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Cypronia

Cypronia is Slovakian indie video game developer. It is based in Michalovce.

History 
Cypronia was founded in 1997 as Ablaze Entertainment. In 2001, the name was changed to Cypron Studios. Later, the name was changed again to Cypronia.

The studio became popular after they released the 2015 video game Cube Life: Island Survival. It reached #1 in the Europe, #2 in the American and #3 in the Japanese Nintendo eShop charts.

Released games 

 The Strangers (1997, Amiga, real-time strategy game)
 Napalm: Crimson Crisis (1999, Amiga, real-time strategy game)
 State of War (2001, Microsoft Windows, real-time strategy game)
 State of War: Warmonger (2003, Microsoft Windows, real-time strategy game, a sequel to State of War)
 Gods: Lands of Infinity (2006, Microsoft Windows, turn-based RPG)
 Logitech's golf (2006, Microsoft Windows)
 Gods: Lands of Infinity: Special Edition (2007, Microsoft Windows, rehaul of Gods: Lands of Infinity)
 State of War 2: Arcon (2007, Microsoft Windows, multiplayer-focused real-time strategy game)
 Command and Destroy (2008, Nintendo DS, real-time strategy game)
 1 vs. 100 (2008, Nintendo DS, quiz game based on popular TV show 1 vs. 100 by Endemol)
 Jagged Allyance (2008, Nintendo DS, DS adaptation of Jagged Alliance PC franchise)
 Cube Life: Island Survival (2015, Wii U, sandbox survival game)
 Cube Life: Pixel Action Heroes (2017, Wii U, sandbox first person shooter game)
 Pixel Action Heroes (2018, Nintendo Switch, remake of Cube Life: Pixel Action Heroes)
 Cube Life: Island Survival HD (2018, Microsoft Windows, remake of Cube Life: Island Survival)
 State of War: Warmonger (2018, Microsoft Windows, port for newer computer systems, contains State of War and State of War: Warmonger)
 Angry Bunnies: Colossal Carrot Crusade (2019)

References

Other websites 

 Official website
 

Video game companies of Europe
Slovakia
California's 36th congressional district

California's 36th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in California. It is in the eastern part of Riverside County.

The district has the communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio, Coachella, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells and Cathedral City in the district.

The district is represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz.

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36
Coachella, California

Coachella ( ,  ) is a city in Riverside County, California. It is the easternmost city and the Coachella Valley is named after the city.

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Cities in California
Settlements in Riverside County, California
Cathedral City, California

Cathedral City, colloquially known as "Cat City", is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States. It is in Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. 51,200 people lived here at the 2010 census.

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Cities in California
Settlements in Riverside County, California
Colorado Desert

California's Colorado Desert is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert. It is about . It also has the irrigated Coachella and Imperial valleys. The desert is known for its many flora and fauna.

Other websites

 Colorado Desert – Overview from California Wildlife Action Plan site

Deserts
Geography of California
2021 Palmas FR plane crash

The 2021 Tocantinense aviation disaster took place on January 24, 2021, when a plane crashed shortly after departing Palmas–Brigadeiro Lysias Rodrigues Airport in Brazil. Six people were on board, killing four people. Those killed were members of the Palmas Futebol e Regatas association football team members, the club's owner and the plane's pilot. The plane was en route to a regional cup football game between Palmas and Vila Nova, for the Brazilian Copa Verde championship.

Deaths
The victims of the crash were identified:
 Marcus Molinari
 Guilherme Noe
 Lucas Praxedes
 Ranule
 Lucas Meira
 Commander Wagner

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Steven T. Kuykendall

Steven T. Kuykendall (January 27, 1947 – January 23, 2021) was an American Republican politician. Kuykendall was born in McAlester, Oklahoma.

Kuykendall was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from  from 1999 to 2001. Kuykendall was also a member of the California State Assembly from 1994 to 1998.

Kuykendall died of pulmonary fibrosis on January 23, 2021, in Long Beach, California at age 73.

References

Other websites

Official site
CNN candidate profile
Voting record maintained by The Washington Post

1947 births
2021 deaths
American Presbyterians
United States representatives from California
US Republican Party politicians
Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis
Sifis Valirakis

Iosif "Sifis" Valirakis (, 12 March 1943 – 24 January 2021) was a Greek politician. He was a member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). Valirakis was born in  Chania, Crete. From 1995 to 1996, he was Minister of Public Order.

On 24 January 2021, Valirakis fell out of a boat and drowned near Eretria, Greece, aged 78.

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1943 births
2021 deaths
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Accidental deaths by drowning
Eretria

Eretria (; , Eretria, literally "city of the rowers"' ) is a town in Euboea, Greece. It is across the narrow South Euboean Gulf.

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Towns in Greece
Joseph Sonnabend

Joseph Adolph Sonnabend (6 January 1933 – 24 January 2021) was a South African physician, scientist and HIV/AIDS researcher. He was known for his research and awareness campaign about safe sex to prevent STDs and AIDS.

Sonnabend had a heart attack on 3 January 2021.  He died on 24 January at a London hospital at the age of 88.

