Adney Y. Komatsu, American religious leader (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) died he was , 87.

Adney Yoshio Komatsu  was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1975 until his death  died he was , 87.. Komatsu was the first person of Asian descent to become a general authority of the LDS Church.

(August 2, 1923 – February 23, 2011)

Born of Japanese parents in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, Komatsu became a convert to the LDS Church in 1941 at age 17. He was the first Latter-day Saint of Japanese descent to become a bishop of the church. Later, Komatsu became the first person of Asian descent to serve as a Regional Representative of the Twelve Apostles. In 1965, Komatsu became the first person of Asian descent to preside over a mission of the Church; he was president of the church's Northern Far East Mission from 1965 to 1968.
On April 4, 1975, Church President Spencer W. Kimball asked Komatsu to become an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and a General Authority of the Church. In 1976, when the calling of Assistant to the Twelve was discontinued, Komatsu was ordained to the office of Seventy and became a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. He served in this capacity until October 1993, when he was given general authority emeritus status and excused from full-time ecclesiastical duties. During his tenure as a general authority, Komatsu served for several years as the president of the Tokyo Japan Temple.
Komatsu married Japan native Judy Nobue Fujitani in the Laie Hawaii Temple in 1950; the couple have four children. Komatsu died in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Jean Lartéguy, French soldier, war correspondent and writer died he was , 90.

Jean Lartéguy  was the nom de plume of Jean Pierre Lucien Osty, a French writer, journalist, and former soldier died he was , 90.. He was born in 1920 in Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne and died in 2011.^[2] Larteguy is credited with first envisioning the "ticking time bomb" scenario in his 1960 novel Les centurions.^[3]

(5 September 1920 – 23 February 2011)

Biography

Lartéguy was born into what he called "one of those families of poor mountain peasants whose names are found inscribed on war memorials, but not in history books." Both his father and uncle had served in the First World War. With his country conquered by the Germans, Lartéguy escaped from France into Spain in March 1942. He remained there for nine months and spent time in a Franquist jail before joining the Free French Forces as an officer in the 1st Commando Group (1er groupe de commandos). During the war, he fought in Italy; Vosges and Belfort, France; and Germany. He remained on active duty for seven years until becoming a captain in the reserves in order to enter the field of journalism. Lartéguy received numerous military awards, to include: Légion d'honneur, Croix de guerre 1939-1945, and the Croix de guerre T.O.E.
After his military service, Lartéguy worked as a war correspondent, particularly for the magazine Paris Match. He covered conflicts in Azerbaijan, Korea, Palestine, Indochina, Algeria, and Vietnam. In pursuit of a story, Lartéguy volunteered for the French Battalion and was wounded by an enemy hand grenade during the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. In Latin America, he reported on various revolutions and insurgencies, and in 1967 encountered Che Guevara shortly before his capture and execution. In the July 1967 issue of Paris Match, Lartéguy wrote a major article entitled "Les Guerilleros", where he wrote: "At a time when Cuban revolutionaries want to create Vietnam's all over the world, the Americans run the risk of finding their own Algeria in Latin America."
In 1955, he received the Albert Londres Prize for journalism.

Writing

His experiences as a soldier and war correspondent influenced his writing. Some of the most emphasized topics in his writing are decolonization, nationalism, the expansion of Communism, the state of post-war French society, and the unglamorous nature of war. Several of his book titles were translated into English, with the most successful being his Algerian War series: The Centurions and The Praetorians. The former was adapted into a major motion picture in 1966, entitled Lost Command and starred Anthony Quinn.
Also, with his novel The Centurions, Lartéguy is credited with being the first to envision the 'ticking time bomb' scenario, which has regained relevance in recent debates on the use of torture in a counter-terrorism role. His novels have been read by military professionals, to include General David Petraeus, in the new context of modern terrorism.

