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Monday, March 14, 2011

Paul Soldner, American ceramicist died he was , 89.

Paul Soldner  was an American ceramic artist died he was , 89.
a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as raku to create wildly spontaneous sculptural vessels.


(April 24, 1921  — January 3, 2011 )

Biography

Soldner, who served as an army medic during World War II, began to pursue a career in art upon returning to the United States.[1] He earned degrees in art education and art administration from Bluffton College and the University of Colorado, then turned his attention to ceramics. He focused first on functional pottery.
In 1954, Soldner became Peter Voulkos' first student in the nascent ceramics department at the Los Angeles County Art Institute (now the Otis College of Art and Design).[2] As Soldner helped his teacher establish the program, he made several changes to the studio pottery equipment, which lead to founding Soldner Pottery Equipment in 1955 to market his inventions.
After receiving his MFA in ceramics in 1956, Soldner began teaching at Scripps College. Soldner's teaching at Scripps emphasized teaching-by-osmosis and a from-scratch approach to ceramic arts, including exploration of firing techniques as well as natural clays, kiln-building and glaze formulation.
Known as the Father of American Raku,[citation needed] Soldner also developed a type of low-temperature salt firing. Along with Voulkos, Soldner has been credited with creating the "California School" of ceramic arts by combining Western materials and technology with Japanese techniques and aesthetics.[citation needed]
While teaching at Scripps College, Soldner organized the Scripps Ceramics Annual - a nationally recognized ceramic exhibition. In addition, as a result of his life-long friendship with ceramic collectors Fred and Mary Marer, Scripps became the fortunate recipient of the extensive Marer Collection of Contemporary Ceramics. In 1990, Scripps received an NEA Grant to research and organize and exhibition titled, "Paul Soldner:A Retrospective'" that traveled throughout the United States.
Soldner retired from Scripps in 1991.
In the 1960s Soldner helped found Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Colorado. He was also involved in starting the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.
Soldner lived and maintains studios in Aspen, Colorado and Claremont, California.
He died on January 3, 2011 in Claremont, California.

Awards

  • Honorary Doctorates of Fine Arts from Bluffton College (OH) and Westminster College (PA).[citation needed]
  • 2008 Awarded the Aileen Osborn Webb Gold Medal by the American Crafts Council, NYC, NY.[citation needed]

Books

In 2008 the book Nothing to Hide; Exposures, Disclosures and Reflections by Paul Soldner was published by Clay Times Inc., Waterford, VA.

Film & Video

  • Paul Soldner:Playing with Fire, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Renegade Pictures, Santa Barbara, CA.[3]
  • Paul Soldner, The Courage to Explore, SEMELKA and Kasper, Chapel Hill, NC.
  • Paul Soldner:Thrown and Altered Clay, School Video, Chrystal Productions, Aspen, CO and Glenview, wIL.

Galleries and Exhibitions

Work in selected public and private collections include:
  • American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA.
  • Australian National Gallery, Sydney, Australia
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
  • National Museum of Modern Art, Koyoto, Japan
  • Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA.
  • Scripps College, Claremont, CA.
  • Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
  • Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Victoria and Albert Museum of Art, London, England

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Eva Strittmatter, German writer died she was 81.

Eva Strittmatter,  was a German poet and writer .

(February 8 1930 - January 3rd 2011 )
 
Eva Strittmatter  was a German writer of poetry, prose, and children's literature. Her poetry books sold millions of copies, making her the most successful German poet of the second half of the 20th century.[1][2]
From 1947 to 1951, Strittmatter studied German and Romance studies as well as Pedagogy at the Humboldt University of Berlin.[3] Since 1954 she has been working as a freelance writer. In 1956, she married the renowned East German writer Erwin Strittmatter. The marriage to him overshadowed her own work as a writer, which did not unfold until she reached the age of 40.[2]

Strittmatter was awarded the Heinrich Heine prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR in 1975.
After her husband's death in 1994, Strittmatter had also been editing works from his estate.


