Jean Rollin French film director, actor and novelist, died after a long illnes he was , 72,

Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentilwas a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his films in the fantastique genre such as the vampire film Le Viol du Vampire (1968) and the first French gore film Les Raisins de la Mort (1978) died after a long illnes he was , 72,.^[1]

(3 November 1938 – 15 December 2010)

Early life

Jean Rollin was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine (now Hauts-de-Seine), France to Claude Rollin, an actor and theatre director, who went by the stage name "Claude Martin", and Denise Rollin-Le Gentil, an artistically inclined family.^[2]

Career

Early career and short films

He had a passion for cinema from an early age. He saw his first film during the second World War, it was Capitaine Fracasse, a 1942 film directed by Abel Gance. Jean decided he want to make film when he grew up, and with his father being a theare actor, he was a heavy influence on him. During his teens, he developed an obsession for American serials and read comic books. These serial were an obvious infuence on him as a teenager. When he was 16, he found a job at Le Films des Saturne, he was there to help write invoices, and earned himself some money, and of course wanted to be involved in cinema. They specialized in creating opening and closing credits and short cartoons, but real films were also shot, and industrial shorts and documentaries were also made. Jean was part of the crew in a short documentary about Snecma, a big factory in France which built motors and planes. He arranged the travelling shots, laid the tracks, checked the electricity, and helped the cameraman. When Jean did his military service for the French army, he worked as an editor in the cinema department alongside Claude Lelouch. They worked on army commercials, Lelouch directed, and Jean did the montage, and also did two films, Mechanographie, a documentary, and La Guerre de Silence (The War of Silence), a real film with actors and a story. In 1958, he directed his first short film Les Amours Jaunes (The Yellow Lovers), which he directed after he left the army. He shot it on a 35mm Maurigraphe camera, and used a beach in Dieppe as his location, the same beach that was used in his later films. In 1960, Jean decided to direct his first feature film, but later abandoned the project as he had no money to finish it. His next short, Ciel de Cuivre (Sky of Copper), was directed in 1961, and was quite surreal, it told a sentimental story. He did not finish the film because he ran out of money and as it was not very good. The footage is now lost. In 1962, he was as an assistant director on the film Un Cheval pour Deux (A Horse for Two), which was not a great experience for him, and decided to approach cinema in a different way. In the early sixties, Jean became interested in politics, and made a short documentary in 1964 called Vivre en Espagne (Life in Spain), it was about Generalissimo Francisco Franco, thirty minutes were filmed and it wasn't very good, but risked a lot to get it made. Jean and the crew found themselves haunted by the police and just managed to make it back into France. Jean also directed a short film in 1965 called Le Pays Loin.

Le Viol du Vampire and beyond

In 1968, Jean directed his first feature Le Viol du Vampire (The Rape of the Vampire). At the time he was still not known in the world of cinema, having only done a few short films and documentaries. The film was shot on a low budget, and consisted of two parts because it was originally supposed to be another short film, the second part was later added so that it was released as a feature film.^[3] The release of Le Viol caused public scandal and outrage, his strong inspiration of American serials did not attract viewers. It was released during the events of May 1968, and due to the riots, it was a rare theatrical production at the time. Jean himself was also threatened due to this scandal,^[4] because of this, Jean briefly decided to give up making films. His second feature La Vampire Nue (The Nude Vampire) was his first film in colour. It was mostly inspired by the 1916 film Judex, and also surrealism in general. Jean wanted to do something a little more temperate than Le Viol, a traditional mystery film. It is exactly the same kind of film as his first feature, it also has the same spirit. Le Frisson des Vampires (The Shiver of the Vampires) was heavily influenced by the trappings of the hippie movement. The film was his most successful and commercial film to date, it was made on a shoe-string budget and was a dreamlike fantasy film,^[5] a theme his films are known for. In 1971, Jean directed Requiem pour un Vampire (Requiem for a Vampire), which became one of his most successful films, and it was another low budget production, which almost took no money to make. There was no dialogue in the first 40 minutes of the films, this was to simlify the story, direction and cinematography.

