Ingram Olkin (July 23, 1924 – April 28, 2016) was an American professor. He was the professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He was known for creating statistical analysis for evaluating policies, such as in education, and for his works to meta-analysis, statistics education, multivariate analysis, and majorization theory.
Olkin died from complications of colorectal cancer at his home in Palo Alto, California on April 28, 2016, aged 91.
Alyson Bailes
Alyson Judith Kirtley Bailes CMG (6 April 1949 – 29 April 2016) was an English diplomat, political scientist, academic and polyglot. She served as the British Ambassador to Finland from November 2000 to June 2002. She was born in Liverpool.
Bailed died on 29 April 2016 of pancreatic cancer in Glasgow, Scotland, aged 67.
Air Namibia
Air Namibia is the flag carrier of Namibia. It is based in Windhoek. It began in 1947 with the name South West Air Transport. The name was changed to Namib Air in 1966. The government of South Africa bought the airline in 1982. The Air Namibia name was introduced in October 1991. In 2009, Air Namibia launched a frequent-flyer program. It is called Reward$. Before 2013, Air Namibia used to borrow planes from other companies. In 2011, Air Namibia bought two new Airbus A319. They were delivered in 2013 and are now owned by the airline.
March of the Volunteers
The March of the Volunteers ( 义勇军进行曲 / 義勇軍進行曲 "Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ", [î.jʊ̀ŋ.tɕʏ́n tɕîn.ɕǐŋ.tɕʰʏ̀] ) is the title of the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. It was written by playwright Tian Han in 1934, and composed by Nie Er a year later. It was first adopted in 1949 when the nationalist government was overthrown. It also became the national anthems of Hong Kong in 1997 and Macao in 1999. In 2004, this anthem became embedded in the Chinese Constitution.
Kaname Harada
Harada died on 3 May 2016 in Nagano, Japan from multiple organ failure at the age of 99.
Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
Colonel Jean-Baptiste Bagaza (29 August 1946 – 4 May 2016) was a Burundian politician. He was the Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council in Burundi until November 10, 1976. He was President from November 10, 1976 to September 3, 1987. Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état. He was replaced as president by Pierre Buyoya. He went into exile in Uganda and later went to Libya, where he lived until 1993.
Bagaza died from unknown causes at a hospital in Brussels, Belgium on 4 May 2016, aged 69.
Jadranka Stojaković
Jadranka Stojaković (24 July 1950 – 3 May 2016) was a Sarajevo-born Yugoslav singer-songwriter. She was popular in the former Yugoslavia. She was known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te nema" and "Bistre vode Bosnom teku".
Stojaković died on 3 May 2016 from motor neurone disease at a nursing home in Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, aged 65.
Olle Ljungström
Lars Olof "«Olle»" Gustaf Ljungström (12 August 1961 – 4 May 2016) was a Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Ljungström grew up in Vaxholm. He was vocalist and guitarist in the group Reeperbahn from 1979 until 1984. The group made three more full-length albums, "Venuspassagen" (1981), "Peep-Show" (1983) and "Intriger" (1983) before splitting up in 1984. Since the early 1990s, he performed solo.
Ljungström was found dead in his home in Alingsås on 4 May 2016, aged 54.
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (4 June 1934 – 3 May 2016) was a Swedish painter and sculptor. He was a professor of painting at The Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1965 until 1969. In 1974, he was a guest professor at Minneapolis School of Art in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1986 he was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal for painting.
Reuterswärd was known for his sculpture showing a revolver tied in a knot, called "Non violence". It is outside of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
Reuterswärd died of pneumonia at a hospital in Landskrona, Sweden on 3 May 2016, aged 81.
Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs (May 4, 1916 – April 25, 2006) was a Canadian and American journalist, author and activist. She had an influence on urban studies. Her book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" said that urban renewal did not respect the needs of most city people.
Jacobs was well known for making grassroots efforts to protect existing neighborhoods from "slum clearance". In 1968, she was arrested for inciting a crowd on the cancellation of Lower Manhattan Expressway. Also in 1968, she moved to Toronto. In Toronto, she criticized the building of the Spadina Expressway (now Allen Road).
Jacobs got the second Vincent Scully prize from the National Building Museum in 2000.
Jacobs was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She died from a stroke in Toronto at age 89.
Nick Drake
Nick Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his acoustic guitar songs. He was not popular with a wide audience while he was alive, but his work has now gained recognition.
He was born to British parents in Yangon, Burma. He has an older sister Gabrielle Drake who is an actress. He released his first album "Five Leaves Left" in 1969. He then released two more albums: "Bryter Layter" (1971) and "Pink Moon" (1972).
On 25 November 1974, at the age of 26, Drake died from an overdose of approximately 30 antidepressant pills. His cause of death was determined to be suicide.
Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale
Prince Henri of Orléans, Duke of Aumale (Henri Eugène Philippe Louis; 16 January 1822 – 7 May 1897) was a leader of the Orleanists, a political faction in 19th century France associated with constitutional monarchy. He was born in Paris, the fifth son of King Louis Philippe I. He used the title Duke of Aumale. He retired from public life in 1883. He was also a member of the "Académie française".
At age of 8, he inherited a fortune of 66 million livres (approximately £200 million today). At the age of seventeen he entered the army with the rank of a captain of infantry.
On November 25, 1844, he married Princess Carolina Augusta of the Two Sicilies, daughter of the Leopold of the Two Sicilies, "Prince of Salerno" and his wife Maria Clementina of Austria, in Naples. The couple had several children, two of whom reached adulthood.
By his will of the June 3, 1884, Henri bequeathed his Chantilly estate to the Institute of France. This included the Château de Chantilly, with all the art he had collected there. The chateau became a museum. This generosity led the government to withdraw the decree of exile and the duke returned to France in 1889. He died in Lo Zucco, Sicily. He was buried in Dreux, in the chapel of the House of Orléans.
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG (c. 1508-20 March 1549) was the brother of the English Queen Jane Seymour (the third wife of King Henry VIII) and uncle to King Edward VI. He was also the fourth husband of Catherine Parr who was the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII.
Thomas was the son of Sir John Seymour and Margaret Wentworth. He grew up at Wulfhall in Wiltshire. He was the brother to Edward Seymour, Elizabeth Seymour and Jane Seymour.
Henry VIII married Jane Seymour in May 1536, eleven days after he executed his second wife, Anne Boleyn. Thomas and his older brother Edward, both saw their fortunes rise, as they became part of the royal family.
In October of the following year, Jane gave birth to a son, Edward Tudor, who would become King Edward VI. Less than two weeks later, Queen Jane died as a result of giving birth, leaving Thomas as an uncle to the baby prince, and in a very powerful position.