(February 8, 1930 – January 3, 2011)

 Works

Poetry

  • Ich mach ein Lied aus Stille, 1973
  • Mondschnee liegt auf den Wiesen, 1975
  • Die eine Rose überwältigt alles, 1977
  • Zwiegespräch, 1980
  • Heliotrop, 1983
  • Atem, 1988
  • Unterm wechselnden Licht, 1990
  • Der Schöne (Obsession), 1997
  • Liebe und Hass. Die geheimen Gedichte. 1970-1990, 2002
  • Der Winter nach der schlimmen Liebe. Gedichte 1996/1997, 2005
  • Landschaft, 2005

Prose

  • Briefe aus Schulzenhof I, 1977
  • Poesie und andere Nebendinge, 1983
  • Mai in Piestàny, 1986
  • Briefe aus Schulzenhof II, 1990
  • Briefe aus Schulzenhof III, 1995
  • Du liebes Grün. Ein Garten- und Jahreszeitenbuch, 2000

Children's books

  • Brüderchen Vierbein, 1958
  • Vom Kater der ein Mensch sein wollte, 1959
  • Ich schwing mich auf die Schaukel, 1975

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Anne Francis, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone), died from pancreatic cancer she was , 80.

Anne Lloyd Francis [1] was an American actress, best known for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet (1956), and as the female private detective in the television series Honey West (1965–66) died from  pancreatic cancer she was , 80.. She won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Emmy award for her role in Honey West. Francis holds the distinction of starring in the first TV series with a female detective character's name in the title.


(September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011)

Contents

 

 Early life and career

Anne Lloyd Francis was born in Ossining, New York in 1930,[2] the only child of Philip and Edith Francis. Francis entered show business at a young age, working as a model at age five to help her family during the Great Depression, and made her Broadway debut at the age of 11.
Over her career, Francis appeared in scores of TV shows and movies. She made her film debut in This Time for Keeps (1947). In her early film career, she played supporting roles in films such as: Susan Slept Here, So Young So Bad, and Bad Day at Black Rock. Her first leading role was in Blackboard Jungle (1955). She is perhaps best-known on film for her role as Altaira in the science fiction movie Forbidden Planet. "Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet" is a line in the song "Science Fiction/Double Feature" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Francis found success in television, with several appearances on The Twilight Zone, including the title character in "Jess-Belle" and as Marsha White in "The After Hours." She was a frequent guest star in 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s TV movies and programs. She appeared in two episodes of the popular TV western The Virginian.

In 1964, Francis guest starred in two episodes, "Hideout" and "Rachel's Mother", of the CBS short-lived drama The Reporter. She made two successive appearances in 1964 in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. series. In 1965, Francis turned to series television and was cast as Honey West, a sexy private detective with a pet ocelot. The character was initially introduced on the popular ABC series Burke's Law. She made a guest appearance along with Charles Bronson in a 1967 episode of The Fugitive opposite David Janssen. She played the role of Georgia James in Funny Girl in 1968 and one year later, played Nancy Ingersoll, the wife of Jerry Lewis character in the comedy Hook, Line and Sinker. In 1971, at the start of the final season of My Three Sons, she played bowling alley waitress Terri Dowling who eventually married Laird Fergus McBain Douglas of Sithian Bridge, Scotland and returned to his homeland as royalty. (Fred MacMurray played the dual character roles of Steve Douglas and Fergus McBain Douglas in this four part story arc).
During the 1980–1981 season of Dallas, Francis had a recurring role as Arliss Cooper, the mother of Mitch and Afton Cooper. She later played "Mama Jo" in the 1984 TV-detective series Riptide.[3] She made an appearance in Matlock, another popular detective series; and in The Golden Girls as Trudy McMann, Dorothy's friend from college. In 1989 and 1990 she starred in several episodes of Murder, She Wrote. Her most recent television appearance was on a 2004 episode of the CBS series Without a Trace.

Personal life

Francis was married to Bamlet Lawrence Price, Jr., from May 1952 through April 1955; and then to Dr. Robert Abeloff from 1960 through 1964. She and Abeloff had one daughter together, Jane Elizabeth Abeloff (born on March 21, 1962, in Los Angeles). Francis never remarried after divorcing Abeloff. Francis adopted Margaret "Maggie" West in 1970 in one of the first adoptions granted to a single person in California.
Francis was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007.[4] She kept her followers informed of her progress on her official website.

