Cliff Dapper American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) died he was , 91,.

Clifford Roland Dapper was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1942 season. Listed at 6'2", 190 lbs., he batted and threw right handed.

(January 2, 1920 – February 8, 2011)



Born in Los Angeles, California, Dapper began his baseball career began at age 18 for Class-B Bellingham Chinooks in the Western International League. With many players unavailable due to World War II, Dapper got his shot at the majors in April 1942, appearing in eight games for Brooklyn. He connected eight hits in 17 at-bats for a .471 batting average, including a home run, one double, two runs and nine RBI. Despite his hot hitting, Dapper was unable to dislodge all-star Mickey Owen from the catcher's position for the Dodgers, and he was returned to the minors. Later that season he was drafted, and missed the 1943-45 seasons while serving in the South Pacific during World War II.^[2][3]
Following his military discharge, Dapper returned to baseball as a player and then manager, helming Pittsburgh Pirates farm clubs in Eugene, Oregon, and Billings, Montana, all while still an active player. He eventually played 1,623 minor-league games over a twenty-year span, hitting .274 and 102 homers before retiring in 1957, the same year that his former team, the Dodgers, would move to his home town of Los Angeles.^[2]
Following his baseball career, Dapper settled in Fallbrook, California, where he bought a ranch along former Dodgers teammate Duke Snider where they made a substantial living farming avocados and lemons on 60 acres.^[4]
Dapper died at his home of Fallbrook, California, at the age of 91.^[4]

Traded for Ernie Harwell

Dapper held the unique distinction of being traded for an announcer. In 1948, Dapper, then with the Dodgers' top farm club in Montreal, was sent to the Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association in exchange for Ernie Harwell, so that Harwell could substitute for ailing Dodger broadcaster Red Barber. Dapper batted .280 for the Crackers and took over as the club's manager. Harwell left the Dodgers after the 1949 season and was replaced by Vin Scully, and went on to a Hall of Fame career as a broadcaster, mostly for the Detroit Tigers. Harwell and Dapper would not meet for over half a century, when Dapper came to Comerica Park on September 15, 2002, when Harwell's statue was unveiled.^[4][5]

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Bradley C. Livezey, American ornithologist, died from a car accident he was , 56

 Bradley C. Livezey was an American ornithologist died from a car accident he was , 56. His main research included the evolution of flightless birds, the ecology and the behaviour of steamer ducks, genetic analysis of birds, and avian diseases.

(15 June 1954 – 8 February 2011) 

Livezey was born in Massachusetts but grew up mostly in Chicago. He often moved during his childhood. His interest in birds was developed early. Livezey graduated to Bachelor of Science at the Oregon State University in 1976. In 1979 he earned his first Master of Science degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in wildlife ecology and in 1984 his second in mathematics at the University of Kansas. In 1985 he promoted to Ph.D. with his thesis Systematics and flightlessness of steamer-ducks (Anatidae: Tachyeres) at the University of Kansas.
A large part of Livezey's research work dealt with controversial areas of the phylogenetics and taxonomy of birds. While Livezey's colleagues often used DNA analysis to support their research work Livezey demonstrated a more traditional approach based on exhaustive studies of the shape and the characteristics of bones. General interests included phylogenetic relationships of avian families, phylogenetic relationships of waterfowl, evolution of avian flightlessness, comparative osteology of birds, multivariate morphometrics, and avian paleontology
In 1993 Dr. Livezey was employed at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. As curator of the birds department he oversaw around 195,000 bird specimens, the ninth largest bird collection in the United States.
On 8 February 2011 Livezey died in a two-car collision caused by icy road conditions on the Pennsylvania Route 910 near his home in Wexford, Pennsylvania.
Brad Livezeys sister Alyson Hartmann lives in Flossmoor, Illinois and his brother Kent Livezey in Puyallup, Washington.

Works (selected)

• 1992: Taxonomy and identification of steamer-ducks (Anatidae : Tachyeres). Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas
• 2003: Evolution of Flightlessness in Rails (Gruiformes: Rallidae): Phylogenetic, Ecomorphological, and Ontogenetic Perspectives. Ornithological Monographs No. 53
• 2007: Higher-order phylogeny of modern birds (Theropoda, Aves: Neornithes) based on comparative anatomy. II. Analysis and discussion (with Richard Laurence Zusi). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 149: 1–95.

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Tony Malinosky, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) died he was , 101.

