketing man.

Moby Duck appears to be a relative of Donald's. Their relationship is never specifically described. His name is a spoof of Moby-Dick.

The identity of Huey, Dewey, and Louie's father is something of a mystery. The character does not appear in any stories.

References

Other websites
 Don Rosa's Duck family tree 
 Al Hubbard

Disney characters
Tetraplegia (or quadriplegia) is a condition in which a human loses use of all limbs and the torso. It usually affects both the ability to move and the use of the senses.

Quadriplegia is the common term in North America. Tetraplegia is the term in Europe.

Tetraplegia is caused by damage either to the brain or to the spinal cord at the level of the cervical vertebrae. People with an injury at the C1 vertebra may lose functions from the neck down. They may need a machine to breathe for them. People with injuries at the C7 vertebra may still be able to use their arms and hands.

References

Disability
Disorders
Zapala is a town in the Argentinian Neuquén Province. In 2010, 32,097 people lived there.

Prehistory
The dinosaur, Zapalasaurus, lived there during the Early Cretaceous period

References 

Towns in Argentina
Neuquén Province
Société Cartier makes and sells jewellery and watches. It was started in Paris, France in 1847 by Louis-François Cartier. The company is based in Paris.

Cartier has sold items to celebrities and royalty for many years. Edward VII said that Cartier is "the jeweller of kings and the king of jewellers". For his coronation in 1902, Edward VII ordered 27 tiaras from Cartier. He chose Cartier as a main provider to the royal family in 1904.

References

Companies of France
Jewelry
1847 establishments in Europe
19th-century establishments in France
Neuquén () is the capital city of Neuquén Province, Argentina. It is at the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers.

Other websites 

Cities in Argentina
Capitals of Argentine provinces
1904 establishments in Argentina
Neuquén Province
Air charter is the business of renting whole aircraft (i.e., chartering) instead of buying tickets and reserving single seat. Air charter is regulated by law. While airlines sell places in seats, air charter companies focus on private wealthy customers, urgent cargo, air ambulance services and others. These air charter companies have a lot of different types of aircraft, such as helicopters and business jets. Charter jet categories include turbo props, light jets, mid-size jets, super mid-size jets, heavy jets, and airliners.

Related pages
Business jet

Air travel
A court reporter or court stenographer, also called stenotype operator, shorthand reporter or law reporter, is a person whose occupation is to transcribe spoken or recorded speech into written form, using shorthand, machine shorthand or voice writing equipment to produce official transcripts of court hearings, depositions and other official proceedings. Court reporting companies primarily serve private law firms, local, state and federal government agencies, courts, trade associations, meeting planners and nonprofits.

Courts (law)
Writing occupations
Law occupations
The Old Town of Vilnius () is the historic part of the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is one of the largest and most beautiful medieval old towns in Europe. It has an area of 3.59 square kilometres (887 acres). The settlement became a town in the early 13th century. The old town is marked by narrow streets, old churches, museums and flower-decorated courtyards.

The central squares in the Old Town are the Cathedral Square and the Town Hall Square. In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Landmarks
There are more monuments of interest in the Old Town than in any other part of Vilnius; they include:

Palaces

Presidential Palace
Slushko Palace
Radvilu Palace
Tyzenhaus Palace
Vilnius Castle Complex with the Gediminas Tower and Royal Palace

Religious monuments
St. Anne's Church
Vilnius Cathedral in Cathedral Square
St. Nicholas Church
All Saints Church
Gate of Dawn
Three Crosses
Cathedral of the Theotokos
Other places of interest
House of the Signatories
National Museum of Lithuania
Lithuanian National Drama Theatre
 Fragments of the Vilnius city wall
Vilnius dungeons

References 

World Heritage Sites in Europe
Vilnius
Edvin "Edi" Rama (born 4 July 1964) is an Albanian politician, artist and writer. He is also the Prime Minister of Albania since 2013, and the leader of the Socialist Party of Albania since 2005. He was the Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports from 1998 to 2000 and Mayor of Tirana from 2000 to 2011.

References

1964 births
Living people
Current national leaders
Mayors
Prime Ministers of Albania
Socialist politicians
Albanian writers
Tulancingo, officially Tulancingo de Bravo, is a city in the state of Hidalgo in central Mexico. The city is in the Tulancingo Valley. It is  from Mexico City and  from Pachuca. It was founded by the Toltecs.