Death

Francis died on January 2, 2011, due to complications of pancreatic cancer at a retirement home in Santa Barbara, California, a city in which she was a longtime resident.[5]

Filmography





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Peter Hobbs, French-born American character actor (Barney Miller, Lou Grant, The Odd Couple), died after brief illness he was , 92.

Peter Hobbs was a French-born American character actor, known for roles on Broadway, television and film died  after brief illness he was , 92..[1]

(January 19, 1918 - January 2, 2011) 


Hobbs was born on January 19, 1918, in Étretat, France, to Dr. Austin L. Hobbs and Mabel Foote Hobbs.[2] However, he was raised in New York City.[2] Hobbs attended Solebury School in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and received his bachelor's degree from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.[2] He served in as sergeant in combat engineering during World War II and fought at the Battle of the Bulge.[2]
Hobbs' television roles included appearances and reoccurring roles on Barney Miller, Lou Grant, The Odd Couple, The Doris Day Show , Knots Landing, The F.B.I. and The Secret Storm.[1]
Hobbs died at his home in Santa Monica, California, on January 2, 2011, aged 92, following a short illness.[1] He was survived by his wife, Carolyn Adams Hobbs, three daughters, two stepsons, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.[1][2]

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Pete Postlethwaite, British actor (In the Name of the Father, Inception, The Usual Suspects), died from cancer he was 64.

Peter William "Pete" Postlethwaite, OBE [1][2] was an English stage, film and television actor  died from cancer he was  64..
After minor television appearances including in The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He played a mysterious lawyer, Mr. Kobayashi, in The Usual Suspects, and he appeared in Alien 3, In the Name of the Father, Amistad, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, The Age of Stupid, Inception, The Town, Romeo + Juliet, and Aeon Flux.

Postlethwaite was born in Warrington in 1946. He trained as a teacher and taught drama before training as an actor. Steven Spielberg called Postlethwaite "the best actor in the world" after working with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role in In the Name of the Father in 1993, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year's Honours List. He died of pancreatic cancer on 2 January 2011.

(7 February 1946 – 2 January 2011),

Early life

Postlethwaite was born in Warrington, which was then in Lancashire, on 7 February 1946. He was the fourth and youngest child of William and Mary Postlethwaite née Lawless. He was raised in a working-class Roman Catholic family[3] with two sisters, Anne and Patricia, and a brother, Michael.[4] He trained as a teacher at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill and taught drama at Loreto College, Manchester, before training as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

