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Saturday, April 9, 2011

Joe Frazier, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (New York Mets) died he was , 88.

Joseph Filmore Frazier  was a former outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He was signed as an amateur free agent in 1941, but did not play in the major leagues until 1947 died he was , 88.. After 1947, he spent parts of three seasons in the 1950s, primarily with the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1956, at the age of 33, he finished his playing career after having played in 217 games.

(October 6, 1922 – February 15, 2011)

He then had a successful career as a minor league manager, first in the Houston Astros organization, and then, beginning in 1968, in the New York Mets farm system. He managed in Mankato of the Northern League, then Pompano Beach in the Florida State League. He would win the pennant in 1971 with Visalia of the California League. He then went on to win league championships with Memphis and Victoria in the Texas League.
Frazier, managing the Tidewater Tides in 1975, won the International League championship. The Tides had to win 22 of their last 33 games to finish the regular season in a first-place tie with the Rochester Red Wings. The Tides then won a one-game playoff behind the four-hit pitching of Nino Espinosa. The Tides advanced to win the Governors' Cup by defeating Charleston three games to none, and then Syracuse, three games to one. They then went on to the Junior World Series, losing to Evansville of the American Association four games to one.[1]
Following that successful 1975 season, Frazier was promoted to manager of the parent Mets on October 3, replacing interim manager Roy McMillan. At his introductory press conference, Mets General Manager Joe McDonald said, "Joe Frazier has consistently proved to us his ability to handle players. Winning is what it's all about, and Joe Frazier is a winner." Frazier himself added, "I'm the type of manager who stresses fundamentals. I think a man should go from first to third on a hit and second to home. I demand hustle. If I have my way, you're going to see a Mets' club next year that will hustle."[2]
Frazier managed the Mets to an 86-76 record in 1976, good for a third place finish. The club got off to a 15-30 in 1977, however, and Frazier was replaced as Mets manager by Joe Torre, who was an active player on the Mets roster at the time.
In 1982 he was the manager of the Louisville Redbirds, the AAA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The team finished in second place with a record of 73-62. He was succeeded as manager of the Redbirds by Jim Fregosi.
Preceded by
Roy McMillan		 New York Mets Manager
1976-1977		 Succeeded by
Joe Torre
Preceded by
John Antonelli		 Tidewater Tides manager
1975–1975		 Succeeded by
Tom Burgess
Preceded by
Tommy Thompson		 Louisville Redbirds manager
1982–1982		 Succeeded by
Jim Fregosi

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Sidney Harth, American violinist and conductor, died from respiratory complications he was , 85.

Sidney Harth  was an American violinist and conductor died from respiratory complications he was , 85..

(October 5, 1925 – February 15, 2011[1])

In 1957 Harth became the first American to receive the Laureate Prize in the Wieniawski Violin Competition held in Poland. He had made his European debut previously, touring France with pianist Theodore Lettvin in 1951-1952 in a concert series organized by the National Music League and the Jeunesses Musicales International.[2] Harth performed with major orchestras across the world, and made numerous recordings with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Krakow Radio and Television Orchestra.[3]
Harth was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Music and studied with Joseph Knitzer, Michel Piastro and Georges Enesco. Since then, he has held faculty positions at University of Louisville, the University of Houston, the University of Texas, Yale University, and the Mannes College of Music.
He was Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Principal Concertmaster and Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and Concertmaster and Assistant Conductor of the Louisville Orchestra. He was initiated as an honorary member of the Zeta Kappa chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, the national fraternity for men in music, in 1958 and was selected as a National Honorary member of the Fraternity in 1966.[citation needed]
An acclaimed conductor, Harth was during his career Principal Conductor of the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in South Africa, and Musical Director of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Chamber Orchestra of Seattle and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.
Harth was at onetime a faculty member of the Yale School of Music. He also was Head of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also taught violin and chamber music. Until the time of his death on the 15 February 2011, Harth was the Director of Orchestral Activities at Duquesne University Mary Pappert School of Music.[4]

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Sean Boru, Irish actor and author died he was , 57.

Sean Boru (born Desmond Patrick Bruen) was an Irish actor and author died he was , 57..

