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Bobby Rush (born November 10, 1933) is a Grammy Award-winning American blues musician, composer and singer. His style is made of elements of blues, rap and funk. He was born in Homer, Louisiana, but was raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and in Chicago, Illinois. In 2007, he became the first blues artist to perform in China, earning him the title “International Dean of the Blues.” He was later named Friendship Ambassador to the Great Wall of China after performing the largest concert ever held at that site. Rush has been awarded 17 blues music awards in his lifetime, and in 2006 he was added into the Blues Hall of Fame. Grammy Awards. The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Rush has won one award from four nominations.
The flag of Sudan () was adopted on 20 May 1970. It has a horizontal red-white-black tricolour, with a green triangle at the hoist. The flag is based on the Arab Liberation Flag received by Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, that uses a subset of the Pan-Arab colors in which green is less significant.
Edwin Reuben Hawkins (August 19, 1943 – January 15, 2018) was an American gospel musician, pianist, choir master, composer, and arranger. He was born in Oakland, California. Hawkins (as leader of the Edwin Hawkins Singers) was probably best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" (1968–69). The Edwin Hawkins Singers made a second foray into the charts exactly one year later, backing folk singer Melanie on "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)".  He won four Grammy Awards in 1970, 1971, 1978 and in 1993. Edwin Hawkins was a Pentecostal. He died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pleasanton, California at the age of 74.
Erling Mandelmann (18 November 1935 – 14 January 2018) was a Danish photographer. He began his career as a freelance photojournalist in the mid-1960s. He was born in Copenhagen. He took more than 500 portraits of people, including the 14th Dalai Lama, Noël Coward, Gertrude Fehr, Nina Hagen, Johnny Hallyday, and Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein. His photo-archives have been deposited at the Historical Museum of Lausanne. Mandelmann died on 14 January 2018 in Paris of an aortic aneurysm at the age of 82.
Viktor Anpilov (; 2 October 1945 — 15 January 2018) was a Russian hardline Communist politician and trade unionist. He was born in Belaya Glina, Krasnodar Krai. Anpilov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1972. He worked as a Soviet journalist in Latin America.  In 1990, Anpilov was nominated as candidate for the Congress of People's Deputies and Moscow city Soviet. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Anpilov became the leader of the movement Labour Russia. During the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, he was one of the leaders of the anti-Boris Yeltsin uprising. In 2007 he took part in the Dissenters March organized to protest against president Vladimir Putin policies.  Anpilov died in Moscow of complications from a stroke on 15 January 2018 at the age of 72.
Bella Emberg (born Sybil Dyke; 16 September 1937 – 12 January 2018) was a British comedy actress whose career lasted for 60 years. She was born in Brighton, Sussex. She was known for her roles in "The Benny Hill Show", "Softly, Softly", "Z Cars", as well as having small roles in "Grange Hill" and in "The Russ Abbot Show", where she played superheroine Blunderwoman. Emberg died on the Isle of Wight on 12 January 2018, aged 80.
Bruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher. Known for his work in science and technology, Latour has taught at several universities, including École des Mines de Paris, Sciences Po and London School of Economics. Latour has also authored several books, including "Laboratory Life" (1979), "Science in Action" (1987) and "We Have Never Been Modern" (1991). In 2007, he was the tenth most-cited author in the field of social sciences. Biography. Latour received a Ph.D. in theology from Université de Tours. He became interested in anthropology and went to Ivory Coast to do fieldwork for a paper on race and colonies. In 1982, Latour started teaching at École des Mines de Paris. In 2005, he took the position of Spinoza Chair of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. He finished teaching at École des Mines de Paris in 2006 to become a scientific director at Sciences Po. In 2017, he retired from most university activities. Latour died from pancreatic cancer on 9 October 2022 in Paris, France at the age of 75.
