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Lyra Catherine McKee (31 March 1990 – 18 April 2019) was a Northern Irish journalist. She had worked for "The Atlantic" and "BuzzFeed News". She was also an editor for Mediagazer. She wrote two non-fiction books about the Troubles, "Angels with Blue Faces" (2019) and "The Lost Boys" (2020). She was signed to publisher Faber and Faber at the time of her death. She was born in Belfast. She was openly gay. Death. On 18 April 2019, McKee was shot to death in Derry during the riot. She was 29 years old. The New IRA were blamed for her assassination. Prime Minister Theresa May called the murder "shocking and senseless."
John Lundvik (Swedish: [jɔn ˈlɵn(d).viːk, -vɪk]; born 27 January 1983) is a Swedish-French singer, songwriter, and former sprinter.  He was part of the athletic team for IFK Växjö. Lundvik also has a singing and songwriter career having composed songs for films and the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling in 2010. In 2018, he competed in Melodifestivalen with his song "My Turn", finishing in 3rd place. He returned in 2019 and won with the song "Too Late For Love". He represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the same song, which he performed alongside The Mamas. He was also a writer for the United Kingdom's song "Bigger Than Us". Lundvik finished in fifth place. Lundvik appeared as himself in "".
Duncan de Moor (born 11 April 1994), professionally known as Duncan Laurence, is a Dutch singer who representend the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel with the song "Arcade" from the album Loving You Is a Losing Game and won the contest. Laurence was born in Spijkenisse and is bisexual.
Bilal Hassani (born 9 September 1999) is a French-Moroccan singer and YouTuber. Hassani is genderqueer and was described by French media as an "icon for French LGBT youth". Eurovision Song Contest. She won the final of "Destination Eurovision." As a prize, she represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 by singing "Roi". She finished in 16th place out of 26 finalists. Hassani appeared in the "" as herself among other Eurovision stars.
Alessandro Mahmoud (born 12 September 1992), better known by his stage name Mahmood, is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is best known for winning the Sanremo Music Festival twice (in 2019 and 2022). Mahmood became popular in Italy after competing in season six of the Italian version of "The X Factor". In 2019, he won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Soldi", and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the same song. He finished in second place behind the Netherlands. He won the Sanremo Music Festival 2022 once again, alongside Blanco with the song "Brividi", and they both represented again in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin. They finished in sixth place.
Anne Maree Plunkett (born 1952) is an Australian public servant and diplomat. She has been the Australian Ambassador to Portugal since 2012. She also has authority of Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe. She has also served in the past as the Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, with authority of the Holy See (Vatican). Plunkett was born in Armidale, New South Wales. She is married and has three children.
Con de Wet de Lange (11 February 1981 – 18 April 2019) was a South African-born Scottish cricketer. He was a left-arm orthodox spin all-rounder and a right-handed batsman. He played for teams in South Africa before playing for Northamptonshire in England. Although he was born in Bellville, in what is now Western Cape, South Africa, he played for the Scotland national team. For a time, he was Scotland's vice-captain. In June 2015, he played his first game for Scotland against Afghanistan. He played his last game for Scotland in November 2017 against Papua New Guinea. In October 2018, Cricket Scotland said publicly that de Lange had brain cancer. He died on 18 April 2019, at the age of 38.
On 17 April 2019, at about 18:00, a tour bus crashed in Caniço, in the archipelago of Madeira, Portugal. The bus was carrying 56 people, mostly tourists from Germany. 29 people were killed in the crash. Another 27 more were injured, including the Portuguese driver and guide. Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa gave his support to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, made plans to visit the site of the crash. German foreign minister Heiko Maas went to Madeira on 18 April to help victims.
Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist. He was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won three world titles in the sprint, in 1963, 1967 and 1969. On the road, he earned the green jersey at the 1974 Tour de France. He holds the record for the number of six-day track race wins. He won 88 events out of 223 starts between 1961 and 1983. He also won six stages at the Tour de France and eleven stages at the Giro d'Italia. Sercu was born in Roeselare, West Flanders. He died on 19 April 2019, at the age of 74.