Postlethwaite started his career at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, where his colleagues included Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Antony Sher and Julie Walters. Postlethwaite and Walters had an intimate relationship during the latter half of the 1970s.[5] He was a veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company and other acting companies.
On 13 January 1981, he took the leading role in a BBC TV black comedy by Alan Bleasdale, The Muscle Market, which was a spin-off from Boys from the Blackstuff; it was part of the Play for Today series and also featured Alison Steadman.
After other early appearances in small parts for television programmes such as The Professionals, Postlethwaite's first film success came with the film Distant Voices, Still Lives in 1988. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role in In the Name of the Father in 1993. He is perhaps best known for his role as mysterious lawyer Mr. Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects. He also made appearances in several successful films, including Alien 3, Amistad, Brassed Off, The Shipping News, The Constant Gardener, Inception and as Friar Lawrence in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.
In 2003, he was both the physical and vocal actor for the villain Deeth in Zixx: Level One, a Canadian TV series created by IDT Entertainment. The same year, he went to Australia and New Zealand, touring a 90-minute one-man play called Scaramouche Jones where he played a clown trying to find out why he is who he is before he dies at midnight, receiving a nomination for the TMA Award for Best Actor and winning the Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Solo Performance.[6] This was directed by Rupert Goold, who would also direct his Lear in 2008, in which Postlethwaite played every character. As well as Australia, the play toured Canada, New Zealand and Britain to great acclaim.[7]
In the 2004 book The Art of Discworld, Terry Pratchett said that he had always imagined Sam Vimes as 'a younger, slightly bulkier version of Pete Postlethwaite'.[8]
Steven Spielberg called Postlethwaite "the best actor in the world" after working with the actor on the The Lost World: Jurassic Park,[9] to which Postlethwaite quipped: "I'm sure what Spielberg actually said was, 'The thing about Pete is that he thinks he's the best actor in the world.'"[10]
One of his more notable roles was as antagonist Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill in ITV's Sharpe series, which starred Sean Bean. Postlethwaite has said that this was one of his favourite roles and that he and Sean played so well off each other because of their mutual love and respect for each other. Bernard Cornwell, the author and creator of the Sharpe series, specifically wrote Hakeswill's character in later novels to reflect Postletwaite's performance as the character in the TV series. Postlethwaite also co-starred with Sean Bean in When Saturday Comes.
Postlethwaite next starred in the Liverpool stage production of King Lear in 2008 at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and at the Young Vic, London. He appears in the climate change-themed film The Age of Stupid, premiered in March 2009. Having recently installed a wind turbine in his garden, he said was extremely impressed by the film and made an impassioned call for action on climate change on its release in The Sun newspaper; "The stakes [of climate of change] are very, very high. They're through the roof. How could we willingly know that we're going into extinction... and let it happen."[11][12][13]
Postlethwaite also had a minor role in the 2010 blockbuster hit Inception. Inception is said to be the last movie Postlethwaite ever acted in, where he played the role of an ailing owner of a massive energy empire.

Awards

Postlethwaite was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year's Honours List and received an honorary degree from Liverpool University in 2006. He received an Academy Award nomination for his role In the Name of the Father.

Personal life

Postlethwaite lived in West Itchenor, West Sussex, before moving to Shropshire, near Bishop's Castle, with his wife Jacqueline (Jacqui) Morrish Postlethwaite, a former BBC producer, whom he married in 2003 in Chichester.[4] They have two children, both of whom were born in Shropshire: son William John (born 1989), a drama student at LAMDA, and daughter Lily Kathleen (born 1995).[7] Postlethwaite was a smoker from the age of ten.[14] In a March 2009 interview with Scotland on Sunday, Postlethwaite commented on his smoking habit, stating: "We've got to hope the next generation will do things differently. I'm sure that in 20 years' time the kids will say: 'Can you believe that people actually used to smoke – put these funny little things in their mouths, lit them and sucked all that crap into their lungs?"[15].

Political views

Postletwaite appeared as a taxi driver in one of the Labour Party's political broadcasts during the 1997 general election.[16] He was an activist against climate change and at the UK premiere of The Age of Stupid, he told Ed Miliband, then-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, that he would return his OBE and vote for any party other than Labour, if the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station was given the go-ahead by the government.[17] A month later the Government announced a change to its policy on coal – no new coal-fired power station will get government consent unless it can capture and bury 25% of the emissions it produces immediately – and 100% of emissions by 2025. This, a source told The Guardian, represented “a complete rewrite of UK energy policy”.[18]

Illness and death

Postlethwaite was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1990, and had one testicle removed.[19][20] He died of pancreatic cancer at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on 2 January 2011.[21][22][23][24]

