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Selçuk Uluergüven (1 January 1941 – 8 January 2014) was a Turkish actor. He appeared in over 80 movies and many television and stage roles. Uluergüven began his theatre career in 1962, at Meydan Stage in Ankara. Uluergüven died on 8 January 2014 in Aydın, Turkey. He was 73.
Dale Thomas Mortensen (February 2, 1939 – January 9, 2014) was an American economist. He received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from Willamette University and his PhD in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University. Mortensen was born in Enterprise, Oregon on February 2, 1939. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2010. He won the award with Christopher A. Pissarides from the London School of Economics and Peter A. Diamond from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They were awarded it for "their analysis of markets with search frictions". Mortensen died on January 9, 2014 from a stroke and cancer. He died at his home in Wilmette, Illinois. He was aged 74.
Josep Maria Castellet Díaz de Cossío (15 December 1926 – 9 January 2014), also known as José María Castellet, was an Spanish writer, poet, critic, publisher and editor. Castellet was born in Barcelona on 15 December 1926. He began his career in writing in 1955. He wrote novels and poetry in both Catalan and Spanish. His last novel was published in 2012. Castellet died on 9 January 2014 from pneumonia. He was aged 87. He died in his hometown of Barcelona.
Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), also called Diamond Darrell and Dimebag Darrell, was an American heavy metal musician. He was best known for performing with the bands Pantera and Damageplan. He was #92 in "Rolling Stone" magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists and #1 in the magazine "Metal Hammer". Death. On the night of December 8, 2004, he was shot dead on stage while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio. The suspect, Nathan Gale, fatally shoots three other people and injured seven others. Police officer, James Niggemeyer shot Gale to death after the attack. 2015 damage to the site where Abbott was buried. On February 28th, 2015, someone said that the site where Darrell Abbott's dead body was buried at Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery was damaged. It is suspected but not proven that American heavy metal music group Nuclear Hellfrost from Fort Wayne, Indiana damaged the site. Pantera told law enforcement about this, who are trying to find answers. Close to 4:12 P.M. (Central Standard Time) on February 28th, Nuclear Hellfrost said on Facebook that their former lead singer damaged the site by himself without the other members of the group.
Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings (June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990) was an American television and movie actor. He starred in many television programs and lots of movies in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Joplin, Missouri. On December 2, 1990, Cummings died of kidney failure and complications from pneumonia. He died at the Motion Picture &amp; Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Susan Hayward (30 June 1917 — 14 March 1975) was an American actress. Her original name was Edythe Marrenner. She began her career as a fashion model in New York City. She began acting in Hollywood in 1937. She played Janice Blair in "And Now Tomorrow". For her role as Lillian Roth in the movie "I'll Cry Tomorrow", she received a Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Hayward was born in Brooklyn, New York. She died of brain cancer at age 57. Hayward was born the same day as singer Lena Horne.
With a Song in My Heart is a musical biographical movie. It was released in 1952. The story is about the life of Jane Froman, who was paralyzed in an airplane crash in 1943. The cast includes Thelma Ritter, Susan Hayward and Robert Wagner. The movie won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and a Golden Globe Award for best musical/comedy picture.
Jane Froman (November 10, 1907 – April 22, 1980) was an American singer and actress. She acted in several movies, such as "Kissing Time" and "Radio City Rebels". She hosted her own television show "The Jane Froman Show" from 1952 to 1955. In February 1953, Froman was in an airplane crash. She was badly injured and crippled. After this she had to use crutches to walk. Froman was born in the St. Louis suburb of University City, Missouri. She died from cardiac arrest, in Columbia, Missouri. She was aged 72.
Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham ( ; October 26, 1922 – November 2, 2008) was the grandmother of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Her daughter was Obama mother's, Ann Dunham. Madelyn and her husband Stanley Armour raised Obama from age ten in their apartment in Honolulu, Hawaii. She died two days before her grandson was elected President. Life. Madelyn Lee Payne was born in Peru, Kansas. She was the eldest of four children. Her younger brother was Charles T. Payne. Their parents were Rolla Charles "R.C." Payne (August 23, 1892 – October 15, 1968) and Leona Belle (McCurry) Payne (May 7, 1897 – March 22, 1968). In Barack Obama's memoir, "Dreams From My Father", he describes them as "stern Methodist parents who did not believe in drinking, playing cards or dancing." She moved with her parents to Augusta, Kansas at the age of three. Madelyn was one of the best students at Augusta High School. She graduated from there in 1940. Death. Madelyn died in Hawaii, on November 2, 2008. It was two days before the presidential election. Obama's campaign team announced that she had died "peacefully" after suffering from cancer. At a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 3, Obama said, "She was one of those quiet heroes that we have all across America. They're not famous. Their names are not in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard. They aren't seeking [fame]. All they try to do is just do the right thing." Dunham's absentee vote, received by the election office on October 27, was included in Hawaii's total vote count. A private funeral was held on December 23, 2008, at the First Unitarian Church of Honolulu. Obama and his sister Maya scattered their grandmother's ashes in the ocean at Lanai Lookout. It was the same spot where they had scattered their mother's ashes in 1995. Obama was staying at Plantation Estate at the time.
The Swedish Alliance Mission ("SAM", ) is a Christian denomination in Sweden. It is mainly based in the town of Jönköping. In 2009 the denomination had 13,448 members. within 167 congregations both inside and outside Sweden. The denomination was created in 1919 from a merger of Jönköping Mission Society, the Jönköping Circle Christian Youth Association and the Scandinavian Alliance Mission in Sweden.
Celtic shields were used in battle by the Celts and other ancient tribes as their main weapon for defense. They are often found in Iron Age male burial sites. The Witham shield and the Battersea shield are two of the most well-known Celtic shields. Design. Celtic shields were usually oval or elongated oval in shape. They could also be round or hexagon shaped. On the front was usually a hollow wood shield to protect the hand. The boss was usually elongated to make the shield stronger and was sometimes covered by a metal plate. On the inside of the boss hole was a handle to hold the shield. The shields were made of wood, usually oak or linden (also called lime). Most often they were covered with leather. Battle shields. Battle shields were often individually decorated with various symbols. They were designed to be both light and strong. Celts used their shields defensively but also as an offensive weapon. A favorite tactic of a Celtic warrior was to strike the enemy with his shield. The Celts in Britain used smaller shields in battle while continental Celts used larger shields. Shields sometimes shattered in combat and were an expendable item.  Parade shields. Celtic shields have been found in the River Thames at Battersea. Some were also found in Lincolnshire in the River Witham. They were covered with thin sheets of metal with Celtic designs embossed on them. They were larger, but like others constructed of wood. These were clearly for use in ceremonies and not designed for battle.
Mary Daly (October 16, 1928 – January 3, 2010) was an American radical feminist philosopher. Daly taught classes at Boston College from 1967 to 1999. Daly argued that instead of a patriarchy we should have a matriarchy. Her first book, "The Church and the Second Sex", was published in 1968.  Death. Daly died when she was 81 years old. Daly was the dissertation adviser of Janice Raymond.
"My Story" is a song by R&amp;B singer R. Kelly. It was the first single on his studio album "Black Panties", released in 2013. The song charted at number #89 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart.
Alexander Kerensky (4 May 1881 in Ulyanovsk – 11 June 1970) was a major political leader before and during the Russian Revolution. Kerensky served as the Second Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government until it was overthrown by the Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin in the October Revolution. He spent the rest of his life in exile. He died in New York City in 1970 at the age of 89.
Ralph Bunche (7 August 1903 – 9 December 1971) was an American political scientist and diplomat. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950. He won it for leading peace talks in Palestine in the late 1940s. He was the first African American person to win the prize. Bunche was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations. In 1963, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President John F. Kennedy. For more than 20 years, Bunche served as chairman of the Department of Political Science at Howard University (1928 to 1950). He also taught at the university. He served as a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard Univesity (1960–1965) from which he had. He also served as a member of the board of the Institute of International Education and as a trustee of Oberlin College, Lincoln University, and New Lincoln School.
