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Lance Diamond (July 3, 1945 – January 4, 2015) was an American lounge singer and radio personality from Buffalo, New York. His career spanned over 40 years. He often called himself the "Love Doctor," getting the name from his #1 radio show, "Saturday Night Fever" which he hosted every Saturday night. Diamond died on January 4, 2015, aged 68, a few days after being hospitalized due to heart complications that prevented him from performing his annual New Year's Eve show. He was unmarried and had no children.
Stuart Leonard "Stu" Miller (December 26, 1927 – January 4, 2015) was a former American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1952–1956), Philadelphia Phillies (1956), New York/San Francisco Giants (1957–1962), Baltimore Orioles (1963–1967) and Atlanta Braves (1968).  He batted and threw right-handed. In a 16-season career, Miller posted a 105–103 record with a 3.24 earned run average, 1164 strikeouts, and 154 saves in 704 games pitched (93 as a starter). Miller died January 4, 2015, in Cameron Park, California, aged 87 after a brief illness.
Vlastimil Bubník (; 18 March 1931 – 6 January 2015) was a Czech ice hockey player and footballer. Bubník was born in Kelč, Czechoslovakia, and played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for HC Brno and Královo Pole. He also won a bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1997.
Noel G. Williams (September 19, 1943 – January 5, 2015), better known as King Sporty, was a Jamaican DJ, reggae musician, and record producer for the Tashamba and Konduko labels. He is best known for writing the song, "Buffalo Soldier", made famous by Bob Marley. He was born in Portland, Jamaica. Sporty died on January 5, 2015 in Miami, Florida, United States, aged 71.
In Japanese, is a military unit and may be literally translated as squadron, "task force", "group" or "wing". The terms "regiment" and "flotilla", while sometimes used as translations of "Sentai", are also used to refer to larger formations. Sentai television series are Live-action shows with young heros in spandex fighting monsters with their martial arts. World War II. It is a term used during World War II by the military of the Empire of Japan. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Air Service sentai units were equivalent to a group or wing in other air forces. However, the term had slightly different meanings in the IJA and the IJN. The Japanese navy sentai were squadrons of four ships (battleships and cruisers). Japanese submarines were also grouped in sentai. Power Rangers. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuted on television in the US in 1993. They are based on Super Sentai shows from Japan. Here the term means "group fighters". It is a group of five color-coded fighters familiar to young Japanese viewers since the 1975 debut of "Go Renjaa" (five Rangers).
Khan Bonflis (Kan Bonflis; c. 1972 – January 5, 2015) was a British actor of Asian origin. He was known for his small roles in "Tomorrow Never Dies", "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", "", "Batman Begins", and in "Skyfall". Bonflis died while rehearsing for a play in London, aged 42.
Jean-Pierre Maurice Georges Beltoise (26 April 1937 – 5 January 2015) was a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He raced for the Matra and BRM teams. François Cevert was his brother-in-law (his wife's brother). He competed in 88 Grands Prix achieving one win and eight podium finishes. He was born in Paris. Beltoise died at his holiday home in Dakar, Senegal, on 5 January 2015, aged 77, following two strokes .
Pino Daniele (19 March 1955 – 4 January 2015) was an Italian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He was born in Naples, Italy. He was known for his songs; "Passi d'autore" of 2004" and "Il Fatto Quotidiano". On January 5th, 2015, it was announced via Instagram by Daniele's longtime friend Eros Ramazzotti that he had died from a heart attack between 4 and 5 January. Daniele is considered to have been one of the best singer-songwriters in Italian history. Daniele's death was confirmed at 10:45pm at "Sant'Eugenio" Hospital in Rome (Italy) on 4 January.
Philippe Honoré (; 25 November 1941 – 7 January 2015), known by the pen-name Honoré, was a French cartoonist. He was born in Vichy, France. Honoré worked with the newspaper company Charlie Hebdo during most of his career. He was a staff cartoonist there. Honoré died on January 7, 2015, during the January 2015 shooting attack on the "Charlie Hebdo" newspaper office.
