Marshall Flaum, American Emmy Award-winning director (The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau), died from complications from hip surgery he was , 85

Marshall Allen Flaum  was an American Emmy Award-winning documentary and television director, producer and screenwriter died from complications from hip surgery he was , 85.  In addition to his five Emmy Awards, Flaum earned two Academy Award nominations for his work on the documentary films The Yanks Are Coming in 1963 and Let My People Go: The Story of Israel in 1965. ^[1]

 (September 13, 1925 – October 1, 2010)

William W. Norton American screenwriter (Gator, Brannigan), died from a heart attack he was , 85,

William Wallace "Bill" Norton, Jr. was an American screenwriter who wrote movies characterized by their action scenes, featuring such Hollywood stars as Angie Dickinson, Burt Lancaster, Burt Reynolds and John Wayne died from a  heart attack he was , 85,. Later in life, Norton would be convicted of gun running in France when he tried to send arms from the United States to aid Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland. He later moved to Nicaragua after being released from prison and shot and killed an intruder in his Managua home then spent a year living in Cuba where he became disillusioned with Communism and was smuggled from Mexico into the U.S. by his ex-wife.

(September 24, 1925 – October 1, 2010)

Life

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Norton was born on September 24, 1925, in Ogden, Utah, where his parents owned a ranch which they lost during the Great Depression.^[1] His family moved to Berkeley, California and then El Monte. He attended El Monte High School, where he was class president.^[2] During World War II, Norton enlisted in the United States Army and served in Europe. He started writing, using his life experience of growing up poor and serving in the military, and some of his plays were produced by local theater companies. He joined the Communist Party in his youth and in 1958 was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, though he did not name anyone.^[1][2]
He wrote for the television series The Big Valley, which was broadcast from 1965 to 1968.^[3] His big screen breakthrough came with his script for the 1968 film The Scalphunters, set in the antebellum West, with the movie starring Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis and Shelley Winters. Other screenplays that Norton wrote included the Angie Dickinson vehicle Big Bad Mama directed by Roger Corman and the 1975 John Wayne detective film Brannigan. Films he wrote that starred Burt Reynolds included Sam Whiskey, White Lightning and Gator. When asked by a nurse the day before he died if she would know any of Norton's films, he replied "I don't think your I.Q. is low enough".^[1]
After moving to Ireland in the mid-1980s, Corman was angered by attacks staged against Roman Catholic residents of Northern Ireland. He flew back to the United States and purchased a number of guns to bring back to Ireland to supply the Irish National Liberation Army.^[2] When the van they shipped was found in Le Havre, France with two submachine guns, 12 rifles, 23 revolvers and thousands of rounds of ammunition, Norton and his wife were arrested and were both convicted.^[2] Sentenced to two years in prison, he was released after 19 months while his wife served five months before her release on medical grounds.^[3] Norton and his wife were subject to a U.S. warrant on the gun smuggling charges and were granted asylum in Nicaragua.^[2] After bandits broke into his house in Managua, he was able to find a gun and shot and killed one of the robbers.^[1]
He relocated to Cuba in the 1990s, but rapidly became disenchanted with life under Communism. He moved again, this time to Mexico, and sought the help of his daughter and his first wife to bring him back into the United States. He met his family members in Tijuana and they smuggled him back across the U.S. border. He settled in Santa Barbara, California, where he chose to paint as a hobby, but spent years worrying that the FBI would arrest him, until a lawyer convinced him that he had nothing to worry about.^[1] He wrote a script called Exiled in America based on his experiences, which was produced by Paul Leder.^[3]

Death

Norton died in Santa Barbara of a heart attack at the age of 85 on October 1, 2010. He was survived by his second wife, Eleanor, as well as by two daughters and a son, writer / director Bill L. Norton.^[3] He also had eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His first marriage, to the former Betty Conklin, had ended in divorce.^[1]

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Stephen J. Cannell American TV producer and writer (The A-Team, The Rockford Files, 21 Jump Street), died from complications from melanoma he was , 69,

Stephen Joseph Cannell  was an American television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor, and the founder of Stephen J. Cannell Productions  died from complications from melanoma he was , 69,.

