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Thomas L. Kane

**Thomas L. Kane** (January 27, 1822 – December 26, 1883) was an American lawyer. He was friends with Brigham Young, a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon church, or LDS Church. Kane helped Brigham Young and the Mormons travel to Utah.

## "Friend of the Mormons" 
### Mormon Battalion 
Kane met with members of the LDS Church at a meeting in Philadelphia in May 1846.   Kane gave them his advice (told them what he thought they should do) and helped with their conflicts (arguments) with the U.S. government. He also helped them when they tried to emigrate (move) to western areas (places) in the US. Jesse C. Little, an LDS religious leader in the East, was asking for help with the Latter-day Saints' move to the West. Kane was able to get letters of recommendation (letters that say Kane can be trusted) from people who knew his father. Kane later joined Little in Washington, D.C. , and they met the secretary of state, secretary of war, and President James K. Polk.    After they negotiated (shared and talked about ideas), the United States agreed to send 500 LDS men, in five groups of 75 to 100 men each, called the Mormon Battalion, to help in the Mexican-American War.

With his fathers help, Kane got U.S. government permission for the refugee (people who have lost or had to leave their homes) Mormons to occupy Pottawattamie and Omaha Indian lands along the Missouri. Kane carried letters to Fort Leavenworth, and looked for Little in the Latter-day Saint camps on the Missouri River.  On July 17, 1846, Kane met with LDS leaders and Army Captain James Allen to make the Mormon Battalion.

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Christie Davies

**Christie Davies** (1941 &ndash; 5 September 2017) was a British sociologist, professor emeritus of sociology. He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. He worked at the University of Reading, England. He was the author of many articles and books on criminology, the sociology of morality, censorship, and humour. He was also visiting professor in India, Poland, United States, and Australia. Professor Davies died in August 2017.

Davies died on 5 September 2017 from a short-illness in Reading, Berkshire at the age of 76.

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Isabelle Daniels

**Isabelle Frances Daniels** (later *Holston*; July 31, 1937 &ndash; September 8, 2017) was an American sprinter. He was born in Jakin, Georgia.

Daniels competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, where she won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres with her team mates Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews and Wilma Rudolph, in a race where all three teams beat the existing world record. She was initially placed third in the 100 meters, but was moved to fourth after photos of the finish were examined.

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Alice Reynolds

**Alice Louise Reynolds** (April 1, 1873 – December 5, 1938)  was the first woman professor at  Brigham Young University (BYU).  BYU magazine put her in a list of the 10 best BYU professors of the 20th century. She was the second woman in Utah to be a full professor.

## Childhood and education
Alice was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States. Her father was George Reynolds and her mother was Mary Ann Tuddenham. Her father was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and worked as secretary to the First Presidency of the church for many years. When Alice was six years old, her father went to jail because he had more than one wife (plural marriage).

Her father's sister, her aunt Julia Reynolds, helped raise Alice. Alice liked reading and being around grownups. When she was 12, her mother died while giving birth to one of her siblings. She graduated from BYA in 1890.

Alice had taught for two years when the president of BYA, Benjamin Cluff, asked her to start a literature department at BYA. Reynolds went to the University of Michigan to study literature from 1892 to 1894. When she came back she became a full-time teacher at BYA.

Later in her life Reynolds received more education in Chicago, Cornell, Berkeley and Columbia. She taught approximately 5,000 students in 20 different English courses.

Reynolds was an editor for the *Relief Society Magazine* from 1923 to 1930 and a writer for other LDS magazines. She also served in the General Board of the Relief Society of LDS Church for seven years.

### Contributions to library
While working at BYA, Reynolds became the chairperson of the committee to establish the library. She was the chairperson of the committee for 19 years. She held a large fundraiser to obtain 1,200 books to add to the school's library. Over the course of her life, she organized several other campaigns to help the library grow to 100,000 volumes. Through the efforts of the club, over 10,000 volumes were donated to the BYU library.

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Alex Hawkins

**Clifton Alexander "Alex" Hawkins** (July 2, 1937 &ndash; September 12, 2017) was a retired American football player. He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts and Atlanta Falcons. He was known as a special teams player. He was a co-captain with the Colts. He was born in Welch, West Virginia.

Hawkins died of complications from Alzheimer's disease on September 12, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina at the age of 80.

## References
## Other websites
* Football stats at Pro-football reference.com
Kazimierz Ryczan

**Kazimierz Ryczan** (10 February 1939 – 13 September 2017) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1963, Ryczan was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of  Kielce, Poland on 17 July 1993.

Ryczan died on 13 September 2017 in Kielce, Poland at the age of 78.

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

**Nasopharynx cancer** or **nasopharyngeal carcinoma** (NPC) is the most common cancer which is formed in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the postero-lateral nasopharynx or pharyngeal recess or 'Fossa of Rosenmüller' accounting for 50% cases. 

NPC happens in children and adults.  NPC differs significantly from other cancers of the head and neck in its occurrence, causes, clinical behavior, and treatment. 