Cities in Mexico
Hidalgo (state)
Amedeo Modigliani (12 June 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Modigliani was born in Livorno. He spent his youth in Italy. From 1906, he was active in Paris, where he met other painters, such as Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brâncuși. Modigliani died from meningitis in Paris, at the age of 35. Today, he is mostly known for his artistic nudes, which were seen as scandalous at the time.

His works are on show at MoMA (New York City) and other museums.

Gallery of works

Related pages
 List of Italian painters

References

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1920 deaths
Deaths from meningitis
Disease-related deaths in Paris
Italian painters
People from Livorno
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".

Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.


February 2015
February 1 - Aldo Ciccolini, 89, French pianist.
 February 1 - Ann Mara, 85, American football team owner (New York Giants), complications from fall.
 February 1 - Udo Lattek, 80, German football player and manager (Bayern Munich, Barcelona).
 February 1 - Monty Oum, 33, American animator (Red vs. Blue, RWBY), allergic reaction.
 February 2 - Andriy Kuzmenko, 46, Ukrainian singer (Skryabin), car accident.
 February 2 - Stewart Stern, 92, American screenwriter (Rebel Without a Cause), brain cancer.
 February 2 - Anand Shukla, 74, Indian cricketer.
 February 3 - Mary Healy, 96, American actress (The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T) and singer.
 February 3 - Sir Martin Gilbert, 78, British historian and biographer, member of the Iraq Inquiry panel.
 February 3 - Frank Borghi, 89, American Hall of Fame soccer player (national team).
 February 3 - Charlie Sifford, 92, American golfer, complications from a stroke.
 February 3 - Muath Al-Kasasbeh, 26, Jordanian pilot, burned. (death announced on this date)
February 4 - Eduardo Laborde, 47, Argentine rugby union player (national team), traffic collision.
 February 4 - Richard Bonehill, 67, British actor and stuntman (The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi). (death announced on this date)
 February 4 - Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi, c. 45, Iraqi Al-Qaeda bomber, executed. 
 February 4 - Fitzhugh L. Fulton, 89, American NASA research pilot.
 February 4 - Wes Cooley, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon (1995–1997).
 February 5 - K. N. Choksy, 81, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, MP (1989–2010), Minister of Finance (2001–2004).
 February 5 - Henri Coppens, 84, Belgian footballer, winner of the Golden Shoe (1954).
 February 6 - Marisa Del Frate, 83, Italian actress, singer and television personality.
 February 6 - Assia Djebar, 78, Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker, member of the Académie française.
 February 6 - André Brink, 79, South African writer.
February 6 - Kathrine Windfeld, 48, Danish movie director (Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation).
 February 6 - Norm Drucker, 94, American basketball referee.
 February 6 - Alan Nunnelee, 56, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi (since 2011), brain cancer.
 February 6 - Pedro León Zapata, 85, Venezuelan cartoonist, painter and writer.
 February 7 - Dean Smith, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (North Carolina).
 February 7 - John C. Whitehead, 92, American financier (Goldman Sachs) and civil servant, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (1985–1989), cancer.
 February 7 - René Lavand, 86, Argentine magician and illusionist, pneumonia.
 February 7 - Joe B. Mauldin, 74, American bassist (The Crickets), cancer.
 February 7 - Donald H. Clausen, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative from California (1963–1983).
 February 7 - Marshall Rosenberg, 80, American psychologist, creator of Nonviolent Communication.
February 7 - Billy Casper, 83, American golfer, seventh all-time in career PGA Tour wins, complications from pneumonia and heart attack.
 February 8 - Müzeyyen Senar, 96, Turkish singer, pneumonia.
 February 8 - Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, 75, Finnish parapsychologist.
 February 9 - Øyvind Bjorvatn, 83, Norwegian politician, leader of the Liberal People's Party (1982–1986).
 February 9 - Jorge Sassi, 64, Argentine actor, renal failure.
 February 10 - Deng Liqun, 99, Chinese politician.
 February 10 - Naseer Aruri, 81, Palestinian scholar and human rights activist, Parkinson's disease.
 February 11 - Roger Hanin, 89, French actor and movie director.
 February 11 - Bob Simon, 73, American television journalist (60 Minutes), traffic collision.
 February 11 - Ray Hathaway, 98, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
 February 11 - Anne Cuneo, 78, Swiss author and movie director.
February 11 - Jerry Tarkanian, 84, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Long Beach State, UNLV, San Antonio Spurs, Fresno State), respiratory failure.
 February 12 - Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek, 93, Dutch resistance fighter, recipient of the Military William Order.
 February 12 - Ernest J. Sternglass, 91, American physicist and professor, heart failure.
 February 12 - Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, 84, Malaysian politician, Menteri Besar of Kelantan (1990–2013), prostate cancer.
 February 12 - Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-Brazilian artist, heart failure.
 February 12 - Oliver Rackham, 75, British landscape ecologist.
