Florrie Baldwin, has died, she was a British supercentenarian who was 114

Florence Emily Baldwin ^[1] was, at the time of her death, the oldest living person in the United Kingdom and Europe.

(née Davies; 31 March 1896 – 8 May 2010)

Born Florence Emily Davies in the Hunslet district of Leeds, she was the daughter of Methuselah Davies (1861 - 1946) from Dowlais, Wales and Florence Susannah Bird (1863 - 1926) from Aylsham, Norfolk.^[2] She remembered the Boer War and, at the age of four, seeing Queen Victoria when she visited Leeds.^[3][4] In 1920, she married painter and decorator Clifford Baldwin and moved to Woodhouse.^[4][5] After his death in 1973, Baldwin lived alone until she was 105, still being able to put up curtains and clean windows.^[6] She then moved to Radcliffe Gardens, a nursing home in Leeds.^[7]

She credited her longevity to eating a fried egg sandwich every day.^[8][9] However doctors reputedly thought it could be due to her job as a clerk at an engineering firm for fifty years, which she retired from at the age of 75. The company was based on top a steep hill in Woodhouse, Leeds. "She would walk up that hill, come home at lunchtime and then back up it" commented a grandson.^[4] Baldwin's daughter believes her mother's longevity was due to no drinking, no smoking and hard work.^[6] Baldwin spent time in hospital in her 70s due to cataracts.^[10]

Following the death of Italian woman Lucia Lauria on 28 June 2009, Baldwin became the oldest living person in Europe. Baldwin became one of the 100 verified oldest women ever on 14 October 2009 and one of the 70 verified oldest people ever on 22 April 2010. Baldwin was in good health until the age of 111, when she began developing short-term memory loss which progressed into dementia and had very few memories of the past in the last months of her life. ^[11]

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Francisco Aguabella, Cuban-born American jazz percussionist, died of cancer, he was 84

Francisco Aguabella was an Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist whose career began in the 1950s.

(October 10, 1925 – May 7, 2010)

Aguabella was born in Matanzas, Cuba. In the 1950s, he left Cuba to perform with Katherine Dunham in the Shelley Winters film Mambo filmed in Italy. After touring with Katherine Dunham he came to the United States and performed and toured with Peggy Lee for the next seven years. He performed in Europe, Australia, South America, and all over the United States (including the White House). Francisco enjoyed an extensive music performing and recording career and delighted many audiences with his masterful and powerful rhythms.

Francisco performed with many great Jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Palmieri, Cachao, Lalo Schifrin, Cal Tjader, Nancy Wilson, Poncho Sanchez, Bebo Valdes and numerous others. Francisco was honored to receive numerous awards including the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Durfee Foundation's Master Musicians' Fellowship, and recognition by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. He is featured in the documentary, "Sworn to the Drum" by filmmaker Les Blank, and is featured in a documentary, "Aguabella," currently in production, directed by actor/filmmaker Orestes Matacena (The Mask, Bitter Sugar). He has also appeared with his ensemble on television programs including the Orlando Jones Show on FX.

During the 1970s he was a member of the Jorge Santana Latin rock band Malo. ^[1] Francisco was a widely recognized master conguero and bata artist, a caring and knowledgeable instructor. In 1992 he won a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lived in Los Angeles, California where he taught Afro-Cuban drumming to undergraduate and graduate students at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Aguabella died in Los Angeles on May 7, 2010 of a cancer-related illness.^[2]

Discography

As leader

• 1977: Hitting Hard (Epsilon)
• 1993: Oriza: Santeria Religion Afrocubana (Cubop/Ubiquity Records)
• 1999: Agua de Cuba (Cubop)
• 1999: H2O (Cubop)
• 2002: Cubacan (Cubop)
• 2002: Cantos a los Orishas (Pimienta Records)
• 2004: Ochimini (Cubop)

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Rane Arroyo, American poet, has died of a cerebral hemorrhage, he was 55

Rane Ramón Arroyo has died of a cerebral hemorrhage, he was 55. Arroyo was an American poet, playwright, and scholar of Puerto Rican descent who wrote numerous books and received many literary awards.^[1] He was a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Toledo in Ohio.^[2] His work deals extensively with issues of immigration, Latino culture, and homosexuality.^[3] Arroyo was openly gay and frequently wrote self-reflexive, autobiographical texts.^[4] He was the long-term partner of the American poet Glenn Sheldon. (November 15, 1954 – May 7, 2010)

Rane Ramón Arroyo was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Puerto Rican immigrant parents. He began his career as a performance artist in the Chicago art galleries of the 1980s and eventually expanded into poetry, for which he has become best known.

Arroyo earned his Ph.D. in English and Cultural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh where he wrote his dissertation on issues surrounding the Chicago Renaissance that parallel the building of a contemporary Latino literary canon.^[5] He served as the co-Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) and as the co-Chair for the 2009 Chicago Conference.

