Question: Who passed away first Beyene Merid or Haile Selassie ?
Context: Amha Selassie, GCMG, GCVO, GBE (27 July 1914 – 17 February 1997) was the last reigning monarch of Ethiopia.  First proclaimed Emperor during the unsuccessful coup attempt by the Imperial Guards against his father Haile Selassie I in December 1960, he initially went along with this proclamation under duress.  The coup collapsed within days and the Emperor Haile Selassie was restored.  Amha Selassie was again proclaimed on the deposition of his father by the Derg on 12 September 1974, but he never accepted this proclamation as legitimate, and in any case this brief reign was ended with the abolition of the Ethiopian monarchy in March 1975.  He was again proclaimed in exile on 8 April 1989.  This time he sanctioned the proclamation and accepted its legitimacy. Major-General "Dejazmatch" Beyene Merid (sometimes rendered as Beine Merid) (1897 - 24 February 1937) was an Ethiopian army commander, a patriot, and the son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie I. Princess Romanework Haile Selassie, sometimes spelt as Romane Work Haile Selassie (died in Turin on 14 October 1940), was the eldest child of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia by his first wife, "Woizero" Altayech.  The English translation of the emperor's autobiography makes no mention of Princess Romanework, or the Emperor's previous marriage, although he writes in the original Amharic version his grief at learning of the death of his eldest daughter in captivity at Turin just days after his restoration to his throne following the defeat of the Italian fascist occupation.  The name of Princess Romanework's mother mentioned by Mockler "Woizero Altayech" may be a nickname Princess Romanework's mother used, as the contemporary source, Blata Merse Hazen Wolde Kirkos, names her as "Woizero" Woinetu Amede.  Blata Merse Hazen Wolde Kirkos, a prominent nobleman and important figure in both the Imperial court and within the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church mentions Princess Romanework's mother "Woizero" Woinetu Amede as attending the wedding of her daughter to "Dejazmatch" Beyene Merid in his book about the years before the Italian occupation. Princess Mahisente Habte Mariam(born at Nekemte on 9 February 1937) is the widow of Prince Sahle Selassie, youngest son of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.  She is the daughter of "Dejazmach" Habte Mariam Gebre-Igziabiher, heir to the former Welega Kingdom of Leqa Naqamte, and later served as governor of Welega province.  Her mother was "Woizero" Yeshimebet Guma, a prominent Welega Oromo noblewoman who was later married to Ras Mesfin Selashi, a leading Ethiopian aristocrat and close associate of Emperor Haile Selassie.  Princess Mahisente is also the mother of Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, the current President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia. Princess Sophia Desta is the youngest daughter of "Ras" Desta Damtew and Princess Tenagnework Haile Selassie, and granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia.  She is also the widow of Captain Dereje Haile Mariam, graduate of The Royal Sandhurst Academy in the U.K.  She married him at Addis Ababa, on 31 January 1959 (in a double wedding with her sister Princess Seble-Wengel Desta.  Captain Dereje Haile Mariam born in 1937 and he was killed at Addis Ababa, at the Genuete Luel Palace while defending the Emperor against a palace coup d'etat carried out by General Mengistu Newaye, head of the Imperial bodyguard on 16 December 1960.  They had an only daughter: The 1960 Ethiopian coup was an attempted coup d'état staged in Ethiopia on 13 December 1960.  Its goal was to overthrow Emperor Haile Selassie, who was on a state visit to Brazil at the time.  Four conspirators, led by Germame Neway and his older brother Brigadier General Mengistu Neway, who was commander of the Kebur Zabangna (the Imperial Bodyguard), took several ministers and other important personages hostage and gained control of most of the capital city, Addis Ababa.  The coup leaders declared the regime of Haile Selassie had been deposed and announced the beginning of a new, more progressive government under the rule of Haile Selassie's eldest son, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, that would address the numerous economic and social problems Ethiopia faced.  Despite a demonstration of support by the students of Haile Selassie University, other military units remained loyal to Selassie and crushed the coup.  By 17 December, loyalists had regained control of Addis Abeba and the conspirators were either dead or had fled the capital. Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: , "qädamawi haylä səllasé" ; ] ; 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975) , born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and emperor from 1930 to 1974.  He also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 25 May 1963 to 17 July 1964 and 5 November 1966 to 11 September 1967.  He was a member of the Solomonic Dynasty. Prince Sahle Selassie (27 February 1932 - 24 April 1962) was the youngest child of Emperor Haile Selassie and Empress Menen Asfaw of Ethiopia.  His full title was "His Imperial Highness, Prince Sahle Selassie Haile Selassie". "Jah Live" is a song by Bob Marley & The Wailers, released as a single in 1975.  The song was recorded and released within days following the announcement of the death of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia whom Rastafarians see as the reincarnation of God, whom they call Jah.  The song was written as a message to the world that Haile Selassie I had not died as the Ethiopian government of the time and (according to the song) detractors of the Rastafarian religion claimed.  When the song was released, Selassie was claimed dead by the Ethiopian authorities but there was no body.  Marley was prescient in response to the news that no body had not been found saying, "Yuh cyant kill God". The Guenete Leul Palace ("Paradise of Princes") is a palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  It was built by Emperor Haile Selassie in 1930.  The Emperor and his family made the palace their main residence, but the seat of government remained at the Imperial Palace.  After the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and the Italian occupation, the palace became the residence of the Italian viceroy.  Emperor Haile Selassie moved back to the palace when he returned from exile after the Second World War.  During a coup attempt in 1960 several government officials were massacred in the palace.  In light of this, the emperor moved to the Jubilee Palace.  He gave the Guenete Leul Palace to the Haile Selassie University, which was renamed Addis Ababa University in 1974.  The palace was renamed Ras Makonnen hall after the father of the emperor.
Answer: Beyene Merid