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Ion Ungureanu (2 August 1935 – 28 January 2017) was a Moldovan actor and politician. He served as a member of parliament for first Parliament of Moldova from 1990 to 1994. During this time, he was Minister of Culture of Moldova. He was a screen actor between 1962 and 1990. He was born in Opaci.

Ungureanu died on 28 January 2017 in Bucharest, Romania at the age of 81.

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Rocket League is a vehicular association football video game. It is developed and published by Psyonix. It was first released on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 in July 2015. It was later released on Xbox One, OS X and Linux in 2016. It is a sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (2008).

It is multiplayer and single-player. Single-player has the "Season" game mode where the player plays against bots. Multiplayer is online and has 1 versus 1, 2 versus 2, 3 versus 3 and 4 versus 4 modes.

Players control a rocket-powered car and use it to hit big balls that is much larger than the cars towards the other team's goal area to score points.

Since 2019 the game has been owned by Epic Games

The game has received very positive reviews. As of January 2017, the game has had 25 million players since 2015.
Modes 
Rocket League offers both casual and competitive game modes. In casual mode, players can engage in various team sizes, including 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 matches. In the competitive mode, players can participate in ranked matches, including 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 2v2 Hoops, 3v3 Rumble, 3v3 Snow Day, and 3v3 Dropshot.

The competitive mode features a ranking system, where players are assigned different ranks based on their performance. The ranks are as follows:

 Bronze 1-3
 Silver 1-3
 Gold 1-3
 Platinum 1-3
 Diamond 1-3
 Champion 1-3
 Grand Trash 1-3
 Supersonic Legend 1-3
 Hypersonic Master 1-3
 Lightspeed Supreme 1-3
 him.

The matchmaking rating (MMR) system in Rocket League determines a player's skill level and matchmaking placement. In the lower ranks up to Diamond 3, it typically takes two consecutive wins to advance to the next division. However, in the higher ranks, such as Champ to Supersonic Legend, it usually requires four to seven consecutive wins to progress to the next division.
Rocket League has a thriving esports scene known as the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS). The RLCS features 16 professional teams competing in various tournaments throughout the year. These tournaments include seasonal majors and annual LAN (Local Area Network) events, where players compete for glory and substantial prize pools. Notably, professional players participating in RLCS are required to hold the highest rank achievable in the game, which is Supersonic Legend.

The Supersonic Legend rank is an exclusive achievement, with only approximately 0.05% of players reaching this elite status. It represents the pinnacle of skill and mastery in Rocket League.

However, there are even higher ranks. For example, only ~0.01% of players are hypersonic master and only 50 players are lightspeed supreme, whilst only the best player in the entire game can have the "him." title.

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Psyonix Inc. is an American video game development studio. It is based in San Diego, California. They were founded in 2000. They were officially incorporated on April 30, 2001. Psyonix are best known for publishing and developing Rocket League since 2015. Rocket League is a sequel to their other game, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars (2008).

Psyonix also worked on games such as Gears of War, Bulletstorm and Homefront.

Other websites
 

2000 establishments in the United States
American video game companies
Darryl Sutton (27 July 1952 – 28 January 2017) was an Australian rules footballer. He played for North Melbourne, Richmond and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was born in Tasmania.

Sutton had dementia. He died from pneumonia on 28 January 2017 at the age of 64.

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Richard Portman (April 2, 1934 – January 28, 2017) was an American sound engineer. He worked on over 160 movies between 1963 and 2004. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for The Deer Hunter (1978). He was nominated ten other times for Kotch (1971), The Godfather, The Candidate (both 1972), Paper Moon, The Day of the Dolphin (both 1973), Young Frankenstein (1974), Funny Lady (1975), Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), On Golden Pond (1981) and The River (1984). He was born in Los Angeles, California.

Portman died of problems from a fall on January 28, 2017 in Tallahassee, Florida. He was 82.

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1934 births
2017 deaths
Academy Award winners
Accidental deaths from falls in the United States
Engineers from California
People from Los Angeles
Arthur Hinton "Art" Rosenfeld (June 22, 1926 – January 27, 2017) was an American physicist. He was Commissioner of the California Energy Commission from 2000 to 2010. From 1994 to 1999, he was a Senior Advisor for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the United States Department of Energy. In 2011, he was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by U.S. President Barack Obama.

Rosenfeld was born in Birmingham, Alabama. His wife of 53 years, Roselyn Bernheim "Roz" Rosenfeld, had died in 2009. They had two children.

Rosenfeld died from pneumonia on January 27, 2017 in Berkeley, California. He was 90.

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Impasto is a term used in painting and sometimes in pottery.

It means the paint is laid on thickly in places, thick enough so the brush or painting-knife strokes can be seen.  When dry, impasto gives texture, because some of the paint stands out from the canvas.

Impasto is an Italian word which means "to knead", or "to paste".

Painting techniques
The Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation () also known as AVF, is the governing body of volleyball and beach volleyball in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation was founded in 1992. It became a member of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) in 1992. It also joined the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) in 1992. The Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation's president is Javid Gurbanov. Its headquarters are located in Baku.

