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Savaş Başar (15 June 1938 in Silifke – 21 August 1985 in Ankara) was a theater and movie actor, voice actor, director, and screenwriter. Biography. In 1959 Muhsin Ertuğrul noticed himself and his friends and was taken to the positions of the State Theater. Having played in all provinces of Turkey, Savaş Başar had a well-known, well-known structure that was widely known. Outside of the theater, he took and starred in important films such as Devlan Aşkı, İffet, Ugly World, and he was also very successful in the voice-over profession. Newly snakes and single poles of theater decorate the theater and the shapes are shaped. Commissioner Colombo and McCoy were very successful in vocalizing. He died at the age of 47 from a heart attack.
Yücel Erten (born 19 October 1945, Muş), is Turkish actor, director, art director, writer, translator. Biography. Born in Muş in 1945, Erten had his primary and secondary education in Antalya and Ankara. In 1969 he graduated from Ankara State Conservatory Theater Department. He started as a trainee artist at the Ankara State Theater.  In 1970, he went to Federal Germany to study at state universities and completed the Reji Department of the Essen Folkwang High School. At the same time, he finished his education in Interior-Costume interior specialization at school.  During his studies in Germany; Züricher Schauspielhaus in Switzerland, Staatstheater Hannover in Germany, Stædtische Bühnen Essen and Bühne as assistant director and assistant director in 1964. In 1974 Erten returned to his home country, completing the "Folkwang Award" by playing a performance with his diploma. From October 1992, Erten worked for 16 months in the State Teatroller as General Manager and Principal. He resigned with the General Directorate in order to implement electoral methods.
Zeyno Günenç (born June 22, 1967, İzmit) is a theater, cinema and serialist. Biography. Zeyno Günenç graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Theater Department. She worked in Bursa State Theater for three years. She resigned from this institution and went to Vancouver. Süheyl Uygur and Behzat Uygur brothers traveled to Turkey for a three-year tour of the game titled "Three Slakers". Famous with the character "Aunt Dominant Gonul" in the series named Çocuklar Duymasın ("Children's Hearing"). She married Okan Bayülgen and worked in the Tiyatrokare community. It was alleged that some of the morning program at TRT broke down due to pressures.
Alper Kul (born 5 December 1975, Fatih, Istanbul), Turkish actor and writer. Biography. Alper Kul was born on December 5, 1975 in Süleymaniye, Istanbul. His family is from Trabzon. Having completed his education at the Theater Department of the Indiana University after MSM, he acted in forms such as City Theaters, DOT, IUSB (USA), BKM. Various movies and series have appeared. Career. At the beginning of October 2, 2009, he played in the BKM for one season. His 2010 autographed son of Babamin played for three years in Turkey and Europe. He received the prize of the Year of the Year award with the AUT theater play staged for the first time in 2010. The theater play "Barcelo" written in 2011 was performed in the theater Ikincikat. After the comedy theater program of 5'er Beşer started in 2011 at ATV, he made and played the similar project designs of the programs called "İnsanlar Alemi" and "Güldür Güldür" which started at Star TV and continued as the program alongside his wife Aylin Kontente. He was cast in such as hit series "Kınalı Kar" and "Yılan Hikayesi". He had leading role in surreal period comedy series "Osmanlı Tokadı". He played as Temel in franchise comedy films "Sümela'nın Şifresi", "Moskova'nın Şifresi". He played as Oktay in action comedy films "Ölümlü Dünya", "Ölümlü Dünya 2". He played in comedy film "Mahalleden Arkadaşlar" written &amp; directed by Selçuk Aydemir.
Münibe Millet (born January 23, 1980, Elazığ) is a cinema and theater actor, theater and dance instructor. Biography. He began his education at the Pera Fine Arts Theater Department and took part in many plays in Theater Pera. He got his acting education from Mimar Sinan University. After finishing Modern Dance Department, Millet played in cinema, serials and commercials as well as the theater. At the same time she is a theater and dance instructor and voice actor.