Bibliography

• La ville étranglée (1955)
• Les âmes errantes (1956)
• La tragédie du Maroc interdit (1957)
• Les dieux meurent en Algérie (1960)
• Les baladins de la Margeride (1962)
• Les mercenaires (1963) (Originally published as Du sang sur les collines, without success, reprinted with the new title after the success of Les centurions)
• Les chimères noires (1963), translated into English as The Hounds of Hell
• Guerre d'Algérie, two volumes

1. Les centurions (1963), translated into English as The Centurions, adapted into film as Lost Command
2. Les prétoriens (1964), translated into English as The Praetorians

• Le mal jaune (1965), translated into English as Yellow Fever, (Reprint of two previously published titles: La ville étranglée and Les âmes errantes)
• Un million de dollars le Viet (1965)
• Sauveterre (1966), translated into English
• Les guérilleros (1967)
• Les chimères noires (1967)
• Les tambours de bronze (1969), translated into English as The Bronze Drums
• Ces voix qui nous viennent de la mer (1969)
• Tout homme est une guerre civile, two volumes

1. Le prêtre astronome (1969)
2. Les libertadors (1970)

• Lettre ouverte aux bonnes femmes (1972)
• Les Rois mendiants (1975)
• Enquête sur un crucifié (1976)
• Tout l'or du diable (1976)
• Les rois mendiants (1977)
• Les naufragés du soleil, three volumes

1. Le gaur de la rivière noire (1978)
2. Le cheval de feu (1980)
3. Le baron céleste (1982)

• Dieu, l'or et le sang (1980)
• Le commandant du nord (1982)
• Marco Polo espion de Venise (1984)
• Soldats perdus et fous de Dieu, Indochine 1954-1955 (1986)
• L'or de Baal (1987)
• Tahiti (1988)
• Le Roi noir, (1991)
• Mourir pour Jérusalem (1995), (non-fiction)

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Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, Indian screenwriter and film producer died he was , 79,.

Mullapudi Venkata Ramana  was a Telugu story writer. He was especially known for his hilarious style of writing died he was , 79,.. He also created a child character called Budugu. Many other memorable characters like Radha, Gopalam, Contractor (in Muthyala Muggu), Tutti (in Mister Pellam) in Modern Telugu Literature/Cinema flown from the ink of this master writer's pen.
Mullapudi was also the dialogue, story and screenplay writer for many of the movies that came as a Bapu-Ramana combination. He was versatile in penning both heart-touching and rib-tickling dialogues.

(June 28, 1931 – February 23, 2011)

Biography

Early life

Ramana's childhood was mostly spent in Dhavaleswaram near Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Ramana had one elder sister and a younger brother. It was a happy family with no troubles until his father expired when Ramana was 9 years old.^[1] This turned their family status upside down and they shifted to Chennai (called Madras in those days) for better opportunities. Ramana's mother Mrs. Adilakshmi took all the pains to raise the family in such situation. Ramana's education and career happened in Madras itself.

Early career

After complete SSLC in Madras, Ramana have done many petty jobs before finally taking an first official job as a reporter in Andhra Patrika in 1953^[2] First, he was working for the "Daily" section of the news paper, and then shifted to "Weekkly" section. He was responsible for the "Cinema Page" section in the paper. That was the time when all the big names of Telugu literature like Nanduri Ramamohan Rao, Pilaka Ganapati Sastry, Surampudi Seetaram etc. were working for the same news paper. Due to the literary environment and friendship with all the poets/writers, Ramana's interest in writing was born and then he never turned back. That was the same time when he got introduced to film industry and befriended the famous stars of film fraternity.