Arroyo died in the early morning of May 7, 2010 due to a cerebral hemorrhage.^[6][7]

Arroyo was included in the Heath Anthology of American Literature published in 2006; this book is commonly taught in English college classes in the U.S.^[4] He won the 2004-05 John Ciardi Poetry Prize for The Portable Famine; the 1997 Carl Sandburg Poetry Prize for his book The Singing Shark; and a 1997 Pushcart Prize for the poem "Breathing Lessons" as published in Ploughshares. Other awards include: Stonewall Books Chapbook Prize; The Sonora Review Chapbook Prize, the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Prize, and a 2007 Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award in Poetry.

Betsy A. Sandlin published an article on him ("Poetry Always Demands All My Ghosts: The Haunted and Haunting Poetry of Rane Arroyo") in a landmark issue of CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies on Puerto Rican queer studies.^[8] Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes has also written about his work.^[4][9]

Works

Books of Poetry

• Columbus's Orphan. Arcadia, Fl.: JVC books, 1993. ISBN 1878116177
• The Singing Shark. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press, 1996. ISBN 0927534614
• Pale Ramón. Cambridge, Mass.: Zoland Books, 1998. ISBN 0944072941
• Home Movies of Narcissus. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2002. ISBN 0816521956
• The Portable Famine. Kansas City, Mo.: BkMk Press, 2005. ISBN 1886157537
• Don Quixote goes to the Moon. Tokyo/Toronto: Ahadada Books, 2006.
• The Roswell Poems. La Porte, Ind.: WordFarm, 2008. ISBN 9781602260016
• Same-Sex Séances. New Sins Press, 2008. ISBN 0979695619
• The Buried Sea: New & Selected Poems. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. ISBN 9780816527168
• The Sky's Weight. Turning Point Press, 2009. ISBN 1934999733

Book of Short Stories

• How To Name A Hurricane. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2005. ISBN 0816524602

Performed Plays

• The Amateur Virgin, Buddha and the Señorita, Tiara Tango, Emily Dickinson in Bandages, A Family In Figleaves, Prayers For A Go-Go Boy, Honeymoon Rehearsals, House With Black Windows (with the poet Glenn Sheldon), Red House On Fire, and Horatio: An Inquisition.

Published Plays

• Dancing At Funerals: Selected Plays. Tokio and Toronto: ahadada books, 2010. ISBN 9780981274447
• Buddha and the Señorita, Sex With The Man-in-The-Moon, Spanish Moon, Bed But No Breakfast, Fade To White (with the poets Glenn Sheldon and Diane Williams), Honeymoon Rehearsals, and A Lesson In Writing Love Letters.

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Babz Chula, American actress, has died from cancer she was 64

Babz Chula has died from cancer she was 64. Chula was an American-born actress, permanent resident in Canada.^[2]

(March 22, 1946 – May 7, 2010)

Chula was born as Barbara Ellen Zuckerman in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[3] She was raised in Jamaica, New York. She received the Artistic Achievement Award by the Vancouver Women in Film Society in 1995.^[1]

In 2008, a group of actors and artists in Vancouver created the Babz Chula Lifeline for Artists Society, which helped raise funds for Chula's cancer treatment.

She became a popular actress in Canada starting with her role in the Canadian film My American Cousin. She won acclaim for her community spirit, continuing to act in independent Canadian films while also acting in Hollywood films.^[4]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
2005	Home for the Holidays		Gail Harvey
	The French Guy	Elizabeth Murray	Ann Marie Fleming
	The Secret		(Vincent Perez)
	Criminal Intent	Ruth	George Erchbaumer
2008	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Surgeon	Chris Carter
2004	Kathleen's Closet	Kathleen	Sheila Jordon
	Gang of Love		Rick Dobran
	Seven Times Lucky		Gary Yates
	Croon		Hillary Jones-Farrow
2003	Moving Malcolm	Gisha	Ben Ratner
2002	Cheaters	Mrs. Rosengarden	Andrew Gurland
	Bitten		Clauida Morgado
2001	Last Wedding	Bobbie	Bruce Sweeney
1999	Double Jeopardy	Ruby	Bruce Beresford
1998	Dirty	Angie	Bruce Sweeney
1997	Silent Cradle	Cye Block	Paul Ziller
	Barbeque...A Love Story		Stacey Kirk
	The Ex	Dr. Lillian Jonas	Mark Leste
1995	Live Bait	Helen MacIntosh	Bruce Sweeney
	Love Charm		Robert Rondau
	Power of Attorney	Angela	Howard Himelstein
	Pyromaniacs Love Story	Ass pincher's wife	Josh Brand
1997	Bliss		Lance Young
1994	Valentine's Day	Barb	Mike Hoolboom
	Kanada	Charlie	Mike Hoolboom
1992	The Date		Niko Theoderaskis
	Stay Tuned		Peter Hyams
	North of Pittsburgh	Linda	Richard Martin
1991	Run	Poker Player(as Babs Chula)	Geoff Burrowes
1989	In Search of the Last Good Man		Peg Campbell
	American Boyfriends	Dolly, Butch's Mother	Sandy Wilson
	Immediate Family	Birthday Girl's Mom	Jonathan Kaplan
	Cousins	Mrs. Davidow	Joel Schumacher
1988	The Accused	Woman Lawyer	Jonathan Kaplan
1984	Runaway	Construction Foreperson (as Babs Chulla)	Michael Crichton
1988	My American Cousin	Dolly Walker	Sandy Wilson

