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Philippe Mestre (23 August 1927 – 25 April 2017) was a French high-ranking civil servant, media executive and politician. He was born in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, Vendée.

Mestre was the prefect of Gers, Basse-Normandie, Calvados, Pays de la Loire and Loire-Atlantique. He was the chief executive of Presse-Océan from 1981 to 1993.

Mestre served as a member of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1993, representing Vendée. He was the Minister of Veteran Affairs and War Victims from 1993 to 1995. He was a commander of the Legion of Honour and an officer of the National Order of Merit.

Mestre died on 25 April 2017 in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, aged 89.

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Audre Lorde (February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, feminist, womanist, and civil rights activist. She was born in New York City.

Lorde was born almost blind and was tongue tied. At the age of four, Lorde learned how to read and talk. Lorde went to Catholic grammar schools. She went to Hunter College and Columbia University. She would say that “lesbian” and “black” didn’t really define her. She didn’t like being put in those categories. She was a lesbian. She was famous for her strong poems about racism and love.

Lorde died on November 17, 1992 in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands from liver cancer, aged 58.

References

Other websites

Profile and poems at the Poetry Foundation
Profile and poems written and audio at Academy of American Poets
"Voices From the Gaps: Audre Lorde". Profile. University of Minnesota
Profile at Modern American Poetry

1934 births
1992 deaths
Deaths from liver cancer
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Austin County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 28,417 people lived there. The county seat is Bellville.

Texas counties
Bexar County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 1,714,773 people lived there. The county seat is San Antonio.

Geography 
The county has a total area of 1,256 square miles. It is in south-central Texas.

Bordering counties 
 Kendall County (north)
 Comal County (north)
 Guadalupe County (northeast)
 Wilson County (southeast)
 Atascosa County (south)
 Medina County (west)
 Bandera County (northwest)

People 
In 2010, there were 1,714,773 people living in Bexar County.

Places

Cities 
 Converse
 Grey Forest
 Helotes
 Live Oak
 San Antonio (county seat)

Towns 
 China Grove
 Hollywood Park
 St. Hedwig

Other 
 Adkins
 Atascosa
 Cross Mountain
 Lackland AFB
 Leon Springs
 Losoya
 Macdona
 Martinez
 Randolph AFB
 Sayers
 Scenic Oaks
 Stone Oak
 Timberwood Park

Texas counties
Atascosa County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 44,911 people lived there. The county seat is Jourdanton.

Texas counties
Blanco County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 10,497 people lived there. The county seat is Johnson City.

Texas counties
Cameron County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 406,220 people lived there. The county seat is Brownsville.

Texas counties
The ancient legend of Orpheus and Eurydice concerns the fateful love of Orpheus of Thrace, son of Apollo and the muse Calliope, for the beautiful Eurydice (from Eurudike, "she whose justice extends widely").

Other websites

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Against All Odds is the second studio album by N-Dubz. It was released in Ireland on 13 November 2009 and was released on 16 November 2009 in the UK.

Track listing

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Love.Live.Life is the third studio album to be released by British hip hop group N-Dubz, released on 29 November 2010, as a collaboration by All Around the World and Island Records. Following the release of the album the group announced an long-term break to focus on solo projects.

Background
The group began recording the album following the success of their second album Against All Odds. Due to the album being released in America, certain UK words like "Blood" and "You get me?" were removed from the final edit of the album, but the group's trademark phrase "Na, na, niii" stayed as the group did not want to lose the respect they had earned from their original fans.

Track listing

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Vito Hannibal Acconci (January 24, 1940 – April 27, 2017) was an American designer, architect, and artist. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He was known for his works in Landscape architect and in Installation art. He was known for his performance piece titled Seedbed. 

Acconci died at his apartment in Manhattan, New York on April 28, 2017 from a stroke, aged 77.

References

Other websites

 Oral history interview with Vito Acconci, 2008 June 21-28 from the Archives of American Art
 Guide to the 0 TO 9 archive  from the Fales Library at NYU
 Art videos directed and performed by Vito Acconci on UbuWeb
 Willoughby Sharp Videoviews Vito Acconci (1973) on UbuWeb
 Art en Route: A Guide to Art in the MTA Network See Acconci works at West 8th Street-New York Aquarium and 161st Street-Yankee Stadium subway stations.

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Dina Ali Lasloom (; born 29 March 1993) is a Saudi Arabian teacher who was kidnapped in the Philippines. 

On April 11, 2017, she was traveling from Kuwait to Australia to ask for political asylum. She was stopped in Manila airport. She made a video with a cellphone. IN the video, she said they took her passport and papers. She said that her family would kill her. She wanted to escape a forced marriage. Dina borrowed a phone from a Canadian woman to make the video. In the video, Dina said she was locked up for 13 hours. Then two men came to the airport. Dina said they were her uncles. 

An airport security officer saw three men take Dina. They put duct tape on her hands, feet, and mouth. Then they put her in a wheelchair. THey took her on a Saudia Airlines flight to Riyadh. Other passengers said they heard her scream for help in the airplane.

