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José Solé (July 28, 1929 – February 15, 2017) was a Mexican stage actor, movie director, set design, and theater director.  His career extended over 60 years. He worked to promote theater in Mexico, which did not have governmental support that the other arts did after the Mexican Revolution. He performed in and directed many plays, as well as directing theaters and even the theatrical division of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Institute of Fine Arts).  He received recognition for both acting and directing early in his career, but major awards such as Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes (National Prize for Arts and Sciences) in the 2000s.
Peter Skellern (14 March 1947 – 17 February 2017) was an English singer-songwriter and pianist. He was born in Bury, Lancashire. Skellern's first song to become a hit was "You're a Lady" in 1972. The record featured a choral group called the Congregation, who had already had a top ten hit with the song "Softly Whispering I Love You". and number 50 in the United States "Billboard" Hot 100.  Although he only had two more hit singles in the next six years, Peter Skellern had a successful musical career, recording many albums and writing music and songs for television and films. These included theme songs for TV series such as "Billy Liar" (1973), "Me and My Girl" (1984) and "Flying Lady" (1987). He later began a double act with another pianist and singer, Richard Stilgoe, and they toured the country and made three albums before Skellern retired from performing in 2001. In October 2016, when it was known that he was going to die, he was ordained as a priest of the Church of England. He had been given special permission by the Archbishop of Canterbury because it was something he had always wanted to do. Skellern died on 17 February 2017 from a brain tumour, aged 69.
Warren Frost (June 5, 1925 – February 17, 2017) was an American actor. His work was mainly in the theatre, but he worked in movies and television since his career began in 1958. He was known for television roles on "Matlock", "The Larry Sanders Show," and "Seinfeld". He was mainly known for his role as Doctor Hayward on "Twin Peaks", a series co-created by his son Mark Frost. He has also appeared in TV movies, such as "" (1990) and "The Stand" (1994). Frost died at his home in Middlebury, Vermont, on February 17, 2017, following a long illness at the age of 91.
Jørgen Kieler (23 August 1919 – 19 February 2017) was a Danish physician. He was known for his participation in resistance activities under the Nazi German occupation of Denmark in the early 1940s during World War II.  Together with his sister, Elsebet Kieler, he published "Frit Denmark" (), an illegal newspaper.  As a member of the Holger Danske resistance group, he helped hundreds of Danish Jews to escape to Sweden and avoid extermination.
Altamas Kabir (19 July 1948 – 19 February 2017) was an Indian lawyer and judge. He served as the 39th Chief Justice to the Supreme Court of India from 29 September 2012 through 18 July 2013. He was born and raised in Kolkata, West Bengal. Kabir died of kidney disease in Kolkata on 19 February 2017, aged 68.
John Roger Shankly Hynd (2 February 1942 – 18 February 2017) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played as a centre half.  He started his playing career at Rangers, for whom he played in the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, before moving to the Football League.  He played nearly 300 League games for Crystal Palace, Birmingham City. For a short time, he served as manager of Motherwell before leaving professional football to work as a PE teacher. He was the nephew of Bill Shankly. In 2012, Hynd was one of seven former players elected to Birmingham City's Hall of Fame. Hynd died in February 2017, aged 75. Honours. Rangers Birmingham City Individual
Richard Warren Schickel (February 10, 1933 – February 18, 2017) was an American historian, journalist, author, educator, filmmaker, screenwriter, documentarian, and movie critic. He was a critic for "Time" magazine from 1965–2010. He has also written for "Life" magazine and the "Los Angeles Times Book Review". He worked for Truthdig until his death in 2017. Schickel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has also taught at Yale University and University of Southern California's School of Film and Television. Schickel died on February 18, 2017 in Los Angeles, California from complication of a stroke, aged 84.