Writing

Death

Rollin died in December 2010 after a long illness.^[6]

Filmography

Director/crew
Year	Title	Crew	Notes
1958	Les amours jaunes	Director	short film, other title: The Yellow Lovers
1961	Ciel de cuivre	Director	short film, other title: Sky of Copper
1962	Un Cheval pour Deux	Assistant director	Other title: A Horse for Two
1963	L'itinéraire marin	Director, writer	Project abandoned
1964	Vivre en Espagne	Director	short documentary
1965	Le pays loin	Director, writer
1966	Tristesse des anthropophages	Producer	short film
1967	Faire quelque chose	Producer	short film
1968	Le Viol du Vampire	Director, writer, producer	Other title: The Rape of the Vampire
1969	La Vampire Nue	Director, writer	Other title: The Nude Vampire
1970	Le Frisson des Vampires	Director, writer, producer	Other title: The Shiver of the Vampires
1971	Requiem pour un Vampire	Director, writer	Other title: Requiem for a Vampire
1972	La Rose de Fer	Director, writer	Other title: The Iron Rose
1973	Jeunes filles impudiques	Director	credited as Michel Gentil
	Christina, princesse de l'érotisme	Director (dream sequence)	Other title: A Virgin Among the Living Dead
1974	Les Demoniaques	Director, writer	Other title: The Demoniacs
	Tout le monde il en a deux	Director, writer, producer	credited as Michel Gentil
1975	Lévres de Sang	Director, writer	Other title: Lips of Blood
	Phantasmes	Director, writer	Other title: Once Upon a Virgin
1976	Douches pénétrations	Director, writer	credited as Michel Gentil
	La comtesse Ixe	Director	credited as Michel Gentil
	Amours collectives	Writer
	Apothéose porno	supervisor	uncredited
1977	Saute-moi dessus	Director, writer, cinematographer, editor	credited as Michel Gentil
	Hard Penetration	Director, writer	credited as Michel Gentil
	Vibrations sexuelles	Director	credited as Michel Gentil
1978	Remplissez-moi...les 3 trous	Director	credited as Robert Xavier
	Petites pensionnaires impudiques	Director	credited as Michel Gentil
	Lèvres entrouvertes	Director	credited as Michel Gentil
	Hyperpénétrations	Director	credited as Robert Xavier
	Les Raisins de la Mort	Director, Writer	other title: The Grapes of Death
	Discosex	Director, writer	credited as Robert Xavier, uncredited as writer
1979	The Cannibals	Writer	uncredited
	Fascination	Director, writer
	Gamines en chaleur	Director	credited as Robert Xavier
	Bouches lascives et pornos	Director	credited as Robert Xavier
	Pénétrations vicieuses	Director	credited as Michel Gentil
	Jeux d'adultes pour gamines expertes	Producer
1980	La Nuit des Traquées	Director, writer	other title: The Night of the Hunted
	Minouche, fillette insatiable	Producer	other title: Unlimited Girls
1981	Les paumées du petit matin	Director, writer	other title: The Escapees
	Le Lac des Morts Vivants	Director	credited as J.A. Laser
1982	Rêves de sexes	Director	credited as Robert Xavier
	La Morte Vivante	Director, writer	other title: The Living Dead Girl
1983	Sodomaine	Director, writer	credited as Robert Xavier
	Folies anales	Director	credited as Robert Xavier
1984	Les Trottoirs de Bangkok	Director	other title: The Sidewalks of Bangkok
1985	Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons	Director	credited as Michel Gentil
1988	Emmanuelle 6	Director, writer	uncredited
1989	Perdues dans New York	Director, writer	television film, other title: Lost in New York
	Killing Car	Director	later released in 1993, original title: Femme Dangereuse
1990	La griffe d'Horus	Director, writer	television film
1991	À la poursuite de Barbara	Director	uncredited
	Et le temps s'en va...	Exclusive producer	short film
1994	Le parfume de Mathilde	Director, writer	uncredited as director
1997	Les deux orphelines vampires	Director, writer	other titles: The Two Orphan Vampires
2002	La fiancée de Dracula	Director, writer	other title: Dracula'a Fiancee
2007	La nuit des horloges	Director, writer
2010	Le Masque de la Méduse	Director, writer
Actor
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	Crime et Châtiment	Le prêtre chantant	uncredited
1966	Tristesse des anthropophages	Un client du restaurant scatophage	uncredited
1968	La femme-bourreau	Un flic	uncredited
	Le Viol du Vampire	Villager	uncredited, other title: The Rape of the Vampire
1973	La Rose de Fer	Man in Cemetery	uncredited, other title: The Iron Rose
	Le sourire vertical		other title: The Vertical Smile
1975	Phantasmes		other title: Once Upon a Virgin
	Lévres de Sang	Le gardien du cimetière	uncredited, other title: Lips of Blood
1976	Douches pénétrations	Le chef cuisinier
	Amours collectives	Mike Gentle the Vampire	scene deleted
1978	Remplissez-moi... les 3 trous
	Lèvres gloutonnes
	Hyperpénetrations
	Les Raisins de la Mort	Worker at Vinyard	other title: The Grapes of Death
	Discosex	Sound Engineer
1979	Entrez vite... vite, je mouille!		credited as Michel Gentil
1980	Clinique pour soins très spéciaux
1981	Le Lac des Morts Vivants	Stiltz	other title: Zombie Lake
1982	La Morte Vivante	Salesman	uncredited
1984	Les Trottoirs de Bangkok	Un Tueur	uncredited
1985	Sanguine	L'éditeur
1989	Killing Car	Bandaged man in car	later released in 1993 credited as Michel Gentil, original title: Femme Dangereuse
1991	À la poursuite de Barbara
1992	Trepanator	Dr. Roll	direct-to-video
1993	Dinosaur from the Deep	Professeur Nolan	direct-to-video
1997	Marquis de Slime	Homme du gouvernement	short film
2007	Life Like	The director	short film
2010	Le masque de la Méduse	L'homme qui enterre la tête