The video went viral in Saudi Arabia. People used the hashtag #SaveDinaAli. Protesters were waiting for Dina at the Riyadh airport. One Saudi woman, Alaa Anazi, was arrested at the airport. Some women’s rights advocates in Saudi Arabia say Dina was taken to a women’s shelter. Others said Alla Anazi was taken to the shelter. Dina did not get off the airplane with the other passengers.

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Dharmendra (born Dharam Singh Deol; 8 December 1935) is an Indian movie actor and politician. His starring roles in action movies earned him nicknames such as "Action King" and "He-Man". One of his most known roles was in Sholay (1975).

He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing Bikaner constituency in Rajasthan from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2004 through 2009.

In 2012, he was honored India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

References

Other websites

 
 Official Website

1935 births
Living people
Indian movie actors
Indian movie producers
Indian politicians
Nicholas Sand (May 10, 1941 – April 24, 2017) was an American chemist. He was a cult figure known in the psychedelic community for his work as a clandestine chemist from 1966 through 1996 for the Brotherhood of Eternal Love. He was born in New York City.

Sand was part of the League for Spiritual Discovery at the Millbrook estate in New York, has been credited as the "first underground chemist on record to have synthesized DMT" and was known for creating and selling large amounts of LSD.

Sand died in his sleep at his home in California of a suspected heart attack on April 24, 2017 at the age of 75.

References

Other websites
 Erowid Character Vaults: Nick Sand
 Erowid Character Vaults: Nick Sand Extended Biography
 Audio (MP3): Nick Sand at Mind States II in 2001
 Audio (MP3): Nick Sand giving his 2006 Palenque Norte lecture at Burning Man 

1941 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Cardiovascular disease deaths in California
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Terence James "Terry" Cavanagh (July 19, 1926 – December 17, 2017) was a Canadian politician, businessman, municipal councilor in Edmonton, Alberta. He served as Mayor of Edmonton from November 14, 1975 through October 19, 1977 and again from October 17, 1988 through October 16, 1989. He was Edmonton's first native-born mayor. He served as an alderman in Edmonton until he retired from politics in 2007.

Cavanagh was born in Edmonton on July 19, 1926, to Scottish immigrants. He played for the Galt Red Wings of the Ontario Hockey Association, where he was a teammate of Gordie Howe during his early years. He died on December 17, 2017 in Edmonton at the age of 91.

References

Other websites
Terry Cavanagh profile Edmonton City Council (retrieved August 14, 2007) 
Edmonton Public Library biography of Terry Cavanagh 

"Budgeting Time", Real Estate Weekly, November 23, 2006 
"Keep rent-control plan alive, say councillors", Edmonton Journal, May 6, 2007
"Edmonton then, Edmonton now", Edmonton Journal, June 23, 2007 (reproduced on connect2edmonton.ca) 

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Zhanjiang (), is a prefecture-level city at the southwestern end of Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, facing Hainan to the south.

Its population was 6,994,832 inhabitants at the 2010 census. 1,611,868 live in the built-up area made of four urban districts: Chikan, Xiashan, Potou and Mazhang. In 2007, the city is named China's top ten livable cities by Chinese Cities Brand Value Report, which was released at 2007 Beijing Summit of China Cities Forum.

References

Guangdong
The Bell TH-67 Creek is a US helicopter. It is a military variant of the famous civilian Bell 206B used for training by the United States Army.

Related pages
 Bell TH-57 Sea Ranger

Military aircraft
Helicopters
Bell aircraft
United States Army aircraft
Mad Libs is a fill-in-the-blank word game invented in 1958 by Roger Price and Leonard B. Stern.

One player chooses a story and then replaces words with blanks containing (noun, verb, part of body plural, celebrity male, etc.). The other player fills in the blanks by saying the type of the word, but without showing where it is in the story and the words around it. A usually nonsensical story will be made.

Word games
Annie Ida Jenny Noë Haesendonck (born 13 April 1959) is a Belgian football coach and former international goalkeeper. She won  59 caps for the Belgium women's national football team between 1979 and 1994. When playing for the national team, Noë had to wear Jean-Marie Pfaff's old shirts. She stopped playing when she was 35 years old, then became a coach with the Royal Belgian Football Association. In 1999 she was appointed head coach of the national team.

References

Other websites
 Profile at Royal Belgian Football Association 
 Profile at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

1959 births
Living people
Belgian footballers
Belgian football managers
Women's association football goalkeepers
Utah Beach was a codename for one of the five landing beaches in Operation Overlord (D-Day, or the Invasion of Normandy). Utah Beach was landed on by American Rangers, on June 6, 1944, where they breached German defenses. The battle site is located in Normandy, France.

European battles of World War II
Normandy
1940s in France
1944 in Europe
June 1944 events
Camp County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 12,401 people lived there. The county seat is Pittsburg.

Texas counties
Bandera County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 20,485 people lived there. The county seat is Bandera.

Texas counties
Bastrop County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 74,171 people lived there. The county seat is Bastrop.

Texas counties
Baylor County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 3,726 people lived there. The county seat is Seymour.