Association with Bapu

Ramana’s association with Bapu on a career plane completes 60 years. They first met in 1942 in P.S. High School, Madras. They studied there in standards V and VI and then continued schooling at Kesari High School.Ramana’s first short story Amma Maata Vinakapothe was published in 1945 in Bala, a children's magazine published by Radio Annayya (Nyayapathi Raghava Rao),he was 14 then. Bapu illustrated the story. That was the beginning of their career as a writer-producer -illustrator- filmmaker duo”.
While Bapu achieved much of his fame sticking to a subtle style of artistic elegance, Ramana announced his entry through a bunch of talkative characters, who try to make no sense out of the sensible world around them, because of their askew point of view. Ramana is the dialogue, story and screenplay writer for many of the movies that came as a Bapu-Ramana combination. He provided an able foil, providing script/dialogue that suited bapu's visuals and this celebrated friendship and professional associatioon gave many good cinemas.

Autobiography

Kothi Kommachi is Ramana's Autobiography in a Book and Audio form. Just like the title, the story keep hoping different timelines and incidents.

Awards

He was awarded the Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award for the year 1995 from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai.

Death

Ramana died of old-age related illness in Chennai on February 23, 2011.

Filmography

This is partial list of his films. Kindly help expanding it.

Year	Film	Language	Credits
1962	Raktha Sambandham	Telugu	Writer
1963	Mooga Manasulu	Telugu	Writer
1964	Daagudumootalu	Telugu	Writer
1965	Preminchi Choodu	Telugu	Story
1966	Kanne Manasulu	Telugu	Story and Dialogues
1966	Navarathri	Telugu	Writer
1967	Poola Rangadu	Telugu	Story
1967	Prana Mithrulu	Telugu	Story and Dialogues
1967	Saakshi	Telugu	Writer
1968	Bangaru Pichika	Telugu	Writer
1969	Buddhimanthudu	Telugu	Story and Screenplay
1970	Balaraju Katha	Telugu	Dialogues
1971	Sampoorna Ramayanam	tTelugu	Writer
1973	Andala Ramudu	Telugu	Writer
1975	Muthyala Muggu	Telugu	Story
1976	Bhakta Kannappa	Telugu	Writer
1976	Jeevan Jyoti	Hindi	Story
1976	Seeta Kalyanam	Telugu	Writer
1978	Gorantha Deepam	Telugu	Story and Screenplay
1978	Manavoori Pandavulu	Telugu
1980	Hum Paanch	Hindi	Screenplay
1980	Kaliyuga Ravana Surudu	Telugu	Writer
1980	Rajadhi Raju	Telugu	Story and Screenplay
1980	Vamsa Vriksham	Telugu	Screenplay and Dialogues
1981	Radha Kalyanam	Telugu	Writer
1981	Thyagayya	Telugu	Writer
1982	Pelleedu Pillalu	Telugu	Story and Dialogues
1983	Manthrigari Viyyankudu	Telugu	Writer
1985	Bullet	Telugu	Story and Screenplay
1985	Jackie	Telugu	Writer
1986	Kalyana Thamboolam	Telugu	Writer
1991	Pelli Pusthakam	Telugu	Dialogues and Screenplay
1993	Mr. Pellam	Telugu	Writer
1993	Shrinatha Kavi Sarvabhowma	Telugu	Writer
1994	Pelli Koduku	Telugu	Writer
1996	Rambantu	Telugu	Writer
2005	Radha Gopalam	Telugu	Story and Dialogues
2008	Sundarakanda	Telugu	Story, Screenplay and Dialogues
2011	Sree Rama Raajyam	Telugu	Story and Dialogues

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Nirmala Srivastava, Indian spiritual leader, founder of Sahaja Yoga religious movement, died she was , 87

Nirmala Srivastava (née Nirmala Salve, more widely known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) was the founder of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement  died she was , 87.^[1] She proclaimed that she was the complete^[2] incarnation of the Adi Shakti, and is recognized as such by devotees in 140 countries.^[3][4]

(March 21, 1923 – February 23, 2011)

