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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Mick Anglo, British comic book writer and artist, creator of Marvelman, died he was 95.

Michael "Mick" Anglo [2][3] was a British comic book writer, editor and artist, as well as an author. He is best known for creating the superhero Marvelman, later known as Miracleman.

(born Maurice Anglowitz, 19 June 1916 – 31 October 2011)

Biography

Born in Bow, London, Mick Anglo was educated at the Central Foundation School and John Cass Art School, both in London.[2] On leaving school he freelanced in fashion and commercial art until 1939, and first drew cartoons for SEAC, the official army newspaper for South East Asia Command in 1942,[2] then for newspapers in Singapore in 1945.[4] After completing his National Service, he became an author for a small publishing company, Martin and Reid, producing westerns, romance books and crime thrillers with titles such as "Guns & Gamblers", "My Gun Speaks For Me"/"Muscles For Hire" (1951), and "Broadway Glamour", under the pen-name Johnny Dekker.[2][5] He also drew a small number of short humorous comic strips for the publisher John Matthew during 1946, and for two other companies, Rayburn and A. Solway in 1948.[6] After illustrating the book jacket for one of his own novels, Martin and Reid suggested he developed strips for their comics line, and he worked on their comics imprint between 1948 and 1950; editing the line and writing and drawing western, adventure and science fiction strips and titles.[2] He also produced a number of one-off stories contemporaneously with his Martin and Reid work for Paget Publications, one of the smaller British comics imprints of the day; producing short run, often single issue, titles containing a number of stories.[6] Although contributing mainly short humor strips, Anglo's creations for Paget Publications included an early British superhero, Wonderman,[7] who appeared for 24 issues in his own title from 1948-1951.[6]
Between 1950-1952 Anglo produced a number of strips for publisher Arnold Miller's [8] Arnold Book Company, on stories such as "Captain Valiant" (in Space Comics) and "Ace Malloy of the Special Squadron", while concurrently producing Space Commando Comics, featuring "Space Commander Kerry," for L. Miller and Son,[2] a major British comics company run by Arnold Miller's father, Leonard Miller[9] and still writing novels for Martin and Reid. Early in 1954 Anglo opened his own comics production company, Gower Studios, in Gower Street, London. As "an old school editorial packager",[10] Anglo's studio created "packets" for various publishers, usually comprising the entire content of a publication; and Mick Anglo Limited was incorporated on 21 Aug. 1954 for the purpose of Artistic and literary creation.[11] Anglo and his staff of British artists, including Don Lawrence (who was given his first break in drawing comics by Anglo),[12] Bob Monkhouse, Denis Gifford, Ron Embleton and George Stokes,[13] had a hand in the creation of many British independent comic books and magazines between 1954 and 1963. "I employed a pretty large staff of freelancers: scriptwriters and artists. Most of the artists had just come out of the Forces, and were looking for something to do".[14]
In 1954 Anglo created the character he is best known for, Marvelman. Since the mid-1940s L. Miller and Son had successfully reprinted American comic book company Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel Jr stories in the U.K. However, in 1953 Fawcett were party to a protracted lawsuit brought by National Comics (now DC Comics) claiming plagiarism of their Superman character.[citation needed] Fawcett cancelled their Captain Marvel titles, leaving Leonard Miller without reprint material for their best-selling British titles. Miller approached Mick Anglo to create an replacement; "One day Leonard Miller phoned and said he wanted to see me urgently. His supply of the American material for the Captain Marvel series had suddenly been cut off. Had I any ideas? ... So I quickly told him I had plenty of ideas, and for my trouble I received a regular supply of work for the next six years."[13][15] Anglo replaced the Captain Marvel family with almost identical characters, Marvelman, Young Marvelman, and Kid Marvelman. In the six years between the relaunch of Captain Marvel Adventures as Marvelman from issue #25 (February 3, 1954)[16] and Anglo leaving L. Miller in 1960, he was responsible for scripting 736 issues of Marvelman, Marvelman Family and Young Marvelman[17] the "best-loved and best-known British superhero"[15] and the longest-running British superhero.[18] Gaining further mileage from the Marvelman material, in 1954 Anglo wrote one issue of Captain Universe[19] for Arnold Books, a near-identical character to Captain Marvel and Marvelman.[20]
As well as the Marvelman family of titles, in the mid-1950s Anglo took over a number of L. Miller's established American reprint titles, continuing the series Jim Bowie, Annie Oakley, and Davy Crockett utilising both the English artists from his studios and a number of Spanish artists. In 1960 Anglo left Miller and the Marvelman and Young Marvelman titles went into reprint soon after for the last three years of their runs.[citation needed] He set up his own Anglo Comics imprint title from Gower Studios, launching Captain Miracle,[21] a title which utilised Marvelman reprints with changes to the artwork; Battle, Gunhawks Western and TV Features, the last of which contained reprints of material produced by the Studio for L. Miller. None of the titles lasted more than 10 monthly issues between October 1960 and June 1961;[6] after which Anglo Comics folded. Anglo next adapted three stories by Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde and Wilkie Collins for the British Classics Illustrated imprint of publishers Thorpe and Porter, a company for which he also devised a number of 68-page hardback annuals based on television series The Avengers, Charles Rand, and Danger Man.
During 1965-1966, Anglo produced thirteen issues of Miracle Man[22] for Top Sellers publishers - a further revamp of the Captain Miracle stories from 1960, which had in turn been altered Marvelman stories.[23] Also in 1966, Anglo was approached by John Spencer & Co, a company that had produced crime and western books since the 1940s, latterly under the sobriquet Badger Books, to launch a series of comics. Four titles appeared in 1966, Fantasy Stories, Macabre Stories, Spectre Stories and Strange Stories, featuring, among other stories, a number of reworked strips by Gower Studios artists Ron Embleton and Bill Merrill, Spaceman (originally produced for Gould/Norman Light Publishing). With low production values, the John Spencer titles were not a success, and all folded within the year after six issues.[24][25]
During 1967 Anglo edited City Magazines Ltd's TV series-based weekly comic TV Tornado, and contributed the short-run strips Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Green Hornet, before returning to Top Sellers and packaging reprints of DC Comics material, including Superman, Wonder Woman and the Batman newspaper strip, for their Super DC anthology series in 1969/1970.[14] Anglo then worked on the weekly Look & Cook magazine in the late 1960s,[26] co-wrote a small number of cookery books, and was a joke writer for comedian Tommy Cooper.[2] He has also written a series of nostalgic books looking back at the decades from the 1930s-1950s, with a companion duo of quiz books, a book about Victorian magazines, "Penny Dreadfuls and other Victorian Horrors", and one on cannibalism, "Man Eats Man: The Story of Cannibalism", together with a small number of stories or features for Fleetway/IPC's war comics output between 1979–1983,[2] before retiring during the 1980s.

Marvelman/Miracleman revivals

Anglo had little to do with the revival of the Marvelman character in 1982 by Alan Moore for Quality Communications. Dez Skinn, the editor of Warrior, in which the revived series appeared, said "He wasn't crazy about our revamp, but he really didn't care either way."[10] Eventually the Marvelman revival was terminated after legal threats from Marvel Comics over Quality Communications Marvelman Special (June 1984), which was composed of Marvelman reprints from the L. Miller days, and Eclipse Comics publishing of the stories, renamed Miracleman, for the American market. The character became "mired in a legal quagmire"[27] for 25 years, preventing further reprint or new character development opportunities. The situation was not helped by ownership doubts, not clarified by Anglo's contractual relationship to L. Miller and Son and their status as a company.[28]
Eventually, in 2009, Marvel Comics purchased the rights to Marvelman from Mick Anglo, together with the rights for the 1980s Miracleman revival.[29][30] having established that Anglo owned the rights to the character.[31] Alan Moore is on record as saying that "I'm very happy for this book to get published — because that means money will finally go to Marvelman’s creator, Mick Anglo, and to his wife ... The main thing is that I will feel happy to know that Mick Anglo is finally getting the recompense he so richly deserves."[32]
Marvel Comics press release at the time quoted Marvel CEO and publisher Dan Buckley as saying "It is an honor to work with Mick Anglo to bring his creation to a larger audience than ever before."[33] The press release quotes Mick Anglo as saying, "I did not think it would ever happen. It's a wonderful thing to see my creation finally back."[33] Marvel have since announced that the first release of Marvelman material under their imprint is Marvelman Classic Primer #1 in June 2010, featuring an interview with Mick Anglo at 93, and a cover drawn by him; which will be followed by reprints of the L. Miller Marvelman stories in chronological order.[citation needed]

Bibliography

Comics

The following is an incomplete list of those stories/comics known to have been written, drawn or edited by Mick Anglo:
  • "Ace High" (The Sheriff and Elmo's Own #2, Screen Stories Publications, 1949)
  • "Ace High, Special Investigator" (Merry-Go-Round #5, Martin and Reid, 1947)
  • "Ace Malloy of the Special Squadron" #50-65? (Arnold Books, 1950-1952?)
  • "Alfie the Elfin" (Paget's Bumper Tot's Comic, Paget Publications, 1950)
  • "Andy the Office Boy" (Jolly Chuckles #6, Martin and Reid, 1948)
  • "Arresto" (Happy Yank #1, Rayburn 1948)
  • The Avengers (Thorpe and Porter, 1966) 68 page TV tie-in annual
  • "Barney Clouter" (Happy Yank #1, Rayburn 1948)
  • Battle #1-9 (Anglo Features, Nov 1960-July 1961)
  • "Bilbo" (All-Fun Comics v6#3, Soloway, 1948)
  • "Boyo" (Paget's Spree Comics, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • "Brace Morgan" (The Pioneer Western Comic, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "Buffalo Bill" (The Pioneer Western Comic, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "The Candy Kid" (Squibs Fun Comic, Martin and Reid, 1949)
  • "The Canterville Ghost" (Classics Illustrated #150, UK Edition, 1962) adaptation of Oscar Wilde story
  • "Cap'n Scamp and Flamper" (The Comic Wonder #2, Paget Publications, 1948) (reprinted in The Pagent Pinnacle Comic, Paget Publications 1949)
  • "Captain Justice" (Dynamic, Paget Publications, 1949)
  • "Captain Miracle"[21] #1-9 (Anglo Comics, 1960–1961) editor/artist (redrawn Marvelman stories)
  • "Captain Savage" (The Windjammer, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • Captain Zenith[34] (Martin and Reid, 1950) editor/artist
  • Cartoon Capers Comic (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • "Charles Cole's Magic Chalks"[35] (Captain Zenith, Martin and Reid, 1950) (Power Comic, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • Charles Rand[36] (Thorpe and Porter, 1966) 68 page TV tie-in annual
  • "Chuck Chance" (Power Comics, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Colonel Braggs" (The Paget Plus Comic, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • "Colonel Jodhpur" (Merry-Go-Round #5, 1947, Martin and Reid)
  • The Comic Ledger (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • "Crackey" (Merry-Go-Round #5, Martin and Reid, 1947)
  • "Dan Druff" (The Paget Pageant Comic, Paget Publications, 1948) (The Paget Prince of Comics, Paget Publications, 1949)
  • "Danger Inc" (Jolly Adventures #4, Martin and Reid, 1948)
  • Danger Man (Thorpe and Porter, 1966) 68 page TV tie-in annual
  • "The Dangermen" (Battle Picture Weekly 15 Sept.1979-?, Fleetway/IPC)
  • Davy Crockett #1-50 (L. Miller, 1956–1960)
  • "The Dead Men of Calais" (Battle Picture Library #1583, Fleetway/IPC, 1983)
  • "Dick and Flick" (Funny Tuppence #2, John Matthew, 1947)
  • "Doc Quacker" (The Comic Ledger, Martin and Reid, 1949)
  • "Dr. Knewall (Happy Yank #1, Rayburn, 1948)
  • Fantasy Stories 1-6? (John Spencer, 1966) editor/artist
  • "Fido" (The Paget Prince of Comics, Paget Publications, 1949)
  • "Frosh" (The Comic Wonder #7, Paget Publications, 1949)
  • "Froshy" (Amazing Comics, Modern Fiction, 1949)
  • "Fun and Larks at St. Narks" (The Premier #5, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • The Funfair Comic (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • The Funstar Comic (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • "Gail Garrity" (Dynamic, Paget Publications, 1949) (Oh Boy! and Wonderman #22, Paget Publications, 1951)
  • "Glup" (The Premier #7, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • "The Gold Bug" (Classics Illustrated #84, UK Edition, 1962) adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe story
  • "Good Deed Gus" (The Paget Parade Comic, Paget Publications, 1949)
  • "Green Hornet" (T.V. Tornado #7-17, #19, City Magazines Ltd, 1967)
  • "Grey Fowl" (Merry-Go-Round #5, Martin and Reid, 1947)
  • "Gunhawks Western" #1-10 (Anglo Comics, 1960–1961) editor
  • "Gusher" (The Outpost Adventure Comic, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Gypsey Doodle" (Merry-Go-Round #5, Martin and Reid, 1947)
  • "Hank Riley" (Happy Yank #1, Rayburn, 1948)
  • "Harmless Horace" (The Comics Wonder #2, 1948)
  • "Happy Joe" (The Paget Plus Comic, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • Happy Yank #1-3 (Rayburn, 1948) editor/artist
  • "Indian Justice" (The Pioneer Western Comic #2, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "Jesse James" (Jolly Western, Martin and Reid, 1948)
  • "Johnny Jules" (The Windjammer, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Johnny Tiddler" (Paget's Bumper Tot's Comic, Paget Publications, 1950)
  • Jolly Western #5-9 (Martin and Reid, 1948–49) editor/artist
  • "Kamba the Jungle Boy" (The Pioneer Western Comic, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "Ken Dale" (The Scoop Western, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Kid Kelly" (The Windjammer, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Killer Miller" (Jolly Western #6, Martin and Reid, 1948)
  • Kit Marain (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist [37]
  • "Koko the Clown" (Happy Moments #1, John Matthew, 1946)
  • "Konga" (Cartoons Capers Comic, Martin and Reid, 1949) (The Rancher, Martin and Reid, 1949) (The Outpost Adventure Comic, Martin and Reid, 1951)
  • "Lance Riordan" (Captain Zenith, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • The Lariat (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • "Lejeune of the Legion" (The Outpost Adventure Comic, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Les North" (The Rancher, Martin and Reid, 1949)
  • "Little Clancy" (Paget's Bumper Tot's Comic, Paget Publications, 1950)
  • "Little Tich and Tichy" (The Premier #6, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • Macabre Stories
  • "Mac Riordan (The Lariat, Martin and Reid, 1949)
  • "Malu" (The Windjammer Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Marji the Jungle Girl" (The Lariat, Martin and Reid, 1949) (The Scoop Western, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Malloy of the Mounties" (Captain Zenith, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Marlowe of the Mounties" (The Pioneer Western Comic, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "Marmaduke" (Jolly Chuckles #5, Martin and Reid, 1948)
  • "Marshal Zenith" (The Rancher, Martin and Reid, 1949)
  • "Martin Power" (Power Comics, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • Marvelman #25-370[38] (L. Miller, 03.02.1954-Feb 1963) numbering continued from Captain Marvel
  • Marvelman Adventures (annual) (L. Miller, 1961, 1963)[38]
  • Marvelman Annual (L. Miller, 1954–1960)
  • Marvelman Family #1-30 (L. Miller, Oct 1956-Nov 1959)
  • Marvelman Family Album (L. Miller, 1963)[38]
  • Marvelman Jnr Album (L. Miller, 1963)[38]
  • Merry-Go-Round (Martin and Reid, 1946–1949) artist #2-8, 10 editor #13-14
  • "Meyer" (The Premier #7, 1948) (The Paget Pinnacle Comics, Paget Publications, 1949)
  • "Mick Jordan, Space Investigator" (Merry-Go-Round #4, Martin and Reid, 1947)
  • Mick Martin (Martin and Reid, 1949)
  • "Mike" (Paget's Snips, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • Mick Martin (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • Miracle Man[22] #1-13 (Top Sellers, 1965) redrawn Marvelman stories
  • Monte Hall Western #106 (L. Miller, 1957?) cover artist
  • "Mystery at the Farm" (The Pioneer Western Comic, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "Nights of Terror" (Classics Illustrated #148, UK Edition, 1962) adaptation of Wilkie Collins story
  • "Nip McGee (Wonderman, Paget Publications, 1948) (Oh Boy! and Wonderman, Paget Publications, #22, 1951)
  • "Norman Harper" (The Funstar Comic, Martin and Reid, 1949) (Wonderman #20, Paget Publications, 1950)
  • "Ocean Capers" (Paget's Spree Comics, Paget Publications, 1948) (The Premier #7, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • "Oh, What a Lovely War" (Battle Picture Weekly 28 April 1979-8 Sept. 1979, Fleetway/IPC)
  • "The Old Soldier" (Battle Picture Library #1364, Fleetway/IPC, 1980)
  • "P.C. Percy" (The Paget Picnic Comic, Paget Publications, 1949)
  • "Police Patrol" (Power Comics, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Potty the Professor" (The Paget Plus Comic, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • Power Comic (Martin and Reid, 1950) editor/artist
  • The Rancher (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • Rangeland Western (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • "Razzan" (All-Fun Comics v6#3, A Soloway, 1948)
  • "Rex Valiant, Atomic Avenger" (Merry-Go-Round #4, Martin and Reid, 1947)
  • *"Rip Cord" (Jolly Adventures #4, Martin and Reid, 1948)
  • "Rockbottom and Pancake" (Comic Capers v6#4, A Soloway, 1948)
  • "Rodeo" (The Sheriff and Elmo's Own #2, Screen Stories Publications, 1949)
  • "Roy the Office Boy" (Paget's Gusto, Paget Publications, 1948)
  • "Rub and Dub" (Happy Moments #1, John Matthew, 1946)
  • "Sam King" (The Lariat, Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Secret Agent Joe" (Happy Moments #1, John Matthew, 1946)
  • "Sheriff Johnny Dennis" (The Sheriff and Elmo's Own #3, Screen Stories Publications, 1949)
  • "Sky Devils" (Battle Picture Library #1427, Fleetway/IPC, 1980)
  • "Sleepy Town" (The Comic Wonder #3, Paget Publications 1948)
  • "Soapy Sam" (Happy Moments #1, John Matthew, 1946)
  • Space Commander Kerry #50-55 (L. Miller 1953)
  • "Space Commander Kerry" (Space Commando Comics #50-59, L. Miller, 1953–1954)
  • "Sparky Malone" (Space Commando Comics, L. Miller, 1953–1954)
  • Spectre Stories 1-6 (John Spencer, 1966)
  • Squibs Fun Comic (Martin and Reid, 1949) editor/artist
  • "Stone-Age Pete" (All-Fun Comics v6#4, A Soloway, 1948)
  • Strange Stories 1-6 (John Spencer, 1966) editor
  • Super DC #1-14 (Top Sellers, June 1969 - July 1970) editor
  • Super DC Bumper Book (Top Sellers, 1970) editor
  • "Syd Smart and Sonny" (Happy Yank #1, Rayburn, 1948)
  • "Tancy the Terror" (Happy Yank #3, Rayburn, 1949)
  • "Tex Reno" (Cartoon Capers Comics, Martin and Reid, 1949)
  • "Texas Kid" (Happy Yank #1, Rayburn, 1948)
  • "Texas Ranger" (Rangeland Western, Martin and Reid, 1949)
  • "Timpo Tim" (The Pioneer Western Comic #1-2, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "Tony West" (The Pioneer Western Comic, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "Tornado" #5-12 (Oh Boy! Comics, Paget Publications, 1949–50)
  • "Trigger Lee" (Wonderman 1948) (Oh Boy! Comics #16, Paget Publications, 1950)
  • "True Life Heroes" (Battle Picture Weekly 27 Jan. 1979, 10 Feb. 1979, 24 March 1979, Fleetway/IPC)
  • TV Features (Anglo Features, 1960–61) editor/artist
  • TV Tornado #1-88 (City Magazines Ltd/World Distributors (Holdings) Ltd, 1967–68) editor. Titled 'TV Tornado and Solo' #37-45
  • "Vasco Kid" (Jolly Western #6, Martin and Reid, 1948) (The Outpost Adventure Comic, Martin and Reid, 1950) (The Scoop Western Martin and Reid, 1950)
  • "Vik the Viking" (Happy Moments #1, John Matthew, 1946)
  • "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (T.V. Tornado #1-6, City Magazines Ltd, 1967)
  • "Wally Wolf" (Paget's Bumper Tot's Comic, Paget Publications, 1950)
  • "Wild Bill Hickok" (The Pioneer Western Comic #2, Wyndham House, 1950)
  • "Willy Wong (Happy Yank #2, Rayburn 1948) (Merry Moments #1, Martin and Reid, 1948)
  • The Windjammer (Martin and Reid, 1950) editor/artist
  • "Wonderman"[39][40] #1-24 (Wonderman, 1948–1951, Paget Publications) titled 'Oh Boy! and Wonderman' for issue #22 only
  • "Wye Wait" (Happy Moments #1, John Matthew, 1946)
  • "Young Sammy" (The Funfair Comic, Philmar, 1949)
  • Young Marvelman #25-370 (L. Miller, Feb 1954-Feb 1963)[38] numbering continued from Captain Marvel Jnr.
  • Young Marvelman Annual (L. Miller, 1954–1960)
  • Young Marvelman Adventures (L. Miller, 1961) annual[38]
  • "Zig Wig" (Paget's Bumper Tot's Comic, Paget Publications, 1950)
  • "Zip Leroy" (Jolly Adventures #4, Martin and Reid, 1948)
  • "Zomby" (The Paget Parade Comic, Paget Publications, 1949)

Books

  • International Restaurant Cuisine, Rasmussen, Janet and Anglo, Michael (World Distributors (Manchester) Limited, 1973) ISBN 0-7235-0588-8
  • Man Eats Man: The Story of Cannibalism, Anglo, Michael (Jupiter, 1979) ISBN 0-904041-76-X
  • Penny Dreadfuls and other Victorian Horrors, Anglo, Michael (Jupiter, 1977) ISBN 0-904041-59-X
  • Nostalgia - the 1920s (Jupiter Books)
  • Nostalgia - The 1930s (Jupiter Books)
  • Nostalgia - the 1940s (Jupiter Books)
  • Nostalgia - the 1950s (Jupiter Books)
  • The Forties Quiz Book (New English Library, 1978) ISBN 0-450-03841-6
  • The Thirties Quiz Book (New English Library, 1978) ISBN 0-450-03840-8

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Gilbert Cates, American film director and producer (Academy Awards Telecast, Oh, God! Book II), founder of Geffen Playhouse, died he was 77.

Gilbert “Gil” Cates , born Gilbert Katz, was an Award winning American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. He was probably best known for the annual Academy Award shows he produced 14 times between 1990 and 2008.[1]

(June 6, 1934 – October 31, 2011)

Biography

Cates was born Gilbert Katz in New York City, the son of Jewish parents Nina (née Peltzman) and Nathan Katz,[2] who was a dress manufacturer. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School,[3] and majored at Syracuse University.[1] According to the Jewish Journal, Cates stumbled into his profession by accident: As a pre-med student at Syracuse University, he was in the fencing team and was asked to instruct student actors in a production of Richard III on how to handle swords. He was so taken by the experience that he changed his major to theater.[2]
Cates was a member of the Reform Jewish Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The Jewish Journal quotes him as saying that he only attended services on the High Holy Days, but felt “very proud to be Jewish”.[2]
Cates was first married to Jane Betty Dubin and then to gynecologist Judith Reichman.[4] He had four children from his first and two stepchildren from his second marriage, and five grandchildren. He was the younger brother of Joseph Cates, also a director and producer, and the uncle of actress Phoebe Cates.[2] Cates died in Los Angeles on October 31, 2011 at age 77.

Career

Cates was a producing director and president of the board at the Geffen Playhouse.[5] He directed a number of feature films including I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), both nominated for Oscars, Oh, God! Book II (1980) and The Last Married Couple in America (1980). He also produced and directed Broadway and off-Broadway plays,[1] including I Never Sang for My Father and You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running.[3]
Cates is credited with re-energizing the Academy Awards shows he produced 14 times between 1990 and 2008, recruiting Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, David Letterman, Steve Martin, Chris Rock and Jon Stewart as hosts. He served on the Academy's Board of Governors from 1984 to 1993, winning an Emmy in 1991 for the 63rd annual Oscars. He returned to the board for another term beginning in 2002, and held the post of vice president from 2003 to 2005. From 1983 to 1987 he served as president of the Directors Guild of America.[1] On April 8, 1991 he became dean of UCLA's newly combined School of Theater, Film and Television,[3] a post he held until 1998, and was on the faculty of the school as a professor.[1] In 2005 Cates received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[5]

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James Forrester, American physician and politician, North Carolina State Senator (since 1990), died he was 74.

James S. Forrester  was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-first senate district, including constituents in Iredell, Gaston and Lincoln counties.[1] A physician from Stanley, North Carolina, Forrester died while serving his eleventh term in the state senate, in which he also served as Deputy President Pro Tempore.[2]

(January 8, 1937 – October 31, 2011)

Personal life

Forrester was born in Aberdeen, Scotland; he graduated from New Hanover High School in 1954. Forrester earned a bachelor's degree in science from Wake Forest University in 1958 and medical degrees from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (1962) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1978). On March 12, 1960, he married Mary Frances All; they had four children. Forrester also served in the North Carolina Air National Guard, and participated in the Vietnam War. Forrester ran a private medical practice in Gaston County, North Carolina. Forrester died on October 31, 2011 at age 74.[1]

Political career

Forrester was elected a Gaston County commissioner in 1982. In 1990, Forrester was elected to the North Carolina Senate.
He gained notoriety when he became the chief sponsor of Senate Bill 514 which would amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriages in North Carolina in 2011. He had introduced this amendment at every session since 2004. After the Republicans won control of the General Assembly, Forrester's amendment eventually passed both houses. The proposed amendment to the constitution will appear on the state's 2012 primary ballot.
Forrester came under fire for allegedly misrepresenting his medical credentials. He claimed to be a member of the American Medical Association, a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine and an associate fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association. The ACPM revealed that Forrester was not a member of the ACPM, let alone a fellow. Later that day, Laura Leslie of WRAL-TV in Raleigh learned that Forrester was not an associate fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association either. The next day, Leslie reported that Forrester was not a member of the American Medical Association.[3][4] Senator Forrester's response to this was, “If there’s anything falsified on my records it was inadvertently done.” He added, “The gay and lesbian community is looking for anything they can to discredit me.”[5]


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Boris de Greiff, Colombian chess master, died he was 81.


Boris de Greiff Bernal was a Colombian chess master and writer, born in Medellín and son of the Colombian poet León de Greiff.

(13 February 1930 – 31 October 2011[1])

In 1951, he won the Colombian Championship in Bogotá. In 1955, he took 16th in Mar del Plata (Borislav Ivkov won). In 1957, he won in Caracas (zonal). In 1958, he took 20th in Portorož (interzonal; Mikhail Tal won). In 1958, he took 9th in Bogotá (Oscar Panno won). In 1962, he took 18th in Havana (1st Capablanca Memorial; Miguel Najdorf won). In 1963, he took 20th in Havana (2nd Capablanca Memorial; Viktor Korchnoi won). In 1963, he took 7th in Havana (Torneo Panamericano; Eleazar Jiménez won). In 1969, he tied for 1st–2nd with Miguel Cuéllar in Bogotá. In 1970, he tied for 8–10th in Bogotá (Henrique Mecking won). In 1973, he took 15th in Cienfueogos (10th Capablanca Memorial; Vasily Smyslov won).
De Greiff played for Colombia in nine Chess Olympiads.[2]

Awards

  • He won the individual gold medal at Haifa 1976, and the silver medal at Nice 1974.
He was elected an Honorary Member of FIDE in 200
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Alfred Hilbe, Liechtenstein politician, Prime Minister (1970–1974), died he was 83.

Alfred J. Hilbe was the Prime Minister of Liechtenstein from 1970 to 1974.[1][2] He was born in Schaan.

(22 July 1928 – 31 October 2011) 

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Len Killeen, South African rugby league player, died he was 72.

Len Killeen was a South African former rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s.[1]

(19 November 1938 – 31 October 2011) 


Killeen was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. A goal-kicking three-quarter, he played in England for St Helens, with whom he won the Challenge Cup in 1966. Killeen also played in Australia for the Balmain, winning the NSWRFL premiership with them in 1969 and becoming the club's all-time top point-scorer.


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Ali Saibou, Nigerien politician, President (1987–1993), died he was 71.

Ali Saibou was the third President of Niger from 1987 to 1993 succeeding the deceased Seyni Kountché.

(1940 – 31 October 2011) 

A member of the Djerma people, he was born in Dingajibanda, a village in the Ouallam arrondissement. Although from Kountché's home village, Saibou is not a cousin. He became interested in a military career early on, and attended the Saint-Louis preparatory school in Senegal from 1954, then joined the First Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment. He saw action in Cameroon in 1960, and was wounded there.
Upon Niger's independence in 1960, Saibou was transferred to the new Niger Army as a sergeant. He attended officers' school, and in 1969 was put in command of a unit at N'Guigmi. After moving to a new unit in Agadez in 1973, he attained the rank of captain. Saibou threw in his lot with Kountché in the coup of April 1974, and brought his troops from Agadez to Niamey. As a reward he was promoted to major, appointed to the cabinet as minister of rural economy and the environment, and on 20 November 1974, made chief of staff.
However, Kountché was suspicious of Saibou. In June 1975, he dismissed Saibou from the cabinet and asked him to relinquish his command of the armed forces. Saibou countered by asking to be retired from the service altogether, an act which apparently allayed Kountché's fears. Saibou remained loyal until Kountché's death, which occurred on 10 November 1987.
Saibou then secured his nomination by the Supreme Military Council as Kountché's successor, subsequently sending military rivals overseas with diplomatic tasks, and establishing the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) as the sole political party in Niger. In 1989, he had a new constitution approved and ran as the sole presidential candidate in December.
In the early part of 1990, unrest by students and a Tuareg assault on Tchin Tabaraden led to a National Conference of 1991 that ultimately dismantled one-party rule, leaving Saibou mostly ineffective. At an MNSD party congress in March 1991, Saibou was able to retain his position as party leader, particularly benefiting from the support of the army. However, later in the year the National Conference barred Saibou from running in the planned presidential election, and at another MNSD congress in November 1991 he was replaced as party leader by Tandja Mamadou.[1] After the election of Mahamane Ousmane as president in March 1993, Saibou left office on April 16 and retired to his home village. Ali Saibou died on 31 October 2011. [2]


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Cahit Aral, Turkish engineer and politician, Minister of Industry and Commerce (1983–1987), died he was 84.

Hüseyin Cahit Aral  was a Turkish engineer, politician and former government minister.

(1927 – November 1, 2011)

Cahit Aral was born 1927 in Elazığ to primary school teacher parents Fatma and Hakkı Aral. His was named in honor of the writer and journalist Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın (1875–1957). He graduated from the Istanbul Technical University.[1]
Cahit Aral entered politic after working some years in the industry. He was among the founders of the Motherland Party (ANAP), which was established after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. He served as Minister of Industry of Commerce in the cabinet of Turgut Özal.[2]
He is remembered for his message "Don't worry!" while drinking a glass of tea in front of the cameras following the Chernobyl disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986, and downplaying the disaster's possible risk effects on human health caused by radiation release into the environment in Black Sea Region, where Turkey's tea plantations are located.[3] For this reason, he was nicknamed "Bekerel Cahit" (Cahit the Becquerel).[2][4]
Cahit Aral died of heart failure on November 1, 2011 in Istanbul.[3] He was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery on November 3, 2011 following a state funeral and the religious funeral service at Levent Mosque.[5]
was a Turkish engineer, politician and former government minister.
Cahit Aral was born 1927 in Elazığ to primary school teacher parents Fatma and Hakkı Aral. His was named in honor of the writer and journalist Hüseyin Cahit Yalçın (1875–1957). He graduated from the Istanbul Technical University.[1]
Cahit Aral entered politic after working some years in the industry. He was among the founders of the Motherland Party (ANAP), which was established after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. He served as Minister of Industry of Commerce in the cabinet of Turgut Özal.[2]
He is remembered for his message "Don't worry!" while drinking a glass of tea in front of the cameras following the Chernobyl disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986, and downplaying the disaster's possible risk effects on human health caused by radiation release into the environment in Black Sea Region, where Turkey's tea plantations are located.[3] For this reason, he was nicknamed "Bekerel Cahit" (Cahit the Becquerel).[2][4]
Cahit Aral died of heart failure on November 1, 2011 in Istanbul.[3] He was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery on November 3, 2011 following a state funeral and the religious funeral service at Levent Mosque.[5]

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Fanny Edelman, Argentine politician, President of the PCA, died she was 100.


Fanny Jacovkis, better known as Fanny Edelman[1] was an Argentine politician that was part of the International Brigades in defense of the Second Spanish Republic. She was president of the Communist Party of Argentina until the day of her death.

(27 February 1911 – 1 November 2011)

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Mo Rothman, Canadian-born American movie executive, persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States, Parkinson's disease, died he was 92.

Moses "Mo" Rothman was a Canadian-born, American studio executive who persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States in 1972, ending Chaplin's twenty year, self-imposed exile died he was 92..[1][2][3] Chaplin's return to the United States restored his popularity and public reputation.[1][2]
Jeffrey Vance, author of the 2003 Chaplin biography, Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema, wrote that Chaplin's 1972 return to the United States, which was arranged by Rothman, was "one of the greatest P.R. coups, and personal rehabilitations" in the history of the film industry.[2] Vance further wrote that, "Rothman is the guy who re-made Chaplin."[2]

(January 14, 1919 – September 15, 2011) 

Career

Rothman was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on January 14, 1919, to Meyer and Molly Rotman.[1] Rothman was one of his parents four children.[2] His father worked as a kosher butcher.[2] Rothman would later change his name from Moses to Mo once he entered the work force.[2] Rothman served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, stationed in Dublin, Ireland. While in Ireland, Rothman began to meet Americans who worked in the film industry, who invited him to New York City to work in entertainment after the war.[2]
Rothman took their advice and moved to New York City after the end of the war.[2] He worked for Universal Pictures from 1946 to 1952 as an overseas manager in India, Singapore and Venezuela.[1][3] In 1952, Rothman joined United Artists' office in Paris, France, as the studio's continental European manager, where he worked from 1952 to 1959.[3]
Rothman was hired by Columbia Pictures in 1960 as the CEO of Columbia's international division.[1][3] He rose to become Columbia Pictures' vice president for worldwide marketing.[1][3] Rothman also served as Columbia Pictures' representative to director Stanley Kubrick during the production of his 1964 film, Dr. Strangelove.[3] He retired from Columbia Pictures in 1971 to focus on the distribution of Charlie Chaplin's film library.[1][3]

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin, one of Hollywood's best known figures, had founded United Artists with Mary Pickford, D. W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks. By the early 1950s, Chaplin's stardom had dimmed due to perceived Communist sympathies and scandals involving his two previous, early marriages to sixteen-year old girls.[1][2] Chaplin, though a British citizen, had lived in the United States for forty years, but his political affiliations made him a subject of suspicion during the McCarthy Era.[1]
In 1952, Chaplin traveled to his native home to promote the London premiere of Limelight, the last film he made in the United States. While abroad, United States Attorney General James P. McGranery revoked Chaplin's re-entry permit and would not allow him to return to the United States.[1] Chaplin moved to Switzerland in 1952, and swore never to return to the United States.[2] Chaplin owned and retained the rights to most of his movies, which he took with him to Switzerland.[1]
Rothman's relationship to Chaplin stretched back to the 1950s, when he first met Chaplin while working as United Artists' European manager.[1] In early 1971, a group of investors, led by Rothman, paid Chaplin $6 million dollars, plus 50% royalties, for the distribution rights to some of his best known movies, including The Great Dictator, Limelight, City Lights, The Gold Rush and Modern Times.[1][2] Rothman left his job as vice president of worldwide marketing for Columbia Pictures in 1971 to lead the investors and handle the distribution of Chaplin's films on a full-time basis.[1]
Rothman successfully persuaded Chaplin, who was 83-years old at the time, to return to the United States in order to promote the re-release of his film catalog.[2] Chaplin was hesitant, but agreed to Rothman's offer.[1] Charlie Chaplin, accompanied by both his wife, Oona, and Mo Rothman, arrived in New York City on April 2, 1972.[1] Chaplin attended a tribute to his films held by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York.[1] He was further awarded the honorary Academy Award one week later.[1][3]
The visit, orchestrated by Rothman, restored Chaplin's popularity and reputation. At the time, the New York Times noted Rothmam's extensive involvement with the visit describing Rothman as "abrupt and ingratiating five times in three minutes” — as a kind of performance in its own right, evoking the manner of "the Hollywood tycoon of the 1930s."[2] Chaplin's daughter, Geraldine Chaplin, later wrote that Rothman was the "brave and clever reviver of Charlie Chaplin worldwide."[1][4]
Chaplin died in 1977, his popularity restored. Rothman continued to release his films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. During the mid-1980s, Rothman loaned the now defunct United States Information Agency twelve of Chaplin's films, which were screened at American embassies worldwide as an example of American film and art.[1]

Later life

In 1982, Rothman was the recipient of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for his contributions to Italian cinema.[3] He served as a judge for both the Venice Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival in 1985.[3]
Rothman was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease later in life. In 2001, his wife, Lyn Rothman, spurred on by her husband's diagnosis, founded the Parkinson’s Appeal for Deep Brain Stimulation, based in London.[3]
Mo Rothman died from Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles on September 15, 2011, at the age 92.[1] He was outlived by his wife, Lyn Rothmam, with whom he had been married to for 37 years. He had had three children from his previous marriage, Keith, Nicole and Monique; two stepchildren, Sebastian and Arabella; and seven grandchildren.[2] He was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.[3]

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Khalid Abdel Nasser, Egyptian professor, eldest son of Gamal Abdel Nasser, died he was 62.

Khalid Abdel Nasser was the eldest son of Egypt's second President Gamal Abdel Nasser died he was  62..
(1948 or 1949 – September 15, 2011)

Opposition to Sadat and Mubarak

Nasser's public profile became pronounced in his early adulthood on account of his often troubled relationship with late Egyptian president Anwar El-Sadat, his father's successor. Time Magazine stated that when Sadat asked to acquire Gamal Abdel Nasser's bulletproof limousine, Khalid refused and after a heated argument with Sadat, he set the car on fire, destroying it.[2]
In later years, Nasser became a vocal critic of Sadat, and his presidential successor, Hosni Mubarak, both of whose policies had diverged significantly from those of Gamal Abdel Nasser. In 1988, he was accused of being part of a secret leftist organization, Egypt Revolution ("Thawret Misr,") a Nasserist group that violently opposed the 1979 Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel.[3] The Mubarak government sought the death penalty in a case which accused Nasser of trying to overthrow the Egyptian government, and of involvement in a spate of assassinations and bombings. The case eventually became a test of strength between the judiciary and the executive when judges threw out much of the case, accusing police and prosecutors of collusion in torturing the defendants.[4]

Later life and death

In the mid-1990s following international sanctions against Iraq, Nasser received $16.6 million worth of Saddam Hussein's oil vouchers in the Oil-for-Food Programme, more than anyone else in Egypt, according to the list of beneficiaries.[5] He later became a professor in Cairo University's Faculty of Engineering, a job which he held for the remainder of his life.[1]
In February 2011, during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, Nasser joined pro-democracy demonstrations in Tahrir Square against Mubarak and his regime.[6] Later that year, on August 30, he fell into a coma ending in his death at age 62 in a Cairo hospital on September 15.[1]

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John Hubert Kelly, American diplomat, died he was 72.

John Hubert Kelly  was a United States diplomat.[1][2]


(July 20, 1939, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin – 15 September 2011, Atlanta, Georgia)

Biography

John Hubert Kelly was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on July 20, 1939. He attended Emory University, receiving a B.A. in 1961. He spent 1962 through 1965 working as a teacher, first in Danville, Virginia, then in Niles, Michigan.[3]
Kelly entered the United States Foreign Service in 1965. His first posting was in Turkey, first in Adana, then in Ankara, where he worked from 1965 to 1967. He spent 1968 in Thai language instruction and was then posted to Songkhla from 1969 to 1971. He spent 1971–72 as a student at the Armed Forces Staff College. He spend 1972–73 working on political-military affairs in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. In 1973, he was detailed to the United States Department of Defense as an expert on Thailand, and then spent 1974 working in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. He spent 1975–76 as Special Assistant to Counselor of the United States Department of State Helmut Sonnenfeldt. He returned to the field in 1976 and spent the next four years as a political-military officer in Paris. In 1981–82 he was the Una Chapman Cox Fellow and Diplomatic Associate at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University and worked on French defense and international terrorism.[3][4]
Returning to the State Department, Kelly spent 1982–83 as Senior Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and 1983–85 as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. From 1985 to 1986, he was Short Terms Project Specialist in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Management.[3]
On July 17, 1986, President of the United States Ronald Reagan nominated Kelly as United States Ambassador to Lebanon, a post he held for the next two years.[3][5] He returned to Washington, D.C. in 1988 to become Deputy Director of Policy Planning.
President George H. W. Bush then nominated Kelly as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs and Kelly held this office from June 16, 1989 until September 30, 1991.[5] Bush next nominated Kelly as United States Ambassador to Finland; he presented his credentials on December 20, 1991 and held this position until July 5, 1994.[2][5]
Kelly later founded John Kelly Consulting, Inc., a consulting firm that provided its American clients with strategic, marketing and business advice for their overseas operations.[1][4]

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