(March 20, 1953 – February 14, 2011)


Boru was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer (Hodgkins Lymphoma) in 1998, 2000 and 2002. He received radiotherapy the first 2 times, then chemotherapy. He filmed the second and third treatments with the intention to help other patients and their relatives to understand the procedures.
During his 3rd treatment Boru wrote his autobiography as a private project for his children and grandchildren. His book No Sense of Tumour (ISBN 978-141-202405-1) was published in June 2004 by Trafford Publishing.[2] This led to him writing the biography of Michael Carroll (lottery winner), who won £9.7m in 2002, titled Careful what you wish For (ISBN 1-844-54313-7). The book was launched by John Blake Publishing in October 2006[3] unusually for an autobiography of this type, it features many references to its ghost writer.
In 2006 he was signed by literary agent, Diane Banks, and went on to ghost write the latest edition of the Alex Higgins story, published in May 2007 by Headline. Sean Boru has also written a history book about London. The book is called 'A Unique Historie of London: Featuring the American Connections' (ISBN 1-424-11869-7), and was published by Publish America on January 9, 2006.[4]
In 2005 Boru wrote a stage show called And over here on the left[5] which is a one man show in which he plays the character of a tour guide. Turning the theatre into the bus, he uses a mix of film, still pictures, and 3D images, projected onto the stage and a screen, for the audience to focus on.
Sean Boru went to Hollywood in 2006 to film a contribution, as a biographer, to a documentary made by the E!Entertainment channel, about Michael Carroll, as part of the E! True Hollywood Story series on lottery winners. Boru has since got Carroll parts in films playing thugs, the press say he is `Type-Cast` for this kind of role. In the film Jack Said Carroll gets to beat up Danny Dyer, but Dyer gets his own back when he pummels Carroll unconscious during a robbery. The film also starring Boru goes on general release in October/November 2009. Pete Doherty asked Sean to write his autobiography in early 2009, after months of negotiations Sean declined the offer on the grounds that Kate Moss was concerned about her private life being told. After many emails from Kate's lawyers, and talks with mutual friends of Kate, Sean made the decision to not proceed.
In 2009 Sean Boru launched a book entitled `A historie of London and Londoners` ISBN No. 978-0-7524-4861-9 which is published by the History Press http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=7613&ProductID=7266 he has also written a book on Snooker Miscellany which is being launched in March 2010. In 2008 after 3 years of applications Boru was invited to audition for the Dragons Den, he wanted to raise £250,000 to put on a unique theatre show based on his former bus tour of London, when he was a tour guide. After 2 auditions he was shortlisted for the next series in 2010. also in 2008 he met actor/producer Simon Phillips, and won the part of Detective Edwards in the second of the `Jack` films series, Jack Said. Boru stars in a leading role alongside actors Danny Dyer, David O`Hara, Terry Stone and Simon Phillips. The role is being carried over into the next `Jack` film, Jack Falls which is due to shoot in 2010 again with Boru playing Edwards. He has appeared on Irish and English TV shows talking about his relationship with former alleged Irish bank-robber Gerard Hutch. Boru has regular meets with Hutch when he is in Dublin, and it is believed that a book on the life of Hutch is in the planning. In 2009 he was asked by film director Liam Galvin to play a part in the film Killer Bitch.[6] Boru plays a porn film maker who gets murdered by former football bad boy Jason Marriner. Dave Courtney, Howard Marx, Roy Shaw and many more ex-gangsters are also featured in the film. The film raised issues when Cage Fighter Alex Reid shot a violent sex scene in a woods, with former Byker Grove actress Yvette Rowland. Reid was dating Katie Price (Jordan) and the press made an issue of the scene, it was alleged to be a rape scene and women's groups raised issues about such scenes in films.
Sean Boru is a regular visitor to his native Dublin and he is currently working on a factual book about the city. He is a full member of the prestigious Lillies Bordello, which is a known haunt of celebrities. He is a regular visitor to the Cannes Film Festival in France. Sean Boru lives in Halstead Essex and is separated from his second wife Lesley; he has 5 children. He writes a regular 2 page column in all of the 45 magazines issued monthly by the Fish Publishing Group, the magazines are at the high end of Life Style magazines covering 5 counties, Herts, Bucks, London, Essex and Kent. The readership is an estimated 2m. a full account of the magazines are at www.life-mags.com
His latest book is `The Little Book of Snooker`, which is a book about Snooker history, evolution, player biographies and fun stats, his friend Jimmy White MBE wrote the foreword. All the royalties are being used to provide free copies of his 2005 film `Sleeping With the Light On`, which is an information film for cancer patients that has been endorsed by celebs and doctors worldwide. The book was written with the help of Jimmy White M.B.E. who also launched the book with Sean in April 2010 at Waterstones in Epsom. He is currently working with another Irish writer on a novel about the legendary Fianna Warriors, and has subsequently been cast as an Irish gangster in an upcoming New York heist film, the film will also have Irish actor and former boxer Joe Egan in it who is a friend of Boru.
Sean Boru sadly died on the 14th February 2011.

Filmography


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David F. Friedman, American film producer (Blood Feast), died from heart failure he was , 87

David Frank Friedman  was an American filmmaker and film producer died from heart failure he was , 87.
 

