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Nick Zedd (May 8, 1958 – February 27, 2022) was an American filmmaker, author, and painter. He helped create the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985. His best known movie was the 1983 comedy horror "Geek Maggot Bingo". Zedd died from cirrhosis caused by liver cancer and hepatitis C in Mexico City, Mexico on February 27, 2022, at the age of 63.
Sonny Ramadhin (1 May 1929 – 27 February 2022) was a West Indies cricketer. He was the first of many West Indian cricketers of Indian origin. He was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951. He played for the West Indies cricket team from 1950, until 1960. Ramadhin died on 27 February 2022, aged 92. After the series in England in 1951, he was remembered by a calypso where he and fellow spinner Valentine were celebrated.
Marietta Giannakou (, 6 June 1951 – 27 February 2022) was a Greek politician. She was a member of the New Democracy Party. Giannakou was born in Geraki Lakonias, Greece. From 2004 until 2007, she was the Minister of Education. Giannakou was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014. In January 2022, Giannakou was hospitalized in Athens, Greece after falling from her wheelchair and suffering a subdural hematoma. She died of a heart attack on 27 February 2022, aged 70.
Thomas Gerstner (born 6 November 1966) is a German football manager and former player. He is the manager of SV Straelen. Managerial career. Towards the end of his playing career, he was a player-manager for FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the 1998–99 season. After the end of his playing career, he managed SV Straelen from 1 October 2002 to 30 June 2003. From August 2006 to June 2006, he was with FC Schönberg 95. After the end of his contract in Schönberg, he became the new assistant manager of SK Sturm Graz. On 24 June 2009, he became the manager of Arminia Bielefeld. His contract ran until 30 June 2010, but on 11 March 2010 Arminia Bielefeld officials relieved Gerstner of his duties. The team was then managed by caretakers Frank Eulberg and Jörg Böhme until the end of the season. On 28 February 2011, Gerstner took over Kickers Offenbach, but he was sacked after two months due to lack of success. In May 2017 he became manager of the North Korea women's national under-20 football team. In 2018 he became manager of the German Frauen-Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg (women). He managed them until June 2021. In November 2021 he returned as manager of his old club SV Straelen.
Kenneth B. Ellerbe (April 10, 1960 – February 27, 2022) was an American firefighter. He was the fire chief of the District of Columbia Fire &amp; EMS Department from January 1, 2011 to July 2, 2014. He was chosen by Mayor Vincent C. Gray in December 2010. From August 2009 to December 2010, Ellerbe was the Sarasota County, Florida fire chief. Ellerbe was born in Washington, D.C.. Ellerbe died on February 27, 2022 at his home in Washington, D.C. at the age of 61.
Veronica Carlson (born Veronica Mary Glazer; 18 September 1944 – 27 February 2022) was a British model, painter and actress. She was born in Yorkshire, England. Carlson was known for her roles in Hammer Horror movies such as "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" (1969) and "The Horror of Frankenstein" (1970). Carlson died on 27 February 2022, aged 77.
Donald Walter Trautman (June 24, 1936 – February 26, 2022) was an American Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of the Diocese of Erie in Western Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2011. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo in Upstate New York from 1985 to 1990. Trautman was born in Buffalo, New York. Trautman died on February 26, 2022, at the age of 85.
LePreston Porter (April 23, 1985 — February 26, 2022), better known by his stage name Snootie Wild, was an American rapper and singer. He was best known for his first single, "Yayo". In September 2014, Wild released his first extended play, "Go Mode".  On February 25, 2022, Porter was found dead in Houston, Texas with gunshot wounds to his neck. He was hospitalized in critical condition but died the following day at age 36.
Antonio Seguí (; 11 January 1934 – 26 February 2022) was an Argentine cartoonist, painter, engraver, book illustrator, and sculptor. Seguí's work were seen at the MoMA, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, and Centre Georges Pompidou, among others. He died in Paris on 26 February 2022, at the age of 88.
The Academy Honorary Award is given every year by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).  The award honors motion picture achievements that are not covered by existing Academy Awards, although past winners of competitive Academy Awards are not excluded from receiving the Honorary Award.
