Big Jack Johnson, American guitarist and blues singer died he was , 70.

Big Jack Johnson  was an American electric blues musician died he was , 70..

(July 30, 1940 – March 14, 2011) 

Biography

Johnson was born in Lambert, Mississippi. His father was a local musician playing both blues and country ditties at local functions. At the age of 13, Johnson junior was playing guitar with his father's band. By 18, Johnson followed B.B. King's electrified lead. His break came when he sat in with Frank Frost and Sam Carr at the Savoy Theatre in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The trio were seldom apart for the next 15 years, recording for Phillips International and Jewel Records with Frost as the bandleader.^[3]
In 1979, Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, was released (as by the Jelly Roll Kings) and marked Johnson's first recordings as a singer. Johnson's subsequent 1987 album for Earwig Music, The Oil Man, included his recording of "Catfish Blues."^[3] He has recorded both solo and as a member of the blues groups the Jelly Roll Kings^[2] and Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers (with poet/musician Dick Lourie).
He performed and wrote "Jack's Blues" and performed "Catfish Medley" with Samuel L. Jackson on the Black Snake Moan, film soundtrack.^[4] Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home?, his ambitious 1990 set for Earwig, found him tackling issues as varied as AIDS, wife abuse, and Chinese blues musicians.^[3]
Johnson died from an undisclosed illness on March 14, 2011. According to family members, he had struggled with health issues in his final years, worsening to the point that there were erroneous reports of his death several times in the weeks prior to his death.

Partial discography

• The Oil Man (1987)
• Rooster Blues (1987)
• Daddy, When Is Mama Comin' Home (1991)
• We Got to Stop This Killin' (1996)
• Live in Chicago (1997)
• All the Way Back* (1998)
• Live In Chicago* (1998)
• Roots Stew* (2000)
• The Memphis Barbecue Sessions (2002)
• Black Snake Moan (2007)

Source:^[5]

Filmography

• The Jewish Cowboys (2003) (TV)
• Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads (1992)

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Giora Leshem, Israeli poet and publisher died he was , 71.

Giora Leshem (born Moshe Giora Rotstein;)  was an award-winning Israeli poet and translator and one of the founders of the Keshev poetry publishing house. At the time of his death, Keshev was the largest independent book publisher in Israel.

(3 February 1940–14 March 2011)

Education and experience

Leshem was born in Tel Aviv, British Mandate Palestine. He studied chemistry and biology at Bar-Ilan University, and then statistics and physics at Columbia University in New York. In addition, he studied computer operating systems at IBM. He taught at the Kfar Silver Youth Village and also at the Ort Educational Institute. He also participated in the development of medical software applications. He was a proofreader for the Davar newspaper and an editor and translator for the Al HaMishmar newspaper.

Literary career

Leshem has published five books of poetry (the latest of which, הנה ימים באים, Behold, The Days Are Coming was published by Keshev in 2007) and two books connected with the subjects of literature and poetry. He has also translated many books of poetry, prose and analysis, including William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, which he translated twice, in 1968 for the Eked Publishing House and 30 years later for Keshev. In 1989, he edited the Rav Kol anthology, which was published with the assistance of the Israeli Authors Associations. In 1992, together with Moshe Dor and Barbara Goldberg, he was the editor of an anthology of Israeli poetry that was translated to English and published under the title, The Stones Remember, which won the Witter Bynner Foundation Award in the United States and was selected by Choice Magazine in Australia as an "Outstanding Academic Book" in l993.
In 1997, Leshem was one of the founders of the Keshev Poetry Publishing House, together with poets Raffi Weichart and Moshe Dor. The publishing house focuses on quality original and translated poetry. Leshem stopped his activities in the publishing house in 2008. In addition, Leshem was general secretary of the Hebrew Authors Association from 1986–87 and won a variety of awards for his creations, among which are the Bernstein Prize (3 times), the ACUM Poetry Prize (twice), the Golden Feather Award, and the Prime Minister's Award in 1985 and in 2003.