A relish is a cooked, chopped, or pickled vegetable or fruit. Origin and use. Relish originated in India, and has spread worldwide. Although it is used as an ingredient in many different dishes in India, it is mainly used as a condiment in most other countries. This use has made it one of the world's largest selling condiments. It is mainly used on hot dogs and hamburgers.
Takanori Nishikawa (born September 19, 1970) is a Japanese singer and actor. He performs as T.M.Revolution. T.M.Revolution were the first group to be signed to Tofu Records. Nishikawa has released 8 studio albums. He first acted in the television series "Beautiful Life" in 2000. Nishikawa was born in Hikone, Shiga and moved to Yasu, Shiga when he was young.
Paris Lees is a British journalist and activist for transgender rights. She is a bisexual trans woman. She is an editor for "META" magazine. She has written for newspapers including "The Independent", "The Guardian", and "The Daily Telegraph". She works with Trans Media Watch. In October 2013 Lees was the first transgender person to be on "Question Time". That month she was named by "The Independent" as the most influential LGBT person in the UK.she also went to the holgate academy in hucknall Nottinghamshire  Early life. Lees grew up in Hucknall in Nottingham. Until she was eighteen she thought that she was gay. When Lees was eighteen she was in prison for 8 months for robbery. While she was there she stopped smoking and decided she wanted to live as a woman and go back to college to do her A Levels. She moved to Brighton to study English at university after getting her A Levels.
Zbigniew Stefan Messner (13 March 1929 – 10 January 2014) was a Polish economist and politician. He was a member of the Central Committee of Polish United Workers' Party from 1981 until 1988. This is a Communist party. Messner was deputy prime minister from 1983 to 1985, and Prime Minister from 1985 to 1988. He was born in Stryj.
Christine Cavanaugh (August 16, 1963 – December 22, 2014) was an American actress. During her career, she has voiced many different animated characters. Her best known roles were as the voice of the main character Babe in the movie "Babe" (1995), Chuckie Finster in the Nickelodeon series "Rugrats" and original voice of Dexter in the Cartoon Network series "Dexter's Laboratory" and "The Powerpuff Girls". In 2000, she won an Annie Award for "Voice Acting By a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production" for her performance of Dexter in the television special "Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip". Cavanaugh retired from voice acting for personal reasons. She was born in Layton, Utah. Cavanaugh died on December 22, 2014 in Cedar City, Utah aged 51. Her death was announced on December 30, 2014.
The White House Press Secretary is a job at the White House. Press secretaries act as the primary spokesperson for the United States Government and the President, senior executives, and policies. Karoline Leavitt is the current White House Press Secretary. 1 Did not brief the press after being wounded in the Reagan assassination attempt. 2 "De facto" Press Secretary (as White House Deputy Press Secretary). 3 Did not brief the press while Stephanopoulos was Communications Director. First female Press Secretary. 4 "De facto" Press Secretary (as White House Communications Director).
Lorella De Luca (September 17, 1940 – January 9, 2014) was an Italian movie and television actress. She began acting in movies at age 14. De Luca played Marcella Corella in the 1957 comedy "Fathers and Sons" (or "A Tailor's Maid"). Most of her movies were made in 1984 or before. De Luca was born in Florence, Italy. She died of a brain tumour in Civitavecchia, Lazio, aged 73.
Sheila Escovedo (or Sheila E.; born December 12, 1957) is an American musician and singer. She has worked with Lionel Richie, Kanye West, Prince, Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez. She put out "Let's Go Crazy" and many other popular hit songs during her career. She was nominated for a Grammy Award for her song "The Glamorous Life". Sheila E. was born in Oakland, California, a suburb of San Francisco.