Carrie Alexandra Coon (born January 24, 1981) is an American actress. She won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series. She won that for playing Nora Durst in the HBO series "The Leftovers" Coon later played Gloria Bungle in the third season of the television series "Fargo" For that, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She also won a TCA Award for the Individual Achievement in Drama for both performances. On stage, Coon was nominated for a Tony Award for the 2012 revival of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Coon was born in Copley, Ohio.
Pieter Verhoeff (4 February 1938 – 17 April 2019) was a Dutch movie director. He is known for directing the movies "The Mark of the Beast" (1980), "The Dream" (1985), "Count Your Blessings" (1987), "The Sunday Child" (1992), "The Longest Journey" (1997), "Mates" (1999), "The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time" (2001) and "The Letter for the King" (2008). He also helped direct the Japanese miniseries "Tokyo Trial" (2016). He was born in Lemmer, Friesland. Verhoeff died in Amsterdam on 17 April 2019, at the age of 81.
Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track and field athlete. He won the gold medal in the 200 meter sprint at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. As well as winning the gold medal, he was known for performing a famous Black Power salute with fellow American John Carlos on the medal podium. Smith did this as a protest against racism towards African-Americans. Smith and Carlos were also supported by Australian silver medalist Peter Norman. Smith was born in Clarksville, Texas. His autobiography, "Silent Gesture", was published in 2007.
John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945) is an American former track and field athlete. He won the bronze medal in the 200 meter sprint at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. As well as winning the bronze medal, he was known for performing a famous Black Power salute with fellow American Tommie Smith on the medal podium. Carlos did this as a protest against racism towards African-Americans. Carlos and Smith were also supported by Australian silver medalist Peter Norman. Carlos was born in Harlem, New York City. His memoir, "The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World", was published in 2011.
Peter George Norman (15 June 1942 – 3 October 2006) was an Australian track and field athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metre sprint at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Also at the 1968 Olympics, Norman supported African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos in their Black Power salute. He also wore an Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR) badge as he stood on the podium with Smith and Carlos. Norman's act has been praised but afterwards his career suffered. He was not chosen for the 1972 Summer Olympics and soon retired. He was coached by Neville Sillitoe. The House of Representatives gave an official apology for this in October 2012. Norman was born in Coburg, Victoria. He was twice married and had four children. He died of a heart attack on 3 October 2006 in Melbourne. He was 64.
Nikki Sixx (Frank Ferrano Jr.), born December 11th, 1958 in San Jose, California. His father (Frank Ferrano), left him and his mother (Deana Richards) when he was the age of two.  Early life. Sixx moved to his grandparents (Jerome Idaho) early on in his life, before being expelled from his school for selling drugs. Sixx attended seven schools in the span 11 years and his grandparents were fed up with his antics.  Sixx was sent back to live with his mother in Seattle, Washington. Soon enough he attempted to arrest his mother by borrowing a knife from his neighbor, and cutting above his forearm down to the bone. Sixx confessed to the cops that it was him and not Deana. At age 17, Sixx moved to Los Angeles. He changed his name to what he's known as now as "Nikki Sixx".  Career. He auditioned for many bands as the bass player, before getting into the band London with Izzy Stradlin. He was only staying for two years before grouping together people to be in his new band, which now to be known as the popular Motley Crue. For several years he lived with members of Motley Crue (Tommy Lee, Vince Neil) in a small apartment by the Whiskey a Go Go, L.A.  In 1987 after struggling with substance abuse, Sixx was legally dead for two minutes of a heroin overdose, luckily the paramedic was a Motley Crue fan, and shot him with adrenaline twice before Sixx woke up, only to shoot up once again a day later. When Sixx woke up with a puddle of blood in his palm, he went to rehab with Motley Crue.  Nikki Sixx has had several spouses including Courtney Sixx (2014), Donna D'Errico (1996-2007), and Brandi Brandt (1989-1996). He has four children Storm Brieanne Sixx, Gunner Nicholas Sixx, Decker Nilsson Sixx, Frankie-Jean Sixx. Many people believe Sixx was only in the popular band Motley Crue. He was also affiliated with six(x ha g e t it) (Sixx:A.M., London, Brides of Destruction, Sister, and 58).