References

Other websites
 
 
 

1933 births
2021 deaths
Researchers
South African scientists
Physicians
South African writers
Patrick O'Donoghue (bishop)

Patrick O'Donoghue (4 May 1934 – 24 January 2021) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop. He was the fifth Bishop of Lancaster, who led the diocese from 2001 to 2009. He was born in Mourne Abbey, County Cork, Ireland.

O'Donoghue died on 24 January 2021 in Mallow, County Cork at the age of 86.

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1934 births
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Irish people
Roman Catholic bishops
Moshe Moskowitz

Moshe Moskowitz (23 January 1925 – 24 January 2021) was an Israeli politician. He was the Head of the Shafir Regional Council from 1952 to 1979. He was also the founder of the Gush Etzion settlement.

Moskowitz died on 24 January 2021, aged 96.

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1925 births
2021 deaths
Jewish Israeli politicians
Jean-Pierre Michel

Jean-Pierre Michel (5 August 1938 – 24 January 2021) was a French politician. He was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haute-Saône department from 2004 to 2014.  He was a member of the Socialist Party. Michel was Mayor of Héricourt, Haute-Saône from 1983 to 2004. He was born in Nîmes, France.

Michel died on 24 January 2021 in Trévenans, France at the age of 82.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
French politicians
Trévenans

Trévenans is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France.

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Communes in Territoire de Belfort
Sigvard Marjasin

Mauritz Sigvard Marjasin (24 November 1929 – 24 January 2021) was a Swedish politician and trade unionist. He was chairman of the Municipal Workers' Union from 1977 to 1988. He also was the Governor of Örebro County from 1989 to 1994. 

Marjasin died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden on 24 January 2021, aged 91.

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1929 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
Trade unionists
Swedish politicians
Abdullahi Ibrahim

Abdullahi Ibrahim (14 January 1939 - 24 January 2021) was a Nigerian lawyer, politician and administrator. He was Federal Minister of Justice from 1997 to 1999. He was the agent and later co-agent in the dispute between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Cameroon at the International Court of Justice at The Hague. 

Ibrahim died on 24 January 2021 of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.

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2021 deaths
1939 births
Nigerian politicians
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Nikolai Severtzov

Nikolai Alekseevich Severtzov was a Russian explorer and naturalist. Severtzov studied at Moscow University. At the age of eighteen he met G.S. Karelin and took an interest in central Asia. In 1857 he joined a mission to Syr-Darya. 

Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Explorers
Naturalists
Russian people
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson (3 September 1950 – 24 January 2021) was an Icelandic international football player. He won the Scottish league championship twice with Celtic F.C. and the Scottish Cup once.

Eðvaldsson died on 24 January 2021, aged 70.

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1950 births
2021 deaths
Icelandic footballers
People from Reykjavík
Cornish Canadians

Cornish Canadians are Canadians of Cornish descent, including those who were born in Cornwall.

Ethnic groups in Canada
Peter Thorburn

Peter Robert Tyler Thorburn  (19 March 1939 – 26 January 2021) was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach. He was born in Auckland. He played as a flanker. He played for Auckland until 1985. He coached North Harbour in New Zealand from 1985 to 1991. He later coached Bristol (2001–03) and later the United States national team (2006–07).

Thorburn in Takapuna on 26 January 2021. He was 81.

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1939 births
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Hyperpower

A hyperpower is a country that is more powerful than every other country in every aspect. It is more powerful than a superpower.

The United States was a hyperpower after the cold war because it was the only superpower after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It had a big influence in politics, science, culture and military. It also influenced the balance of power and made a new world order.

Some say that the United States is still a hyperpower because it is the only uncontested superpower (some say that China is/will be a superpower and some say it is/will not). 

According to the Asia Power Index 2020, the United States still has the lead on the military capacity, cultural influence, resilience and defense networks, but falls behind China in economic and future resources, economic relationships and diplomatic influence. This index ranks power and influence only in Asia Pacific.

It is easy to see areas where the United States is no longer so dominant. Its economy is weakened by manufacturing abroad; internal social conflicts are greater. However, it is still by far the top country on military capability, though not on size of its army. Perhaps the world no longer has a superpower.

Related pages 
 Great power
 Superpower

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Countries
Politics by issue
Thomas Sandgaard

Thomas Sandgaard (born 1958, Denmark) is a Danish-American entrepreneur, inventor, and rock music guitarist. He founded Zynex Inc. He owns the Charlton Athletic Football Club (CAFC).

Early life 
Sandgaard was born and raised in Denmark. He won the inventor’s competition when he was 12 years old as he created an ‘early version of an electronic keyboard.’ He also built a recording studio.

Career 
Sandgaard started a business to send facsimiles via personal computers when he moved to the United States. The business failed due to a lack of funding. He then started a repairing and manufacturing business for medical devices and began selling his devices in Canada and the United States. In 1996, he founded Zynex Inc., and in 1998 his company’s first product acquired Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

Sandgaard also founded Sandgaard Capital, a private family office and investment firm, and Sandgaard Foundation. He also owns Clear Ocean Capital Limited. He bought Charlton Athletic Football Club from East Street Investments in September 2020 and acquired approval from the EFL to run the club.

Sandgaard is also the lead guitarist of a rock band, the Guardian Angel.

As of September 2020, he has a net worth of £400 million.