Swiss Chalet is a Canadian chain of casual dining restaurants. Swiss Chalet was started in 1954 in Toronto, Ontario. The restaurant chain is owned by Cara Operations. Swiss chalet's signature food is rotisserie chicken. Their signature dish is the Quarter Chicken Dinner, either a roasted chicken leg or breast with "Chalet Sauce", a bread roll, and a side dish of the customers choice. Other combinations up to and including a whole chicken are also available. The first Swiss Chalet restaurant was opened at 234 Bloor Street West in Toronto and it operated for 52 years. This restaurant was closed in 2006 and it was demolished in 2009 to make way for condominiums. In 2008, Swiss Chalet food products were added to Air Canada to be on their buy-on-board menu.
Jethro Pugh, Jr. (July 3, 1944 – January 7, 2015) was an American football player. He played as a defensive tackle and a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys from 1965 until 1978. Pugh retired on January 29, 1979. Pugh was born in Windsor, North Carolina. He attended Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Pugh died on January 7, 2015 in Dallas, Texas, aged 70.
Timothy "Tim" Roberts (December 27, 1976 – January 7, 2015), also known by his ring names "The Arsonist" or "El Piromaniaco" Tim Arson, was an American professional wrestler. He made his first wrestling appearance in 2001, and was signed by both WWE and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He was trained by Johnny Rodz. He competed in shows and tournaments over the United States and Puerto Rico. Roberts was born in Staten Island, New York City. Roberts died on January 7, 2015 in Haskell, New Jersey, aged 38.
Keppel Earl "Kep" Enderby (25 June 1926 – 8 January 2015) was an Australian politician and judge. He was a member of the House of Representatives for the Australian Labor Party between 1970 and 1975. He also became a senior cabinet minister in the Gough Whitlam government. After politics, he was became a Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, serving from 1982 to 1992. He was the president of the Universal Esperanto Association from 1998 to 2001. Enderby was born in Dubbo, New South Wales. He was married to Dot and lived in Sydney. Enderby died on 8 January 2015 at the age of 88.
Intel Core i5 is a name that Intel uses for the computer processors it makes for desktop and laptop computers.  The first Core i5 is a version of the earlier Core i7, the Lynnfield core. Lynnfield Core i5 processors have an 8 MB L3 cache. They have a DMI (Direct Media Interface) bus running at 2.5 GT/s. Core i5 also has support for dual-channel DDR SDRAM memory and have Hyper-threading disabled. A new feature called Turbo Boost Technology was introduced which maximizes speed for demanding computer programs. This increases performance to match the amount of work the computer must do. The Core i5-5xx mobile processors are named Arrandale. They are based on the 32nm Westmere shrink of the Nehalem microarchitecture. Arrandale processors have integrated graphics capability but only two processor cores. They were released in January 2010. Clarkdale, is the desktop version of Arrandale. These are the first processors to have integrated video. It has Hyper-Threading enabled and the full 4 MB L3 cache.
Immanuel Church () is church building located in the central parts of the town of Stockholm in Sweden. The church was designed by Sture Frölén. It was built in 1974. The lot it was built on earlier housed a tram depot at the intersection of Birger Jarlsgatan and Kungstensgatan.  The entire block consists of offices and a hotel. The block was built between 1970–1974 on behalf of the church. The church has been considered a nice example of 1970s modernist architecture. It is of major historical value according to the Stockholm City Museum.
Cookie Clicker is a JavaScript-based incremental game made by French programmer Julien Thiennot. The point of the game is to bake cookies as fast as possible. To start the game, a player burns cookies by clicking on a giant cookie. One cookie is gained each time it is clicked. With sufficient cookies to use as currency, a player can buy items and upgrades that will bake more cookies. They will also increase the number of cookies per click. There is no true end to the game.
Statistics Sweden (, ) is the Swedish government agency that makes the official statistics for Sweden. National statistics in Sweden were first created in 1686 when the Church of Sweden was told to start keeping records on the population. Before the SBC, the Office of Tables (""), was set up in 1749. The current name was changed in 1858. Since 2008, the agency had about 1,400 employees. The offices of the agency are in Stockholm and Örebro. Statistics Sweden prints the "Journal of Official Statistics".
