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Frank Michael DiLeo (October 23, 1947 – August 24, 2011) was an American music industry executive and actor. From 1984 to 1989 he was Michael Jackson's manager. In 2009 he became Jackson's manager again. He was his manager until Jackson died in June 2009. Career. In 1979 he was hired as the Vice President of National Promotion for Epic Records. DiLeo acted for the first time in Michael Jackson's 1988 movie "Moonwalker". He also executive produced the movie. From 1991 to 1993 DiLeo was co-president of Savage Records. He played "Mr. Big" in "Wayne's World" and "Wayne's World 2". Death. DiLeo died when he was 63.
Joseph Edgar Foreman (born July 28, 1974 in Palmdale, California) is an American rapper. He is better known by his stage name Afroman. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Rap Solo Performance" for his song "Because I Got High" in 2002. He released his first studio album "Because I Got High" on June 20, 2000. The album featured the song "Because I Got High". His second studio album "Sell Your Dope" was released on September 12, 2000. It featured the song "Crazy Rap" which is also called "Colt 45 and 2 Zig Zags".
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969), best known as Cree Summer, is an American born Canadian actress and singer. Her career began in 1983 when she was cast as the voice of Penny in the cartoon "Inspector Gadget". As of 2006 she did the voices of over 100 animated characters in TV shows, movies, and video games such as Foxxy Love in "Drawn Together", Abigail Lincoln / Numbuh 5 in "", Iris Moss in the DreamWorks "Trolls" franchise, and Cleo in "Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 TV series)". In 1991 she started a band called Subject to Change. The band broke up in 1993. In 1999 Summer released her first album, "Street Faërie". Early life. Summer was born to the white actor Don Francks and African American actress Lili Francks. She started school when she was 8 years old.
Muhammad Habibur Rahman (December 3, 1928 – January 11, 2014) was a Bangladeshi politician and jurist. He was the chief justice of the Bangladesh Supreme Court from March 31 to June 23, 1996. He was also the first Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh for a month in 1996. Birth and early life. Born in 1928, in Murshidabad of the then undivided Indian subcontinent (now West Bengal), he completed higher secondary from Kolkata Presidency College. Later, he moved to Rajshahi along his family. After completing BA honours from Rajshahi College, he took admission in Dhaka University and completed BA Honours (1949) and MA (1951) in History from Dhaka University. He also obtained LLB from the DU and subsequently, BA Honours (1958) and MA (1962) in Modern History from the University of Oxford. Habibur Rahman began his career as a temporary Lecturer in History of Dhaka University on May 1, 1952. But he had to step down four days later for participating in the Language Movement. He also taught history at Sirajganj College, Jagannath University (formerly Jagannath College).Later he joined Rajshahi University where he subsequently held the office of Dean of the Faculty of Law (1961) and of Reader in History (1962-64). Legal Arena. Habibur Rahman changed his profession in 1964, when he took to law and joined the Dhaka High Court Bar. In his legal career he held the offices of Assistant Advocate General (1969), Vice President of High Court Bar Association (1972) (now Supreme Court Bar Association) and member of Bangladesh Bar Council (1972). He served as a Judge of the High Court Division (1976-85), Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (1985-95), Acting Chief Justice (1990-91) and as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (1995). Justice Habibur Rahman retired from service as the Chief Justice of Bangladesh in
Allard Jan van der Scheer (21 August 1928 – 10 January 2014) was a Dutch actor. He was known for his roles in "Daar gaat de bruid" (1986), "Hotel de Botel" (1976) and "Die Vrouwtjes van de wereld" (1963). He was also an actor of television and stage. Allard van der Scheer was born on 21 August 1928 in The Hague, Netherlands. His daughter was also an actress. Scheer died on 9 January 2014 in Muiderberg, North Holland. He died from lung cancer. He was aged 85.
was a Japanese movie actress. She was known for her role in Akira Kurosawa's "Stray Dog" and as Kimiko in "The Bridges at Toko-Ri". In "The Bridges at Toko-Ri", she acted alongside William Holden and Mickey Rooney. Before playing a role in "Stray Dog", she studied dancing and was not interested in doing films. She was married twice and had two sons from her second husband, Yorozuya Kinnosuke. She died at the age of 80 due to esophageal cancer in Tokyo.