It is vastly more common in certain regions of East Asia and Africa than elsewhere, with viral, dietary and genetic factors implicated in its causation. It is most common in males. It is a squamous cell carcinoma or an undifferentiated type. Squamous epithelial cells are a flat type of cell found in the skin and the membranes that line some body cavities. 

Differentiation means how different the cancer cells are from normal cells. *Undifferentiated cells* are cells that do not have their mature features or functions.

## Other websites
*Nasopharyngeal Cancer Or Sinus Infection 
*Cancer Management Handbook: Head and Neck Tumors 
*Clinically review
Arnold Chan

**Arnold Chan** (June 10, 1967 – September 14, 2017) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough—Agincourt in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2014 by-election.  Chan was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Chan died on September 14, 2017 in Scarborough, Ontario of nasopharynx cancer at the age of 50.

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Grant Hart

**Grantzberg Vernon "Grant" Hart** (March 18, 1961&nbsp;– September 13, 2017) was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer and co-songwriter for the alternative rock and hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü. After the band's breakup in 1988, he formed the alternative rock trio Nova Mob, where he moved to vocals and guitar. His solo career became his main focus after the dissolution of Nova Mob in 1997.

Hart died on September 13, 2017 of liver cancer at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota at the age of 56.

## References
## Other websites
*[ Allmusic: Grant Hart]
Otto Wanz

**Otto Wanz** (June 13, 1943 – September 14, 2017) was an Austrian professional wrestler and boxer. He made his professional wrestling debut in 1968. 

Wanz was a one time American Wrestling Association champion and former operator of the Catch Wrestling Association. Among his most famous international opponents were Antonio Inoki, Bull Power and André the Giant. He was one of only a few to bodyslam both André the Giant and Yokozuna. 

Wanz also organized strong men competitions in Austria called "Austrian Giants". He also held several records for tearing telephone books.  Arnold Schwarzenegger has called Wanz as an influence on his fitness and bodybuilding career.

Wanz died on September 14, 2017 in Styria, Austria of heart failure at the age of 74.

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Clarke Carlisle

**Clarke James Carlisle** (born 14 October 1979) is an English former footballer. He played as a defender between 1997 and 2013. He played for many teams including Blackpool, Queens Park Rangers, Leeds United, Watford and Burnley.

Carlisle was born in Preston. He is of Dominican ancestry. He has three children.

## Career statistics
## Honours
**Queens Park Rangers**
*Football League Second Division runners-up: 2003–04 Carlisle's contract with Queens Park Rangers ended at the conclusion of the 2003–04 campaign.

**Burnley**
*Football League Championship play-offs: 2008–09

## References
## Other websites
*Clarke Carlisle career stats at Soccerbase
Rosen

**Rosen** is a given name. This is a unique name (not in the top 1000 newborn names in the US in 2021).

## People 
Last names:
* Al Rosen, Jewish-American baseball player
* Beatrice Rosen, American-French actress
* Daphne Rosen, Jewish-American pornographic actress
* Elsa-Marianne von Rosen, Swedish ballet dancer, choreographer and actress
* Magnus Rosén, Swedish bassist
* Michael Rosen, Jewish-English children's novelist and poet
* Sam Rosen, Jewish-American sportscaster
* Yisrael Rosen, Israeli rabbi and journalist

First name:
* Rosen Plevneliev, former President of Bulgaria

## References
List of scientists from South America

This is a list of scientists from South America.
## Argentina
*Ivan Izquierdo, Argentine-Brazilian neuroscientist. A pioneer of neurobiology of learning and memory
* Andres Carrasco - molecular biologist. studied the effects of glyphosate used on transgenic crops. 
* Bernardo Houssay - doctor, Nobel prize (Physiology and Medicine) with two others on how hormones use sugar
* Ivan Izquierdo - neuroscientist, studied memory in mammals
* Erico Spinadel - industrial engineer, worked with wind and nuclear power

## Bolivia
*Luis Arce, economist, president of Bolivia
*Mario Baudoin, biologist
*Roberto Iván Aguilar Gómez. - economist, former Minister of Education; 
## Brazil
* Warwick Estevam Kerr - geneticist and entomologist. Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences of the United States the Third World Academy of Sciences and the National Order of Scientific Merit
* Israel Klabin - mathematician and civil engineer. second mayor of Rio de Janeiro
* Luiz Alberto Dias Menezes - geologist, f the mineral menezesite is named for him.
* Fritz Müller - German born evolutionary biologist, known for Müllerian mimicry
* Luiz Pinguelli Rosa - nuclear physicist , researcher and educator

## Chile
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*Hugo Gunckel Lüer - botanist and pharmacologist
*Adriana Hoffmann - botanist and environmentalist
*Cinna Lomnitz - geophysicist
*Humberto Maturana - biologist and cybernetician
*Jurgen Rottmann - ornithologist

## Colombia
*Iván Duque Márquez - economist, president
*Sergio Fajardo - mathematician, former governor of Antioquia
*Roberto Junguito - economist

## Ecuador
*Gary Esparza - economist, former president of the National Congress
*María Elsa Viteri - economist, former Minister of Finance 

## Guyana
*Opendra Narayan -  veterinarian, known for engineering a type of HIV that could cause AIDS-like disease in monkeys. 