A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise and transmedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a movie, a work of literature, a television program or a video game.  The greatest best known famous original media franchise feature series including Disney (Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, etc.), DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.) and Marvel Comics (Spider-Man, Hulk, X-Men, etc.). Transmedia franchise. Multimedia franchises usually develop through a character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements, with respect to intellectual property in the franchise's characters and settings. Disney, DC Comics and Marvel Comics famous franchises including Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Hulk and X-Men. As one author explains, "For the studios, a home-run is a film from which a multimedia 'franchise' can be generated; the colossally expensive creation of cross-media conglomerates predicated on synergistic rewards provides an obvious imperative to develop such products." The trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously; for instance, the movie "The Matrix Reloaded" and the video game "Enter the Matrix" were produced at the same time, using the same actors on the same sets, and released on the same day. Several other franchises throughout the 2000s had movies and games released within days of each other, including "King Kong", "Star Wars", "Harry Potter", Disney, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, "The Lord of the Rings", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Pirates of the Caribbean", and "Transformers". Fiction. Long-running franchises were common in the early studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. Examples include Andy Hardy, Ma and Pa Kettle, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marilyn Monroe, Bulldog Drummond, Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Hulk,
The Christian Council of Sweden () is an echumenical Christian organization in Sweden. It was established on 15 December 1992. Member denominations. Following denominations were members in 2013:
The Canadian National Men's Ice Hockey Team (also known as Team Canada) is the ice hockey team for Canada. The team is run by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1920 until 1963 Canada did not have one national hockey team. Instead, several senior amateur club teams played for Canada . Canada's national men's team was created in 1963 by Father David Bauer as a part of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. This team played out of the University of British Columbia. During the 1972 Summit Series, the name "Team Canada" was first used.  Team Canada has been one of the leading national ice hockey teams playing around the world. They won the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, four of five Canada Cups since 1976, nine Olympic gold medals (the most of any hockey nation); Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010, and Sochi 2014. They are 25-time IIHF World Champions and winner of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. History. From 1920 to 1963 the senior amateur club teams that played for Canada were usually the most recent Allan Cup champions. The last amateur club team from Canada to win a gold medal at the World Championship was the Trail Smoke Eaters in 1961. After the 1963 World Championships, Father David Bauer founded the national team to play hockey for Canada in games around the world. This new team had it's first games at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Before the Soviet Union began playing international hockey in 1954, Canada won most of the international hockey games. Team Canada won six out of seven golds at the Olympics and 10 World Championship gold medals. After Canada won the Winter Olympic Gold medal in 1952, they did not win another gold medal for 50 years. From 1962 to 1993 the team was not able to win any World Championships. It was difficult for Team Canada to win because the country's best professional players were not able to play for Team Canada. Instead, they were playing for their National Hockey League teams. Canada stopped playing in IIHF events in 1970 and Team
David John Rolfe (26 June 1964 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian swimmer and Paralympian. He won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts event in Sydney. Rolfe was born in Inverell, New South Wales. He was married with one child and lived on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Rolfe died from complications relating to heart surgery on 7 January 2015 on the Gold Coast. He was 50.
Lethal Weapon 4 is a 1998 comedy-action movie. Danny Glover plays Roger. Mel Gibson plays Martin. Rene Russo plays Lorna Cole. Chris Rock plays Lee. The movie was released on July 10, 1998. It got mixed to negative reviews from critics. However, it made about $285 million.
Lethal Weapon 3 is a 1992 comedy-action movie. Mel Gibson plays Martin, Danny Glover plays Roger, Joe Pesci plays Leo and Rene Russo plays Lorna Cole. This movie was released on May 15, 1992. It got mixed reviews. It made over US$320 million.