Early life

Nirmala Srivastava was born in Chindawara, India to Christian parents Prasad and Cornelia Salve. Her parents named her Nirmala, which means "immaculate".^[5][6] She said that she was born self-realised.^[7] Her father, a scholar of fourteen languages, translated the Koran to Marathi, and her mother was the first woman in India to receive an honours degree in mathematics.^[4] Nirmala Srivastava said she was descended from the royal Shalivahana/Satavahana dynasty.^[7] The Salve surname is one of a number included in the Satavahana Maratha clan.
Nirmala Srivastava passed her childhood years in the family house in Nagpur.^[8] In her youth she stayed in the ashram of Mahatma Gandhi.^[5] Like her parents, she was involved with the struggle for Indian independence and, as a youth leader when a young woman, was jailed for participating in the Quit India Movement in 1942.^[5][9][10] She studied at the Christian Medical College in Ludhiana and the Balakram Medical College in Lahore.^[8]
Shortly before India achieved independence in 1947, Nirmala married Chandrika Prasad Srivastava,^[9] a high-ranking Indian civil servant who later served Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri as Joint Secretary, and was bestowed an honorary knighthood by the Queen of England. They had two daughters, Kalpana Srivastava^[11] and Sadhana Varma.^[12] In 1961, Nirmala Srivastava launched the "Youth Society for Films" to infuse national, social and moral values in young people. She was also a member of the Film Censor Board.^[8]

Sahaja Yoga

Nirmala Srivastava was known to have been concerned with the damage being done to society by 'false gurus'^[13] and because of this visited a meditation camp in Nargol that was presided over by Rajneesh (later known as Osho). She "was shocked to see him loot people under the guise of spirituality"^[14] and said that he was mesmerizing people.^[15] The camp ran from 2 May to 5 May 1970, and Rajneesh led sessions in an early form of dynamic meditation, discoursed on kundalini and other matters, and answered a question about Sahaja Yoga.^[16]
Judith Coney wrote that Nirmala Srivastava can be seen in a video of the camp.^[17] Sudhir Kakar wrote that Nirmala Srivastava was "closely associated" with Rajneesh in her "apprenticeship years".^[18] Nirmala Srivastava said that she had also visited Muktananda and that Rajneesh was 'very much after' her.^[19] Interviewed in the movie "Nirmala Devi: Freedom and Liberation", Nirmala Srivastava said that these supposed spiritual people were greedy and promiscuous rather than spiritual and that this caused her to give up hopes and begin searching within herself.^[20]
Nirmala Srivastava said that while in Nargol, on May 5, 1970, she witnessed the rising of the Primordial Kundalini. Later she described the experience as follows: "I saw my kundalini rising very fast like a telescope opening out and it was a beautiful color that you see when the iron is heated up, a red rose color, but extremely cooling and soothing."^[21] She stated that the potential for all humanity to gain spiritual self awareness was realized at this time, which she characterizes as a "historical process of en-masse self-realization and inner transformation". Soon after she founded Sahaja Yoga in Mumbai.

Spreading of Sahaja Yoga

In 1972 Nirmala Srivastava sailed to the U.S. and warned against false gurus.^[8] In 1974 Chandrika Prasad Srivastava was elected to serve as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a United Nations agency based in London, serving a record 4 successive 4-year terms as Secretary-General from 1974 to 1989. After moving to London with her husband, Nirmala Srivastava worked with seven London hippies who became the first Western Sahaja Yogis.^[8] In 1979 Nirmala Srivastava declared herself to be the complete incarnation of the Adi (Primordial) Shakti or Holy Spirit to her devotees.^[22] She has also claimed to be Maitreya and the Mahdi.^[23] Nirmala Srivastava has been described as "a simple Indian housewife... with a motherly and compassionate personality".^[24]
In 1980 Nirmala Srivastava first toured Europe spreading Sahaja Yoga and in 1981 she toured Malaysia, Australia and North America – many other countries were to follow.^[8] In 1989, after the lifting of the Iron Curtain, Nirmala Srivastava began visiting Eastern Europe where Sahaja Yoga spread quickly.^[8] In 1995, Nirmala Srivastava was awarded an honorary doctorate in Cognitive and Parapsychological Sciences by the Ecological University of Bucharest, Romania.^[25] Also in 1995, Nirmala Srivastava gave a speech at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.^[26][27] In 1997 Claes Nobel, the founder of United Earth, spoke in strong support of Shri Mataji and Sahaja Yoga which he described as a reference point for determining right from wrong. He said he was very comfortable with Shri Mataji and her teachings quoting "you shall know the tree by its fruit" and described Sahaja Yogis as ambassadors for the earth.^[28]