(pronounced /ˈkænəl/; February 5, 1941 – September 30, 2010)

Early life and career

Cannell was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in nearby Pasadena.^[1] His parents, Carolyn (née Baker) and Joseph Knapp Cannell, owned a chain of furniture stores.^[2][3] Cannell struggled with dyslexia in school, but did graduate from the University of Oregon in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism.^[2] At UO, he joined the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Aaron-Carl Ragland, American electronic dance musician, died from lymphoma he was , 37

Aaron-Carl Ragland  better known simply as Aaron-Carl was an American electronic dance musician. He died of cancer he was , 37.^[1]

(born 1973 - died 30 September 2010)

In 1999, he was the founder of Detroit, Michigan-based Wallshaker Music, an independent record label and music production company specializing in soulful Tech-House music. Aaron-Carl was also the founder and CEO of W.A.R.M.T.H. International Inc.
In addition to his own label, he also released materials on some of house and techno's most respected labels, including Ovum and the Underground Resistance, a sub-label Soul City^[2] as well as Rebirth, Metroplex, Subject Detroit and Universal France.
He has remixed to many Detroit techno artists, like Underground Resistance, Scan 7, DJ Bone, Aux 88 & Kelli Hand. In addition, he has remixed various house, R&B and other mainstream artists, including Dajae, GusGus, Manu Dibango, N'Dambi (with Keite Young) and Kindred the Family Soul, CeCe Peniston ("Above Horizons") and Michelle Weeks.
Aaron Carl's single "My House" got licensed by Josh Wink's label, Ovum Recordings, and became Aaron's first Billboard Top 40 Dance/Club hit.
Aaron-Carl's music has been showcased in various feature films, most notably Maestro, a house music documentary by Josell Ramos, which featured original tracks "Sky" and "Oasis". Aaron-Carl also appears in The Godfather Chronicles -- The Ghetto Tech Sound of Detroit. His remix of rapper Johnny Dangerous' "Topsy Turvy", in which Aaron-Carl makes a cameo appearance is featured in Pick Up the Mic, a documentary by Alex Hinton.

 Discography

Singles

• "My House" (Ovum Recordings label - made it to US Billboard Top 40 Dance/Club chart)

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Joseph Sobran American political writer, died from diabetes he was 64

Michael Joseph Sobran, Jr.  was an American journalist and writer, formerly with National Review and a syndicated columnist died from diabetes he was 64. He was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

(February 23, 1946 – September 30, 2010)

Academic and professional career

Sobran graduated from Eastern Michigan University and received a Bachelor of Arts in English. He studied for a graduate degree in English, concentrating on Shakespearean studies, following his graduation. In the late 1960s, Sobran lectured on Shakespeare and English on a fellowship with the university.
In 1972, Sobran began working at William F. Buckley Jr.'s National Review magazine. (During the 1970s, he frequently used the byline M.J. Sobran.) He stayed 21 years, 18 as senior editor, before being removed from the publication amidst controversial charges.
Along with his work at National Review, Sobran spent 21 years as a commentator on the CBS Radio "Spectrum" program series and was a syndicated columnist, first with the Los Angeles Times, and later with the Universal Press Syndicate. In 2007, his newsletter discontinued distribution by the U.S. mail.

Sobran wrote a column for the Catholic newsweekly The Wanderer entitled Washington Watch from 1986 to 2007. He also had a monthly column that appears in Catholic Family News. He wrote the "Bare Bodkin" column for Chronicles. Additionally, his essays have appeared in The Human Life Review, Celebrate Life!, and The Free Market. Sobran was media fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.^[1]
Sobran was named the Constitution Party's vice presidential nominee in 2000, but withdrew in April 2000 citing scheduling conflicts with his journalistic commitments. ^[2]
In 2001 and 2003 Sobran spoke at conferences organized by Holocaust denier David Irving,^[3] sharing the podium with Paul Fromm, Charles D. Provan, and Mark Weber, director of the Institute for Historical Review. In 2002 he spoke at the Institute for Historical Review's annual conference.^[4] Referring to his appearance at IHR conferences, historian Deborah Lipstadt wrote, "Mr. Sobran may not have been an unequivocal [Holocaust] denier, but he gave support and comfort to the worst of them."^[5]Writing in the National Review, Matthew Scully said, "His appearance before that sorry outfit a few years ago ... remains impossible to explain, at least if you’re trying to absolve him."^[6]