## Paraguay
*Fernando Lugo (born 1951), sociologist; president of Paraguay

## Peru
*Hernando de Soto Polar - economist, chief of Institute for Liberty and Democracy; 
*Pedro Pablo Kuczynski - economist, former President

## Surinam
*Jules Sedney (d. 2020), economist, prime minister

## Uruguay
*Enrique V. Iglesias - Uruguayan-Spanish economist, former president of the Inter-American Development Bank

## Venezuela
*José Antonio Abreu - economist, won the Latin Grammy Trustees Award, d. 2018
*Teodoro Petkoff - economist, former Minister of Planning, d. 2018

## Related pages
*List of scientists from Africa
*List of scientists from Asia
*List of scientists from Europe
*List of scientists from North America
*List of scientists from Oceania
*List of women scientists from South America

## References
La Punt-Chamues-ch

**La Punt-Chamues-ch** is a municipality of the district of Maloja in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

## References
Parsons Green train bombing

On 15 September 2017, at around 8:20 am BST (07:20 UTC), an explosion occurred on a District line train at Parsons Green tube station, in London, England. Twenty-nine people were injured and later treated in hospital. The main injuries were burn injuries. The incident is being treated by the Metropolitan Police as a terrorist attack.

In a statement after the incident, Prime Minister Theresa May said: "My thoughts are with those injured at Parsons Green and the emergency services who, once again, are responding swiftly and bravely to a suspected terrorist incident."

## References
Niels Henrik Abel

**Niels Henrik Abel** (5 August 1802 – 6 April 1829) was a Norwegian mathematician. He died in 1829.

He did the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals.

## Legacy
The Abel Prize (*Abel-prisen*) is named after him.

## Related pages
*List of scientists from Europe

## References
Dwijen Sharma

**Dwijen Sharma** (May 29, 1929 – September 15, 2017) was a Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer. He was awarded Bangla Academy Award in 1987 and Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh for his work in language and literature.

In 1962 he left Barisal to join the faculty of Notre Dame College, Dhaka and worked until 1974. Then, he moved to Moscow to work for Progress Publishers as a translator.

Sharma died of kidney disease on September 15, 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh at the age of 88.

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Peter Brook

**Peter Stephen Paul Brook**, CH, CBE (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) is an English theatre and movie director. He has been based in France since the early 1970s. He has won multiple Tony and Emmy Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Praemium Imperiale, and the Prix Italia. He has been called "our greatest living theatre director".

Brook died on 2 July 2022 in Paris, France at the age of 97.

## References
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*Official Peter Brook website - Site officiel 
* Dan David Prize laureate 2005
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* Peter Brook  at Internet Off-Broadway Database
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* Peter Brook profile by Experimental Theatre Organization 
*Review of Brook's Mahabharata in Caravan Magazine
* Master's Degree in Urban Scenography in Barcelona
Ata Kandó

**Ata Kandó** (born **Etelka Görög**; 17 September 1913 – 14 September 2017) was a Hungarian-Dutch photographer of Jewish descent. She was born in Budapest, Hungary.

Beginning her photography practice in the 1930s with children's photography, Kandó later worked as a fashion photographer, photographed refugees and travelled to the Amazon to photograph landscapes and indigenous people. In the 1930s she stayed two times in Paris. During the war she lived in Hungary, but after the war she returned to Paris.She moved to the Netherlands in 1954.

In 1959, she won a silver medal in Munich for fashion photography and then in 1991, received the Pro Cultura Hungarica Medal. This was followed in 1998 with the Imre Nagy Prize and that same year, she and her husband received the Righteous Among the Nations, awarded by Israel for saving Jews during the Holocaust.

In 1999 she was awarded the Hungarian Photographers Association Lifetime Achievement Award.

Kandó died at the age of 103 in Bergen, Netherlands on 14 September 2017.

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Bruce Glover

**Bruce Herbert Glover** (born November 2, 1932, died March 12, 2025) was an American character actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was of English and Swedish descent. He was best known for his role of the assassin Mr. Wint in the James Bond movie *Diamonds Are Forever*. He was the father of actor Crispin Glover. Glover died at a Los Angeles hospital on March 12, 2025, at the age of 92. His son Crispin announced his father's death on Instagram with a tribute of personal and professional pictures on March 29.

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Rhys Hoskins

**Rhys Dean Hoskins** (born March 17, 1993) is an American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2017. Before playing for the Phillies, he played college baseball for the Sacramento State Hornets.

He is the fastest player in history—in terms of games played—to hit the following number of career home runs: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17.

## References
Independence Day Award

The **Independence Day Award** is the highest state award given by the government of Bangladesh.

Each awardee receives a gold medal, a certificate of honour, and a sum of cash. The amount of the cash reward was originally taka 20 thousand, but later in 2004, it was increased to taka one lac (.10 million in Bangladeshi currency).

## References
## Other websites
* List of awardees , Cabinet Division, Bangladesh Government
Laax

**Laax** () is a municipality in the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

## References
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* Official website 
* Official Tourism website
Ladir

**Ladir** was a municipality in the district Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2014, the former municipalities of Ladir, Castrisch, Ilanz, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, Rueun and Siat merged into the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.
Ilanz/Glion

**Ilanz/Glion** is a new municipality of the district Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Castrisch, Ilanz, Ladir, Luven, Pitasch, Riein, Ruschein, Schnaus, Sevgein, Duvin, Pigniu, Rueun and Siat merged into the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.