Andrew Jay Schneider (November 13, 1942 – February 17, 2017) was an American journalist and investigative reporter. He worked for the "Pittsburgh Press" and "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" as a public-health reporter. He was born in The Bronx, New York. He received two Pulitzer Prizes while working for the "Press": one for Specialized Reporting in 1986 with Mary Pat Flaherty and another for Public Service with Matthew Brelis and the "Press". Schneider died in Salt Lake City, Utah from heart failure on February 17, 2017, aged 74.
Lavell Maurice Crawford (born November 11, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for playing Huell Babineaux, the bodyguard, assistant, and pickpocket for Saul Goodman in "Breaking Bad".  Lavell also played the role of Gus Patch in the Netflix original movie "The Ridiculous 6".
Magnus J. Wenninger (October 31, 1919 – February 17, 2017) was an American mathematician. He worked on constructing polyhedron models. He also wrote the first book on their construction. He was also a Benedictine monk. He was born in Park Falls, Wisconsin. His parents were German. Wenninger died on February 17, 2017 at Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. He was 97.
Martin Schulz (born 20 December 1955) is a German Social Democratic (SPD) politician. He was the President of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2017. From March 2017 to February 2018, he served as the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party. Political career. Before to his Presidency of the European Parliament, he was the leader of its Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group. Elected as European Parliament President in 2012, Schulz was re-elected on 1 July 2014. On 17 January 2017, he was succeeded by Antonio Tajani of the EPP.  German chancellorship nomination. In November 2016, he announced he would not seek a third term, but instead would stand in 2017 as the SPD candidate for the German Chancellorship. In January 2017, Schultz became the official SDP candidate for the German Chancellorship. He lost the election to Angela Merkel.
Alejandro Víctor Washington Atchugarry Bonomi (31 July 1952 – 19 February 2017) was an Uruguayan lawyer and politician. He served as Minister of Economics and Finance during the 2002 Uruguay banking crisis. It was a widely acknowledged role in the solution of Uruguay's worst economic moment in a century. Atchugarry died of an aneurysm in Montevideo on 19 February 2017, aged 64.
Martin Edward "Marty" Schottenheimer (; September 23, 1943 – February 8, 2021) was an American retired-professional American football player and coach. He served as head coach of the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, and San Diego Chargers. He had the most wins of any NFL coach to never coach a team in a Super Bowl.  Early life. Schottenheimer was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He was raised in McDonald, Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh.  Career. From 1965 through 1968, he played for the Buffalo Bills. From 1969 through 1970, he played for the Boston Patriots. In 21 years as an NFL head coach, Schottenheimer won 200 regular season games and 5 out of 18 games in the postseason. He had only two seasons with more losses than wins in his entire career, and none until his 15th season; the Browns finished with a losing record in his first season, but with Schottenheimer as their coach, they were 4–4. He is the only coach in NFL history with at least 200 wins that has a losing playoff record. He was the head coach of the San Diego Chargers from 2002 through 2006. He was fired from his head coaching position with the San Diego Chargers in 2007, after leading the Chargers to a 14–2 regular season record but a disappointing second round playoff loss.  After being fired as head coach of the Chargers, he became the head coach of the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He would later win his only championship as a coach in his lone season there. Personal life. In 1968, he married his wife Pat. They have two children including Brian, who serves as the quarterbacks coach for the Indianapolis Colts. Schottenheimr's younger brother Kurt has also served as an NFL coach.  In October 2016, it was revealed that Schottenheimer was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in 2011. On February 3, 2021, his family announced he had been put into hospice care the week before in Charlotte, North Carolina. He died on February 8, 2021 from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 77.
Karin Cecilie "Kaci" Kullmann Five (13 April 1951 – 19 February 2017) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. She was a member of the Conservative Party. She served as Chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2015 to her death in 2017. Five was born in Bærum, Norway. She studied at the University of Oslo. She was married to Carsten O. Five until her death in 2017. They had two children. She served as Minister of Trade and Shipping from 1989 to 1990 and as a Member of Parliament from 1981 to 1997, and was leader of the Conservative Party from 1991 to 1994. She was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 2003. She was also a board member of the Nobel Foundation. Five died on 19 February 2017 from breast cancer in Oslo, Norway, aged 65.