National Review controversy

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Sobran was fired from National Review in 1993 and was accused of being an anti-Semite (most notably by Norman Podhoretz). Podhoretz wrote that "Joe Sobran's columns ... [are] anti-Semitic in themselves, and not merely 'contextually.'" Buckley disagreed with Podhoretz's accusation, noting that he "deemed Joe Sobran's six columns contextually anti-Semitic. By this I mean that if he had been talking, let us say, about the lobbying interests of the Arabs or of the Chinese, he would not have raised eyebrows as an anti-Arab or an anti-Chinese."^[7]
One such comment was that the New York Times "really ought to change its name to Holocaust Update."^[8] Sobran claimed that founder William F. Buckley told him to "stop antagonizing the Zionist crowd," and Buckley accused him of libel and moral incapacitation.^[9] Sobran also complained of "a more or less official national obsession with a tiny, faraway socialist ethnocracy."^[10]
At the time of his dismissal from National Review, Sobran wrote that Buckley kowtowed to the liberal Manhattan social elite. Shortly after Buckley's death in 2008, Sobran wrote that the two had reconciled: "My employment ended unhappily, much to my regret now, but I rejoice to say we patched things up a year or so ago."^[11]

Political philosophy

Through much of his career, Sobran identified as a paleoconservative and supported strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. In 2002 Sobran announced his philosophical and political shift to libertarianism (paleolibertarian anarcho-capitalism) citing inspiration by theorists Murray Rothbard and Hans-Hermann Hoppe.^[12] He has referred to himself as a "theo-anarchist."^[13]
Sobran said Catholic teachings are consistent with his opposition to abortion and the Iraq War. He also argued that the 9/11 attacks were a result of the U.S. government's policies regarding the Middle East. He claimed those policies are formed by the "Jewish-Zionist powers that be in the United States."^[14]

Books and other publications

Sobran was the author of many books, including one about William Shakespeare, Alias Shakespeare: Solving the Greatest Literary Mystery of All Time (1997), wherein he endorsed the aberrant Oxfordian theory that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was the true author of the plays usually attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford-on-Avon.
At the time of his death, he was working on two books: one concerning Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the United States Constitution, and another about de Vere's poetry.
He is also the author of:

• Single Issues: Essays on the Crucial Social Questions – Human Life Press – 1983
• Alias Shakespeare: Solving the Greatest Literary Mystery of All Time – Free Press 1997
• Hustler: The Clinton Legacy – Griffin Communications 2000

Sobran has produced a number of published articles and speeches, including:

• Anything Called a Program is Unconstitutional – Griffin Communications – 2001
• The Church Today: Less Catholic Than the Pope? – National Committee of Catholic Laymen – 1979
• How Tyranny Came to America, Sobran's, n.d.
• Pensees: Notes for the reactionary of tomorrow National Review, December 31, 1985. (extended essay)
• Power and Betrayal – Griffin Communications – 1998

At the 1994 Costs of Wars conference at the Mises Institute, Sobran presented a speech on "Shakespeare on War and Empire".

Sobran's writings

• Sobran's: The Real News of the Month — Official site.
• Archive of Joseph Sobran's articles
• Archive of Joseph Sobran's newsletter
• The Writings of Joseph Sobran hosted on David Irving's Focal Point Publications website.
• Jared Taylor Remembers Joe Sobran.
• "Joseph Sobran, 1946-2010" by Robert Higgs.
• Not Your Average Joe by Ann Coulter

Patrick J. Buchanan has called Sobran "Perhaps the finest columnist of our generation."^[15]

Personal life

Sobran was twice married and divorced. He had four children, and was survived by ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild.^[16]

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Andy Albeck, American film executive, President of United Artists (1978–1981), died from heart failure he was , 89

 Andreas "Andy" Albeck  was an American movie executive, who was president and chief executive of United Artists, died from heart failure he was , 89 during a time when it released two films by Woody Allen, along with two films in both the James Bond and Rocky film series. He also oversaw production of Martin Scorcese's Raging Bull, a movie frequently mentioned as one of the films considered the greatest ever, as well as Heaven's Gate, the box office bomb that led to the studio's demise as an independent studio.


