Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–1977), Governor of Punjab (1986–1989), died of renal failure.he was , 90

Siddhartha Shankar Ray  was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress died of renal failure.he was , 90. He was a prominent barrister, Punjab Governor and Education minister of India.^[1][2][3] He was also the ambassador of India to the United States of America^[4][5] and served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1972 to 1977.^[6]

(20 October 1920 – 6 November 2010) 

Ray's father, Sudhir Kumar Ray, was a well known barrister of Calcutta High Court and mother Aparna Devi, was the eldest daughter of the nationalist leader 'Deshbandhu' Chittaranjan Dasand Basanti Devi. His younger sister is Justice Manjula Bose, one of the first two women judges of the Calcutta High Court. Ray was married to Maya Ray, who grew up in England, who was once referred to as "a noted barrister and former elected official" by Thomas J. Manton, a now deceased member of the United States House of Representatives.

Ray was educated at Presidency College, Calcutta, and then was called to the Bar in England. While in college, he was Captain the Presidency College cricket team. He was a university triple blue in sports.

Ray died on 6 November 2010 at the age of 90 from renal failure.^[7] He is survived by his wife Maya.

Ray started his career as a barrister in the Calcutta High Court. Later, helped by Ashoke Kumar Sen, he started his political career as the Cabinet Minister of Judicial Affairs in Bidhan Chandra Ray's cabinet in West Bengal. Later, through the 1960s he rose rapidly in Indian national level politics in Delhi to became the Union Cabinet Minister of Education & Youth Services for the Government of India.

After the Congress won the General Election of 1972, he became the Chief Minister of West Bengal from March 19, 1972 to June 21, 1977. He took office shortly after the Bangladesh Liberation War, and his administration was faced with the massive problem of resettling over a million refugees in various parts of the state. The civic services of Calcutta in particular found rehabilitation of the Bangladeshi refugees to be an uphill task, but the state government, under Ray's guidance, performed this task with much credit.

Later, he had the distinction of serving as the Governor of Punjab from April 2, 1986 to December 8, 1989. When the Congress came back to power once again in Delhi in 1991, Ray was sent as India's Ambassador to the United States. He remained in the USA from 1992 to 1996. His tenure in Washington was widely considered to be very successful.

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Martin Baum American talent agent (Creative Artists Agency), President of ABC Pictures (1968–1971). died he was , 86,

Martin "Marty" Baum  was an American talent agent known for his work at the Creative Artists Agency(CAA), including the first head of the agency's motion picture department.^[1] During his career, which spanned from the 1940s until 2010, his client list at CAA and other agencies included Bette Davis, Bo Derek, Richard Attenborough, Red Buttons, Maggie Smith and Rock Hudson.^[1] Baum was also the President of ABC Pictures, the film division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), from 1968 until 1971.^[1]

(March 2, 1924 – November 5, 2010)

Early life

Baum, a native of New York City, was born on March 2, 1924.^[1] He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II while still in high school, taking part in the Allied Normandy landings in France.^[2][3] He initially worked as a stage manager following the war, and decided to become a talent agent after a series of failed stage productions.^[1]

Career

Baum and Abe Newborn co-founded their own talent agency, Baum-Newborn Agency, in 1948, which proved profitable.^[1] They later sold the firm to General Artists Corp (GAC).^[1] Baum moved to Los Angeles in 1960 when he became the head of GAC's motion picture talent division.^[1] Baum then joined Ashley Famous Agency after leaving GAC.

He then formed his own agency, the Martin Baum Agency, which later merged with the Creative Artists Agency (CAA).^[1]

In the interim, Baum became the head of ABC Pictures in 1968, the film division of American Broadcasting Company (ABC). As President, Baum oversaw the production of a number of films, including They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Straw Dogs (1971) and Cabaret(1972).^[1] His client Gig Young won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.^[1] Young later bequethed Baum his Oscar statuette following his suicide in 1977.^[1]

Throughout his career Baum earned the reputation as a "packager", according to the Los Angeles Times. Baum brought together various clients whom he represented, such as actors, screenwriters and film directors, and then "package" them together in a proposal to a film studio or production company. Baum proved instrumental in packaging together three of his clients, James Poe, actor Sydney Poitier and director Ralph Nelson to create the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.^[1] Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film, becoming the first African American actor to win the award.