Bonnie [bon-ee] is a given name. It is usually used for females. Some males also have the name. It comes from the Scottish word "bonnie", which means "pretty" or "attractive". There are several celebrities with the name, including Bonnie Franklin and Bonnie Raitt.This name was ranked #513 on the US Popular Names in 2021. Hurricanes named Bonnie. In 1986 and 1998, hurricanes with the name "Bonnie" struck certain parts of the United States. The 1998 storm caused between $700 million and $1 billion in damage in North Carolina. The name is still being used on Atlantic hurricanes.
Tadeusz Konwicki (22 June 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Polish screenwriter and movie director. He was a member of the Polish Language Council. He was known for his movies "A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefathers' Eve", "Kronika wypadków milosnych" and "Mother Joan of the Angels". Konwicki was born in present day Naujoji Vilnia, Lithuania. Konwicki died in Warsaw, Poland, aged 88.
Staryl Chester Austin, Jr. (September 16, 1920 – January 1, 2015) was an American brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He was a former Assistant Adjutant General of Oregon and 142nd Fighter Group’s Air Officer, Chief of the Administrative Division. He was a member of the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor.  Austin died on January 1, 2015 at the age of 94.
Andraé Edward Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, recording artist, record producer, and pastor. He was known for his compositions "The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power", "My Tribute (To God Be the Glory)", and "Soon and Very Soon". In the 1980s, he led choirs that sang on the Michael Jackson hit "Man in the Mirror" as well as Madonna's "Like a Prayer". Crouch was born in San Francisco, California. He was co-pastor at the Christ Memorial Church in Pacoima, Los Angeles with his twin sister, Sandra. Crouch died from a heart attack on January 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, aged 72.
Jan Ferdynand Olszewski (20 August 1930 in Warsaw – 7 February 2019 in Warsaw) was a Polish lawyer and political figure. He is best known for serving as Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland from 1991 to 1992. Olszewski died after a long illness on 7 February 2019 in a Warsaw hospital, aged 88.
Józef Oleksy (22 June 1946 – 9 January 2015) was a Polish left-wing politician and economist. He served as the seventh Prime Minister of Poland from 7 March 1995 until 7 February 1996. He was also the former chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD). From 1968 to 1990, he was a member of the communist Polish United Workers' Party. Oleksy was born in Nowy Sącz, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. He was an atheist before becoming a Roman Catholic. Oleksy died from cancer on 9 January 2015 in Warsaw, aged 68.
Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh (; 23 July 19572 November 2004) was a Dutch movie director, movie producer, columnist, author and actor who was murdered in 2004 because of his own film. He was born in The Hague, Netherlands. His great-great uncle was artist Vincent van Gogh. Career. Van Gogh worked with the Somali-born writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali to produce the short movie "Submission" (2004), which criticized the treatment of women in Islam. The last movie Van Gogh had completed before his death, "06/05", was a fictional exploration of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. Death. On 2 November 2004, Van Gogh was mortally shot, stabbed and then slitting his throat by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Muslim in Amsterdam. He died at the scene. He was 47 years old. Suspect. In 2005, Mohammed Bouyeri was charged with the premeditated murder of Van Gogh, the attempted murder of several police officers and bystanders, illegal possession of firearms, obstructing the work of Hirsi Ali as a member of parliament and threatening her with a terrorist act. A life sentence carries no possibility of parole in the Netherlands, but convicts can be released after receiving a royal pardon. Whether Bouyeri would like a pardon from the queen is another matter. In a dramatic final speech to the court at the end of his trial two weeks ago, he said he wanted to receive the maximum punishment and warned that he would do the same again if he were freed.
Elsa Cayat () (9 March 1960 – 7 January 2015) was a French psychoanalyst and columnist. She had a biweekly column "Le Divan" ('"The Couch") in "Charlie Hebdo". The column was based on facts she hated about society. Cayat was also the author of several works on the couple and sexuality, one with the participation of Antonio Fischetti, physics teacher and researcher. Cayat died in the January 2015 shooting attack on the "Charlie Hebdo" newspaper offices in Paris, aged 54.