 February 12 - Steve Strange, 55, British musician (Visage), heart attack.
 February 12 - David Carr, 58, American columnist (The New York Times) and author, lung cancer and heart disease.
 February 12 - Gary Owens, 80, American television announcer (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) and actor (Midnight Cowboy, Space Ghost), diabetes.
February 12 - Movita Castaneda, 98, American actress (Mutiny on the Bounty), neck injury.
 February 12 - Richie Pratt, 71, American jazz drummer. 
 February 13 - Kesava Reddy, 68, Indian writer.
 February 13 - Stan Chambers, 91, American television reporter (KTLA).
 February 14 - Wim Ruska, 74, Dutch judoka, Olympic gold medallist (1972).
 February 14 - Franjo Mihalić, 94, Croatian Yugoslav long distance runner, Olympic silver medallist (1956). 
 February 14 - Philip Levine, 87, American poet, pancreatic cancer.
 February 14 - Louis Jourdan, 93, French actor (Gigi, Octopussy).
 February 14 - Michele Ferrero, 89, Italian businessman (Ferrero SpA).
 February 14 - Pamela Cundell, 95, English actress (Dad's Army). 
 February 15 - Steve Montador, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks).
 February 15 - Haron Amin, 46, Afghan diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (2004–2009), cancer.
 February 15 - Eileen Essell, 92, English actress (Duplex, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Producers).
February 16 - Aleksandr Melentyev, 60, Soviet Russian sport shooter, Olympic champion (1980).
 February 16 - John Davies, 76, British historian. (death announced on this date)
 February 16 - Uri Orbach, 54, Israeli writer, journalist and politician, blood disease.
 February 16 - R. R. Patil, 58, Indian politician, oral cancer.
 February 16 - Lesley Gore, 68, American singer ("It's My Party") and actress (Batman), cancer.
 February 16 - Heinrich Windelen, 93, German politician, Member of the Bundestag (1957–1990).
 February 16 - Lasse Braun, 78, Italian porn movie director and producer. 
 February 17 - Andrzej Koszewski, 92, Polish composer.
 February 17 - Cathy Ubels-Veen, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1982–1986).
 February 18 - Cass Ballenger, 88, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from North Carolina (1986–2005).
 February 18 - Claude Criquielion, 58, Belgian cyclist, UCI World Road Race champion (1984), complications from a stroke.
February 18 - Mark Fischer, 64, American intellectual property lawyer.
 February 18 - Jerome Kersey, 52, American basketball player (Portland Trail Blazers), blood clot.
 February 19 - Harris Wittels, 30, American television producer and writer (Parks and Recreation, The Sarah Silverman Program).
 February 20 - Henry Segerstrom, 91, American entrepreneur.
 February 20 - Ibrahim Biogradlić, 83, Bosnian Yugoslav footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
 February 21 - Sadeq Tabatabaei, 71, Iranian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1979–1980),  lung cancer.
 February 21 - Clark Terry, 94, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist, complications from diabetes.
 February 21 - Daniel Topolski, 69, British rowing coach and commentator.
 February 22 - Kim Kyung-roul, 34, South Korean professional billiards player.
 February 23 - John Rowlands, 76, Welsh author and novelist.
 February 24 - Rakhat Aliyev, 52, Kazah politician and diplomat, suicide by hanging.
 February 24 - Irving Kahn, 109, American investor.
February 24 - Roger Cecil, 72, Welsh painter. (body found on this date)
 February 24 - Donald Keough, 88, American businessman, President of The Coca-Cola Company (1981–1993).
 February 24 - Maurice Hurley, 75, American television writer and producer (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Baywatch, Miami Vice).
 February 24 - Bertrice Small, 77, American author.
 February 25 - Terry Gill, 75, Australian actor ("Crocodile" Dundee, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors), lung cancer.
 February 25 - Eugenie Clark, 92, American ichthyologist.
 February 26 - Fritz J. Raddatz, 83, German feuilletonist, essayist, biographer and romancier.
 February 26 - Earl Lloyd, 86, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Detroit Pistons).
 February 26 - Tom Schweich, 54, American politician, Missouri State Auditor (since 2011), suicide by gunshot.
 February 26 - Martha Cohen, 94-95, Canadian community builder and philanthropist.
 February 26 - Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-born American writer, stabbed.
February 26 - Theodore Hesburgh, 97, American Roman Catholic priest, president of the University of Notre Dame (1952-1987).
 February 27 - Leonard Nimoy, 83, American actor and director (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Fringe), COPD.
 February 27 - Boris Nemtsov, 55, Russian politician, Governor of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (1991–1997), First Deputy Prime Minister (1997–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1998), shot.
 February 27 - Richard Bakalyan, 84, American character actor (Batman, Chinatown, The Fox and the Hound).
 February 27 - Bohdan Tomaszewski, 93, Polish sports commentator.
 February 27 - Bob Benmosche, 70, American executive, President and CEO of American International Group (2009–2014), lung cancer.
 February 27 - Mykhailo Chechetov, 61, Ukrainian politician, suicide.
 February 28 - Anthony Mason, 48, American basketball player (New York Knicks), heart failure.
 February 28 - Yaşar Kemal, 91, Turkish author, Légion d'honneur recipient.
Months
 January 2015
 March 2015

