Jenny Tomasin, British actress (Upstairs, Downstairs), died from hypertensive heart disease she was 75.

Jenny Tomasin was an English actress best known for her roles in Upstairs, Downstairs and Emmerdale  died from hypertensive heart disease she was 75..^[2]

^{(30 November 1938 – 3 January 2012)} 

Career

Tomasin's first major role came in the 1970s when she joined the cast of the London Weekend Television period drama Upstairs, Downstairs as Ruby, the kitchen maid to the Bellamy family.^[3] She appeared in the series from 1972, until it came to an end in 1975. She appeared in 41 episodes.^[4] Plans were made for a spin off series featuring Ruby, and fellow Upstairs, Downstairs characters Hudson and Mrs Bridges, however, the series was never made, because of the death of Angela Baddeley, who portrayed Mrs Bridges.
Tomasin's subsequent television appearances consisted mostly of discussion about her time in Upstairs, Downstairs, and her difficulties staying in the acting profession.^[5]
In 1985, Tomasin guest starred in the Doctor Who serial Revelation of the Daleks, the final episode before the series went on an 18-month hiatus, as the character Tasambeker.^[6]
Tomasin held two roles in the soap opera Emmerdale. Between the years of 1981 and 1982 she played Naomi Tolly, daughter of Enoch Tolly, who was killed in a tractor accident. Her second role was as Noreen Bell, a cantankerous villager who was killed off in July 2006. This would be her final role.

Death

Tomasin died on 3 January 2012 of hypertensive heart disease.^[2]


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Miguel Terekhov, Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and teacher, died from complications of lung fibrosis he was 83.

Miguel Terekhov was a Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and ballet instructor  died from complications of lung fibrosis he was 83.. Terekhov and his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, on of the Five Moons, a group of Native American ballet dancers, founded the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma in 1961.^[1]

^{(August 22, 1928 – January 3, 2012)} 

Terekhov was born on August 22, 1928, in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[1] His mother, Antonia Rodriguez, was a Charrúa Indian, a people indigenous to Uruguay and southern Brazil.^[1] His father, Mikhail Terekhov, a former dancer, immigrated to Uruguay from Ukraine.^[1] Terekhov met and married his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, while he was dancing for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.^[1]
Terekhov died at his daughter's home in Richardson, Texas, of complications from lung fibrosis on January 3, 2012, at the age of 83.^[1] He and his wife, who survived him, were residents of Oklahoma City.^[1]


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Josef Škvorecký, Czech writer and publisher, died from cancer he was 87.

Miguel Terekhov was a Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and ballet instructor died from cancer he was 87.. Terekhov and his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, on of the Five Moons, a group of Native American ballet dancers, founded the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma in 1961.^[1

^{(August 22, 1928 – January 3, 2012)} 

Terekhov was born on August 22, 1928, in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[1] His mother, Antonia Rodriguez, was a Charrúa Indian, a people indigenous to Uruguay and southern Brazil.^[1] His father, Mikhail Terekhov, a former dancer, immigrated to Uruguay from Ukraine.^[1] Terekhov met and married his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, while he was dancing for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.^[1]
Terekhov died at his daughter's home in Richardson, Texas, of complications from lung fibrosis on January 3, 2012, at the age of 83.^[1] He and his wife, who survived him, were residents of Oklahoma City.^[1]



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Osamu Matsubara, Japanese businessman, chairman of Books Kinokuniya, died from heart failure he was 94.

Osamu Matsubara  was a Japanese businessman, business executive, and former chairman and CEO of Books Kinokuniya died from heart failure he was 94..^[1]

^{(松原 治 Matsubara Osamu?, c. 1917 – January 3, 2012)}

Matsubara was President of Kinokuniya Company Ltd., the parent company of Books Kinokuniya, from October 1980 to November 2002.^[2] In November 2002, he became the Chief Executive Office and board chairman for Kinokuniya Company Ltd.^[2] Outside of Japan, Matsubara oversaw the 2007 relocation of Books Kinokuniya's New York City location from Rockefeller Center to a new, 23,800 sq. feet, three floor store across from Bryant Park.^[1]
Osamu Matsubara died from heart failure on January 3, 2012, at the age of 94.^[3]



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John David Lewis, American political scientist, died he was 56.