The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984. It honors artists and patrons of the arts. It is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government.  Nominations are submitted to the National Council on the Arts. The medal was designed for the NEA by sculptor Robert Graham.
Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American movie director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the movie "Gangs of New York" (2002), and wrote and directed "You Can Count On Me" (2000), "Margaret" (2011), and "Manchester by the Sea" (2016). Lonergan is also known for his work as a playwright. His most known plays include "This Is Our Youth", "Lobby Hero" and "The Waverly Gallery". Lonergan won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Manchester by the Sea", for which he was also nominated for Best Director. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Manchester by the Sea". Lonergan is married to actress J. Smith-Cameron since 2000. They have one daughter, Nellie. In January 2020, Lonergan was appointed Visiting Fellow and Artist in Residence at Kellogg College of the University of Oxford.
Sargon (also SARGON) is a chess program. It was created by the American developers Dan and Kathe Spracklen in the late 1970's and 1980's. The program was the benchmark for its power and the comfort of the game at the time. The name comes from Sargon of Akkad (c. 2300 BC), former ruler of Mesopotamia. History. Sargon was inspired by a "BASIC listing" of an unfinished chess program that the Spracklens found around 1977. They decided to create such a program themselves. They chose to make the program in assembly language. This was because it was much more efficient. They also used the 8-bit Z80 microprocessor that the American company Zilog just started selling. The first version was released in 1978. In that same year they won the March 3 - 5 Computer Chess Tournament in San Jose, California "West Coast Computer Faire". As a result, other versions were created. Most of the version were numbered with Roman numerals (II, III, IV and V). The exception was Ver. 2.5. The last version (1991) was version V.
Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama movie directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was based of the novel "Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics" about Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in 1992. The movie starred John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman, and Adrian Lester. Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and May was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American fantasy comedy movie co-directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. It is about a young man (played by Beatty) being mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel. The movie was nominated for nine Academy Awards. The cast includes Beatty, Julie Christie, and Jack Warden.
Stephen Tai Tak-fung GBM JP () is the founder and current board of directors of Sizhou Group (). He is also serving as the Chairman of the Hong Kong Food Investment Holdings Limited (). Life. Stephen Tai Tak-fung was born and brought up in Puning city, Guangdong Province, China. He started career in snack businesses by founding the company named "Snack Talk". He later establisged Sizhou Group and Gongdelin Vegetarian that fetched him the title "Snack King". After the success of his career, he invested in public welfare causes including education, disasters, and culture. He has held a number of social positions in both mainland China and Hong Kong.
Moses Henry Cass (18 February 1927 – 26 February 2022) was an Australian doctor and politician. He was Minister for Environment and Conservation (1972–1975), the Environment (1975), and the Media (1975) during the Gough Whitlam government. He represented the Division of Maribyrnong in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983. Cass died on 26 February 2022 at the age of 95.
Ralph Philander Ahn (September 28, 1926 – February 26, 2022) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in ' (1996), ' (1993), and "Panther" (1995). He also appeared in the sitcom "New Girl" as the silent character Tran. Ahn died on February 26, 2022 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 95.
Gérard-Joseph Deschamps (4 July 1929 – 25 February 2022) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate. Deschamps was born in Eastview, Ontario. He became a priest in 1954. He was Bishop of Daru in Papua New Guinea from 1966 until 1999. He later became bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina. He resigned in 2002.  Deschamps died on 25 February 2022, at the age of 92.
Gary Kilgore North (February 11, 1942 – February 24, 2022) was an American writer and economist. He was part of the Christian reconstructionist movement. He wrote over fifty books about Reformed Protestant theology, economics, and history.  He was an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute. North died under hospice care on February 24, 2022 from prostate cancer in Dallas, Georgia two weeks after his 80th birthday.
Jorge Pedro Zabalza Waksman (30 November 1943 – 23 February 2022) was a Uruguayan politician and writer. He was a former leader within the political organization Tupamaros. He was president of the "Junta Departamental de Montevideo". Zabalza died in Montevideo, Uruguay on 23 February 2022 from oesophageal cancer, aged 78.