Works

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Further reading

• Virgins & Vampires: Jean Rollin, Contains essays by Jean Rollin, edited by Peter Blumenstock; Includes CD soundtrack from Les Deux orphelines vampires – Limited edition of 300 copies, autographed by Jean Rollin (Crippled Publishing, 1997, ISBN 3-9805820-0-0)
• Video Watchdog, Edition 31; Peter Blumenstock interviews Rollin (1995)
• Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 (1994) by Cathal Tohill and Pete Tombs – Dedicates a chapter to Rollin
• Jean Rollin: cinéaste écrivain (2002) by Pascal Françaix (ABC Films Editions, ISBN 978-2915160055)

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Timothy Davlin, American politician, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (since 2003), died from suicide by gunshot he was , 53

Timothy J. Davlin  was the mayor of the U.S. city of Springfield, Illinois, from April 2003 until his death in December 2010 died from suicide by gunshot he was , 53. Though the Mayor's office is officially non-partisan, the Illinois capital has a strong tradition of partisanship, even for municipal races, and both major parties of Sangamon County endorse candidates. Davlin had the backing of the Democratic Party.

(August 27, 1957 – December 14, 2010)

Background

Davlin was born on August 27, 1957 in Springfield, Illinois. He attended Springfield's Griffin High School and earned an Associate Arts Degree from Springfield College and attended Sangamon State University (now known as the University of Illinois at Springfield). Davlin worked for the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office as a non-merit Deputy from 1980-1982.