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Robert J. Serling, American author, brother of Rod Serling has died he was 92,

Robert Jerome Serling was an American novelist and aviation writer. Born in Cortland, New York, Serling graduated from Antioch College.^[1] He became full-time aviation editor for United Press International in 1960. His novel The President's Plane Is Missing was made into a 1973 made-for-TV film starring Buddy Ebsen. He was the older brother of screenwriter and The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling.^[2] He received the 1988 Lauren D. Lyman Award "for distinguished achievement in the field of aviation and aerospace
journalism."^[3] He died in 2010 at age 92.

(March 28, 1918 – May 6, 2010)

Was a United Press International, Washington, DC, reporter and manager of Radio News Division, 1945-60, aviation editor, 1960-66; air safety lecturer and consultant, beginning 1966.

• Received numerous honors of his work throughout his career: Trans-World Airlines, seven awards, 1958-65, for aviation news reporting, Strebig-Dobben Memorial Award, 1960; special citations from Sherman Fairchild Foundation, 1963, Flight Safety Foundation, 1970, and Airline Pilots Association, 1970; Aviation/Space Writers Association, James Trebig Memorial Award, 1964, special citation, 1967, award in fiction, 1966, for The Left Seat, and in nonfiction, 1969, for Loud and Clear.
• Collected commercial airline models (owns more than four hundred) and material on aviation research.
• Member of the Society of Air Safety Investigators and the Aviation/Space Writers Association
• Brother Rod Serling hired him as a consultant for the airplane sequences in the episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33" of his hit TV-show "The Twilight Zone."
• "Something's Alive on the Titanic" and "The President's Plane Is Missing" are fantasy novels set in real life high-profile backdrops.
• Was a reporter for the Washington Redskins. Travelled with the team and roomed with quarterback Eddie Lebaron.

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Danny Chandler, American motocross rider, died he was 50

Danny Chandler was a motocross racer has died he was 50.^[1] He is remembered for his hard-charging, aggressive riding style.

(October 5, 1959^[1] – May 5, 2010)

Chandler began his professional motocross career with the Maico factory racing team in 1979.^[2] He was nicknamed Magoo by his father at an early age, and the name stuck.^[2] By 1982 he had earned a place in the American Honda factory racing team and claimed the biggest victory of his career when he won the U.S. 500cc Motocross Grand Prix.^[2] In 1982 he also won both races in the Motocross des Nations as well as the Trophee des Nations, becoming the first rider to win both motos of both events in the same year.^[2]

Kawasaki had signed Chandler to race in the 1986 World Championships, but in December of 1985 he suffered a paralyzing crash in the Paris Supercross.

After the accident, Chandler went through a tough period. Within the span of a few years after the accident, he went through a divorce and then suffered even further when both his parents died within a few years of one another.

Spurred on by support from friends and his newfound faith, Chandler worked his way back to a full and busy life. He began to promote mountain-bike races and got involved with DARE, a drug-awareness program geared towards school children. Chandler also started coordinating children's hospital visits by top motorcycle racers through his International Riders Helping People organization.

"In the long run the accident has left me a richer and fuller person," Chandler said. "Had it not been for that I would just be another guy walking around. Now I have an interesting and compelling story to tell to the kids."

After being dropped from the Honda team, Chandler went to Europe to compete in the Motocross World Championships. His career ended when he was left paralyzed after a crash at a supercross race in Paris.^[1] Despite the setback, Chandler began promoting mountain bike races and became involved with D.A.R.E.^[1] Chandler was inducted into the American Motorcyclist Association Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999.^[1]

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Kinji Shibuya, American professional wrestler and actor (Mr. T and Tina), died of natural causes he was 88,

California wrestling legend Shibuya passes away

Robert "Kinji" Shibuya, who was one of pro wrestling's biggest stars of the 60s and early 70s in California, passed away this past Monday at his home in Hayward, CA, at the age of 88.

Shibuya was a San Francisco wrestling institution, headlining the Cow Palace on numerous occasions, both as a single as well as with tag team partners Mitsu Arakawa and Masa Saito. Shibuya & Arakawa were best known for matches against Nick Bockwinkel & Wilbur Snyder and Ray Stevens & Don Manoukian during the heyday of San Francisco wrestling when the Cow Palace was the hottest wrestling arena in the United States.

He also dabbled in acting, and was well known after his retirement in the late 70s for raising koi fish.

Robert Shibuya played the stereotypical Japanese heel role, but he was actually from Utah, and was a college football star in the 40s at the University of Hawaii.

During the mid-60s, when he held the United States heavyweight championship, he was generally considered one of the top ten stars in the industry.

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