Niloy Chatterjee (also known as Niloy Chakroborty, and by his pen name Niloy Neel), was a Bangladeshi secular blogger and atheist activist. He was a popular blogger in the Bangladeshi atheist blogging community. He was an organizer of the "Science and Rationalist Association Bangladesh", and received his master's degree in Philosophy from Dhaka University in 2013. Niloy was a writer of the "Mukto-Mona", a blogging platform for secularists and freethinkers, and was associated with the "Shahbag Movement." Murder. Chatterjee was killed on 7 August 2015. A group of about six men armed with machetes attacked him at his home in the Goran neighborhood of Dhaka, and hacked him to death. Police told that the attackers had tricked his wife to allow them into Chatterjee's home before killing him. His best friend Sahedul Sahed said that Neel had previously reported to the police that he feared for his life, but no action had been taken. Ansarullah Al Islam Bangladesh, an Al Qaeda group, claimed responsibility for Niloy's killing. Investigation. The "United Nations" asked for a quick and fair investigation of the murder saying, "It is vital to ensure the identification of those responsible for this and the previous horrendous crimes, as well as those who may have masterminded the attacks." "Amnesty International" condemned the killing and said that it was the "urgent duty (of the government) to make clear that no more attacks like this will be tolerated". Other entities condemning the killing include the German Government, "Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami", Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, "Human Rights Watch", the "Communist Party of Bangladesh", "Gonojagoron Moncho", and other political parties of Bangladesh, both rightist and leftist. Responses. Writer Taslima Nasrin criticized the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and her government saying, "Sheikh Hasina's government is morally culpable. I am squarely blaming the state for these massacres in installment. Its indifference and so-called inability to rein in the murderous "Ansarullah" brigade is solely predicated on the fear of being labelled atheists."
George Raymond Kinley (June 4, 1937 – February 23, 2022) was an American politician and businessman. He was born in Akron, Ohio. He was in the Iowa Senate from 1973 to 1992, and in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1971 to 1973. Kinley was a member of the Democratic Party.  Kinley died on February 23, 2022 in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 84.
Geraldo Sarno (6 March 1938 – 22 February 2022) was a Brazilian documentarist, screenwriter and movie director. Sarno was born in Poções, Bahia, Brazil. His movie, "Colonel Delmiro Gouveia" (1978), was his best known movie and famous during the Cinema Novo movement. Sarno died from problems caused by COVID-19 on 22 February 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the age of 83.
Germain Marc'hadour (16 April 1921 – 22 February 2022) was a French Catholic priest. He was a professor of English at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest in Angers. He was known for his works on the life and work of Saint Sir Thomas More and the founder of the journal "Moreana". Marc'hadour was born in Langonnet, Brittany, France. Marc'hadour died at the Maison Saint-Joachim in Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, France on 22 February 2022, at the age of 100.
Peter Craig (born November 10, 1969) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is one of two children of Steve Craig and actress Sally Field, since divorced. As a screenwriter, Craig has written the Warner Bros. movie "The Town" and the 2022 DC Comics movie "The Batman".
Cheng Yu-tung GBM (; 8 August 1925 – 29 September 2016) was a billionaire and investor based in Hong Kong. He owned several real estate properties, businesses, hotels, infrastructure, jewellery retailers and transportation services in Hong Kong, Macau, the United States, and Australia. Cheng is also known for founding the New World Development in 1970 which is a Hong Kong based conglomerate. Life. Cheng was born and raised in Shunde, Guangdong. He fled to Macau in 1940 during Japanese occupation in China. Later, he started working as an apprentice in Chow Tai Fook store and in time, he married his boss's daughter. In 1946 he moved to Hong Kong and opened the first store of Chow Tai Fook there. Career. Cheng founded the conglomerate named Chow Tai Fook Enterprises. He also operated the Sheraton Marina hotel. He was once a real-estate investment partner of Donald Trump. He served as the Director of the board of Hang Seng Bank which is the third largest bank in Hong Kong. Cheng represented the Kingdom of Bhutan in Hong Kong. He served as the honorary consul of it. He died from a brain hemorrhage on September 26, 2016, in Hong Kong.