Texas counties
Bee County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 31,861 people lived there. The county seat is Beeville.

Texas counties
Bell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 310,235 people lived there. The county seat is Belton.

Texas counties
Borden County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2010, 641 people lived there. The county seat is Gail.

Texas counties
Saeed Karimian Saeed Karimian (8 August 1972 – 29 April 2017) was an expatriate Iranian financier and owner of GEM TV who was assassinated in Istanbul, Turkey, on 29 April 2017, along with his Kuwaiti business partner.

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The Montague–Chelmsford Reforms, sometimes called the Mont-Ford Reforms were reforms introduced to India by the British Raj in 1919. They slowly introduced a system of self-governing institutions.

This was opposed by the Assertive nationalists but welcomed by the Early nationalists.

British India
Donald Erik Sarason (January 26, 1933 – April 8, 2017) was an American mathematician. He made advances in the areas of Hardy space theory and VMO. He was one of the most popular doctoral advisers in the Mathematics Department at the University of California, Berkeley. 

Sarason died on April 8, 2017 at the age of 84 in Berkeley, California.

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Carl Finley Christ (September 19, 1923 - April 21, 2017) was an American economist and a Professor Emeritus of Economics at Johns Hopkins University. He was known for his works in econometrics, including an early popular textbook.

Life
Christ was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated with a BS in physics from the University of Chicago in 1943. He worked as junior physicist for the Manhattan Project from 1943 to 1945. He then served as an Instructor in Physics at Princeton University, 1945–46, before starting graduate studies in economics at the University of Chicago.

In 1970, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Christ died in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2017 at the age of 93.

References

Other websites
 Website at Johns Hopkins University 

1923 births
2017 deaths
American economists
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Writers from Chicago
R. Vidyasagar Rao (14 November 1939 – 29 April 2017) was an Indian government administrator and engineer. He was the Chief Engineer (Retired) of the Ministry of Water Resources' Central Water Commission, as well as the Advisor on Irrigation to the Government of Telangana. He was born in Jajireddygudem, Telangana.

Rao died on 29 April in 2017 in Hyderabad, Telangana from bladder cancer, aged 77.

References

Other websites
 TS offers to talk with A.P. on Krishna waters

1939 births
2017 deaths
Deaths from bladder cancer
Cancer deaths in India
Indian politicians
Indian engineers
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Telangana
Belchior (, born Antônio Carlos Gomes Belchior, October 26, 1946 – April 30, 2017), was a Brazilian singer and composer. He was one of the first MPB singers from the Brazilian northeast to reach mainstream success, in the early 1970s. He was born in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.

Belchior died on April 30, 2017 at a hospital in Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil from multiple organ failure, aged 70.

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Other websites
Official website

1946 births
2017 deaths
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Disease-related deaths in Brazil
Brazilian singers
Composers
Boris Oleynik (; 22 October 1935 – 30 April 2017) was a Ukrainian poet, translator, and politician. He served on the Verkhovna Rada from 1992 to 2006. He was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He was a communist. He taught cultural and diplomatic studies at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 

Oleynik died on 30 April 2017 of heart failure in Kiev, Ukraine, aged 81.

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Ukrainian writers
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Leslie Roy "Les" Mills (born 1 November 1934) is a retired New Zealand track and field athlete and politician. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over twenty years, competing in the shot put and discus throw. At the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he achieved his best result, a gold medal in the games.

Mills opened his first gym in 1968 and gives his name to Les Mills International, a company founded by his son Phillip Mills. He was Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, from 1990 to 1998.

References

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Profile at New Zealand Olympic Committee website 

1934 births
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Ueli Steck (4 October 1976 – 30 April 2017) was a Swiss rock climber and mountaineer. He won two Piolet d'Or, in 2009 and 2014. He was also famous for his speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps. He was born in Langnau im Emmental, Switzerland.

Awards 
In 2008, Steck was the first recipient of the Eiger Award for his mountaineering achievements.

Death 
Steck died on 30 April 2017 after being killed in an avalanche in Mount Everest in Nuptse, Nepal, aged 40.

References

Other websites
 
 Biography on climbing.com

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2017 deaths
Deaths in sport
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Rock climbing
NN ingen Cináed was the eldest daughter of King Kenneth I (MacAlpin) of the Scots. She was born c. 834 when Kenneth was only 24 years old from an unknown mother. She was the mother of Eochaid, king of Scots who ruled with Giric.

Birth 
Not much is known about the birth of NN ingen except it happened around 834, somewhere in Scotland. She was born as the eldest daughter of Kenneth and his 11 other siblings, many of whom ruled Scotland.

Marriage 
She married Run mac Arthgail, a king of Strathclyde from c. 872-878. He gave her one child, later to be king of Scots named Eochaid, who was deposed in 889 when she was 55 years old (dead or alive?). She also married Rí na h'Alt Clut who supposedly gave her no child as Eochaid is the only recorded child of NN ingen.

Death 
It is unknown when NN ingen Cináed died but would most likely be in the 860s to 880s sometime during or after the reign of Constantine I, Donald I and Eochaid, her son. She died in Ireland.