He started in the financial and insurance business in 1981 when he became a Registered Representative with AXA Advisor, LLC. He provided financial products and services to individuals and businesses. He sat on the board of directors of the Mid-West Truckers Association, Inc. and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Municipal League and the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce. His community involvement included current Past President, Past Secretary, Board of Managers for Oak Ridge Cemetery; Past President (four terms) past Board Member, Springfield Columbus Home Association; Past Board Member, Past Secretary for Springfield's Catholic Charities; former Co-Chairman of Breadline Sunday for St. John's Breadline; and former Secretary/Treasurer and Past President of the Sons and Daughters of Erin.
Davlin was a Past Grand Knight (four terms) and Past Trustee for the Knights of Columbus Council #364. He was one of the youngest men inducted into the Knights of Columbus Diocesan Hall of Fame for exemplary service to the organization. He was a member of St. Agnes' Parish in Springfield, and served on various fundraising committees during the construction on the church and its school. He was a member of the Springfield Motor Boat Club and Illini Country Club.
He was elected to a second term on April 19, 2007. However, the Republican-endorsed candidates unexpectedly won nearly every seat on the Springfield City Council, in that same election. Terms for Springfield municipal officials run for four years.

Controversies

Davlin was under investigation for unpaid taxes, owing nearly $90,000 to the IRS.^[2]

Death

Davlin was found dead in his home on the morning of December 14, 2010 from a gunshot wound to the chest, which was self-inflicted.^[3] He was 53 years old. He had been scheduled to appear in court that morning in reference to the estate of his late cousin. There were allegations that $187,000 from the cousin's estate, which was earmarked for Catholic Charities, had disappeared. The investigation of his death was turned over to the Illinois State Police, the only law enforcement agency in the area with which Davlin had no immediate connection. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday, December 15, 2010, to verify the cause of death, according to the State Police and the Sangamon County coroner's office. Springfield Ward 3 Alderman Frank Kunz, who is the mayor pro tempore of the city of Springfield, was sworn into office the same day as the acting mayor of Springfield. On December 28th, 2010, Ward 1 Alderman Frank Edwards was sworn in as mayor relieving Frank Kunz as mayor pro tempore. ^[4] The Springfield Superintendent of Schools, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, U.S. Senator and Majority Whip Dick Durbin, U.S. Representative Aaron Schock, Illinois State Senator Larry Bomke, and Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois all released statements of condolence upon hearing of Mayor Davlin's death.^[5] Davlin's funeral drew more than 1000 mourners who came to pay their respects and there was a total of 100 cars in the funeral procession itself.^{[citation needed]}
On January 20th, 2011, Sgt. Brad Sterling of the Illinois State Police testified during an inquest hearing that Timothy Davlin had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sangamon County Coroner's office ruled the death as a suicide. Toxicology reports were negative for alcohol or drugs. A bullet was fired from a six-shot revolver and traveled through Davlin's heart and into the seat of a Lincoln Navigator owned by Davlin. Items found in the passenger area of the Navigator included the revolver, a police radio, and a cordless home telephone. It is unknown if a suicide note was found, as Sterling declined to answer questions. ^[6]

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Ruth Park, New Zealand-born Australian novelist died she was , 93

Ruth Park, AM ^[1][2][3][4] was a New Zealand-born author, who spent most of her life in Australia. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the South (1948) and Playing Beatie Bow (1980), and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat (1951–1970), which also spawned a book series (1962–1982) died she was , 93.

(24 August 1917 – 14 December 2010)

Personal history

Park was born in Auckland on 24 August 1917 as Rosina Ruth Park, according to her obituary, which appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald of 17 December 2010. Her family later moved to the town of Te Kuiti further south in the North Island of New Zealand, living in isolated areas.^[3]
During the Great Depression her working class father did various jobs. He laboured on bush roads and bridges, worked as a driver, did government relief work and found employment as a sawmill hand. Finally, he shifted back to Auckland where he joined the workforce of a municipal council. The family occupied public housing, known in New Zealand as a state house, and money remained a scarce commodity. After attending a Catholic primary school, Park won a partial scholarship to secondary school, but her high-school education was broken by periods of being unable to afford to attend.