Dark Shadows is an American-British comedic horror movie. It is based on the gothic television soap opera that aired in the United States from 1966 until 1971. It was directed by Tim Burton and produced by Richard D. Zanuck. It stars Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Jackie Earle Haley, Eva Green, and Christopher Lee. Jonathan Frid had a cameo role. It was composed by Danny Elfman. It was released on May 11, 2012.
Cold waves are weather incidents that involve cooling of temperatures and air. Cold waves can cause death and injury for animals, people and livestock. Extreme winter cold causes freezing of water pipelines if they are poorly insulated. Motor vehicles often fail if the motor oil freezes or the antifreeze fails. Examples of cold incidents in the United States are 1994, during January of which almost 70 percent of the country, along with southern Canada saw intense cold spells. The 2014 North American polar vortex created extremely cold temperatures across almost the whole United States and across Canada. The 2014 spell took close to two dozen human lives.
Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress. She played Ginger in "Blue Jasmine" (2013). She plays Mary Brown in the movie "Paddington" (2014) and "Paddington 2" (2017) and Elisa Esposito in "The Shape of Water" (2017). Hawkins was born in Dulwich, south London.
Erica Lei Leerhsen (born February 14, 1976) is an American actress. She played Connie in "Anything Else". She also played Amanda Bowles in the television show "The Guardian" Leerhsen was born in New York City.
Anything Else is an American romantic comedy movie. It was released on August 27, 2003. The story is about an aspiring writer who falls in love at first sight. Stockard Channing plays Paula Chase, Christina Ricci plays Amanda Chase and Erica Leerhsen plays Connie. This movie was directed and produced by Woody Allen, who also stars in the movie. Critics gave it mixed reviews. Leonard Maltin gave it a "BOMB" rating.
Bérénice Bejo (born July 7, 1976) is a French and Argentine actress. She played Peppy Miller in "The Artist" (2011). For that role, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also played Christiana in "A Knight's Tale" (2001). Bejo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Chocolat is a British-American romance and drama movie. It was distributed by Miramax Films and released on December 15, 2000. It is about events in a fictional dull French village during the autumn-winter of 1959. A woman opens a chocolate shop. One customer, Armande, has diabetes. She, however, continues eating chocolate. Armande later dies from her illness. Juliette Binoche plays Vianne, Carrie-Anne Moss plays Caroline Clairmont and Judi Dench plays Armande (the diabetic woman). The reviews from critics were very positive. It was nominated for several Academy Awards. It did not win any.
Marly Marley (5 April 1938 – 10 January 2014) was a Brazilian actress. She was known for her roles in "Chega de Saudade" (2007), "O Puritano da Rua Augusta" (1965) and "Casinha Pequenina" (1963). She also appeared on many Brazilian sitcoms and telenovelas. Marley died from pancreatic cancer on 10 January 2014. She was aged 75. She died in São Paulo. Her widower is the actor and comedian Ary Toledo.
The Babysitter is an American melodrama and erotic thriller movie from 1995. It is about a teenage babysitter who is fantasized about by several people. Her name, Jennifer, is revealed 83 minutes into the movie. Alicia Silverstone plays Jennifer. This movie was released on October 17, 1995. Reviews were very negative. Paramount Pictures released this movie in the United States.
Hideaway is a 1995 melodramatic horror movie. It is about a man who dies during a car accident. However, this man is revived two hours afterwards. He begins having frightening visions. He thinks he may have become connected to a serial killer. Jeff Goldblum plays the accident victim, Alicia Silverstone plays Regina Harrison and Christine Lahti plays Lindsey. The movie was released March 3, 1995 in the United States. Reviews were mixed to very negative. It made almost US$3 million below its budget of $15 million.