François "Swat" Van der Elst (1 December 1954 – 11 January 2017) was a Belgian footballer. He played as a right winger. He played from 1971 to 1986. He played for Anderlecht, New York Cosmos, West Ham United and Lokeren. He was born in Opwijk, Flemish Brabant. On 1 January 2017, Van der Elst was put in an induced coma because of heart failure. He died from cardiac arrest on 11 January 2017 in Aalst, East Flanders. He was 62.
The Egyptian goose ("Alopochen aegyptiacus") is a member of the duck, goose, and swan family, Anatidae. It lives in Africa, south of the Sahara and the Nile River Valley. Egyptian geese were thought to be sacred by the people in Ancient Egypt. They appeared in much of their artwork. They have been raised for food and bred in parts of Africa since they were domesticated by the ancient Egyptians. Because of their popularity as an ornamental bird, they often escape. Small feral populations have become established in Western Europe.
St Helier railway station opened in 1930. The only operator for the station is Thameslink. The station is in Fare Zone 4. Platforms. There are two platforms for this station. Platform 1 is for trains towards Luton. Platform 2 is for trains towards Sutton (Surrey). Frequency. This list shows the frequency of trains on typical off-peak hours. Buses. London buses route 154 and S4 operates at this station. Departures. This table shows the departures from this station with the calling points and the time that is taken to get to the end of the line.
Saeed Uz Zaman Siddiqui (1 December 1938 – 11 January 2017) (pronunciation 'sa'eed -uz- zam'an'; alternatively Saiduzzaman Siddiqui; was a Pakistani jurist and legislator. He served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan at the Supreme Court of Pakistan from November 11, 2016 until his death in 2017.  He was the Chief Justice of Pakistan when the 1999 military coup d'état was staged by then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf. Siddiqui died at the age of 78 on 11 January 2017 in Karachi.
Martin L. Brandtner (3 July 1938 – 3 January 2017) was an American Marine Corps lieutenant general. He served as the Director for Operations for the Joint Staff until his retirement on 1 June 1993. Brandtner died on 3 January 2017, at the age of 78, in Reno, Nevada.
Robert "Bob" McCullough OAM (12 October 1931 – 9 January 2017) was an Australian sport administrator in the area of disability sport. He was President of the Australian Paralympic Federation and the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation. McCullough died in Australia on 9 January 2017.
David Jonathon Shulkin (born June 22, 1959) is an American physician and politician. Shulkin was the 9th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from February 14, 2017 to March 28, 2018. He served as Under Secretary of Health for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 18, 2015 and sworn in on July 6, 2015. On January 11, 2017, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Shulkin to serve as United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Early life. Shulkin was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He was raised in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. He studied at Hampshire College and at Drexel University. Medical career. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. He also served as president of Morristown Medical Center and as vice president of Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization. He has been Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital. United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2017–2018). On January 11, 2017, Shulkin was selected by President-elect Trump as Secretary of Veterans Affairs pending Senate confirmation. Shulkin resigned from a private sector position in 2015 to work in the Department of Veterans Affairs as the undersecretary of health. On February 13, 2017, the Senate unanimously confirmed Shulkin as the U.S. Secretary of Veteran's Affairs with a 100-0 vote. For President Trump's address to a Joint Session of Congress on February 28, 2017, Shulkin served as the designated survivor. In September 2017, "The Washington Post" revealed that Shulkin spent nearly half his time on a recent international trip to Europe, covered by taxpayers, sightseeing and shopping with his wife, Merle Bari. On March 28, 2018, President Trump fired Shulkin. Personal life. Shulkin is married to Merle Bari.
Warren Allen Smith (October 27, 1921 – January 9, 2017) was an American gay rights activist, writer and humanities humanist.  Career. In 1961, Smith started the Variety Recording Studio, a major independent company off Broadway, New York City, with his business partner and longtime companion Fernando Rodolfo de Jesus Vargas Zamora. Smith ran the company for almost thirty years (1961–90). In 1969, Smith participated in the Stonewall riots. Smith was one of the signatories of the 1973 "Humanist Manifesto II" as well as the Humanist Manifesto III in 2003. Death. Smith died on January 9, 2017 at the age of 95.
