Giya Kancheli (; August 10, 1935 – October 2, 2019) was an Georgian composer. After the fall of the Soviet Union he became famous as one of the composers who resisted pressure to conform to official Soviet styles of music. Kancheli has composed many soundtracks for movies such as "Mimino", "Kin-dza-dza!", "Passport", "Blue Mountains", "The Eccentrics", and "Extraordinary Exhibition".
Kancheli died at his home in Tbilisi on October 2, 2019 at the age of 84.
Lady Saw
Marion Hall (born 12 July 1972), better known as Lady Saw, is a Grammy Award-winning Jamaican reggae singer. Hall was born in Galina, Saint Mary, Jamaica on 12 July 1972 and began performing with local sound systems at the age of fifteen. She went on to work with the "Stereo One system" in Kingston. Her performances brought her to the attention of record producers. She recorded her first single for producer Piper, and "Love Me or Lef Me", produced by Olive Shaw received significant airplay. She had her first hit with "If Him Lef" and she topped the Jamaican record charts with "Good Man".
Chandra Bahadur Dangi
Chandra Bahadur Dangi (; 30 November 1939 – 3 September 2015) was a Nepalese farmer and craftsman. He was best known for being the shortest man in recorded history, measuring . Dangi was a primordial dwarf. He broke the record of Gul Mohammed (1957–1997), the shortest adult human whose height was . He was born in Kalimati, Salyan District.
Dangi died from pneumonia on 3 September 2015 in Pago Pago, American Samoa, aged 75.
Jet d'Eau
The Jet d'Eau (, "Water-Jet") is a large fountain in Geneva, Switzerland. The fountain is one of the city's most famous landmarks, and one of the largest fountains in the world. It is located at the point where Lake Geneva empties into the Rhône river.
Mr. Freeze (roller coaster)
Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast (previously known as Mr. Freeze) is a steel launched shuttle roller coaster.
Unbreakable (Janet Jackson album)
Unbreakable is the eleventh studio album by Janet Jackson. It was released on October 2, 2015. As of September 2015, two R&B tinged singles had been released from the album. One was "No Sleeep" which features American rapper J-Cole. The other was the title track. This will be Jackson's first album with newly recorded material since 2008's "Discipline".
Rico Rodriguez (musician)
Rico Rodriguez MBE (born Emmanuel Rodriguez; 17 October 1934 – 4 September 2015), also known as simply Rico, as well as Reco or El Reco, was a Cuban ska and reggae trombonist. He was born in Havana and grew up in Kingston, Jamaica. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd "Matador" Daley. He was known as one of the first and most distinguished Ska artists.
Zhang Zhen (general)
Zhang Zhen (; 5 October 1914 – 3 September 2015) was a general of the People's Liberation Army of China, and a former member of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. Zhang was born in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province.
His original name was Zhang Jiansheng(), also named as Zhang Zushou(), Zhang Zhongtian(). He joined the Chinese Communist Youth League in April 1930, and joined the Communist Party of China in July of the same year.
Chi Haotian
General Chi Haotian (; born 9 July 1929) is a Chinese general of the People's Liberation Army. In May-June, 1989, Chi played an important role in directing the military's enforcement of martial law in Beijing to suppress the Tiananmen Square Protests in the national capital.
Li Yuan-tsu
Li Yuan-tsu (; September 24, 1923 – March 8, 2017) was a Chinese politician. He served under Lee Teng-hui as the eighth Vice President of the Republic of China. Li is of Hakka ancestry. He was born in Pingjiang, Hunan.
Li died of kidney failure on March 8, 2017 in Toufen, Taiwan, aged 93.
Robert Davi
Robert John Davi (born June 26, 1953) is an American actor, singer, writer, and producer. Davi has performed in more than 130 movies. He has played the roles of main villain and drug lord Franz Sanchez in the 1989 James Bond film "Licence to Kill". He was FBI Special Agent Bailey Malone in the NBC television series "Profiler". He played a Vietnam veteran and FBI Special Agent Big Johnson in "Die Hard". Davi played the opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli in "The Goonies", Hans Zarba in "Son of the Pink Panther" and Al Torres in "Showgirls".
Davi was trained as a singer. He launched his professional singing career in 2011. His first album, "Davi Sings Sinatra -- On The Road To Romance," hit #6 on the "Billboard" jazz charts. Praised for his voice, Davi ed as a headliner at The Venetian, in Las Vegas, Nevada, six months after the record was released.
Château de Chaumont
The Château de Chaumont (or Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire) is a castle in Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France. The castle was founded in the 10th century by Odo I, Count of Blois. It is located on top of a hill overlooking the Loire River. It was built to protect the borders between Blois and Anjou.
Aadesh Shrivastava
Aadesh Shrivastava (4 September 1964 – 5 September 2015) was an Indian composer and singer. He worked on over 100 Hindi movies, including "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..." (2001), "Baghban" (2003) and "Raajneeti" (2010).
Shrivastava was born to a Hindu Kayastha family in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He was married to actress Vijeta Pandit from 1990 until his death. They had two sons.
Shrivastava died from cancer on 5 September 2015 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He was 51.
David Fonseca (politician)
William Henry "David" Fonseca (1 May 1954 – 30 April 2015) was a Belizean politician and businessman. He served as the Mayor of Belize City from 1 March 1999 until 1 March 2006. He was a member of the People's United Party.
Fonseca died on 30 April 2015 in Belize City, aged 60. He committed suicide (killed himself) by shooting himself in the head.
Pavel Nakhimov
Pavel Stepanovich Nakhimov () (born July 5, 1802 – died July 12, 1855) was a Russian admiral. He was one of the most famous admirals in Russian naval history.
In 1826, Nakhimov served on the crew of the 74-gun warship “Azov”, commanded by Mikhail Lazarev. One year after, on October 20 1827, he and the crew of Azov fought in the Battle of Navarino and with the help of the British and French naval forces, they defeated the Ottoman naval forces.
After that, Nakhimov was the commander of naval and land forces during the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War. On November 30 1853, Nakhimov defeated the Ottoman troops in the Battle of Sinope.
On July 10 1855, while he was inspecting the forward-defense positions at Fort Malakoff, he was fatally wounded by a sniper. The medal, the Order of Nakhimov, a Soviet Navy Cruiser and the Nakhimov Naval Academy (Sevastopol) are named for him.
J. T. Walsh
James Thomas Patrick "J. T." Walsh (September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998) was an American actor. He appeared in over 50 movies during his career. Walsh's best known roles were in the movies "Good Morning, Vietnam" (1987), "Misery" (1990), "Backdraft" (1991), "Hoffa" (1992), "A Few Good Men" (1992), "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994), "The Client" (1994), "Blue Chips" (1994), "Silent Fall" (1994), "Outbreak" (1995), "Nixon" (1995), "The Babysitter" (1995), "Sling Blade" (1996), "Breakdown" (1997), "Pleasantville" (1998), and "The Negotiator" (1998). He also appeared in an episode of "The X-Files".
Walsh was born in San Francisco, California. He was married to Susan West from 1972 until their divorce in 1982. They had one son, John.
Walsh died from a heart attack on February 27, 1998 in Lemon Grove, California, aged 54. Jack Nicholson dedicated his Academy Award for "As Good as It Gets" to Walsh's memory.
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