Filmography


Films

Year Film Role Notes
1975 The Racer Ecco Short film
1977 The Duellists Man shaving General Treillard Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1983 Fords on Water Winston's Boss Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1984 A Private Function Douglas J. Nuttol the Butcher
1988 The Dressmaker Jack Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Number 27 Becket
To Kill a Priest Josef Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Distant Voices, Still Lives Father
1990 Hamlet Player King
1992 Split Second Paulsen
Alien 3 David
Waterland Henry Crick Credited as Peter Postlethwaite
The Last of the Mohicans Captain Beams
1993 Anchoress William Carpenter
In the Name of the Father Giuseppe Conlon Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1994 Suite 16 Glover
1995 The Usual Suspects Mr. Kobayashi National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
1996 When Saturday Comes Ken Jackson
James and the Giant Peach Old Man
Dragonheart Brother Gilbert of Glockenspur
Crimetime Sidney
Romeo + Juliet Father Lawrence
Brassed Off Danny
1997 The Serpent's Kiss Thomas Smithers
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Roland Tembo Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Bandyta Sincai
Amistad William S. Holabird
1998 Among Giants Ray
1999 The Divine Ryans Uncle Reg Ryan
Wayward Son Ben Alexander
2000 When the Sky Falls Martin Shaughnessy
Rat Hubert Flynn
2001 Cowboy Up Reid Braxton
The Shipping News Tert Card
2002 Triggermen Ben Cutler
Between Strangers John
2003 The Selfish Giant Arthur Short film
2004 The Limit Gale
Strange Bedfellows Russell McKenzie
2005 Red Mercury Gold Commander
Dark Water Veeck
The Constant Gardener Dr. Lorbeer/ Dr. Brandt
Æon Flux Keeper
2006 Valley of the Heart's Delight Albion Munson
The Omen Father Brennan
2007 Ghost Son Doc
Closing the Ring Quinlan
2008 Player Colin Short film
2009 The Age of Stupid The Archivist Documentary
Solomon Kane William Crowthorn
Waving at Trains Douglas Short film
2010 Clash of the Titans Spyros
Inception Maurice Fischer Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
The Town Fergus 'Fergie' Colm Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Posthumously)
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast (Posthumously)
2011 Killing Bono Karl To be released in April 

[edit] Television

Year Show Role Notes
1975 Second City Firsts
Episode 5.5: "Thwum"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1976 Plays for Britain Soldier Episode 1.1: "The Paradise Run"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1978 Last of the Summer Wine Man in Cafe Episode 4.7: "A Merry Heatwave"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Going Straight Thomas Clifford Crowther Episode 1.5: "Going Going Gone"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Doris and Doreen Mr. Lomax TV film
1979 Afternoon Off Gallery attendant TV play
Horse in the House Uncle Doug Appeared in six episodes
1981 Play for Today Danny Duggan Episode 11.12: "The Muscle Market"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Coronation Street Detective Sergeant Cross Episode 2061
Crown Court
Episode 10.19: "The Merry Widow: Part 1"
1982, 1993 Minder Jack Wragg
Logie		 Episode 3.12: "Back in Good Old England"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Episode 9.8: "The Roof of All Evil"
1984 Mitch Jack Frost Episode 1.6: "Squealer"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1985 Victoria Wood As Seen On TV Barry Episode 1.6; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Summer Season
Episode 1.17: "A Crack in the Ice"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Cyrano de Bergerac Ragueneau TV film
1987 Coast to Coast Kecks McGuinness TV film
1988 Tumbledown Major at rehabilitation centre TV film
1989 Tales of Sherwood Forest Eric Appeared in seven episodes
1990 Treasure Island George Merry TV film; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
Screenplay Paula's father Episode 5.10: "Needle"
Debut on Two Tony
Keef		 Episode 1.5: "Kingdom Come"
Episode 1.6: "A Box of Swan"
Boon Steve McLaughlin Episode 5.9: "Undercover"
Zorro
Episode 2.15: "The Marked Man"
1990, 1993 Casualty Ralph Peters
Hank		 Episode 5.3: "Close to Home"
Episode 8.13: "The Good Life"
1991 The Grass Arena The Dipper TV film
A Child from the South Harry TV film
They Never Slept Panter TV film
1992 El C.I.D. Vince Episode 3.1: "Making Amends"
Between the Lines Chief Superintendent Jameson Episode 1.2: "Out of the Game"
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Quince Episode 1.1: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; credited as Peter Postlethwaite
1993 Lovejoy Terence Sullivan Episode 5.10: "Goose Bumps"
1994 Pie in the Sky Kevin Tasker Episode 1.8: "A Matter of Taste"
Sin Bin Mitch TV film
Sharpe's Company Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill TV film
Sharpe's Enemy Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill TV film
Martin Chuzzlewit Montague Tigg/Tigg Montague TV mini-series; appeared in episodes 1–2 and 4–6
Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
1999 Lost for Words Deric Longden TV film
Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
Alice in Wonderland The Carpenter TV film
Butterfly Collectors John McKeown TV film
Animal Farm Farmer Jones
Benjamin		 TV film
2000 The Sins Len Green TV mini-series
Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
2003 Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion Charles Burchell TV mini-series
2008 Criminal Justice Hooch TV mini-series