Takobeya is a room. When Japanese bureaucrats make a new law, they establish a takobeya. In general, 5-6 bureaucrats are gathered in takobeya to make a new law. Mainly a takobeya is changed from a conference room in the buildings of central government ministries. Originally, takobeya means an accommodation hut for harsh labors at construction sites in the Meiji period. The work of bureaucrats in takobeya for laws are so harsh that bureaucrats call their room "Takobeya".
Manlio Rocchetti (28 November 1943 – 10 January 2017) was an Italian makeup artist. He won an Academy Award at the 1989 Academy Awards for Best Makeup for the movie "Driving Miss Daisy," which he shared with Lynn Barber and Kevin Haney. His career started in 1960 and he has continued working on makeup with most recently in 2012. He often works with Martin Scorsese. He also won an Emmy for the makeup in "Lonesome Dove".
Thomas Douglas Allsup (November 24, 1931 – January 11, 2017) was an American rockabilly and country swing guitarist. Allsup was born near Owasso, Oklahoma in 1931. He was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation. He worked with entertainers such as Buddy Holly and Bob Wills &amp; His Texas Playboys. Allsup was touring with Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson when he lost a fateful coin toss with Valens for a seat on the plane that crashed, killing Valens, Holly and Richardson on February 3, 1959. Allsup died on January 11, 2017 at his home in Springfield, Missouri of complications from hernia surgery. He was 85 years old.
Kenneth Malcolm Wharram (July 2, 1933 – January 10, 2017) was a retired professional ice hockey right winger who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks from 1951 through 1952 and again from 1958 until he retired in 1969. He won a Stanley Cup in 1961. He was born in North Bay, Ontario. Wharram died on January 10, 2017 from heart failure in North Bay, Ontario, aged 83.
Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1 October 1943) is a French movie director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing "Quest for Fire" (1981), "The Name of the Rose" (1986), "The Lover" (1991), and "Seven Years in Tibet" (1997).  Annaud has received many awards for his work, including four César Awards, one David di Donatello Award, and one National Academy of Cinema Award. Annaud's first movie, "Black and White in Color" (1976), received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Mont Aigoual () is a French mountain in the Cévennes, a southern part of the Massif Central in the Occitanie region. It is on the border of the Lozère and Gard departments and is the highest mountain of Gard. When the sky is clear, it is possible to see the Mediterranean Sea, the Pyrenees, and also the Alps and Mont Blanc in particular. Name. The word "Aigoual" appears with different meanings: "ad stratam Aigoaldi" in 1228 refers to a route, "marcha Algoaldi" in 1238 names the limits of a territory, and "mons Aigoaldi" in 1249 is the name of the mountain. It seems that Aigoual comes from the word "Algwarld", the name of a person in the region. Geography. Mont Aigoual has an elevation of and is the highest mountain in the Gard department and the second in the Lozère department and in the Cévennes mountains after Mont Lozère that is high. Mont Aigoual is within the "Cévennes National Park" (). The summit of Mont Aigoual is on plateau with an altitude more than high and with an area of about in the "communes" Valleraugue (Gard) et Bassurels (Lozère). The watershed across the plateau divides the drainage basin in two: the Atlantic to the north and the Mediterranean to the south. On its southern slopes is the source of the Hérault river, that flows to the south into the Mediterranean Sea. The mountain is formed by granite from the Palaeozoic era. On top of the mountain there is a meteorological station built in 1887. It is the last remaining weather station in France which is still inhabited by meteorologists. An exhibition on weather forecasting is open to visitors in the summer months. Climate. Mont Aigoual has an oceanic climate (Cfc), bordering to a subartic (Dfc) (highland) climate. Sports. A well-known hiking route is the "Climbing of the 4,000 steps
Otis Stanley Russ (August 31, 1930 – January 5, 2017) was an American politician. He served as a member of the Arkansas Senate from the 21st (later 30th) district from January 1975 to January 2001. He also served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 1995 to 1997. Russ was born in Conway, Arkansas. He married Nina Benton in 1951. They had two children, and she died in 2005. Russ died from acute myeloid leukemia on January 5, 2017 in Conway. He was 86.