Prithvi Vallabh - Itihaas Bhi, Rahasya Bhi is an Indian television historical drama. The series will be broadcast on from Sony Entertainment Television (India). The show will be produced by Anirudh Pathak and the production company Writer's Galaxy. The story is based on the book of Gujarati writer Kanhayalal Munshi This show is the first production of Sony Pictures Networks India's sub-branch SET originals. The show will premiere on 20th January 2018. Plot. The story follows the life journey of two kings. Prithvi Vallabh, king of Avantipur, a kind of peaceful man and Tailap, the neighboring King, who is very cruel. Prithvi is captured and imprisoned. He falls in love with Tailap's sister Mrinalvati.
Ashish Sharma is an Indian television actor. Known for his role as Lord Ram in Siya Ke Ram (TV series). Early life. Ashish Sharma was born on August 30 1984 in Jaipur, Rajasthan.He grew up in the pink city with his elder brother and attended the India International School.He then graduated in Fashion Designing from National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi.
Louis James Barletta (born January 28, 1956) is an American politician. In 2011, he became the U.S. Representative for . He left the office on January 3, 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He served as Mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, from 1999 to 2010. In August 2017, Barletta announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate. He lost the general election to incumbent Bob Casey, Jr.. In May 2021, he announced his candidacy for Governor of Pennsylvania in the upcoming 2022 election.
Max Labovitch (January 18, 1924 – January 14, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was Jewish. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He played for the New York Rangers during his entire career. Labovitch died on January 14, 2018 in Winnipeg at the age of 93.
Joe Frank (August 19, 1938 – January 15, 2018) was a French-born American radio artist. He was known best for his often philosophical, humorous, surrealist, and sometimes absurd monologues and radio dramas. He was born in Strasbourg, France. He worked for KPFA, WNYC, KCRW, and NPR.  Frank died of kidney cancer in Santa Monica, California on January 15, 2018 at the age of 79.
Óscar Alberto Pérez (7 April 1981 – 15 January 2018) was a Venezuelan political activist and CICPC investigator, Venezuela's investigative agency. He was a harsh critic of president Maduro's rule in Venezuela politics. He started to be a "rebel" (as he was defined by the NYTimes) against Maduro since the mid 2010. Data. He was born in Caracas in 1981 and since young he was an activist in the Venezuela politics. He did not like the "Chavism" since the early 2010s, when president Chavez started to show full alliance with Castro's Cuba. Óscar Pérez was better known for being responsible for the 2017 Caracas helicopter attack during the 2017 Venezuelan protests and the 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis. On 15 January 2018, the Venezuelan army and the Venezuelan National Guard launched an operation to capture Óscar Pérez, who was held up in the western Caracas neighborhood of El Junquito. Pérez resisted the attack. After three hours of shooting, Pérez wanted to surrender but he was shot dead along with his men. His death was confirmed by the Venezuelan police one day later. Worldwide reactions to his death. The international media and some politicians &amp; citizens all over the world defined what has happened in El Junquito as a «massacre»» and did harsh critics to Maduro &amp; his government.  Some of the countries were: Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, with critics from ex-president Andrés Pastrana, USA, with senator Marco Rubio angry comments, Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay, Spain and France. Additionally, the main media in Italy (Corriere della Sera, La Stampa, Repubblica, Il Giornale, etc..) for a full week showed in first page the El Junquito massacre news.
Manasha is a Mythological Bengali television soap opera that Premiered on 29 January 2018 and airs on Colors Bangla. It is produced by Subatra Roy,Manas it Stars Chandi Saha as the Main Female Protagonist and Aditi Chatterjee,Fahim Mirza,Neil Chatterjee, and Indrajit Majumdar in Supporting Roles. Manasha took the time slot of Colors Bangla's Popular show *"Roopkatha". Plot. It will narrate the story of Goddess Manasha. It is not the story of a vindictive venomous snake-goddess alone but a sad saga of a lonely woman who perpetually gets hurt by the closest male members of her life—her father, her husband and all other celestial men folk, who censor her right to be worshiped as a Goddess.Manasha is the goddess of snakes. She is the daughter of shiva.Her legends emphasize her erratic temper and despondency deep-rooted by her father loRd shiva's rejection ,her stepmother's hatred and her husband's rejection .Follow the journey of this lonely goddess who perpetually falls victim to male chauvinistic behaviour prevalent among gods.Fighting her own can Manasha win her right to be worshipped as a goddess
Madalena Lucília Iglésias do Vale de Oliveira (24 October 1939 – 16 January 2018) was a Portuguese actress and singer. She represented Portugal at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, with the song "Ele e ela". She was born in Lisbon. She also appeared in movies such as "Uma hora de Amor" (1964), "Canção da Saudade" (1964) and in "Sarilho de fraldas" (1966). Iglésias died in Barcelona, Spain on 16 January 2018 at the age of 78.