Controversy 
An ex-employee of Sandgaard’s company, Ronette Perkins, filed a civil discrimination lawsuit in 2017 on the grounds of racial discrimination. The case was resolved after a settlement was reached between Perkins and Sandgaard.

Personal life 
Sandgaard is a resident of Denver, Colorado.

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Fujifilm

Fujifilm Holdings Corporation or Fujifilm is a Japanese company that makes cameras, video and photo film, medical equipment and biotechnology. The company also produces medical equipment, consumables for the film industry, computers (CD-R, DVD-R, etc.) and other goods. Fujifilm was in the list of the 100 most innovative world companies in 2013 according to Thomson Reuters.

Fujifilm is the world's largest manufacturer of photographic products with laboratories, factories, and offices in Asia, Europe and North America.

The president of the company is Shigetaka Kamori. The main office of the company is in Minato (Tokyo, Japan).

History 
The company started operating in 1934. Their first product was the professional 35 mm film. Two years later, in 1936, amateur film was added. In 1939, the organization established the Ashigara Research Lab. Research there helped Fuji to make their first color film in 1948.

In the mid-1950s, the company entered the magnetic media market. In 1954 Fuji created a laboratory for the research of magnetic technologies and in 1960 began making magnetic tapes. In 1963, the range was expanded with a two-inch videotape.

Fuji had a monopoly on camera film in Japan. It became one of the main sponsors of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. 

On January 31, 2018, Fujifilm announced that it would buy 50.1% of Xerox for US$6.1 billion but the plan was stopped. In late 2019, Fujifilm announced its takeover of Xerox's 25% part in Fuji Xerox.

In late 2019, Fujifilm bought Hitachi's diagnostic business for US$1.63 billion.

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1930s establishments in Japan
1934 establishments
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Electronics companies of Japan
High-definition map

A high-definition map (HD map) is a highly accurate 3D map made for self-driving cars. These maps have details not present on traditional maps. HD maps are accurate at a centimetre level.

HD maps are created using different sensors. These sensors include LiDARs, radars, digital cameras and GPS. HD maps can also be made using aerial imagery.

High-definition maps can include things like road shape, road marking, traffic signs and barriers.

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Cartography
Automotive technologies
Nataliya Resh

Nataliya Resh (; 27 September 1980, Nezhin, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian lawyer, television presenter, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is the founder of the Open Culture Foundation.

Early life 

Nataliya Resh was born in Nezhin, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.

In 1999, she entered the 3rd year of the Financial University in Rostov-on-Don, specializing in “Financier”. In 2002—2005, she received her 2nd higher education in Moscow, at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN). She graduated with a red diploma in civil law.

In 2007, Nataliya entered the Moscow State Art and Culture University, in “Faculty of General Arts Branding and Psychology”. She graduated with a red diploma, having received the specialization “Image-maker-Psychologist”.

In 2008, Nataliya Resh completed an intensive course at the Institute for Continuing Education for Media Broadcasting in Moscow. She qualified as a “TV and radio host”.

Foundation 

In 2014, the Open Culture Foundation was founded and registered in the United Kingdom by Nataliya Resh. The foundation's positioning is based on the idea of supporting and popularizing projects in the field of culture and art. Art also highlights the world's current issues, including environmental protection. Nataliya Resh takes an active position in helping the environment and promoting ecophilosophy in her projects and everyday tasks.

The Open Culture Foundation participated in the preparation of a major exhibition of Young British Artists in the framework of cultural exchange between the United Kingdom and Russia, he was a Member of the Board of the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, he was a Member of Council at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and provided general support for the draft International film festival for people with peculiarities of mental and motor vehicles.

In September 2014, he participated in the Internatinal Film Festival on Disabilities, Cannes.

In 2015—present, the foundation works with the Better World Forum.

In September 2019, he held events at the climate change summit in New York. In September 2020, he was a partner at a charity event at the Venice Film Festival and Better World Forum.

References

Other websites 
 

Living people
1980 births
Revolving door

A revolving door is a way to enter or exit  a building.  In a revolving door, several panels are fixed on a central axis. The panel can then be rotated to enter or exit the building. Buildings are usually fitted with revolving doors to save energy: Revolving doors can be made to hinder airflow. This means that less heat is lost. The first to develop revolving doors was  H. Bockhacker. In 1881, he registered a patent in Germany for a "door without airflow". Theophilus Van Kannel registered a patent for what he called "storm door", in 1888.

Revolving doors also have problems: Once they start spinning, they force the people to keep a certain walking speed. People who cannot keep up the walking speed may fall and hurt themselves. People in a wheelchair cannot use revolving doors. The same probably applies to blind people. Revolving doors cannot be used in an emergency: They cannot be passed at a fast speed. For all these reasons, many countries have rules that buildings must also have other doors. In hotels and public buildings, is usual to find "push" doors either side of a revolving door.

Turnstiles 
Turnstile exit-only doors are often used at large sports stadia (stadiums), theme parks, and other such venues. They let people exit freely, but stop entry without payment. These doors usually work mechanically, with the door panels constructed of horizontal bars which pass through a "wall" of interlacing (interdigitated) bars. This blocks people from entering illegally through the exit.