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1991 establishments in Azerbaijan
Volleyball organizations
Sports organizations of Azerbaijan
Iraqi Airways is the flag carrier of the Iraq. It began in 1945. It's first flight was to Syria in January 1946. It bought its first jet aircraft in the 1960s. They allowed the airline to add flights to cities in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. During the 1970s, it began its first flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. In 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, all of its planes were grounded by the United Nations. A few years later, they allowed the airline to operate a few domestic flights. The airline was allowed to resume international flights 12 years later on May 30, 2003, after the War in Iraq ended. In 2015, the European Union banned the airline from flying there.

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Airlines of the Middle East
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ISO 3166-2:PA is the entry for Panama in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces, departments or states) of all countries that are in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Panama, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 provinces and 3 indigenous regions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the code of Panama. The second part is either of the following:
 one or two digits (1–10): provinces
 two letters: indigenous regions

The codes for the provinces are assigned in traditional Spanish alphabetical order.

Current codes
Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

(*) ISO 3166-2 uses the name "Ngöbe-Buglé" even though "Ngäbe-Buglé" is the more widely used variant.

Related pages
 Provinces of Panama
Other websites
 ISO Online Browsing Platform: PA
 Provinces of Panama, Statoids.com

Panama
ISO 3166
Tokitenkū Yoshiaki (born Altangadasyn Khüchitbaatar, ; 10 September 1979 – 31 January 2017) was a Mongolian sumo wrestler. He made his professional debut in 2002. He reached the top makuuchi division just two years later. The highest rank he reached was komusubi. He held this three separate times, but never for more than one tournament. He earned one special prize, for Technique. He wrestled for Tokitsukaze stable. He was born in Altanbulag, Töv Province. He became a Japanese citizen in January 2014.

Yoshiaki died from lymphoma on 31 January 2017 in Tokyo. He was 37.

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Sumo wrestlers
Leonard Harry Perroots Sr. (April 24, 1933 – January 29, 2017) was an American Air Force general. He was the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from October 1985 to December 1988. He retired on January 1, 1989. He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Perroots died after a short illness on January 29, 2017 at the age of 83.

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1933 births
American generals
Disease-related deaths in the United States
United States Air Force
Military people from West Virginia
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2017. For notable deaths of other months in 2017, please see "Months".

 Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.


February
1
E. Ahamed, 78, Indian politician, Minister of External Affairs (2004–2014) and MP for Malappuram (since 2009), cardiac arrest.
Asim Basu, 81, Indian theatre director, lung infection.
Lars-Erik Berenett, 74, Swedish actor (Jordskott, Skilda världar), spinal cancer.
Albano Bortoletto Cavallin, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarapuava (1986–1992) and Archbishop of Londrina (1992–2006), surgical complications.
Desmond Carrington, 90, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10) and broadcaster (The Music Goes Round), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Sandy Gandhi, 59, Indian-born Australian comedian and journalist.
Stig Grybe, 88, Swedish actor (Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High).
Cor van der Hoeven, 95, Dutch footballer (Ajax).
Sir Ken Morrison, 85, British businessman, President of Morrisons (since 1956).
Edward Tipper, 95, American World War II veteran (Easy Company), subject of Band of Brothers.
2
José Antonio Alonso, 56, Spanish politician, Minister of the Interior (2004–2006) and Defence (2006–2008), lung cancer.
Alvin Baldus, 90, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1981) and the Wisconsin State Assembly (1966–1975, 1989–1997).
Bertram Kostant, 88, American mathematician, complications from a stroke.
Max Lüscher, 93, Swiss psychotherapist and writer, inventor of the Lüscher color test.
Predrag Matvejević, 84, Bosnian-Croatian writer and political activist.
Shunichiro Okano, 85, Japanese football player, manager (national team) and sports executive, lung cancer.
Miltos Papapostolou, 81, Greek football player and manager (AEK Athens, national team).
Jeff Sauer, 73, American ice hockey coach (Wisconsin Badgers), pancreatic cancer.
Elliot Sperling, 66, American historian. (death announced on this date)
3
Dritëro Agolli, 85, Albanian writer and politician, lung disease.
Gordon Aikman, 31, British ALS campaigner, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Robert Dahlqvist, 40, Swedish rock musician (The Hellacopters, Dundertåget). (death announced on this date)
Yoshiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese politician, Minister of Finance (1992–1993), multiple organ failure.
John M. Hayes, 76, American geochemist, pulmonary fibrosis.
Hassan Joharchi, 48, Iranian actor, cardiac arrest.
Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 66, Brazilian trade unionist, First Lady (2003–2010), stroke.
Richard Lyon, 93, American admiral and politician, Mayor of Oceanside, California (1992–2000).
Shumon Miura, 91, Japanese Third Generation author, pneumonia.
Benny Perrin, 57, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals), suicide.
Lou Rowan, 91, Australian Test cricket umpire.
4
Basil Hetzel, 94, Australian medical researcher.
Hans van der Hoek, 83, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord, SC Enschede, ADO).
John Howes, 92, American professor of Asian studies.
Steve Lang, 67, Canadian rock guitarist (April Wine).
Bano Qudsia, 88, Pakistani writer (Raja Gidh).
Marc Spitz, 47, American writer (We Got the Neutron Bomb, Bowie: A Biography) and music journalist (Spin).
Georgi Taratorkin, 72, Russian actor (Sofiya Perovskaya, A Very English Murder, Dyuba-Dyuba).