Later work

In 1996 Nirmala Devi established the International Sahaja Yoga Health and Research Centre in Mumbai for the use of practitioners from all over the world. Sahaja Yoga methods are used to achieve better meditations and the technique is studied for its curing effects of various illnesses.^[29] In 2003 a charity house for the rehabilitation of destitute women was set up in Delhi (the Vishwa Nirmala Prem Ashram).^[30] In the same year Nirmala set up an international music school, the Shri P.K.Salve Kala Pratishthan, in Nagpur to promote classical music and fine art.^[31][4]
Until 2004, during her travels, Nirmala Srivastava gave numerous public lectures, pujas, and interviews to newspapers, television and radio. In 2004 the official website of Sahaja Yoga announced that Nirmala Srivastava had completed her work.^[32] She continued to give talks to her devotees^[33] and allowed them to offer her puja.^[34]
Nirmala Srivastava spoke on a number of occasions about the evils of alcohol.^[35] In Australia in October 2007 she spoke at length about the problems associated with alcohol, both in relation to society, its effects upon people and the dangers it poses to the family.^[36]
On 17 August 2005 the official Sahaja Yoga website reported that, on the eve on India's independence day, "an Indian flag was offered to Her and a prayer was recited for the divine blessings and protection of India."^[37] In 2007, two images showing the Indian national flag at the feet of Niramala Srivastava (with her husband seated beside) were circulated by youngsters^[38] on the social network Orkut, provoking "outrage" and "anger" according to one source.^[39] According to India's 1971 Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, it is an offence to show disrespect to the national flag or let it touch the ground. Rajendra Kumar, a trustee of Sahaja Yoga Trust issued an apology on behalf of Nirmala Devi. He said "it is inconceivable that any member of Shri Mataji's family would tolerate even the slightest disrespect to our National Flag".^[40]
Nirmala Srivastava passed away on February 23, 2011, in Genoa, Italy at the age of 87.^[4]

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Brian Bonsor, Scottish composer and music teacher died he was , 84.

James Brian Bonsor MBE  was a Scottish-born composer and teacher specialising in the recorder died he was , 84..

(21 August 1926 – 22 February 2011)

Life and career

Bonsor was born in Hawick in 1926. He was awarded an MBE in 2002 for services to teaching music, especially the recorder.^[1] The Enjoy the Recorder (Schott & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0901938718) book is widely used in schools. His compositions include arrangements for recorders of Mock Morris (Percy Grainger, 1985), Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber) and the Emperor Waltz (Johann Strauss, 1985). Bonsor was a musical director for the Society of Recorder Players^[2] starting in 1957.^[3]
Bonsor spent about 35 years in musical education, latterly as Regional Advisor. He also worked with the recording sisters Alison and Ashli Moody, who are both pianists made famous by their performances at Losa M'uania.^{[citation needed]}
Brian Bonsor wrote the piano piece Dreamy. His piece Feelin' Good was included in ABRSM's 05/06 grade 6 reportoire, and Willie Wagglestick's Walkabout for the ABRSM's 07/08 grade 7 reportoire.
Bonsor died in Hawick on 22 February 2011.^[4]

List of compositions

• Beguine For Descant, Treble Recorders & Piano 1959
• Dreamy for Piano
• Feelin' Good
• Willie Wagglestick's Walkabout
• Rumba for Descant + Treble Recorders & Piano
• Three Into 5 for Recorders and Piano
• Tig

List of arrangements

• Mock Morris
• Cats
• Emperor Waltz

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Nicholas Courtney, British actor (Doctor Who) died he was , 81.