The Bell System was a system of companies. The companies were led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&amp;T (the American Telephone and Telegraph Company). The Bell System provided telephone service to most of the United States and Canada. Sometimes, it was a monopoly. The Bell System companies were founded in 1877. People called the Bell System "Ma Bell". On December 31, 1983, the system was divided into independent companies, known as Baby Bells and RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies). The Baby Bells were BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, Bell Atlantic, Southern New England Telephone, NYNEX, Pacific Telesis and Ameritech. In 1994-95, Southwestern Bell changed its corporate name to SBC Communications. Between 1997 and 1999, SBC bought Pacific Telesis, SNET and Ameritech. In 1997, Bell Atlantic blended with NYNEX. That was when Bell Atlantic began doing business in New York state and New England. In 2000, Bell Atlantic bought GTE (General Telephone and Electronics Corporation). The corporate name was changed to Verizon. Also in 2000, Qwest bought US West. The surviving company was Qwest Communications. In 2005-06, AT&amp;T merged with BellSouth and SBC. AT&amp;T was the company surviving after the merger. The company became AT&amp;T Inc. In 2010-11, Qwest was bought out by the CenturyLink telephone company. It was then renamed CenturyLink. The company operates in many U.S. states.
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink) is an American company from Monroe, Louisiana. It provides internet, cable television and telephone service to many areas of the United States. The original names for the company were the Oak Ridge Telephone Company, Central Telephone, and Century Telephone. CenturyLink was established in 1930 in Oak Ridge, Louisiana.  CenturyLink completed a merger with Qwest on Friday, April 1, 2011. CenturyLink was the surviving company.  CenturyLink won two "Best in Class" awards in 2011.
Nicole Natalie Austin Marrow (born March 17, 1979) commonly known as Coco Austin is an American television personality, actress and model. She has been married to rapper Ice-T since 2002. Early life. Nicole Natalie Austin was born in March 17, 1979 in Tarzana, California, and raised in nearby Palos Verdes. She has Serbian ancestry through maternal grandparents born in Serbia. She has a younger sister, Kristy Williams, and three younger brothers. As a small child, her brother mispronounced her name, saying "Cole Cole" or "Co-co" instead of Nicole, and her family began calling her that. The family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico when she was ten. She grew up as a tomboy, riding all-terrain vehicles and playing football. She also began dancing during her childhood injazz, tap and ballet. Career. At 18, Austin began specializing in swimsuit, lingerie and body modeling for calendars, catalogs and videos. In 1997, she appeared on her first magazine cover for "Swimwear Illustrated". She won the 1998 Miss Ujena contest in Mexico. In 2001, she began working events and parties at the Playboy Mansion. She appeared in low-budget R-rated films, including "Southwest Babes" (2001), "Desert Rose" (2002), and "The Dirty Monks" (2004). Austin has made guest appearances on TV shows and specials including "Hip-Hop Wives", the "Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav", "RuPaul's Drag Race 5" ("Draggle Rock"), "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", "The Dr. Oz Show" and "". She was featured in a layout in the March 2008 issue of "Playboy" magazine and had a role in the film "Thira" (a.k.a. "Santorini Blue", which co-starred her husband, rapper-actor Ice-T). She appeared on NBC's game show "Celebrity Family Feud" on June 24, 2008, where she and Ice-T competed against Joan Rivers and Melissa Rivers and donated their
Affordable housing is a term for places to live that the average person can afford to purchase or rent. The cost of housing can refer either to rental housing or to homes which are owned by the occupants. People with lower income can live there.  Most people work; they have a monthly income. To see if housing is affordable, people look at the amount of money that is spent on housing, in relation to the mothly income. When housing gets more expensive, people have to spend more of their income on it. Assuming that income doesn't increase, housing gets less affordable. The Housing market sets the price for places to live. In many places, people who do not earn a lot of money, or who are in a difficult situation can ask the government for help. They can then rent a place, where the state pays part or all of their rent. This is known as social or subsidized housing.  The global financial crisis in 2008 caused huge changes and many problems in the world banking and housing systems. By 2011 home prices in Ireland dropped by about 45%. In the United States, prices fell by 34%, and foreclosures went up. According to "USA Today", homes in 2019 in the United States were least affordable to purchase compared to any other year in the last ten last years. This is because home prices are increasing much faster than wages. Cities with large universities were a good choice for university students after they graduate. For example, the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin has very affordable housing. According to Bloomberg News, Berlin has decided to freeze rents in the city because there was not enough affordable housing.
