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KIIS-FM

KIIS-FM (102.7 FM) is a radio station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It broadcasts a top 40 radio format. KIIS-FM is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.

History
The station started broadcasting in 1948. At that time, the station was called KLAC-FM; it played pop music. In 1967, the station changed its call sign (name) to KRHM; it started to play soft music.

In 1971, KRHM changed its name to KKDJ. It changed to a top 40 music format, playing the most popular songs. For a short time, in 1975, KHRM tried an "adult contemporary" or soft rock format. However, it was not successful.

The station changed its name to KIIS-FM in 1975. It went back to broadcasting top 40 music. The name KIIS sounds like the word "kiss". However, the name of the station has nothing to do with kissing. It is spelled with two letter I's instead of two letter S's. This is because the station took its name from its former AM radio sister station — a station that is owned by the same company. The other KIIS station was located at 1150 AM; "115" looks like "IIS".

Throughout its history, KIIS-FM has had several well-known radio hosts. These include Rick Dees and Ryan Seacrest.

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Radio stations in the United States
Los Angeles
White sapote

White sapote (Casimiroa edulis) is a species of tropical tree in the family Rutaceae. It is a tree that grows fruit. The skin of this fruit is not suitable for eating but the pulp can be eaten. It is native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica. The genus is named for "an Otomi Indian, Casimiro Gómez, from the town of Cardonal in Hidalgo, Mexico, who fought and died in Mexico's war of independence."

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Tropical fruit
Medicinal plants
Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Sabine Parish (French: Paroisse de la Sabine) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,233. The seat of the parish is Many.

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1843 establishments in the United States
1840s establishments in Louisiana
Converse, Louisiana

Converse is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Fisher, Louisiana

Fisher is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Scott Morrison

Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian politician. Morrison is the 30th and current Prime Minister of Australia since 24 August 2018. He was the Treasurer of Australia from 2015 to 2018. Morrison has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Cook, New South Wales since November 2007. He served as the Minister for Social Services from 2014 to 2015. He was also the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection from 2013 to 2014. He is a member of the Liberal Party.

Morrison was born in Sydney. He studied economic geography at University of New South Wales. He is married and has two children. Morrison is a Pentecostal.

In August 2018, after many leadership issues with Malcolm Turnbull and the calling of a leadership spill on 24 August, Morrison was elected Leader of the Liberal Party. He became Prime Minister hours later.

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1968 births
Living people
Politicians from Sydney
Prime Ministers of Australia
Current national leaders
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Treasurers of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia politicians
Florien, Louisiana

Florien is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Noble, Louisiana

Noble is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Pleasant Hill is a village in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Villages in Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Stuart Mitchell

Stuart Mitchell (21 December 1965 – 15 August 2018) was a Scottish pianist and composer. He was best known for his Seven Wonders Suite (2001). 

In 2005, the Mitchell's received media coverage from Reuters, ITN, BBC, and CNN/Fox News when they claimed to have solved a musical code carved into the ceiling design of Rosslyn Chapel.

The Seven Wonders Suite was awarded the number 181 for the most popular classical music work in the Classic FM Hall of Fame 2017.

Mitchell died of lung cancer on 15 August 2018, aged 52.

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1965 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer
Scottish musicians
British pianists
20th-century British composers
21st-century British composers
Henk Wesseling

Henk Wesseling (6 August 1937 – 18 August 2018) was a Dutch historian. He was a professor emeritus of contemporary history at Leiden University. He was the rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study between 1995 and 2002. He was born in The Hague.

In 1988 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in Oegstgeest, Netherlands on 18 August 2018 from Parkinson's disease, aged 81.

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1937 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from Parkinson's disease
Dutch academics
Dutch historians
Writers from The Hague
Bill Potts

Bill Potts (Played by Pearl Mackie) is a fictional character on the British television franchise ‘Doctor Who’.
She was first shown as the new companion during a football game in 2016. Her first full episode was in Series 10 Episode 1: The Pilot. 
The Character was last seen in the 2017 Christmas Special ‘Twice Upon a Time’ featuring alongside Peter Capaldi, David Bradley and Mark Gatiss with cameos from Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald and Matt Lucas as Nardole. Some fans refer to ‘The Doctor Falls’ as the Character’s last episode due to some wibbily wobbly timey wimey stuff.

Doctor Who characters
Lesbians
John N. Abrams

General John Nelson Abrams (September 3, 1946 – August 20, 2018) was a United States Army four-star general. He was born in Cumberland, Maine. He commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from 1998 to 2002. He served in the army during the Vietnam War.

Abrams died on August 20, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia at the age of 71.

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1946 births
2018 deaths
American military personnel of the Vietnam War
American generals
People from Maine
Cumberland, Maine

Cumberland is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,211 at the 2010 census. 

