Jean-Louis Koszul (; January 3, 1921 – January 12, 2018) was a French mathematician. He was born in Strasbourg, France. Koszul was best known for studying geometry and discovering the Koszul complex. From 1980 until his death, Koszul was a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Koszul died on January 12, 2018 in Paris at the age of 97.
Masahito, Prince Hitachi
Prince Hitachi is mainly known for philanthropic activities and his research on the causes of cancer.
Prince Hitachi and his wife Princess Hitachi have their official residence in a palace in large gardens off Komazawadori in Higashi, Shibuya. They have no children.
Atsuko Ikeda
, formerly , is the widow of Marquis and fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She is the older sister of Emperor Akihito. She married Takamasa Ikeda on 10 October 1952. As a result, she gave up her imperial title and left the Japanese Imperial Family, as required by law.
Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (; 6 September 1971 – 15 January 2018) was an Irish musician and singer-songwriter. She led the rock band The Cranberries for thirteen years before the band took a break starting in 2003, reuniting in 2009.
Her first solo album "Are You Listening?" was released in May 2007 and was followed up by "No Baggage" in 2009. She was known for yodeling and for her strong Limerick accent.
O'Riordan appeared as a judge on RTÉ's "The Voice of Ireland" during the 2013/14 season. In April 2014 O'Riordan joined Jetlag (now called D.A.R.K.) and began recording new material.
In May 2017, O'Riordan said that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
O'Riordan, who was drunk, accidentally drowned in her London hotel room on 15 January 2018 at the age of 46.
Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, civil rights leader and pastor. Rush is the U.S. Representative for . He was first elected in 1992 and took office in 1993. The district was located in the South Side of Chicago.
A member of the Democratic Party, Rush is the only politician to have defeated Barack Obama in an election, which he did in the 2000 Democratic primary for Illinois' 1st congressional district.
A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush became radicalized for a period and founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers.
In 1999, Rush ran for Mayor of Chicago, but lost in the Democratic primary to incumbent Richard M. Daley.
In 2015, Rush endorsed Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Emanuel's run-off reelection campaign against Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.
Danny K. Davis
Daniel K. Davis (born September 6, 1941) is an American politician. He is the U.S. Representative for , serving since January 1997. Davis is a member of the Democratic Party.
Davis is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, Progressive Caucus, and Democratic Socialists of America.
Davis was one of 31 U.S. Representatives who voted against counting the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election.
Bobby Rush (musician)
Bobby Rush (born November 10, 1933) is a Grammy Award Winning American blues musician, composer and singer. His style is made of elements of blues, rap and funk. He was born in Homer, Louisiana, but was raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2007, he became the first blues artist to perform in China, earning him the title “International Dean of the Blues.” He was later named Friendship Ambassador to the Great Wall of China after performing the largest concert ever held at that site.
Rush has been awarded 17 blues music awards in his lifetime, and in 2006 he was added into the Blues Hall of Fame.
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Rush has won one award from four nominations.
Flag of Sudan
The flag of Sudan () was adopted on 20 May 1970. It has a horizontal red-white-black tricolour, with a green triangle at the hoist.
The flag is based on the Arab Liberation Flag received by Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, that uses a subset of the Pan-Arab colours in which green is less significant.
Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Reuben Hawkins (August 19, 1943 – January 15, 2018) was an American gospel musician, pianist, choir master, composer, and arranger. He was born in Oakland, California.
Hawkins (as leader of the Edwin Hawkins Singers) was probably best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day" (1968–69). The Edwin Hawkins Singers made a second foray into the charts exactly one year later, backing folk singer Melanie on "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)".
He won four Grammy Awards in 1970, 1971, 1978 and in 1993.
Edwin Hawkins was a Pentecostal. He died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pleasanton, California at the age of 74.
Erling Mandelmann
Erling Mandelmann (18 November 1935 – 14 January 2018) was a Danish photographer. He began his career as a freelance photojournalist in the mid-1960s. He was born in Copenhagen. He took more than 500 portraits of people, including the 14th Dalai Lama, Noël Coward, Gertrude Fehr, Nina Hagen, Johnny Hallyday, and Prince Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein. His photo-archives have been deposited at the Historical Museum of Lausanne.
Mandelmann died on 14 January 2018 in Paris of an aortic aneurysm at the age of 82.
Viktor Anpilov
Viktor Anpilov (; 2 October 1945 — 15 January 2018) was a Russian hardline Communist politician and trade unionist. He was born in Belaya Glina, Krasnodar Krai. Anpilov joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1972. He worked as a Soviet journalist in Latin America.
In 1990, Anpilov was nominated as candidate for the Congress of People's Deputies and Moscow city Soviet. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Anpilov became the leader of the movement Labour Russia.
During the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, he was one of the leaders of the anti-Boris Yeltsin uprising. In 2007 he took part in the Dissenters March organized to protest against president Vladimir Putin policies.
Anpilov died in Moscow of complications from a stroke on 15 January 2018 at the age of 72.
Bella Emberg
Bella Emberg (born Sybil Dyke; 16 September 1937 – 12 January 2018) was a British comedy actress whose career lasted for 60 years. She was born in Brighton, Sussex. She was known for her roles in "The Benny Hill Show", "Softly, Softly", "Z Cars", as well as having small roles in "Grange Hill" and in "The Russ Abbot Show", where she played superheroine Blunderwoman.
Emberg died on the Isle of Wight on 12 January 2018, aged 80.
Ogun State
Ogun State is one of the 36 states in Nigeria. It is presently governed by Ibikunle Amosun and its capital is Abeokuta. The state consists of 20 local government areas including:
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour (born 22 June 1947) is a French philosopher. Known for his work in science and technology, Latour has taught at several universities, including École des Mines de Paris, Sciences Po and London School of Economics. Latour has also authored several books, including "Laboratory Life" (1979), "Science in Action" (1987) and "We Have Never Been Modern" (1991). In 2007, he was the tenth most-cited author in the field of social sciences.
Latour received a Ph.D. in theology from Université de Tours. He became interested in anthropology and went to Ivory Coast to do fieldwork for a paper on race and colonies.
In 1982, Latour started teaching at École des Mines de Paris. In 2005, he took the position of Spinoza Chair of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. He finished teaching at École des Mines de Paris in 2006 to become a scientific director at Sciences Po. In 2017, he retired from most university activities.
Prithvi Vallabh - Itihaas Bhi, Rahasya Bhi
Prithvi Vallabh - Itihaas Bhi, Rahasya Bhi is an Indian television historical drama. The series will be broadcast on from Sony Entertainment Television (India).