The Fox and the Hound is a 1981 American animated comedy drama movie. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is loosely based on the 1967 book with the same name by Daniel P. Mannix. It is the 24th Disney animated movie. The movie tells the story of the unlikely friendship between a red fox named Tod and a hound dog named Copper. The two friends have trouble keeping their friendship despite their emerging instincts, as well as the people around them saying that they have to be enemies. Tod was raised by an old farmer named Widow Tweed after his mom was killed. Copper was raised by an old hunter named Amos Slade. The movie has a sub-plot in which a sparrow named Dinky and a woodpecker named Boomer chase a caterpillar named Squeeks for food. The movie was directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich and Art Stevens. It was produced by Ron Miller, Wolfgang Reitherman and Art Stevens. The movie has the voices of Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson, Sandy Duncan, Jeanette Nolan, Pat Buttram, John Fiedler, John McIntire, Dick Bakalyan, Paul Winchell, Keith Mitchell and Corey Feldman. Walt Disney Productions first bought the rights to make a movie based on the novel by Daniel P. Mannix in 1967. However, the making of the movie did not actually happen until spring 1977. "The Fox and the Hound" was the last movie to involve the remaining members of Disney's Nine Old Men. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston were two of them. In the end, the movie was handed over to a new generation of animators after the retirement of the old animators. However, the old animators had involvement in the early making of the movie. Also, "The Fox and the Hound" was the first movie for future directors including Tim Burton, Brad Bird and John Lasseter. During the making of the movie, the movie's release was delayed by over six months. This was because of the sudden and unexpected retirement of Don Bluth and his team of animators. In the part of
theJoseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known as Fat Joe, is an American rapper and actor. He started his music career as a member of the hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew. He later began a solo career.  One of Fat Joe's many famous songs includes "What's Luv" with Ja Rule and Ashanti. He also rapped on the song "All the Way Up" with Remy Ma. Fat Joe was in the movies "Happy Feet" (2006), "Scary Movie 3" and Spike Lee's Netflix series "She's Gotta Have It". Fat Joe was born in The Bronx, New York City.
Descendants is a 2015 American musical fantasy television movie. It was directed and choreographed by Kenny Ortega. The movie stars Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, and Cameron Boyce. It is about the heroes and villains of Disney animated movies. The movie tells the story of the children of villains Maleficent ("Sleeping Beauty"), The Evil Queen ("Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"), Jafar ("Aladdin"), and Cruella de Vil ("One Hundred and One Dalmatians"). Their children are Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos. The children are given a chance to be with the heroes at Auradon Prep outside their island prison, The Isle of the Lost. Maleficent instructs Mal to steal the Fairy Godmother's magic wand and free their parents from captivity. However, they instead adjust to their new life and learn to be good. Mal falls in love with Ben, the son of King Beast and Queen Belle ("Beauty and the Beast"). The movie debuted on July 31, 2015, as a Disney Channel Original Movie, to positive reviews and 6.6 million viewers. The movie also stars Mitchell Hope, Melanie Paxson, Brenna D'Amico, Sarah Jeffery, Zachary Gibson, Jedidiah Goodacre, Dianne Doan, Dan Payne, Keegan Connor Tracy, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Maz Jobrani, Kathy Najimy, and Kristin Chenoweth. The movie is the first installment in the "Descendants" franchise. It was spun off into a CGI animated short-form series titled "". Two sequels to the movie were made. The first sequel was "Descendants 2", which premiered on July 21, 2017. The second sequel was "Descendants 3", which premiered on August 2, 2019.
