East Rockaway is a village in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,818 at the 2010 census.
Massapequa, New York
Massapequa (, ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, on Long Island, east of New York City. It is near to Amityville. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a total population of 21,685.
Amityville, New York
Amityville is a village in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,523 at the 2010 census.
Susan Brown
Susan Brown (May 4, 1932 – August 31, 2018) was an American television and movie actress and interior designer. She was born in San Francisco, California. She was best known for her roles on daytime soap operas such as in "General Hospital". In 1979, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her role on the show. Brown starred as Adelaide in "As the World Turns".
Brown died in Los Angeles, California on August 31, 2018 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 86.
Eileen Fulton
Eileen Fulton (born September 13, 1933), is an American actress. She is known for her television role as Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera "As the World Turns", which she would star from May 18, 1960 until the show's ending on September 17, 2010.
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (; 25 January 1922 – 31 August 2018) was an Italian population geneticist. He lectured at Stanford University. Cavalli-Sforza won the Weldon Memorial Prize in 1978. He was born in Genoa, Italy.
Cavalli-Sforza died on 31 August 2018 in Belluno, Italy at the age of 96.
Tarun Sagar
Muni Tarun Sagar (26 June 1967 – 1 September 2018) was an Indian "Digambara monk" and political advisor.
His lectures are known as "Kadve Pravachan" (bitter discourses) because they can be critical of common practices and views. His lectures have been published in book series also titled "Kadve Pravachan". His audience often includes a majority of non-Jains.
Sagar was born as Pawan Kumar Jain on 26 June 1967 in Madhya Pradesh, India. He became Kshullak at the age of 13 and "Acharya" Pushpdant Sagar at the age of 20.
Sagar was known for supporting the ban on liquor, leather and meat in India. He began to publish speeches under the title "Kadve Pravachan" (Bitter Discourse) starting in 2003 in Ahmedabad.
Sagar delivered his sermons Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2010 and in Haryana Legislative Assembly on 26 August 2016.
He was known as a "progressive Jain monk" for his criticism of violence, corruption and conservatism, and his speeches came to be called "Katu Pravachan".
While Jain monks often did not want to be related with politicians, Sagar often met politicians and government officials as a guest. He has delivered his sermons Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2010 and in Haryana Legislative Assembly on 26 August 2016.
Sagar was respected by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Modi would award him Tarun Kranti Puraskar in 2012.
In August 2016, Tarun Sagar was invited to address the Haryana Assembly by both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress party members. He talked about social and political issues and evoked applause and laughter from lawmakers. The event caused a number of tweets critical of Muni Tarun Sagar because of his nudity.
He once said that Jihad is a conspiracy to convert Hindu girls into Muslims. He was also against Muslim practice in India.
Sagar died on 1 September 2018 from complications of jaundice in New Delhi, India at the age of 51.
Randy Weston
Randy Weston (April 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Weston's works were influenced by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk. Weston worked often with trombonist and arranger Melba Liston.
Weston died on September 1, 2018 in New York City of heart disease at the age of 92.
Ehsan Yarshater
Ehsan Yarshater (, April 3, 1920 – September 1, 2018) was an Iranian historian and linguist. He worked in iranology. He was the founder and director of The Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University.
Conway Savage
Conway Victor Savage (27 July 1960 – 2 September 2018) was an Australian rock pianist and singer-songwriter. He was a member of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds from 1990 until his retirement in 2017.
Savage had a solo career and released albums, "Nothing Broken" (2000), "Wrong Man's Hands" (2004) and "Rare Songs & Performances 1989–2004". He also collaborated with other artists for their albums, such as "Soon Will Be Tomorrow" (with Suzie Higgie, 1998) and "Quickie for Ducky" (with Amanda Fox and Robert Tickner, 2007).
In October 2017, Savage was diagnosed with brain cancer. He died, aged 58, in Melbourne on 2 September 2018.
Carole Shelley
Carole Shelley (16 August 1939 – 31 August 2018) was an English actress. She was born in London. Her many stage roles included the character of Madame Morrible in the original Broadway cast of the musical "Wicked". She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "The Elephant Man" in 1979. She also starred in "Wicked" and in "Robin Hood".
Shelley died of pancreatic cancer in Manhattan on 31 August 2018, aged 79.
Babylon, New York
Babylon is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is located on Long Island, the town population was 214,191 as of the 2014 census.
Barry Du Bois
Barry Du Bois (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian designer, building expert and TV personality on Network Ten. Du Bois first appeared on reality renovation show "The Renovators". Du Bois is co-host and design/building expert on lifestyle program "The Living Room".
In 2017, Du Bois was diagnosed with terminal multiple myeloma.
Gareth O'Callaghan
Gareth O'Callaghan (born 1961) is an Irish author and retired radio and television presenter. He was most recently to be heard on 4fm, having presented shows on RTÉ 2fm for much of his career until 2005 and then a show on Galway Bay FM until his retirement in 2018. He is known for talking about depression and suicide awareness on his shows.
In August 2018, O'Callaghan was diagnosed with a terminal form of neurodegenerative disease.
Neurodegeneration
Neurodegeneration is the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, including death of neurons.
Many neurodegenerative diseases – including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's disease.
Such diseases are incurable, resulting in progressive degeneration and/or death of neuron cells.
There are many parallels between different neurodegenerative disorders including atypical protein assemblies as well as induced cell death. Neurodegeneration can be found in many different levels of neuronal circuitry ranging from molecular to systemic.
St John Ambulance
St John Ambulance is a group of organizations which provide first aid and emergency medicine. They work in over 40 countries, mostly in the Commonwealth of Nations.
The role of St John Ambulance varies. For example, in some parts of Australia, St John Ambulance are the main ambulance service. In most places, St John Ambulance are mostly volunteers and their role is to provide first aid at local events (e.g. sports matches, local fairs, races, etc.) and first aid training to the public.
St John Ambulance is run by its founders, the Venerable Order of Saint John. The Order is a descendant of the Knights Hospitaller of the Middle Ages. They founded the first branch of St John Ambulance in the United Kingdom in the 19th century. In 1877, the St John Ambulance Association was set up to teach first aid skills. In 1887, the St John Ambulance Brigade was founded to provide first aid at local events. These two have since been merged into the English branch of St John Ambulance.