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Everyday life
Architectural elements
Gates
National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The "National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran" (; ) is the national anthem of Iran. It preceded the anthem during Khomeini times called “Payandeh Bada Iran”.

Iran
National anthems
WPP plc

WPP is a UK based international communications, advertising, public relations, technology and trade holding company headquartered in London, England. As of 2019, it was the largest advertising company in the world. WPP owns many companies including advertising, public relations, media and market research such as AKQA, BCW, Essence Global, Finsbury, Gray, GroupM, Hill + Knowlton Strategies, Kantar Group, Mindshare, Ogilvy, Wavemaker, Wunderman Thompson and VMLY & R. It is one of the Big Four agency companies, along with Publicis, Interpublic Group of Companies and Omnicom. WPP is primary listed on the London Stock Exchange and is also listed on the FTSE 100. It is secondary listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Roberto Quarta is the chairman of the company. Mark Reed is its CEO.

History 
The company was founded as Wire and Plastic Products plc in 1971 to manufacture wire and plastic shopping baskets. In 1985, Martin Sorrell, looking for a listed company through which to create a global marketing services company, bought a controlling stake in it. In the 1980s, WPP began expanding due to buying other companies. In the following years, WPP was buying dozens of companies every year. In January 1987, the company bought Scott Stern Associates, then Scotland's largest design and advertising company. In the same year (1987), the company bought J. Walter Thompson (including JWT, Hill & Knowlton and MRB Group) for $ 566 million. In 1988, the company was registered on NASDAQ (and later transferred to a secondary listing on NYSE). In 1989, it bought the Ogilvy Group for $ 864 million.

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Sliding door

A sliding door is a door that opens horizontally, by sliding. Very often, such doors slide along a wall. Sliding doors are commonly used, for example in the bathroom, to separate the shower. They are also used for closets.

Everyday life
Architecture
Gates
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau

"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" () is the national anthem of Wales.

Wales
National anthems
Masada Iosefa

Masada Iosefa (26 January 1988 – 25 January 2021) was a Samoan professional rugby league player. He played as a hooker. He played for the Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League (NRL). He also played for the Samoan national team.

Iosefa was born in Motoʻotua, Samoa. He moved to Australia at a young age. After his playing career, he was a youth worker in Rockhampton, Queensland.

On 25 January 2021, the day before his 33rd birthday, Iosefa died in a quad bike accident in Herbert, a rural locality of Darwin, Northern Territory.

References

Other websites
Masada Iosefa at Rugby League Project

1988 births
2021 deaths
Accidental deaths in Australia
Road accident deaths
Rugby league players
Sylvirana guentheri

Gunther's Amoy frog, Guenther's Amoy frog, Günther's frog, Guenther's frog, Günther's red-and-black frog or Gunther's brown frog (Sylvirana guentheri) is a frog from Vietnam, China and Taiwan.  People have brought this frog to Guam. It can live as high as 1100 meters above sea level.

Appearance

The adult male frog is 6.3 to 6.8 cm long and the adult female frog is 7.5 to 7.6 cm long.  The hind legs are about one and a half times as long as the body.  It has vomerine teeth and a large tongue.  It has a fold of skin on each side of its body, running from the eye down to the hip.  This frog has a brown or yellow-brown back and a white belly.

Life cyle

The female frog lays eggs in rice fields and streams where the water does not move quickly.  The tadpoles are silver-white in color.  They have stripes running from their noses to their eyes and a dark spot behind each eye.

Chemicals

This frog makes chemicals on its skin.  It makes (Val1)-bradykinin to stop larger animals from eating it.  It also has antibiotics on its skin: guentherin, brevinin-2GHa, brevinin-2GHb, brevinin-2GHc, and temporin-GH.

Danger to humans

The parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis, or rat lungworm, can live in this frog.  This parasite gives humans the disease angiostrongyliasis and makes the membranes around the brain swell, which is very dangerous.

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Animals of Asia
Frogs
António Cardoso e Cunha

António José Baptista Cardoso e Cunha (28 January 1933 – 24 January 2021) was a Portuguese Social Democratic Party (PSD) politician. He was a government minister in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992, he was Portugal's first European Commissioner. He was elected to the Assembly of the Republic in 1978. 

Cardoso e Cunha died on 24 January 2021, aged 87.

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1933 births
2021 deaths
Portuguese politicians
European Union politicians
Kenneth Z. Altshuler

Kenneth Z. Altshuler (April 11, 1929 – January 6, 2021) was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He was a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey.

Altshuler died on January 6, 2021 in Dallas from problems caused by COVID-19 at aged 91.

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2021 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
American psychiatrists
American psychologists
American academics
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Scientists from Dallas, Texas
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Educators from Dallas, Texas
Paul Kölliker

Paul Kölliker (19 February 193211 January 2021) was a Swiss rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Wolfwil, Switzerland.

Kölliker died on 11 January 2021 at the age of 88.

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1932 births
2021 deaths
Swiss sportspeople
Olympians
Rowers
Jim MacGeorge

James A. MacGeorge (October 9, 1928 – January 16, 2021) was an American voice actor and writer. 