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G. Alan Marlatt, American professor, died from kidney failure he was , 69

Gordon Alan Marlatt, Ph.D.  was Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington and Director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at that institution died from kidney failure he was , 69. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1941, he received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Indiana University in 1968. After serving on the faculties of the University of British Columbia (1968-1969) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1969-1972), he joined the University of Washington faculty in the fall of 1972. He conducted pioneering research in three areas: harm reduction, brief interventions, and relapse prevention.

(November 26, 1941 – March 14, 2011)
 
In 1996, Dr. Marlatt was appointed as a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). He served as the President of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors from 1983-1984; President of the Section for the Development of Clinical Psychology as an Experimental-Behavioral Science of the Society of Clinical Psychology (Division 12 of the American Psychological Association), 1985-1986; and President of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, 1991-1992.
Marlatt's books include Alcoholism: New Directions in Behavioral Research and Treatment (1978), Relapse Prevention: Maintenance strategies in the treatment of addictive behaviors (1985, 2005), Assessment of Addictive Behaviors (1985; 2005), Addictive Behaviors Across the Lifespan (1993), Harm Reduction: Pragmatic Strategies for Managing High-Risk Behaviors (1998), Changing Addictive Behavior (1999), and Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) Manual (1999), The Tao of Sobriety: Helping You to Recover from Alcohol and Drug Addiction (2002), and Therapist's Guide to Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention (2007). In addition, he published over 200 book chapters and journal articles and served on the editorial boards of numerous professional journals, including the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Addictive Behaviors, and Journal of Studies on Alcohol.
Marlatt received continuous funding for his research from a variety of agencies including the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the ABMRF/The Foundation for Alcohol Research, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In 1990, Marlatt was awarded The Jellinek Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to knowledge in the field of alcohol studies from the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism. In 2001, he was given the Innovators in Combating Substance Abuse Award by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and in 2004 he received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism. He received the Distinguished Psychologist award for Professional Contribution to Knowledge from the Washington State Psychological Association in 1990 and the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology in 2000.
Marlatt died on March 14, 2011 of kidney failure in Seattle, Washington.

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Larry Zolf, Canadian journalist and humorist died he was , 76

Larry Zolf  was a Canadian journalist and commentator  died he was , 76.

(July 19, 1934 – March 14, 2011)
 
Zolf was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[1] He earned a B.A. from the University of Winnipeg, and then received a Masters degree in Canadian history from the University of Toronto. In 1962, he joined the CBC. During the 1960s he was one of the hosts of the CBC's controversial current-affairs show This Hour Has Seven Days and its replacement series Sunday.^[1]
In 1965, Zolf's documentary on computers won the Anik Award.^[1] This documentary was later rebroadcast as one of Canada's 100 best documentaries on the 50th anniversary of the National Film Board.
During the Munsinger Affair, a 1966 sex scandal involving former federal Minister of Defence Pierre Sévigny, Zolf showed up on Sévigny's doorstep in pursuit of the story, and Sévigny promptly hit Zolf over the head with his cane.^[1]
In 1970, Zolf covered the October Crisis in Quebec for the CBC.
In October 1971, Zolf invited feminist Germaine Greer and anti-abortion politician Joe Borowski on his program to discuss the emergence of second-wave feminism. During the program, however, Zolf launched his own attack on Greer, accusing her of "ignoring ethnic and class differences among women." Greer responded by accusing him of fabricating sections of her book (The Female Eunuch, in fact, contained no "section" on truck drivers) and told him, "I never suggested any such thing. I cannot have you sitting here distorting my book for the people who are foolish enough to think that you know about things."^[2]
Though he was raised in a socialist milieu and maintained a strong sympathy for labour, Zolf described himself politically as "a Diefenbaker, Bill Davis, Dalton Camp Red Tory."^[3] He worked for Camp^[3] in the late 1960s after the cancellation of This Hour Has Seven Days.
While retired from the CBC, he continued to contribute a column to the CBC's website until 2007. After leaving CBC Online he contributed occasional opinion pieces to the National Post. He also published several books during his lifetime, including memoirs and works of humorous political commentary.
Zolf is the father of David Zolf, and award-winning poet Rachel Zolf.