In 1960, Baum partnered with Baum & Newborn Theatrical Agency to begin producing films and television in addition to his work as a publicist.^[2] He became a production executive at both Optimus Productions and Creative Management Association.^[2] Baum's credits as a producer included The Last Valley, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Wilby Conspiracy and The Killer Elite, all of which were released in the 1970s.^[3]

In 1976,^[3] the five founding partners of the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) – Michael S. Rosenfeld, Michael Ovitz, Ron Meyer, William Haberand Rowland Perkins – proposed that Martin Baum join the CAA.^[3] The five publicists had formed the CAA in 1975 after they departed theWilliam Morris Agency (WMA).^[3] Baum accepted the offer, completing the merger of his Martin Baum Agency with the CAA on October 11, 1976.^[3] [2] Baum brought an extensive client list to the CAA when he joined the agency, including Peter Sellers and Sydney Poitier.^[1] More importantly to CAA founders, the merger with Baum's agency added legitimacy to the CAA, which had only been founded one year prior to their overture to Baum.^[1][2] Baum became the first head of the CAA's motion picture division.^[1] He remained a fixture at the CAA until shortly before his death in 2010.^[2]

Baum accumulated an extensive client list throughout his career. In addition to Sydney Poitier and Gig Young, his clients included Carroll O'Connor, Dyan Cannon, Gene Wilder, Julie Andrews, Richard Harris, Richard Attenborough, Maggie Smith, Harry Belafonte, Stockard Channing, Joanne Woodward, John Cassavetes, Blake Edwards, Bette Davis, Gena Rowlands, Rod Steiger, Cliff Robertson and Red Buttonsat various times throughout his career.^[1][3]

Martin Baum died at his home in Beverly Hills, California on November 5, 2010 at the age of 86.^[1] He was survived by his daughter, Fern; son, Rich; three grandchildren; and his girlfriend of twelve years, Vicki Sanchez. His wife, Bernice Baum, died in 1997.^[1]

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Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Mexican drug lord, was killed during a shootout with the Mexican Army

Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén , nicknamed Tony Tormenta, was a Mexican drug lord and was one of the two leaders of the criminal organization known as the Gulf Cartel. Antonio was brother of Osiel Cárdenas Guillén and a partner of Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez was killed during a shootout with the Mexican Army.

(March 5, 1962 – November 5, 2010)

Biography

Cárdenas is believed to have begun his drug trafficking career during the late 1980s, rising through the ranks of the Gulf Cartel and becoming its leader after the arrest of his brother Osiel Cárdenas Guillén on March 14, 2003.^[2] Antonio, along with other Gulf Cartel associates, was responsible for multi-ton shipments of marijuana and cocaine from Mexico to the United States.

The Gulf Cartel, originally founded in Mexico the 1930s to smuggle whiskey and other illicit commodities into the United States, expanded significantly by the 1970s under Juan García Abrego, who became the first drug trafficker to be placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List.^[3]Following his 1996 arrest by Mexican authorities and subsequent deportation to the United States, Oscar Malherbe De León took control of the cartel until his arrest a short time later. He was replaced by Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, who was arrested in 2003, and extradited to the United States in 2007. The Gulf Cartel currently controls most of the cocaine and marijuana trafficking through the Matamoros, Tamaulipas corridor to the United States. The Attorney General of Mexico suspects that his partner Jorge Eduardo Costilla has taken full control of the Gulf Cartel.^[4]

Cárdenas was one of the eleven 'Most Wanted' Mexican fugitives sought by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).^[5] He was charged in a 2008 federal indictment in the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Department of State was offering a reward of up to $5 millionUSD for information leading to his arrest,^[1][6] while the Attorney General of Mexico was offering a 30 million pesos bounty (about $2.5 million USD).^[7]

On November 5, 2010, Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén was killed during a shootout with the Mexican Army and the Mexican Marine officers in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas.^[8][9] Four other suspected members of the cartel,^[10] two marines,^[11] and a news reporter were killed during the military operation.