Per Andreas Hildte Kleppe (13 April 1923 – 10 March 2021) was a Norwegian economist and politician. He was a member of the Labour Party. He served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo from 1954–1957. He was a deputy member of Oslo city council from 1951 to 1955. Kleppe was born in Oslo. He graduated from the University of Oslo in 1956.  He was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1957 to 1962. He was the Minister of Trade and Shipping from 1971–1972. He later served as Minister of Finance from 1973 to 1979. In 1979, he was replaced by Ulf Sand, but Kleppe returned in 1981 to head the Secretariat for Long-Term Planning (until 1981). In 1981 he took over as general secretary of the European Free Trade Association, a position he held until 1988. Kleppe died on 10 March 2021 in Oslo, aged 97.
The blister beetle is a beetle of the family Meloidae. They secrete cantharidin, a chemical that causes blisters. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. They are poisonous to predators. Blister beetles go through several larval stages. The larvae mainly attack bees. They also eat grasshopper eggs. Blister beetles are attracted to alfalfa and weeds during bloom.
The oil beetle (or Meloe) is a blister beetle genus. They are called "oil beetles" because they release oily droplets of hemolymph when disturbed. The liquid is a poisonous chemical that causes skin blistering and painful swelling. Members of this genus do not have wings. They have shortened elytra.
Peterlee is a small town in County Durham, England. It was built under the New Towns Act of 1946. It was founded in 1948. It originally mostly housed coal miners and their families. Peterlee is named after trade unionist Peter Lee. He worked to improve the working conditions and salaries of the thousands of local pit workers who were based in the area.
Cow killers, or Mutillidae, are a family of wasps. The wingless females of this species look like hairy ants. They are called velvet ants because of their dense pile of hair. The hair is usually bright red or orange. They are known for their very painful stings. Because of the stings, they are called "cow killer" or "cow ant". Mutillidae live all over the world. There are over 8,000 species.
Regal Entertainment Group is an American movie theater chain. It is based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1999. The movie theater chains operated by Regal are Regal Cinemas, Edwards Theatres and United Artists Theatres.
Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin (; 21 February 1952 – 20 February 2017) was a Russian diplomat and former child actor. He was the Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations from 1 May 2006 until his death. He was also the Ambassador of Russia to Belgium from 1994 to 1998. Churkin was born in Moscow. He acted in movies as a child with his famous role being as Fedka the peasant boy in "A Mother's Heart" (1967). He spoke Russian, Mongolian, French and English. Churkin died on 20 February 2017 in New York City, United States. He died one day before his 65th birthday. The cause was heart failure, according to Russian diplomat Sergei Ordzhonikidze.
Larry Coryell (April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. He was known as the "Godfather of Fusion". His career began in 1965.  In the early 1970s, he led a group called Foreplay with Mike Mandel although the albums of this period—"Barefoot Boy", "Offering", and "The Real Great Escape"—were credited only to "Larry Coryell." He formed the group The Eleventh House in 1973.  Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He was raised in Richland, Washington. He studied at the University of Washington. Coryell died on February 19, 2017 in his hotel room in New York City from cardiac arrest, aged 73.
Sofía Ímber (May 8, 1924 – February 20, 2017) was a Romanian-born Venezuelan journalist and philanthropist. She was known for being a supporter of the arts and for promoting contemporary art in Venezuela. She was the founder of the Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas. Ímber was born in Soroca, Kingdom of Romania, now Moldova to Jewish parents. Imber moved to Venezuela with her family when she was six years old, in 1930. Ímber married Venezuelan journalist and diplomat Guillermo Meneses in 1944. Ímber died in Caracas, Venezuela on February 20, 2017 from congestive heart failure, aged 92.