"We Can't Stop" is a popular hit song from singer and songwriter Miley Cyrus. The lyrics are about recreational drug use at house parties. The single sold well beyond two million units in the United States. The song managed to reach number one in the UK, number two in the US, and number three on the charts in Canada. Cyrus performed the song at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards with American-Canadian singer-songwriter Robin Thicke as a medley with his 2013 hit song, "Blurred Lines". This performance was very provocative and was widely reported following the award show. A music video of the song came out on June 19, 2013. The video got mixed reviews from the critics.
Francisco Morales Bermúdez Cerruti (4 October 1921 – 14 July 2022) was a Peruvian general and politician. Bermudez was President of Peru from August 1975 through July 1980. He ran for president in 1985, however he only got less than 1% of the vote. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former Peruvian president. Early life. Born in Lima in 1921, he is the son of Army Colonel Remigio Morales Bermúdez and grandson of ex-President Remigio Morales Bermúdez. He received most of his education at Lima's "Colegio Inmaculada". In 1939, he was accepted to the "Escuela Militar de Chorrillos" (Chorrillos Military School). After his graduation, he was an important member of the "Centro de Altos Estudios Militares" (CAEM). Presidency. Morales Bermúdez led a military coup against General Juan Velasco Alvarado and took over as President of Peru on 29 August 1975, leading the country through one of its worst economic problems. He moved away from the socialist-leaning policies that the country had. His regime took place in Operation Condor, the Peruvian services working with the Intelligence Battalion 601 in the kidnapping of Argentines in Lima in 1980. Around the end of Morales Bermúdez's tenure, a housing crisis happened. Criminal charges. Morales Bermúdez was prosecuted by an Italian judge for the forced disappearance of 25 Italian citizens during Operation Condor, a campaign run by the United States government and his dictatorship. On 17 January 2017, the Corte d'Assise in Rome found Morales Bermúdez guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment. 2021 coup comment. In June 2021, after left wing Pedro Castillo was elected president, Morales Bermúdez said he wanted the country's armed forces to do a coup d'état and removed Castillo from power. He believed that the election was stolen from right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and that the results were not legitimate. Death. Morales-Bermúdez died on 14 July 2022 in Lima at the age of 100.
Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian, GCMG, OBE (22 October 1921 – 25 March 2017) was the former Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis. He was appointed Governor-General in 1995 and was sworn in on 1 January 1996. While in office, he was the world's oldest "de facto" head of state. His retirement was announced on 25 December 2012. He left office on 1 January 2013. Sebastian died on 25 March 2017 in Basseterre from complications of pneumonia at the age of 95.
Luis Echeverría Álvarez (; 17 January 1922 – 8 July 2022) was an Mexican politician, lawyer and writer. He was President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. He wrote several books about his years in office and about his retirement. During his presidency, his administration was criticized because of their handling of the Mexican Dirty War. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 1978 to 1979, he was the Mexican Ambassador to Australia and New Zealand. Presidency. When he was president, Echeverría banned almost every form of rock music in Mexico because of the rise of youth protestors in the 1970s. In 1971, he created the country's first environmental law. He was a critic of dictators such as Augusto Pinochet and gave refugees asylum in Mexico. He also had a close partnership with Chairman Mao Zedong. He was an unsuccessful candidate for United Nations Secretary-General. Echeverría did not have good relations with Israel after supporting a UN resolution that made Zionism the same as racism. When he was president, Echeverría brought economic growth to the Mexican economy, as it grew by 6.1% and fixed the country's infrastructure. However, many saw that his presidency was authoritarian. Many blamed him for the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre against student protesters, the Dirty War against leftist critics in the country, and the economic crisis that happened in Mexico towards the end of his term.  Personal life. Echeverría was born in Mexico City, Mexico and studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He turned 100 in January 2022. He was married to María Esther Zuno from 1945 until her death in 1999. They had eight children. In 2006, he was indicted and ordered under house arrest for his role in the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre and the 1971 Corpus Christi massacre, but in 2009 the charges against him were dropped. Echeverría died at his home in Cuernavaca, Mexico from problems caused by pneumonia on 8 July 2022 at the age of 100.
