From 1981 to 1982, he served as Minister of Justice of Rhineland-Palatinate and thereafter as Head of the German Chancellery under Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
He died in Heidelberg at the age of 87.
Wolfgang H. Berger
Wolfgang "Wolf" Helmut Berger (5 October 1937 – 6 August 2017) was a German-American oceanographer, geologist, micropaleontologist and emeritus professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He was born in Erlangen, Germany. His research interests comprise "micropaleontology, marine sedimentation, ocean productivity, carbon cycle, ocean history, climate history, and history of oceanography."
Berger died in San Diego, California on 6 August 2017 at the age of 79.
Abdulhussain Abdulredha
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On 11 August 2017, Abdulredha died in London aged 78.
Chris Hesketh
Chris Hesketh MBE ( – 10 August 2017) from Wigan, was an English professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1960s, and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Lancashire representative, and at club level for Wigan and Salford. He was born in Wigan, England.
Terele Pávez
Teresa Marta Ruiz Penella (29 July 1939 – 11 August 2017) better known as Terele Pávez was a Spanish actress. She appeared in more than ninety movies since 1954. She was born in Bilbao (Biscay), Spain. She was known for her roles in "The Holy Innocents", "La Celestina" and in "El Bar". She won a Goya Award in 2003.
Pávez died on 11 August 2017 from a stroke at the age of 78.
Ana María Vela Rubio
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Vela Rubio was also the third oldest living person in the world. She became the oldest European since the death of oldest person Emma Morano on 15 April 2017. She is the third oldest person ever from Europe, after Jeanne Calment and Emma Morano.
Vela Rubio was born 29 October 1901 in Puente Genil, Andalusia. She used to work as a dressmaker. She never married her partner as her parents did not agree to their marrying, but the couple had two children. Her daughter, also named Ana, lives with her. She died on 15 December 2017.
Frank Bacon (actor)
Frank Bacon (January 16, 1864 – November 19, 1922), was an American character actor and playwright. After years of relative low success he achieved great success as he entered the twilight of his career. The 1918 play "Lightnin'", which Bacon co-wrote and starred in, set a Broadway record for the day of 1,291 performances and was still going strong on tour after more than 700 shows when Bacon was forced to bow out due to fatigue.
A week after his retirement, Bacon died of a heart attack in Chicago on November 19, 1922 at the age of
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
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Christian Kern
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Kern was Chancellor of Austria from May 17, 2016 to December 18, 2017. His predecessor was fellow party member Werner Faymann, his successor is Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP).
After studying journalism and communication at the University of Vienna, he worked as a business journalist and a civil servant. Afterwards he worked at the Verbund AG, the biggest supplier of electricity in Austria. He became chief of the ÖBB, the federal railways of Austria, in 2010.
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It has an area of 1,287.63 km². As of 2012 about 61,407 people lived there.
The administrative center of the district is Bludenz.
The district has 29 municipalities, one of them is a town, and two of them are market towns.
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Segun Bucknor
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Bucknor died in Lagos on 11 August 2017 after suffering from multiple strokes at the age of 71. At the time of his death, he was suffering from hypertension and diabetes.
Bobby Ray Inman
Bobby Ray Inman (born April 4, 1931) is a retired United States admiral. He held many important positions in the U.S. Intelligence Community.
He served as Director of Naval Intelligence from September 1974 to July 1976, then moved to the Defense Intelligence Agency where he served as Vice Director until 1977. He next became the Director of the National Security Agency. Inman held this post until 1981. His last major position was as the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, a post he held from February 12, 1981 to June 10, 1982.
Inman was announced as President Bill Clinton's choice to replace Les Aspin as Secretary of Defense on December 16, 1993, receiving broad bipartisan support. He accepted the post at first, but withdrew his nomination during a press conference on January 18, 1994.
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Kurt Liebrecht
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Liebrecht played for 1. FC Lok Stendal. He also played for the East Germany national football team.
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