Barbados is a dansband from Sweden. It was formed in 1992. They have had several successes in the Swedish record charts. The band's original lead singer was Magnus Carlsson. They became widely known after winning second place in Melodifestivalen contest in 2000. The band has replaced their lead singer three times. Carlsson left the group in 2002 and later became a member of the group Alcazar. Mathias Holmgren, a former Fame Factory student, replaced Carlsson. He was forced to leave the band in 2004. Chris Lindh replaced him, before leaving the band in 2007. The current lead singer is Björn Lagerström. The band won its first Grammis Award in February of the year 2000. Melodifestivalen. The band has participated in the Melodifestivalen music contest four times: Both lead singer Mathias Holmgren and Magnus Carlsson have participated in Melodifestivalen as solo singers.
Social stigma is when society thinks that something is bad. The sociologist Erving Goffman wrote that there are three kinds of social stigma: 1. Physical differences such as obesity, scars, and leprosy. 2. Differences in personal traits, such as mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism. 3. "Tribal stigmas" are traits of ethnic group, nationality, or of religion that are thought as different to that of the majority ethnicity, nationality or religion.
Christine Chubbuck (August 24, 1944 – July 15, 1974) was the host of a morning talk show in Sarasota, Florida. She was also a volunteer at a local hospital. There she gave puppet shows for the mentally handicapped children. She is best known as the television broadcaster who committed suicide during a live television program. Career. Chubbuck was born in Hudson, Ohio, on 24 August 1944. She grew up in a middle-class family and attended Laurel School for Girls. She went to college at Ohio State University. Then she graduated from Boston University with a degree in broadcasting. She held several jobs with small television stations. In 1973 she was hired by WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida as the host of a morning talk show. According to her co-workers she was pretty, easy to get along with and did a good job. According to her mother she wanted a family but had not found the right person to marry yet. In her spare time she held puppet shows for mentally handicapped children at a local hospital. Death. Three weeks before her death she had received approval to do a program on suicide. On the morning of Monday, July 15, 1974, during her broadcast, Chubbuck read a prepared script. She said: "In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first, an attempted suicide." Chubbuck then shot herself with a handgun. It was not a quick decision but an event she had planned for months. Chubbuck had even joked about shooting herself on the air but nobody had apparently paid much attention. She had been dealing with depression for several years before she died. Chubbuck was 29 years old.
Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-born American sociologist and writer. He moved to the United States. Goffman wrote about such things as social stigma, total institutions\residential institutions, dehumanization, etc.  His first book, "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life", was published in the U.S. 1959. In 1961, Goffman published the book "Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates". In 1968 he became a Chair in Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. His last book, "Forms of Talk", was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle award. He died November 20, 1982 of stomach cancer.
Nora Jill Bennett (24 December 1931 — 4 October 1990) was a British actress. She played Mrs. Ellen in "Lady Jane" (1986). She also played Margaret Stevenson in "I Want What I Want". She also worked in stage plays and television shows. Bennett was born in Penang, in the Straits Settlements. She killed herself with barbiturate drugs at age 58 in London. She was cremated. Her ashes were scattered into the River Thames along with her friend Rachel Roberts' ashes.
Eva May (May 29, 1902 — September 10, 1924) was an Austrian actress. She played Lady Rutland in "The Earl of Essex". She also played Kaethi in "Old Heidelberg". Eva May was born in Vienna, Austria. She shot herself to death at the age of 22, but nobody knows why.
Christine Pascal (November 29, 1953 – August 30, 1996) was a French actress and director. She played Sylvie in "Round Midnight" (1986). She also acted in other movies. Most of those movies were French. Pascal was also a writer. Pascal was born, Lyon, Rhône. She died after jumping from the window of a psychiatric ward near Paris. She was aged 42.
Imogen Hassall (25 August 1942 – 16 November 1980) was an English actress. She was in over 30 movies in the 1960s and 1970s. She played Sir Roger's secretary in "The Early Bird". She also played Samantha in "Take a Girl Like You" (1971). Hassall was born in Surrey in England. She killed herself using barbiturates (drugs). She died in the Wimbledon area of London, aged 38.