John David Lewiswas a political scientist, historian and Objectivist scholar who held the post of visiting associate professor in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at Duke University from 2008 to 2012, as well as Associate Professor of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill died he was 56..^[1]

(March 17, 1955 – January 3, 2012) 

Lewis was also an Anthem Fellow for Objectivist Scholarship.^[2] Lewis received his PhD in classical studies at Cambridge University in 2001, with the dissertation, Solon’s Polis as Kosmos: Intellectual, Moral and Political Integration in Archaic Athens. He taught at the University of London from 2000-2001. From 2001 to 2008, he was a professor in the History and Political Science Department at Ashland University,^[3] where contention surrounding his promotion to tenured professor drew national attention.^[4] Lewis was a member of the American Political Science Association, the Association of Ancient Historians, the Society for Military History, the American Philological Association, and the Cambridge Philological Society.^[3] Lewis published three books, was a contributing editor to The Objective Standard and contributed to Capitalism Magazine and contributed to multiple publications including Journal of Business Ethics, Social Philosophy and Policy, Polis, Dike, and Bryn Mawr Classical Review.^[5] Lewis frequently spoke at Objectivist conferences and Tea Party events. He also spoke on the morality of free markets in medicine, arguing that innovators ought to be freed from unnecessary regulation.^[6] Lewis died on January 3, 2012 after a long battle with cancer.^[7][6] He was 56.

Books

• Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History (Princeton University, March, 2010)
• Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens (Duckworth Press, 2006) (pb. edn. 2008)
• Early Greek Lawgivers (Bristol Classical Press, August, 2007)

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Selorm Kuadey, Ukrainian-born English rugby union player (Sale Sharks), died he was 24.

Selorm Kuadey was a professional rugby union player who played for Sale Sharks as well as the England national under-20 rugby union team  died he was 24..

(5 May 1987 – 3 January 2012) 

Kuadey graduated with a 1st class honours degree in human biology and infectious diseases at the University of Salford. Before joining Sale he had played for Lancashire at U15 and U16 and the North U18s.
Although he played for England Under-19s and England Under-20s, Ukraine-born Kuadey was never a first-team regular for Sale and injuries ended his chances of making progress in a rugby career. He was forced to retire after two very long term injuries in 2010, aged just 22, and had started a career outside rugby.
Sale Sharks announced his death, which was believed to be suicide, on 16 January 2012.^[2][3]


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Fong Fei Fei, Taiwanese singer and actress, died from lung cancer he was 60.

Fong Fei Fei was a Taiwanese singer and actress often referred to as the "Queen of Hats" because of her signature headwear choices  died from lung cancer he was 60..^[1]

(鳳飛飛; often hyphenated as Fong Fei-Fei; August 20, 1953 – January 3, 2012)

 She owned more than 600 hats in her entire lifetime. She once said in an interview that the first time she wore a hat onstage, the response from the audience was tremendous. Since then, she started to wear hats for all her performances, and she mentioned that the hats she wore meant a lot to her. She won Taiwan’s Golden Bell Awards in 1983 and 1984 and had many fans throughout Asia.
Fong Fei Fei was born as Lin Chiu-luan and grew up in Dasi, Taoyuan County, Taiwan. However, she spent the last ten years of her life living in Hong Kong.
Fong released more than 80 albums and sold out numerous concerts throughout her career. She also starred in various Chinese films and television variety shows.^[2]
On January 3, 2012, Fong died at the age of 58 from lung cancer, but the news was only reported on February 13, 2012, by her attorney per her request to keep her illness and death out of the press until all of her funeral arrangements were settled. Her remains are stored at Fo Guang Shan Bao Ta Temple.^[3][4][5]


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Robert L. Carter, American civil rights activist (Sweatt v. Painter) and judge, died from complications from a stroke he was 94.

Robert Lee Carter was an American civil rights activist and a United States District Judge died from complications from a stroke he was 94..