It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.

References

Towns in Maine
Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 21,277 at the 2010 census. Its twin city is Saco, Maine.

The town is the site of the University of New England and the annual La Kermesse Franco-Americaine Festival. It is the site of one of the earliest European settlements in the United States.

References

Other websites
 City of Biddeford, Maine
 McArthur Public Library
 Biddeford at Maine.gov
 University of New England

Cities in Maine
Saco, Maine

Saco  is a city in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 18,482 at the 2010 census. It is home to Ferry Beach State Park, Funtown Splashtown USA, Thornton Academy. Its twin city is Biddeford, Maine.

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Cities in Maine
Bellows Falls, Vermont

Bellows Falls is an incorporated village located in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States.  The population was 3,165 at the 2000 census.  

Bellows Falls is home to the Green Mountain Railroad; the annual Roots on the River Festival; and the No Film Film Festival.

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Villages in Vermont
South Bristol, Maine

South Bristol is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 892 at the 2010 census. It is a fishing and resort area. It was loosely named after Bristol, England.

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Towns in Maine
Ashburn, Virginia

Ashburn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 43,511. It is  northwest of Washington, D.C..

70 percent of the world's Internet traffic passes through Ashburn.

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Census-designated places in Virginia
Ed King

Edward Calhoun King (September 14, 1949 – August 22, 2018) was an American rock musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and guitarist and bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972 to 1975 and again from 1987 to 1996.

King died in his Nashville, Tennessee home on August 22, 2018 from cancer at 68 years of age.

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1949 births
2018 deaths
Cancer deaths in Tennessee
American rock guitarists
American songwriters
Musicians from California
Writers from California
People from Glendale, California
James Morrison (actor)

James Paige Morrison (born  April 21, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as CTU Director Bill Buchanan on 24. He was born in Bountiful, Utah.

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Other websites
 
 Showing Up Movie
 

1954 births
Living people
American atheists
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
American video game actors
Actors from Utah
We Are Number One

"We Are Number One" is a 2014 song from the Icelandic children's television series LazyTown. It was composed by Máni Svavarsson. The song was seen in the twelfth episode of the show's fourth season. The episode was called "Robbie's Dream Team", which is the 103rd episode overall.

The song gained popularity in September 2016, when a remix was uploaded onto the YouTube channel SiIvaGunner, where many memes and parody videos have been uploaded since.

The song also became popular in the aftermath of Stefán Stefánsson having announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

The official music video has over 47 million views on YouTube as of 22 August 2018. It is the most viewed video of the LazyTown YouTube channel.

A petition was set up to have Stefánsson perform the song to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest, receiving over 12,000 signatures. The petition wanted him to participate in the 2017 edition.

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2014 songs
Music memes
Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After (also known as Shrek: The Final Chapter) is a 2010 American computer-animated comedy movie by DreamWorks Animation. It is the fourth part in the Shrek movie franchise. It is the sequel to Shrek the Third (2007). 

Director: Mike Newell
The movie was directed by Mike NewellMike Mitchell. It stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Julie Andrews, and John Cleese with Walt Dohrn as Rumpelstiltskin. 

It was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on May 21, 2010, in 3D and IMAX 3D formats.

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2010 movies
2010 3D movies
2010 animated movies
American animated movies
American comedy movies
Shrek
Movies composed by Harry Gregson-Williams
Movies directed by Mike Newell
Lazy Lester

Leslie Carswell Johnson (June 20, 1933 – August 22, 2018) better known as Lazy Lester, was an American blues guitarist. His career lasted from the 1950s to 2018.

He was known for his recordings with Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim, and Katie Webster. Cover versions of his songs have been recorded by (among others) the Kinks, the Flamin' Groovies, Freddy Fender, Dwight Yoakam, Dave Edmunds, Raful Neal, Anson Funderburgh, and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. 

In the comeback stage of his career (since the late 1980s) he recorded new albums with Mike Buck, Sue Foley, Gene Taylor, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, and Jimmie Vaughan.

Lester died of stomach cancer in Paradise, California on August 22, 2018, at the age of 85.

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1933 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from stomach cancer
Cancer deaths in California
American blues musicians
American guitarists
Musicians from Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Pointe Coupee Parish, ( or ; ), is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,802. The parish seat is New Roads.

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Louisiana parishes
1807 establishments in the Territory of Orleans
New Roads, Louisiana

New Roads (historically ) is the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.

The population was 4,831 at the 2010 census. The city's ZIP code is 70760. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Parish seats in Louisiana
Cities in Louisiana
National Museum of Scotland

The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of two museums. They were the new Museum of Scotland (Scottish objects, culture and history) and the Royal Museum (science and technology, natural history, and world cultures).  The two buildings are next to each other and are connected. They are on Chambers Street, by the George IV Bridge. The museum is part of National Museums Scotland. Admission is free.