Park's first break as a professional writer came when she was hired by the Auckland Star newspaper as a journalist but she found the assignments that she was given to be unchallenging. Wishing to expand her horizons, she accepted a job offer from the San Francisco Examiner but the United States' entry into the Second World War after the bombing of Pearl Harbour forced a change of plan. Instead, she moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1942, where she had lined up a job with another newspaper.
That same year she married the budding Australian author D'Arcy Niland (1917–1967), whom she had met on a previous visit to Sydney, and embarked on a career as a freelance writer. Park and Niland would have five children. The youngest of them, twin daughters Kilmeny and Deborah, went on to enjoy careers as book illustrators. (Park was devastated when Niland died in Sydney at the age of 49 from a heart ailment; Kilmeny also predeceased her—see Herald obituary.)

Writing career

When contracted in 1942 by Ida Elizabeth Osbourne to write a serial for the ABC Children's Session, she wrote the series The Wide-awake Bunyip. When the lead actor Albert Collins died suddenly in 1951, she changed its direction and The Muddle-Headed Wombat was born, with first Leonard Teale then John Ewart in the title role. The series ended when the radio program folded in 1970. Such was its popularity that between 1962 and 1982 she wrote a series of children's books around the character.^[5]
Her first novel was The Harp in the South (1948) – a graphic story of Irish slum life in Sydney, which has been translated into 37 languages. Even though it was acclaimed by literary critics, the book proved controversial with sections of the public due to its candour, with some newspaper letter-writers calling it a cruel fantasy because as far as they were concerned, there were no slums in Sydney. However, the newly married Park and Niland did live for a time in a Sydney slum located in the rough inner-city suburb of Surry Hills and vouched for the novel's accuracy. It has never been out of print.
Park built on her initial success with the 1949 publication of a follow-up novel titled the Poor Man's Orange. During the 1950s, despite the demands of raising a family, she wrote tirelessly. According to a 2010 tribute article printed in The Sydney Morning Herald and written by her literary agent Tim Curnow, she produced more than 5000 radio scripts alone during this decade, as well as contributing numerous articles to newspapers and magazines and penning weightier works of fiction.
She subsequently wrote Missus (1985), among other novels, and created scripts for film and television. Her autobiographies, A Fence Around the Cuckoo (1992) and Fishing in the Styx (1993), deal with her life in New Zealand and Australia respectively. She also penned a novel set in New Zealand, One-a-pecker, Two-a-pecker (1957), about gold mining in Otago. (Later, it was renamed The Frost and The Fire.)
Park never remarried. Between 1946 and 2004, she received numerous awards for her contributions to literature in both Australia and internationally.^[6] She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1987. (Her awards and honors are listed below.)
From 1974 to 1981 Park dwelt on Norfolk Island where she was the co-owner of a shop which sold books and gifts. Her later years, however, were spent living in the Sydney harbourside suburb of Mosman. She died in her sleep on 14 December 2010, at the age of 93.