He was best known for his voice roles as Beany Boy, Crowy and Uncle Captain Horatio K. Huffenpuff in Beany and Cecil, Oliver Hardy in the Laurel and Hardy cartoon series, Crazy Claws in The Kwicky Koala Show, Bort in The Mighty Orbots, Wimper in Clue Club and as Dr. Wilmer Scarab in Bionic Six. 

MacGeorge died on January 16, 2021 at the age of 92.

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Other websites
 

1928 births
2021 deaths
American movie actors
American television actors
American television writers
American voice actors
Jean Dumont (politician)

Jean Dumont (27 November 1930 – 18 January 2021) was a French politician. He was born in Thouars, France. Dumont was a member of the Republican Party. From 1986 to 1995, Dumont was a member of the Senate.

Dumont died in Parthenay, France on 18 January 2021, aged 90.

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French politicians
1930 births
2021 deaths
Thouars

Thouars () is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France. On 1 January 2019, the former communes Mauzé-Thouarsais, Missé and Sainte-Radegonde were merged into Thouars.

References

Communes in Deux-Sèvres
Joyce Hearn

Joyce C. Hearn (née Camp; June 16, 1929 – January 20, 2021) was an American politician and businesswoman. She was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives as a Republican Party. Hearn was born in Cedartown, Georgia.

Hearn died on January 20, 2021 in Columbia, South Carolina at the age of 91.

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1929 births
2021 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
Politicians from South Carolina
US Republican Party politicians
Businesspeople from Georgia (U.S. state)
Businesspeople from South Carolina
Jean-Pierre Baeumler

Jean-Pierre Baeumler (1 July 1948 – 22 January 2021) was a French politician. He was a member of the Socialist Party. He was born in Oberbruck, France. From 1989 to 2014, Baeumler was Mayor of Thann, Haut-Rhin. From 1988 to 1993 and 1997 to 2002, Baemuler was a member of the National Assembly.

Baeumler died on 22 January 2021 at the age of 71.

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French mayors
1948 births
2021 deaths
Jorunn Kirkenær

Jorunn Kirkenær (4 May 1926 – 22 January 2021) was a Norwegian ballerina and choreographer. She was born in Oslo. She performed for the Malmö City Theatre, Nationaltheatret, Det Norske Teatret and Den Norske Ballett. 

Her works as choreographer include Reisen til Julestjernen and ballet versions of the children's operas Little Red Riding Hood and Ma mère l'Oye for television with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 

She was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold in 1996.

Kirkenær died on 22 January 2021 in Oslo, aged 94.

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1926 births
2021 deaths
People from Oslo
Norwegian stage actors
Ballerinas
Choreographers
National Theatre (Oslo)

The National Theatre in Oslo () is one of Norway's largest and most well known cultural arts center for performance of dramatic arts.

The main building is centrally located between the Royal Palace, Oslo and the Parliament of Norway.

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19th-century establishments in Norway
1899 establishments in Europe
Theatres
Buildings and structures in Norway
Oslo
Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)

The Assembly of the Republic (Portuguese: Assembleia da República, ) is the parliament of Portugal. In the Constitution of Portugal, the unicameral parliament "is the representative assembly of all Portuguese citizens." The constitution names the assembly as one of the country's main authority. It is in a historical building in Lisbon, the Palácio de São Bento.

Other websites
 

Portugal
Jevrem Brković

Jevrem Brković (; 29 December 1933 – 24 January 2021) was a Montenegrin poet, writer, journalist, dissident and historian. Brković was one of the founders and member of Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was born in the Seoca village near Podgorica, Zeta Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Brković died on 24 January 2021 at the age of 87.

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1933 births
2021 deaths
Montenegrin people
Poets
Journalists
Historians
Arik Brauer

Arik Brauer (; 4 January 1929 – 24 January 2021) was an Austrian painter, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer, stage designer, architect and academic teacher. He was a co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. He taught at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, beginning in 1985. He designed buildings in Austria and Israel in the 1990s.

On 24 January 2021, Brauer died in Vienna at age 92.

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1929 births
2021 deaths
Austrian educators
Austrian poets
Singers from Vienna
Austrian architects
Austrian painters
Austrian historians
Writers from Vienna
George Armstrong (ice hockey)

George Edward Armstrong (July 6, 1930 – January 24, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1949 to 1971. Armstrong was born in Skead, Ontario. In 1975, he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Armstrong died on January 24, 2021 in Ontario from problems caused by heart disease at the age of 90.

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1930 births
2021 deaths
Cardiovascular disease deaths in Canada
Canadian ice hockey centres
Toronto Maple Leafs players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Muhanna Al-Dura

Muhanna Durra (), , (1938 – 24 January 2021) was a Jordanian painter. He was well known in the Jordanian Arts Movement. He was the first to add Cubism and abstract art into the Jordanian visual arts community. 

He was a professor at the Faculty of Fine Art and Design at University of Jordan. He was the President of the Jordan Association of Fine Arts. Al-Dura was born in Amman, Jordan.

Al-Dura died on 24 January 2021, aged 82.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
Jordanian people
Painters
Harthorne Wingo

Harthorne Nathaniel Wingo (September 9, 1947 – January 23, 2021) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Tryon, North Carolina. He played four seasons, from 1972 to 1976, in the National Basketball Association as a member of the New York Knicks. 