Herbert Raymond "H. R." McMaster (born July 24, 1962) is an American Lieutenant General in the United States Army and author. He was the 25th United States National Security Advisor from February 20, 2017 to April 9, 2018. He was commander of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Ft. Benning, Georgia.  McMaster served as Director of Combined Joint Interagency Task Force-Shafafiyat (CJIATF-Shafafiyat) (Transparency) at ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is known for his roles in the Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. McMaster resigned as National Security Advisor on March 22, 2018, which became effective on April 9, 2018. He was replaced by John R. Bolton.
Roman Zhuravskyi (; 3 June 1948 – 19 February 2017) was a Ukrainian professional football player who played as defender. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine. Zhuravskyi made his professional career in the different football teams of the Ukrainian SSR. Zhuravskyi died on 19 February 2017 in Lviv, Ukraine from pancreatic cancer at the age of 68.
Yury Mefodievich Solomin (; 18 June 1935 – 11 January 2024) was a Soviet/Russian actor, director and politician. He was the art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow, starting in 1988. He was Minister of Culture of the RSFSR in 1990–1991. Solomin was known for his roles as Khlestakov in Igor Ilyinsky's production of "The Government Inspector" (1966), Tsar Feodor in "Tsar Feodor Ioannovich" (1976), Slavin in "TASS Is Authorized to Declare..." TV series (1984), Nicholas II in "Az Vosdam..." (1990), and Famusov in his own production of "Wit Works Woe" (2000). Solomin died on 11 January 2024 in Moscow, Russia from problems caused by a stroke, aged 88.
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Mikhailov (; born 4 October 1944) is a Soviet and Russian actor. He has appeared in 42 movies since 1973. He starred in the 1981 movie "Muzhiki!" which was in the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. He became a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1992). and People's Artist of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (2014).  Mikhailov was born in Olovyannaya, Russia. He studied at the Maly Theater.
Kamran Mirza, sometimes known simply as Mirza Kamran, (1509 – 5 (or 6) October 1557) was the second son of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal Emperor. Kamran Mirza was born in Kabul to Babur's wife Gulrukh Begum. He died while on pilgrimage in Mecca.
Evan Sewell Wallace (November 1, 1982 – February 13, 2017), better known by his stage name e-dubble, was an American rapper. He was best known for his "Freestyle Friday" series in which he released a new song each Friday. He did this from 2010 to 2012. He was also a member of the hip hop group Young English. He was also the founder of Black Paisley Records. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania or Baltimore, Maryland. Wallace died from a blood infection on February 13, 2017, at the age of 34.
The Neue Synagoge ("New Synagogue") is a synagogue in Bezirk Mitte, Berlin, Germany. The building lies on the Oranienburger Straße and was constructed from 1859 to 1866. The Neue Synagogue is of Moorish architecture. Conservative Judaism services are being held in the synagogue.
Youssef Lemrini (born January 1, 1960 in Salé) is a Moroccan former football player and current football manager. Lemrini played at Mouloudia Club Lakouablia, and managed COD Meknès and Olympic Club de Safi. Since 2013 he has been managing Renaissance Sportive de Berkane.
Maha Haddioui, Arabic: ماها الحديوي , (born May 15, 1988 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan female golfer. She has been a professional since 2011. Haddioui plays on the Ladies European Tour and obtained second last place at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
B chromosomes are chromosomes which are not needed for the life of a species. They are also called 'supernumerary' or 'accessory chromosomes'. In addition to normal chromosomes (the karyotype), many species have B chromosomes. Wild populations of many animal, plant, and fungi species have B chromosomes. These chromosomes are not essential for their life, and are lacking in many individuals. So a population might have individuals with 0, 1, 2, 3 (etc.) supernumeraries. Most B chromosomes are mainly or entirely heterochromatic, and so do not code for anything. Some, such as the B chromosomes of maize, contain sizeable euchromatic segments, and therefore do code for some products. It seems unlikely that supernumeraries would survive in a species unless there was some positive advantage. In a few cases this has been identified. For instance, the British grasshopper "Myrmeleotettix maculatus" has B chromosomes with a satellite DNA. They occur in warm, dry environments, and are scarce or absent in humid, cooler places. It is thought that B chromosomes are parasitic elements like selfish DNA. Various scenarios have been suggested as to how they arose.