(September 25, 1921 – September 29, 2010)

Biography

Albeck was born on September 25, 1921, in Vladivostok, Russia. His father was a Danish executive with a shipping firm, while his mother was a Russian escaping the Bolshevik Revolution. His family was taken aboard an American naval vessel to Yokohama, Japan, where Albeck was raised and educated at St. Joseph College^[1]. His first connection to the film industry was in 1939, when he became a sales representative for Columbia Pictures in what was then the Dutch East Indies, present day Indonesia. He came to United Artists when the company made the 1951 acquisition of Eagle-Lion Films, the British film company he had been working for.^[2]
His first marriage, to Nelly Stal, produced two children, Johannes and Nina. The marriage ended in divorce. In 1958 Albeck remarried Lotte Jamel,^[2] whom he had met in 1952 when she had been brought to the United States by her cousin Mickey Marcus, a colonel in the United States Army and Israel's first general. Albeck later had Marcus's experience during World War II and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War made into the 1966 United Artists film Cast a Giant Shadow, starring Kirk Douglas.^[3]
Albeck worked his way up through the sales department at United Artists, earning promotions to become president of its broadcasting division and senior vice president of operations. In 1978, Transamerica Corporation chose him to head the studio after its former chairman Arthur B. Krim left with a group of executives to form Orion Pictures, picking Albeck for his ability to control costs and his positive relationship with wary Transamerica executives. Author Steven Bach, who served as head of production at United Artists under Albeck,^[4] wrote, "Andy Albeck was not show business; that much was clear," in his book Final Cut.^[2][5]
During his tenure at United Artists, the studio produced The French Lieutenant's Woman starring Meryl Streep, Manhattan and Stardust Memories by director Woody Allen and the James Bond films Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only. Albeck also oversaw two films in the Rocky series, both of which were box office successes. Raging Bull, with Robert DeNiro playing the role of Jake LaMotta, was a critical success that went on to be ranked on the American Film Institute's top 100 films of all time.^[2] Albeck's undoing was the film Heaven's Gate, which went several times over its original budget and earned little in box office revenue in the wake of overwhelmingly negative reviews, such as by Vincent Canby of The New York Times, who called the film a "an unqualified disaster" when it was released in November 1980.^[6] In the following weeks Albeck was named chairman of United Artists and removed from his post as president, resigning from the firm in February 1981 in the wake of media reports that he had been forced to retire. In the wake of losses amounting to $44 million, making it what was then the biggest money losing film in history, the studio was purchased in May 1981 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from Transamerica to form MGM/UA in a deal valued at $380 million.^[2][7][8]
In his retirement, he operated the award-winning Albeck Family Christmas Tree farm in Lafayette Township, New Jersey, growing blue spruce trees on a 200 acres (81 ha) farm.^[3] A resident of Manhattan, Albeck died there at the age of 89 on September 29, 2010, at NYU Langone Medical Center due to heart failure.^[3] He was survived by his second wife, Lotte, as well as by his son and daughter from his first marriage, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.^[2]

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Georges Charpak, Polish-born French physicist, Nobel laureate. died he was , 86

 

Georges Charpak was a French physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992.^[2]

(8 March^[1] 1924 – 29 September 2010) 

Life

Georges Charpak was born in the village of Dąbrowica in Poland (now Dubrovytsia, Ukraine). Charpak's family moved from Poland to Paris when he was seven years old.

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During World War II Charpak served in the resistance and was imprisoned by Vichy authorities in 1943. In 1944 he was deported to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he remained until the camp was liberated in 1945. After graduating from the Lycée Joffre in Montpellier, in 1945 he joined the Paris-based École des Mines, one of the most prestigious engineering schools in France. The following year he became a naturalized French citizen.

        

He graduated in 1948, earning the French degree of Civil Engineer of Mines (equivalent to a Master's degree) and started working for the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He received his PhD in 1954 from Nuclear Physics at the Collège de France, Paris, where he worked in the laboratory of Frédéric Joliot-Curie.
In 1959, he joined the staff of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva. This is where he invented the multiwire proportional chamber, which he patented and that quickly superseded the old bubble chambers, allowing for better data processing. He eventually retired from CERN in 1991.
In 1980, Georges Charpak became professor-in-residence at École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles in Paris (ESPCI) and held the Joliot-Curie Chair there in 1984. This is where he developed and demonstrated the powerful applications of the particle detectors he invented, most notably for enabling better health diagnostics. He is indeed the co-founder of a number of start-up in the biomedical arena, including Molecular Engines Laboratories, Biospace Instruments and SuperSonic Imagine – together with Mathias Fink.
He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences on 20 May 1985.
Georges Charpak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1992 "for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber", with affiliations to both École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles (ESPCI) and CERN. This was the last time a single person was awarded the physics prize.
In March, 2001 Charpak received Honorary degree Ph.D from University of the Andes, Colombia in Bogotá.^[3]
In France, Charpak was a very strong advocate for nuclear power. Prof. Charpak was a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.^[4]

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