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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Eva Ibbotson Austrian-born British novelist (Journey to the River Sea, The Secret of Platform 13) died she was , 85,

 Eva Ibbotson  was an Austrian-born British novelist, died she was , 85. She is known for her award-winning children's books and for her romance novels, which have been marketed to both a young adult and adult readership.


(21 January 1925 – 20 October 2010[1])






Personal life

 

Eva Ibbotson was born Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner in Vienna, Austria, to non-practising Jewish parents[2] in 1925. Her father, Berthold Wiesner, was a physiologist and her mother, Anna Gmeyner, a communist playwright who had worked with Bertolt Brecht and written film scripts for G. W. Pabst.[3] Her parents separated in 1928 and after remaining in Vienna in a church orphanage she joined her father, who had left Austria to work in Scotland in 1933 just before Hitler and the Nazi party came into power.[4]
She was educated at Dartington Hall School; attended Bedford College, London, graduating in 1945; Cambridge University from 1946–47; and the University of Durham, from which she graduated with a diploma in education in 1965.
Ibbotson had intended to be a physiologist, but was put off by the amount of animal testing that she would have to do.[2] Instead, she married and raised a family, returning to school to become a teacher in the 1960s.[5]
Ibbotson was widowed with three sons and a daughter. She died at her home in Newcastle on 20 October 2010, during post-production of a film based on her novel The Great Ghost Rescue.

Career

Ibbotson began writing with the television drama Linda Came Today (1962[6]) and published her first novel, The Great Ghost Rescue in 1975.
Ibbotson authored numerous books including The Secret of Platform 13, The Star of Kazan, Journey to the River Sea, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, and Dial-a-Ghost. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea, and has been a runner up for many of major awards for British children's literature. The books are imaginative and humorous, and most of them feature magical creatures and places, despite the fact that she disliked thinking about the supernatural, and created the characters because she wanted to decrease her readers' fear of such things. Some of the books, particularly Journey to the River Sea, also reflect Ibbotson's love of nature. Ibbotson wrote this book in honor of her husband (who had died just before she wrote it), a former naturalist. The book had been in her head for years before she actually wrote it. Ibbotson said she dislikes "financial greed and a lust for power" and often creates antagonists in her books who have these characteristics.
Her love of Austria is evident in works such as The Star of Kazan, A Song For Summer & Magic Flutes / The Reluctant Heiress. These books, set primarily in the Austrian countryside, display the author's love for nature and all things natural.
Ibbotson's non-children's books have been classified both as Young Adult titles and as romances. In an interview, she referred to them as books for adults. Several of these books have been published in other languages with different titles.
Her books for young adults/adults include:
  • The Secret Countess (originally published as 'A Countess Below Stairs')
  • The Morning Gift
  • A Company of Swans
  • A Song For Summer
  • Magic Flutes (in some editions published as 'The Reluctant Heiress')

The Secret of Platform 13

The similarity of "Platform 9 3/4" in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books to Ibbotson's The Secret of Platform 13, which came out three years before the first Harry Potter book, has been commented on. Amanda Craig is one example of a journalist who has written about the similarities: "Ibbotson would seem to have at least as good a case for claiming plagiarism as the American author currently suing J. K. Rowling [Nancy Stouffer], but unlike her, Ibbotson says she would 'like to shake her by the hand. I think we all borrow from each other as writers'."[7] See Harry Potter influences and analogues.

Books

Children's fiction

Other fiction

Awards

Carnegie Medal shortlist, British Library Association, 1978, for Which Witch?, and 2001, for Journey to the River Sea;
Best Romantic Novel of the Year Published in England, Romantic Novelists Association, 1983, for Magic Flutes;
Smarties Prize Shortlist, and Best Books designation, School Library Journal, 1998, for The Secret of Platform 13;
Guardian Children's Fiction Award runner-up, and Whitbread Children's Book of the Year award shortlist, and Smarties Prize shortlist, all 2001, all for Journey to the River Sea.
The Star of Kazan was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal in 2005.