(December 24, 1923 - February 14, 2011)

 

Life and career

Friedman first became interested in entertainment after spending parts of his childhood in Birmingham and Anniston, Alabama. traveling carnival sites. He met exploitation film pioneer Kroger Babb during his stay in the Army. This encounter got him interested in films. Working as a regional marketing man for Paramount he sensed the money in independent distributing and started his own company in the 1950s. His company mainly produced so-called Nudie Cuties, films such as Goldilocks and The Three Bares shot in nudist colonies being the closest thing to pornography legally available back then. This trend was followed by the sexploitation and "Roughie" genres, depicting simulated sex with a more violent edge, often horror- or crime-related. Examples of Friedman's roughies are The Defilers (1965),[2] The Lustful Turk (1968), The Head Mistress (1968) and The Adult Version Of Jekyll and Hide (1971, directed by Byron Mabe).[3] Helming one of those movies Friedman started his working relationship with Chicago based teacher and film maker Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Friedman went on to produce the latter's 1963 film Blood Feast, an American exploitation film often considered the first "gore" or splatter film. He was also the producer of two of the first Nazi exploitation films, Love Camp 7 (1969)[4] and Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS (1974), for which he refused to use his real name and was credited as Herman Traeger.[5][6]
With the advent of hard core porn as a commercial factor in the mid 1970s, Friedman began to slow down his output. His work ethic "Sell the sizzle not the steak" would not comply with actual intercourse shown on screen. Still he was president of an organization of Adult Film Makers.[7]
In the early 1990s, Seattle's Something Weird Video, owned by Mike Vraney, started to re-issue the work of David Friedman, getting him the attention of a new generation exploitation and b-movie collectors. He can be heard on the audio commentary track of some of the company's releases. In 2000, Friedman was featured alongside cult filmmakers Roger Corman, Doris Wishman, Harry Novak and others in the documentary SCHLOCK! The Secret History of American Movies, a film about the rise and fall of American exploitation cinema.
In 2001, he co-starred with long time business partner Dan Sonney in the documentary Mau Mau Sex Sex (IMDb entry).
Friedman died in Anniston, Alabama on February 14, 2011 at the age of 87.

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Catherine Masters, British supercentenarian, third-oldest living person in the UK, last living person born in Scotland in the 19th century died she was , 111.

Catherine Murray Millar Masters  was a British supercentenarian who became the last living person who was born in Scotland during the 19th century and the Victorian era died she was , 111..

( 23 November 1899 – 14 February 2011)

She was born in Dundee, the daughter of David Lyall Cromb (1875–1961),[1] an editor of the local Courier newspaper.[2] The family moved to London in 1908 (or 1909[1]) where her father eventually changed his career path to liteary agent.[2] Masters married twice, had a son, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.[3]
She married John McInnes in 1921 in London,[2] who worked for a tea importing company,[4] but McInnes died in 1962, and their son died of cancer in 1968. Her marriage to her second husband, Albert Masters, lasted from 1972 to his death in 1993. Following this she lived with one of her grandsons before he emigrated to South Africa in 2006.
A complaint to Buckingham Palace in 2009 that she had received a birthday card with the same design for five consecutive years led to a 40 minute visit, and a reported apology,[5] from Prince William[3] at the Grange Care Centre in Stanford-in-the-Vale, Oxfordshire, where she lived from around 2006.[6]
At the end of her life, Masters was the oldest living person born in Scotland and the third oldest person in the United Kingdom.[3] She died from complications following an operation to insert a heart pacemaker.[7

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Sir George Shearing, British-born American jazz pianist (Lullaby of Birdland), died from heart failure he was , 91.

Sir George Shearing, OBE was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records died from heart failure he was , 91. The composer of over 300 titles, he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s.[1]
He became known for a piano technique known as "Shearing's voicing," a type of double melody block chord, with an additional fifth part that doubles the melody an octave lower. Shearing credited the Glenn Miller Orchestra's reed section of the late 1930s and early 1940s as an important influence.
Shearing's interest in classical music resulted in some performances with concert orchestras in the 1950s and 1960s, and his solos frequently drew upon the music of Satie, Delius and Debussy for inspiration.
He died of heart failure on February 14, 2011 in New York City, at the age of 91.

(August 13, 1919 – February 14, 2011)

Early life

Born in Battersea, London, Shearing was the youngest of nine children. He was born blind to working class parents: his father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains in the evening. He started to learn piano at the age of three and began formal training at Linden Lodge School for the Blind, where he spent four years.[2]
Though offered several scholarships, Shearing opted to perform at a local pub, the Mason's Arms in Lambeth, for "25 bob a week"[3] playing piano and accordion. He even joined an all-blind band during that time and was influenced by the albums of Teddy Wilson and Fats Waller.[1] He made his first BBC radio appearance during this time after befriending Leonard Feather, with whom he started recording in 1937.[2] In 1940, Shearing joined Harry Parry's popular band and contributed to the comeback of Stéphane Grappelli. Shearing won seven consecutive Melody Maker polls during this time. Around that time he was also a member of George Evans's Saxes 'n' Sevens band.