(March 11, 1917 – January 3, 2012)

Personal history and early life

Carter was born on March 11, 1917, in Caryville, Florida.^[1] While an infant, his mother moved north to Newark, New Jersey and later East Orange, where he was raised and attended Barringer High School in Newark and then graduated at age 16 from East Orange High School after having skipped two grades.^[2] He earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) and his law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1940, both on scholarship. Carter earned his LLM from Columbia Law School in 1941, after writing an influential master's thesis that would later define the NAACP's legal strategy on the right to freedom of association under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. He then joined the United States Army Air Corps a few months before the United States entered World War II.^[1]

Career as a leading civil rights advocate

On behalf of Fordham Law School, dean William Treanor bestowed upon civil rights pioneer Judge Robert L. Carter a rare, honorary juris doctor. November 2004

In 1944, upon completion of his wartime service in the United States Army Air Corps, Carter went to work at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and in 1948 became a legal assistant to Thurgood Marshall.^[1] In 1945, he became an assistant special counsel at the LDF. Carter was a lead attorney on Sweatt v. Painter^[1] and presented part of the oral argument to the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education. He also worked on many important civil rights cases, including Sipuel v. Board of Regents of Univ. of Okla..
In 1956, Carter succeeded Thurgood Marshall as the general counsel of the NAACP. Over the course of his tenure, Carter argued or co-argued and won twenty-one of twenty-two cases in the United States Supreme Court.
Among the most important cases Carter worked on after Brown was NAACP v. Alabama (1958), in which the Supreme Court held that the NAACP could not be required to make its membership lists public. This removed a tool of intimidation employed by some southern states after Brown was decided, and put into practice the insights into the First Amendment that Carter had gleaned when still a student at Columbia Law School.
In 1968, Carter resigned from the NAACP, along with his entire legal staff, in protest of the firing of NAACP employee Lewis Steele for a critical article he published in The New York Times Magazine. In his autobiography, Carter writes that the NAACP board's decision to fire Steele over the article was aimed at him, as "an effort to exert control over the general counsel's office and bring [Carter] in line."
In recognition of his civil rights achievements, Fordham University School of Law gave Carter an honorary juris doctor degree in November 2004.
In 2004, he was awarded the NAACP's Spingarn Medal.^[3]

Judicial career

On June 15, 1972, Carter was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Thomas F. Croake.^[1] Carter was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 21, 1972, and received his commission on July 25, 1972. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1986, serving in that capacity until his death.

Activism and civic leadership

Carter was a co-founder of the National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL). He has served as a member of innumerable committees of the bar and the court, and has been associated with a very wide array of educational institutions, organizations, and foundations. He has written extensively about discrimination in the United States, particularly school segregation, and of his longtime friends and colleagues, Thurgood Marshall and Charles Hamilton Houston.
Carter was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.^[4]
He died of complications of a stroke in 2012.^[1]

Literary contributions

In addition to writing numerous law review articles and essays on civil rights, Judge Carter published a well-received memoir of his struggles as a civil rights advocate.



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Gene Bartow, American college basketball coach (UAB, UCLA), died from stomach cancer he was 81.

B. Gene Bartow was an American men's college basketball coach died from stomach cancer he was 81.. The Browning, Missouri, native coached 36 years at six universities after coaching two high schools in Missouri for six years. In 1972 Bartow coached the Puerto Rico national basketball team in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

(August 18, 1930 – January 3, 2012)

High school

Bartow began his coaching at the prep level in Missouri, coaching Shelbina and St. Charles High School basketball squads to a 145–39 win-loss mark in six seasons. His 1957 St. Charles team won the state championship, defeating North Kansas City in the Class L finals by a score of 60–54.