Wingo died on January 23, 2021 at the age of 73.

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1947 births
2021 deaths
New York Knicks players
Sportspeople from North Carolina
Tryon, North Carolina

Tryon is a town in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2010 census, the city had 1,646 people.

References

Other websites
 ExploreTryon Tourism Site
 Town of Tryon
 Tryon Downtown Development Association

Towns in North Carolina
Columbus, North Carolina

Columbus is a town in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. 999 people lived here at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Polk County.

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County seats in North Carolina
Towns in North Carolina
Song Yoo-jung

Song Yoo-jung (June 8, 1994 – January 23, 2021) was a South Korean actress and model. Her first role was in MBC's series Golden Rainbow (2013). She was also known for her role in the cable channel series Make a Wish (2014).

Song died on January 23, 2021 in Seoul, aged 26.

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1994 births
2021 deaths
South Korean television actors
South Korean models
Abukari Gariba

Abukari Gariba (13 June 1939 – 23 January 2021) was a Ghanaian footballer. He was born in Yamale, Ghana. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. 

Gariba died at the age of 81 in Kumasi, Ghana on 23 January 2021.

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1939 births
2021 deaths
Ghanaian footballers
Olympians
Nilda Pedrosa

Nilda Pedrosa (1974 – January 23, 2021) was an American Republican politician. She was the acting United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs from September 28, 2020, until a few days before her death in January 2021. She was the Assistant Dean for Development & External Affairs at Florida International University College of Law. Pedrosa was born in Miami, Florida.

Pedrosa died on January 23, 2021 in Miami from cancer, aged 46.

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2021 deaths
Politicians from Miami, Florida
US Republican Party politicians
Cancer deaths in Florida
Cyril Pinder

Cyril Calvin Pinder (November 13, 1946 – January 23, 2021) was an American professional football player. He was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, and Dallas Cowboys from 1968 to 1973. He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Pinder died on January 23, 2021 in Urbana, Illinois at the age of 74.

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2021 deaths
American football running backs
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People from Urbana, Illinois
Alberto Grimaldi

Alberto Grimaldi (28 March 1925 – 23 January 2021) was an Italian movie producer. He was born in Naples, Italy. He was known for producing the movies: For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Last Tango in Paris and Gangs of New York.

Grimaldi died on 23 January 2021 in Miami, Florida at the age of 95.

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1925 births
2021 deaths
Italian movie producers
People from Naples
Robert Rowland

Robert Andrew Rowland (28 February 1966 – 23 January 2021) was a British politician and businessman. He was a member of the Brexit Party. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2019 until the United Kingdom's exit from the EU in 2020. Rowland was born in Bowdon, Greater Manchester.

Rowland drowned on 23 January 2021 while on vacation in the Bahamas in a scuba diving accident, aged 54.

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Unicode block

A Unicode block is a group of characters in Unicode. They are made by the Unicode Consortium. Many blocks are glyphs for one language or other symbols (for example, mathematics).

List of blocks

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Albert Bridge, Nova Scotia

Albert Bridge (2001 pop.: 159) is a Canadian rural community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.

Notable residents
Allister MacGillivray, songwriter
Ciaran MacGillivray, musician, Allister's son

Settlements in Nova Scotia
Iron Bridge

Iron Bridge may refer to:

Bridges 
 The Iron Bridge, in Shropshire, England
 The Iron Bridge, Rothiemurchus, Scotland, also known as the Cairngorm Club Footbridge
The Iron Bridge, Culford Park, in Suffolk, England
 Iron Bridge, Riga, in Latvia
 Iron Bridge, Satu Mare, in Romania
 Aldford Iron Bridge in Aldford, Cheshire, England
 Nandu River Iron Bridge in Hainan, China
 Traffic Bridge (Saskatoon) in Saskatchewan, Canada

Places 
 Ironbridge, a settlement in Shropshire, England
 Ironbridge Gorge, the gorge formed by the River Severn in Shropshire, England
 Iron Bridge, Ontario, Canada, a community in Huron Shores

Other uses 
 Iron Bridge, original codename for the planning of the funeral of Margaret Thatcher
 Battle of the Iron Bridge, fought in 637 near Antioch, Turkey
Chabottes

Chabottes is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

Population

Transport

Road 
The D43, D43A, D113, D473, D514, D944 and D945 roads pass through the commune.

References 

Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Self-disorder

A self-disorder is also called an ipseity disturbance. It is a bad change in the minimal self of the person. The minimal self is like a solid center that someone experiences reality with. It can be disturbed in schizophrenia and similar disorders. The self-disorder can show itself in different ways.

Related pages 
 Schizotypy
 Identity
 Psychosis

References 

Psychology
Champcella

Champcella is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.

Population

Transport

Road 
The D38 road passes through the commune.

References 

Communes in Hautes-Alpes
Sophie Nélisse

Sophie Nélisse (born March 27, 2000) is a Canadian actress. Her performance in Monsieur Lazhar won a Genie Award. She played Liesel Meminger in the movie adaptation of the best-selling novel The Book Thief. 

Nélisse won a Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in an International Feature Film. She was later at the Cannes Film Festival to present the movie Mean Dreams.