References

02
February 2015 events
Maurizio Arcieri (30 April 1942 – 29 January 2015) was an Italian singer. He was formerly the leader of The New Dada. Recently he was a member of Krisma. Arcieri was born in Milan, Italy. He was very active during the 1970s.

Arcieri died of cancer in Varese, Italy, aged 72.

Other websites
Maurizio's records on mayancaper.net
Maurizio's videos on mayancaper.net
Maurizio on KrismaTv.net 

1942 births
2015 deaths
Italian singers
People from Rome
Carl Djerassi (October 29, 1923 – January 30, 2015) was a Bulgarian-Austrian-American chemist, novelist, and playwright. He was best known for his work to develop a oral contraceptive pills and the use of physical methods in organic chemistry.

Other websites

Personal website
Biography
Carl Djerassi tells his life story at Web of Stories
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Djerassi’s autograph from The Chemical Record
Bob Weintraub, Israel Chemical Society. Pincus, Djerassi, and Oral Contraceptives

1923 births
2015 deaths
American chemists
American playwrights
Writers from Vienna
Cancer deaths in San Francisco
Deaths from bone cancer
Deaths from liver cancer
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Writers from Sofia
Scientists from Vienna
Bulgarian scientists
Geraldine McEwan (née McKeown; 9 May 1932 – 30 January 2015) was an English actress. McEwan was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 1998 for her performance in The Chairs. She also won a BAFTA Award for her performance in the television serial Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990). From 2004 to 2009 she appeared as Miss Marple, the Agatha Christie sleuth, for the series Marple.

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An old town of a city or town is its historic center or district. It is often the older town the newer parts were built around. It may also be an area built to resemble the older original town. Old towns usually have historical and architectural value that make them worth restoring. In Europe old towns are usually the medieval towns or villages that the newer city was built up around. Old towns may have cobblestone streets, old churches, and balconies hanging over narrow back streets. Because they are restrictive traffic traps many old town districts do not allow motor vehicles.

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Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai  (, , born February 12, 1949) was the President of Afghanistan. He was elected as the President of Afghanistan on 21 September 2014. He resigned on 15 August 2021 after going into exile when the Taliban captured Kabul and the Afghan government collapsed.

Life 
Ghani was born on February 12, 1949. On May 2, 2008, he made his first book, called Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World. In 2011, he made another book, titled Afghanistan: A Lexicon Ashraf Ghani

Exile
On 15 August 2021, Afghan officials said that Ghani had left the presidential palace that morning, and went to the US embassy and from there he left Afghanistan as the Taliban entered Kabul.

He is living in UAE (as of 2021's fourth quarter).

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 Profile: Ashraf Ghani – BBC News
 Afghan Elections Dossier – Ashraf Ghani, August 2009 – Radio France Internationale
 AFGHANISTAN’S THEORIST-IN-CHIEF; President Ashraf Ghani is an expert on failed states. Can he save his country from collapse? 4 July 2016 The New Yorker issue by George Packer
 BBC Radio 4 Profile
 

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Gita Sahgal (born 1956 / 1957) is a writer on the subjects of feminism and fundamentalism. She was the leader of Amnesty International's gender unit from 2003 to 2010.