William Nicholas Stone Courtney was a British television actor, most famous for playing Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who died he was , 81..^[3]

(16 December 1929 – 22 February 2011)

Early life

Courtney was born in Cairo, Egypt, the son of a British diplomat, and was educated in France, Kenya and Egypt. He served his National Service in the British Army, leaving after 18 months as a private, not wanting to pursue a military career. He next joined the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art,^[4] and after two years began doing repertory theatre in Northampton. From there he moved to London.
Prior to Doctor Who, Courtney made guest appearances in several cult television series, including The Avengers (1962, 1967), The Champions (1968) and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) and as a racing driver in Riviera Police (1965).

Doctor Who

Director Douglas Camfield originally considered Courtney for the role of Richard the Lionheart in The Crusade (1965), a role that ultimately went to Julian Glover, kept Courtney in mind for future casting. His first appearance in Doctor Who was in the 1965 serial The Daleks' Master Plan, directed by Camfield, where he played Space Security Agent Bret Vyon opposite William Hartnell as the Doctor. Camfield liked Courtney's performance, and when the director was assigned the 1968 serial The Web of Fear, he cast Courtney as Captain Knight. However, when David Langton gave up the role of Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart to work elsewhere, Camfield recast Captain Knight and gave the part to Courtney instead.^{[citation needed]}

Lethbridge-Stewart reappeared later that year in The Invasion, promoted to Brigadier and in charge of the British contingent of UNIT, an organization that protected the Earth from alien invasion. It was in that recurring role that he is best known, appearing semi-regularly from 1970 to 1975. Courtney made return appearances in the series in 1983, and his last Doctor Who television appearance was in 1989 in the serial Battlefield (although like many other former cast members, he returned to the role for the charity special Dimensions in Time). Coincidentally, he appeared with Jean Marsh in both his first and last regular Doctor Who television appearances.
Courtney has played Lethbridge-Stewart, either on television or in audio plays, alongside every subsequent Doctor up to and including Paul McGann, as well as substitute First Doctor Richard Hurndall. He did not appear in the revived series. While he has acted with Tenth Doctor actor David Tennant in the Big Finish audio dramas Sympathy for the Devil and UNIT: The Wasting, Tennant was playing a different character, Colonel Ross Brimmicombe-Wood, on both occasions. In 2000 he got back in uniform to recreate the character of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart for a couple of sketches in the third season of 'The Harry Hill Show'.^{[citation needed]}
The character is referenced in the Series 4 episode "The Poison Sky" and is said to be "stuck in Peru". Fifteen years after Dimensions in Time, Courtney returned as Lethbridge-Stewart (now, Sir Alistair), freshly returned from Peru, in "Enemy of the Bane", a two-part story in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures aired in December 2008, starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. The story pitted Sir Alistair and Sarah Jane against Commander Kaagh and Mrs. Wormwood who try to wake Horath using the Tanguska Scroll. It was intended by the Sarah Jane Adventures production team that Courtney would reappear in the following year's The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith so that Lethbridge-Stewart would meet the Tenth Doctor, but Courtney was recovering from a stroke and unable to take part.^[5]