Nélisse was born in Windsor, Ontario.

Awards and nominations

References

2000 births
Canadian child actors
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Actors from Ontario
Living people
Paul Tonko

Paul Tonko (born June 18, 1949) is a United States representative for New York's 20th congressional district. Tonko is a Democrat and has represented the district since 2009. When Tonko became a congressman, New York's 20th congressional district was part of New York's 21st congressional district and Tonko also represented that. But the districts were changed and he became the congressman for the 20th district. Tonko was also a member of the New York State Assembly before and was the Chief executive officer of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

Election history

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1949 births
United States representatives from New York
US Democratic Party politicians
People from Amsterdam, New York
Living people
Bea Miller

Beatrice Annika Miller (born February 7, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She came in ninth place on season two of The X Factor (U.S.) when she was thirteen years old. Her first extended play Young Blood was released in 2014. Her first studio album Not an Apology was released on July 24, 2015. In 2016, she released the song "Yes Girl".

Miller released "It's Not You it's Me", "That Bitch", "Feel Something" and "Never Gonna Like You" in 2019.

In October 2020, after the success of "Feel Something", Miller released the song "Wisdom Teeth" on her EP Elated.

Miller was born in Maplewood, New Jersey.

Awards and nominations

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American singer-songwriters
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Chess symbols in Unicode

Unicode has characters of chess symbols. This means that chess symbols can be encoded as text instead of images. Algebraic notation (text that shows where to move a chess piece) can be typed using the symbol of the piece. For example, ♘c6 instead of Nc6.

Symbols 

The symbols in this table are from the Unicode block named Miscellaneous Symbols. Other chess symbols are in the Chess Symbols block.

References

Chess

Symbols
Typography
Echizen Ono Castle

Echizen Ono Castle is a Japanese castle that is in Ono City, Fukui Prefecture. Until the Meiji period, the administrative headquarters of the Ono Domain region was established. In 2017, it was included in "Second series Top 100 Japanese Castle". The castle which appears every conditions are met in the morning, is called "castle in the sky (天空の城)".

In 1575, Nagachika Kanamori began to build a castle on Kameyama mountain, a small mountain in Ono County. It took several years to build the castle. After the Kazunori Aoki’s era, the Echizen Matsudaira family became a shogunal property, and the castle owner changed many times until the Doi family got it. The castle burned down in 1775 and was rebuilt in 1795 with the exception of the castle tower, but it was destroyed again after the Meiji Restoration. The castle tower today was built in the Shōwa period (1968).

Castle tower 
Echizen Ono Castle had a large watchtower on the second and third floors with an observation tower in the main area and another smaller watchtower on the second floor. It also had multiple Kuruwa--districts limited by water, fence, or anything else. These districts were the secondary area of a castle (二ノ丸, Ninomaru) and the furthest outer area (三ノ丸, Sannomaru) at the beginning of the Kameyama mountain, connecting a canal and a river to protect the castle tower. Protecting the castle tower was important role for Echizen Ono castle.

Stone wall 
Echizen Ono Castle has a stone wall  (石垣, ishigaki) which is a wall or fence made by assembling stones, with a construction method called Nozura-zumi (野面積み), which is an old style stone wall piled up without processing natural stone. Nozura-zumi has a good drainage, which are resistant to weathering. This is nowadays a valuable historic site.

Lords of Echizen Ono Castle 

In the history of Echizen Ono Castle, 19 different feudal lords have changed (大名, daimyo), until the time in which the castle was sold in 1872. In addition to Nagachika Kanamori, the castle owners of the Azuchi-Momoyama period included Kazunori Aoki, who is said to be related to Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and Hideo Oda, the grandson of Nobunaga Oda.

 Nagachika Kanamori (金森 長近)
 Hidekazu Hasegawa (長谷川 秀一)
 Kazunori Aoki (青木 一矩)
 Hidekatsu Oda (織田 秀雄)
 Masaaki Tsutsiya (土屋 正明)
 Tadatsugu tsuchiya (土屋 忠次)
 Masakatsu Oguri (小栗 正勝)
 Naomasa Matsudaira (松平 直政)
 Naomoto Matsudaira (松平 直基)
 Naoyoshi Matsudaira (松平 直良)
 Naoaki Matsudaira (松平 直明)
 Toshifusa Doi (土井 利房)
 Toshimoto Doi (土井 利知)
 Toshihiro Doi (土井 利寛)
 Toshisada Doi (土井 利貞)
 Toshinori Doi (土井 利義)
 Toshikata Doi (土井 利器)
 Toshitada Doi (土井 利忠)
 Toshitsune Doi (土井 利恒)

References

Books used 

 吉田純一『福井の城ー福井・丸岡・大野・小浜・鯖江城』フェニックス出版、(1994) 
 吉田純一『福井の城あれこれ話』FUT福井城郭研究所、(2015) 

Castles in Japan
Fukui Prefecture
Buildings and structures in Fukui Prefecture
Marius Swart

Marius Swart (194117 January 2021) was a South African politician and businessman. He was a member of the Democratic Alliance. He was Executive Mayor of the George Local Municipality from 2000 to 2004. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014. Swart was born in Swellendam, South Africa.