David Lindsay Morrison (born 24 May 1956) is a retired Australian senior army officer. He served as the Australian Army's Chief of Army from June 2011 until his retirement in May 2015. He was a lieutenant general. He is also known for his work towards gender equality and diversity. He was named Australian of the Year in 2016. Morrison was born in Cairns, Queensland. His father was Major General Alan Morrison (1927–2008).
is a Japanese politician and journalist. He served as the mayor of Hiroshima from 1991 to 1999. He served as mayor for two terms and was re-elected in 1995. As mayor, he helped his city and South Korea's Daegu becoming sister cities in 1997. He also worked as a journalist in the 1960s. He wrote mostly about Korean victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He tried to get the Korean victims medical care from Japanese government. Hiraoka was born in Osaka. He grew up in both Japan and Korea. He was not in Hiroshima at the time of the atomic bombing in August 1945.
John Harold Kander (born March 18, 1927) is an American composer. He is best known for his songwriting partnership with Fred Ebb, also known as Kander and Ebb. His most famous musicals are "Cabaret" and "Chicago". Kander has won three Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards. He has helped make the music for the movies "Cabaret", "New York, New York", "Kramer vs. Kramer", "Places in the Heart", "Billy Bathgate" and "Chicago". Kander was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He is from a Jewish family. He is openly gay. In 2010, he married his partner since 1977, Albert Stephenson.
Josine Ianco-Starrels (October 17, 1926 – April 8, 2019) was a Romanian-born American art curator. She worked as a museum director in Los Angeles, California. She was an associate professor of the Art Gallery Division at California State University, Los Angeles from 1969 to 1975. From 1975 to 1987, Ianco-Starrels was Director of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. She was behind many art exhibits across southern California from the 1970s to 2000. She retired in 2000. Ianco-Starrels was born in Bucharest. Her father was Marcel Janco (1895–1984), an artist, architect and one of the founding members of Dadaism. She died of natural causes on April 8, 2019 in Rogue River, Oregon. She was 92.
Super High Me is a 2007 American documentary movie. It is directed by Michael Blieden. It stars comedian Doug Benson. In the documentary, Benson smokes cannabis for 30 days straight to see the effects. The title of "Super High Me" and its poster are plays on the documentary "Super Size Me" (2004) by Morgan Spurlock. "Super High Me" had its full release on April 20, 2008 (4/20). The documentary has a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Rodolfo Certeza Severino Jr. (27 April 1936 – 19 April 2019) was a Filipino diplomat. He served as the 10th Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 1998 to 2002. He also served as the ambassador to Malaysia from 1989 to 1992. He was a professor at many universities in Singapore. He was born in Manila. Severino died of problems caused by Parkinson's disease on 19 April 2019. He was 82.
was a Japanese politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) from 1972 to 2017. He also served two terms as the Minister of Justice in 2000 and 2008. He was born in Chiyoda, Tokyo and grew up in Kagoshima Prefecture. Yasuoka died of pancreatic cancer on 19 April 2019 at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 79.
Massimo Marino (8 February 1960 – 19 April 2019) was an Italian television presenter and actor. He started his presenting career as the host of "ViviRoma" in 1995. He also acted in the movies "Grande, grosso e... Verdone" (2008), "Una estate al mare" (2008), "A Natale mi sposo" (2010) and "Una cella in due e Matrimonio a Parigi" (2011). He was the publisher of the magazine "ViviRoma" from 1989. He was born in Rome. Marino died in Rome on 19 April 2019, at the age of 59.