Russell Brunell Trood (5 December 1948 – 9 January 2017) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He served as a Senator for Queensland from 1 July 2005 until 30 June 2011. He later served as the National President of the United Nations Association of Australia from 2012 to 2016. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Trood died from thyroid cancer on 9 January 2017 in Brisbane, Queensland. He was 68.
Mark Andrews (May 19, 1926 – October 3, 2020) was an American politician from the state of North Dakota. He was a member of the United States Republican Party. Career. During the 1950s he began to enter politics, serving on farmers' organizations and Republican committees. In 1962, Andrews ran for Governor of North Dakota, losing to incumbent William L. Guy by just 2,000 votes out of over 228,500 cast. He ran for one of North Dakota's seats in the United States Senate which was being vacated by the long-serving Republican Milton Young who announced that he would not run for reelection and retire after the election. Andrews won the election with 70% of the vote and served in the Senate for one term, from 1981 to 1987. Andrews was defeated for re-election in 1986 by Democratic-NPL Tax Commissioner Kent Conrad by a mere 2,120 votes in what is still considered an upset. Personal life. Andrews was born in Cass County, North Dakota. He studied at North Dakota State University. Andrews died on October 3, 2020 in Fargo, North Dakota at the age of 94.
Roger Angell (September 19, 1920 – May 20, 2022) was an American essayist. He was known for his writing on sports, especially baseball. He was a regular contributor to "The New Yorker" and was its chief fiction editor for many years. He wrote many works of fiction, non-fiction, and criticism, and for many years wrote an annual Christmas poem for "The New Yorker". He received awards for his writing, including the George Polk Award for Commentary in 1980, the "Kenyon Review" Award for Literary Achievement in 2005 along with Umberto Eco, and the inaugural PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing in 2011. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007 and was a long-time ex-officio member of the council of the Authors Guild. Angell died of congestive heart failure on May 20, 2022 at his apartment in New York City, aged 101.
Sir Douglas William Gretton Wass (15 April 1923 – 4 January 2017) was a British civil servant. He served as Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury from 1974 to 1983. Wass was Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury from 1974 to 1983 and served as joint head of the civil service in 1981. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1971, elevated to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1975 and further elevated to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in 1980. In 1985, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Letters) by the University of Bath. In 1983, the BBC invited Sir Douglas to present the annual Reith Lectures. In a series of six lectures titled Government and the Governed, he examined the role and responsibilities of government. Wass died on 4 January 2017 in London at the age of 93.
Antonio "Tony" Rosato (December 26, 1954 – January 10, 2017) was an Italian-born Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian. He was best known for his work on "Second City Television" (1980-1984) and "Night Heat". He had voice roles in "Sailor Moon", "Franklin", "George Shrinks", "Atomic Betty" and the video game "" (1999). Rosato was born in Naples. He moved to Canada at the age of four. He grew up in the cities of Halifax, Ottawa and Toronto. Rosato died from a heart attack on January 10, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario. He was 62.
Gavin Whittaker (13 January 1970 – 6 January 2017) was an Australian professional rugby league player. He played as in the front row during the 1990s. He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, the Gold Coast Chargers and the Western Suburbs Magpies. He retired in 1998. He was born in Pittsworth, Queensland. Whittaker died from stomach cancer on 6 January 2017 at his home in Parkwood, Queensland. He was 46, and would of turned 47th a week after his death.
The Allgäu Alps are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps. They are located in Bavaria in Germany, and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range is directly east of Lake Constance.  There are relatively high levels of rain and it is the rainiest place in Germany. While there are some permanent snowfields, there are no glaciers. Most mountains have grassy faces on one side, and sheer cliffs on the other. Further south the mountains begin to look Dolomite, as they have crevices and gullies. The main river in the region is the Iller, which splits the mountains in half. The high peaks are all on the east of the Iller. On the west they are usually not taller than 2200m. Many activities occur in them, including hiking and skiing. The ten highest peaks. The highest peaks of the Allgäu Alps are either on Austrian soil or on the Austro-German border.