5
Sonny Geraci, 69, American musician (The Outsiders, Climax).
Luis Gómez-Montejano, 94, Spanish football executive, President of Real Madrid (2006).
Björn Granath, 70, Swedish actor (Madicken, Pelle the Conqueror, The American).
6
Ivar Aronsson, 88, Swedish rower, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
Boy Asistio, 80, Filipino politician, Mayor of Caloocan (1980–1986, 1988–1995).
Irwin Corey, 102, American comedian (The Steve Allen Show) and actor (Car Wash, Doc, Thieves).
José Gea Escolano, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ibiza (1976–1987) and Mondoñedo-Ferrol (1987–2005).
Neil Gehrels, 64, American astronomer.
Inge Keller, 93, German actress (The Last Year, Aimée & Jaguar, Lola and Billy the Kid).
Djelloul Khatib, 80, Algerian independence activist and politician.
Alec McCowen, 91, English actor (A Night to Remember, Frenzy, Gangs of New York).
Raymond Smullyan, 97, American mathematician and philosopher.
Roger Walkowiak, 89, French road bicycle racer, Tour de France winner (1956).
Joost van der Westhuizen, 45, South African rugby union player (Bulls, Blue Bulls, national team), complications from motor neuron disease.
Ritchie Yorke, 73, Australian music journalist, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
7
Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist.
Valeriu Bularca, 85, Romania wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1964). 
Sotsha Dlamini, 76, Swazi politician, Prime Minister (1986–1989), complications from a fall.
Smail Hamdani, 86, Algerian politician, Prime Minister (1998–1999), heart attack. (body discovered on this date)
Richard Hatch, 71, American actor (All My Children, Battlestar Galactica, The Streets of San Francisco), pancreatic cancer.
Loukianos Kilaidonis, 73, Greek singer-songwriter, respiratory infection.
Antonín Přidal, 81, Czech writer (Všechny moje hlasy, Sudičky) and translator, stroke.
Hans Rosling, 68, Swedish academic, professor of International Health and co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, pancreatic cancer.
John Salt, 75, British Anglican bishop, Diocese of St Helena (1999–2011).
Tzvetan Todorov, 77, Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher and essayist.
Richard B. Wright, 79, Canadian novelist (Clara Callan), complications from a fall.
8
Sir Peter Mansfield, 83, English physicist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2003).
Brendan McGahon, 80, Irish politician, TD (1982–2002).
Mohamud Muse Hersi, 79, Somali politician, President of Puntland (2005–2009).
Ólöf Nordal, 50, Icelandic politician, Minister of the Interior (2014–2017), pancreatic cancer.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, 45, British socialite and television presenter, perforated ulcer.
Tom Raworth, 78, British poet and visual artist, complications from prostate cancer.
Alan Simpson, 87, British comedy scriptwriter (Hancock's Half Hour, Comedy Playhouse, Steptoe and Son), lung disease.
Steve Sumner, 61, English-born New Zealand footballer (Christchurch United, Manurewa, national team), prostate cancer.
Mikhail Tolstykh, 36, Ukrainian DPR separatist commander in the war in Donbas, rocket launcher explosion.
9
Serge Baguet, 47, Belgian racing cyclist (Lotto), colon cancer.
Radu Gabrea, 79, Romanian movie director (Călătoria lui Gruber) and screenwriter.
Packy, 54, American-held Asian elephant, euthanized.
André Salvat, 96, French Army World War II-colonel, recipient of the Legion of Honour and Order of Liberation.

10
Wiesław Adamski, 69, Polish sculptor.
Bradley Ayers, 81, American soldier and CIA operative.
Edward Bryant, 71, American science fiction and horror writer.
Mike Ilitch, 87, American businessman and sports owner (Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Tigers), founder of Little Caesars.
Piet Keizer, 73, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), lung cancer.
Hal Moore, 94, American lieutenant general and author (We Were Soldiers Once… And Young), complications from a stroke.
Yuriy Poyarkov, 80, Ukrainian volleyball player, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, 78, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1956, 1960), pneumonia.
11
Barbara Carroll, 92, American jazz pianist.
Chavo Guerrero Sr., 68, American professional wrestler (NWA, AWA, WWE), liver cancer.
Harvey Lichtenstein, 87, American arts administrator (Brooklyn Academy of Music), complications from a stroke.
Fab Melo, 26, Brazilian professional basketball player (Boston Celtics), suspected heart attack.
Jarmila Šuláková, 87, Czech folk singer.
Jiro Taniguchi, 69, Japanese manga artist (A Distant Neighborhood).
12
Dave Adolph, 79, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Raiders).
Sara Coward, 69, British actress (The Archers), breast cancer.
Damian, 52, British pop singer, cancer.
Åsleik Engmark, 51, Norwegian comedian, actor, singer, director and stage writer.
Al Jarreau, 76, American jazz and R&B singer ("Moonlighting", "Since I Fell for You", "We Are the World"), seven-time Grammy winner, respiratory failure.
Sione Lauaki, 35, Tongan-born New Zealand rugby union player (Chiefs, New Zealand national team).
Yitzhak Livni, 82, Polish-born Israeli media executive and writer.
Quentin Moses, 33, American football player (Miami Dolphins), house fire.
Bobby Murdoch, 81, English footballer (Liverpool).
Ren Xinmin, 101, Chinese rocket scientist and educator (University at Buffalo), designer of the Long March 3.
Clint Roberts, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 2nd congressional district (1981–1983), COPD.
13
e-dubble, 34, American rap artist (Freestyle Friday), blood infection.
Ricardo Arias Calderón, 83, Panamanian politician, Vice President (1990–1992).
Harold Denton, 80, American public servant, Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (1988–1998), complications from Alzheimer's disease and COPD.
Jan Grabowski, 66, Polish speedway rider.
Aileen Hernandez, 90, American union organizer and women's rights activist, President of the National Organization for Women (1970–1971).
Kim Jong-nam, 45, North Korean politician, poisoned.
Bruce Lansbury, 87, English-American television producer (Murder, She Wrote, The Wild Wild West, Knight Rider) and screenwriter, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Lucky Pulpit, 16, American-trained racehorse, heart attack.
Seijun Suzuki, 93, Japanese director (Tokyo Drifter, Zigeunerweisen, Yumeji), screenwriter and actor (Cold Fever, EM Embalming, Matouqin Nocturne), COPD.
14
Cipriano Chemello, 71, Italian cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (1968).
Siegfried Herrmann, 84, German Olympic long-distance runner (1956, 1964).
Jiří Lanský, 83, Czech high jumper, European championship silver medalist (1954, 1958).
Elisabeth Lichtenberger, 91, Austrian geographer.
Paul Nguyên Van Hòa, 85, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (1975) and Nha Trang (1975–2009).
Gelek Rimpoche, 77, Tibetan-American Buddhist teacher, heart failure.
Hans Trass, 88, Estonian botanist.