## References
## Other websites
* Official Website
Luven

**Luven** was a municipality of the district of Surselva in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is part of the new municipality of Ilanz/Glion.
Amazonas Department

**Department of Amazonas ** (, ) is a department in the southern Colombia. The capital is Leticia. The name comes from the Amazon River that drains much in the department and the rainforest that covers a large part of the department.

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Antioquia Department

The **Department of Antioquia** is one of the 32 departments of Colombia. It is located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. The capital is Medellín.

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Frank Vincent

**Frank Vincent Gattuso Jr.** (August 4, 1937 &ndash; September 13, 2017), known professionally as **Frank Vincent**, was an American actor, musician and writer. He played well-known roles in the HBO series *The Sopranos* and in several movies for director Martin Scorsese: *Raging Bull* (1980), *Goodfellas* (1990), and *Casino* (1995). He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts.

In 2001, Vincent voiced the character of Mafia boss Salvatore Leone in the controversial computer and video game *Grand Theft Auto III* and played the character again in *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas* (2004) and *Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories* (2005).

Vincent died of complications from heart surgery in Nutley, New Jersey on September 13, 2017 at the age of 80.

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Basil Gogos

**Basil Gogos** (March 12, 1929 &ndash; September 13, 2017) was an Egyptian-born American illustrator. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He was best known for his  portraits of movie monsters which appeared on the covers of *Famous Monsters of Filmland* magazine in the 1960s and 1970s. 

Gogos died in Manhattan, New York of a heart attack on September 13, 2017 at the age of 88.

## References
## Other websites
*Gogos At VANGUARD
Savognin

**Savognin** was a municipality of the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Savognin, Bivio, Cunter, Marmorera, Mulegns, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Sur and Tinizong-Rona merged into the new municipality of Surses.

## Other websites
* Official website of Savognin
Arjan Singh

Marshal of the Indian Air Force **Arjan Singh**, DFC (15 April 1919 – 16 September 2017) was an Indian Air Force Officer. He served as Chief of the Air Staff from 1964 to 1969. He was born in Lyallpur, Punjab, British India ().

After retiring from the IAF, he served as a diplomat, politician and advisor to the Indian government. In 2002, he became the first and only officer of the Indian Air Force to be promoted to five-star rank as Marshal of the Indian Air Force, equal to the army rank of Field Marshal.

In 1971 (after his retirement) Singh was appointed as the Indian Ambassador to Switzerland. He concurrently served as the Ambassador to the Vatican. He was also appointed as the High Commissioner to Kenya in 1974.

Singh died of a heart attack on 16 September 2017 in New Delhi, India at the age of 98.

## References
## Other websites
* Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh - Indian Air Force Official Website
* Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh
* Book on Arjan Singh: Marshal of The Indian Air Force (Hardcover)
* Book review on Arjan Singh: Marshal of The Indian Air Force
* Article on Marshal of The Indian Air Force Arjan Singh 
* Photograph of Arjan Singh today
Henflingen

**Henflingen** is a former commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Illtal.

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Portage County, Ohio

**Portage County** is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2020, 161,791 people lived there. The county seat is Ravenna.

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Albert Speer Jr.

**Albert Speer** (; 29 July 1934 &ndash; 15 September 2017) was a German architect and urban planner. He was the son of  Albert Speer  (1905–81) who was Adolf Hitler's chief architect. He was born in Berlin, Germany.

In 1984 he founded the company Büro Albert Speer & Partner in Frankfurt am Main. He was responsible for the design of Expo 2000 in Hanover, design of the Shanghai International Automobile City, and the central axis in Beijing created while serving as lead designer for the 2008 Olympics.

Speer Jr. died in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 15 September 2017 at the age of 83.

## References
## Other websites
* AS&P&nbsp;– Albert Speer und Partner GmbH&nbsp;– Profile
Keely Smith

**Keely Smith **(born **Dorothy Jacqueline Keely**, March 9, 1932 — December 16, 2017) was a Grammy Award-winning American jazz and popular music singer. She performed and recorded many times in the 1950s with then-husband Louis Prima, and throughout the 1960s as a solo-artist.

With her former husband Prima, their songs included Johnny Mercer's and Harold Arlen's "That Ol' Black Magic", which was a Top 20 hit in the US in 1958. At the 1st Annual Grammy Awards in 1959, Smith and Prima won the first Grammy for Best Performance by a Vocal Group for "That Ol' Black Magic".

Smith died of apparent heart failure in Palm Springs, California on December 16, 2017 at the age of 85.