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William R. Ratchford, American politician, U.S. Representative from Connecticut (1979–1985), died from complications from Parkinson's disease he was , 76

William Richard Ratchford  was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut died from complications from Parkinson's disease he was , 76.[1]
Born in Danbury, Connecticut, Ratchford graduated from Danbury High School, Danbury, Connecticut, in 1952. He received a B.A. from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, in 1956, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was awarded a J.D. from Georgetown Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1959. He served in the Connecticut National Guard from 1959 to 1965. Ratchford was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Danbury, in 1960.

(May 24, 1934 – January 2, 2011)

Political career

Ratchford served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1962 to 1974 and was speaker from 1969 to 1973. He was chairman of the Governor's Blue Ribbon Committee on Nursing Homes from 1975 to 1976, and as Commissioner on Aging from 1977 to 1978. He served as a delegate to the Connecticut State Democratic conventions from 1960 to 1974, and as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1972 and 1984.
Ratchford was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-Fourth Congress in 1974. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-Sixth and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving overall from January 3, 1979 to January 3, 1985. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-Ninth Congress. Ratchford served as Associate Administrator in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. General Services Administration from 1993 to 2001.

Death

He died on January 2, 2011, aged 76, from complications from Parkinson's disease. He had been a long-time resident of Arlington, Virginia.

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Mlungisi Dlamini South African promising fighter died he was 27 years

Mlungisi Dlamini, one of South Africa’s most promising fighters, has been killed in a motorcar accident near Harrismith in KwaZulu-Natal. The 27-year-old WBF and IBO lightweight champion died last Friday. Mlungisi, who had a record of 22 wins, a draw and 14 knockouts, was scheduled to challenge Paulus Moses for the WBA lightweight belt in April.

Born Mlungisi Mxolisi Innocent Dlamini in Bergville on May 29, 1982, Dlamini made his professional debut in Mandini in September 2000 with a four-round points victory over Ernest Makhathini.

In 2001 The Shark, as he was later nicknamed, beat Nkanyiso Mbatha and Jerome Cebekhulu in a fight that brought him the KZN featherweight title.

He then drew with Mzingayi Poni in the only blemish on his unbeaten record.

In 2002 he beat Sizwe Nkosi and Innocent Mthalane but he was inactive in 2003 and his career seemed to be grinding to a halt when he had only two fights in 2004.

However, in 2005 he moved to Johannesburg and joined trainer Warren Hulley. Suddenly his career took off.

He won seven fights in a row before capturing the vacant World Boxing Foundation lightweight belt with an outstanding fifth-round stoppage win over the seasoned Ivan Orlando Bustos in Nelspruit.

Dlamini made successful defences against Jairo Demoura Dos Santos, Diego Martin Alzugaray, Gairy St Clair and Francisco Lorenzo.

Possibly his best performance was in October last year when he knocked out the experienced Zolani Marali in the fourth round at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park to win the vacant IBO lightweight belt.

Marali had held IBO junior featherweight, Word Boxing Foundation junior featherweight, World Boxing Foundation junior lightweight and IBO junior lightweight belts.

WBF president Howard Goldberg expressed his shock and sadness when he was informed of Dlamini’s death.

“Dlamini was a fantastic person and a brilliant boxer, destined for great things. He must be remembered for the good person he was, as well as all the good he brought to the boxing game,” Goldberg said.

“He thrilled and entertained fans and he will never be forgotten. It has been a privilege for me to have known Mlungisi and to have watched his fantastic skills”.

An emotional Warren Hulley said Dlamini had been very close to him. He was proud that he had nurtured him and had taken him from an ordinary fighter to a potentially great champion.

Dlamini’s progress was still “unfinished business,” Hulley added. “He who would have gone on to win a recognised world title, without a shadow of doubt.”

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