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Lloyd N. Morrisett Jr. (November 2, 1929 - January 23, 2023) is an American psychologist, educator and philanthropist. He is one of the founders of the Sesame Workshop and was an important figure for the creation of "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company". Morrisett was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Jessie Watson and Lloyd N. Morrisett Sr. He went to Oberlin College and received his BA in philosophy in 1951. He then went to Yale in 1953 for three years and earned a PhD in experimental psychology. He and his wife, Mary Pierre, had two daughters.
Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and flutist.  Career. Lizzo released two studio albums:"Lizzobangers" (2013), and "Big Grrrl Small World" (2015). In 2014, "Time" named her one of fourteen music artists to watch. Lizzo's first major-label EP, "Coconut Oil", was released in 2016. In 2019, she became popular after her third studio album, "Cuz I Love You", which peaked inside the top five of the "Billboard" 200. The album spawned two singles: "Juice" and "Tempo". Lizzo's 2016 single "Good as Hell" and her 2017 single "Truth Hurts" both became viral hits, topping the "Billboard" Hot 100 years after their release. In 2022, she released another single "About Damn Time".  Awards. Lizzo has been nominated for Best New Artist and received eight nominations at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for the deluxe version of "Cuz I Love You" and Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Truth Hurts". Controversy. In August 2023, three former backup dancers filed a lawsuit against Lizzo, accusing her of racism, ableism, assault, weight-shaming, religious discrimination and sexual harassment. Lizzo denied the claims.
Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis (5 September 1934 – 22 December 2019), better known as Bira, was a Brazilian musician and bassist. He was best known for being a member of the house band of the talk shows Jô Soares Onze e Meia, broadcast on SBT, and Programa do Jô. Bira died on 22 December 2019 from a stroke, aged 85.
José Eugênio "Jô" Soares (January 16, 1938 – August 5, 2022) was a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, theatrical producer, director, actor, painter and musician. In 1970, Soares started working at Rede Globo. In 1988, Soares moved to SBT, where he hosted a talk-show, "Jô Soares Onze e Meia" ("Jô Soares Eleven Thirty"), until 1999. In 2000, Soares began hosting "Programa do Jô", and hosted the program until 2016. His first novel "O Xangô de Baker Street" was published in 1995 and has been translated in several languages. Soares died on August 5, 2022 at a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil at the age of 84.
Thor Bjarne Bore (10 January 1938 – 22 December 2019) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician. He was born in Molde, Norway. He was the editor-in-chief of "Romsdals Budstikke" from 1966 to 1970, "Vårt Land" from 1974 to 1983 and "Stavanger Aftenblad" from 1983 to 1999. He also worked in "Vårt Land" from 1964 to 1966 and 1970 to 1974. Bore was the chair of Norwegian Church Aid from 2000 until his death. He was also a member of Stavanger city council for the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2011. Bore died in Stavanger, Norway of pneumonia on 22 December 2019, aged 81.
Édison Gabriel Realpe Solís (13 April 1996 – 22 December 2019) was an Ecuadorian footballer who played for L.D.U. Quito.  Realpe began his career with Guayaquil City in 2014. On 31 January 2018, Realpe was loaned out to L.D.U. Quito for the 2018 season. After the loan spell ended, he signed permanently for the club. Realpe was killed in a car accident near Esmeraldas at the age of 23.
Esmeraldas () is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador. It is the seat of the Esmeraldas Canton and capital of the Esmeraldas Province. Esmeraldas is well known around Latin America given the large number of locals that have historically played in the Ecuadorian national football team.
Emanuel Ungaro (13 February 1933 – 22 December 2019) was a French fashion designer. Ungaro launched his first menswear collection, Ungaro Uomo, in 1973, and his first perfume, "Diva", 10 years later in 1983. Ungaro was a participant in The Battle of Versailles Fashion Show held on November 28, 1973. Later followed the perfumes "Senso" (1987), "Ungaro" (1991) and "Emanuel Ungaro For Men" (1991). Ungaro died in Paris on 22 December 2019 at the age of 86.