As well as the national collections, the museum contains artefacts from around the world: geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology, art, and world cultures. A Scottish invention that is a perennial favourite with school parties is The Maiden, an early form of guillotine.

In 2017, the museum received 2,165,601 visitors, Scotland's most popular visitor attraction that year.

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Museums in the United Kingdom
Scotland
National museums
Paradise, California

Paradise is an incorporated town in Butte County, California. It is located in the Sierra Nevada near the northeastern  Sacramento Valley. The population was 26,283 as of 2013.

The town is statistically classified within the Chico Metropolitan Area. The town was destroyed by the Camp Fire in November 2018.

References

Other websites
 Ontheridge.com: Paradise history + geography 
 Paradise Ridge Chamber of Commerce website

Towns in California
Settlements in Butte County, California
Sacramento Valley

The Sacramento Valley is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. It lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River.

It is made up of all or parts of ten Northern California counties. Although many areas of the Sacramento Valley are rural, it has several urban areas, including the state capital, Sacramento.

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Valleys of California
Butte County, California
Colusa County, California
Glenn County, California
Placer County, California
Sacramento County, California
Shasta County, California
Sutter County, California
Tehama County, California
Yolo County, California
Yuba County, California
Central Valley of California
Death of Mollie Tibbetts

On July 18, 2018, Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts, an American college student, disappeared while jogging in Brooklyn, Iowa. A body matching her description was found in a cornfield on August 21 in Poweshiek County, Iowa, which was later identified as hers. 

According to police, her last confirmed communication was with her boyfriend of three years, Dalton Jack, who was out of town for work in Dubuque, Iowa, over  away, shortly before leaving for her jog. 

The Iowa State Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on the body and recorded the cause of death as "multiple sharp force injuries" and the manner as homicide.

Mexican-born Cristhian Bahena Rivera faces first-degree murder charges. His lawful immigration status is disputed.

Vice President Mike Pence called attention to the case at the beginning of a speech in Des Moines on August 15, telling a crowd of President Donald Trump's supporters that the government would continue to provide "any and all federal support" to the case. Pence later met with the Tibbetts family aboard Air Force Two.

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2018 murders in the United States
Tibbetts, Mollie
History of Iowa
July 2018 events
Tibbetts, Mollie
Tibbetts, Mollie
Ngconde Balfour

Ngconde Balfour (born 23 August 1954) was a South African politician. He was Minister of Correctional Services and Minister of Sport in 2004. He was also the high commissioner to Botswana.

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South African politicians
Living people
1954 births
Aleksei Paramonov

Aleksei Aleksandrovich Paramonov () 21 February 1925 - 24 August 2018) was a Soviet-born Russian football player and manager. He was born in Borovsk.

Paramonov won gold at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He played for FC Spartak Moscow from 1947 to 1959 and for the national team from 1954 to 1957. He managed the national team from 1969 to 1971 and again from 1973 to 1974. He also managed Étoile Sportive du Sahel from 1965 to 1967 and again from 1976 to 1977.

Paramonov died at a hospital in Moscow from respiratory failure caused by a stroke on 24 August 2018, aged 93.

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  Profile

1925 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from respiratory failure
Deaths from stroke
Russian footballers
Russian football managers
Soviet sportspeople
Soviet Olympic gold medalists
Nosimo Balindlela

Nosimo Zisiwe Beauty Balindlela (born 28 November 1949) is a South African politician. She served as Premier of the Eastern Cape from 2004 to 2008.

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Living people
1949 births
South African politicians
Lynne Brown

Lynne Brown (born 26 September 1961) is a South African politician. She served as Minister of Public Enterprises and was also former Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa after her appointment in 2008.

Early life and career 
Brown was born in Cape Town. She was appointed Premier of the Western Cape following the resignation of Ebrahim Rasool in July 2008. She was also the Minister for Economic Development and Tourism.

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1961 births
Living people
South African politicians
People from Cape Town
Sfiso Buthelezi

Sfiso Buthelezi (born 1961) is a South African politician. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance in 2017. He is a member of the country's ruling party the African National Congress.

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Living people
1961 births
South African politicians
Bheki Cele

Bheki Cele (born 22 April 1952) is the South African politician. He is the current Minister of the Police as from 26 February 2018.

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Living people
1952 births
South African politicians
Siyabonga Cwele

Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele (born 3 September 1958) is a South African politician. A member of the African National Congress, he is the current Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services and previously served as the Minister of State Security (formerly named Minister of Intelligence Services).

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Living people
1958 births
South African politicians
Paul Mashatile

Paul Mashatile (born 21 October 1961), is South Africa's former Minister of Arts and Culture in the Cabinet of South Africa. He is also the Treasurer General of the African National Congress.