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Princes and princesses
Macbeth (Mac Bethad mac Findlaích in Gaelic) was King of Scotland from 1040-1057.  William Shakespeare wrote a famous play about him called Macbeth.  In the play, Macbeth is an evil king who murders his cousin so he can become king.   In real life, Macbeth was more peaceful than this, though he did kill King Duncan I of Scotland.

Birth 
Macbeth was born around 1005 in Morayshire, Scotland. His name in Gaelic was "Mac Bethad mac Findlaích" (in modern Gaelic, it is MacBheatha mac Fhionnlaigh), meaning "son of life".  His father was Findláech mac Ruaidrí, Mormaer of Moray.  When Macbeth was born, he became Mormaer of Moray.  Macbeth's mother, Donada, may have been Malcolm II's second daughter.

Marriage 
In 1032, before he became king, Macbeth married Gruoch of Scotland (called "Lady Macbeth" in English).  They remained married until his death in 1057.  She died three years later, in 1060.

Children 
Macbeth may have had one child with Gruoch, but this is not certain. This child was Ferchar Og, Prince of Scots. 

Macbeth did have a stepson, Lulach, who succeeded him as king but died in 1058.

King of Scots 
On August 14th, 1040, Macbeth murdered King Duncan I in battle and was crowned King of Scotland. His reign continued until August 15th or 17th, when he was murdered in another battle.  His stepson Lulach became king in Macbeth's place.

In 1058, Lulachwas murdered in battle by his cousin Malcolm III, who then became king.

Burial 
Macbeth's burial most likely took place soon after his death.  He was buried in Iona, Scotland.  This is a place where many kings have been buried, starting with the mythical first King of Scots, Kenneth MacAlpin.

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Kings and Queens of Scotland
1057 deaths
1000s births
Since the reign of the first kings of England the question of who should rule next has been hard to answer. Examples of this are when Edward the Elder died leaving two sons Aelfward and Athelstan, but Aelfward died 28 days after Edward leaving the throne to Athelstan. But when a king picked his successor in the 1100's it was known as the young king. The next king, the prince of Wales usually got to reign as the young king of England before his ascension but both of the young/junior/titular kings never ascended to the throne.

The young kings of England in order of reign were:

 Eustace IV, son of Stephen (1152-1153) as titular king
 Henry the Young, son of Henry II (1170-1183) as young king

Ever since Henry the Young the next in line has never been crowned as young king and just simply prince of Wales or just titled as "the rightful heir to the English throne".For kings of England, see List of English monarchs.

Kings and Queens of England
Gerald Elliot "Jerry" Heller (October 6, 1940 – September 2, 2016) was an American music manager and businessman. He was best known for managing West Coast rap supergroup and gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A and Eazy-E.

Early life
Heller was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at the University of Southern California.

Career
Heller became famous in the 1960s and '70s, importing Elton John and Pink Floyd for their first major American tours, and representing Journey, Marvin Gaye,  Van Morrison, War, Eric Burdon, Crosby Stills and Nash, Ike & Tina Turner, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Otis Redding, The Who, REO Speedwagon, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, Styx, The Grass Roots and The Standells, among many others.

In the mid-1980s he worked with R&B and hip hop acts like Michel'le, World Class Wreckin' Cru, J.J. Fad, The D.O.C., Egyptian Lover and L.A. Dream Team.

Heller played a role in the emergence of West Coast rap music when he managed Ruthless Records with Eazy-E and discovered, signed or managed the likes of N.W.A, The Black Eyed Peas, Above the Law, The D.O.C. and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

Death
Heller suffered from a heart attack while driving, resulting in an auto accident. He later died on September 2, 2016 in Thousand Oaks, California.

References

Other websites
 
 "Jerry Heller". Heeb. March 24, 2009
 KCAL9  (Co-Founder Of Ruthless Records Jerry Heller Discusses New Memoir)
 Ruthless A Memoir (Simon & Schuster)
 Hip Hop & Politics (Interview with Jerry Heller)
 XXL Magazine (Ruthless Records Co-Founder Jerry Heller Claims Eazy-E Had Plans To Kill Suge Knight)
 Vibe Magazine (13 Hip-Hop Conspiracy Theories)
 HipHop DX (Jerry Heller Claims He & Eazy-E Put The Source Magazine "In Business")
 Rolling Stone Magazine (The 10 Wildest Rap Beefs Of All Time)
 AntiMusic.com (N.W.A's Straight Outta Compton Turns 25)

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The House of Alpin, sometimes referred to as the Alpínid dynasty, Clann Chináeda, and Clann Chinaeda meic Ailpín was the house given to the kings of Scotland, titled as "King of the Picts" from the reign of Kenneth MacAlpin I in 843/848 until the death of Malcolm II in 1034. Although some sources claim that the house lasted until the death of Lulach in 1058.