Hugh Hamilton Wilson (August 21, 1943 – January 14, 2018) was an American movie and television director and television writer. He was best known as the creator of the TV series "WKRP in Cincinnati" and "Frank's Place", and as the director of the popular movie comedies "Police Academy" and "The First Wives Club". He was born in Miami, Florida.  In 1988, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Wilson died on January 14, 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia at the age of 74 of emphysema.
Oliver Ivanović (1 April 1953 – 16 January 2018) was a Kosovo Serb politician. He was the president of the civic initiative SDP operating in Kosovo. Ivanović served as the State Secretary of the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija from 2008 to 2012. He was also member of the Coordinating Center for Kosovo and Metohija. Ivanović was arrested in January 2014 on suspicion of war crimes and sentenced to nine years in jail on 21 January 2016 for war crimes by judges from the EULEX Kosovo. However, the Appeals Court in Pristina annulled the guilty verdict on 12 February 2017 and ordered a new trial. Ivanović was shot six times in a drive-by shooting at 08:15 on 16 January 2018 while entering his office in North Mitrovica. He was 64 years old.
Henry Bennion Eyring (born May 31, 1933) is an American educational administrator, author, and religious leader. He was born in Princeton, New Jersey.  After being set apart on January 14, 2018, Eyring is currently the Second Counselor to Russell M. Nelson in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Before, Eyring was the First Counselor to Thomas S. Monson in the First Presidency from 2008 until Monson's death on January 2, 2018. Eyring was the Second Counselor to Gordon B. Hinckley in the First Presidency from October 6, 2007, until Hinckley's death on January 27, 2008.
Joseph Henry White (November 16, 1946 – January 16, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. White played basketball at the University of Kansas during the Ted Owens coaching era and represented the U.S. Men's Basketball team during the 1968 Summer Olympics. As a professional, he was best known for his ten-year stint with the Boston Celtics of the NBA, where he led the team towards two NBA championships, played nine seasons, and set a record of 488 consecutive games played. White was added into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. White was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2010. He died on January 16, 2018 from pneumonia complicated from dementia in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 71.
Thomas William Heinsohn (August 26, 1934 – November 10, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He has worked with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 60 years as a player, coach and broadcaster. He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1965, and also coached the team from 1969 to 1978. Heinsohn was added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: one for his playing career in 1986 and a second for his coaching career in 2015. Heinsohn died on November 10, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 86.
Ted Owens (born July 16, 1929) is an American college basketball coach. He was the coach of the University of Kansas men's basketball team from 1964 to 1983. He is the fourth-winningest coach in Jayhawks basketball history. He was born in Hollis, Oklahoma. Owens was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame on August 3, 2009.
Paul Gérin-Lajoie (February 23, 1920 – June 25, 2018) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and philanthropist. Early life. Gérin-Lajoie was born in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, the Université de Montréal, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Career. Gérin-Lajoie ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges in the 1956 general election and in a 1957 by-election. He was elected in Vaudreuil-Soulanges in the 1960 election and was re-elected in 1962 and 1966. From 1960 to 1964. he was the Minister of Youth in the cabinet of Jean Lesage and in 1964 became the first person since 1875 to be appointed Minister of Education, serving in that position until 1966. Gérin-Lajoie was president of the Canadian International Development Agency from 1970 to 1977. He founded the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation, in 1977, an organization that has helped give the basic education of children.