Bibliography

• Dance of the Dialectic (1973)
• Just Watch Me: Remembering Pierre Trudeau (1984)
• Survival of the Fattest: An Irreverent View of the Senate (1985)
• Scorpions for Sale (1989)
• Zolf (1999)
• The Dialectical Dancer (2010)

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Sir Michael Gray, British army general died he was , 78.

Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Gray KCB, OBE, DL  was a senior British Army officer who was GOC South East England from 1985 to 1988, Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment from 1990 to 1993 and Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1995 to 1998 died he was , 78..

(3 May 1932 – 13 March 2011)

Michael Stuart Gray was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire. His father Lieutenant Frank Gray, RNVR was killed in action in 1940. He was educated at Beverley Grammar School, Christ's Hospital, Horsham and at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
He enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1950. He was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1952 and served in Malaya for two years during the Malayan Emergency. He transferred to the Parachute Regiment in 1955 and served in Cyprus, Suez, Jordan, Greece, Bahrain, Aden and Northern Ireland. Gray commanded the 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment from 1969 to 1971. He was Chief of Staff of 1st Armoured Division, BAOR from 1973 to 1975 before attending the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1976. He was the last Commander of the 16th Parachute Brigade in 1977.
Gray was Head of British Army Staff and Military Attache in Washington and Military Advisor to the Governor of Bermuda from 1979 to 1981. He was GOC South West District which included command of the United Kingdom Mobile Force from 1981 to 1983. He was Chief of Staff, BAOR at Rheindahlen from 1984 to 1985.
Gray was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1985 and was GOC South East England and Commander of Joint Forces HQ at Aldershot until he retired from the Army in 1988. He was Honorary Colonel of 10th Parachute Battalion from 1984 to 1988 and Deputy Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment from 1986 to 1990.
He was Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment from 1990 to 1993. He was Chief Executive of Rainford Developments from 1990 to 1994. He organised the airborne forces contribution to the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings on D Day, 6 June 1944. Gray was awarded the French Légion d'honneur in 1994. He was Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1995 to 1998. He was Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1997.
He became Chairman of the Airborne Assault Normandy Trust, which seeks to preserve the history of 6th Airborne Division in Normandy, in 1972. He had a leading role in the founding of a museum at Pegasus Bridge and in the restoration of the Merville Battery site.
He was associated with more than 30 charitable organisations including those for former members of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces. He lived in Pocklington, Yorkshire.
He was appointed KCB in 1986 and OBE in 1970.
Sir Michael Gray died 13 March 2011 at York District Hospital.^[1]

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Brian Lanker, American photojournalist, died from pancreatic cancer he was , 63.

Brian Lanker was an American photographer. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a black-and-white photo essay on childbirth for The Topeka Capital-Journal, including the photograph "Moment of Life".^[1] Lanker died at his home in Eugene, Oregon on March 13, 2011 after a brief bout of pancreatic cancer. He was 63.
His work appeared in Life and Sports Illustrated, as well as book projects, including I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America, and Track Town, USA.^[4] He was the graphics director for The Register-Guard newspaper in Eugene from 1974 to 1982.^[4]
Lanker is the father of musician Dustin Lanker.^[5]

 

(August 31, 1947 – March 13, 2011)

Works

Lanker, Brian (1999). I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang. ISBN 1556709234.

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Rick Martin Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings), died from a heart attack he was , 59.

 Richard Lionel Martin was a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who played in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings for 11 seasons between 1971 and 1982 died from a heart attack he was , 59.. He was perhaps most famous for playing on the Sabres' French Connection line with Gilbert Perreault and Rene Robert.