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Living people
1961 births
South African politicians
Bathabile Dlamini

Bathabile Dlamini (born 10 September 1962) is the South African politician and Minister of Women Affairs. She is also the president of the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL).

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Living people
1962 births
South African politicians
Malusi Gigaba

Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba MP, popularly known just as Malusi Gigaba (born 30 August 1971) is a South African politician. He is the current  Minister of Home Affairs of The Republic of South Africa since 27 February 2018.

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Living people
1971 births
South African politicians
Chris Hani

Chris Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993) was a South African politician. He was also the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC).

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1942 births
1993 deaths
South African politicians
Ethan Vernon

Ethan Vernon (born 26 August 2000) is a British cyclist who rides for the Great Britain National Team. He competed in the Team Pursuit, Individual Pursuit and Kilometre Time Trail at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia

Major results

2016
 1st - British Cycling National Youth A Track Omnium Championships
 2nd - British Cycling Junior and Youth A Nationals Track Championship (Youth A Scratch)
 3rd - British Cycling Junior and Youth A Nationals Track Championship (Youth A Sprint)
 3rd - British Cycling Junior and Youth A Nationals Track Championship (Youth A Pursuit)
 3rd - British Cycling Junior and Youth A Nationals Track Championship (Youth A 500m TT)

2017
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Pursuit)     National Record 
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Points Race)
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Kilometre Time Trial)  National Record 
 1st - Lotto Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent (U23 Men - Madison )  Flying 500m Track Record

2018
 4th - Commonwealth Games Track Cycling (Male Team Pursuit)
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Pursuit)  World Record 
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Male Kilometre Time Trial)  National Record 
 1st - British Cycling National Junior Track Championships (Junior Madison)
 2nd - UCI World Junior Track Cycling Championships 2018, Aigle (Junior Men - Individual Pursuit)
 2nd - Senior National Madison Championships
 3rd- Senior Track World Cup, London. (Team Pursuit)

2019
 2nd - Course De La Paix Stage 1
 6th - U23 Orlens Nations Cup TTT
 3rd - Time Trial, U23 National Championships
 5th - Team Pursuit, U23 UEC Track Championships
 2nd - Elite Kriez Briezh TTT
 21st- Time Trial, U23 UCI World Road Championships

2000 births
British cyclists
Living people
British Olympians
People from Bedford
Denisovan

The Denisovans or Denisova hominins are  archaic humans in the genus Homo. They may be an extinct species or subspecies.

Scholars found Denisovan bones for the first time in  in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains in Siberia.  The scholars saw that Neanderthals and modern humans had also lived in the same cave.

One of the bones in the cave was a piece of finger bone from a Denisovan girl. She lived about 41,000 years ago.  Gene scientists studied the DNA in the bone.  They found the Denisovan girl had about 3% to 5% of the same DNA as Melanesians and aboriginal Australians and around 6% in Papuans deriving from Denisovans.

Scientists also looked at mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from the finger bone.  Mitochondrial DNA is DNA from the mitochondria, which are tiny organs inside human cells.  Millions of years ago, the mitochondria lived on their own, so their DNA is more like bacterial DNA than like other DNA in the human body.  Because mitochondria don't mate with each other, their DNA changes very slowly.  This means scientists can use mitochondrial DNA to see where populations of people have lived and gone and which humans are related to each other.  The mitochondrial DNA in the Denisovan girl's finger bone showed her mitochondria were different from Neanderthal mitochondria and modern humans' mitochondria.  Scientists also looked at the nuclear genome from this bone.  They figured out that Denisovans came from the same ancestors as Neanderthals.

DNA analysis showed that modern humans, Neanderthals, and the Denisovans came from the same ancestors around  years ago.

The mtDNA analysis also seemed to show that this species was the result of a migration out of Africa that came after Homo erectus left Africa but before the ancestors of many modern humans left Africa.

Fossils 
So far, the fossils of four distinct Denisovans from Denisova Cave have been identified through their DNA: Denisova 2, Denisova 3, Denisova 4, and Denisova 8. Denisova 2 and Denisova 3 are young females,and Denisova 4 and Denisova 8 are adult males.

Anatomy 
So far, only a finger bone, a toe bone and two teeth are the only body parts that have been found.  The finger bone is from a woman.  It is broader than a human finger.  This fact suggests that Denisovans were more robust than any modern humans.

Mitochondrial DNA analysis 
The mtDNA from the finger bone differs from that of modern humans by 385 nucleotides in the mtDNA strand out of approximately 16,500. This  is more than the difference between modern humans and Neanderthals, which is around 202 bases.

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Hominins
Rhigos

Rhigos is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. It is in the north of the Cynon Valley. In 2011, there were 894 people living there.