Film and television

In 1962, Ibbotson wrote Linda Came Today for television; in 1978, she also wrote Der Große Karpfen Ferdinand und andere Weihnachtsgeschichten for German television.
Currently, Enda Walsh is adapting Island of the Aunts for a feature film.[8] An adaptation of The Great Ghost Rescue is also in production,[9] and Gail Gilchriest is adapting The Haunting of Hiram C. Hopgood.[10]

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Robert Katz, American writer, died from complications from cancer surgery he was , 77

Robert Katz [1] was an American novelist, screenwriter, and non-fiction author died from complications from cancer surgery he was , 77.[2]

(27 June 1933 – 20 October 2010)


Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Sidney and Helen Katz, née Holland, and married Beverly Gerstel on September 22, 1957. The couple had two sons: Stephen Lee Katz, Jonathan Howard Katz.
He studied at Brooklyn College 1951-53 and went on to be a photojournalist, filmmaker, United Hias Service, NYC 1953-57. As a writer, he began at the American Cancer Society in New York (1958-63) and then at the United Nations in New York and Rome (1963-64). He has been a freelance writer since 1964.
He has fulfilled academic roles at numerous institutions, including being Visiting Professor of Investigative Journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1986-92). Awarded an ongoing Guggenheim Fellowship in 1970, he has also been a fellow of Adlai E. Stevenson College; University of California during 1986 to 1992. He became a grantee of the American Council Learned Societies in 1971; and a recipient of the Laceno d'Oro (best screenplay) award at the Neorealist Film Festival in Avellino, Italy (1983).
A criminal-libel case involving Katz and others in Italy over the contents of his book Death in Rome, in which he was charged with "defaming the memory of the Pope" Pius XII regarding the Ardeatine Massacre of 335 Romans and 70 Jews at the Ardeatine Caves in 1944. The case ended with the charges being dismissed in 1980 by Italy's highest court. The suit had been issued by the Pope's family.[3][4]
Katz lived for many years in Tuscany, Italy. He died October 20, 2010, in Montevarchi, Italy, as a result of complications from cancer surgery.[5]

Non-fiction writings

  • Death in Rome, Macmillan, 1967.
  • Black Sabbath: A Journey through a Crime against Humanity, Macmillan, 1969.
  • The Fall of the House of Savoy, Macmillan, 1971.
  • A Giant in the Earth, Stein & Day, 1973.
  • Days of Wrath: The Ordeal of Aldo Moro, the Kidnapping, the Execution, the Aftermath, Doubleday, 1980. (Pulitzer Prize nomination 1981)
  • Il caso Moro (with G. Ferrara and A. Balducci) , Pironti, 1987.
  • Love is Colder than Death: The Life and Times of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Random House, 1987.
  • Naked by the Window: The Fatal Marriage of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990.
  • Dossier Priebke, Rizzoli, 1997.
  • The Battle for Rome: the Germans, the Allies, the Partisans and the Pope, September 1943-June 1944, Simon & Schuster, 2003.

Novels

  • The Cassandra Crossing, Ballantine, 1976.
  • Ziggurat, Houghton, 1977.
  • The Spoils of Ararat, Houghton, 1978.

Filmography

  • Massacre in Rome (1973) (book "Death in Rome") (screenplay)
  • The Cassandra Crossing (1976) (screenplay) (story)
  • The Salamander (1981) (writer)
  • La pelle (1981) (screenplay)
  • Kamikaze 1989 (1982) (writer)
  • Dolce e selvaggio (1983) (English dialogue)
  • Il Caso Moro (1986) (book Days of Wrath) (screenplay)
  • Il Cugino americano (1986) (story)
  • Hotel Colonial (1987) (writer)
  • La Peste (1992) (narration)
  • The Contractor (2007) (V) (story)

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Robert Paynter British cinematographer (Michael Jackson's Thriller) died he was , 82,

Robert William Paynter BSC  was an English cinematographer , 82.  He entered the film industry at the age of 15 as a camera trainee with the Government Film Department. He is widely known for his collaboration with John Landis and Michael Winner.

 (12 March 1928 - 20 October 2010)

 

 Significant collaborations

With John Landis


Russian ICBM from Spies like Us, last film on which Paynter collaborated with Landis
Paynter worked with director John Landis on five films: An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, Thriller, Into the Night and Spies Like Us. Paynter helped to create a "pop" comic book-style of American Werewolf, Thriller and Into the Night.[2] He also made a cameo in three Landis' productions: Into the Night (as Security Guard), Spies like Us (as Dr. Gill) and Burke and Hare.

With Michael Winner

Winner collaborated on 10 films with Paynter (from 1969 to 1984), including: The Big Sleep (1978) and Scream for Help (1984).