 ( July 26, 1951 – March 13, 2011)

 

Playing career

Martin was drafted fifth overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft after a junior career with the Montreal Junior Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). He played 685 career NHL games, scoring 384 goals and 317 assists for 701 points. His best season was the 1974–75 NHL season when he scored 52 goals and 95 points in only 68 games. Martin scored at least 44 goals five times in his NHL career. Martin was selected to play in seven consecutive National Hockey League All-Star Games (1971–72, through 1977–78) and was selected as the official NHL All-Star First Team left wing in 1973–74 and 1974–75 and the official NHL All-Star Second Team left wing in 1975–76 and 1976–77.^[1] Martin holds the Buffalo Sabres franchise career records for hat tricks, four-goal games, 40-goal seasons, consecutive 40-goal seasons, 50-goal seasons (tied with Danny Gare), consecutive 50-goal seasons.^[2][3]
Martin was involved in probably one of the three most frightening injuries on Buffalo home ice (the others being when Clint Malarchuk's and Richard Zednik's in separate incidents each had their jugular vein lacerated). Dave Farrish of the New York Rangers hooked Martin around the neck from behind and kicked Martin's feet out from under him, causing Martin to hit his head on the ice. He was knocked unconscious, and went into convulsions. After that play, helmets became a much more common sight on the heads of his Sabre team-mates.
On November 8, 1980, his career was dealt a cataclysmic blow. In a game against the Washington Capitals in the Aud, Martin was racing in on a breakaway. Capitals forward Ryan Walter managed to trip Martin and no penalty was called. Capitals goalie Mike Palmateer, already way out of his crease, knocked Martin back down by kicking his knee, causing severe cartilage damage from which Martin would never fully recover.^[4]
Martin underwent surgery in Toronto and on March 10, 1981, Scotty Bowman traded Martin and Don Luce to the Kings for a pair of draft picks, one of which the Sabres used to get goalie Tom Barrasso in 1983. Martin played four games for the Los Angeles Kings before hanging up the skates. His number 7 was retired along with Rene Robert's #14 on November 15, 1995, flanking the #11 of Gilbert Perreault under a French Connection banner. On Oct. 25, 2005, Martin was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.^[5] In 2010, in commemoration of the Sabres' 40th season, The Buffalo News ranked Martin number 4 out of the top 40 Sabres of all time, while he was voted #5 by fans.^[6] After his untimely death in 2011, the Sabres honored his memory by painting the number 7, the number Martin wore for most of his career with Buffalo, behind each goal at the HSBC Arena for the duration of the 2010-11 season.^[7]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1968–69	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA		52	22	21	43	27		—	—	—	—	—
1969–70	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA		34	23	32	55	10		—	—	—	—	—
1970–71	Montreal Junior Canadiens	OHA		60	71	51	122	106		—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		73	44	30	74	39		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		75	37	36	73	79		6	3	2	5	12
1973–74	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		78	52	34	86	38		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		68	52	43	95	72		17	7	8	15	20
1975–76	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		80	49	37	86	67		9	4	7	11	12
1976–77	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		66	36	29	65	58		6	2	1	3	9
1977–78	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		65	28	35	63	16		7	2	4	6	13
1978–79	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		73	32	21	53	35		3	0	3	3	0
1979–80	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		80	45	34	79	54		14	6	4	10	8
1980–81	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		23	7	14	21	20		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		1	1	1	2	0		1	0	0	0	0
1981–82	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		3	1	3	4	2		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				685	384	317	701	477		63	24	29	53	74

 Personal life

Rick and his wife were owners of Globalquest Solutions and Globalquest Staffing Solutions in Williamsville, New York.^[8]
Martin owned a bar/restaurant called Slapshot on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Rick Martin died on March 13, 2011, in Clarence, New York, from a heart attack while driving, a complication of hypertensive arteriosclreotic cardiovascular disease.^[9] He was 59 years old. He is survived by his wife Mikey, and his sons Cory, Josh, and Erick.^[10][11][12]

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