15
Bengt Gustavsson, 89, Swedish footballer (IFK Norrköping, Atalanta, national team) and manager (Åtvidabergs FF).
Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra, 67, Portuguese royal.
Manfred Kaiser, 88, German football player and manager (Wismut Gera).
Stuart McLean, 68, Canadian radio broadcaster (The Vinyl Cafe), melanoma.
José Solé, 87, Mexican actor and director, cardiac arrest.
Loren Wiseman, 65, American game designer (Game Designers' Workshop), heart failure.
16
Josef Augusta, 70, Czech ice hockey player and coach, Olympic silver medalist (1976), pancreatic cancer.
Dick Bruna, 89, Dutch author and illustrator (Miffy).
Jannis Kounellis, 80, Greek-Italian artist.
George Steele, 79, American professional wrestler (WWF) and actor (Ed Wood), renal failure.
Ep Wieldraaijer, 89, Dutch politician, member of House of Representatives (1963–1974).
17
Alan Aldridge, 73, British graphic designer (The Who, Elton John).
Nicole Bass, 52, American bodybuilder and professional wrestler (WWF, ECW, NWA), heart attack complicated by a stroke. (life-support removed on this date)
Warren Frost, 91, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld).
Börge Hellström, 59, Swedish writer (Roslund/Hellström), cancer.
Erland Kops, 80, Danish badminton player, European championship silver medalist (1970).
Theodore J. Lowi, 85, American political scientist.
Robert H. Michel, 93, American politician, U.S Representative from Illinois's 18th district (1957–1995) and House Minority Leader (1981–1995), pneumonia.
Michael Novak, 83, American Catholic theologian and political writer (The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism), complications from colon cancer.
Tom Regan, 78, American philosopher and animal rights advocate, pneumonia.
Andrew Schneider, 74, American journalist (Pittsburgh Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer), Pulitzer Prize winner (1986, 1987), heart failure.
Peter Skellern, 69, English singer-songwriter ("You're a Lady", "Hard Times", "Hold on to Love") and priest, brain cancer.
James Stevenson, 87, American cartoonist (The New Yorker) and author (What's Under My Bed), complications from pneumonia.
Magnus Wenninger, 97, American mathematician (Polyhedron model).
18
Omar Abdel-Rahman, 78, Egyptian Muslim leader and convicted terrorist, diabetes and coronary artery disease.
Ivan Koloff, 74, Canadian professional wrestler (WWWF, NWA), liver cancer.
Norma McCorvey, 69, American political activist, plaintiff in U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, heart failure.
Sir Michael Ogio, 74, Papua New Guinean politician, Governor-General (since 2010).
Richard Schickel, 84, American movie critic (Time), complications from a stroke.
Lawrence F. Snowden, 95, American military officer.
Pasquale Squitieri, 78, Italian movie director and screenwriter.
Clyde Stubblefield, 73, American drummer (James Brown), kidney failure.
Dan Vickerman, 37, South African-born Australian rugby union footballer (Brumbies, Waratahs, national team).
19
Alejandro Atchugarry, 64, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (2002–2003), aneurysm.
Kaci Kullmann Five, 65, Norwegian politician, Storting (1981–1997) and Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (since 2015), breast cancer.
Larry Coryell, 73, American jazz guitarist, cardiac arrest.
Roger Hynd, 75, Scottish football player (Rangers, Birmingham City) and manager (Motherwell).
Altamas Kabir, 68, Indian judge, Chief Justice (2012–2013), kidney disease.
Jørgen Kieler, 97, Danish Resistance member during World War II.
Igor Shafarevich, 93, Ukrainian-born Russian mathematician.
Danuta Szaflarska, 102, Polish actress (Zakazane piosenki, The Impossible Goodbye, Aftermath).
John S. Wold, 100, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large congressional district (1969–1971).
Marilyn B. Young, 79, American historian.
Roman Zhuravskyi, 68, Ukrainian football player (Dynamo Kyiv, Karpaty Lviv), pancreatic cancer.
20
Vitaly Churkin, 64, Russian diplomat, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations (since 2006), Ambassador to Belgium (19941998) and child actor (A Mother's Heart), heart failure.
Mildred Dresselhaus, 86, American nanotechnologist (Carbon nanotubes) and first female professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respiratory failure.
Steve Hewlett, 58, British journalist (The Guardian) and radio presenter (The Media Show), oesophageal cancer.
Sofía Ímber, 92, Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist and philanthropist, founder of the Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas, congestive heart failure.
Suthan Suthersan, 60, Sri Lankan-born American environmental engineer.
21
Leah Adler, 97, American pianist.
Kenneth Arrow, 95, American economist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1972).
Brunella Bovo, 84, Italian actress (Miracle in Milan, The White Sheik, Revenge of a Crazy Girl), pneumonia.
Jeanne Martin Cissé, 91, Guinean teacher and politician, President of the United Nations Security Council (1972–1976) and Minister of Social Affairs (1976–1984).
Douglas Coe, 88, American evangelical leader, complications from a heart attack.
Desmond Connell, 90, Irish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Dublin (1988–2004).
Ion Croitoru, 53, Canadian professional wrestler (SMW, AWA, WWF) and convicted criminal, suspected heart attack.
Sir Cosmo Haskard, 100, Irish-born British colonial administrator, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1964–1970).
Edwin Kessler, 88, American atmospheric scientist, helped develop Doppler weather radar.
Stanisław Skrowaczewski, 93, Polish-American conductor and composer.
22
Frank Delaney, 74, Irish author (Ireland, Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea) and journalist.
Ricardo Dominguez, 31, Mexican welterweight boxer, colon cancer.
Eni Faleomavaega, 75, American Samoan politician and attorney, Delegate of American Samoa to the U.S. House of Representatives  (19892015), Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa (1985–1989).
Ed Garvey, 76, American labor attorney, NFLPA executive director and counsel (19701983).
John McCormack, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).
Aleksei Petrenko, 78, Russian actor (Agony, World War II: Behind Closed Doors, The Barber of Siberia).
23
Alan Colmes, 66, American political commentator  (Fox News) and television presenter (Hannity & Colmes), lymphoma.
Sabine Oberhauser, 53, Austrian physician and politician, Austrian Minister for Health and Women (since 2014), member of the Austrian National Council (since 2006), abdominal cancer.
David Waddington, Baron Waddington, 87, British politician, MP (1968–1974, 1979–1990), Home Secretary (1989–1990), Leader of the House of Lords (1990–1992), Governor of Bermuda (1992–1997).
Leon Ware, 77, American musician, record producer, and songwriter ("I Want You", "I Wanna Be Where You Are"), complications from prostate cancer.