The Northeast Region of Brazil () is one of the five geographical regions of Brazil defined by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in 1969. It is the third largest region, corresponding to 18% of the national territory, and the second in population. Geography. The Northeast Region has an area of . It is the region of the country with the longest coastline. The climate in the region is very hot all the year long; tropical near the coast and semi-arid in the interior; semi-equatorial in the far west of the region. The vegetation mainly desert-like, with tropical forests along the coast and in the west and savanna-like vegetation, known as the Cerrado. in the southwest. The Northeast Region is between 01° 02' 30" of latitude north and 18° 20' 07" of latitude south and between 34° 47' 30" and 48° 45' 24" of longitude west. It borders to the north and east with the Atlantic Ocean; to the south with the Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states; and to west with the Pará, Tocantins and Goiás states. The main rivers in the region are the São Francisco and the Parnaíba rivers; they have many tributaries. Mountains. The highest point in the Northeast Region is Pico do Barbado () at . Pico do Barbado is the highest summit of the larger "Serra do Barbado", in the "Chapada Diamantina", in Bahia. The highest point of the different states of the North Region are: States. This region is formed of nine states: Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe. Population. , the Northeast region had a population of 56,915,936, for a population density of inhabitants/km2. The most important municipalities of the North Region are:
Henri Cohen (born ? - died 1930) was a Belgian water polo player. He was of Jewish descent. Cohen was swimming for the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club. He obtained a silver medal with his team at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Yigal Amir, Hebrew: יגאל עמיר , (born May 23, 1970 in Herzliya) is an Israeli murderer.  Amir is serving a life sentence in prison for assassinating Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on November 4, 1995. His motivation was political. He was strongly against the Oslo Accords and targeted Rabin because of his peace efforts with the Palestinians, which he saw as against the interests of Israeli Jews.  Amir is an Orthodox Jew from a Yemenite Jewish background. At the time of the murder he was studying law and computer science at Bar-Ilan University and also Jewish law. Because he murdered the country's head of government, this made Amir an assassin. He was found guilty and sent to prison, where he still is. Israel does not have the death penalty.
Mildred Dresselhaus (born Mildred Spiewak; November 11, 1930 – February 20, 2017), also known as the "queen of carbon science", was an American nanotechnologist. She was the first female Institute Professor and professor emerita of physics and electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also won many awards including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Medal of Science, the Enrico Fermi Award and the Vannevar Bush Award. Dresselhaus was born in Brooklyn, New York. She was married to Gene Dresselhaus and had four children. She was of Jewish descent. Dresselhaus died on February 20, 2017 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 86.
Max Lüscher (September 9, 1923 – February 2, 2017) was a Swiss psychotherapist. He was known for inventing the Lüscher color test. This was a tool for measuring an individual's psycho-physical state based on his or her color preferences. Lüscher worked for international companies, among other things giving color advice. His book "The Lüscher Test" has been translated into more than 30 languages. Lüscher died in Lucerne, Switzerland on February 2, 2017, aged 93.
The Lüscher color test is a psychological test invented by Dr. Max Lüscher in Basel, Switzerland. Lüscher believed that sensory perception of color is "all shared by all", but that color preferences are not. This difference allows subjective states to be objectively measured by using test colors. Lüscher believed that because the color selections are guided in a specific manner, they reveal the person as they really are, not as they perceive themselves or would like to be perceived.
Little Sammy Davis (November 28, 1928 – February 16, 2018) was an American blues guitarist, harmonica player and songwriter. He was based in Hudson Valley, New York. Although his musical career began in the 1940s, he was not widely known until the mid-1990s when he began working in radio, singing, playing live on tour, and recording studio albums. He recorded songs with Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker, Albert King, and the Levon Helm Band. Davis was born in Winona, Mississippi. He died in Middletown, New York of heart failure on February 16, 2018 at the age of 89.