College

Bartow coached at Central Missouri State University from 1961 to 1964, Valparaiso University from 1964 to 1970, and Memphis State University from 1970 until 1974, and he led the Memphis State Tigers to the 1973 NCAA national championship game and consecutive Missouri Valley Conference titles in the 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons. He coached the US national team in the 1974 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.^[2]
Bartow signed a five-year contract to replace Harv Schmidt at the University of Illinois in 1974. A last-place team the previous campaign, the Fighting Illini finished tied for ninth in the Big Ten at 8–18 (4–14 in the conference) in 1975, Bartow's only season there.^[3] Despite this, he was the first Illini coach to extensively recruit talented African American high school players from the Chicago area.^[4] He was succeeded by Lou Henson.^[3]
Bartow left his position to succeed John Wooden as the head coach of UCLA. Bartow coached at UCLA from 1975 to 1977, guiding them to a 52–9 record, including a berth in the 1976 Final Four. He coached the 1977 College Player of the Year, Marques Johnson. As of 2008, he is the second winningest coach at UCLA by percentage of wins to losses at .852, putting him behind Gary Cunningham at .862 and above John Wooden at .808.
Bartow left UCLA after the 1977 season to take over the job of creating an athletic program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, more commonly known as UAB. He served as the school's first head basketball coach and athletic director for 18 years. Bartow led UAB to the NIT in the program's second year of existence, and followed that up with seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including trips to the Sweet 16 in 1981 and the Elite Eight in 1982.
Bartow retired from coaching in 1996, and in 1997, UAB renamed its basketball venue, Bartow Arena, in his honor. His son Murry, a UAB assistant, became the coach upon Bartow's retirement; Bartow was later president of Hoops, LP, the company that runs the Memphis Grizzlies and the FedEx Forum.^[5]
On April 15, 2009, a UAB spokesman revealed that Bartow had been diagnosed with stomach cancer.^[6] On January 3, 2012, Gene Bartow died at his home in Birmingham after a two-year battle with the disease.^[7]

Honors

In 1989, Bartow was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, 10 years later, in 1999, Central Missouri State Hall of Fame also elected him to theirs.^[8] Bartow was also voted one of Valparaiso University 150 most influential people in October 2009. [2] Bartow was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City on November 22, 2009, along with fellow inductees Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Wayman Tisdale, Jud Heathcote, Walter Byers, Travis Grant and Bill Wall. In 2013, Bartow was selected for induction into the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Hall of Fame. ^[9]



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Charles W. Bailey, American journalist and novelist (Seven Days in May), died from Parkinson's disease he was 81.

Charles Waldo Bailey II was an American journalist, newspaper editor and novelist  died from Parkinson's disease he was 81..

(April 28, 1929 – January 3, 2012) 

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1950. He then worked for the Minneapolis Tribune, published in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving as its editor from 1972 to 1982.^[1] Bailey co-wrote, with Fletcher Knebel, the best-selling political thriller novel Seven Days in May (1962). He died in Englewood, New Jersey.^[2][3]

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H. Edwin Young, American economist, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1968–1977), died he was 94.

Hugh Edwin Young served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1968 to 1977 and President of the University of Wisconsin System from 1977 to 1980 died he was 94.^[1]

(May 3, 1917 – January 2, 2012) 

An economist, Young graduated from the University of Maine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.^[2] As UW Chancellor, Young presided over a campus divided by the Vietnam War and student protests.^[3] He was born in Bonne Bay,^[4] Newfoundland (then British Dominion of Newfoundland) and moved to Maine with his family when he was 5.^[5] Young died in Madison, Wisconsin after a stroke.^[6]

Personal life

Young was married with five children and predeceased by his wife (d. 1993).



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Otto Scrinzi, Austrian journalist and politician, died he was 93.

Otto Scrinzi  was an Austrian neurologist, journalist and politician (VdU/FPÖ) died he was 93.. 

(born February 5, 1918 in Lienz, Tirol; died 2 January 2012 in Moosburg, Austria)

During the Austrian Anschluss with Nazi Germany and World War II, Scrinzi was a member of the Hitler Youth, the Nazi Party and an SA Sturmführer. Later, he became the leading representative of the German nationalist wing of the so-called “third camp” (Drittes Lager), namely the Federation of Independents (VdU) and later the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ).^[1] While he described himself as “national-conservative”,^[2] “right-wing” and “conservative”, others outside the FPÖ described him as a far-right politician.^[3]
He got the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.



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Ambjørg Sælthun, Norwegian politician, died he was 89.

Ambjørg Sælthun was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party died he was 89..^[1][2][3][4] She was born in Ål.