Anthony Francis Malinosky  was a third baseman and shortstop in Major League baseball who played 35 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1937 season  died he was , 101. Listed at 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.^[1]

(October 7, 1909 – February 8, 2011)

Born in Collinsville, Illinois, Tony Malinosky attended Whittier College, where he played baseball and was a classmate of future US President Richard Nixon.^[2]
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Malinosky to his first professional contract, and then sold his rights to the Dodgers in 1936.^[1][3]
During World War II, Malinosky was drafted by the United States Army, with which he saw combat in the Battle of the Bulge.^[2][4]
The Los Angeles Dodgers honored Malinosky at Dodger Stadium in 2009, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. In a statement released after his death, the Dodgers said "Tony lived an incredibly full life, both on and off the field, He remained a Dodger fan his whole life and his visit to Dodger Stadium in 2009 gave the organization a great opportunity to celebrate not only his 100th birthday, but the Dodger chapter of his life that meant so much to him. He will be most certainly missed by all who knew him."
Malinosky was a long time resident of Oxnard, California since moving to the area in 1976. At 101 years, 124 days, he was the oldest living Major League Baseball player at the time of his death on February 8, 2011.^[5]

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Charles O. Perry, American sculptor, died from stomach cancer he was , 81

Charles O. Perry was an American sculptor particularly known for his large-scale public sculptures  died from stomach cancer he was , 81.

(October 18, 1929^[1] – February 8, 2011) 


Perry initially studied architecture at Yale University, graduating in 1958. He then joined the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in San Francisco, where he continued to work as an architect until 1963. At the same time, Perry started developing some of his own ideas in sculpture and in 1964 staged his first one-man show of sculptural models in San Francisco, which lead to some early commissions for his sculptures.
In the same year Perry won the Rome Prize (for architecture) from the American Academy in Rome and left for two years of study in Rome, Italy — an experience that confirmed his switch to sculpture. On returning to the United States, Perry began to concentrate on designing public sculptures, with Continuum outside the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., being his most prominent work.
In recent years, Perry has also diversified into developing chair designs, jewelry, and a number of sculptural puzzles for the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian Institution.

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Angelo Reyes, Filipino general and politician, committed suicide he was , 65

Angelo Tomas Reyes  was the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff from 2000 to 2001 under President Joseph Estrada committed suicide he was , 65. At the height of the 2001 EDSA Revolution, Reyes withdrew his support for Estrada which led to the installation of Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as president, under whom he then served as cabinet secretary until to 2010, including with the portfolios of National Defense and Energy.
Reyes ran for Congress under the United Transport Coalition (1-UTAK), a party representing workers in the public transportation sector, on the 2010 party-list election but was dropped by his party without his consent that led to litigation which was still ongoing at the time of his death. A week after being accused of corruption while being AFP chief of staff, Reyes died due to a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide.^[2]
Reyes was married to Teresita P. Reyes with whom he has five sons, Pablo, Angelito, Marc, Carlo and Judd.


(March 17, 1945 – February 8, 2011)

Education

Reyes spent most of his childhood in San Miguel, Manila. He completed his secondary education at the Cubao High School (now Ramon Magsaysay (Cubao) High School) in 1960 where he graduated as the class valedictorian. In 1966, he was among the top ten graduates of the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio City. He then proceeded to acquire two masters degrees, namely: Masters in Business Administration from the Asian Institute of Management in 1973 and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1994. He also took up International Defense Management Course in Monterey, California in 1983. In 1987, he graduated No. 1 in Trust Operations Management Course conducted by the Trust Institutes Foundation of the Philippines at the Ateneo Business School which eventually earned him a scholarship to the Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.

Background

Military career

Angelo Reyes began his military career as a team leader in the Philippine Army's 1st Special Forces Airborne Regiment. He spent his field command duties as battalion commander, brigade commander, and area commander in Mindanao where he gained experience in addressing the threats from the communist insurgency and Muslim secessionism in the Philippines. He became the Commanding General of the Philippine Army which then propelled him to the top post of the Philippine military as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
As AFP Chief of Staff, he worked towards the vision of a modern Armed Forces of the Philippines. On January 19, 2001, the then-General Reyes withdrew support from President Joseph Estrada, leading to his ouster. Reyes held the following positions in the Philippine Army and in the top brass of Armed Forces of the Philippines, garnering various military medals and citations throughout his 39-year military career until he retired in 2001:

• Team leader, Special Forces Group PA (Airborne);
• Commanding officer (CO), 4th Infantry Battalion PA, Zamboanga;
• CO, 602nd Infantry Brigade PA, Davao provinces;
• Commanding General (CG), Civil Relations Service AFP;
• Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, J2 AFP;
• CG, 5th Infantry Division PA, covering Northeastern Luzon;
• CG, Southern Command AFP, covering the whole of Mindanao;
• CG, PA; and
• Chief of Staff, AFP

Secretary of Defense

Reyes was sworn as national defense secretary two days after retiring as the AFP's 27th chief of staff. In concurrent capacity, he also chaired the National Disaster Coordinating Council. Under his leadership, he was able to imbibe a culture of excellence at the department of national defense and transformed it into a technology-driven defense establishment making it more responsive to the challenges o rapidly changing security establishment amidst the rising trend in global terrorism, He was instrumental in crafting the National Internal Security Plan which is now being implemented by the government in addressing the root causes of insurgency through poverty alleviation, delivery of basic services and empowerment of the local government.
As chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council, he campaigned for preservation of lives and property through individual preparedness and responsiveness. He ventured on a tri-media information campaign program dubbed “FIRST DEFENSE” which was proven effective in educating individuals and families on how to be self-reliant in times of disasters and calamities.
Reyes stepped down as defense secretary on August 29, 2003, but was later named Anti-Kidnapping Presidential Adviser on October 26, 2003, after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Executive Order Number 248 creating the Office of the Anti-Kidnapping Presidential Adviser, and subsequently, the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Force (NAKTF) to address the problem of kidnapping in the country. His installation as anti-kidnapping czar resulted in the neutralization of certain kidnap-for-ransom gangs.
Reyes was later appointed as the Presidential Adviser on Anti-Smuggling on March 10, 2004 by virtue of Executive Order Number 297 to orchestrate and oversee a consolidated national anti-smuggling campaign.
Throughout his career, Secretary Reyes received various awards and decorations from both the military and civilian institutions. He was a recipient of the Philippine Legion of Honor, AFP Distinguished Service Star, Military Merit Medals, Anti-Dissidence Campaign Ribbons and other Philippine military decorations. He was awarded the Order of the White Elephant by King Bhumidol of Thailand and the Order of Valor by the King of Malaysia.
As a civic leader, he was chosen as the Most Outstanding Project Chairman by the Philippine Jaycees for Project “The Youth Speaks” in 1981. That same project was later adjudged as the Most Outstanding External Affairs Project in the World during the Jaycees World Convention in Germany in 1991. In 1991, he was given the honor of being a Kabisig Awardee for his Project: Common Cause, Uncommon Zeal”. (KABISIG is a nationwide government socio-economic project in rural areas). With all these accomplishments, he was named the Most Outstanding Alumnus of the Asian Institute of Management in 1982 and Most Outstanding PMA Alumnus (Cavalier Award for Public Administration) in 2001.

Secretary of Interior and Local Government

Reyes was Philippine Secretary of Interior and Local Government in the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from 2004 to 2006.

Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources

Reyes was Philippine Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources in the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from 2006 to 2007.

Secretary of Energy

Reyes was Philippine Secretary of Energy in the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from 2007 to 2010.
On January 29, 2008, Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes announced that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 8-man team led by Akira Omoto inspected the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant on rehabilitation prospects. The team members were Zhang Jing, IAEA section head for Asia and the Pacific; Ki Sig Tang, technical officer at the nuclear division; David Greaves and Eric Weinstein; 3 independent experts: John Rames, an expert on legal infrastructure from Australia; Jose E. Brayner, Costa Mattos, a nuclear power expert from Brazil; and Ioan Rotaru, a nuclear power expert from Romania." ^[3]

Corruption allegations and death

On January 27, 2011, former Lt. Col. George Rabusa, who was budget officer when Reyes was Armed Forces chief, testified before a Senate panel and accused Reyes of receiving P50 million in "send-off" money when he retired from the Armed Forces, as part of a decades-old military tradition. Reyes denied receiving such funds for his own use and sought to cross-examine Rabusa, but was refused the opportunity.^[4] Reyes then did not attend subsequent hearings in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
On the morning of February 8, 2011, Reyes, together with two of his sons and a bodyguard, visited his mother's grave at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City. He asked his children and bodyguard to go ahead and wait for him in the car, then shot himself in the left side of the chest near the heart. He was rushed to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, but was dead on arrival and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.^[2]
Reyes was buried on February 13, 2011 with full military honors at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' Cemetery) in Taguig City.^{[5] [6]}

