Yvonne Y. Clark (born Georgianna Yvonne Young; April 13, 1929 – January 27, 2019) was an American engineer. She is the first woman to get a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Howard University. She is the first woman to earn a master's degree in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University. She was the first woman to serve as a faculty member in the College of Engineering and Technology at Tennessee State University, then an emereti Professor.
Clark was the first African-American woman to earn a master's degree in Engineering Management from Vanderbilt University in 1972, after having sent the first African-American students to their engineering department earlier.
Alf Lüdtke
Alf Lüdtke (18 October 1943 – 29 January 2019) (also Alf Luedtke) was a German historian. He was born in Dresden. He was a leading German representative of the history of everyday life ("Alltagsgeschichte" in German). Lüdtke was the founder and editor of the journal "Sozialwissenschaftliche Informationen", as well as co-founder and co-editor of the journals "Werkstatt Geschichte" and "Historische Anthropologie. Kultur – Gesellschaft – Alltag".
Lüdtke died on 29 January 2019 in Dresden from a stroke, aged 75.
Ron Joyce
Ronald Vaughan Joyce, C.M. (October 19, 1930 – January 31, 2019) was a Canadian entrepreneur and billionaire. He co-founded the Tim Hortons doughnut chain as Tim Horton's partner. He helped create Tim Horton Children's Camps and the Tim Horton Children's Foundation. He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1992.
In 2018, Forbes estimated his net worth to be around US$1.4 billion. Joyce died at his home in Burlington, Ontario on January 31, 2019 at the age of 88.
Johnny Lion
Johnny Lion (born John van Leeuwarden; 4 July 1941 – 31 January 2019) was a Dutch singer, journalist and actor. He was best known for his hit-single "Sophietje". He was born in The Hague. An actor, Lion starred in the movies "Siberia" (1998) and in "Van God Los" (2003). A journalist, he worked for "Panorama".
Lion, who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and lung cancer, died in Breda, Netherlands on 31 January 2019, aged 77.
Lori Wilson
Lori Wilson (February 15, 1937 – January 30, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician. She was born in Waynesville, North Carolina. She was an Independent. Wilson was on the Florida Senate from 1973 to 1978.
Wilson died at her daughter's Indian Harbour Beach, Florida home on January 30, 2019 from complications of dementia, aged 81.
Waynesville, North Carolina
Waynesville is a town in and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest town in Haywood County and the largest in western North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville. As of the 2010 census, Waynesville had a population of 9,869.
Jeremy Hardy
Jeremy James Hardy (17 July 1961 – 1 February 2019) was a British comedian. He was best known for his appearances on radio panel shows such as the "News Quiz" and "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue".
Hardy was a committed socialist, and a supporter of the Labour Party. He performed at Labour Party rallies and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called him a "dear, lifelong friend".
Hardy died of cancer on 1 February 2019, at the age of 57.
Ursula Karusseit
Ursula Karusseit (2 August 1939 – 1 February 2019) was a German actress. She was born in Elbing, West Prussia, Nazi Germany. Karusseit was known for her roles in "Ways across the Country" and in "KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra".
Karusseit died of heart disease in Berlin on 1 February 2019, aged 79.
Clive Swift
Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. He was best known for his roles as Richard Bucket in the British television series "Keeping Up Appearances" and as Roy in the British television series "The Old Guys". Swift was born in Liverpool. He was married to journalist Margaret Drabble from 1960 to 1975 when they divorced.
Swift died at home in London from respiratory failure on 1 February 2019, aged 82.
Walter James Edyvean
Walter James Edyvean (October 18, 1938 – February 2, 2019) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston from 2001 to 2014. He was born in Medford, Massachusetts.
Edyvean died on February 2, 2019 in Boston, aged 80.
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Justin Fairfax
Justin Edward Fairfax (born February 17, 1979) is an American attorney and politician. He is the current Lieutenant Governor of Virginia since 2018. He is a member of the Democratic Party, he beat Republican nominee Jill Vogel in the 2017 election.
Fairfax is the second African American elected statewide, following Douglas Wilder, who was elected to the same position in 1985 and became Virginia Governor in the 1989.
In early February 2019, Big League Politics reported that Fairfax had been accused by Vanessa C. Tyson, an associate professor at Scripps College and fellow at Stanford University, of sexual assault at a hotel at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston.
In September 2020, Fairfax announced his candidacy for Governor of Virginia.
Bernard Lietaer
Bernard Lietaer (1942 – 4 February 2019) was a Belgian civil engineer, economist, author and professor. He studied monetary systems and promoted the idea that communities can benefit from creating their own local or complementary currency. He was born in Lauwe, Belgium. Lietaer was known for his books "" and "New Money for a New World".
Lietaer died on 4 February 2019 at the age of 76.
Detsl
Kirill Aleksandrovich Tolmatsky (; 22 July 1983 – 3 February 2019), better known by his stage name Detsl (Russian: Децл), was a Russian hip hop artist. In 2000, he released his debut album "Who? You" to massive success and quickly became a teen idol of the early 2000s in Russia. In 2001, his second album "Street Fighter" was released.
He died on 3 February 2019 in Izhevsk at the age of 35 from a sudden heart attack after performing his live set at the private birthday party. In a 2007 interview, Detsl talked about faking his own death at the exact same age while performing at a concert in the same city he would actually die in.
Bob Friend
Robert Bartmess Friend (November 24, 1930 – February 3, 2019) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched mainly for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1951 to 1965. He also played for the New York Yankees and New York Mets in his final season of 1966. He is the first man ever to have led the league in ERA while pitching for a last place team.
Friend was born in Lafayette, Indiana. He studied at Purdue University. Friend died suddenly in his sleep at his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 3, 2019 from cardiac arrest at the age of 88.
Salesforce Tower
Salesforce Tower, formerly known as the Transbay Tower, is a office skyscraper in the South of Market district of downtown San Francisco. The building has a mix of office, transportation, retail, and residential uses.
Upon its completion in 2018 it became the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline, with a top roof height of and overall height of , surpassing the Transamerica Pyramid. It is also the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi River after the Wilshire Grand in Los Angeles.
On April 10, 2019, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) named Salesforce Tower as the "Best Tall Building in the World" for the year 2019. It was celebrated at the Grand Hyatt Shenzhen, China.
Wilshire Grand Center
Wilshire Grand Center is a skyscraper in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles, California. It is the tallest building in Los Angeles, the tallest building in California, the tallest building west of the Mississippi River and outside of New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia, and the 11th tallest building in the United States.