The Mountain Goats are an American band formed in Claremont, California. John Darnielle is the founder of the band and the writer, composer, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist. The Mountain Goats are currently based in Durham, North Carolina. The Mountain Goats started making music in the 1990s, recording songs on cassette tapes. They started to make studio albums with a full band in 2002. Some of the Mountain Goats' songs are about Darnielle's life. The albums We Shall All Be Healed and The Sunset Tree are about Darnielle's life as a child and a young adult. Discography. Studio albums
Bachchhan Paandey is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language action comedy movie. It was directed by Farhad Samji . The movie was produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon, Jacqueline Fernandez and Arshad Warsi.  The movie is a remake of the 2014 Tamil movie "Jigarthanda." That movie was based on the 2006 South Korean movie "A Dirty Carnival". "Bachhan Paandey" was released in theaters on 18 March 2022. Plot. Myra Devekar (Kriti Sanon), a budding director is given a task by a producer to come up with a gripping and violent gangster story to produce a film. To satisfy the producer's commercial outlook and her hunger for making a realistic flick, she decides to study the life of a real-life gangster for the script. Her extensive research leads to menacing one-eyed Bachchhan Paandey (Akshay Kumar) of Baghwa, a ruthless gangster surrounded by quirky yet scary henchmen.  Myra travels to Baghwa where she meets her best friend Vishu (Arshad Warsi) and tells him about her film idea on Bachchhan. Vishu gets furious and asks her to leave but is later persuaded to help her with the film. Both Vishu and Myra start to target Bachchhan's henchmen in an effort to get closer to him. Virgin (Prateik Babbar), one of the goons, tells them about his former girlfriend Sophie (Jacqueline Fernandez), who was killed by the former. Vishu and Myra plant a microphone in Virgin's mobile phone to eavesdrop on his conversations with Bachchhan.  Later, it is revealed that Virgin was betraying Bachchhan for another criminal Rana Lohia but is caught and killed by him. Vishu and Myra listen to the murder through the microphone, but are caught by Bachchhan's gang. Bachchhan sets out to kill Vishu and Myra, but agrees to spare them when he discovers that Myra is directing
In recreational math, a repdigit or a monodigit is a type of natural number. It is only made of the same repeated digit. The word is a portmanteau of repeated and digit. Examples can be numbers like 11, 666, 4444, and 999999. Repdigits are palindromic numbers (read the same forwards and backwards) and are multiples of repunits (a number that only has 1 in it). Repdigits are the written in base formula_1 of the number formula_2 where "x" is the digit that is repeated (formula_3 is how many times that number repeats. For example, the repdigit 77777 in base 10 is formula_4. Brazilian numbers are another way of making repdigits. These are numbers that can be written as a repdigit in any base. A Brazilian Number can't be the repdigit 11 and it can't be a number with only one digit. 27 would be a Brazilian number because 27 is the repdigit 33 in base 8. 9 is not a Brazilian number because its only repdigit is 118. The first twenty Brazilian numbers are  7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, ... . History. Repdigits were studied since 1974. In , it was originally called "monodigit numbers". Brazilian numbers were created later in 1994 in the 9th Iberoamerican Mathematical Olympiad. It took place in Fortaleza, Brazil. The first problem in this competition, proposed by Mexico, was this:  "A number is called "Brazilian" if there exists an integer "b" such that for which the representation of "n" in base "b" is written with all equal digits. Prove that 1994 is Brazilian and that 1993 is not Brazilian."
John A. Murphy (17 January 1927 – 28 February 2022) was an Irish historian and politician. He was a senator twice from 1977 until 1982 and from 1987 until 1993. He was Emeritus Professor of history at University College Cork (UCC). Murphy was born in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland. Murphy died on 28 February 2022 in Cork, Ireland at the age of 95.
Uveal melanoma is a cancer (melanoma) of the eye. It affects the iris, ciliary body, or choroid. Tumors come from the pigment cells (melanocytes) that are in the uvea and give color to the eye.  When eye melanoma is spread to distant parts of the body, the five-year survival rate is about 15%.