MacAlpin, sons of Alpin II 
 Kenneth MacAlpin (843/848 - 13th February 858)
 Donald MacAlpin (13th February 858 - 13th April 862)

MacKenneth or MacCináeda, sons of Kenneth I 
 Causantín mac Cináeda (13th April 862 - 877)
Aed mac Cináeda (877 - 878)
The reign of Aed is disputed and many sources list the next monarch after Constantine I as Giric.

MacDúngail, sons of Dungal of Scots (maybe) 
 Giric mac Dúngail (878 - 889)

MacConstantine or MacCausantín, sons of Constantine I 
 Domnall mac Causantín (889 - 900)

MacAed or Mac Áeda, sons of Aed 
 Constantín mac Áeda (900 - 943), abdicated, died sometime 952

MacDonald or MacDomnaill, sons of Donald II 
 Máil Coluim mac Domnaill (943 - 954)

MacConstantine or MacCausantín, sons of Constantine II 
 Ildulb mac Causantín (954 - 962)

MacMalcolm or MacMaíl Coluim, sons of Malcolm I 
 Dub mac Máil Coluim (962 - 967)

MacIndulf or MacIlluilb, sons of Indulf 
 Cuilén mac Illuilb (967 - 971)? - Reign unknown

MacMalcolm or MacMaíl Coluim, sons of Malcolm I (again) 
 Cináed mac Maíl Coluim (971 - 995)

MacCuilén, sons of Cuilén 
 Causantín mac Cuiléin (995 - 997)

MacDub or MacDuib, sons of Dub 
Cináed mac Duib (997 - 1005)

Sons of Kenneth II 
 Malcolm II of Scotland (1005 - 1034)

Disputed (end of house) 
The house is considered by most to end with the death of Malcolm II in 1034 but some lists state the house lasted until Lulach, this is the extended house including the rest of 1034-1058's monarchs.

Extended House of Alpin 
 Duncan I of Scotland (1034-1040)
 Macbeth of Scotland (1040-1057)
 Lulach of Scotland (1057-1058)

Kings and Queens of Scotland
9th century in Scotland
10th century in Scotland
The House of Dunkeld was the house for Scottish rulers from 1034-1290. Some sources state it began in 1058 with Malcolm III and that Duncan I through to Lulach were in the house of Alpin but this list will include the monarchs starting with Duncan I, king of Scots.

British royalty
George William Genyk (June 6, 1938 – April 29, 2017) was an American football lineman and coach.  

Genyk played college football for the University of Michigan from 1957 to 1959 and was the captain of the 1959 Michigan team.  He was drafted by the newly formed New York Titans (renamed the Jets in 1963) in the first tier 1960 American Football League Draft. He coached high school football in Michigan for more than 30 years.

Genyk died of stomach cancer at a medical center in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 78.

References

Other websites
 Biography of George Genyk at the University of Michigan 

1938 births
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Constantine I was a son of Kenneth MacAlpin and was king of Picts "Rex Pictorium" from either 862/863 to 877 when he died in Fife, during a battle against Norse invaders. He was the nephew of his predecessor Donald I and the son of Kenneth MacAlpin I of the Picts and Queen Cinaeth MacDonald. He was styled as king of the Picts but now is traditionally referred to as king of Scots as many consider Kenneth I to be the first king of Scots.

Birth 
Not much is known about Constantine's birth like many Scottish kings but he was born sometime around 836-844 in Iona, modern day Argyllshire, Scotland. He was the son of Kenneth MacAlpin, king of Scots and an unknown mother, he was a nephew of Donald I, brother to Aed and also to NN Ingen Cináeda.

Reign 
When Donald I died in 862 of unknown causes, Constantine succeeded him and became the king of Picts, it is unknown if his reign began in 863 with his coronation or 862 with his ascension but most sources agree his reign began in April 862 after the death of his uncle Donald I.

Death 
In 877 fighting the Vikings in Fife, Constantine was killed. The throne passed to his brother Aed, as his son was considered too young to be king as he was only around 10 at the time. When Aed died in 878 the throne passed to Donald I, his uncle's son, Constantine's cousin Giric who ruled from 878-889, then finally followed by Constantine's son, Donald II, the last Pictish king who ruled from 889-900, all monarchs after him were styled "King of Alba" or Rex Alban

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877 deaths
Kings and Queens of Scotland
9th century in Scotland
Áed or "Ethus", was a king of the Picts from 877 until 878. He was the son of Kenneth MacAlpin, king of Scots and was born around the year 840 somewhere in Scotland. He only reigned for under a year and passed the throne to Giric, possibly grandson or grand nephew to Kenneth I.

Birth 
Like many early Scot monarchs his birth date cannot be confirmed, but most likely was sometime in the year c. 840, in Scotland. He may have been born in Ireland like some other of Kenneth's brothers and sons.

Reign 
His reign began when he was around 36-37 years old in 877. He was murdered by Giric, a relative who took the throne after the murder/assassination of Áed in 878.

Death 
In 878, probably less than 1 year into his reign, Áed was murdered by Giric (possibly his nephew or cusion). He was buried in Iona, only 37/38 years old.

Family 
Áed was the son of Kenneth I, born when he was 30 years old. He is the son of an unknown mother and brother to kings Constantine I and princess NN Ingen Cináeda.