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Other websites

Villages in Wales
Fairlington, Arlington, Virginia

Fairlington is an unincorporated neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is located adjacent to Shirlington in the southernmost part of the county on the boundary with the City of Alexandria.

Neighborhoods in the United States
Settlements in Virginia
New Leipzig, North Dakota

New Leipzig is a city in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 221 at the 2010 census.

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Cities in North Dakota
Forkland, Alabama

Forkland is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Union, Alabama

Union is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Fort Deposit, Alabama

Fort Deposit is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Gaylesville, Alabama

Gaylesville is a town in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States. The population was 144 at the 2010 census.

References 

Towns in Alabama
Kimberly, Alabama

Kimberly is a city in Alabama in the United States.

Cities in Alabama
Lexington, Alabama

Lexington is a town of Lauderdale County in the state of Alabama, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 735, down from 840 in 2000.

Towns in Alabama
Pope Adeodatus I

Pope Adeodatus I (570 – 8 November 618), also called Deodatus I or Deusdedit, was Pope from 19 October 615 to his death in 618.

610s deaths
People from Rome
Italian popes
Christian saints
Year of birth unknown
Bantu Holomisa

Bantu Holomisa (born 25 July 1955) is a South African politician and leader of the United Democratic Movement. He also served in the African National Congress.

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Living people
1955 births
South African politicians
Fana Hlongwane

Fana Hlongwane is a South African political activist. He is known for his association with the South African Arms Deal where the South African government lost $130 billion in controversial deals. He was then adviser to defence minister Joe Modise in 1955.

His group of companies, such as Ngwane Defence, Truvelo, Les Amis (Pty) Ltd, Hlongwane Consulting channelled around 200 million Rand from a British Aerospace which are alleged to be bribes distributed to the African National Congress.

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South African politicians
South African businesspeople
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
KC Masterpiece 400

The KC Masterpiece 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, It is one of two races held at the circuit, with the other one being the Hollywood Casino 400 in October, It is held in conjunction with the Camping World Truck Series race.

History 
Kansas Speedway has first held the spring race In June of 2011, the race was first won by Brad Keselowski, One year later, The race moved to April to allow time for the track's reconfiguration.In 2013, the race remained as the eighth race of the season and was held on April 21, 2013.

In 2014, The race was moved to the eleventh race of the season as the Bojangles' Southern 500 was moved to the eighth race of the season.

Past winners

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2011 establishments in the United States
NASCAR tracks
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
Kansas City, Kansas
21st-century establishments in Kansas
Children of Muhammad

The Children of Prophet Muhammad include three sons and four daughters. All were born to Muhammad's first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid except one son, wo was born to Maria al-Qibtiyya.

List of children 
Muhammad's children were:
Qasim ibn Muhammad, (598 – 600 or 601 CE)
Zainab bint Muhammad, (599 – 630 CE)
Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, (601 – 624 CE)
Umme Kulthum bint Muhammad, (603 – 630 CE)
Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad, also known as Tahir and Tayyab, (d. 615 CE)
Fatimah bint Muhammad, (ca. 604 – 632 CE)
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, (630 – 631 CE)

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Family of Muhammad
Kansas Speedway

Kansas Speedway is a motorsports complex in Kansas City, Kansas, United States, It is located  from Wichita, Kansas, The speedway is owned by International Speedway Corporation.

It was built in 2001 and holds two NASCAR race weekends, The Verizon IndyCar Series hosted events in 2011, The speedway hosts two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races, one NASCAR Xfinity Series race and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, and NASCAR also hosts the ARCA Racing Series since October 7, 2011.

History 
Construction began in May of 1999 of a new tri-oval, The facility would feature uniform 15 degree banking and boast seating for 72,000 spectators and more than 60 suites, The speedway was completed in 2001 in time for an inaugural test for stock cars and Indy Lights Series single seaters in April.

The inaugural race weekend held in June of 2001 for the Winston West Series, ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series), NASCAR Busch Series (now the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (now the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series), also the Indy Racing League also made their debut in July, The first NASCAR Winston Cup Series race was won by Jeff Gordon in September.                                                                            

In the summer of 2012, the speedway announced track improvements including repaving of the existing track surface, reconfiguration of the oval, and the addition of the  road course, The project immediately followed the STP 400 on April 22nd, The changes to the oval centered on the introduction of progressive banking over 17-20 degrees, with the front straightaway banked 9-11 degrees, and the back straightway 5 degrees, Portions of the field were graded and paved as part of the road course development. The repaving in particular drew praise to the NASCAR drivers when they attended a tire test in August of that year.           

SAFER barriers existed around  of the concrete retaining walls between turns 1 and 2, and between turns 3 and 4 along most of the frontstretch.              