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Jill Clayburgh, American actress (An Unmarried Woman, Ally McBeal, Dirty Sexy Money), died from chronic leukemia she was , 66

 Jill Clayburgh  was an American actress. She receivedAcademy Award nominations for her roles in An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over died from chronic leukemia she was , 66..

(April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010)

Clayburgh was born in New York City, the daughter of Julia Louise (née Dorr), a theatrical production secretary for David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive.^[2][3][4] Her paternal grandmother was concert and opera singer Alma Lachenbruch Clayburgh.^[5]

Clayburgh's father's family was Jewish and wealthy.^[6][7] She was raised in a "fashionable" neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where she attended the prestigious Brearley School.^[6] She then attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she decided that she wanted to be an actress.

Clayburgh married screenwriter and playwright David Rabe in 1979. They had one son, Michael Rabe and one daughter, actress Lily Rabe. She dated Al Pacino for five years (and briefly appeared with him in a November 1968 N.Y.P.D. episode, "Deadly Circle Of Violence").

Clayburgh joined the Charles Street Repertory Theater in Boston. She appeared in numerous Broadway productions in the 1960s and 1970s, including The Rothschilds and Pippin. Clayburgh made her screen debut in The Wedding Party, filmed in 1963 but not released until six years later, and gained attention with roles such as the love interest of Gene Wilder in the 1976 comedy-mystery Silver Streak, co-starringRichard Pryor.

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1978's An Unmarried Woman, for which she won the "Best Actress Award" at the Cannes Film Festival, and for 1979's Starting Over, a comedy with Burt Reynolds. She also received strong notices for a dramatic performance in I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can.

Her other films include Portnoy's Complaint, Gable and Lombard (in which she portrayed screen legend Carole Lombard), as a pro football team owner's daughter in Semi-Tough, as a mathematician in It's My Turn (in which she teaches the proof of the snake lemma), as a conservative Supreme Court justice in First Monday in October and in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial La Luna, a role in which her character masturbates her son in an attempt to ease his withdrawal from heroin.

Television audiences know Clayburgh from numerous roles in series and movies including Law & Order, The Practice and as Ally McBeal's mother. She received Emmy Award nominations for her work in the made-for-television movie Hustling in 1975 and for guest appearances in the series Nip/Tuck in 2005.

In 2006, she appeared on Broadway in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park with Patrick Wilson and Amanda Peet; she played Peet's mother, a role originated by Mildred Natwick. She also returned to the screen as a therapist's eccentric wife in the all-star ensemble dramedy Running With Scissors, an autobiographical tale of teenage angst and dysfunction based on the book by Augusten Burroughs. During 2007, Clayburgh appeared in the ABC television series Dirty Sexy Money, playing Letitia Darling.

Clayburgh lived with chronic lymphocytic leukemia for more than two decades before succumbing to the disease. She died at her home inLakeville, Connecticut, on November 5, 2010.^[1] The movie Love and Other Drugs, was dedicated to her memory.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1969	The Wedding Party	Josephine
1971	The Telephone Book	Bit Part	(uncredited)[8]
1972	Portnoy's Complaint	Naomi
1973	The Thief Who Came to Dinner	Jackie
1974	The Terminal Man	Angela Black
1976	Gable and Lombard	Carole Lombard
	Griffin & Phoenix
	Silver Streak	Hilly Burns
1977	Semi-Tough	Barbara Jane Bookman
1978	An Unmarried Woman	Erica	Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1979	La Luna	Caterina Silveri	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
	Starting Over	Marilyn Holmberg	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — American Movie Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1980	It's My Turn	Kate Gunzinger
1981	First Monday in October	Ruth Loomis	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1982	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	Barbara Gordon
1983	Hanna K.	Hanna Kaufman
1986
	Miles To Go	Moira Browning
	Where Are The Children?	Nancy Holder Eldridge
1987	Shy People	Diana Sullivan
1990	Oltre l'oceano	Ellen	aka Beyond the Ocean (USA)
1991	Pretty Hattie's Baby
1992	Whispers in the Dark	Sarah Green
	Le grand pardon II	Sally White	aka Day of Atonement
1993	Naked in New York	Shirley, Jake's Mother
	Rich in Love	Helen Odom
1997	Going All the Way	Alma Burns
	Fools Rush In	Nan Whitman
2001	Never Again	Grace
	Vallen	Ruth	aka Falling
2006	Running with Scissors	Agnes Finch
2007–2009	Dirty Sexy Money	Letitia Darling	Television
2010	Love and Other Drugs	Mrs. Randall
2011	Bridesmaids		Completed, and Clayburgh's last film.