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878 deaths
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9th century in Scotland
A green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) is a bird. It is native to Japan and is Japan's national bird.

Birds of Asia
Animals of Japan
Phasianidae
Giric was king of the Picts from 878-889. He died around c. 890, showing he may of been deposed or personally abdicated. He ruled with Eochaid, a disputed king of the Picts who claimed the throne during the whole of Giric's reign. He succeeded Donald Áed, after murdering him in 878 when he was only 37 years old.

Birth 
Giric may have been born in c. 832 but this is widely considered theory and not taken as fact, the exact date of Giric is unknown but was definitely after 812.

Reign 
In 878 Giric murdered king Áed, making him the king of the Picts/Scots. He was the 2nd last king of the Picts/Scots along with Eochaid who ruled with him during his entire reign, he claimed the throne after Áed's death as he was king of Strathclyde and may have been named successor by Áed during 877-878.

Eochaid 
Eochaid was a claimant and had a disputed reign, he was born around c. 860, making him nearly 30 years younger than Giric, since Giric was born in c. 832 (according to sources).

Abdication/Deposition 
Giric may of abdicated in 889 or have been deposed. It is known that when Giric stopped ruling that Eochaid may of also stopped ruling as records show him dying after 889 and Eochaid's rule also ended in 889.

Death 
In 890 Giric died in Scotland. Not much is known about his death as he did not rule at the time and Donald II took the throne after his abdication or deposition.

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Eochaid was disputably king of the Picts during the reign of Giric, his claim to the throne was being the grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin (possibly) and the son of Run, king of Strathclyde which he declared gave him the right to the throne.

Birth 
Eochaid was born around c. 860 as son of Run Macarthagail, king of Strathclyde and NN Ingen Cináed. Little is known apart from this about his birth other than it must of took place in Scotland.

Reign 
His reign began in 878 after the death of Áed, his 1st cousin once removed, which he claimed gave him right to the throne over Giric who was the murderer of Áed. His reign ended in 889 when he was deposed or abdicated, it is unclear.

Death 
His death supposedly happened in 889, after he abdicated or was deposed. It is unknown how he died but it was most likely natural causes.

Donald II 
Donald II, his cousin succeeded him and was the last king of the Picts, as after his death in 900 the kingdom of Alba was founded which controlled Pictland and Scotland. Although monarchs were styled as Pictish up until 942/943

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Donald II was king of the Picts and the last to be officially named that, although Constantine II claimed to be king of the Picts, in reality he ruled the newly founded Alban kingdom. He ascended to the throne in 889 after the abdication/deposition of Giric and disputably Giric. He was the son of Constantine I, king from 862-877. Donald died in 900 and was buried in Iona, Scotland.

Birth 
The exact date of his birth is unknown but thought to be around c. 862, when the reign of his father Constantine I began, after the death of Donald I, the previous of his name.

Reign 
Donald's reign began in 889 after the end of Giric and Eochaid's reigns. His reign lasted for 11 years when he died in 900. He was succeeded by Constantine II, even though he had 2 children. Malcolm I of Scotland and NN mac Causantín.

Death 
It is unknown how Donald died but it happened in 900, 11 years after the start of his reign.

Marriage? 
Donald possibly married Sigurda Mac Causantín sometime between 880-900 giving him his 2 children, 1 of whom would go on to rule Alba later on.

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Lorna Gray (July 26, 1917 – April 30, 2017) was an American movie actress. She was known for her comic roles, and later in villain roles. She was best known for her roles in Columbia Pictures comedy shorts and Republic Pictures serials. She played Gail Richards in the 1944 serial Captain America. Gray is also known for appearing with The Three Stooges on multiple shows. She has been known as Adrian Booth since 1945. She retired in 1951.

Gray was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was married to actor David Brian from 1949 until his death in 1993. Gray died on April 30, 2017 at her home in Sherman Oaks, California from natural causes, aged 99.

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Raymond Peter "Ray" Kogovsek (August 19, 1941 – April 30, 2017) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado's 3rd congressional district from January 3, 1979 through January 3, 1985. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He then served in the Colorado Senate from 1974 to 1978.

Kogovsek was born in Pueblo, Colorado. He studied at the University of Denver. Kogovsek died in Pueblo, Colorado on April 30, 2017 at the age of 75.

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Erik Martin (12 January 1936 – 25 April 2017) was a German writer, songwriter and composer of songs. He was born in Neuss, Germany. He was the founder and editor of the literature and art magazine Muschelhaufen. In 1997 he received the Klaus-Gundelach-Prize for his merits concerning his environmental protection and his youth novel Fjellwanderung.

Death
Martin died on 25 April 2017 in Viersen-Dülken, Germany, aged 81.