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Cesare Rubini, Italian basketball player and coach, water polo player died he was 87

Cesare Rubini  was an Italian basketball player and coach, and water polo player,died he was 87. One of the greatest European coaches of all time, Rubini was inducted intto the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994, the first and to this day one of the few Italian basketball figures to receive such an honour, together with Dino Meneghin and Sandro Gamba. He has also been inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

(November 2, 1923 – February 8, 2011)

 Career

Rubini started to play basketball for his high school team in his native Trieste, where he graduated in 1941. The same year he began to play for Olimpia Milano, the most prestigious Italian basketball club at that time. He however had a long-lived passion for water polo: this led him later to become one of the rare world sportsmen to play at the highest level in two different team sports.
In 1946 he won a silver medal with the Italian basketball national team in the European Championships held in Geneva. The following year, he also won a silver medal at the European Championships, but this time with the water polo national team. In the meantime he had assumed the role of player-coach of Olimpia Milano: in 1948, however, he was called by the national teams of both sports. Rubini chose water polo, and won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, beating The Netherlands in the final. With Rubini as a full-time player, Italy could boast what was to be called the "Golden Settebello", one of the most valuable water polo teams ever, which also won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics and at the Turin European Championships of 1954. In both the events, Italy was behind traditional rivals of Yugoslavia and Hungary.
Rubini, also as player-coach, won 6 national titles in water polo with Canottieri Olona of Milan, Rari Nantes of Naples and Camogli teams. He totalled 84 caps for the Italian national team, 42 of which as captain.
As a basketball player, Rubini won 5 national titles in a row, from 1950 to 1954. After 1956 he devoted only to the coach role, winning 10 national titles with Olimpia. In these years he set an unparalleled record of a 322 victories and 28 defeats. As coach of the Milan team, Rubini totalled 488 victories, including the European Winner's Cup of 1966 and two European Cup Winner's Cups in 1971 and 1972: these were the first international victories of Italian basketball clubs.
As the manager of the national basketball team, Rubini took also part in the first international victories of Italy: these include the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. At the European Championships, Italy was first in 1983 at Nantes, second in 1991 at Rome and third in 1985 at Stuttgart.
Rubini was involved into his beloved sports until his death: he promoted water polo formation for young athletes, and was Honorary President of Olimpia Milano.

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Donald S. Sanford, American film and television writer (Midway) died he was , 92

 Donald S. Sanford was an American television, radio and film screenwriter  died he was , 92. Sanford was known for his work on numerous television series, as well as his role as the author of the screenplay for the 1976 World War II film Midway, starring Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda,^[1][2] which became a cult classic.

(March 17, 1918 – February 8, 2011)

Biography

Sanford was born March 17, 1918. He served as a chief sonar soundman in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945 during World War II.^[1]
Sanford began his career, initially in radio and television, after leaving the U.S. Navy.^[1] He began writing for the radio series Martin Kane, Private Eye, during the early 1950s.^[1] Sanford segued to television in the 1950s, and his professional credits ultimately included episodes of Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Dr. Kildare, Letter to Loretta, Perry Mason and The Outer Limits, among others.^[1][4]
Sanford's film screenplay credits during the 1960s included three feature films set during the World War II era: Submarine X-1, The Thousand Plane Raid, and Mosquito Squadron, all of which were released in 1969.^[1] However, Sanford's best-known screenplay was for the 1976 World War II film Midway, which was directed by Jack Smight and starred Charlton Heston.^[1][2]
Sanford's last screenwriting credit before his retirement was for the 1979 sci-fi film Ravagers.^[1] He later became chief executive officer of Stansbury, Inc., a mining company specializing in vermiculite.^[3] He remained active in the screenwriting industry, serving on the Pension and Health Finance Committee for the Writers Guild of American Pension and Health Fund.^[1] Sanford was also a full member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Writers Guild of America.^[1]
Donald S. Sanford died at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 8, 2011, at the age of 92.^[1] He was survived by his wife of 35 years, Teddi, and his three stepchildren, Jennifer Levinson, Daniel Levinson, and Michael Levinson.^[1]

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