After Doctor Who

Courtney continued to act extensively in theatre and television after his main Doctor Who appearances, guest-starring in such popular television programmes as Minder (1984), All Creatures Great and Small (1980, episode "Matters Of Life And Death"), Only Fools and Horses (1988) and Yes, Prime Minister (1986). In 1982 he was cast alongside Frankie Howerd in the World War II-set comedy series Then Churchill Said to Me but the series remained untransmitted for over a decade due to the outbreak of the Falklands War. He also had a regular role in the comedy French Fields between 1989 and 1991. He also appeared in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Earthsearch Mindwarp, based on a James Follett novel, broadcast on the digital radio station BBC 7.
He also appeared in an episode of the long-running BBC TV series The Two Ronnies alongside Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett as the character of 'Captain Dickie Chapman', a fellow prisoner-of-war (POW) in Colditz during World War II, in a sketch based on the original BBC serial, Colditz.
In 1985, Courtney played 'The Narrator' in The Rocky Horror Show. Amanda Redman also starred in the production as Janet. In 1989 he portrayed Temple in the BBC Radio 4 adaption of John Wyndham's Survival.
Courtney starred as Inspector Lionheart opposite fellow Doctor Who actor Terry Molloy in the audio series The Scarifyers, from Cosmic Hobo Productions. The first two Scarifyers adventures, The Nazad Conspiracy and The Devil of Denge Marsh, were broadcast on BBC 7 in 2007; the third, entitled For King and Country in 2008, and fourth, The Curse of the Black Comet, in 2010. He regularly made personal appearances at science fiction conventions and was also from 1997 the honorary president of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. His theatrical agent was former Doctor Who actress Wendy Padbury.^{[citation needed]}
In 1998, Courtney released his autobiography, titled Five Rounds Rapid! (ISBN 978-1852277826) after an infamous line of dialogue the Brigadier had in the 1971 Who serial The Dæmons. He recorded his memoirs, subtitled A Soldier in Time for release on CD in 2002 by Big Finish. In 2008 he appeared in the film Incendiary, as the Archbishop of Canterbury, alongside Ewan McGregor.
An updated autobiography, Still Getting Away With It (ISBN 978-1871330731), was published in 2005, with co-author Michael McManus. Until his death, he lived in London with his second wife, Karen.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Courtney's death was reported by SFX^[1] and The Stage^[2] early in the morning of 23 February 2011. The exact cause of death was not given in these early reports. Doctor Who audio play producers Big Finish, with whom Courtney had worked on several releases in his continuing role as the Brigadier, confirmed the date of his death as 22 February 2011.^[6] The BBC reported that he had "died in London at the age of 81".^[7] According to his official web site, he died following a long illness.^[8] Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss called him "a childhood hero and the sweetest of gentlemen".^[7] Former Doctor Tom Baker also paid tribute, having visited him on the Friday before his death. Baker wrote "We shall miss him terribly" in a newsletter on his website, in which he also indicated that Courtney had been battling cancer.^[9]

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Beau Dollar, American singer and drummer, died after a long illness he was , 69.

William Hargis Bowman, Jr. ,^[1] better known by his stage name, Beau Dollar, was a soul vocalist and drummer for King Records (USA) died after a  long illness he was , 69. . He performed on many studio albums for various artists under contract with King, including James Brown. His most prominent work was performed as Beau Dollar & The Dapps and Beau Dollar & The Coins.

(April 21, 1941 – February 22, 2011)

Beau Dollar & The Dapps were formed in Cincinnati in 1965, where they often played the famous Living Room nightclub. The band consisted of Bowman, Eddie Setser, Charles Summers, Tim Hedding, Ron Geisman, Les Asch, and David Parkinson.^[2] The band found success after being discovered by James Brown the same year they were formed. Under Brown's direction, the band produced their first single, "It's A Gas." However, Brown's long-running dispute with King caused the single to be shelved. At the same time, the band also worked with Hank Ballard, who had left The Midnighters in search of solo success. In 1967, they released two singles, "Bringing Up The Guitar" and "There Was A Time" with Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis.
The Dapps eventually broke up in 1969. Brown replaced the band with The Pacesetters, who eventually became the JB's.
Beau Dollar & The Coins had some success with "Soul Serenade" in 1966 (a cover of the King Curtis 1964 single).
Beau Dollar's only solo credited song was "Who Knows" (which is believed to have been backed by The Dapps) in 1970. Beau Dollar also played with Lonnie Mack in the early 60s.

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