Sahgal was born in Bombay in India. Her mother is writer Nayantara Sahgal. She was raised as a Hindu. In 1972 she moved to London. In London she studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies. In 1977 Sahgal went back to India. She moved back to England in 1983.
Career
In 1979 she started Southall Black Sisters with Pragna Patel. SBS is an organization that helps Asian and black women who are experiencing domestic violence, sexual violence, forced marriage, etc. She started Women Against Fundamentalism in 1989 with Patel, Clara Connolly, and Nira Yuval-Davis in response to the Rushdie affair. In 1992 Sahgal wrote in Refusing Holy Orders: Women and Fundamentalism in Britain and edited it with Yuval-Davis. In 2003 Sahgal became the head of Amnesty International's gender unit. In 2010 Sahgal was fired because she wrote an article for the Sunday Times criticising Amnesty's associations with Moazzam Begg. She left the organization. The Centre for Secular Space was started by Sahgal in 2011.

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Sahgal is an atheist.

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is a Japanese anime series written by Mari Okada and directed by Tatsuyuki Nagai. It was produced by A-1 Pictures.

The anime aired 11 episodes. It began airing on April 14, 2011 and ended on June 23, 2011. It was shown on Fuji Television's noitaminA block. It started as a serial novel by Mari Okada and appeared in Media Factory's Da Vinci magazine from March to July 2011. It was later adapted into a manga and it was illustrated by Mitsu Izumi. A visual novel for the PlayStation Portable was released in August 2012.

On August 31, 2013,  an anime movie was released in Japanese theatres. A second anime movie is set to be released in 2015.

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Emelie Öhrstig, born 27 February 1978 in Borås, Sweden, is a Swedish cross-country skier and road racing cyclist. As a country skier she who won a gold medal during the 2005 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.  She also won eleven additional victories up to 15 kilometers between 2002-2005. Her best individual finish in Turin during the 2006 Winter Olympics was 22nd in the women's individual sprint race.

In April 2006 she resigned as a member of the Piteå Elit SK team.

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was a Japanese freelance video journalist covering wars and conflicts, refugees, poverty, AIDS, and child education around the world. In October 2014, he was captured and held hostage in Syria by Islamic State (ISIL) militants. After being held for three months, on 31 January 2015, he was beheaded.

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Olga Vital'evna Yakovleva (; 12 October 1970 – 17 January 2015), better known as Origa, was a Russian singer. She worked mostly in Japan from 1993 until her death. She was signed to the record label Gemmatika and sometimes worked with Yoko Kanno. She also released eleven albums and eight singles. She was most well known for singing the intro to the television series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Fantastic Children.

Origa was born in Kochenyovsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast.

Origa died from lung cancer on 17 January 2015 in Tokyo, aged 44.

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José Manuel Lara Bosch (8 March 1946 – 31 January 2015) was a Spanish media executive and businessman. He was the CEO of Grupo Planeta since 2003 and Atresmedia since 2012. Bosch was born in Barcelona, Spain.

Bosch died in Barcelona, Spain from pancreatic cancer, aged 68. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Consuelo García Píriz and his four children.

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Everett Lamar "Rocky" Bridges (August 7, 1927 – January 27, 2015) was an American baseball utility infielder. He played in Major League Baseball from 1951 to 1961. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals of the National League. He also played for the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Angels of the American League.

Bridges was born in Refugio, Texas. He was married to Mary who died in 2008 and had four children.

Bridges died on January 27, 2015 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, aged 87.

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was a Japanese politician. She was a member of the Japanese Diet from 1946 until 1952. In 1950, she became the first woman in Japanese political history to have a baby while in office.

Sonoda was born in Tokyo. She was married to Sunao Sonoda until his death in 1984. She was also the stepmother of Hiroyuki Sonoda.

Sonoda died on 29 January 2015 in a Tokyo hospital. She was 96.

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Suraj Alao Abdurrahman (9 September 1954 – 28 January 2015) was a Nigerian architect, engineer officer of the Nigerian Army. He served as Command Officer in Charge of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) in Liberia. He was married and had four children.

Abdurrahman died of an illness in a hospital in New York, United States, aged 60.

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Sir Ronald Keith Davison (born  16 November 1920; died 2 July 2015) was a New Zealand lawyer and judge. He was the tenth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1978 to 1989.

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"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" is a 2012 song recorded by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Swift co-wrote the song with its producers Max Martin and Shellback. The song is about Swift being frustrated at her ex-lover wanting to fix their relationship. The song was the lead single from her album Red.

Rolling Stone named this song the second best song of 2012.