Manfred Stolpe (16 May 1936 – 29 December 2019) was a German politician. He was Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Housing of the Federal Republic of Germany from 2002 until 2005. From 1990 until 2002, he was Minister President of Brandenburg. Stolpe was born in Stettin (Szczecin). Stolpe was diagnosed with colon and male breast cancer in 2009. He died on 29 December 2019 in Potsdam of liver cancer at the age of 83.
Werner Klumpp (12 November 1928 – 8 January 2021) was a German politician. He was a German politician of the FDP. After the death of Franz-Josef Röder he was the interim Minister President of the Saarland from 26 June 1979 to 5 July 1979. He was born in Baiersbronn, Baden-Württemberg. Klumpp died on 8 January 2021, aged 92.
Erwin Teufel (born 4 September 1939) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU. He was born in Zimmern ob Rottweil, Germany. He was known for his political partnership with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Teufel was the leader of the CDU parliamentary group in the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg from 1978 to 1991. Teufel was Minister President of Baden-Württemberg and chairman of the CDU state party group from 1991 to 2005, serving as President of the Bundesrat in 1996/97.
Wolfgang Clement (7 July 1940 – 27 September 2020) was a German politician. Clement was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was the 7th Minister President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 27 May 1998 to 22 October 2002 and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour from 2002 to 2005. Clement died of lung cancer in Bonn, Germany on 27 September 2020 at the age of 80.
Bernhard Vogel (; 19 December 1932 – 2 March 2025) was a German politician. He was a member of the CDU. He was the 4th Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1976 to 1988 and the 2nd Minister President of Thuringia from 1992 to 2003. He was born in Göttingen, Germany. He was the only person to have been head of two different German federal states. He was the longest governing Minister President of Germany. He was the 28th and 40th President of the Bundesrat in 1976/77 and 1987/88. Vogel died on 2 March 2025 in Speyer, Germany at the age of 92.
Maria Luise Anna "Malu" Dreyer (born 6 February 1961) is a German politician (SPD). Since 13 January 2013, she has been the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate. She was the first woman to hold this office. She was the President of the Bundesrat from 1 November 2016 – 2017, which made her the deputy to the President of Germany while in office. In late 2017, SPD members elected Dreyer to the party’s national leadership for the first time as a vice chair.
Kurt Hans Biedenkopf (28 January 1930 – 12 August 2021) was a German politician. He was the 1st Minister President of the Free State of Saxony (one of Germany's federal states) from 1990 until 2002. He was the 54th President of the Bundesrat in 1999/2000. He was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Biedenkopf died on 12 August 2021 in Dresden, Germany at the age of 91.
Dr. Werner Münch (born 25 September 1940) is a German politician (CDU). He became the first Financial Minister of this state since refounding of same after the reunification under the 1st Minister-President Gerd Gies. After Gies had to resign in 1991 Münch was elected as 2nd Minister-President of Saxony Anhalt from 4 July 1991 to 28 November 1993. On 25 February 2009 Münch quit membership of the CDU after 37 years and became a critic of Angela Merkel.
Michael Müller (born 9 December 1964) is a German politician. He was the Mayor of Berlin from 11 December 2014 to 21 December 2021. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.  He was President of the Bundesrat from November 2017 until October 2018, which made him deputy to the President of Germany.
Hans-Ulrich Klose (14 June 1937 – 6 September 2023) was a German politician from the Social Democratic Party. Klose was the First Mayor (German: "Erster Bürgermeister") of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 1974 up to 1981 and was President of the Bundesrat in 1979/80. Klose died on 6 September 2023, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease in Hamburg at the age of 86.
Alfons Pawelczyk (born 26 February 1933) is a German politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party. He was a Hamburg state minister of the Interior and second mayor in Hamburg. Pawelczyk was lieutenant colonel of the German federal armed forces and member of the German federal parliament from 1969 to 1980.
Shankha Ghosh (5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was a Bengali Indian poet and critic. In 2011, he was honored with the Padma Bhushan. He taught at Bangabasi College, City College (all affiliated to the University of Calcutta) and at Jadavpur University, all in Kolkata. He retired from Jadavpur University in 1992. He has won a number of prestigious awards including Jnanpith Award in 2016. His pen name is "kuntak". Ghosh died on 21 April 2021 in Kolkata from COVID-19, aged 89.
