Frank Öivind Stefan Andersson (9 May 1956 – 9 September 2018), better known professorially as Frank Andersson was a Swedish wrestler and Olympian. He started in amateur wrestling. He won many world championship gold medals as well as a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was born in Trollhättan, Sweden.
He later became a professional wrestler with mixed success. He was also a television personality appearing on several Swedish reality and game shows.
Andersson died in Stockholm on 9 September 2018 from a lung infection complicated from heart surgery at the age of 62.
Beat Richner
Beat Richner (13 March 1947 – 9 September 2018) was a Swiss pediatrician and cellist. He was born in Zurich. He was the founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia. He created the Kantha Bopha Foundation in Zurich in 1992 and became its head. He and another expatriate oversee and run the predominantly Cambodian-manned hospitals.
As both a cellist and a medical doctor, Richner was known by patients, audiences, and donors as "Beatocello".
Richner died in a hospice near Zurich on 9 September 2018 at the age of 71.
Mr. Catra
Wagner Domingues Costa (November 5, 1968 – September 9, 2018), known professionally as Mr. Catra, was a Brazilian funk singer and actor. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He was known in Brazilian pop culture for his large number of children, 32 total and having two wives. He was also known for his famous laugh at the beginning or ending of his songs.
In 1994, he released his first album "O Bonde dos Justos", recording the hit song "Life in the Chain". The songs of strong themes caught the attention of Warner Bros Music. In 1999, Warner Bros. helped Mr. Catra launch the CD "O fiel".
Mr. Catra died on September 9, 2018 from stomach cancer in São Paulo at the age of 49.
Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence was a major tropical cyclone, powerful and Cape Verde hurricane in the Atlantic that caused severe and extensive damage in the Carolinas in September 2018. The storm threatened the East Coast of the United States with major and catastrophic flooding, especially in the Carolinas. The sixth named storm, the third hurricane, and the first major hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. Florence first came off from Africa as a tropical wave on August 30, 2018.
On August 31, the tropical wave became a tropical depression. It became Tropical Storm Florence on September 1, 2018.
The storm strengthened to a major hurricane on September 5, and then strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 130 mph later that day.
The state Governors of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia declared a state of emergency for each state. It was becoming evident that the hurricane might strike South or North Carolina as a major hurricane.
Florence later weakened to a strong tropical storm. However, the storm later strengthened back to a hurricane. This time, it strengthened to 140 miles per hour, stronger than it was before.
On September 10, 2018, mandatory evacuations were issued in certain parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.
On September 11, 2018, tropical cyclone watches were posted for the North and South Carolina coastlines.
The storm made a slow landfall (7 km/h) on September 14 as a Category 1 hurricane. It had heavy rain. It took energy and water from the warm Gulf Stream near the coast for one day. When the storm was inland, it weakened to a tropical depression.
Florence had a wind speed of 140 mph and a central pressure of 939 millibars, but from post-analysis it had a wind speed of 150 mph.
Damage from Florence was estimated at $24 billion (2018 USD). There were 53 deaths from Florence.
On March 20, 2019, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name "Florence" due to severe and very expensive damage it caused along its track, particularly in the Carolinas, and it will never again be used for another Atlantic hurricane. It will be replaced with "Francine" for the 2024 season.
Illinois State Capitol
The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, it houses the legislative and the executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois.
The current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol since Illinois became a state in 1818. It was built in the architectural styles of the French Renaissance and Italianate. The total cost of the construction was $4,500,000.
Its tall central dome, and tower roofs, are covered in zinc to provide a silvery facade which does not weather.
Daniel Küblböck
Daniel Dominik Kaiser-Küblböck (27 August 1985 – 9 September 2018) was a German pop-singer and actor. His popularity came from late 2002 until 2004. He was known for appearing in the first season of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" (DSDS), the German version of "Pop Idol", in which he came third.
He was briefly promoted as Daniel K, but reverted to Daniel Küblböck as this name had already been trademarked.
In August 2004, the motion picture "Daniel – Der Zauberer" (Daniel The Wizard), which he starred in, was released as one of the worst movies of all time.
In 2005, he appeared in the German version of Big Brother, and in 2015, he took part in the eighth season of the German version of Let's Dance, where he finished sixth.
In 2010, he came out as homosexual.
Küblböck was reported missing on 9 September 2018 after falling overboard at a cruise ship on the Labrador Sea near Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Canadian coast guard started a search operation on site and assisting. On 10 September 2018 the coast guard abandoned its search due to the slim chance of survival in the cold water.
Margaret Court
Margaret Court (née Smith; born 16 July 1942), also known as Margaret Smith Court, is a retired Australian tennis player and former world #1. In tennis, she won 24 major titles (11 in the open era). That is more than any other player in history.
She is currently a Christian minister in Perth, Western Australia.
Iris Apfel
Iris Apfel ("née" Barrel; born August 29, 1921) is an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon. She was born in Queens, New York City. She was Jewish.
Apfel studied at the University of Wisconsin.
Apfel took part in several design restoration projects, including work at the White House for nine presidents: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton.
In 2013, she was listed as one of the fifty "Best-Dressed over 50" by "The Guardian".
In 2018, Mattel created a Barbie doll in Apfel's image, making her the oldest person to ever have a Barbie made in her image.
Illiopolis, Illinois
Illiopolis is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 891 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Illiopolis is located at (39.851351, -89.247131).
The name was formed from Illinois and -polis, a Greek suffix meaning "city".
Sangamon County, Illinois
Sangamon County is a county located in the center of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 197,465. Its county seat is Springfield.
Cara Mund
Cara Mund (pronounced "car-uh"; born December 8, 1993) is an American beauty pageant title holder. In June 2017, she became Miss North Dakota 2017. On September 10, 2017, she was crowned Miss America 2018.
Mund was born in Bismarck, North Dakota. Since age 14, she has organized an annual fund raising fashion show benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Mund has expressed interest in representing North Dakota in the state and United States Senate. She wants to also be the first woman elected Governor of North Dakota.
Nick Castle
Nicholas Charles Castle (born September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, movie director and actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California. Castle is known for his role as Michael Myers in "Halloween", directed by John Carpenter.