(27 July 1922 – 2 January 2012) 


She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1973, and was re-elected on two occasions.^[3] She had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1969–1973.^[3] From 1972 to 1973 she moved up as a regular representative, filling in for John Austrheim who was appointed to the cabinet Korvald.^[1]
On the local level he was a member of Lærdal municipal council from 1971 to 1975.^[3] She was a member of the central party board from 1976 to 1982, and chaired the Centre Party Women's Association (Senterkvinnene) during the same period.^[4]
Outside of politics she was a farmer, having also worked briefly as a nurse.^[4] She was active in the Norwegian Agrarian Association, in Christian organizations, and was a member of the board of the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget from 1979 to 1983.^[4]
Sælthun' daughter Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft is a presenter for the national television channel NRK1.^[1]



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Jim Huber, American sports commentator (CNN, TNT), died he was 67.

Jim Huber was an American golf and sports commentator, writer, and essayist died he was 67.. He worked as an sports anchor for the former CNN Sports Illustrated, before joining Turner Sports in 2000.^[1][2]

^{(August 28, 1944 – January 2, 2012)}

Huber was raised in Ocala, Florida.^[2] He attended Presbyterian College,^[1] but graduated from Central Florida Junior College, which is now called the College of Central Florida, in Ocala.^[2]
Huber began his career in sports journalism as a sportswriter for the Miami News and The Atlanta Journal.^[2] He joined WXIA in Atlanta, before moving to a relatively new cable news network called CNN.^[2]
Huber had a long history with the Turner Broadcasting Corporation. Huber first joined CNN in 1984, where he hosted a sports show called "The Sporting Life With Jim Huber."^[2] He also contributed to CNN Sports Illustrated, a sister network of CNN, as an anchor and sports announcer. In 2000, Huber became a full-time on-air announcer and commentator for Turner Sports, which allowed him to cover both golf and the National Basketball Association (NBA) in greater depth.^[1]
During the 1990s, Huber was awarded an Emmy for an essay, "Olympic Park Bombing," which he wrote and delivered in response to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing during the Atlanta Olympics.^[2]
Jim Huber died in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 2, 2012, at the age of 67.^[1] He had recently been diagnosed with leukemia.^[1] He is survived by his wife, Carol, and son, Matt.^[1]



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Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician and pro-democracy activist, died from a heart attack he was 49.

Nay Win Maung was a Burmese physician, businessman and pro-democracy activist died from a heart attack he was 49.. Maung advocated a conciliatory approach toward Myanmar's ruling military junta, which seized power in 1988.^[1]

(Burmese: နေဝင်းမောင်; June 30, 1962 – January 1, 2012)

Maung argued that Burma could be moved towards democratization by working directly with the country's generals, rather than confronting them.^[1] Maung sometimes took political positions which proved controversial among Burma's opposition leaders, who often viewed his ties to the military government with suspicion.^[2] He stated that Aung San Suu Kyi should accept a new constitution written by the military as a token of goodwill.^[1] He believed that Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) should only contest half the parliamentary seats in the 2010 general election, arguing that a landslide win for the NLD would scare the Burmese rulers into holding onto power.^[1][2] However, Maung heavily criticized the generals for rigging the 2010 general election when the extent of voter fraud became known.^[1] (The NLD ultimately boycotted the election).^[2]
Maung grew up in Maymyo (also called Pyin U Lwin), where his parents were history department faculty members at the Defence Services Academy.^[3] From the 7th to 10th standards, he was selected as a Luyaygyun (လူရည်ချွန်), a nationally recognized well-rounded student. Maung attended a regional college, where he majored in Biology, before he was admitted into medical school. He graduated from the Institute of Medicine 1 in Rangoon (now Yangon) with a medical degree in 1987, after repeating his 2nd year.^[3]
Maung did not ally himself with the National League for Democracy or its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.^[1] He died form alliances with other opposition figures, such as Zarganar.^[1] Maung met with Aung San Suu Kyi in January 2011, shortly after her release from house arrest.^[1]
Maung left Burma for four months in 2004 to attend the Yale World Fellows Program at Yale University in the United States, focusing on public policy.^[1] In 2006, Nay founded Myanmar Egress, a civil society organizations with other intellectuals, which he hoped would thaw relations between the government and other pro-democracy activists.^[1] Nay hoped Myanmar Egress, which was headquartered in a hotel in Yangon, to evolve into a Western-style economic and political think tank.^[2] Under Nay, Myanmar Egress gave classes and seminars in business skills, economics, democracy, and entrepreneurship.^[2] In 2008, Egress the relief effort in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, earning accolades from international and foreign relief organizations.^[2]
In March 2011, Burmese President Thein Sein called for reforms and good governance in his inauguration speech, leading to a series of reforms throughout 2011 and 2012.^[1] Maung, who had long advocated a conciliatory tone towards the generals, saw his ideas gain new prominence during the reform period and opposition leaders gradually warmed to his ideas.^[1] The vice president of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Maung Maung Lay, who represents business interests, told the Wall Street Journal, "We thought that he was pro-government...{but} he seems to [have been] impartial" as reforms accelerated and progressed in Burma.^[2]
Maung died from heart attack on January 1, 2012, at the age of 49. He was survived by his wife Win Kalyar Swe, and four daughters.^[4][1] At his funeral, wreaths from both the ruling government's Minister of Industry and NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi were placed next to each other.^[1] Tributes from fellow pro-democracy activists, who had previously criticized his relations with the government, appeared in Twitter and Facebook.^[2] Likewise, the government also praised his efforts. Ye Htut, a spokesperson for the Burmese Ministry of Information stated, "Now we are at the beginning of the democratization process and losing him at this stage is a great loss...He foresaw that the new constitution would bring political space for democratization and urged all stakeholders to participate in the 2010 elections, but few people believed him and attacked him."^[2][5]



