Jarvis Williams, American football player (Miami Dolphins, New York Giants) died of a heart attack he was 45

Jarvis Eric Williams, Sr. was a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

(May 16, 1965 – May 25, 2010)

Williams was born in Palatka, Florida. He attended Palatka High School, and was a key player for the Palatka Panthers football team that won the state 3A championship in 1981. After graduating from high school, Williams received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in nearby Gainesville, Florida, where he played cornerback for coach Galen Hall's Florida Gators football teams from 1984 to 1987. He started forty-five consecutive games over four seasons, had ten career interceptions, and led the team in tackles (77) and punt returns (20 for 222 yards) during his senior season.^[1] Williams was named a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection in 1986 and a first-team All-American in 1987.^[2] The Gators posted identical 9–1–1 records in 1984 and 1985, and the best SEC win-loss records of 5–0–1 and 5–1 during those same seasons.^[3]


Williams was chosen by the Miami Dolphins in the second round (forty-second pick overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft,^[4] and played safety for the Dolphins from 1988 to 1993.^[5] In Miami, Williams was reunited with Gators teammate Louis Oliver when the Dolphins drafted Oliver in 1989, and together they were the Dolphins' starting safeties for five seasons.^[6] In his first five NFL seasons with the Dolphins, Williams recorded fourteen interceptions, including one he returned forty-two yards for a touchdown in 1990.^[7] He played his final NFL season for the New York Giants in 1994.^[5]
Williams was inducted into the University of Florida's Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2001.^[8] He recently began work as a volunteer assistant football coach at Interlachen High School in Interlachen, Florida,^[9] and had previously worked as an assistant coach at Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, Florida.^[10]
Williams' son, Jarvis Williams, Jr., is the starting fullback for the Jacksonville University Dolphins football team,^[6] and was named the 2007 Pioneer Football League Newcomer of the Year by Street & Smith. Williams' former Gators teammate, Kerwin Bell, is the head coach of the JU Dolphins.^[10]
Williams died from an acute asthma attack just before midnight on May 25, 2010; he was 45 years old.

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Jackson Kaujeua, Namibian musician, composer and gospel singer,has died of kidney disease he was , 56

Jackson Kaujeua Namibian musician, composer and gospel singer,has died of kidney disease he was , 56. Kaujeua was a Namibian musician, composer and gospel singer, and a veteran of the Namibian struggle for independence. He sang in various Namibian languages and English.

(3 July 1953 – 27 May 2010)

He was born Jackson Muningandu Kaujeua, a member of the Herero ethnic group^[1] in !Huns, a village near Keetmanshoop.^[2] Later, he broke off an education as a priest at the mission school of Otjimbingwe after he came in touch with the songs of gospels singers like Mahalia Jackson, whose human rights-related lyrics inspired him.^[3]

In 1973 he started studying music at the Dorkay Art & Music College for talented Non-Whites in South Africa. However, he was soon expelled from the country for anti-apartheid activism, and went into exile in 1974.^[2] After a short time in Botswana, the SWAPO-resistance movement (with which he was associated with until his death)^[4][5] helped him to move to the UK, where he soon became the lead singer of the group Black Diamond. International success followed with songs such as "Winds of Change".^[3]

Having lived as a teacher in an Angolan refugee camp for a short time in 1979, he returned to Namibia only after independence in 1990, where he celebrated great successes with his music, especially with !Gnubu !Nubus (Damara: 'short and round').^[3] As of the late 1990s, he was still one of the best-known Namibian musicians.^[6]

Kaujeua died on 27 May 2010, after suffering from a kidney disorder for the last six months.^[2] He had lived poor and died poor. He was formally unemployed for most of his life, living off his performances and royalties. Calls for some sort of employment or empowerment for his role as "musical ambassador for the liberation struggle" were not heard by the authorities.^[3]

Kauejua had four children.

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Judy Lynn, American country music singer,has died of heart failure she was 74,

Judy Lynn Kelly , who performed as Judy Lynn and was born Judy Lynn Voiten, was an American country music singer and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Idaho 1955.^[1]

(April 16, 1936 – May 26, 2010)

Lynn was born in Boise, Idaho. As a teenager she joined a nationwide tour of Grand Ole Opry. She was all of 19 at the time getting written up in a national hillbilly publication. She was part of a singing duo back then in school, performing at various functions such as at civic clubs or rodeos. She won several trips in competitions with singers from other schools from around the country. She was also cheerleader for three consecutive years.

She got a bit of a break when some folks from the Grand Ole Opry were doing a tour up in the northwest. The cast included Ernest Tubb, Ferlin Husky, Red Foley, Jean Shepard and T. Texas Tyler. But Jean Shepard got ill during the trip and the show manager, John Kelly had to find a replacement. He had heard Judy sing with a Webb Pierce and Slim Whitman on a show in Boise and called her and asked if she could take Ms. Shepard's place. She said yes and her parents signed their consent to a contract for that part of the tour. As a result of that fill-in, she did appearances with Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Lonzo and Oscar and other stars of the Opry.