Also new in 2012 was the Hollywood Casino, which overlooks the track at turn 2, boasting 2,000 slot machines and gaming tables.                  

On October 11, 2013, It was announced that NASCAR's lone event, the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway and the spring race swapped dates in 2014, with the spring race becoming a night race and the fall race remained as a day race.

Track length of a paved oval 
The track length is disputed by two major series run at Kansas Speedway, The NASCAR timing did not use a scoring use a length of . The IRL timing and scoring length of .

Related pages 
 Auto Club Speedway
 Daytona International Speedway
 Darlington Raceway
 Homestead-Miami Speedway
 ISM Raceway
 Chicagoland Speedway
 Martinsville Speedway
 Richmond Raceway
 Michigan International Speedway
 Talladega Superspeedway
 Watkins Glen International

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NASCAR tracks
Kansas City, Kansas
2011 establishments in the United States
21st-century establishments in Kansas
Georgiana, Alabama

Georgiana is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
McKenzie, Alabama

McKenzie is a town in Butler and Conecuh counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 644 at the 2000 census and had decreased to 530 as of the 2010 census.

References 

Towns in Alabama
Geraldine, Alabama

Geraldine is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Hammondville, Alabama

Hammondville is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Henagar, Alabama

Henagar is a city in Alabama in the United States.

Cities in Alabama
Ider, Alabama

Ider is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Mentone, Alabama

Mentone is a town of DeKalb County in the U.S. state of Alabama, in the United States.

Towns in Alabama
Pine Ridge, Alabama

Pine Ridge is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Powell, Alabama

Powell is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Sand Rock, Alabama

Sand Rock is a town of Cherokee and DeKalb counties in the state of Alabama, in the United States.

Towns in Alabama
Shiloh, DeKalb County, Alabama

Shiloh is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Sylvania, Alabama

Sylvania is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Valley Head, Alabama

Valley Head is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Dawson, Alabama

Dawson is an unincorporated community in Dekalb County, Alabama, United States. It is about  northeast of the town of Crossville.

Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Dogtown, Alabama

Dogtown, also known as Cagle's Crossroads, Dog Town, and Ruhama, is an unincorporated community in Dekalb County, Alabama, United States.

Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Glen Allen, Alabama

Glen Allen is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is near Interstate 22.

Towns in Alabama
Glenwood, Alabama

Glenwood is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Madrid, Alabama

Madrid ( ) is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. According to 2010 US Census, there were 350 people living there.

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Towns in Alabama
Kinsey, Alabama

Kinsey is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Rehobeth, Alabama

Rehobeth is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Taylor, Alabama

Taylor is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Webb, Alabama

Webb is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Acadia Parish () is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,773. The parish seat is Crowley. The parish was founded from parts of St. Landry Parish in 1886.

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19th-century establishments in Louisiana
1886 establishments in the United States
Louisiana parishes
Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Ascension Parish () is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 107,215. The parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was founded in 1807.

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1807 establishments in the Territory of Orleans
Louisiana parishes
Coke Zero Sugar 400

The Coke Zero Sugar 400 is an annual stock car race held at Daytona International Speedway, It is the eighteenth race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Daytona had hosted this event for many years, The first summer race was held in 1959 and was named the Firecracker 400, The race ran its scheduled distance with no caution flags, The race is held in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, It is one of two races held at Daytona International Speedway, with the other one being the Daytona 500.

The race is notable for memorable moments and finishes throughout the season. 

The race has been held as the eighteenth race from 2001-2014, the and from 2015-2017, the race swapped dates with the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway and was moved up one race, In 2018, the race returned as the 18th race of the season, as the Overton's 400 at Chicagoland Speedway (which was the 27th race of the season from 2011-2017, was moved to the 17th race of the season).

Eventually, the  race was held in 1959, It was the second 400 mile race, following with the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, in 2018, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar sponsors the event, naming it as the Coke Zero Sugar 400.

Unlike the Daytona 500, The cars pileup in multi-car wrecks, known as The Big One.

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Daytona Beach, Florida
Linton Freeman

Linton Clarke Freeman (1927 – August 17, 2018) was an American structuralist sociologist and editor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Freeman was known for his work in social networks. He was an emeritus professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Freeman was the first to create the metric of Betweenness centrality. He was the founding editor of the journal Social Networks.

Freeman died on August 17, 2018 in Irvine, California at the age of 91.

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Other websites
Linton C Freeman - Google Scholar Citations

1927 births
2018 deaths
American sociologists
Educators from Chicago
American editors
Scientists from Chicago
Journalists from Chicago
Khaira Arby

Khaira Arby, known as The Nightingale of Timbuktu (21 September 1959 – 19 August 2018), was a Malian singer-songwriter. She was born in Timbuktu, Mali Federation.