White Christmas is a 1954 American musical movie starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. It was directed by Michael Curtiz. It was filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor. It has songs by Irving Berlin, including the title song, "White Christmas". This was a new version of the song sung by Crosby in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn". The movie was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision. This is a widescreen process developed by Paramount. It used twice the surface area of the then standard 35mm film. This large-area negative was used to yield finer-grained standard-sized 35mm prints. The word "film" is sometimes used instead of "movie". They are the same thing. Plot. The movie starts on Christmas Eve, 1944, somewhere in Europe. It is World War II. Crosby and Kaye play two U.S. Army soldiers. Crosby plays Captain Bob Wallace and Kaye plays Private First Class Phil Davis. Bob is a Broadway entertainer, Phil wants to be a professional entertainer. They perform "White Christmas". Their commanding officer, Major General Thomas F. Waverly is being relieved of his command. He arrives for the end of the show and says goodbye. After the performance everyone is forced to take cover from an aerial bombing. A bomb knocks over a Wwall. Bob is too busy shouting orders to notice. Phil pushes him out of the way and injurs his arm. Bob later visits Phil at a field hospital and thanks him for saving his life. Phil shows Bob a duet he wrote and asks to perform with him back in New York City. Feeling obligated by Phil's heroism, Bob agrees. After the war, Bob and Phil make it big in nightclubs, radio, and then on Broadway, eventually becoming successful producers. They mount their newest hit musical titled "Playing Around". The same day they receive a letter from "Freckle-Faced Haynes, the dog-faced boy," their mess sergeant from the war, asking them to look at an act that his two sisters are doing. They go to the club
Caution is the fifteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on November 16, 2018, through Epic Records. Carey collaborated with Ty Dolla Sign, Slick Rick, Blood Orange and Gunna on the album's songs and worked with a variety of producers. It is her first studio album in four years, "Caution" was praised upon release and appeared on several year-end lists and to promote the album Carey went on the Caution World Tour Track listing. Notes Sample credits Personnel. Credits adapted from Tidal. Performance Instrumentation Production Technical
Kimberly Michelle Pate (born March 4, 1982), who uses the stage name, K. Michelle, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. K. Michelle is well known for appearing in the first two seasons of "Love &amp; Hip Hop". She became famous through her songs "V.S.O.P.", which managed to peak at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100. Her first album, "Rebellious Soul", was a commercial success, debuting at number two on the US "Billboard" 200, and number one on the US Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. There were three other successful singles from the album: "Can't Raise a Man", "I Don't Like Me" and "A Mother's Prayer". K. Michelle later appeared in a musical film called "Rebellious Soul: The Musical". She was featured on rapper Lil Boosie's remix of his single "Show The World". At the 2013 Soul Train Music Awards, K. Michelle won the award for Best New Artist. On March 5, 2016, she released the lead single from her second major-label album, "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?", titled "Love 'Em All". At the 2013 Soul Train Music Awards, K. Michelle won the award for Best New Artist. On March 5, 2016, she released the lead single from her second major-label album, "Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?", titled "Love 'Em All". "Maybe I Should Call" was released on November 3, 2014 as the second single from the album. She has also released two other albums, "More Issues Than Vogue" in 2016 and "Kimberly: The People I Used to Know" in 2017. In 2017, she became engaged to dentist Kastan Sims, who appeared in her reality television series "K. Michelle: My Life", after dating since 2016. In 2018, she released the single "Save Me" and announced that she was working on a new album.
"For another species commonly known as the masked tree frog, see Smilisca manisorum." The masked tree frog, New Granada cross-banded tree frog, Tarraco treefrog, or Central American smilisca ("Smilisca phaeota") is a frog that lives in Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Colombia. Scientists have seen it as high in the hills as 3300 meters above sea level. This frog is called the masked tree frog because it has dark skin around its eyes so it looks like it is wearing a black mask. The black mask covers their eyes, which helps them hide from predators. This frog hides during the day and looks for food at night. The frog sleeps on top of large leaves, in ferns, or inside rolled-up leaves. Scientists think this frog eats insects and other animals without spines. This frog can change color. It can be tan during the day and turn green at night. The male frog sits next to a small pool of rainwater and sings "wrauk" for the females. The females lay 2000 eggs at a time, which float on the surface of the water. The tadpoles grow into frogs quickly before the rainwater dries up.