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Helmut Müller-Brühl, German conductor, died he was 78.

Helmut Müller-Brühl  was a German conductor died he was 78.

(28 June 1933 – 2 January 2012)

Müller-Brühl was a pupil of Hermann Abendroth, the founder of Cologne Chamber Orchestra. In 1958, Müller-Brühl invited this orchestra to be the principal orchestra for concerts given at his family home, Schloss Brühl. In 1964, the orchestra's conductor, Erich Kraak, invited Müller-Brühl to be chief conductor, and Müller-Brühl led the orchestra until 2008. Müller-Brühl also successfully collaborated with Takako Nishizaki on the “Discovery” album of violin concertos by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Müller-Brühl died on January 2, 2012 following a long illness.^[1] He was 78.




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Larry Reinhardt, American rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), died from liver cirrhosis he was 63.

Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt was an American rock guitarist who played with Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond  died from liver cirrhosis he was 63.. At one time Reinhardt was known by the nicknames "El Rhino" and "Ryno".


(July 7, 1948 – January 2, 2012)

Early history

Born in Florida, United States,^[1] Reinhardt started his musical career in the 1960s in the Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida area. He worked with several bands, the most well-known of which was The Thunderbeats. In 1969, Reinhardt, along with bassist Richard Price and drummer Ramone Sotolongo, formed a "power trio" called The Load. The band landed a house gig in Gainesville, at a club called Dubs. Sotolongo was replaced by Monty Young. The Load performed mostly original, psychedelic blues-rock. They were invited to move to Jacksonville to share a house with a group from Bradenton called The Second Coming (formerly the Blues Messengers). Reinhardt had previously been a member of this group, which also included guitarist Dickey Betts, singer/keyboardist Dale Betts (Dickey Betts' wife), bassist Berry Oakley, drummer John Meeks, and keyboardist Reese Wynans. After Betts and Oakley left to join what would become the Allman Brothers Band, Reinhardt, Wynans and Meeks briefly carried on and, in 1969, Reinhardt was guitarist for The Second Coming.^[2] Upon relocating to Macon, Georgia, Reinhardt heard that Iron Butterfly needed a replacement guitarist, whereupon he flew to Los Angeles for an audition.^[3]

Iron Butterfly

Both Reinhardt and Blues Image guitarist/singer, Mike Pinera, from the Tampa area, replaced Iron Butterfly guitarist Erik Brann. In 1970, Iron Butterfly released an album that included Reinhardt and Pinera, titled Metamorphosis, which was officially credited to "Iron Butterfly With Pinera & Rhino".^[4][5][6]