24
Daryl, 61, American magician, hanging.
Gustaw Lutkiewicz, 92, Polish actor (Nikodem Dyzma, A Year of the Quiet Sun, Syzyfowe prace).
25
Hassan Al-Jundi, 78, Moroccan actor (The Message, Al Qadisiyya, Omar) and author.
Neil Fingleton, 36, English basketball player, actor and stuntman (Game of Thrones, 47 Ronin, Avengers: Age of Ultron), heart attack.
Toshio Nakanishi, 61, Japanese musician (Plastics), esophageal cancer.
Bill Paxton, 61, American actor (Apollo 13, Aliens, Big Love), stroke complicated by heart surgery.
Jack Pope, 103, American judge, attorney and author, Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1982–1985).
Boaz Vaadia, 65, Israeli-born American sculptor, pancreatic cancer.
26
Ludvig Faddeev, 82, Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Eugene Garfield, 91, American linguist and businessman, founder of Histcite, heart attack.
Ned Garver, 91, American baseball pitcher (St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics).
Preben Hertoft, 89, Danish sexologist. (death announced on this date)
Sir Gerald Kaufman, 86, British politician, MP for Manchester Ardwick (1970–1983) and Manchester Gorton (since 1983), Father of the House (since 2015).
Joseph Wapner, 97, American judge and television personality (The People's Court, Judge Wapner's Animal Court), respiratory failure.

27
John Harlan, 91, American radio and television personality (Name That Tune).
Carlos Humberto Romero, 92, Salvadoran politician, President (1977–1979).
28
Leone di Lernia, 78, Italian radio host (Lo Zoo di 105), singer (Leone di Lernia contro tutti), actor (Mario) and composer, liver cancer.
Paul Kangas, 79, American broadcaster (Nightly Business Report), complications from Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer.
Peter Mathews, 65, Irish politician, TD (2011–2016), oesophageal cancer.
Vladimir Petrov, 69, Russian ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1972, 1976) and silver medalist (1980).
Elisabeth Waldheim, 94, Austrian political figure, First Lady (1986–1992).

Months
 January 2017
 February 2017
 March 2017
 April 2017

Related pages
 Deaths in 2014
 Deaths in 2015
 Deaths in 2016

References

Other websites
 The Guardian, UK obituaries
 Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
 Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
 The New York Times, US obituaries
 The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
 The Telegraph obituaries

02
February 2017 events
Thomas Joseph Simpson (November 6, 1921 – January 28, 2017) was a Canadian Royal Navy veteran. He was one of only 114 Canadians to receive the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) for World War II service. He was born in Windsor, Ontario.