Amden is a municipality in See-Gaster, in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Geography. Amden has an area of . It is on a terrace above the north shore of the Lake Walen. The Seerenbach Falls is in Amden. It is the highest waterfall in Switzerland.
Krisztián Zahorecz (28 October 1975 – 21 December 2019) was a Hungarian football player. He was born in Szarvas, Hungary. He played for Kaposvári Rákóczi FC, Nagykanizsai SC, Debreceni VSC, Egri FC, Szolnoki MÁV FC, Kecskeméti TE, Kaposvári Rákóczi FC and Bajai LSE. His career lasted from 1998 through 2011. Zahorecz died on 21 December 2019 of an illness at the age of 44.
Bentley Kassal (February 28, 1917 – December 16, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician. He worked for Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom in New York City. He was a New York State Assemblyman from 1957 through 1962. Kassal was born in New York City. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Kassal died on December 16, 2019 in New York City at the age of 102.
Jürgen Kühling (April 27, 1934 – December 16, 2019) was a German judge and politician. He was a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany between 1989 and 2001. He was born in Osnabrück, Germany. Kühling died on December 16, 2019 in Hamburg at the age of 85.
Viagra Boys are a Swedish post-punk band from Stockholm. The band started in 2015. Some members came from other Swedish punk bands, Les Big Byrd, Pig Eyes and Nitad. In 2018, they released their first album called "Street Worms". Nils Hansson, a journalist at the newspaper Dagens Nyheter gave the band a good review. He liked their musical style and sense of humor. He rated the album a five out of five.
Makhnovshchina existed from 1918 to 1921. It was formed in an attempt to create a stateless anarchist society. This took place during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917 to 1921. "Free soviets" and libertarian communes were set up and operated under the protection of Nestor Makhno's Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army. Makhnovshchina was established when Huliaipole was captured by Makhno's forces on 27 November 1918. Huliapole became the territory's de facto capital. The Ukrainian peasants refused to pay rent to the landowners and "...seized the estates and livestock of the pomeshchiks, kulaks, monasteries and State holdings: in so doing, they always set up local committees to manage these assets, with an eye to sharing them out among the various villages and communes." Russian forces of the White movement under Anton Denikin occupied part of the region and formed a temporary government of Southern Russia in March 1920. In late March 1920, Denikin's forces were pushed back by Makhno's forces and the Red Army. Makhnovshchina was disestablished in 1921 when Makhno and 77 of his men escaped. Remnants of the Black Army would continue to fight until late 1922.
Mr. Niebla (February 22, 1973 – December 23, 2019) was a Mexican luchador enmascarado. He worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). His real name is not known as is traditional in lucha libre for masked wrestlers. "Niebla" is Spanish for "fog". Mr. Niebla worked for CMLL from the early 1990s until 2007, and again from 2008 until his death in 2019. Mr. Niebla died from complications of a blood infection on December 23, 2019 at the age of 46.
Diane Edith Watson (born November 12, 1933) is an American politician and psychologist. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.  She was a member of the Los Angeles Unified School Board (1975–78). She was a member of the California Senate from 1978 to 1998, and the U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia from 1999 to 2000.
William Prather Curlin Jr. (born November 30, 1933) was an American politician. He is a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1971 through 1973. He was in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. He was a member of the Kentucky General Assembly from 1968 to 1971 as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Edgar Franklin "Ed" Foreman, Jr. (December 22, 1933 – February 2, 2022) an American politician and motivational speaker. For one term, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives as the only Republican from Texas's 16th congressional district from 1963 to 1965 and again from 1969 to 1971 in New Mexico's 2nd district. Foreman died on February 2, 2022 at the age of 88.