## References
## Other websites
* NPR: "Keely Smith: A Swingin' Icon of Early Vegas"
* Interview by KUOW-FM's Amanda Wilde
Redfoo

**Stefan Kendal Gordy** (born September 3, 1975), better known by his stage name **Redfoo**, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer and DJ. He was one-half of the EDM-hip house duo LMFAO, which he formed with his half-nephew Sky Blu in 2006. The duo became best known for their 2011 singles "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) and "Sexy and I Know It," both of which peaked atop the *Billboard* Hot 100. They signed with will.i.am Music Group, an imprint of Interscope Records to release two studio albums—*Party Rock* (2009) and *Sorry for Party Rocking* (2011)—until their disbandment in 2012. Redfoo released his debut solo album, *Party Rock Mansion*, in 2016.

## Acknowledgments
The first artist to reach 1 million like on YouTube with videoclip Party Rock Anthem on November 15, 2011 (under the pseudonym LMFAO.)

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Peter Lassally

**Peter Lassally** (born 1933) is a German-born American executive television producer and Holocaust survivor. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. He is a former Carson Productions executive. He was the executive producer of *The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson*, *Late Night with David Letterman*,  the *Late Show with David Letterman* and the *Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson*.

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Jaspillite

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**Jaspillite**, or *jaspilite*, is a chemical rock formed similar to chert. It is usually iron rich. It also has the name *jasper taconite*. 

Jaspillite is typically a layered mixture of hematite and quartz. It is common in the banded iron formation rocks of Proterozoic and Archaean age in the Canadian shield of North America.

Jaspillite is also a sedimentary rock.in certain lead-zinc ore deposits.

It is used as a gemstone.

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*Mindat.org data
Nabeel Qureshi

**Nabeel Qureshi** (April 13, 1983 &ndash; September 16, 2017) was an American Christian apologist writer and speaker, converted from Islam to Christianity. He was born in California.

Qureshi was a speaker with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) and the author of three books, *Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity* (Zondervan, February 2014), *Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward* (Zondervan, March 2016), and *No God But One—Allah or Jesus* (Zondervan, August 2016).

Qureshi died of advanced stomach cancer on September 16, 2017 at the age of 34.

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Bautista Álvarez

**Bautista Goyel Álvarez Domínguez** (1933 &ndash; 16 September 2017) was a Spanish nationalist politician and historian. He was born in San Amaro, Spain. He served as the President of the Galician People's Union from 1964 through 1977.

Álvarez died of a heart attack on 16 September 2017 at his sister's home in Beariz, Spain at the age of 84.

## References
## Other websites
* Biography
Misael Pastrana Borrero

**Misael Eduardo Pastrana Borrero** (14 November 1923 – 21 August 1997) was the 23rd President of Colombia from 1970 to 1974.

During his four years in office, Pastrana was cautiously progressive. He sought to increase employment opportunities with a famous four-point strategy. He attempted to boost national savings as a way of moving away from dependency on foreign investment and credit, and he extended pensions rights for many people.

His son, Andrés Pastrana Arango, later became the 30th President of Colombia.

Pastrana died in Bogotá, Columbia on 21 August 1997 of a stroke at the age of 73.

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Ted Christopher

**Ted Christopher** (June 5, 1958 – September 16, 2017), sometimes called **"Teddy" Christopher**, was an American racing driver. He was born in Plainville, Connecticut. 

## Career 
Christopher has raced and won in many different types of race cars, including Modifieds, SK Modifieds, ISMA, Camping World East Series, Late Models, Pro Stocks, and Midgets.  

Christopher also raced in NASCAR's Nextel Cup, Busch, and Craftsman Truck Series.  He is best known for competing in NASCAR's Whelen Modified Tour, where he has over 40 victories and a championship in 2008.  He is also well known for his success on the 1.058 mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway where Christopher has won five Camping World East Series events and 5 Whelen Modified Tour events.

Christopher was an aggressive driver, known for his infamous "Three Tap Rule" when passing cars in front of him, though his driving style changed in his later career and has brought more success to his racing career.

Christopher was killed in an airplane crash near North Branford, Connecticut on September 16, 2017 at the age of 59.

## References
## Other websites
* Driver statistics at Racing-Reference.com
Mitchell Flint

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**Mitchell Flint** (June 27, 1923 &ndash; September 16, 2017) was an American lawyer and a veteran aviator. He was a U.S. Navy Fighter pilot during World War II, and later served as an American Volunteer pilot in Israel's first fighter squadron during its War of Independence. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri.

Flint died on September 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California from complications of pneumonia at the age of 94.

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Carl Duering

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**Carl Duering** (born 29 May 1923) is a German-born British actor. He was born in Berlin, Germany. He is best known role is as Dr. Brodsky in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 movie *A Clockwork Orange*.

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Steven Berkoff

**Steven Leslie Berks** (born 3 August 1937), known professionally as **Steven Berkoff**, is an English character actor, author, playwright and theatre director. 

As an actor, he is best known for his performances in villainous roles, such as Lt. Col Podovsky in *Rambo: First Blood Part II*, General Orlov in the James Bond movie *Octopussy, *Victor Maitland in *Beverly Hills Cop* and Adolf Hitler in the TV mini-series *War and Remembrance*. He also played Det. Const. Tom in the 1971 movie *A Clockwork Orange*.

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Reed Smoot

**Reed Smoot** (January 10, 1862 – February 9, 1941) was a republican senator from 1903–1933. He was also a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and a businessman.

