Cornelius Jakobs
Metropolitan Cornelius Jakobs ( or secular name Vjatšeslav Vassiljevitš Jakobs, or Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Yakobs, ; 19 June 1924 – 19 April 2018) was the Metropolitan bishop of Tallinn and All Estonia, the head of the Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate from 1992 until his death in 2018. He was born in Tallinn. He became the oldest bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and celebrated his 90th birthday in 2014.
Jakobs died on 19 April 2018 in Tallinn at the age of 93.
Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel. It introduces George Smiley. Smiley is the most famous character who appears often in le Carré's books. The story is about East German spies in Great Britain. "Call for the Dead" was made into a movie called "The Deadly Affair" that came out in 1966.
A Murder of Quality
A Murder of Quality is the second novel by John le Carré. The main character is George Smiley. This is the only book about Smiley that is not about spying. It is a murder mystery.
George Smiley is a retired spy. Ailsa Brimley was a spy with him during World War II. Brimley is the editor of a small Christian magazine. She tells Smiley that she got a letter from a reader, Stella Rode. Rode wrote that her husband wants to kill her. Stella Rode is murdered. Smiley travels to Carne to investigate.
John le Carré changed the novel to make a television program for Thames Television. "A Murder of Quality" was shown on ITV in 1991. It stars:
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. Alec Leamas is a British agent. He is sent to East Germany as a part of trick to spread lies and confusion about a powerful East German spy. In 1965 Martin Ritt directed the movie of the novel, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold", with Richard Burton as Leamas.
Luis Montes Mieza
Luis Montes Mieza (1949 – 19 April 2018) was a Spanish anesthetist and pro-euthanasia activist. He was the Federal President of the association "Derecho a Morir Dignamente" from 2009 till his death in 2018.
Montes died on 19 April 2018, of a heart attack, while driving to Molina de Segura, Region of Murcia at the age of 68 or 69.
Walter Moody
Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. (March 24, 1935 – April 19, 2018) was an American convicted murderer. He was sentenced to death in Alabama for the 1989 letter bomb murder of Robert S. Vance, a US federal judge serving on the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
After an extensive investigation, Moody and his second wife, Susan McBride, were arrested on July 13, 1990. McBride was released on $250,000 bail within a week and later testified against Moody.
Moody was executed by lethal injection on April 19, 2018 in Escambia County, Alabama at the age of 83. He became the oldest death row inmate to be executed in modern United States history.
Piccolo trumpet
The Picolo trumpet is a smaller version of the trumpet, that is also tuned an octave higher than the regular trumpet. Since the 19th century, regular trumpets have three valves. The piccolo usually has four valves. Note also that the piccolo trumpet is different from the pocket trumpet. A pocket trumpet has the same tonal range as a regular trumpet; it is just built differently (to be smaller).
A piccolo trumpet has another characteristic tone, which can easily be distinguished from that of a regular trumpet.
The piccolo was developed in the first quarter of the 20th century, mostly by Julius Kosleck. Kosleck used it to make it easier to play baroque music. Note however, that at the time of Johann Sebastian Bach, the trumpets had no valves; these were added in the 19th century.
Piccolo trumpets could not establish themselves in Jazz music, but they are often used to play classical trumpet.
The trumpet is a "noble instrument"; it is often used to play high-pitched notes. Such notes are easier to play with a Piccolo. Because of its construction, the piccolo cannot play the first octave of the classical trumpet.
Like the regular trumpet, the piccolo is a transposing instrument.
Jim Halpert
Jim Halpert is a fictional character in the U.S. version of the television sitcom The Office (U.S. TV series). He is played by actor John Krasinski. His character serves as the intelligent, mild-mannered straight man role to Michael Scott.
Jim Halpert's personality is usually sarcastic and he is known for his quick-witted comments. He is 6 foot 3 inches and weighs 180 pounds. He has a relationship with Pam Beesly and eventually got married to her later on in the seasons.
Alex Janvier
Alex Simeon Janvier (born February 28, 1935) is an aboriginal artist from Canada. He is often called the "first Canadian aboriginal modernist". He is of Denesuline and Saulteaux descent.
Bled
Bled is a town in northwestern Slovenia.
Robert L. Butler
Robert L. Butler (January 23, 1927 – April 22, 2019) was an American politician. He served as the Mayor of Marion, Illinois from May 1963 until he resigned on January 31, 2018 for health reasons. At the time of his resignation, he was the second longest serving mayor in the United States. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Butler was born in Marion. He studied law at the University of Illinois. He died on April 22, 2019, at the age of 92.
Luisa Pastor Lillo
Luisa Pastor Lillo (10 October 1948 – 18 April 2018), was a Spanish politician. In the Spanish local elections, 2003, Luisa Pastor obtained the absolute majority for the first time for her party in San Vicente, taking 11 of the 21 council members of the Plenary. In the 2015 municipal elections, Luisa Pastor was presenting her fifth term as mayor.
On 10 October 2014, a judge decided to investigate her for the possible relations with the corruption scandal "Brugal case". On 22 October 2015, after 5 months as a councilor in the opposition, she decided to renounce her councilor's act for personal reasons.
Luisa Pastor died on 18 April 2018, at the age of 69, of cancer.
Jeanne Wilson
Jeanne Elizabeth Wilson (February 18, 1926 – April 18, 2018) was an American competition swimmer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She represented the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed in the 200-meter breaststroke, recording a time of 3:18.3.
Wilson died on April 18, 2018 in Lafayette, Indiana at the age of 92.
Roy Bentley
Roy Thomas Frank Bentley (17 May 1924 – 20 April 2018) was an English football player and manager. He was born in Bristol, England. Bentley was an England international for six years from 1950 to 1956. With his death in 2018, he was the last surviving player from England's 1950 World Cup squad.
Bentley played 367 games for Chelsea and captained the club to their first League Championship in the 1954–55 season. He also won 12 caps for the England national side. He later became a manager. Bentley was, for a time, one of England's top centre forwards.
Bentley died on 20 April 2018, in Reading, Berkshire at the age of 93.
Pedro Erquicia
Pedro Erquicia López de Montenegro (24 March 1943 – 20 April 2018) was a Spanish journalist and television producer. He was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. His career began in 1956 when he began working for Televisión Española. He hosted the TVE's newscast "Telediario" (1972-1973).
In 1973 Erquicia created one of the longest running programs in Spanish television: "Informe Semanal". In 1987 he was fired by TVE and later he joined the then recently created public broadcaster Telemadrid.
In April 2008, Erquicia announced his retirement. He died ten years later, on 20 April 2018 in Madrid of a long-illness at the age of 75.
Rajinder Sachar
Rajindar Sachar (22 December 1923 – 20 April 2018) was a Pakistani-born Indian lawyer and political activist. He served as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court in 1985. He was a member of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. He has served as a counsel for the People's Union for Civil Liberties.