Filmography

Feature
Videos

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Harvey Phillips American tuba player, died from Parkinson's disease. he was , 80,

 Harvey Phillips  was a professor emeritus of the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, Bloomington (appointed professor 1971 - retired May 1994) and dedicated advocate for the tuba.

(December 2, 1929 – October 20, 2010)

Biography

Phillips was a professional freelance musician from 1950 to 1971, winning his first professional position with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Band as a teenager. In 1960, he co-founded The All-Star

Concert Band with American cornet soloist James F. Burke. The band recorded three albums and was composed of virtually every top soloist and first chair player in the country. He served as personnel manager for Symphony of the Air, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, and Gunther Schuller. He was a key figure in the formation of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (formerly T.U.B.A.) and the founder and president of the Harvey Phillips Foundation, Inc. which administers Octubafest, Tubachristmas, Tubasantas, Tubacompany, andTubajazz.

Along with William Bell and Arnold Jacobs, Phillips was considered legendary among tubists. In 2007, Phillips was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame, the only wind instrument player to receive this prestigious honor. Other inductees that year included Yo-Yo Ma, Donald Martino and the Cleveland Orchestra.

Awards

  • Principal Tuba, Circus Hall of Fame Band
  • Honorary Doctor of Music New England Conservatory (1971)
  • Harvey Phillips Day has been celebrated by the New England conservatory (1971) and by his home town Bi-Centennial Celebration, Marionville, Missouri (1976)
  • Kappa Kappa Psi Distinguished Service to Music Medal (1979)
  • Governor of Missouri declared a Harvey Phillips Weekend (1985)
  • Honorary Doctor of Humanities University of Missouri (1987)
  • Association of Concert Bands "first" Mentor Ideal Award (1994)
  • Sousa Foundation Sudler Medal of the Order of Merit award (1995)
  • National Band Association Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts Award (1995)
  • United Musical Instruments Lifetime Achievement Award (1996)
  • American Bandmasters Association Edwin Franco Goldman Award (1996)
  • Rafael Mendez Brass Institute Lifetime Achievement Award (1997)
  • Colonial Euphonium-Tuba Institute Development of Musical Artistry & Opportunities Award (1997)
  • Phi Mu Alpha Orpheus Award (1997)
  • Inducted into the Classical Music Hall of Fame (2007)

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Tony Roig, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators), died after a long illness he was , 81

Anton Ambrose Roig  was an utility infielder who played in Major League Baseball between the 1953 and 1956 seasons. Listed at 6' 1", 180 lb., he batted and threw right handed died after a long illness he was , 81.[1]
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Roig spent more than a half-century in professional baseball, which included a prominent role with the Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League.[2]
Basically a shortstop, Roig was able to play second and third bases during 21 seasons, including parts of three years for the original Washington Senators of the American League, three years with Spokane, and six in Nippon Professional Baseball. The versatile Roig later managed in the Minor leagues and spent nearly 30 years as a scout for the Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels and Philadelphia Phillies systems, where he also served as their hitting instructor.[1][2][3]


(December 23, 1927 — October 20, 2010)