Awards

• 1946 in the inaugural Sydney Morning Herald-sponsored writers' competition, she won the Best Novel award for The Harp in the South (which would not be published, however, until 1948)
• 1954 Catholic Book Club Choice selected Serpent's Delight
• 1961 in the inaugural Commonwealth Television Play Competition run by the Lew Grade Organisation the British award for television play won for No Decision, with D'Arcy Niland
• 1962 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Children's Book of the Year Award, highly commended for The Hole in the Hill
• 1975 CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award, highly commended for Callie's Castle
• 1977 Miles Franklin Award for Swords and Crowns and Rings
• 1977 National Book Council highly commended for Swords and Crowns and Rings
• 1979 CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award, highly commended for Come Danger, Come Darkness
• 1981 CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award won the Playing Beatie Bow
• 1981 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature won for When the Wind Changed
• 1982 Parents' Choice Award for Literature won for Playing Beatie Bow, awarded by the Parents' Choice Foundation
• 1982 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Playing Beatie Bow^[7]
• 1982 International Board on Books for Young People (Australia) won the Honour Diploma for Playing Beatie Bow
• 1982 Guardian Fiction Prize (UK) runner up for Playing Beatie Bow
• 1986 Young Australians' Best Book Award for a picture book for When the Wind Changed (illustrated by Deborah Niland)
• 1987 Member of the Order of Australia (AM) bestowed for services to literature^[8]
• 1992 The Age Book of the Year, Non-Fiction Award won for A Fence around the Cuckoo
• 1992 Colin Roderick Award won for A Fence around the Cuckoo, presented with the H.T. Priestley Meda(Townsville Foundation for Australian Literary Studies Award)^{[citation needed]}
• 1993 Tilly Aston Award for Braille Book of the Year won for A Fence around the Cuckoo^{[citation needed]}
• 1993 Talking Book of the Year Award (Royal Blind Society) won for A Fence around the Cuckoo
• 1993 Talking Book of the Year Award (Royal Blind Society) won for Fishing in the Styx
• 1993 Awarded the Lloyd O'Neil Magpie Award for services to the Australian book industry^{[citation needed]}
• 1994 Canberra's Own Outstanding List (CBCA COOL Award) won for Playing Beatie Bow
• 1994 Awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of New South Wales^{[citation needed]}
• 1994 Fellowship of Australian Writers Christina Stead Award won for Home Before Dark^{[citation needed]}
• 1996 Bilby Award, Young Reader Award won for When the Wind Changed (illustrated by Deborah Niland)
• 2004 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards won the Special Award
• 2006 listed in the Bulletin's 100 most influential Australians^[9]

Bibliography

Novels

• The Harp in the South, (1948)
• Poor Man's Orange, (1949); also published as 12 ¹/₂ Plymouth Street, (1951)
• The Witch's Thorn, (1951)
• A Power of Roses, (1953)
• Serpent's Delight, (1953); also published as The Good Looking Women, (1961)
• Pink Flannel, (1955)
• One-a-Pecker, Two-a-Pecker, (1957); also published as The Frost and the Fire, (1958)
• Swords and Crowns and Rings, (1977)
• Missus, (1985)

Children's books

• The Hole in the Hill, (1961); also published as Secret of the Maori Cave, (1961)
• The Ship's Cat, (1961)
• The Muddle-Headed Wombat series, (1962–1982)
• Airlift for Grandee, (1962)
• The Road to Christmas, (1962)
• The Road Under the Sea, (1962)
• The Shaky Island, (1962)
• Uncle Matt's Mountain, (1962)
• The Ring for the Sorcerer, (1967)
• The Sixpenny Island, (1968)
• Nuki and the Sea Serpent: a Maori Legend, (1969)
• The Runaway Bus, (1969)
• Callie's Castle, (1974)
• The Gigantic Balloon, (1975)
• Merchant Campbell, (1976)
• Roger Bandy, (1977)
• Come Danger, Come Darkness, (1978)
• Playing Beatie Bow, (1980)
• When the Wind Changed, (1980)
• The Big Brass Key, (1983)
• My Sister Sif, (1986)
• Callie's Family, (1988)
• Things in Corners, (1989) – short stories
• James, (1991)

Non-fiction

• Der Goldene Bumerang, (1955), or The Golden Boomerang
• The Companion Guide to Sydney, (1973)
• Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island, (1982)
• The Sydney We Love, (1983)
• The Tasmania We Love, (1987)
• A Fence Around the Cuckoo, (1992), autobiography
• Fishing in the Styx, (1993), autobiography
• Home Before Dark: The Story of Les Darcy, a Great Australian Hero, (1995), with Rafe Champion

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Neva Patterson, American actress (An Affair to Remember, All the President's Men), died from complications from a broken hip he was , 90

 Neva Louise Patterson^[1] was an American character actress died from complications from a broken hip he was , 90..