U.S. years

In 1947, Shearing emigrated to the United States, where his harmonically complex style mixed swing, bop and modern classical influences. One of his first performances in the US was at the Hickory House. He performed with the Oscar Pettiford Trio and led a quartet with Buddy DeFranco, which led to contractual problems since Shearing was under contract with MGM and DeFranco with Capitol Records. In 1949, he formed the first 'George Shearing Quintet', a band with Margie Hyams (vibraphone), Chuck Wayne (guitar), later replaced by Toots Thielemans (listed as John Tillman—), John Levy (bass) and Denzil Best (drums) and recorded for Discovery, Savoy and MGM, including the immensely popular single "September in the Rain" (MGM), which sold over 900,000 copies; "my other hit" to accompany "Lullaby of Birdland". Shearing himself would write of this hit that it was "as accidental as it could be."[3]
In 1956, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[3] He continued to play with his quintet, with augmented players through the years, and recorded with Capitol until 1969. He created his own label, Sheba, that lasted a few years. Along with dozens of musical stars of his day, Shearing appeared on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom.

Later career

In 1970 he began to "phase out his by-now-predictable quintet"[1] and disbanded the group in 1978. One of his more notable albums during this period was The Reunion, with George Shearing (Verve 1976), made in collaboration with bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Rusty Jones, and featuring Stéphane Grappelli, the musician with whom he had debuted as a sideman decades before. Later, Shearing played with a trio, as a soloist and increasingly in a duo. Among his collaborations were sets with the Montgomery Brothers, Marian McPartland, Brian Q. Torff, Jim Hall, Hank Jones and Kenny Davern. In 1979, Shearing signed with Concord Records, and recorded for the label with Mel Tormé. This collaboration garnered Shearing and Tormé two Grammys, one in 1983 and another in 1984.

Personal life

Shearing was married twice, first to the former Trixie Bayes, with whom he was married from 1941 to 1973. Two years after his divorce he married his second wife, the singer Ellie Geffert. Geffert survived him after he died in 2011.[4]

Awards & honors

  • In 1993, received the Ivor Novello Awards for Lifetime Achievement.
  • In 1994, received honorary degree of Doctor of Music from Hamilton College in New York.
  • In 1996, was included in the Queens Birthday Honours List and was invested by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his "service to music and Anglo-US relations".
  • In 1998, received the first American Music Award by the National Arts Club, New York City.
  • In 2002, received an honorary degree of Doctor of Music from DePauw University in Indiana.
  • In 2003, received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from BBC Jazz Awards.[5]
  • In 2007, was knighted for services to music.

Discography

Filmography

  • 2003: George Shearing - Jazz Legend
  • 2004: George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland[6]
  • 2004: Swing Era - George Shearing
  • 2004: Joe Williams with George Shearing: A Song is Born[7]
  • 2005: Duo Featuring Neil Swainson

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Friday, April 8, 2011

John Strauss, American film and television composer (Amadeus, Car 54, Where Are You?), died from Parkinson's disease he was , 90

John Leonard Strauss  was an American television and film composer and music editor  died from Parkinson's disease he was , 90.

(April 28, 1920 - February 14, 2011)


Strauss co-wrote the theme song for the NBC television series, Car 54, Where Are You?, with Nat Hiken.[1] He also won a Grammy Award for his work as the producer of the soundtrack for the 1984 film, Amadeus.[2] He was also frequently collaborated with director Woody Allen in his films, including Take the Money and Run in 1969 and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) in 1972.[1]
Strauss was born in New York City on April 28, 1920.[2] He served in the United States Army in both North Africa and France during World War II.[2] He studied at Yale University with Paul Hindemith following the end of the war.[2]
In addition to co-writing the theme song for Car 54, Where Are You?, Strauss won an Emmy Award in sound editing for his work on the 1978 television movie, The Amazing Howard Hughes.[1] [2] He also wrote the theme song for The Phil Silvers Show.[2] Strauss appeared briefly as a orchestra conductor in the film, Amadeus.[2]
Strauss married actress Charlotte Rae on November 4, 1951, but the marriage end in divorce in 1976.[2] The couple had two children during their marriage. Strauss' partner, Lionel Friedman, died in 2003.[2]
A longtime resident of Los Angeles, Strauss died in that city on February 14, 2011, of Parkinson's disease at the age of 90.[1
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Dickey Betts died he was 80

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