In 1992, Arby started a career under her own name, the first Malian woman to do so. In 2010, she became globally popular. She toured the United States, performed at Pop Montreal in 2010, and at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2011.

Arby wrote and sang in the indigenous languages of the region, Songhai, Tamachek, Bambara, and in Arabian.

Arby died on 19 August 2018 in Bamako, Mali from breast cancer at the age of 59.

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1959 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from breast cancer
Singer-songwriters
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Russ Heath

Russell Heath, Jr. (September 29, 1926 – August 23, 2018) was an American comic artist. He was born in New York City.

Heath was best known for his comic book work, particularly his DC Comics war stories and his 1960s art for Playboy magazine's "Little Annie Fanny" feature.

Heath's drawings of fighter jets in DC Comics' All-American Men of War #89 (Feb. 1962) was the basis for pop artist Roy Lichtenstein's best-known oil paintings.

Heath was added into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009.

Heath died in Van Nuys, California on August 23, 2018 from prostate cancer, aged 91.

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1926 births
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Deaths from prostate cancer
Cancer deaths in Los Angeles
American comics artists
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Dieter Thomas Heck

Dieter Thomas Heck (born Carl-Dieter Heckscher; 29 December 1937 – 23 August 2018) was a German television presenter, singer and actor. He was known as the presenter of the TV program ZDF-Hitparade. As an actor, he starred in the TV play Das Millionenspiel in 1970. He was born in Flensburg, Germany.

Heck died from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 23 August 2018 in Berlin at the age of 80.

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Other websites

Dieter Thomas Heck: Sein Schlager-Königreich, Berliner Kurier 18 October 2011 
Frank Patalong: Stigma Stottern / Wenn eine Wand im Mund steht, Der Spiegel 22 October 2011 
Die berühmtesten Stotterer der Welt, Rhein-Sieg-Anzeiger 

1937 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from COPD
German movie actors
German television actors
German television presenters
German singers
People from Hamburg
George Sheldon (politician)

George Sheldon (1947 – August 23, 2018) was an American attorney and politician. He was born in Wildwood, New Jersey. 

Sheldon was a member of the Florida House of Representatives, as the Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families, and as the Acting Assistant Secretary at the federal Administration for Children and Families within the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Sheldon ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 Florida Attorney General election. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Sheldon died from complications of a fall in Miami, Florida, on August 23, 2018, at the age of 71.

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1947 births
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Accidental deaths from falls in the United States
Lawyers from New Jersey
Politicians from Florida
Politicians from New Jersey
US Democratic Party politicians
Lawyers from Florida
Wildwood, New Jersey

Wildwood is a city in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Ocean City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's year-round population was 5,325.

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Cities in New Jersey
Franck Venaille

Franck Venaille (1936 – 23 August 2018) was a French poet and writer. His poetry was known by its expressive power, seeking to bring out the animal side of man, his impulses and anxieties. He was born in Paris.

He worked at the magazine Poetic Action (1960) and Orange Export Ltd. (1980). He also founded the journals Chorus (1968) and Mr. Bloom (1978). From 1974, he worked for France Culture, working in particular with the issue Les Nuits magnétiques.

Venaille died on 23 August 2018 in Paris, aged 81.

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Other websites
 Franck Venaille reading of an excerpt from Tragic 

1936 births
2018 deaths
French novelists
Writers from Paris
French poets
Tom Frost

Thomas "Tom" M. Frost (June 30, 1936 – August 24, 2018) was an American rock climber. He was known for big wall climbing first ascents in Yosemite Valley. He was also a photographer and climbing equipment maker.

Frost died on August 24, 2018 at the age of 80.

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Other websites
 Interview with Frost by John Martin Meek at the AAC Annual Meeting on September 13, 1999
 Interview with Frost on climbing.com

1937 births
2018 deaths
American photographers
Mountain climbers
Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Valley ( ) is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Central California. The valley is about 7.5 miles (12 km) long and about 3000–3500 feet deep.

Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North America, and is a big attraction especially in the spring when the water flow is at its peak.

The Valley is the main attraction in the park for the majority of visitors. Yosemite Valley is located on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles (240 km) due east of San Francisco.

Other websites
 The Geologic Story of Yosemite Valley by N. King Huber (USGS, 1987) authoritative and up-to-date summary of Yosemite's geology
 Origin of Yosemite Valley, Chapter 4, "Glaciers of California", by Bill Guyton 
 Historic Yosemite Indian Chiefs – with photos
 Daily updating time-lapse movies of Yosemite Valley
 Yosemite Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project aiming at stitching 10,000 high resolution images

Valleys of California
Mariposa County, California
Tomah, Wisconsin

Tomah is a city in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,093 as of the 2010 census.

Tomah was founded by Robert E. Gillett in 1855 and incorporated as a city in 1883 but the charter was not issued until 1894.