The song hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (née Maclean; 4 April 1931 – 31 October 2021) was a New Zealand politician. She served as the Mayor of Auckland City and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand. She the first woman to hold either office.

Tizard died on 31 October 2021 in Auckland from a long-illness at the age of 90.

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Sir Paul Alfred Reeves (6 December 193214 August 2011) was a New Zealand politician and archbishop. He was the Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand from 1980 to 1985 and the 15th Governor-General of New Zealand from 22 November 1985 to 20 November 1990. 

He was the first Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology.

In July 2011, Reeves announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer. He died of the disease in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 78.

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Radio NZ interview, 8 May 2011 Sir Paul talks extensively about his life and work with interviewer Chris Laidlaw. (Listen directly or download options)

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Zulkifli Abdhir (5 October 1966 - 27 January 2015) was a Malaysian who was one of the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists. The Amercian FBI agency offered a USD 5 million reward for information leading to his capture. He was the maker of bombs delivered for usage to several terrorist groups. 

He was often referred to by the nom de guerre Marwan. He was suspected of being a leader of the Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, being part of the central command of the Jemaah Islamiyah, and was hiding in Mindanao under the protection of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. 

Zulkifli Abdhir is thought to have possibly been killed in a recent PNP operation leading to militant clashes with the Philippine National Police.

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Jorge Rígoli (Jorge Alberto Rípoli; 5 November 1936 – 27 January 2015) was an Argentine comedian and actor. He was known for starring in the popular Argentine animated series Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez. Rígoli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Rígoli died in Mar del Plata, Argentina from heart failure after being in a medically induced coma after having high blood pressure. He was 78 years old.

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Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) was an American drummer, singer and songwriter. He is best known as being one of three brothers in the rock band, The Beach Boys. Wilson was a member from the beginning until he died in 1983.

The group made twenty-four studio albums. Wilson made one solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue. It stayed popular with critics over the years.

Dennis was born in Inglewood, California. He was the only surfer of the group and he lived the beach lifestyle that the Beach Boys wrote about in their songs.

Meeting Charles Manson 
In 1968, Dennis Wilson met a musician, Charles Manson, who had a group of followers in a religious cult. His cult members were called "The Family". Wilson became very fond of Manson and his friends. They all moved into his home on Sunset Boulevard in west Los Angeles for a few months.
At first, Wilson was writing some songs with Manson, who could play a guitar. Thinking he had talent, he introduced him to a few friends in the music business, including Terry Melcher, (the son of Doris Day). But he soon became afraid of Manson's bad temper and violent behavior. So finally Wilson escaped by just moving out of his house and leaving Manson there.

Manson was actually a dangerous and mentally ill criminal. In 1969, with the help of "The Family", he murdered at least eight famous people in California.

Death 
On December 28, 1983, while partying soon after his 39th birthday, Wilson drowned at Marina del Rey in Los Angeles. He had been drinking alcohol all day and diving into the sea in the afternoon. He was buried at sea off the California coast by the U.S. Coast Guard on January 4, 1984. President Ronald Reagan allowed the burial.

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 Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)

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Ekhlasuddin Ahmed (also Ekhlas Uddin Ahmed; 15 December 1940 – 24 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi writer of Children's literature.

Early life
Ahmed was born in 1940 in the 24 Parganas district of West Bengal province. Ahmed was also a journalist and was associated with the Daily Janakantha. Among the awards he received is the  "Kabir Chowdhury Children's Literary Award" of the Bangla Academy (2004).

Death
Ekhlasuddin died at Square Hospital in Dhaka 24 December 2014 at age 74.

Awards and honours
 1971: Bangla Academy Award
 2000: Ekushey Padak

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José Arias (27 August 1922 – 7 January 2015) was a Spanish alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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Tomás Ariel Bulat (12 September 1964 – 31 January 2015) was an Argentine economist, journalist, writer, and professor. He was known for his report on channel A24. He wrote some books about the economy, some of those books are La economía de tu vida and la Economía descubierta. Bulat was born in Buenos Aires.

Bulat died in Buenos Aires, Argentina after being killed in a car crash, aged 50.

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Lieutenant General George H. McKee (April 28, 1923 – January 6, 2015) was an American Air Force lieutenant general and command pilot. He was commander of Air Training Command with headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

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Bonnie Christensen (January 23, 1951 – January 12, 2015) was an American author and illustrator. She best known for writing biographies and other illustrated non-fiction books for children and young adults. She was born in Saranac Lake, New York.

Christensen died of ovarian cancer in Williston, Vermont, aged 63.

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