Ned Eisenberg (January 13, 1957 – February 27, 2022) was an American actor. He was known for his role on "" as Roger Kressler. He also appeared in "World Trade Center" and "Million Dollar Baby". Eisenberg was born in New York City. His career began in 1980. Eisenberg died on February 27, 2022 in New York state from problems caused by uveal melanoma and bile duct cancer, aged 65.
José Carlos Castando de Almeida (14 June 1930 – 27 February 2022) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He became a priest in 1953. He was titular bishop of 'Urusi' and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santos, Brazil, from 1982 to 1987. He then was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Itumbiara, Brazil, from 1987 to 1994 and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Araçatuba, Brazil, from 1994 until his resignation in 2003.  Castanho de Almeida died on 27 February 2022, at the age of 91.
Jānis Cakuls (4 July 1926 – 26 February 2022) was a Latvian Roman Catholic prelate. He became a priest in 1949. He was titular bishop of "Tinista" and was auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga, Latvia, until 1993 when he resigned.  Cakuls died on 26 February 2022, at the age of 95.
Danny Ongais (May 21, 1942 – February 26, 2022) was an American racing driver. Ongais was the only native Hawaiian to compete in the Indianapolis 500. He competed professionally in motorcycle, sports car, CART, IndyCar, Formula One, and drag racing. Ongais was born in Kahului, Hawaii. Ongais died on February 26, 2022 in Anaheim, California from congestive heart failure at the age of 79.
Molokini is a crescent-shaped, submerged volcanic crater which forms a small islet located in ʻAlalākeiki Channel between the islands of Maui and Kahoolawe in Maui County in Hawaii.  The islet has an area of . It is at its highest point, and is about west of Makena State Park and south of Maalaea Bay.
Ivanka Marinova Hristova (; 19 November 1941 – 24 February 2022) was a Bulgarian shot putter. She won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the bronze in 1972.  Khristova died on 24 February 2022, at the age of 80.
Francisco Dias Alves (20 January 1936 – 24 February 2022) was a Brazilian politician. He was a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement. He was in the Chamber of Deputies from 1982 to 1988. Dias Alves was born in Baturité, Brazil. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo from 1978 until 1982. Dias Alves died in Guarulhos, Brazil on 24 February 2022, at the age of 86.
Baturité is a city of Ceará State, Brazil. It is from the state capital Fortaleza.
Valentin Ivanovich Bakulin (; 30 January 1945 – 24 February 2022) was a Russian politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. He was in the Federation Council from 2001 to 2004.  Bakulin died in Ivanovo, Russia on 24 February 2022, at the age of 77.
Ivanovo () is a city in Russia. It is the administrative center and largest city of Ivanovo Oblast, located northeast of Moscow. Ivanovo has a population of 358,437 as of the 2024 Census
Lasse Juhani Näsi (12 October 1930 – 22 February 2022) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party. He was in the Parliament of Finland from 1991 to 1995. He was also Mayor of Sodankylä from 1968 until 1993. He was born in Karunki, Finland. Näsi died on 22 February 2022, at the age of 91.
David Reeves Boggs (June 17, 1950 – February 19, 2022) was an American electrical and radio engineer. He was known for creating the early versions of Internet protocols, file servers, gateways and network interface cards. With Robert Metcalfe and others, he co-invented Ethernet. Boggs died of heart failure at a hospital in Stanford, California on February 19, 2022, at the age of 71.
Daisy Jessica Edgar-Jones (born 24 May 1998) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Marianne in the miniseries "Normal People" (2020). Her other television work includes "Cold Feet" (2016–2020) and "War of the Worlds" (2019–2021). She is also known for her role as Kate in the 2024 disaster movie "Twisters".
Kabbe North is an electoral constituency of the Zambezi Region of Namibia. In 2020, the constituency had 3,916 registered voters. Politics. The 2015 regional election was won by Peter Mwala of the SWAPO Party with 1,487 votes, followed by Calvin Ngandi Ngandi of the Rally for Democracy and Progress with 63 votes. The 2020 regional election was won by SWAPO candidate Bernard Kamwi Sisamu, who obtained 1,116 votes, followed by Joseph Likando Matali from the Independent Patriots for Change with 292 votes, and Cooks Mukuwa Muyoba from the Popular Democratic Movement with 136 votes.