Bernice Madigan (July 24, 1899 – January 3, 2015) was an American supercentenarian. She was the oldest living resident of Massachusetts, the fourth-oldest living person in the United States, and the world's fifth-oldest living person at the time of her death.
A lifelong Republican, she attended the Inauguration of Warren G. Harding in 1921, and cited Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan as her favorite U.S. Presidents. "Reagan accomplished more for the government. Eisenhower I thought was very good in some ways in the White House. I liked them both very much."
Madigan met her husband, Paul, in Washington, and they were married 50 years. Paul died in 1976. She has outlived a brother, Roy Emerson, and a sister, Marilyn Emerson Martin.
Madigan died in Cheshire, Massachusetts, aged 115.
Ljunga
Ljunga is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 688 people lived there.
Skärblacka
Skärblacka is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 4,059 people lived there. In everyday use, the town is known as simply "Blacka".
Vånga
Vånga is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 220 people lived there. The locality is located north of Lake Roxen.
Lindö
Lindö is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 4,915 people lived there.
Simonstorp
Simonstorp is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 258 people lived there.
Strömsfors
Strömsfors is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 528 people lived there.
Norsholm
Norsholm is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 615 people lived there. The locality is located circa 15 kilometers southwest of the town Norrköping, near the E4 and Göta kanal.
Östra Husby
Östra Husby is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 792 people lived there. The locality is located 20 kilometers east of Norrköping and 16 kilometers northeast of Söderköping.
Åselstad
Åselstad is a locality in Norrköping Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 475 people lived there.
Julio Scherer García
Julio Scherer García (7 April 1926 – 7 January 2015) was a Mexican author and journalist. He was the editor of the Mexican newspaper "Excelsior" from 1968 to 1976. He also was the founder of the news magazine "Proceso".
Garcia died in Mexico City from septic shock, aged 88.
Bernard Maris
Bernard Maris (23 September 19467 January 2015) was a French economist, writer and journalist. He was also a shareholder in "Charlie Hebdo" magazine. He was born in Toulouse, France.
Maris was murdered in January 2015, in the "Charlie Hebdo" shooting at the headquarters of the magazine in Paris.
Charlie Hebdo shooting
On 7 January 2015, at approximately 11:30 CET (10:30 UTC), three masked gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles, a shotgun, and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher stormed the headquarters of the French satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris. They shot and killed 12 people, including "Charlie Hebdo" staff and two French National police officers, and wounded 11 others. In Niger churches and cars were burned in protest of Muhammed on the cover of "Charlie Hebdo".
The gunmen entered the building and began shooting with automatic weapons, while shouting ""Allahu Akbar"". Up to 50 shots were fired during the attack. Following a massive manhunt, the French police believe they have located the attackers and are mounting an operation against them. On Twitter people used the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie to show support for freedom of speech after the shooting.
"Charlie Hebdo" is an antireligious left-wing newspaper. In 2011 the newspaper's office was firebombed because the cover of an issue of the newspaper called "Charia Hebdo" had a cartoon of Prophet Muhammed on it. The newspaper's editor-in-chief Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier was added to Al-Qaeda's most wanted list in 2013.
Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi were identified by French police as the main suspects in the shooting. The two Franco-Algerian brothers, both from Gennevilliers, are aged 34 and 32, respectively. In 2008, Chérif Kouachi was convicted of terrorism charges and sentenced to three years in prison, along with 18 months of suspension, for having assisted in sending fighters to Iraq's insurgency.
Hamyd Mourad, an 18-year-old homeless man of unknown nationality, was identified by the police as a third suspect in the shooting.
Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo (French pronunciation: ​[]; French for "Weekly Charlie") is a French satirical weekly newspaper, featuring cartoons, reports, and jokes. It was founded by Georges Bernier and François Cavanna in 1970.
The stories and cartoons they publish are very left-wing and anarchist, with primarily political satire. Following a long tradition in France, called anti-clericalism, the magazine strongly criticized all religions; it has often published caricatures of Jews, Muslims or Christians (especially Catholics). Some Islamic fundamentalists were offended at some cartoons, and repeatedly sent death threats to the journalists of "Charlie Hebdo".
On 7 January 2015, there was a massacre at their office, in which six journalists and cartoonists were killed. This massacre was a shock to millions of people in the world. It was felt to many people like an attack on the freedom of speech, which is an essential part of a democracy.
Per-Olof Åstrand
Per-Olof Åstrand (October 21, 1922 – January 2, 2015) was a Swedish professor of physiology. He worked at the Royal Gymnastic Central Institute (GCI/GIH) in Stockholm 1970-1977, and 1977-1988 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He was a member of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet (1977–1988). Åstrand is considered a "pioneer", "legend" and one of the "founding fathers" of modern exercise physiology.
Lance Diamond
Lance Diamond ( 1946 — 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.
Stu Miller
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
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.
Joy Ali
Zulfikar Joy Ali (22 December 1978 – 5 January 2015) was an Indo-Fijian boxer. Ali was once ranked 13th in the world and, in October 2005, was ranked 15th by the WBA in the Super welterweight division. He beat Gary Comers for the PABA title. He was the brother of Junior Farzan Ali.
King Sporty