As a senator he is known for the 1930 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act.

Smoot was an important leader of the LDS Church. He was chosen to serve as an apostle in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1900. Smoot's role in the LDS Church led to a controversy in the United States Senate. There were also rumors of polygamy and a secret oath against the United States He lost the vote for office in 1932. Smoot returned to Utah in 1933. Smoot stopped working in politics and business and spent his time working in the church. At the time of his death, he was third in line to lead the LDS Church. The family moved to Provo, Utah, when his father was called by Brigham Young to head the stake there. Smoot went to school at the University of Utah (then a religious school) and graduated from Brigham Young Academy (now Brigham Young University) in Provo in 1879. After school, Smoot worked as a Mormon missionary in England. After returning to Utah, Smoot married Alpha M. Eldredge of Salt Lake City on September 17, 1884. They had six children together.

## United States Senate
After becoming an apostle in 1900, Smoot got permission from the LDS Church president Joseph F. Smith to run for office in 1902. He had joined the Republican Party. 

Smoot was voted by the Utah legislature to the United States Senate on January 20, 1903, as a Republican Senator representing the state. Smoot was introduced to the United States Senate by Utah's senior U.S. Senator, Republican Thomas Kearns, a Catholic who was elected in 1901. Kearns, an important mining leader, newspaper owner, banker, and railroad owner, had competed with Smoot for election to the Senate in 1900. Kearns was elected. Two years later Smoot ran again and won.

## Political career
Smoot was elected again in 1908 and continued to be elected over and over again until 1932. He worked in the Senate until March 1933. A Constitutional amendment required the popular election of US Senators after 1913. Smoot lost 1932 election, the year in which Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidency.

Smoot was Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1923 to 1933, and worked on the Senate Appropriations Committee. He worked on the national Republican Party and served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention every four years between 1908 and 1924. He was Chairman of the 1928 Resolutions Committee at the 1928 Republican National Convention and Chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.

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María Cristina Arango Vega

**María Cristina Arango Vega** (October 15, 1928 &ndash; September 15, 2017) was the widow of the 23rd President of Colombia, Misael Pastrana Borrero. She served as First Lady of Colombia from 1970 to 1974. She was also the mother of the 30th President Andrés Pastrana Arango. She was born in Bogota.

Arango Vega died in Bogotá, D.C. on September 15,  2017 at the age of 88.

## References
Alfonso López Michelsen

**Alfonso López Michelsen** (30 June 1913 – 11 July 2007) was the 24th President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. López was the son of former two time president of Colombia, Alfonso López Pumarejo. He was born and raised in Bogotá.

## Presidency
In 1974, López was selected by the Liberal Party in as their candidate for president after defeating former president Carlos Lleras Restrepo in the party presidential primaries. He won the general election by a large margin against the Conservative Party candidate Álvaro Gómez Hurtado and the ANAPO candidate, María Eugenia Rojas.

In his inaugural speech on August 7, 1974, López was mostly remembered for calling the border disputed area in the Gulf of Venezuela by its native name "Gulf of Coquibacoa" given by the wayuus. On September 14, 1977 in Bogotá a bloody riot started in all sections of the city, the riot was called The National Civic Strike. The two days riot left a death toll of 80 people, and 2000 people injured.

## Post-presidency
Upon the end of his term in 1978, he again became the leader of Liberal Party. He ran for president again in 1982, but was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate, Belisario Betancur.

## Death
Lopez Michelsen died in Bogotá on July 11, 2007 after suffering a heart attack.

## References
## Other websites
*  MOIR: the six lies of President Lopez 
*  EL TIEMPO: Alfonso López Michelsen 1913-2007
President of Colombia

The **President of Colombia** (**President of the Republic**) is the head of state and head of government of Colombia and the commander-in-chief of the Colombian Military Forces. The president is also the head of the executive branch of the national government of Colombia and is the chairman of the presidential cabinet.

The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was *"la Gran Colombia"*. The first president, General Simón Bolívar, took office in 1819. His position, initially self-proclaimed, was ratified by Congress.

The current president of the Republic of Colombia is Gustavo Petro, who took office on 7 August 2022.

## Living former presidents
As of , there are six living former presidents:

File:César Gaviria, World Economic Forum on Latin America 2009 (cropped).jpg|**César Gaviria**(1990-1994)
File:Ernesto_Samper.jpg|**Ernesto Samper**(1994-1998)
File:Andrés_Pastrana_(2009).jpg|**Andrés Pastrana Arango**(1998-2002)
File:Alvaro Uribe Velez with Obamas (cropped 2).jpg|**Álvaro Uribe**(2002-2010)
File:Juan Manuel Santos in 2018.jpg|**Juan Manuel Santos**(2010-2018)
File:Iván Duque Márquez 2021.jpg|**Iván Duque**(2018-2022)

The most recent death of a former president was that of Belisario Betancur (1982–1986) on ; he was 95 years old.

## References
## Other websites
*Presidencia de la Republica de Colombia  
*Georgetown University - Requisites to be President of Colombia
Nydia Quintero Turbay

**Nydia Quintero Turbay** (28 August 1932 &ndash; 30 June 2025)

She was the President of *Fundación Solidaridad por Colombia*, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the condition of impoverished Colombian families through educational and nutritional programs for children, the disabled and the poor.

Quintero Turbay died on 30 June 2025 at a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia from respiratory failure at the age of 92.

## References
Marcel Herriot

**Marcel Paul Herriot** (18 May 1934 – 14 September 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Moussey, Vosges, France.

Herriot was ordained to the priesthood in 1960. He served bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Verdun, France, from 1987 to 1999. He then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Soissons from 1999 to 2008.

Herriot died on 14 September 2017 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Vosges, France at the age of 83.

## References
## Other websites
* Fiche  French official website 
*  Fiche from catholic-hierarchy.org
Cecilia Caballero Blanco

**Cecilia Caballero Blanco** (September 30, 1913 &ndash; August 13, 2019) was the widow of the 24th President of Colombia, Alfonso López Michelsen, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1974 to 1978.

Caballero Blanco was born on September 30, 1913 in Bogotá. She died on August 13,  2019 in Bogotá at the age of 105.

## References
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Marcelo Rezende

**Marcelo Luiz Rezende Fernandes** (November 12, 1951 – September 16, 2017) was a Brazilian journalist and television presenter. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.

He began his career as a sports journalist in Rio de Janeiro in the coverage of several major games in the 1970s. Rezende worked at Rede Globo for 23 years as a reporter, where he was hired to present the Linha Direta police program until December 2000. The last program he worked in was called *Cidade Alerta* (Alert City) and was presented on RecordTV. 

Rezende died of multiple organ failure complicated by pancreatic cancer in Rio de Janeiro on September 16, 2017 at the age of 65.

## References
## Other websites
Yokozuna (sumo)

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A ''''*  in the sport of Sumo is the highest rank any wrestler (Rikishi) can attain.  The word means "Horizontal Rope" and it comes from one of the symbols that Yokozuna wear; a thick rope (綱 *tsuna'') which is worn around the waist.  It is a sign of their rank.  This rope can be very heavy, weighing around . It is not worn for fights, but only for the wrestler's entrance ceremony into the ring at the start of a tournament.  The rope is similar to that which is used in Shinto religion for purification and to mark off sacred areas of the temple.

Yokozuna are stars in Sumo. They are in many ways, the *public face* of Sumo and their behaviour is watched very closely.
Gustavo Balcázar Monzón

**Gustavo Balcázar Monzón** (born 10 August 1927) is a Colombian lawyer and retired politician.

Balcázar Monzón is a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He served as Member of both the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, presiding over both chambers of Congress. He also served in the administrations of President Guillermo León Valencia as the 48th Governor of Valle del Cauca, and as the 16th Minister of Agriculture, and in the administration of President Julio César Turbay Ayala as the 18th Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom, and Non-Resident Ambassador to Algeria.

## References
Huron County, Ohio

**Huron County** is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2020, 58,565 people lived there. The county seat is Norwalk.

## References
Penny Chenery

**Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery Tweedy** (January 27, 1922 – September 16, 2017) was an American sportswoman. She was born in New Rochelle, New York. Chenery bred and raced Secretariat, the 1973 winner of the Triple Crown. In addition to breeding Secretariat, Chenery bred Saratoga Dew, who became the first New York-bred horse to ever win an Eclipse Award when the filly was voted the 1992 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.

In March 2011, Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia awarded Chenery an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. 

Chenery died on September 16, 2017 at her home in Boulder, Colorado from complications from a stroke at the age of 95.

## References
Émile Idée

**Émile Idée** (19 July 1920 &ndash; 30 December 2024) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Nouvion-le-Comte, France. 

Idée was a five-time winner of the Critérium International, a record shared with Raymond Poulidor and Jens Voigt. He finished in second place in the 1948 Paris–Roubaix.

Idée turned 100 in July 2020. He died on 30 December 2024 in Marolles-en-Brie, France at the age of 104.

## References
## Other websites
*Official Tour de France results for Emile Idée
Eugenio Bersellini

**Eugenio Bersellini** (10 June 1936 – 17 September 2017) was an Italian football player and manager. He was born in Borgo Val di Taro, Kingdom of Italy. He was known for playing with Brescia Calcio, Monza and Lecce. He managed Como, Internazionale and Torino.

Bersellini died on 17 September 2017 in Prato, Italy of pneumonia at the age of 81.

## References
Chris Wallace

**Christopher W. Wallace** (born October 12, 1947) is an American television anchor and political commentator. He is the host of the Fox Broadcasting Company/Fox News Channel program *Fox News Sunday*. 

Wallace has won three Emmy Awards and the Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton Award. Wallace has been with Fox News since 2003. As a previous moderator of *Meet the Press* on NBC, Wallace is the only person to date to have served as host/moderator of more than one of the major Sunday morning political talk shows.

## References
Petr Šabach

**Petr Šabach** (August 23, 1951 &ndash; September 16, 2017) was a Czech novelist. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He studied at Charles University.