Simpson died on January 28, 2017 in Windsor at the age of 95.

References

1921 births
2017 deaths
Canadian military personnel of World War II
Military people from Ontario
was a Japanese businessman. He was the founder of Namco. He was sometimes called the "father of Pac-Man". He was the CEO of Namco until he stepped down in 2002. He also produced movies for entertainment company Nikkatsu. He was born in Tokyo.

On 30 January 2017, it was announced that Nakamura died on 22 January at the age of 91.

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1925 births
2017 deaths
Businesspeople from Tokyo
Japanese movie producers
Namco
Erland Kolding Nielsen (13 January 1947 – 23 January 2017) was a Danish librarian and academic. He was best known as director of The Royal Library. He was also the president of the library organisation LIBER from 2003 to 2006. He was born in Frederiksberg.

Kolding Nielsen died on 23 January 2017 at the age of 70.

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1947 births
2017 deaths
Danish academics
The Sambre is a river that flows through France and Belgium. It empties into the Meuse at the city of Namur from the left side, and has a length of 193 km.

The Sambre river springs from the French commune of Fontenelle in the Hauts-de-France region at an altitude of 210 m. It continues through the Belgian provinces of Hainaut and Namur, passing the city of Charleroi.

Rivers of Belgium
Rivers of Hauts-de-France
Wallonia
Hainaut (province)
Namur (province)
Charleroi
Elizabeth Bathory (1560–1614) was a countess who lived in Transylvania, then a part of the Kingdom of Hungary. She was from a very important family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges. Her family ruled Transylvania as an independent region within the Hungarian kingdom. She was well-educated, beautiful and wealthy. She was also virtually untouchable as a member of the Bathory family.

Reputation
She may have been a vicious female serial killer. It is impossible to know what  part of her story is fact and what part is fiction. Her gruesome legend has become a part of folklore. She is the central character in a number of books, plays and movies. As the "blood countess", she has often been compared to another fictional character, Count Dracula. Some scholars now argue that Báthory was not a murderer but instead may have been the victim of a political betrayal.
Legend
According to her legend, she was supposed to have tortured and killed over 650 servant girls. It also claimed she bathed in human blood. That, after hearing of all the deaths and tortures going on in her castle, the countess and her servants were put on trial. Her servants were said to have been executed. Báthory herself was walled up in a room in her own castle. There were only slits for air and food. She was found dead three and a half years later. After her death, the story of the evil countess began.

In movie
In 2008 a movie was made about her called Bathory starring Anna Friel. The movie suggested she did not spend her time bathing in blood. It was a rumor spread by those who were after her wealth.

References

Other websites 
 Countess Dracula - Elizabeth Bathory (part 1); YouTube
 Countess Dracula - Elizabeth Bathory (part 2); YouTube

1560 births
1614 deaths
Hungarian nobility
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
Earls and countesses
Serial killers
Charles Y.J.Gh. Michel (born December 21, 1975 in Namur) is a Belgian lawyer and politician of the Mouvement réformateur. From October 11, 2014 through October 27, 2019, he was the Prime Minister of Belgium.

Former European Commissioner Louis Michel is his father.

Michel Jr. studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the University of Amsterdam. He successively worked as a lawyer in Brussels.

He held several political posts like government minister of Development Cooperation and an alderman and mayor of Wavre (last one still incumbent).

On 2 July 2019, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk announced a deal reached by EU Leaders which would make Michel his replacement and took office on 1 December 2019.

References 

 Biography at De Standaard

Other websites 
 

1975 births
Living people
Belgian lawyers
Belgian mayors
Government ministers of Belgium
Reformist Movement politicians
People from Namur (city)
Presidents of the European Council
Prime Ministers of Belgium
Walloon politicians
Prince Louis of Orléans, "Prince of Condé" (Louis Philippe Marie Léopold; 1845 – 24 May 1866 was a French prince given the title of Prince of Condé at birth. He died in Australia in 1866 at age 20.

Brief biography

He was born on 15 November, 1845 at the Château de Saint Cloud outside Paris. He was the eldest son of Henri d'Orleans, Duke of Aumale and his wife Princess Carolina Augusta of the Two Sicilies. Through his father Louis was he was a grandson of Louis Philippe I. As a result of this Louis was a "Prince of Orléans" at birth. He was later given the courtesy title of Prince of Condé. Following the French Revolution of 1848, he and his parents fled to England. He was educated at the "Royal High School" in Edinburgh. He was also the first member of a royal house to visit the Australian continent. This is where he died after catching a cold. He was eventually buried at the Royal Chapel of Dreux in France.

Titles and styles
Titles and styles

15 November 1845 – 24 May 1866 His Royal Highness The Prince of Condé Prince of Orléans.

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Dana Air Flight 992 was a scheduled passenger flight from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-83. On July 3, 2012, both engines stopped working. The aircraft crashed into a neighborhood in Lagos. All 153 people on-board the flight died. Ten people on the ground also died.

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2012 disasters
2010s in Nigeria
Aviation accidents and incidents in the 2010s

July 2012 events
Lagos
Transport in Nigeria
2010s disasters in Africa
Bocas del Toro (meaning "Mouths of the Bull") is a province of Panama. The province is in the northwestern part of the country, bordering Costa Rica. The provincial capital is the city of Bocas del Toro on Colón Island.

