Sylvie Merzeau (commonly called Louise Merzeau, 8 November 1963 – 15 July 2017) was a French academic, university professor at the Paris Nanterre University, specializing on communication studies, as well as a photographer. She was a trustee of Wikimedia France. She was born in Paris.
Merzeau died in Paris on 15 July 2017 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 53.
Fritz Hellwig
Fritz Hellwig (3 August 1912 – 22 July 2017) was a German CDU politician and European Commissioner.
He was born in Saarbrücken, Germany. Before and during the war he was a member of the Nazi Party and the SA. After the war he served as European Commissioner for Research, Technology and Information Distribution from 1967 through 1970.
Hellwid turned 100 in August 2012. He died on 22 July 2017 in Berlin of cardiopulmonary arrest at the age of 104.
Giovanni Battista Pichierri
Giovanni Battista Pichierri (February 12, 1943 – July 26, 2017) was an Italian prelate of Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Sava, Apulia.
He was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. Pichierri served as bishop of the Diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano, Italy from 1990 to 1999. He then served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie from 1999 to his death in 2017.
Pichierri died in Trani, Apulia of an aortic aneurysm on July 26, 2017 at the age of 74.
Lawrence Pezzulo
Lawrence Anthony Pezzulo (May 3, 1926 – July 26, 2017) was an American politician and Foreign Service officer. He served as the United States Ambassador to Nicaragua (1979–1981) and to Uruguay (1977–1979) during the Jimmy Carter presidency. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Pezzulo was born in New York City. He studied at Columbia University. He married Josephine DiMattia in February 1950. They had three children.
Pezzulo died on July 26, 2017 at his home in Baltimore, Maryland from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 91.
Maxlei dos Santos Luzia
Maxlei dos Santos Luzia or simply Max (27 February 1975 – 26 July 2017) was a Brazilian goalkeeper. He was born in Rio de Janiero. He was known for playing for Portuguesa-RJ, Vila Nova and Botafogo.
In June 2017, Max was the victim of an attempted robbery. The former goalkeeper suffered a fractured right hand and a cerebral edema. On 26 July 2017, Santos Luzia died of a cerebral edema in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 42.
Michael McElhatton
Michael McElhatton (born 12 September 1963) is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for playing the role of Roose Bolton in the HBO series "Game of Thrones". He joined the series as a guest star in the second season, and continued to play this role until season 5, promoted to a regular cast member.
His first well known role was that of Rats Doyle in the Irish sitcom "Paths to Freedom".
In 2011, he had a role in the movie "Albert Nobbs " directed by Rodrigo García, and the following year the short " Pentecost ", which received a nomination for Best Short Film at the 2012 Academy Awards.
Chilika Lake
Chilika Lake is the biggest brackish water lake on India's east coast. The lake is located in Odisha. It is attached to the Bay of Bengal. Part of the lake isa bird sanctuary.
Swedish Transport Agency
The Swedish Transport Agency () is a Swedish government agency under the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications. It was formed on 1 January 2009, through a merger of several government agencies, including the Civil Aviation Administration.
It has its headquarters in Norrköping, Sweden.
The agency regulates and inspects transportation systems in Sweden.
The chief of the agency, Maria Ågren, lost her job in January 2017.
On 27 July 2017 the prime minister announced that two ministers will leave their job: Interior Minister Anders Ygeman and Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson; this happened because " a no-confidence motion against three of the government's ministers by the opposition Alliance coalition".
Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima is a city in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
The collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel killed 137 people in the city on 13 August 1993.
A high-speed rail line from Bangkok is being planned. The line will be built meters above ground, on 15 kilometers of the track, "to avoid causing traffic problems in downtown Muang district", between Phukhao Lat and Ban Ko railway stations.
A mass shooting occurred in the city on 8 and 9 February 2020.
John Delaney
John Kevin "JK" Delaney (born April 16, 1963) is an American politician and businessman. He was the United States Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2019.
On July 28, 2017, Delaney became the first Democrat to announce he is running for President in 2020. He ended his campaign in January 2020, days before the Iowa caucus.
Delaney was born in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey. His parents were Elaine Rowe and Jack Delaney, an electrician. He was raised in Wood-Ridge. He studied at Columbia University and Georgetown University Law Center.
Delaney has co-founded two companies, both of which are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. He has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2004.
In 1993, he co-founded Health Care Financial Partners, to make loans available to smaller-sized health care service providers purportedly ignored by larger banks. In 2000, Delaney co-founded CapitalSource, a commercial lender headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland; the company provided capital to roughly 5,000 small and mid-size businesses before his departure.
Delaney retired from his business career in 2012, to pursue a career in politics.
Delaney decided to run for the newly redrawn 6th District against 10-term Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett. The district had long been a Republican stronghold.
During the primary, Delaney was endorsed by former President Bill Clinton, U.S. Congresswoman Donna Edwards, Comptroller Peter Franchot, the "Washington Post", and the "Gazette". On April 3, 2012, Delaney won the five-candidate Democratic primary field with 54% of the vote. The next closest opponent, State Senator Robert J. Garagiola, received 29% of the vote, 25 points behind Delaney.
In the November 6, 2012 general election, Delaney defeated Bartlett by 59%-38%, a 21-point margin.
Delaney introduced legislation to end partisan gerrymandering. The Open Our Democracy Act would appoint independent redistricting commissions nationwide to end partisan gerrymandering, make Election Day a federal holiday and create an open top-two primary system.
Delaney announced he is running for President of the United States in the 2020 presidential election in a Washington Post op-ed on July 28, 2017.
Delaney ended his campaign on January 31, 2020 after falling in poll numbers and failing to qualify for the debates.
Delaney is married to April McClain and together they have four daughters.
Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and musician. He is known for movie roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in "Groundhog Day" and Sammy Jankis in Christopher Nolan's "Memento", as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry ("Deadwood"), Bob Bishop ("Heroes"), Sandy Ryerson ("Glee"), Stu Beggs ("Californication"), and Action Jack Barker ("Silicon Valley").
Tobolowsky is Jewish.
Michael Johnson (singer)
Michael Johnson (August 8, 1944 – July 25, 2017) was an American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Johnson was best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". He charted four hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 charts, and nine more on the Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number One country hits in 1986's "Give Me Wings" and "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder". He also co-wrote "Cain's Blood", the debut single of 1990s country group 4 Runner.
Johnson died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 25, 2017 after suffering from a long-illness at the age of 72.
Billy Joe Walker Jr.