Bhim Singh Thapa known popularly as Bagh Buda (Translation: Tiger oldie) was a Nepalese military officer. He commanded the battle of Palanchowk in 1959 AD. He died in the battle. After his death, his 11-year-old son Amar Singh Thapa was installed in the army under Marwat policy. He was known for his fighting prowess. He was awarded the personal title of "Bagh", which literally means tiger.  Family. He was born to Ranajay (Ranjai) Thapa, a resident of Sirhanchowk, Gorkha. He was born in the warrior clan of Bagale Thapa. His son was the famous Nepalese military commander Badakaji Amar Singh Thapa.
Zofis and Koko are fictional characters from the manga and anime series "Zatch Bell!". Zofis. Zofis (ゾフィス, "Zofisu") is a one of Mamodo children who came to Human World to participate in the Mamodo Battle. The first time he appears in Sherry's flashback, in the chapter 54, and later he became the main antagonist of the "Ancient Mamodo" story arc.  Zofis is very strong and dangerous mamodo who wants to become king at any cost and rule with an iron fist. He likes to command and prefer others to do dirty work for him. Zofis freed the Ancient Mamodos, which were turned into the stone tablets in the previous Mamodo Battle, to create an army for himself. Zofis main power is explosion, but he have many non-spell abilities that don't require partner to use. Zofis is short and slim. He has long curly blonde hair, black eyes, soft facial features and dark colored lips. Due to his look, he was mistaken for female by some readers, but author confirmed Zofis is a male. Zofis wears a white robe and a big white hat. His legs are not visible and always hidden under the robe. When Zofis hides under the mask and a purple cape he introduce himself as Milordo-Z (ロード, "Lord"). Zofis appears in episodes: 12, 48, 51, 53-59, 61, 68-71, 74-81, 83-88, 107, 145. Zofis also appears in videogames: Koko. Koko (ココ, "Koko") is the partner of Zofis. She is a poor girl from France. When she was a child, she saved Sherry from death and later they became best friends. Koko is kind and gentle, she had no interest in fighting and participating in the Mamodo Battle. But Zofis changed her and made her power-loving, full of hate and envy to her best friend Sherry. But at the same time, Zofis made Koko attached to him, and ready to give her life for him. Koko has short brown hair and brown eyes but under Zofis' control her eyes changed to purple. Under his control her style are changed too, from casual to sophisticated.
Zuoz is a municipality of the district Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, a private school, is in Zuoz.
The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow right triangle adjacent the band and the top of the flag. The remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle. The three points of the triangle stand for the three constituent peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs.
Karl-Heinz Kunde (January 6, 1938 – January 15, 2018) was a German former racing cyclist. He was born in Cologne. Kunde started 5 times in the Tour de France, but only finished two times, in 1964, 1965 and 1966. Kunde was nicknamed "Bergfloh" and "Karl, der Kurze" (Karl the short). The French reporters named him "Le petit Kunde" due to his short height. In 1973 Kunde ended his cycling career, and started a bicycle shop in Cologne. Kunde died in Cologne on January 15, 2018 at the age of 80.
George Bandy (February 7, 1945 – January 16, 2018) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 83rd District, being first elected in 1994. He was born in Opelika, Alabama. Bandy served on the Lee County Commission, and served as president pro tempore of the Opelika City Council. He has also served as chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference. Bandy died on January 16, 2018 in a hospital in Macon, Georgia of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 72.
Khoo Chin-bee (born 4 May 1977 in Perak) is a former Malaysian female tennis player. Khoo has won one singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 15 September 2003, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 329. On 17 August 1998, she peaked at world number 209 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Malaysia at the Fed Cup, Khoo has a win-loss record of 25-17. Khoo retired from tennis 2009.