(10 February 1920 – 14 December 2010) 

Born on a farm near Nevada in Story County in central Iowa, she and her parents moved to New York City in 1938. She made her Broadway debut in 1947's The Druid Circle. In 1952, she played "Helen Sherman" in The Seven Year Itch. Her first feature movie was the 1953 film Taxi; other film credits include The Buddy Holly Story, All of Me, and as Cary Grant's fiancee in An Affair to Remember.
Her television credits included Nichols, starring with James Garner, The Governor & J.J., with Dan Dailey, and as Eleanor Dupres in V, which she reprised in V: The Final Battle. She made guest appearances on Appointment with Adventure, The Defenders, Ironside, Barnaby Jones, The Dukes of Hazzard, and St. Elsewhere.
Patterson died from complications from a broken hip at age 90.^[2]

Select filmography

• All of Me (1984)
• V: The Final Battle (1984) (TV)
• V (1983) (TV)
• Star 80 (1983)
• The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
• The Spiral Road (1962)
• An Affair to Remember (1957)
• Desk Set (1957)

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Dale Roberts, English footballer (Rushden & Diamonds), died from suicide by hanging he was , 24

 Dale Roberts  was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper  died from suicide by hanging he was , 24.
Roberts started his career in his native North-East with the academy sides at Sunderland and Middlesbrough before he moved to Nottingham Forest. He failed to make Forest's first team and had loans spells with Eastwood Town and Alfreton Town. He had two more loan spells both with Rushden & Diamonds before joining the Conference National side on a permanent deal in 2009. He won the club's player of the season in 2008–09. He also won six caps for the England C side, as well as the England C side 2009-2010 player of the year, before his death by suicide at the age of 24.

(22 October 1986 – 14 December 2010)

 Club career

Roberts was born in Horden, County Durham.^[1] He played for Cleveland Juniors Football Club and attended Easington Comprehensive School with fellow academy footballer Adam Johnson.^[2] He was with the Sunderland and Middlesbrough football academies,^[3] joining the latter in 2003 as a scholar and was part of Boro's FA Youth Cup wining squad in 2004 as back-up to David Knight.^[1]
Roberts began his senior career with Nottingham Forest after signing as a professional in 2005.^[1] He joined local Northern Premier League First Division side Eastwood Town on loan in March 2006,^[4] where he made 10 appearances.^[5] He joined Conference North club Alfreton Town on a season-long loan for the 2006–07 season in July,^[6] which he finished with 42 appearances.^[7]
He joined Conference National team Rushden & Diamonds on a one-month loan on 24 January 2008,^[8] which was extended for a second month in February.^[9] He made 19 first team appearances for the club, including the Conference League Cup Final.^[4] Roberts rejoined Rushden for a second loan spell in October 2008 as cover for Alan Marriott who was out with a stomach injury that needed surgery.^[4] The loan was extended until January 2009 and he finished the spell with 18 appearances, keeping five clean sheets, and subsequently signed permanently at Nene Park on 2 January 2009.^[4][10] He was named Rushden's player of the season in 2008–09.

International career

Roberts' performances for Rushden & Diamonds during the 2008–09 season earned him international recognition. He made his debut for the England C against Malta.^[4]
During the 2009–10 season, Roberts played in all four England C games, and was voted the England C player of the season. His last appearance for England C, and in fact in all senior football, came against Wales on 14 September 2010.^[11]

Personal life

Roberts was engaged to Lindsey Cowan, but the pair split in May 2010 after revelations she had been having an affair with Roberts' teammate Paul Terry.^[12] Later in the year, Roberts and Cowan got back together and were still engaged at the time of Roberts' death.^[13]