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Charles McDowell American journalist and syndicated columnist, died from complications from a stroke he was , 84,

Charles "Charley" McDowell, Jr.  was a long-time political writer and nationally syndicated columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and panelist on PBS-TV's Washington Week in Review died from complications from a stroke he was , 84,. McDowell appeared in an interview in Ken Burns'documentary The Congress;^[1] provided the character voice for Sam R. Watkins in Burns' documentary The Civil War;^[2][3] and provided character voice as well as consultation for Burns' documentary Baseball.^[4] McDowell was a Washington and Lee University alumnus and a member of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.^[5]

(24 June 1926 – 5 November 2010)

Charles Rice McDowell, Jr. was born in Danville, Kentucky on June 24, 1926. He was the son of Charles Rice McDowell, Sr. (1895–1968) and Catherine Frazier Feland (1904–1986). When he was young, the family moved to Lexington, Virginia, where the elder McDowell was a professor of law at Washington and Lee University. (His mother was the long-time secretary to the law dean; eventually, she was said to wield so much power that she effectively "was the dean of law."^[6]) The younger McDowell became an undergraduate there, majoring in English and graduating in 1948. He then attended the Columbia University School of Journalism, and graduated the following year.

McDowell then moved to Richmond, Virginia, and joined the staff of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where he would remain his entire career, retiring in 1998. He covered local news and was then assigned to the State Capitol, where he reported on the General Assembly and state politics. In 1954, McDowell began to write a syndicated column that appeared three or four times per week and would span the remainder of his career. He was assigned to Washington, D.C., in 1965, and relocated to Alexandria. McDowell wrote three books: "Campaign Fever," a journal of the 1964 presidential election; and two collections of humor columns titled "One Thing After Another" (1960) and "What Did You Have in Mind?" (1963). He was also a panelist on PBS' "Washington Week in Review" for 18 years, beginning in 1978, and was a writer, narrator and host for other PBS programs, including "Summer of Judgment: The Watergate Hearings," "Richmond Memories" and "For the Record." McDowell also provided voiceovers for the productions "The Civil War" and "Baseball" by Ken Burns.

McDowell was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame in 1988, and awarded the Fourth Estate Award by the National Press Club in 1996. He married Ann G. Webb of Ashland, Virginia. McDowell lived with his wife in Alexandria, Virginia until they moved to Virginia Beach after his retirement. He died on November 5, 2010, due to complications of a stroke.^[7][8][9]

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Randy Miller, American drummer (The Myriad), died from bone cancer he was ,39

Randall "Randy" J. Miller  was an American musician and drummer for the Seattle-based band, The Myriad died from bone cancer he was ,39.


(February 9, 1971 - November 5, 2010)

Miller was born in Long Beach, California, on February 9, 1971, to parents, Jack and Jayne Miller.^[1] He moved to Redding, California, in 1985 with his family.^[1] Miller graduated from Central Valley High School in Redding in 1989.^[1] He initially owned and operated Metolius Construction, a concrete business, with business partner, Tommy Carlson, before leaving to join The Myriad in 2006.^[1][2]

The Myriad, which included Miller as drummer and lead vocalist Jeremy Edwardson, who was also a 1997 alumae of Central Valley High School, rose to success after winning MTV’s Dew Circuit Breakout Band of the Year in December 2007.^[1] Their 2008 sophomore album,With Arrows, With Poise, was released shortly afterward after being mastered at Abbey Road Studios.^[1]

Miller was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma, form of bone cancer, in 2008, the same year that With Arrows, With Poise was released.^[1] He underwent treatments, including chemotherapy.^[1] His condition improved enough that he was able to tour with The Myriad during the Fall of 2009.^[1]

Randy Miller died at his home in Redding, California, on November 5, 2010, at the age of 39.^[1] He was survived by his wife, Kristyn Miller; their two children - Conor and Gillian.^[1]

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