The Eelam War III began on 19 April 1995 when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also called Tamil Tigers) sank two Sri Lankan naval craft in Sri Lanka. This was the third armed conflict in the Sri Lankan Civil War between the military of Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers. There were also Eelam Wars I and II before this conflict and Eelam war IV afterwards. On the night of 18 July 1996 LTTE forces attacked and overran the military base at Mullaithivu. It was the brigade headquarters of the 215 Sri Lankan Army. About 1,600 soldiers were killed or missing. In April 2000 the LTTE Sea Tigers captured Elephant Pass. This was a major victory since they had lost the last battle at Elephant Pass in 1991. By 2001 both sides were exhausted and ended the war. The LTTE came away with a reputation for their fighting skills. But this led to an Eelam War IV. Civilian killings. Kallarawa massacre. On 25 May 1995, LTTE (Liberation of Tamil Tigers) killed 42 men, women, and children in Kallarawa, Sri Lanka. Everyone else who lived there escaped the bloodshed. Gonagala massacre. In the Ampara District of Sri Lanka on 18 September 1999, another massacre took place. Over 50 women, men, and children were hacked to death in the middle of the night in their sleep.
Evan Chandler (born Evan Robert Charmatz) (January 25, 1944 – November 5, 2009) was an American screenwriter and dentist. He was best known for accusing Michael Jackson of sexually abusing his son Jordan Chandler in 1993. Early life. Chandler was born in the Bronx to Jewish parents. He changed his name from Charmatz to Chandler because he thought Charmatz was “too Jewish-sounding”. Career. Chandler wrote the 1993 movie "". In her book "Shockaholic", Carrie Fisher said that Chandler was her dentist. Accusations against Michael Jackson. In 1993, Chandler accused Michael Jackson of molesting his son Jordan. Jordan had made the hebephilia allegations after taking . The 1993 molestation case ended in 1994 after Jackson reached a settlement with Chandler for a reported U.S. $20 million. Jordan legally emancipated himself from his parents in 1995. An article in "USA Today" said that Chandler tried to sue Jackson again in 1996 but the case was dismissed in 1998. In 2006, Jordan took out a against his dad after claiming that he attacked him with a dumbbell weight.  Death. Chandler shot himself in the head on November 5 2009. He suffered with depression for many years.
Corey Scott Feldman (born July 16, 1971) is an American actor and singer. He was born in Los Angeles. He is the singer of the ska band Truth Movement. He first acted when he was 3 years old in a McDonald's advert. He was friends with Michael Jackson.  Feldman was a contestant in the first season of "The Surreal Life".  On October 28, 2013 "Coreyography" was published. In the book Feldman wrote about how he started taking drugs when he was 14 years old. When he was 17, Joe Dante and Carrie Fisher told him to stop taking drugs. He did not listen to them.
Ewarton is a town in the Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. It had about 14,000 people in 2009.
In the summer of 1993, Evan Chandler accused the American singer Michael Jackson of sexually abusing his 13-year-old son, Jordan. Jackson first met Jordan Chandler when Chandler was five years old. Jackson had become good friends with Jordan Chandler and his family after meeting Chandler in May 1992. Evan became jealous of Jackson because his son liked spending time with him more. In July 1993 Jackson and relationship ended. Chandler, who was a dentist, was made to admit that he gave his son a barbiturate called sodium amytal to take out his tooth in August 1993. While he was under the influence of the drug Jordan told his father that Jackson had sexually abused him. Jordan Chandler told the police about the abuse. Los Angeles Police Department's Sexually Exploited Child Unit began a criminal investigation on Jackson on August 18. Police searched Jackson's Neverland Ranch. They found books and photographs in his bedroom that had young boys wearing little or no clothing in them. Jackson ended his Dangerous World Tour on November 11, 1993 to go to rehab. He had become addicted to painkillers, which he used for the stress of the allegations. La Toya Jackson, Michael's sister, said at a press conference on December 9, 1993 that "This has been going on since 1981, and it's not just one child." Her husband and manager at the time Jack Gordon said that Michael Jackson had said that he would kill La Toya if she told. In 2011 La Toya said "I never for a minute believed my brother was guilty of anything like that". Strip search. In December 1993, Jackson was strip searched. Jordan had told the police what Jackson's genitals looked like. Chandler said that Jackson was circumcised, but he was not. Jackson's reaction. On December 22 Jackson talked about what had happened via satellite from his ranch. He said, 'As you may already know, after my tour ended I remained out of the country undergoing treatment for a dependency on pain medication...There have been many disgusting statements made recently concerning allegations of improper conduct on my part. These statements about me are totally false...I will say