Captain Beyond

Reinhardt and Iron Butterfly bassist Lee Dorman formed Captain Beyond in 1971, recruiting former Johnny Winter/Rick Derringer drummer Bobby Caldwell, along with former Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans. Captain Beyond released its debut album, Captain Beyond, on Capricorn Records a year later. The band recorded a live album in 1973, Far Beyond A Distant Sun - Live Arlington, Texas, which was not released until 2002. That same year, Marty Rodriguez replaced Caldwell on drums, and keyboardist Reese Wynans, former member of the Blues Messengers and the Second Coming, joined. This new line-up recorded and released Sufficiently Breathless. However, the band soon split up.^[7]

Later career

Reinhardt guested on two songs by Bobby Womack, "Don't Let Me Down" and "I Don't Want To Get Hurt By Your Love Again" on Womack's 1974 album, Lookin' for a Love Again.
In 1976 Dorman, Reinhardt, and Caldwell reformed Captain Beyond with new vocalist Jason Cahune, who was soon replaced by Willy Daffern (Willy Dee). Captain Beyond recorded its third studio album, Dawn Explosion, in 1977. But the group soon broke up.
Reinhardt then formed The Ryno Band, which lasted until 1981. He later joined Mad Dancer with singer/guitarist Gary Graber, Joe Starkovich on drums, Ron "The Liar" Larsen on bass, and Perry Stronge on lead vocals. Mad Dancer released one album Lost Worlds, on which Reinhardt only performed on three songs: "Still A Boy," "Serious," and "Such A Feeling."
Reinhardt performed in various reunions of Iron Butterfly (1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, and in 1989). In 1991, he played on the Robert Tepper album No Rest For The Wounded Heart, which was not released until 1996.
Reinhardt retired from the music industry for a time. In 1998, he and Caldwell reformed Captain Beyond with Jimi Interval on lead vocals, Dan Frye on keyboards, and Jeff Artabasy on bass. This new lineup recorded a four-song EP that included "Don't Cry Over Me," "Gotta Move," "Be As You Were," and "Night Train Calling (Crystal Clear)," in 2000. Captain Beyond split up again in 2002.
He released his solo album, Rhino's Last Dance, in February 2009.
In January 2, 2012, Reinhardt died aged 63 of sclerosis of the liver.^[1]

Bands

Bittersweet

1968

• No Albums

The Load

1969

• No Albums

The Second Coming

1968-1969

• One unreleased album. Richard Hombre Price has the masters. He was the bassist in the version of The Second Coming after Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley left. Also there was (one single on Steady Records) by the first version of the band.

The Second Coming (1st version members were, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Dale Betts, John Meeks, Reese Wynans & Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt)
The Second Coming (2nd version members were, Larry Reinhardt, Richard Price, Reese Wynans, Monty Young, & John Meeks.

Iron Butterfly

1970-1971

• Metamorphosis, 1970
• "Silly Sally", single, 1971
• Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly, greatest-hits compilation, 1971
• Light & Heavy: The Best of Iron Butterfly, greatest-hits compilation, 1993

Captain Beyond

1971-1974,1976–1978,1998–2002

• Captain Beyond, 1972
• Far Beyond a Distant Sun – Live Arlington, Texas, 1973
• Sufficiently Breathless, 1973
• Dawn Explosion, 1977

Bobby Womack

1974

• Lookin' for a Love Again, 1974
  • Two songs: "Don't Let Me Down" / "I Don't Want To Get Hurt By Your Love Again"

The Ryno Band

1977-1981

• No albums.

Mad Dancer

1981

• Lost World
  • Reinhardt wrote three songs: "Still A Boy," "Serious," and "Such a Feeling."

Robert Tepper

1991

• No Rest For The Wounded Heart, 1996

Solo

• Rhino's Last Dance, 2009
• Rhino and the Posse, Back in the Day, 2011^[8]
• Blue Swamp, recorded in the mid-2000s to be released in 2012 by Richard Hombre Price(producer)

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Howie Koplitz, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators), died he was 73.

Howard Dean Koplitz  was a pitcher in Major League Baseball pitcher  died he was 73.. He played all or part of five seasons in the majors, between 1961 and 1966, for the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators.

(May 4, 1938 – January 2, 2012)

Koplitz went 9–7 with a 4.21 earned-run average over his career. In his first game in the Major Leagues, the first player he faced was future Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, whom he struck out.^[1]


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