No Fun at All is a Swedish punk rock band. The band started in summer 1991 in Skinnskatteberg. The original members were: Mikael Danielsson (guitar), Jimmie Olsson (vocals, drums) and Henrik Sunvisson (bass guitar). The name came from the Sex Pistols' version of The Stooges' song "No Fun" and the name of the band Sick of It All. The group released their albums on the Swedish label Burning Heart Records outside the United States. In the U.S., No Fun at All's albums were released by Theologian Records and later by Epitaph Records. In 1993, Jimmie Olsson left the band to work on his other band Sober. No Fun at All then added three new members: Ingemar Jansson (vocals), Krister Johansson (guitar) and Kjell Ramstedt (drums). In 1999, Sunvisson left No Fun at All. Danielsson switched from guitar to bass guitar and Stefan Neuman, from Tribulation, joined to play guitar. On November 11, 2001, after ten years together, the band quit. But, since 2004, No Fun at All has play some reunion concerts.
Jesse &amp; Joy () is a Mexican pop duo formed in 2005 by brother and sister Jesse (born December 31, 1982, as Jesse Eduardo Huerta Uecke) and Joy (born June 20, 1986, as Tirzah Joy Huerta Uecke), in Mexico City. The duo have released four studio albums, one live album and one EP on Warner Music Latin. They have won a Best Latin Album Grammy Award and six Latin Grammy Awards in many categories.  In 2019, Joy gave birth to her daughter Noah and came out as lesbian. She is married to her wife Diana Atri.
Jehan Sadat (, "Jihān as-Sadāt"; 29 August 1933 – 9 July 2021) was an Egyptian politician, researcher and feminist. She was the First Lady of Egypt from 1970 until her husband's assassination in 1981. Sadat died on 9 July 2021, at the age of 87 from cancer in Egypt.
Noor Ali Tabandeh (, 13 October 1927 – 24 December 2019) also known by the title Majzoub Ali Shah, was the spiritual leader or "Qutb" of the Ni'matullahi (Sultan Ali Shahi) Gonabadi Order in Iran, which is the largest Sufi order in Iran. He was born in Beydokht, Gonabad, Iran. He was known for his support of human and social rights of Iranians and was under house arrest because of his activism. Tabandeh died on 24 December 2019 at a Tehran hospital of an illness at the age of 92.
David Rice Atchison (August 11, 1807January 26, 1886) was an American Democratic politician. He was a United States Senator from Missouri. He was President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years. He is best known for the claim that for 24 hours—Sunday, March 4, 1849 through noon on Monday—he may have been Acting President of the United States. This, however, has been dismissed by nearly all historians, scholars, and biographers.
Harrisonville is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,121 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Cass  County. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Shirley Jean Douglas (April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian actress and activist. She was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. Her career began in 1950 and she retired in 2013. She played Mrs. Starch in the 1962 movie "Lolita". Her father was Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas. Douglas was married to Donald Sutherland from 1966 through 1970. They had three children, including Kiefer Sutherland. Douglas died in Toronto of pneumonia-related problems three days after her 86th birthday on April 5, 2020.
George Clark Hearn Jr. (born June 18, 1934) is an American actor and singer. In 1980, he became the lead in Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" opposite Dorothy Loudon. He played Sir Dinidan in a national tour of "Camelot". In 1985, Hearn starred as Long John Silver in an Edmonton production of "Pieces of Eight". In 2004, Hearn returned to Broadway for the first time in four years, starring as the Wizard in the Broadway musical "Wicked", remaining until May 29, 2005. In 1984, he won a Drama Desk Award. In 1985, Hearn won an Emmy Award. He has won two Tony Awards (1984, 1995).
Kenneth John Braithwaite II (born 1960) is an American politician, businessman and military personnel. He was the 77th United States Secretary of the Navy from May 2020 to January 2021. He was the United States Ambassador to Norway from February 8, 2018 to May 29, 2020. President Donald Trump said on November 24, 2019, that he would nominate Braithwaite to serve as the United States Secretary of the Navy. His nomination was confirmed on May 29, 2020. He is a retired rear admiral of the United States Navy Reserve. He is seen as a possible candidate for the United States Senate from Pennsylvania in the 2022 election.
Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch (born 4 October 1939), known professionally as Timothy Carlton, is an English actor. He is best known for his sitcom roles in "Executive Stress", "Keeping Up Appearances" and "Next of Kin". His best known movie roles are "Baby Love" (1968), "The Breaking of Bumbo" (1970), "That Lucky Touch" (1975), "High Road to China" (1983) and "Parting Shots" (1999).