Soyarabai Bhonsle ("née" Mohite) (died 1681) was one of the wives of Shivaji, the founder of Maratha Kingdom in western India. She was the younger sister of Maratha army chief Hambirrao Mohite. Early life. She was married to Shivaji at a very young age in 1642. The marriage took place when Shivaji visited his father Shahaji at Bangalore with his mother Jijabai. After the death of Jijabai in 1674, Soyarabai became more important in Shivaji's family. This was also true for Maratha court politics. Soyarabai had two children with Shivaji, daughter Balibai and son Rajaram. Imprisonment. Shivaji died in 1680 at his capital without naming any successor. In order to continue the empire, Soyarabai got her ten-year-old son, Rajaram as the only legal successor to the throne. But her stepson and heir presumptive Sambhaji, was able to stop this. They got help from Soyrabai's brother, army chief Hambirrao Mohite and put Soyarabai and Rajaram in prison. They took the full power and Sambhaji became the "Chhatrapati" on 20 July 1680.  Death. After that, she tried all ways to de-throne him. Soyarabai's followers tried to poison Sambhaji in August 1681, but he survived. Later in the years she died due to illness.
Jane Elizabeth Manning James (May 11, 1813 – April 16, 1908), was one of the first recorded African-American women to live in Utah. She was a member of the Latter Day Saint Church. She lived with Joseph Smith and his family in Nauvoo, Illinois. She traveled with her husband to Utah, spending the winter of 1846–1847 at Winter Quarters. Winter Quarters was a camp where members of the church stayed during the winter. James asked the church leaders to be endowed and sealed. Endowment and sealing are special Mormon rituals for really good members. James was good enough for the rituals, but because she was black, church leaders said that she could not have the endowment. James kept asking, even though they said no. James was adopted as a servant into the Joseph Smith family through a specially created temple ceremony. After her death, she was endowed through another person in 1979. Conversion and relocation to Nauvoo. In 1842, two LDS missionaries were preaching in the Wilton, Connecticut area. One of the missionaries was Charles Wesley Wandell. Ms. James' Presbyterian preacher told her that she could not meet with the missionaries. But she still wanted to listen to them. She wrote, "I went on a Sunday and was fully convinced that it was the true Gospel." James believed what they said. On the next Sunday, she was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She later met many friends with her new beliefs. James and her family wanted to live near other members of their new faith. So, a year later, James and eight other members of her family moved from Wilton to Nauvoo, Illinois. It was her mother, three brothers, two sisters, and a brother and sister-in-law that moved with her. Wandell helped the group of nine and some other Latter-Day Saints start their journey. But their group had to stay in Buffalo, New York, because they could not pay the ticket price of the train going to Ohio. To get to Ohio, James and her family walked about 800 miles (1287 km). In a book that was written
Kevin J Worthen (born April 15, 1956) is the 13th and current president of Brigham Young University (BYU). He is also in the leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He is an area seventy, which means that he helps watch over many church members. Before he became the president of BYU, Worthen was the advancement vice president and the dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School. Education and Law Experience. Worthen was born in and he grew up in Price, Utah. He has four older brothers and sisters. He served as an LDS missionary in Monterrey, Mexico. Worthen earned an associate degree from the College of Eastern Utah (CEU). While he was in college, Worthen worked as a coal miner during the summers. He was a co-captain of the varsity basketball team. He graduated in 1978 with the best grades in his class. After that, he went to BYU. He graduated in 1979 with highest honors ("summa cum laude") with a bachelor's degree in political science. Worthen attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU. He became a member of an honor society called the Order of the Coif. In 1982, he again graduated with the highest honors ("summa cum laude") and the best grades in his class. Then he worked as a law clerk (a lawyer who helps a judge make legal decisions) for Judge Malcolm R. Wilkey on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He also worked as a law clerk for Associate Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White. From 1984 to 1987, Worthen worked as a lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona, for a law firm called Jennings, Strouss &amp; Salmon. Worthen found that he was very interested in the history of laws, so he decided that he wanted to teach law.
Abdul Khaliq Hazara was the murderer of Muhammad Nadir Shah, the king of Afghanistan. Birth and identity. Abdul Khaliq Hazara was born in year 1916 in a family of Hazara ethnic group in Kabul Afghanistan.
Luc Charles Henri Beyer de Ryke (9 September 1933 – 18 January 2018) was a Belgian journalist, television presenter, politician, and author.  He was born in Ghent, East Flanders.  He succeeded Jean Rey as a member of the European Parliament in 1980 and served until 1989. He was also an alderman of Uccle. Beyer de Ryke died of a ruptured aorta in Paris, France, aged 84.