Works
 Macs Fahrtenbuch (1971)
 Vom Singen in den Gruppen (1981)
 Waldläuferheft für Nordlandfahrer und Liederfreunde (1982)
 Liederblätter deutscher Jugend. Vol. 27 (1984). 
 Fjellwanderung. Novel. (1986). 
 Das kleine Grenzwaldbuch (= Muschelhaufen. Vol. 24/25-1987/88). 
 Werner Helwig. Special edition Muschelhaufen. Vol. 26A (1991). 
 Die schwierigen Jahre. Biography. (1995). 
 Etwas andere Geschichten zum Vorlesen (1996)
 Wenn der Abend naht. Lieder von Mac. CD. (1996 and 2000)
 Heut wird die Hexe verbrannt. CD. (2006)

More reading
 Bernd Gerhard: Mac zum Sechzigsten. In: der eisbrecher. No. 1/96. Verlag der Jugendbewegung, Witzenhausen 1996, 
 Michael Buselmeier: Hungerphasen, Wandervögel. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, 8 April 2000
 Ursula Prause: Muschelhaufen und Dünenschutt / Erik Martin und Werner Helwig. In: Muschelhaufen. Jahresschrift für Literatur und Graphik. Vol. 47/48. Viersen 2007, 
 Markus Orths: Abschied vom Muschelhaufen. In: Am Erker. Zeitschrift für Literatur. No. 53. Daedalus, Münster 2007,

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 Official website 
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 Iris Linke: Mac (Erik Martin) – Leben und Lieder (MS Word; 74 kB) 
 Erik Martin: Wenn der Abend naht. Original version, sung by the Waldjugend 
 Erik Martin: Wenn der Abend naht. Song versions on YouTube
 Erik Martin in: NRW Literatur im Netz  

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Constantine II (870s - 952) was the first king of Alba, he ruled from the year 900 until his abdication in 943. He was the son of Áed, king of Scots who ruled from 877-878. He was succeeded by his 1st cousin once removed Malcolm in 943 when he abdicated. He died in 952.

Birth 
Nothing apart from the fact that Constantine's birth happened in Scotland is known about it, although it may of happened in Iona, Scotland in the 870s.

Reign 
His reign began in the year 900 when he succeeded his cousin Donald II of Scotland and would continue to reign for 43 more years. In 904 he defeated Vikings at the Battle of Streathearn. He oversaw the founding of England by king Æthelstan in 927. He is defeated by Æthelstan in 937 who proclaims himself king of Britain. People in Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland began to cal Æthelstan our father and our lord, and our king. He died in 939 and by 943 Edmund I of England began to invade Scotland to rule the whole of Britain. Constantine, scared of being killed abdicated. Proclaiming he could not handle the English forces.

After his reign 
After he abdicated, Constantine decided to become a monk, and moved to a monastery in St Andrews, Fife. 11 years later he dies childless, passing the throne to his 1st cousin once removed Malcolm I who ruled until 954, 2 years after the death of Constantine.

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Jean Babette Stein (February 9, 1934 – April 30, 2017) was an American author and editor of Jewish descent. She was born in Los Angeles, California. She was known for her works West of Eden and Edie: American Girl. She also wrote biographies of United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. In the late 1950s, she was an editor at The Paris Review. From 1990 to 2004, she was editor of the literary/visual arts magazine Grand Street.

Stein was married to businessman William vanden Heuvel from 1958 until they divorced in the 1970s. to Nobel Prize-winner Torsten Wiesel from 1995 until they divorced in 2007.

Stein committed suicide by jumping off from her apartment building in New York City on April 30, 2017, aged 83.

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Malcolm I, born 896-900 was king of Scotland from 943-954 and was the successor to his 1st cousin once removed king Constantine II and was the monarch who celebrated the 100th anniversary of Scottish monarchs (843-943).

Birth 
Donald was born between 896 and 900 somewhere in Scotland, although the place and exact time of his birth is unclear like many of the monarchs before him.

Reign 
His reign began in 943, 100 years after Kenneth I, the first king of Scotland and lasted 11 years until 954. During his reign he would marry Bethoc who gave him 2 children, Dub (later to be king) and Kenneth III (also to be king). He also may have had a child named Mogallus mac Malcolm, prince of Scots in 934, before becoming king.

Death 
Malcolm died in 954, passing the throne to Indulf and later his two sons Kenneth and Dub. After his death many monarchs would take his name as king of Alba "Rex Alban" making him "according to some sources" the first king of Alba, instead of Constantine II.

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William Jacobus vanden Heuvel (April 14, 1930 – June 15, 2021) was an American attorney, businessman and author, as well as a former diplomat. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the European office of the United Nations in Geneva (1977–79) and United States Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations (1979–1981) during the Jimmy Carter Administration.

He was the father of Katrina vanden Heuvel, longtime editor of The Nation magazine, and Wendy vanden Heuvel, children from his marriage to author/editor Jean Stein, the well-to-do daughter of Jules C. Stein, founder of MCA.

Vanden Heuvel died on June 15, 2021 in New York City from problems caused by pneumonia, aged 91.

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 The Roosevelt Institute.
 History News Network, debating FDR and World War II.
 FERI , "America, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust," speech (1996).
 