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Cities in Wisconsin
Monroe County, Wisconsin
1855 establishments in the United States
1850s establishments in Wisconsin
Fitchburg, Wisconsin

Fitchburg is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 25,260 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is a suburb of Madison and is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. 

In 1983, Fitchburg became a city.

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Cities in Wisconsin
Dane County, Wisconsin
1983 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Wisconsin
Robin Leach

Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was a British entertainment reporter, television presenter and writer. He was best known for hosting the television series Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous from 1984 to 1995. He was known for his signature phrase, "champagne wishes and caviar dreams".

Leach died on 24 August 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada from complications of a stroke at the age of 76.

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Other websites

Robin Leach interview on the Vegas Video Network

1941 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from stroke
British television personalities
Writers from London
Princeton Lyman

Princeton Nathan Lyman (November 20, 1935 – August 24, 2018) was an American diplomat. He was born in San Francisco, California. He was the United States Ambassador to Nigeria (1986–89) and South Africa (1992–95), and former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (1996–98). 

Lyman died of lung cancer on August 24, 2018 in Silver Spring, Maryland, aged 82.

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1935 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer
Ambassadors of the United States
Politicians from San Francisco
Cornville, Arizona

Cornville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 3,280, down from 3,335 at the 2000 census. The Cornville CDP includes the communities of Cornville and Page Springs.

Senator John McCain lived and died in Cornville.

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Census-designated places in Arizona
Valentina Rastvorova

Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova (17 July 1933 – 24 August 2018) was a Soviet fencer. She competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics. She won an team gold and individual silver medals in 1960, and team silver medal in 1964. She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–1967, mostly in the team foil.

Rastvorova died on 24 August 2018 at the age of 85.

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1933 births
2018 deaths
Soviet Olympic gold medalists
Soviet Olympic silver medalists
Fencers
Ciril Zlobec

Ciril Zlobec (4 July 1925 – 24 August 2018) was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and former politician. He was best known for his poems and published several volumes of poetry.

In 1990 he became a member of the Presidency of Slovenia at a critical time for Slovene independence.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he was the editor of the intellectual and cultural journal Sodobnost.

Zlobec died on 24 August 2018 at the age of 93.

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1925 births
2018 deaths
Slovenian poets
Slovenian politicians
Slovenian journalists
Sanjay Gupta

Sanjay Gupta (  ; born October 23, 1969) is an American neurosurgeon and medical reporter. He is the associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and as assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine.

He is best known as CNN's multiple Emmy Award-winning chief medical correspondent, hosting the network's weekend health program Sanjay Gupta, M.D., and making frequent appearances on their American Morning, Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360° programs.

In January 2009, it was reported that Gupta was offered the position of Surgeon General of the United States in the Obama administration, but he withdrew his name from consideration.

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1969 births
Living people
CNN people
American physicians
American television presenters
Writers from Michigan
Novi, Michigan

Novi ( ) is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 55,224. The city is located about  northwest of the center of Detroit. It is about  northeast of the center of Ann Arbor.

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Cities in Michigan
Don Lemon

Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American journalist and author. He is a news anchor for CNN in New York City, and hosts CNN Tonight. He was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Lemon won an Emmy Award for a special report on the real estate market in Chicago. 

Lemon is openly gay.

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1966 births
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American journalists
American autobiographers
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CNN people
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LGBT journalists
LGBT people from Louisiana
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People from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Lindsay Kemp

Lindsay Kemp (3 May 1938 – 24 August 2018) was an English dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist, and choreographer. He was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside. He was known for his works and mentorship with David Bowie and for his role as Alder MacGregor in the 1973 movie in The Wicker Man.

Kemp died on 24 August 2018 from cardiac arrest in Rome, Italy, aged 80.

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1938 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from cardiac arrest
English movie actors
English television actors
English stage actors
English dancers
English artists
Educators
Mimes
Choreographers
People from Merseyside
Noam Sheriff

Noam Sheriff (7 January 1935 – ) was an Israeli composer, conductor, educator and arranger. He was born in Tel Aviv.

Sheriff was Artistic Director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra (1973-1982); Music Director of the Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion (1989-1995); Professor of Composition and Conducting at the Tel-Aviv University's Samuel Rubin Academy of Music (since 1990) and the Academy's director (1998- 2000); Artistic Director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra (2002-2005); and Artistic Director of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra (from 2004 until his death).

Sheriff died on 25 August 2018 in Haifa, Israel at the age of 83.

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Other websites
 Noam Sheriff's website
 Sheriff's home page at C.F. Peters edition 
  Resume of Noam Sheriff (in Hebrew), Israel Prize website.

1935 births
2018 deaths
Israeli conductors
Composers
Israeli academics
People from Tel Aviv