Roig signed his first professional contract as a 19-year-old pitcher with the Phillies organization in 1948. Two years later, he was sent by Philadelphia to Washington, where he played in the middle infield and outfield while hitting .327 in 129 games for Class-D Rome Red Sox, then finished the year with Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts.[1][3]
After two years in the Army during Korean War, Roig spent most of 1953 at Chattanooga, where he batted .303 and earned a call-up to the Senators in late September. He divided the next four years between Washington, Chatanooga, Class-A Charlotte Hornets and Triple-A Louisville Colonels. Shuffled back to Chattanooga for 1957, he hit .300, though an injury limited him to 73 games. At the end of the season, Washington sold Roig to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who assigned him to the Spokane Indians of the Pacific League.[2][3][4]
Roig played for Spokane from 1958 to 1960. He batted .282 in 1958 as the regular second baseman, .281 as their third baseman in 1959, and hit .278 with 16 home runs and 90 runs batted in as the primary first baseman for the 1960 PCL champions. Although the hard-hitting 1960 Spokane produced big-league standouts as Willie Davis and Ron Fairly, fanatics selected Roig as the team’s Most Valuable Player. On September 8, he set a team record in 1960 for having played every position in a single game.[3][4]
Interestingly, while on road trips, Roig and fellow players Jim Gentile (1B), Dick Scott (P), and the brother battery of Norman (P) and Larry Sherry (C), entertained their teammates as a back-of-the-bus singing group.[3][4]
In 1961 Roig was drafted by the Chicago White Sox, but he came down with pneumonia during spring training. That season he played minor league ball with Triple-A San Diego Padres. The next year he played for Triple-A Indianapolis Indians and in the Venezuelan Winter League.[4]
Roig later played in Japan, where he met the long-ball expectations for American ballplayers by hitting 126 home runs from 1963 to 1968 with the Nishitetsu Lions and Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Pacific League. Jim Albright, a writer who bills himself as The Japanese Insider, named Roig to the starting lineup of his all-time team of foreign-born baseball players.[4][5]
In a three-season majors career, Roig was a .212 hitter (39-for-184) in 76 games, driving in 11 runs and scoring 11 times, while collecting seven doubles, two triples, and two stolen bases without home runs. He also hit a .278 average and 326 homers in 1234 minor league games.[1][3]
Besides playing, Roig began his scouting career with the Brewers in 1973. He also managed the Newark Co-Pilots from 1975 to 1976, leading his team to the New York – Penn League championship in 1975. He later scouted for the Angels, before beginning a two-decade association with the Phillies as a scout and minor-league hitting instructor in 1981.[2][4]
In 2008, Roig threw out the ceremonial first pitch when the Spokane Indians celebrated 50 years in Avista Stadium, the ballpark built as the home of Pacific Coast League play. In addition, he was widely respected as a talent evaluator and was followed by author Kevin Kerrane in his book about scouting, Dollar Sign on the Muscle.[2][6]
Roig died at his home in Liberty Lake, Washington, at the age of 82.[7]

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Wendall Woodbury, American television journalist and host (WGAL-TV), died from lymphoma he was , 68

Wendall J. Woodbury  was an American television journalist and news anchor, died from lymphoma he was , 68.  He spent much of his career as a reporter for WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1968 until his retirement from broadcast news in 1992 as a feature reporter.[1] He was known for a series of segments called "Wendall's World" while at WGAL.[1]

(1942 - October 20, 2010)

Woodbury was born in Belfast, Maine, to Blaine and Nellie (nee Jackson) Woodbury.[2] He graduated from Crosby High School in Belfast before enrolling in the Leland Powers School of Radio, Television and Theater in Boston, Massachusetts.[2]
Woodbury began his broadcast career at several Maine television stations. He initially worked at the Maine Hildreth Television Network before becoming an announcer at WAGM-TV in Presque Isle and WABI-TV in Bangor.[2]
Woodbury worked as a reporter, anchor and weatherman at WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for twenty-four years from 1968 until 1992.[1][2] Woodbury was the first television anchor in the United States to report on the Three Mile Island accident as the story broke in 1979.[3]
He was known for a series of feature pieces at WGAL called Wendall's World.[1] Woodbury also co-hosted a television show called Susquehanna People with Mary Haverstick and sometimes hosted a dance show called Dance Party, which was loosely based on American Bandstand.[3] He retired from WGAL in 1992 as a features reporter.[1][3]
Woodbury owned WJW Video Productions, headquartered in Manheim, Pennsylvania, from 1992 until his death in 2010.[2] He wrote, produced, edited and appeared in national and local television commercials and corporate videos.[3]
Woodbury died from lymphoma at Hospice of Lancaster County in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 2010, at the age of 68.[1] His funeral was held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Lancaster.[2] Woodbury and his wife of 48 years, Faith (née Lewis), were residents of Penn Township, Pennsylvania, located near Manheim.[3][2] He was survived by his wife Faith; daughter, Theresa, wife of Craig; one grandchild; Alyssa, and two brothers, Kerry L.Woodbury and Blaine Brian Woodbury.[2] Wendall was a kind and loving man, who was never seen to be angry or upset. He loved walks in the woods and video work.

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Monday, December 27, 2010

Tom Bosley, American actor (Happy Days, Father Dowling Mysteries), died from heart failure he was , 83

 Thomas Edward "Tom" Bosley  was an American actor, best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the long-running ABC sitcom Happy Days died from heart failure he was , 83. Additionally, he appeared on the series Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries, and originated the title role of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Fiorello!, earning the 1960 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.

(October 1, 1927 – October 19, 2010)

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Dickey Betts died he was 80

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