History 
Christopher Columbus, looking for a way to the Pacific Ocean during its fourth voyage to the Americas, visited this region in 1502 and named the island known now as Colón Island as "Isla del Drago" (the Dragon's Island).

During colonial times, Bocas del Toro was part of the Veraguas province. When the country was part of Colombia, the government made the district of Bocas del Toro in 1834. In 1850, Bocas del Toro became part of Chiriquí but later was made part of the Colón province.
On 16 November 1903, Bocas del Toro was separated from the Colón province and became one province. In 1941, it was divided in two districts, Bocas del Toro and Crimamola. In 1970, the district of Bocas del Toro became the district of Changuinola, the Bastimentos district was eliminated and three new districts were created.

The limits of the districts were changed in 1997 when the Ngäbe-Buglé comarca was created.

Location 
The Bocas del Toro province borders the Caribbean Sea to the north, Limón Province of Costa Rica to the west, Chiriquí Province to the south, and Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca to the east. The Sixaola river forms part of the border with Costa Rica.

Geography
Bocas del Toro province has an area of . The province includes the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea; the main islands of the archipelago are:
 Colón, , where is the city of Bocas del Toro, the provincial capital;
 Popa, 
 Bastimentos, 
 San Cristóbal, 
 Cayo Agua, 
 Solarte, 
 Carenero,
Protected areas 
The national parks in the province are "Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park" (), which contains most of Bastimentos islands and some smaller nearby islands, and "La Amistad International Park" (), which spans the Costa Rica–Panama border. Bocas del Toro contains most of the Panamanian section of the park, which covers . The Costa Rican section of the park covers .

Climate

Demographics 
The people of the province are known as Bocatoreños (women:Bocatoreñas).

The Bocas del Toro province had a population, in 2010, of 125,461, for a population density of  inhabitants/km2.

Evolution of the population in Bocas del Toro province

Administrative divisions
The Bocas del Toro province is divided in four districts, which are divided into 30 corregimientos. The new district of Almirante was created on 8 June 2015 with territory of the Changuinola district.
Economy
The main economic activity in the mainland of the province is farming, with plantain as the main commercial crop. In the islands, the main activities are fishing and tourism.

Gallery

References

Other websites 
 
 Statoids.com

Provinces of Panama
Marta Becket (August 9, 1924 – January 30, 2017) was an dancer, choreographer and painter. She was born in New York City. She performed for more than 40 years at her own theater, the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, California. She retired in 2012.

The 2000 documentary movie about Becket's life, Amargosa won a 2003 Emmy Award for cinematographer Curt Apduhan, in addition to the movie's numerous festival awards and nominations.

Becket died on January 30, 2017 at her home in Death Valley Junction, California from congestive heart failure, aged 92.

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1924 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from congestive heart failure
American dancers
American painters
American choreographers
Entertainers from New York City
James Si-Cheng Chao (; born December 29, 1927) is a Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist. His daughter, Elaine, is the 18th and current United States Secretary of Transportation.

Career
He is the founder of the Foremost Group, a New York-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. The James S.C. Chao Scholarship is named after him. Active philanthropists, Chao and his wife, Ruth Mulan Chu, established the Mulan Foundation in 1984 to provide scholarships to help students in the U.S. and China access higher education.

Chao has served for more than a decade as Chairman of both the Chiao-Tung University Alumni Association in America and the Chiao-Tung University Alumni Foundation of America from 1988 to 1999.

Personal life
Chao married Ruth Mulan Chu in 1951. Chu died in 2007 from lymphoma. They had six children. They immigrated to the United States in 1961. He now lives in New York City.

References

Other websites
 Chao Family Foundations 
 Foremost Foundation 
 Harvard Gazette
1927 births
Living people
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Chinese businesspeople
Businesspeople from New York City
Philanthropists from New York (state)
People from Shanghai
John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was a British singer-songwriter and bass guitarist. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire. He rose to fame with bands Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash. He was known for playing the bass guitar. 

Wetton died in his sleep at his home in Bournemouth, Dorset on 31 January 2017 from colon cancer. He was 67. He was survived by his wife, Lisa and son, Dylan.

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Other websites

 Official site
 Official Asia Reunion Website

1949 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from colorectal cancer
Cancer deaths in England
British singer-songwriters
British bass guitarists
British keyboardists
People from Derbyshire
Philip Michael Bilden (born 1964) is an American business leader. He is a private equity pioneer in Asia. Bilden is also a national security and cybersecurity advocate, and philanthropist.

Bilden was nominated to serve as the 76th Secretary of the Navy by President Donald Trump on January 25, 2017. He withdrew his nomination on February 26, 2017.

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1964 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Indiana
Philanthropists from Indiana
American activists
James Brien "Jim" Comey, Jr. (born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer. He was the 7th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from September 4, 2013 until May 9, 2017 when he was fired by President Donald Trump.

Comey was the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from January 2002 to December 2003, and later, the United States Deputy Attorney General, from December 2003 to August 2005. As Deputy Attorney General, Comey was the second-highest-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), and ran its day-to-day operations.

Early life
Comey was born in Yonkers, New York. He grew up in Allendale, New Jersey. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1982, majoring in chemistry and religion and later from the University of Chicago with a Juris Doctor.