Michael Ealy (born August 3, 1973) is an American actor. His real name is Michael Brown; Ealy is the name he uses for acting. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the movies "Barbershop" (2002), its sequel ' (2004), "2 Fast 2 Furious" (2003), "Their Eyes Were Watching God" (2005), "Seven Pounds" (2008), "For Colored Girls" (2010), and ' (2012). On television, Ealy stars as Dorian in the science-fiction police drama, "Almost Human". Life and career. Ealy was born in Washington, D.C.. He was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. His mother worked for IBM. His father worked in the grocery business. He attended the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. He started his acting career in the late 1990s. He appeared in Off-Broadway stage productions. Among his first movie roles were "Bad Company" and "Kissing Jessica Stein". His breakout role was in 2002's "Barbershop", in which he played a reformed street criminal named Ricky Nash. He played that role again in the sequel, "Barbershop 2: Back in Business", in 2004. In 2003, he played Slap Jack in "2 Fast 2 Furious". Later in 2004, Ealy appeared in "Never Die Alone" with DMX. He appeared in Mariah Carey's music video for her hit single "Get Your Number". He played Dominic in "Think like a Man" in 2012. Personal life. In October 2012, Ealy married Khatira Rafiqzada, in Los Angeles. They had been together for four years before this.
Lance Darnell Gross (born July 8, 1981) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Calvin Payne on the sitcom "Tyler Perry's House of Payne". Early life and career. Gross was born and raised in Oakland, California. He graduated from Bonanza High School. He attended Howard University. While there, he decided to work on becoming an actor instead of becoming a professional track and field athlete. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater.
is a Japanese manga series. It is written by Ryumon Ryo and drawn by Megumi Koji. It was first published in April 2007. The story is about a virus called "Bloody X" and a group of terrorists trying to kill everyone in the country. Third I, which is a special police force, and a teenaged hacker named Falcon try to stop these terrorists from destroying the country. It has been turned into a television series. It began on 11 October 2008.
Alexandra Bastedo (9 March 1946 – 12 January 2014) was a British actress and activist. She was best known for her role as secret agent Sharron Macready in the television series "The Champions" (1968). Bastedo was a vegetarian. She was well known as an animal welfare activist. She died in hospital on 12 January 2014 from breast cancer.
Leslie "Les" H. Martinson (January 16, 1915 – September 3, 2016) was an American television and movie director. He is known for directing "Maverick", "PT 109", "Temple Houston", "Batman", "", "Mannix", "Diff'rent Strokes", and "Airwolf". Martinson was President of the West Coast Jewish Theatre.
Árpád Göncz ("Göncz Árpád"; February 10, 1922 – October 6, 2015) was a Hungarian liberal politician. He was President of Hungary from May 2, 1990 to August 4, 2000. He was the first democratically elected president of Hungary. Göncz played a role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He was also founding member and Vice Chairman of Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) and Speaker of the National Assembly before becoming President. He was a member of the international advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans () (16 April 1922 – 26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. Tindemans was the 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium.  He was also mayor of Edegem. He was born in Zwijndrecht on 16 April 1922. Tindemans died on 26 December 2014 in Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium, aged 92.
Steven Adler (born Michael Coletti, January 22, 1965) is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer and co-songwriter of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses during the late 1980s. He is the current drummer for the rock band Adler. During his time in Guns N' Roses, Adler suffered from drug addiction. In 1990, the band fired Adler. He later rejoined the band after he signed a contract in which he promised to stop taking drugs. He was fired from the band again on July 11, 1990, after his addiction left him unable to perform. Adler appeared on the second and fifth seasons of the reality television show "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" for his drug rehabilitation. He also appeared on the first season of its spin-off show "Sober House".