Then, she toured five full months in North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota with T. Texas Tyler. Then, in mid-1953, she signed a 21 day contract with KXJB-TV out of Fargo, North Dakota. Right after that, she headed over to Minot, where she was starring on her own radio show over KLPM from 1:00pm to 1:30pm six days a week.

In 1952, Judy was named "Queen of the Big Snake River Jamboree" where she was part of a show with a famous cowboy singer, Gene Autry. And she was all of 16 at the time that happened, which got her a lot of notoriety in the northwest back then. For an encore, she got to perform with Rex Allen at the same rodeo the next year.

In April 1954, she won the title of "America's Champion Girl Yodeler". And if that wasn't enough, she was chosen "Miss Idaho" in 1955 and went on to Atlantic City to compete for the Miss America crown.

performers. She was hired to fill in for Jean Shepard, who had become ill during the tour.

Lynn retired from the music business in 1980 to become a Christian minister.

She died on May 26, 2010 after suffering congestive heart failure at her home in Jeffersonville, Indiana.^[2]

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Paul Gray, American heavy metal bassist of (Slipknot) has died he was 38

Paul Dedrick Gray of (Slipknot) has died he was 38. Gray was an American musician, best known as the bassist of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Slipknot.

(April 8, 1972 – May 24, 2010)

Gray was born in Los Angeles, California. Later his family relocated to Des Moines, Iowa. In his youth, Gray performed in bands such as Anal Blast, Vexx, Body Pit, and Inveigh Catharsi.

In June 2003, Gray crashed his car into another vehicle. After police were called to the scene and searched his car, Gray was arrested for possession of cannabis, cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and failure to obey a traffic signal.^[1][2] He was sentenced to one year of informal probation.^[3] Turmoil was caused within Slipknot's fanbase when Gray's mugshot from the incident surfaced, as at this time, with the exception of Corey Taylor and guitarist James Root, unobstructed photographs of most members of the band's faces were exceptionally rare.^[4]

At the time of his death, he was one of 3 original members of Slipknot remaining in the band, and the only one who had maintained his original role in the band due to Clown's switch from main drums to custom percussion during the early days. He was one of the two members not born in Iowa (the other is Jim Root, who was born in Las Vegas).

Besides Slipknot, Gray filled in as bassist for Unida during their 2003 tour, appeared on Drop Dead, Gorgeous' Worse Than a Fairy Tale, toured briefly with Reggie and the Full Effect and appeared on the Roadrunner United project, performing bass on "The Enemy" and "Baptized in the Redemption" from the project's album The All-Star Sessions.

On May 24, 2010, The Des Moines Register reported that Gray had been found dead in a room at the Towneplace Suites hotel in Urbandale, Iowa at about 10:50 local time.^{[5][6][3][7][8][9][10]} He is survived by his wife Brenna who was expecting their first child at the time of his death.^[11] An initial autopsy determined that no foul play or trauma was involved, but could not establish the cause of death.^[7][8][12] The Polk County medical examiner is currently awaiting the results of a toxicology test.^[5][13]

The next day, May 25 2010, The Des Moines Register announced that, according to a 911 tape obtained by WOI-TV, bottles of pills and a hypodermic needle were found next to the body of Gray in his hotel room.^[5] On the same day, the band held a formal press conference in Des Moines, Iowa. They did not take any questions from the media. The band and Gray's wife paid tribute to him.

"He was kind of the person in the band that really wanted everybody in the band to always get along and just concentrate on the band. He was a really great friend and a really great person. He's going to be sadly missed, and the world is going to be a different place without him."

—Shawn Crahan^[14]

Gray used to wear tape around his head for his mask. Later, he switched to a Halloween styled Pig mask which he used for the self-titled era, and it represented his indulgent personality. He was then criticized by members of Mushroomhead, another band who use masks, costumes, and pseudonyms to differentiate themselves from other bands, who said Paul stole the idea from their bassist who also wears a pig mask. During the touring cycle for Iowa, he used a black mask with dark eye and nose holes, with a small slit near his mouth, and it bore a striking resemblance to the Man in the Iron Mask. During the Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) touring cycle, his mask took on a more facial shape and contained small angled metal bars inside a larger mouth area. It was decorated with a bullet hole and small cracks.

Gray had two masks that he used for the All Hope Is Gone era. The first one was a gray leather mask, almost identical to the one used during the Vol.3 era, except the bars were then vertically lined, and it was indented with small cracks. His second mask was almost identical to his previous one, except that white paint had been smudged down the mask in a line from the eyeholes, and was adorned with more visible stitches on the face.

