Huang died in Paris, aged 65, on 20 October 2019. The cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage.
Juan González (journalist)
Juan González (born October 15, 1947) is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter. He was also a columnist for the New York "Daily News" from 1987 to 2016. He co-hosts the radio and television program "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman.
Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman (born April 13, 1957) is an American broadcast journalist, columnist, investigative reporter, and author. Since 1996, she has been the main host of "Democracy Now!".
Bay Shore, New York
Bay Shore is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 26,337 at the time of the 2010 census.
Eric Cooper
Eric Richard Cooper (December 18, 1966 – October 20, 2019) was an American professional baseball umpire. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa. His Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned 1999 until his death in October of 2019. He wore umpire uniform number 56. Cooper officiated in ten Division Series, four League Championship Series, three Wild Card Games, one All-Star Game, and one World Series.
Cooper died at his father's home in Iowa on October 20, 2019 from a blood clot caused by knee surgery at the age of 52.
Wordsworth House
Wordsworth House is a Georgian townhouse in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. It is owned by the National Trust.
It was built in the mid-18th century. William Wordsworth was born in the house in 1770. The house is a Grade I listed building. It is open to the public as a museum from March to October of each year.
In November 2009, Cumbria was hit by flooding. Wordsworth House was affected, but volunteers were able to save many of the artifacts.
Vyda Ragulskienė
Vyda Kęsgailaitė-Ragulskienė was a Lithuanian scientist, inventor, and professor. She was the first woman to attain habilitation in engineering in Lithuania.
Ragulskienė was born in 1931 in the village of Dapšiai, Lithuania. In 1955, she graduated from Kaunas Polytechnical Institute. She then became a research associate at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences until 1967. From 1967 to 1993 she worked at Kaunas Polytechnical Institute.
She was married to engineer Kazimieras Ragulskis.
In 1965, she wrote her thesis in engineering, and was granted a doctorate. Then in 1973 she was given the title "doctor of sciences" (habilitated doctor). In 1977 she became a professor of sciences. She wrote part of six research monographs (a type of research paper). She also wrote about two hundred research papers and was granted 97 patents. For her research work she was awarded the State Prize of the Lithuanian SSR (Soviet Union) in 1983. Ragulskienė was also a consultant for others on more than fifty thesis papers.
Her research made known and explained new details of "non-linear vibro-impact systems". To arrive at her results, she used experiments as well as computer analysis. She then shared the results in her research papers. She was also able to put the results of this research into use with new inventions, for which she obtained patents.
She translated "Samogitia: The Unknown in History from English" from English into Lithuanian. She helped collect data for the encyclopedia "The Officers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces 1918–1953". She also wrote about the history of her native village of Dapšiai.
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John Briggs
John V. Briggs (March 8, 1930 – April 15, 2020) was an American politician who was the California State Assembly and the California State Senate. He was perhaps best known for sponsoring Proposition 6 in 1978, also known as the Briggs Initiative, a failed measure which attempted to remove all gay or lesbian school employees or their supporters from their jobs.
Briggs died on April 15, 2020 in Placerville, California at the age of 90.
Anita Bryant
Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940) is an American singer and anti-gay rights activist. She scored four Top 40 hits in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including "Paper Roses". She was also a former Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner.
In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken critic of gay rights in the U.S. In 1977, she ran the "Save Our Children" campaign to repeal a local ordinance in Dade County, Florida which prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Her involvement with the campaign was condemned by gay rights activists.
Yitzchok Scheiner
Rabbi Yitzchok Scheiner (November 5, 1922 – January 31, 2021) was an American-born Israeli rabbi. He was the "rosh yeshiva" of the Kamenitz yeshiva of Jerusalem. In the 1990s, he became a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah.
Scheiner died on January 31, 2021 from COVID-19 in Jerusalem, aged 98.
Chaim Kanievsky
Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim Kanievsky (born January 8, 1928) is a Polish-born Israeli rabbi and "posek". He was born in Pinsk, Second Polish Republic, but his career is set in Bnei Brak, Israel. Kanievsky is thought to be a leading authority in Haredi Jewish society.
Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi
Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi (born March 27, 1929) is an Israeli rabbi. He is the Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Yisrael in Bayit Vegan in Jerusalem, and a member of the Degel Hatorah Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael.
Nissim Karelitz
Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Nissim Karelitz (; 19 July 1926 – October 21 2019) Was a Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi. He was the chairman of the "beis din tzedek" (rabbinical court) of Bnei Brak. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania.
He was one of the most highly respected Orthodox rabbis in the world and one of the most important leaders of the Haredi world. He was also a member of the "Vaad Halacha" (Jewish legal council) of the Maayanei Hayeshua Hospital of Bnei Brak and the av beis din of the Bnei Brak neighborhood of Ramat Aharon.
In April 2019, Karelitz was hospitalized for low blood pressure and an infection.
On 6 October 2019, Karelitz was hospitalized for heart and respiratory failure.
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
Prince Daniel of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland (born Olof Daniel Westling on 15 September 1973), is the husband of Crown Princess Victoria. He was a personal trainer and gym owner and ran a company called Balance Training with three gyms in central Stockholm.
Bengt Feldreich
Bengt Walter Feldreich (12 September 1925 – 21 October 2019) was a Swedish radio and television journalist, producer and television presenter. He worked for public service between 1950 until 1985. He produced and hosted the show "Snillen spekulerar" on SVT, the annual Christmas Eve broadcasts from the same channel. He was born in Stockholm.
Feldreich died on 21 October 2019 in Stockholm at the age of 94, from pneumonia.
Mike Reilly (linebacker)
Mike Reilly (March 27, 1942 – October 18, 2019) was a professional American football player. He played linebacker for six seasons for the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa.
Reilly died on October 18, 2019 in Dubuque at the age of 77.
Dan Brouillette
Dan R. Brouillette (born August 18, 1962) is an American businessman. He was the 15th United States Secretary of Energy from December 3, 2019 to January 20, 2021. He was the United States Deputy Secretary of Energy from August 2017 through December 2019. After being nominated for the position by President Donald Trump, Brouillette was confirmed by a 79–17 vote of the United States Senate on August 3, 2017.
On October 18, 2019, he was announced as President Trump's choice to replace Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy. On December 2, the United States Senate confirmed his nomination by a 70–15 vote.
Biochar
Biochar is a type of charcoal added to soil that acts as plant food, or fertilizer. Biochar is made by heating biomass like wood in an oven to very high temperatures. This removes all of the water and easy to burn material from the biomass leaving only carbon. The final result is fragile and dark black charcoal.