On 8 January 2021, Swart was hospitalized in George with COVID-19 in critical condition. He died from the virus on 17 January, aged 79.

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Justin Lekhanya

General Justin Metsing Lekhanya (7 April 1938 – 20 January 2021) was a Lesotho politician. He was the Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho from 24 January 1986 to 2 May 1991. He was born in Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho.

Lekhanya died on 20 January 2021, aged 82.

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1938 births
2021 deaths
Prime Ministers of Lesotho
California grizzly bear

The California grizzly bear (Ursus arctos californicus) is an extinct population or subspecies of the brown bear. 

The California grizzly bear was much like the Kodiak bear of the southern coast of Alaska. 

The grizzly became a symbol of the Bear Flag Republic.

References

Ursidaes
Mammals of North America
Advance to the Rear

Advance to the Rear is a 1964 American western comedy movie directed by George Marshall and was based on the 1957 novel Company of Cowards by Jack Schaefer. It stars Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Andrew Prine, Alan Hale Jr., Whit Bissell and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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1964 comedy movies
1960s western movies
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American comedy movies
MGM movies
Movies based on books
Movies directed by George Marshall
Guem

Guem, stage name of Abdelmajid Guemguem (9 March 1947 – 22 January 2021) was an Algerian percussionist. He composed Le Serpent, re-recorded in 1996 for the program  on France 2. In 2011, he composed Mon Paris.

Guem died on 22 January 2021 in Paris, aged 73.

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Algerian people
1947 births
2021 deaths
Algerian singers
Paul Foytack

Paul Eugene Foytack (November 16, 1930 – January 23, 2021) was an American professional baseball player and right-handed pitcher. He appeared in 312 games in Major League Baseball between 1953 and 1964 for two American League clubs, the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Foytack died on January 23, 2021 in Spring Hill, Tennessee at the age of 90.

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Detroit Tigers players
Los Angeles Angels players
Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
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Spring Hill, Tennessee

Spring Hill is a city in Maury and Williamson counties, Tennessee. Spring Hill had 43,769 people lived here in 2019.

References

Cities in Tennessee
Brock, Ontario

Brock is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.

References

Settlements in Ontario
Bruce Kirby (actor)

Bruce Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu; April 28, 1925 – January 24, 2021) was an American character actor.

During the 1960s, he appeared in I Dream of Jeannie, The Nurses, The Defenders, Car 54, Where Are You?, and The Patty Duke Show among others.

He was known for his role as Pop Ryan, father of Officer John Ryan (played by Matt Dillon) in the 2005 movie Crash.

His son was actor Bruno Kirby (1949–2006).

Kirby died at age 95 in Los Angeles on January 24, 2021.

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1925 births
2021 deaths
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from New York City
Crash (2004 movie)

Crash is a 2004 American crime drama movie produced, directed, and co-written by Paul Haggis.

The movie stars Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner,  Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Michael Peña, and Ryan Phillippe.

It received six Academy Award nominations. It won three for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.

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2004 drama movies
2000s crime drama movies
Academy Award winning movies
Screen Actors Guild Award winners
Satellite Award winners
American crime drama movies
Paul Haggis

Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, movie producer, and movie director. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for the Best Picture Oscar winners: Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005). He also directed the James Bond movies Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008).

Haggis was sued for an alleged sexual assault claim in New York City in 2013.

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Writers from Ontario
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Satellite Award winners
Larne Borough Council

Larne Borough Council was a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ballymena Borough Council and Carrickfergus Borough Council in May 2015.

32,180 people lived here at the 2011 Northern Ireland census.

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Settlements in Northern Ireland
Marcel Uderzo

Marcel Uderzo (20 December 1933 – 24 January 2021) was a French comic book artist. He was the younger brother of fellow comic book artist Albert Uderzo. He made ink boards for Asterix. His last Asterix work was Asterix in Belgium.

Uderzo died on 24 January 2021 from COVID-19 in Évreux, France at the age of 87.

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1933 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France
French artists
Comics artists
The Boy in Blue (1986 movie)

The Boy in Blue is a 1986 Canadian biographical drama movie directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Nicolas Cage, Cynthia Dale, Christopher Plummer, Sean Sullivan, David Naughton, Melody Anderson, Jeff Wincott. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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1986 drama movies
1980s biographical movies
Canadian drama movies
20th Century Fox movies
Movies directed by Charles Jarrott
Sōichi Aikawa

was a Japanese politician. Aikawa was born in Urawa, Saitama. He was elected mayor of Urawa in 1991 until 2001. He was chosen as the first mayor of the city of Saitama. He retired in 2009.

Aikawa died of respiratory failure on 25 January 2021, aged 78.

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1942 births
2021 deaths
Deaths from respiratory failure
Japanese politicians
Mayors
David Bright (football manager)

David Bright (13 June 1956 – 25 January 2021) was a Botswanan football manager.

In 1992, Bright joined Mogoditshane Fighters in the Botswana First Division. He led the team to three Botswana Premier League titles between 1999 and 2001.

Bright has also managed Engen Santos, Bay United, Gaborone United and Bay United.

Bright died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Botswana on 25 January 2021, aged 64.

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1956 births
2021 deaths
Botswana people
Football managers
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic