Mickey Scott, German-born American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos), died he was 64.

Ralph Robert Scott was a left-handed specialist pitcher in North American Major League Baseball (MLB) who played in portions of five seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos and California Angels from 1972 to 1977. He was born in Weimar, East Germany.^[1]

(July 25, 1947 – October 30, 2011) 


Scott was selected out of Newburgh Free Academy by the New York Yankees in the 17th round (328th overall) of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft. He was the first high school baseball player drafted out of the Mid-Hudson region of the Hudson Valley by any MLB club.^[2][3] He was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Pete Ward on December 18, 1969.^[4]
He also spent nine seasons in the Minor leagues, mostly for the Rochester Red Wings of the International League. In 1971, he collected a 9–1 record with nine saves and a 3.38 earned run average in 54 games for manager Joe Altobelli’s pennant-winning and Governors' Cup winning-team. He had an even better season for Rochester in 1974, when he was 8–2 with 17 saves and a 0.99 ERA in 57 games.^[5]
In a nine-year minors career, he posted a 60–32 record with 46 saves and a 3.20 ERA in 297 pitching appearances.
He was elected to the Red Wings Hall of Fame in 1998, along with Allie Clark, Frank Horton and Al Weber.^[6]
Scott died in Binghamton, New York, at the age of 64.^[6]


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David Utz, American surgeon, removed Ronald Reagan's prostate, died from a heart failure he was 87.

David Charles Utz was an American surgeon. Utz was the surgeon who removed United States President Ronald Regan's prostate in 1987.

(December 2, 1923 – October 30, 2011)

During his career her wrote 143 articles that appeared in medical journals.
Utz died on November 30, 2011 due to congestive heart failure aged 87.^[1]


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Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer, European Footballer of the Year , died he was 70.

Flórián Albert  was a Hungarian international football player, later manager and sports official, who was named European Footballer of the Year in 1967. Nicknamed "The Emperor",^[2][3] he has been described as one of the most elegant footballers of all time.^[4]
A club legend of Ferencvárosi TC, Albert joined the team yet as a schoolboy and spent his whole playing career at Fradi. He also starred for Hungary, winning 75 international caps and scoring 31 goals. He was joint top-scorer at the 1962 World Cup with four goals and played a key role in Hungary's third-place finish at the European Championship in 1964.^[5]
He stayed loyal to Ferencváros after his retirement as well, actively participated in the club's life and also held administrative positions. Since 2007 the stadium of Ferencváros bears his name.
Albert died in October 2011, aged 70, in a hospital in Budapest after complications following heart surgery carried out a few days earlier.^[1][6]

(15 September 1941 – 31 October 2011)

Early life

The son of a blacksmith, Albert was born and brought up in the little town of Hercegszántó near the border with the former Yugoslavia, where he got his first taste of the game playing with his two brothers. His mother was Hungarian Croat, from the group of Šokci.^[7] She died when he was 2.^[7] When the family later moved to Budapest, Albert participated on a talent day by Ferencvárosi TC.^[8] He impressed the coaches and was selected by club. Albert was 11 years old at the time.^[7]

Career

Albert spent his entire club career with Ferencvárosi TC, where he played from 1952^[7] to 1974. He came through the ranks quickly and made his debut in the senior team on 2 November 1958 against Diósgyőr, in a match he hit the back of the net two times. The forward was also spotted by Hungarian national team manager Lajos Baróti in a youth match between Hungary and Yugoslavia,^[9] and not much later Albert already received his first call-up. His first appearance in the national selection came on 28 June 1959 against Sweden, who finished runners-up in the World Cup a year earlier. Albert contributed with two assist to Hungary's 3–2 win over the Scandinavians. He scored 31 goals in 75 caps for the Hungarian team, with them he has collected the bronze medal on both of the Olympic Games in 1960 and the European Championship in 1964. At the 1962 World Cup, despite Hungary being knocked out in the quarter-finals, Albert, tied with five others, managed to win the Golden Boot Award with four goals.
On club level, his biggest success came in 1965, when in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Ferencváros, that knocked-out among others AS Roma and Manchester United F.C. en route to the final, triumphed over Juventus F.C. 1–0 in the decisive match and obtained the cup title.^[1]

“	Florian was an extremely elegant footballer with extraordinary skill and ball control. These qualities ensured that he was highly respected by his opponents. I remember his sensational performance in the game against Brazil at the FIFA World Cup in 1966 in England, which cemented his standing as one of the world's top players.	”
—FIFA president Sepp Blatter about Albert[10]

Albert appeared in his next World event in 1966 in England, where he produced an excellent display against Brazil in a duel that is regarded as one of the greatest matches in the history of the World Cup.^[2][10] The Magyars, after lost to Portugal in their first round encounter, entered the match against Brazil as a must-win. Hungary eventually beat the South Americans 3–1, to keep alive their hopes and Albert, who received a standing ovation from the supporters, made the fans forget the absence of Pelé with his performance.^[10] By winning their final group match, Hungary made it to the quarter-finals, just to fell short against the Soviet Union.
The year 1967 was a special one for Albert, who not only won the Hungarian Championship with Ferencváros and collected the Hungarian Player of the Year title, but in December first celebrated the birth of his son, and later he was awarded the Ballon d'Or in recognition of his outstanding attributes.^[2][10] Albert topped the voting with 68 points, twenty-eight ahead of Bobby Charlton, who came second.^[8]
In 1968 Albert appeared in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final again, this time against Leeds United, but lost by a one goal margin (0–1). On 15 June 1969, in a World Cup qualifier against Denmark, Albert collied with Knud Engedal, goalkeeper of the Scandinavians, and suffered a serious fractured leg injury, following that he was sidelined for almost a year and could never win back his form any more.^[11] Albert returned into action in the Hungarian Championship on 27 April 1970 against Salgótarján and on 4 April 1971 he played his first international match after the injury, a friendly match against Austria. His final major event was the 1972 European Championship, where he caputed a fourth place with Hungary, recording two appearances in the tournament. In the same year he captured the Hungarian Cup title for the first time, thus making his collection of domestic silverwares complete.
Albert played his final league match on 17 March 1974 against Zalaegerszeg. He came on as a substitute in the second half and contributed to the 3–0 victory with a goal, the last one in his career. Albert, following received greetings and gifts from the old boys, the opponents and his son, ran to the stands bowed for the fans and left the field on the shoulders of his teammates.^[8][12]
Following his retirement, he had two short spells as a manager in Libya by Al-Ahly Benghazi, however, with only limited success. After returned from North Africa, Albert worked for Ferencváros in several positions, such as technical director, department leader and later honorary chairman. In 2007, Ferencváros' stadium was named after him.^[13] In the same year, he got a prize in his village of birth, Hercegszántó, becoming an honorable citizen.^[7] In 2010 Budapest, a year later Ferencváros awarded him honorary citizenship.^[14]

Personal life

Albert married to Irén Bársony, an actress on 30 November 1963. The couple had two children, a girl, Magdolna and a son, Flórián Albert, Jr., who, similarly to his father, became a football player with Ferencváros, and later had spells in Israel and France and also played for the Hungarian national team. Albert's grandchild, Flórián Patrik, aims to become a professional footballer as well.^[15]

Death

Farewell from Flórián Albert in front of the stadium named after him

On 27 October 2011, Flórián, after suffering a vasoconstriction, underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. Although a press release the following day by his former club Ferencváros stated that the operation had been successful,^[16] he subsequently suffered a heart attack and died in the early hours of 31 October 2011.^[1]
His funeral took place on 6 November 2011 in the Cemetery of Óbuda. Hundreds of mourners accompanied Albert to his final rest, including Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary; Pál Schmitt, President of Hungary; Sándor Csányi, president of the Hungarian Football Federation; Gábor Kubatov, president of Ferencvárosi TC; and former team mates Kálmán Mészöly, Gyula Rákosi, Lajos Szűcs and Tibor Nyilasi. The event was also live broadcasted by Hungarian public television Magyar Televízió.^[17][18]
In the afternoon same day, Ferencváros played a league clash against Paksi SE. Before the match the floodlights were switched off and the stadium turned into dark, with candles lit by the fans are being the only lights in the arena. Ferencváros players wore a special all-black kit in the occasion and fans paid tribute to Albert with a banner saying "God shall be with you Emperor".^[17][19] Supporters of SK Rapid Wien, who have close ties with Ferencváros, also shown honor to Albert with a transparent in their game against SV Ried.^[20]
The friendly match against Liechtenstein played on 11 November was declared a memorial game for Albert by the Hungarian Football Federation. The clash was originally scheduled to take place at the Sóstói Stadion, but later was moved to the Ferenc Puskás Stadium to give more people the opportunity to attend the event. In the four corners of the arena memorial places were erected, where the supporters could pay their tribute to the Golden Ball winner. A five-minute-long compilation of the best moments of Albert was also projected before the kick-off.^[21]
Hungary eventually won the match 5–0 in front of a sold-out crowd with goals by Dzsudzsák (2), Priskin, Koman and Feczesin. Dzsudzsák commented after the match that he is sure that Flórián would have been happy if he could have seen the match, and added, he hopes they rejoiced him in Heaven.^[22]


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Richard Walls, New Zealand politician and businessman, MP for Dunedin North (1975–1978) and Mayor of Dunedin (1989–1995), died he was 74.

Richard Francis Walls, QSO, JP  was a New Zealand politician and businessman.


(9 October 1937 – 30 October 2011)

Member of Parliament

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1975–78	38th	Dunedin North		National

Walls was a Member of Parliament for Dunedin North from 1975 to 1978.^[1] A member of the National Party, he won the normally safe Labour seat as part of Robert Muldoon's massive landslide victory of 1975. He was the first National MP to represent a significant portion of Dunedin, a long-standing Labour stronghold, in 21 years. Walls was defeated after only one term by Labour's Stan Rodger; to date, he is the last National MP to represent Dunedin.

Dunedin City Council

Walls was first elected onto Dunedin City Council in 1980. Prior to that he served on the St. Kilda Borough Council (1962–65) and on the Otago Harbour Board (1965–74; Chairman 1971–73. He was Mayor of Dunedin for two terms from 1989 to 1995. He was re-elected to the Dunedin City Council in 1998 and until October 2010 he was a councillor representing the Hills Ward; Chair of the Finance and Strategy Committee from 2007 to 2010.^[2][3] In the 2010 Dunedin local elections, he stood in the Central ward, but was unsuccessful.^[4]

Outside politics

In 2010 Walls was Chairman of Dunedin International Airport Limited; a Fellow of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand (FInstD) and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute Of Management (FNZIM). He was a Justice of the Peace and was appointed Companion of the Queen's Service Order in 1996 for public services.^[2]
He died suddenly in his Dunedin home on 30 October 2011 at the age of 74, and is survived by his wife June and three children.^[5]


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Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani, Iranian cleric and politician, President of Tehran University (2005–2008), died from a heart failure he was 74.

Ayatollah Abbasali Amid Zanjani  was an Iranian politician and cleric. He was the only cleric president of University of Tehran, who himself had had no academic education of any kind, that served from 2005 to 2008.^[1][2]

(30 March 1937 – 30 October 2011)

Early life

Zanjani was a member of the Board of Directors of Imam Khomeini International University. He was also the founder of the Research Center for Studies and Researches on Islamic Sciences. Zanjani had strong political ties with Iranian conservatives and was a member of Combatant Clergy Association. He had an active presence in reconsideration of the Constitution in 1989 as the delegate of the Parliament in the Revising Council. He has served as a member of Parliament of Iran from Tehran for two terms.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Zanjani, an ethnic Iranian Azeri, was the only cleric president of University of Tehran. Zanjani holds no secular academic degree ^[3] and was appointed by Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi, the minister of Science, Research, and Technology in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's cabinet in 27 December 2005. Before his selection, the president of the University of Tehran was elected by the faculty members. After his establishment as the president of University of Tehran, many students protested in front of the Central Library, where the establishment ceremony was held.^[4] To date, this appointment is considered as one of the most disastrous decisions ever maid in the Iranian academia.
At the time of his appointment as the chancellor of Tehran University, Zanjani was a lecturer with a ranking equivalent to "associate professor".^[3] However after his appointment, He and his allies tried to make a fake academic degree and university ranking for him. As an example Tehran University launched a webpage about his background education, claiming that "he holds a PhD degree from University Elites, Iran".^[5]
During his post as the president of the university, Zanjani was repeatedly criticized for his mismanagements by students and academics. On 5 February 2008, Zanjani was replaced by economist academic Farhad Rahbar after three-days demonstration organized by Tehran University students.^[6]
His teachings of Islamic International Law to the LLM students of international law and public law is considered to be in full contrast with the most fundamental principles of law recognizd by all civilized nations.

Expulsion of University scientists

In 2006, the Ahmadinejad government systematically forced numerous Iranian scientists and University professors to resign or to retire; this policy has been referred to as the "second cultural revolution".^[7] The policy was to replace older professors with younger ones.^{[8][unreliable source?]} Many University professors received letters indicating their early retirement unexpectedly.^{[9][unreliable source?]}


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Alberto Anchart, Argentine actor (Venga a bailar el rock), died from cancer he was 80.

Alberto Anchart was an Argentine actor.^[1] He appeared in over 20 films and television shows between 1954 and 2008.
His cousin was Argentinian actor and musician Gogó Andreu.

(24 September 1931 – 31 October 2011) 

Selected filmography

• Venga a bailar el rock (1957)
• La Casa de Madame Lulù (1968)
• Amigos para La Aventura (1978)
• Cuatro pícaros bomberos (1979)
• The Notice of the Day (2001)

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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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