Šabach was known for his novels *Jak potopit Austrálii* (1986), *Hovno hoří* (1994), *Zvláštní problém Františka S.* (1996), *Putování mořského koně* (1998), *Babičky* (1998), *Opilé banány* (2001), *Čtyři muži na vodě* (2003), *Ramon* (2004), *Občanský průkaz* (2006), *Tři vánoční povídky* (2007) and *Škoda lásky* (2009).

Šabach died on September 16, 2017 in Prague at the age of 66.

## References
## Other websites
List of Ekushey Padak winners in Arts

The Ekushey Padak in Arts winners are listed here.

## List of winners
### 1970s
### 1980s
### 1990s
### 2000s
### 2010s
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Joan Ganz Cooney

**Joan Ganz Cooney** (born **Joan Ganz**; November 30, 1929) is an American television producer. She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (originally ''Children's Television Workshop'' or CTW), the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show *Sesame Street*, which was also co-created by her.

## References
## Other websites
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* Joan Ganz Cooney at wowOwow
*Joan Ganz Cooney   Video produced by *Makers: Women Who Make America*
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Aleksandar Vučić

**Aleksandar Vučić** (, born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician. He has been the President of Serbia since 31 May 2017.   

Before he became president, Aleksandar Vučić served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2014 until 2017.  Vučić served as Minister of Information from 1998 to 2000 and later as Minister of Defence from 2012 to 2013, as well as First Deputy Prime Minister from 2012 to 2014. 

In April 2017, Aleksandar Vučić was elected President of Serbia with 55% of the vote in the first round, thus avoiding a second round. He became president from 31 May 2017, taking over from Tomislav Nikolić. His was sworn in on 23 June 2017.

## References
Charles Dance

**Walter Charles Dance**, OBE (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and movie director. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters and villains.

Dance is known for his roles as Tywin Lannister in HBO's *Game of Thrones*, Guy Perron in *The Jewel in the Crown* (1984), Sardo Numspa in *The Golden Child* (1986), Jonathan Clemens in *Alien 3* (1992), Benedict in *Last Action Hero* (1993), the Master Vampire in *Dracula Untold* (2014), Lord Havelock Vetinari in ''Terry Pratchett's Going Postal* (2010), Legantir in *Justin and the Knights of Valour* (2013) and Alastair Denniston in *The Imitation Game'' (2014).

Dance was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006. He lives in Kentish Town in north London.

## References
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Solicitor General of the United States

The **United States solicitor general** (**USSG**) is the fourth-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Justice. The solicitor general is the person appointed to represent the U.S. federal government before the Supreme Court of the United States.

The solicitor general determines the legal position that the United States will take in the Supreme Court. In addition to supervising and conducting cases in which the government is a party, the office of the solicitor general also files *amicus curiae* briefs in cases in which the federal government has a significant interest in the legal issue.

The office of the solicitor general argues on behalf of the government in virtually every case in which the United States is a party, and also argues in most of the cases in which the government has filed an *amicus* brief.

## List of solicitors general
:**Note**: Some terms overlap because the incumbent remained in office after a successor was named. The office has been vacant at times while awaiting the nomination or confirmation of a successor.

## References
Charles Fried

**Charles Fried** (April 15, 1935 &ndash; January 23, 2024) was a Czech-born American jurist and lawyer of Jewish descent.

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Protected area

, a protected area in Costa Rica]]
**Protected areas** or **conservation areas** are locations with special protection. They are protected because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural importance. Areas are usually protected by law. The law can be local, from the country of the protected area, or even .

Protected areas are important for biodiversity. They often provide an area safe from hunting or changes to the environment. This provides a safe habitat for threatened and endangered species. They are also important to protect naturally formed areas, like the Grand Canyon, from damage by humans.

There are many types of protected areas. One type is a **marine protected area**. A marine protected area is for seas, oceans, estuaries or large lakes.

Northeast Greenland National Park is an example of a protected area. The park protects a large variety of animals, such as musk oxen, walrus, and King Eider. Another example of a protected area is the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. This area is protected because it is an important archaeological site.

## Related pages
*Marine reserve
*Nature reserve
*World Heritage Site
Bonnie Angelo

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**Veronica Estelle "Bonnie" Angelo** (January 29, 1924 &ndash; September 17, 2017) was an American journalist and author. She was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was known for being the author of *First Mothers*. During her more than twenty-five years with *Time*, yet served as a Washington correspondent from 1967&ndash;1978, she has reported on the White House and has covered newsmakers and events across America and the world. 

Angelo died at a nursing home in Bethesda, Maryland of complications from dementia on September 17, 2017 at the age of 93.

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* Bonnie Angelo | 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award
Nutley, New Jersey

**Nutley** is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the township's population was 30,143.

What is now Nutley was originally incorporated as **Franklin Township** by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 18, 1874, from portions of Belleville Township. Nutley was incorporated as a Town on March 5, 1902, replacing Franklin Township.

*New Jersey Monthly* magazine ranked Nutley as its 38th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.

## References
Katt Williams

**Micah Sierra "Katt" Williams** (born September 2, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, rapper, singer and actor. He acted as Money Mike in *Friday After Next* (2002). He also played Bobby Shaw in *My Wife and Kids*. In 2007, he played Lord Have Mercy in *Norbit*.

Williams was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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