Death

On 14 December 2010, just hours before he was due to play in an FA Trophy match against his former club Eastwood Town, it was announced that Roberts had died. Rushden & Diamonds chairman Gary Calder released the following statement: "It is with great sadness that this afternoon our England-C goalkeeper Dale Roberts passed away, our thoughts and prayers at this time go to his parents, family and friends."^[14] The FA Trophy game was postponed.^[15] Roberts was found by Northamptonshire Police at his home in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire,^[16] further commenting that they are not treating the circumstances as suspicious.^[17] The club's FA Youth Cup tie the following day was postponed as was the following first team game against Eastbourne Borough.^[17] The cause of death was reported to be suicide by hanging as Roberts struggled to cope with the split from his fiancée after she had been having an affair with Paul Terry.^[16] At an inquest opened at the end of the week, deputy coroner Rodney Haig gave cause of death as asphyxia.^[18] Following Roberts' death, Rushden retired their number one shirt.^[19]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League[A]		FA Cup		League Cup		Other[B]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest	2005–06[20]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2006–07[21]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2007–08[22]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2008–09[23]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastwood Town (loan)	2005–06[5]	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Alfreton Town (loan)	2006–07[7]	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	0
Rushden & Diamonds (loan)	2007–08[24]	13	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	19	0
	2008–09[25]	14	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	18	0
Rushden & Diamonds		20	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	0
	2009–10[26]	33	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	37	0
	2010–11[27]	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	Total	88	0	1	0	0	0	14	0	103	0
Career totals		140	0	1	0	0	0	14	0	155	0

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James Dibble, Australian television news presenter, died from cancer he was , 87

James Edward Dibble AM MBE  was an Australian television presenter, best known as the presenter of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Sydney news, reading the first news bulletin in 1956, and remaining with the ABC for 27 years up until his retirement in 1983 died from cancer he was , 87.

(4 February 1923^[4] – 13 December 2010)

Career

Dibble joined the ABC after the end of World War II. He started as a clerk in the accounts department. His voice soon attracted attention, and in Canberra he gained his first ABC job in radio doing voice-overs.^[3]

Dibble was best known as the senior newsreader for ABC-TV, beginning with the first televised news bulletin on ABN-2 Sydney on 5 November 1956. He reported the biggest news stories of the period, including the Soviet intervention in the Hungarian Revolution (in his very first bulletin; the events in Hungary caused the scheduled commencement of the ABC-TV news service to be brought forward), the assassination of John F. Kennedy (1963), the disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt (1967), the Apollo 11 Moon landing (1969), the destruction of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy (1974), and the dismissal of the Whitlam government (1975).^[1]
He appeared as himself in episodes of the ABC-TV comedy series Our Man In Canberra and Our Man In The Company episodes, narrated segments of the radiophonic works 'What's Rangoon To You Is Grafton To Me'(1978) ^[5] and 'Hot Bananas', written by Russell Guy and originally broadcast on radio station 2JJ (Double Jay). Dibble also did voice-over work for many newsreels, documentaries^[6] and educational films.^[6]
Spanning almost 30 years, his career at the ABC ended with his retirement in 1983. His last broadcast was on 10 June of that year.^[1]

Personal life

Dibble was the son of Roland and Vera Dibble.^[1] He attended school in Marrickville at St Brigid's Primary School and then De La Salle College. He served in the Pacific with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II as a wireless telegraphist.^[1]
Dibble never married or had children, but was described as a family orientated man.^[3]
He served as a director and chairman of the Peer Support Foundation, a president of the Rotary Club of Warringah, and a member of Rotary International District 9680 Public Relations Committee.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Dibble was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 1 January 1972 for services to media,^[7] and a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1989 for community and media services.^[8] He was also awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001.^[9]
He was the first winner of the Better Hearing Australia Clear Speech Award in 1967, for his clear diction. He also received Clear Speech Awards in 1968 and 1981.^[3][10]

Death

James Dibble died of cancer in Sydney on 13 December 2010, aged 87.^[1][2]

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