Tihomir Novakov, Ph.D known also as Tica Novakov (March 16, 1929 – January 2, 2015) was an Serbian-born American physicist. As a scientist, Novakov was known for his black carbon, air quality, and climate change research. James Hansen dubbed him "the godfather of black carbon." He was born in Sombor, Serbia. Novakov died on January 2, 2015 in Kensington, California from natural causes, aged 85.
Andrew Raymond "Ray" McFall (26 November 1926 – 8 January 2015) was a British businessman. He owned The Cavern Club in Liverpool and was well known for promoting The Beatles during the early 1960s. McFall was born in Garston, south Liverpool. He married Shirley Wilkins in 1952, and had six children with her: three sons and three daughters. He retired in 1999. McFall died on 8 January 2015 at the age of 88.
Mizda or Mesdah ( "Mizdah") is a town in the Jabal al Gharbi District in Libya. It was the capital of the former Mizda District.  Just to the west of Mizda is the Mizda Army Base at
Emily Lloyd (born 29 September 1970) is an English actress. She played Emily in "Wish You Were Here". She played Samantha Hughes in "In Country". She also played Cookie in the movie "Cookie". She was born in London, England. Her father was Roger Lloyd-Pack. Her grandfather was Charles Lloyd-Pack.
Lara Fabian (born January 9, 1970) is a Belgian singer. She has sold more than twenty million records worldwide. She sings in French, Spanish, English and other languages. Fabian was born in Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium to a Sicilian mother and Belgian father.
Julie Bowen (born March 3, 1970) is an American actress. She played Denise Bauer in the television series "Boston Legal". She plays Claire on "Modern Family". She was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Robert 'Bobby' Robertson Innes Cunning (12 February 1930 – 24 January 1983) was a footballer from Scotland. Cunning was born on 12 February 1930 in Dunfermline, Scotland. He played for Sunderland, Hamilton and the Rangers football clubs. He was a striker. In 1951, Cunning was on the Sunderland roster playing outside left. In 1952 and 1953, he was on the Hamilton roster. In the 1953/54 season, he played 19 games and scored 2 goals for Hamilton. In 1954, he signed to the Rangers for £2,500. His first match for Rangers was against Clyde in the Glasgow Cup. This was on 9 September 1954 when he was 24. Cunning played seven games for the Rangers. His vision problems ended his career. Cunning died 24 January, 1983 in Dunoon, Scotland.
Lori Beth Denberg (born February 2, 1976) is an American comedian and actress. She was an original cast member on "All That" on Nickelodeon. She also played Lydia on "The Steve Harvey Show". She was born in Northridge, Los Angeles, California.
Hemavan or Bierke is a locality in Storuman Municipality in Västerbotten County in Sweden. In 2010, 222 people lived there. It is located on European route E12 between Storuman in Sweden and Mo i Rana in Norway. Hemavan is also known as a ski. The Hemavan Airport, is also here.
Ramvik is a locality in Västernorrland County in Sweden. In 2010, 691 people lived there. The locality is bimunicipal. That means it spans across the borderlines of two municipalities (Härnösand Municipality and Kramfors Municipality). Ramvik was the home of Swedish politician Thorbjörn Fälldin.
Brian Joseph Leetch (born January 18, 1961) is an American retired professional ice hockey defenseman. He played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins. He was the winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 1992 and 1997. He won the Stanley Cup with the Rangers in 1994. He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy, becoming the first American-born player to win the trophy. He won the silver medal with U.S. ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame with his Rangers teammate Mike Richter in 2008. He was also inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame during his first year of eligibility in 2009.
The Stockholm metro () is a metro system in Stockholm in Sweden. The first line was opened in 1950. However, underground trams had been used since 1933. The system has 100 stations in use, 47 of them are underground and 53 above ground. There are three lines (Green, Red and Blue) travelling through Central Stockholm. In the year of 2013 the Stockholm metro cars totally carried 328 million passengers inside. It corresponds to approximately 898,630 passengers per day. The long metro system is owned by the Stockholm County Council through Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL). The operation is currently contracted to MTR Corporation. The Stockholm metro system has been referred to as the"world's longest art gallery", with more over 90 of the network's 100 stations being decorated with various works of art.