 

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Erkki Juhani Kurenniemi (July 10, 1941 – May 1, 2017) was a Finnish designer, philosopher and artist. He was best known for his electronic music works and the electronic instruments he has designed. He is called as one of the leading early pioneers of electronic music in Finland. Kurenniemi was also a science adviser, a futurologist, a pioneer of media culture, and an experimental film-maker. He was born in Hämeenlinna, Finland.

Kurenniemi died on May 1, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland at the age of 75.

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 Erkki Kurenniemi — Avantgarden innovaattori – online version of the above article by Tiits (in Finnish)
 Erkki Kurenniemi-Sähkö Recordings Connection (in Finnish)
 YLE Elävä arkisto: DIMI, suomalainen syntetisaattori (in Finnish)
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Archduke Joseph Árpád Benedikt Ferdinand Franz Maria Gabriel (; 8 February 1933 – 30 April 2017)  was a member of the Hungarian Palatine branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

Family
He was born in Budapest, the son of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria and his wife, Princess Anna of Saxony. He was the great-grandson of Archduke Joseph of Austria, Count Palatine of Hungary.

Honors
 : Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1961)
 : General Captain of the Order of Vitéz (1977–2017)

Personal life
He received a degree in economics from the University of Lisbon.

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Bruce Hampton (born Gustav Valentine Berglund III; April 30, 1947 – May 1, 2017) was an American musician.

Career
In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band. Adopting the moniker Colonel Hampton B. Coles, Retired or alternatively Col. Bruce Hampton Ret., and sometimes playing a sort of dwarf guitar called a "chazoid", he later formed several other bands. Some of those band names include The Late Bronze Age, The Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Fiji Mariners, The Codetalkers, The Quark Alliance, Pharaoh Gummitt, and Madrid Express.

Death
On May 1, 2017, Hampton was being honored with a concert featuring his friends at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia for his 70th birthday when he collapsed on-stage of a heart attack during an encore performance of "Turn on Your Lovelight." As a result, Hampton lay slumped over an amplifier on the edge of the stage for several minutes before he was taken offstage for medical attention; because people thought he was joking. He died shortly thereafter at Emory University Hospital Midtown.

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George Hugh Niederauer (June 14, 1936 – May 2, 2017) was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco. Before that, Niederauer served as Bishop of Salt Lake City from 1994 to 2005.

Niederauer was born in Los Angeles, California. He studied at Stanford University, at the Catholic University of America and at Loyola University. Niederauer died on May 2, 2017 in San Rafael, California from lung cancer at the age of 80.

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Abelardo Castillo (March 27, 1935 – May 2, 2017) was an Argentine writer, novelist, essayists. He was born in the city of San Pedro, Buenos Aires. He practiced amateur boxing in his youth. He also directed the literary magazines El Escarabajo de Oro and El Ornitorrinco. He was well regarded in the field of Latin American literature.

In 2014 he won the Diamond Konex Award as the best writer in the last decade in Argentina.

Castillo died on May 2, 2017 in Buenos Aires from pneumonia, aged 82.

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Yisrael Friedman, also known as Pashkaner Rebbe (November 8, 1923 – May 1, 2017) was a Israel rabbi and educator. He was born in Buhuși, Romania. He was a former lecturer at the Tel Aviv University and the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the rosh yeshiva of a hesder yeshiva in Netivot.

Friedman died on May 1, 2017 at a medical center in Tel Aviv, Israel, aged 93.

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José Manuel Martín Pérez (born May 24, 1924) is a retired Spanish actor, radio broadcaster, and screenwriter. He was a popular character actor in Spanish cinema during the 1950s and 60s. He is best remembered for playing villainous henchmen, appearing in more than 100 movie and television productions.

Early life
Martín born in Casavieja, Spain. He studied at Madrid's Teatro Español Universitario and the Lope de Rueda, and began working for Radio Nacional de España in 1942, before making his feature movie debut in César Fernández Ardavín's 1952 war drama La llamada de África starring Ali Beiba Uld Abidin, Yahadid Ben Ahmed Lehbib and Farachi Ben Emboiric.

Career
Martín is particularly noted for his work in the Spaghetti Western genre, alongside regulars such as Aldo Sambrell and Andrea Scotti, with supporting roles in Savage Guns (1961), Gunfighters of Casa Grande (1964), Minnesota Clay(1964), A Pistol for Ringo (1965), Seven Dollars on the Red (1966), Arizona Colt (1966), A Bullet for the General (1966), Blood River (1967), 100 Rifles (1969), and Cut-Throats Nine (1972).

Martín also had memorable roles in EuroHorror movies such as Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969), The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973), Count Dracula's Great Love (1974), and Curse of the Devil (1974).

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Mitchell Joseph "Mitch" Landrieu ( ; born  August 16, 1960) is an American politician. He was the 61st Mayor of New Orleans from 2010 until 2018. Landrieu previously served as the 51st Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2010. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

His father is Moon Landrieu, the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the Jimmy Carter administration. His sister is former United States senator Mary Landrieu.

On November 14, 2021, President Joe Biden announced that Landrieu would be Senior Advisor responsible for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. He assumed office with the signing of the bill into law on November 15, 2021.

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