Benefits Street is a documentary series on the British television channel Channel 4. It started on 6 January 2014. Five episodes will be shown. It is about some of the people who live on James Turner Street in Birmingham. 90% of the people on the street claim benefits. 4.3 million people watched the first episode. It was Channel 4's most-watched shown in more than a year. It shows some people who claim benefits (claimants) doing crimes. Criticism. Almost 300 complaints were made to Ofcom after the first episode was shown. Dee Roberts complained that she had been tricked into being on the programme. She said that the people on the programme thought the show was about a working class community, but that instead they had been portrayed as "complete scum". Almost 10,000 people signed a petition asking Channel 4 to show no more episodes of the show. Steve Haywood, a friend of an alcoholic in the programme known as Fungi, said that Channel 4 gave Fungi beer so that he would be on the show.
Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé also known as Ferde Grofé (27 March 1892 – 3 April 1972) was an American musician, composer, arranger and pianist. He is best known for his 1931 five-movement tone poem, "Grand Canyon Suite", and for having orchestrated George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" prior to its 1924 premiere. During the 1920s and 1930s, he went by the name Ferdie Grofé.
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death.  Career. Gustaf VI was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before becoming king he had been Crown Prince of Sweden. During this long period of time he became a scholar and an archaeologist. He was also a well regarded expert on Chinese art. At his death he left his large collection of Chinese art to the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities ("Östasiatiska Museet") in Stockholm, Sweden. In World War II Gustaf, as Crown Prince, spoke out publicly against sending Jews to Auschwitz. This was after the public learned of the extermination camps in Germany. He was the last king to rule under a Constitutional Monarchy with any power. Gustaf VI died in 1973. His grandson, Carl XVI Gustaf, succeeded him as king. Family. Gustaf VI married Margaret of Connaught in 1905. She died in 1920. Together they had four sons and one daughter: Gustaf VI married as his second wife, Lady Louise Mountbatten, in 1923. She died in 1965.
Ana Konjuh (born 27 December 1997 in Dubrovnik) is a Croatian tennis player. Konjuh has won one singles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 10 February 2014, she reached her best singles ranking: 201st in the world. In 2013, Konjuh was ranked number one in the ITF junior world rankings. Konjuh won both the junior singles and doubles events at the Australian Open in January 2013. Later in the year, she won the girl's singles event at the US Open.
Pier Paolo Pasolini (5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian movie director, poet and writer. Pasolini was born in Bologna and raised in Veneto and Fruili. His poetry was first published when he was 19 years old. He wrote many novels and essays. He wrote his first screenplay in 1954. The first movie he directed was "Accattone" in 1961. This and many of his other works were controversial during his lifetime. In the years since his death, however, Pasolini has come to be valued by many as a visionary thinker and a major figure in Italian literature and art. Literary critic Harold Bloom considered Pasolini to be a major European poet and a major voice in 20th-century poetry. Pasolini was gay. He was murdered on 2 November 1975. He was run over several times with his own car. He died on the beach at Ostia, near Rome. He was buried in Casarsa, in Friuli.
Arnold William Klein (February 27, 1945 – October 22, 2015) was an American dermatologist. In 1983 Michael Jackson became one of Klein's patients. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the AIDS Services Foundation Orange County. He has published over 150 scientific papers. Early life. Klein was born in Michigan. His father was a Jewish Orthodox rabbi. In 1971 he got his doctorate in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Personal life. Klein was gay. In 2015, Klein died at the age of 70. No cause of death was given.
Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981), best known by her stage name of Caro Emerald, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer. She released her first song "Back It Up" on 6 July 2009. Her single "A Night Like This" in 2009 reached the number 1 position in the Netherlands. Her second and latest album, "The Shocking Miss Emerald", reached the #1 peak in the UK and the Netherlands.
"We Be Clubbin'" is the first single from Ice Cube's soundtrack, "The Player's Club". It was released in 1998. It reached number 32 in the Rhythmic Top 40. "We Be Ballin'". A remix of the song called "We Be Ballin'" was made. Michael Jackson sang in it. Unlike "We Be Clubbin'", there is no swearing.