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013–2017)
In September 2013, Comey was appointed Director of the FBI by President Barack Obama.
Investigation on Hillary Clinton and 2016 election
Comey was responsible for overseeing the FBI's investigation of the Hillary Clinton email controversy. His role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, particularly with regard to his public communications, was highly controversial. His decisions have been regarded by many analysts, including Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight, to have likely cost Clinton the election.

Dismissal
Comey was fired by President Donald Trump on May 9, 2017 reportedly days after Comey asked increased funding from the Justice Department for the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. The Justice Department called the New York Times report that Comey asked for more funding "totally false". In a statement by the White House, they released a statement saying that "removing Comey will help bring the Russia investigation to end" quickly and rapidly, and that it would be ended soon.
Personal life
Comey and his wife Patrice Failor are the parents of five children. He was raised in a Roman Catholic household. 

Comey was a member of the Republican Party until 2016 when he announced that he was an Independent.

References

Other websites

 Department of Justice Farewell Address
 James B. Comey – White House Biography
 
 James B. Comey Professional Biography, United States Department of Justice
 Transcript of James Comey's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, May 15, 2007
 "Intelligence Under the Law", a speech delivered by James Comey to the National Security Agency on Law Day, May 20, 2005 
 
 Profile on Columbia Law School 

1960 births
Living people
Lawyers from New York (state)
Directors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Independent politicians in the United States
Politicians from New York (state)
United States Deputy Attorneys General
E. Ahamed (29 April 1938 – 1 February 2017) was an Indian politician. He served as Minister of State for External Affairs in the Manmohan Singh government from 2004 through 2014. He represented the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala and is the National President of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) from 2009 until his death in 2017. He was born in Malappuram, Kerala.

Ahamed died at the age of 78 at a hospital in Delhi, India after suffering from cardiac arrest during President Pranab Mukherjee's address to the parliament.

References

Other websites

 Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website 

1938 births
2017 deaths
Politicians from Kerala
Filostrato is a poem by 14th-century Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio. It tells about Troilo's love for Criseyda. The historical importance comes from two reasons. One reason is that it is one of the first long poems written in ottava rima. The second is that it was a source for Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. Ottava rima is a strophe built of eight lines and rhymed abababcc.

Alcun di Giove sogliono il favore
ne’ lor principii pietosi invocare,
altri d’Apollo chiamano il valore;
io di Parnaso le Muse pregare
solea ne’ miei bisogni, ma Amore
novellamente m’ha fatto mutare
il mio costume antico e usitato,
po’ fui di te, madonna, innamorato.

Boccaccio's poem was based on Roman de Troie by Benôit de Sainte Maure, Historia troiana by Guido delle Colonne, a similar story by Binduccio dello Scelto and Historia Troiae by Filippo Ceppi.

References

Bibliography 
  Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filostrato, Parigi 1798.

Other websites 
  Filostrato di Giovanni Boccaccio at Italian Wikisource.
Epic poems
14th-century works
Italian literature
Concha Ibáñez Escobar, also, Conxa Ibáñez (born 1926) is a Catalan painter and writer. She is known as a landscape artist. She has painted scenes in Catalonia, Castile, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Venice, Greece, Maghreb, Cuba, New York City.

Her illustrations in oil or engraving accompanied the works of the writers Baltasar Porcel, Miquel de Palol, Marta Pessarrodona, Cesareo Rodriguez-Aguilera and Josep Maria Carandell.

Ibáñez was born in Canet de Mar, Catalonia.

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1926 births
Living people
Spanish painters
Spanish writers
Etel Adnan (24 February 1925 – 14 November 2021) was a Lebanese-American Feminist writer, poet, essayist, and visual artist.

Honors
In 2003, Adnan was named "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab American author writing today" by the academic journal MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States.

Legacy
Besides her literary works, Adnan worked on visual works in a variety of media, such as oil paintings, movies and tapestries, which have been exhibited at galleries across the world.

Personal life
She lived in Paris and Sausalito, California. Adnan openly identifies as lesbian.

Adnan died in Paris on 14 November 2021, at the age of 96.

References

Other websites
 Website of Etel Adnan
 Translated excerpt from Sitt Marie Rose
 Culturebase  (in German)
 Anne Mullin Burnham, Reflections in Women's Eyes, 1994, Saudi Aramco World
1924 births
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Lebanese poets
American feminist writers
American poets
American artists
Lesbian feminists
American LGBT writers
LGBT people from California
Writers from California
2021 deaths
Maren Margrethe Thomsen, known as Maren Margrethe "Grethe" Bartram and "Thora" (23 February 1924 – ) was a Danish war criminal. 

She was known for informing on at least 53 people from the Danish resistance movement during the Second World War. It resulted in the early communist resistance groups being dismantled and many of their members being sent to concentration camps. Bartram informed on her brother, husband and close friends.

Bartram was given the death penalty after the war but was later pardoned and the sentence was changed to life in prison. In 1956 she was released and moved to Halland in Sweden where she lived under her married name.

Bartram's was announced on 31 January 2017. She had died at her home in Halland, aged 92.

References

Other websites
 Grethe Bartram – biography in Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon
 Storstikkeren – Chapter 10 in Erik Haaests book, Udyr – eller hvad from 1977 in an updated e-version from 2006.
 Myter, Mordet i Højbjerg, Marie Lock-Hansen, Forlaget Din Bog
1924 births
2017 deaths
Danish people
World War II people
Communists