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Gray played left-handed. He commonly used a pick on later releases, but he can be heard using the slapping technique in the songs "Do Nothing/Bitchslap" and "Confessions" on Slipknot's demo Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.. He also had a fingerstyle technique, as seen in the DVD, The Making of All Hope Is Gone.

Discography

With Slipknot 1999: Slipknot 2001: Iowa 2004: Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) 2005: 9.0: Live 2008: All Hope Is Gone Other appearances 2005: The All-Star Sessions (Roadrunner United) 2007: Worse Than a Fairy Tale (Drop Dead, Gorgeous) 2008: "Last Stop: Crappy Town" (Reggie And The Full Effect) 2009: "Annual Assault" (Roadrunner Records)

Filmography

• 1999: Welcome to Our Neighborhood
• 2002: Disasterpieces
• 2002: Rollerball
• 2006: Voliminal: Inside the Nine
• 2008: Nine: The Making of "All Hope Is Gone"
• 2008: Behind The Player: Paul Gray
• 2009: Of the (sic): Your Nightmares, Our Dreams

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Philly TV, radio legend Bill 'Wee Willie' Webber dies at 80

Local legend Bill Webber, who was on Philadelphia radio and TV for six decades, passed away on Sunday, says the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.

The group said Webber, 80, had an apparent heart attack at a Philadelphia area hospital. He was chairman of the Pioneers, a group that honors TV and radio personalities in the Philadelphia area.

Webber was known to a generation of local viewers as Wee Willie Webber, when he hosted cartoon shows on channels 17 and 48.

Webber started his long career in 1954 at WFIL-TV (now 6 ABC) and moved to channel 3 in 1963.

In 1965, Webber became the face of Channel 17 for a decade, working on his kid's show and sporting events.

Webber was on radio at WIP for at least 25 years, and did other local radio shows.

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Martin Cohan, American television writer (Silver Spoons, Who's the Boss?),has died from large cell lymphoma he was , 77

Local legend Bill Webber, who was on Philadelphia radio and TV for six decades, passed away on Sunday, says the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.

The group said Webber, 80, had an apparent heart attack at a Philadelphia area hospital. He was chairman of the Pioneers, a group that honors TV and radio personalities in the Philadelphia area.

Webber was known to a generation of local viewers as Wee Willie Webber, when he hosted cartoon shows on channels 17 and 48.

Webber started his long career in 1954 at WFIL-TV (now 6 ABC) and moved to channel 3 in 1963.

In 1965, Webber became the face of Channel 17 for a decade, working on his kid's show and sporting events.

Webber was on radio at WIP for at least 25 years, and did other local radio shows.

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Carla Zilbersmith, Canadian-born American actress, singer and comedian, has died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis she was 47

Singer-actress-comedian Carla Zilbersmith has died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis she was 47. Zilbersmith did her best not to let being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the progressive neurodegenerative disease, dampen her high-spirited sense of humor.

"For those of you who don't know, I was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease a couple of weeks ago.... I hate baseball," the San Francisco Chronicle reported the red-haired performer telling an audience at Berkeley's Hillside Club in January 2008. "I'd really much rather have been diagnosed with a basketball disease. Maybe Wilt Chamberlain disease. That's the one where you have sex 20,000 times and then you die."

Zilbersmith, who maintained her sense of humor throughout the progression of her disease and inspired others with how she faced death, died Monday at her home in Berkeley, said her son, Maclen Zilber. She was 47.

"Leave Them Laughing," a documentary about Zilbersmith by Academy Award-winning director John Zaritsky, had its world premiere May 6 at the Hot Docs international documentary festival in Toronto, where the "musical comedy about dying" won the Special Jury Prize for Canadian documentary.

"I've never had so many laughs with any individual as with Carla," Zaritsky told The Times, "but at the same time, she was truly an inspiration for all of us."

As a performer, Zilbersmith received notice for her one-woman show "Wedding Singer Blues," which had its Los Angeles premiere at Upstairs at the Coronet in 2006.

In his review in The Times, David C. Nichols called the show "a festive satirical package" and described Zilbersmith as "a strong-voiced find with a knack for spot-on characterizations that recall Lily Tomlin, dialects, funny story lines and archetypes flying back and forth faster than a rogue garter."

Zilbersmith began having problems with her legs and fell down a number of times in 2007 before being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease that December.

She retired in spring 2008 after 14 years as artistic director and coordinator of the drama department at College of Marin.

"She was an incredibly inspiring creative force on the campus and had a very, very strong following of students," said W. Allen Taylor, who took over Zilbersmith's position when she retired.

The last show Zilbersmith directed at the college was "War and Peacemeal: the Musical," a loose adaptation of Aristophanes' antiwar play "Peace."

Zilbersmith compared the themes of the play with her battle with Lou Gehrig's disease.

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