Lucina Elena da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws (5 April 1929 – 7 January 2017) was a Dutch Antillean politician for the National People's Party (PNP). She served as the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles, an office her husband Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez previously held, briefly in 1977. She was also the first female to hold the office. Prior to this, she was the Minister of Health and Environment, Welfare, Youth, Sports, Culture and Recreation (1970–1977). Costa Gomez-Matheeuws died on 7 January 2017 in Willemstad, Curaçao at the age of 87.
Anthony "Tony" Booth (22 June 1933 – 11 January 2017) was a British artist. He was best known as the original poster artist for The Beatles and other bands in the Merseybeat era. He also worked with The Cavern Club. He was known as Brian Epstein's "right-hand man" in the 1960s in Liverpool. He was born in Merseyside and grew up in Moreton. Booth died from cancer on 11 January 2017 in Upton, Merseyside, aged 83.
The Party for Freedom, Dutch: "Partij voor de Vrijheid" (shortened "PVV"), is a right-wing to far-right political party in the Netherlands. The party's leader, founder and only member is Geert Wilders. The party was founded on 22 February 2006. In the 2006 Dutch general election, PVV won 6 seats in the House of Representatives with 579,490 votes. In the 2010 elections, PVV won 24 seats with 1,435,349 votes. In the 2012 elections, PVV won 15 seats with 950,263 votes. In the 2017 elections, the PVV won 20 seats (+5) with 1,372,941 votes. In the 2021 elections they won 17 seats (-3), and in the 2023 elections they have won 37 seats (+20). PVV is Eurosceptic, meaning they are against the European Union. They are also openly very critical of Islam. Economically, the party supports economic liberalism and wants to lower taxes. It is also a right-wing populist party. The PVV gained a great amount of popularity in 2017, coming second in the election.
Anthony Stephen "Tony" King (17 November 1934 – 12 January 2017) was a Canadian-born British professor of government, psephologist and commentator. He was best known for his work at the University of Essex. He was considered a leading expert of democracy. He was also the BBC television analyst on election night from 1983 to 2005. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1950s. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1998. King died on 12 January 2017 at the age of 82.
Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens (born 21 December 1972 in Managua) is a Costa Rican swimmer of German descent. She competes in the 200 m to 800 m freestyle swimming.  At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won a gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle. She is the only gold-medalist Costa Rica ever had. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won two bronze medals, in the 200 meter and 400 meter freestyle. Claudia Poll began swimming in 1979 under coach Francisco Rivas. No article about Claudia Poll can be complete without mentioning mentioning that she has tested positive for an illegal, performance-enhancing steroid and was suspended from competition for four years, according to an announcement this afternoon by the International Amateur Swimming Federation (FINA) in Lausanne, Switzerland. 6 June 2002" Ironically, Poll's older sister, Sylvia, was a silver medalist at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, beaten to the wall by East Germany's Heike Friedrich. After the collapse of Communism, East German Secret police (Stasi) files revealed that Friedrich — along with all other East German Olympic swimmers — had systematically been doped as a matter of national policy.
Sylvia Poll Ahrens (born September 24, 1970 in Managua) is a Costa Rican swimmer of German descent. She is a backstroker and freestyle swimmer. At the 1988 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in the 200 meter freestyle. It was the first medal for a Costa Rican athlete.
Yelko Gómez (born March 9, 1989 in Chiriquí Province) is a Panamanian cyclist. He has been riding for Hyundai-Momi-Continental since 2015. In 2014 and 2015 he won the National Time Trial Championships.
Graham Taylor (15 September 1944 – 12 January 2017) was a British football manager and player. He was the chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993. He also managed Lincoln City, Watford, Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He played for Lincoln City and Grimsby Town between 1962 and 1972. Taylor was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He married Rita Cowling in 1965. They had two daughters. Taylor died from a heart attack on 12 January 2017 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. He was 72.
The Hohes Licht is a mountain in the Allgäu Alps. It is high. It is the second highest in the Allgäu range after the Großer Krottenkopf. The summit is in Tyrol, Austria. Hohes Licht is 14km south of Oberstdorf. It was first climbed in 1854, and a "survey signal" was left on top for triangulation. On 6 August 1869 it was first climbed for leisure purposes by Hermann von Barth. When he arrived the signal was still there.