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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Navin Nischol, Indian actor, died from a heart attack he was , 65

Navin Nischol  was an Indian actor. He made his debut with the Hindi film Sawan Bhadon in 1970  died from a heart attack he was , 65.

 

(18 March 1946 – 19 March 2011)

Early life

He studied in Rashtriya Military School Bangalore erstwhile King George Royal India Military College, Bangalore. He was the first gold medalist from the Film and Television Institute of India to make it big. He starred in several superhits, such as Victoria No. 203 (1972) and Dhund (1973). At one time, he was popularly known as the "poor man's Rajesh Khanna" - an allusion to his being an inferior copy of the much-more-in-demand Rajesh Khanna. Later on, Nischol switched over to character roles and carved out a successful career for himself in television. One of his most successful serials on television was "Dekh Bhai Dekh", co-starring Sushma Seth, Shekhar Suman and Farida Jalal.[1] He also starred in the Punjabi films Aasra Pyar Da (1983) and Mahaul Theek Hai (1999).

Personal life

Navin studied at the Bangalore Military School. He was first married to Dev Anand's niece, Neelu Kapur, sister of Shekhar Kapur. After Neelu found out that Navin was having an affair with starlet Padmini Kapila, she divorced him, and turned to Christianity. Shortly after that Padmini started having an affair with director Prakash Mehra, and broke up with Navin. Navin then had an affair with Pimma, a Delhi-based married woman with two children. Navin married divorcee Geetanjali. On 24 April 2006, Geetanjali hanged herself at her residence. She blamed both Navin and his brother, Pravin, for her suicide.[2]
Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March 2011 en route from Mumbai to Pune. He was 65 years old when he died.[3]

Filmography


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Jim Roslof, American artist (Dungeons & Dragons), died from cancer. he was , 64

James Paul "Jim" Roslof  was an American artist and graphic designer particularly well-known for cover art and interior illustrations of fantasy role-playing games published by TSR, Inc. during the "golden age" of Dungeons & Dragons  died from cancer. he was , 64. As Art Director at TSR in the early 1980s, he was also responsible for hiring many of the young artists who would go on to prominent careers in the fantasy role-playing industry.
As a fantasy artist, one of Roslof's best known pieces of artwork is his cover for Keep on the Borderlands, of which more than one million copies were sold.

 

(November 21, 1946 – March 19, 2011)

Before TSR

Jim Roslof was born November 21, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois to Edward E. and Gertrude (Kibitlewski) Roslof.[1]
Early in his career in the late 1960s, Jim Roslof was a contributor of cover art to the counterculture underground newspaper Chicago Seed.[2]

At TSR

By 1979, Roslof had joined Erol Otus, Bill Willingham, Jeff Dee, Paul Reiche and Evan Robinson as a staff artist at TSR, Inc. in Lake Geneva WI. Over the next year,[3] he provided interior art for
Roslof also provided the cover art for some of AD&D's greatest adventures:


The last of these is perhaps Jim's best known work, since the adventure was included in later printings of the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set[5], of which over one million copies were sold.[6]
In May 1981, despite the large amount of artwork needed for an ever-increasing number of company products, temperamental TSR manager Kevin Blume fired two of the six staff artists, Paul Reiche and Evan Robinson, on what TSR editor Steve Winter described as "trumped-up charges of insubordination".[7] When Bill Willingham and Jeff Dee complained, they were also fired, leaving only Roslof and Erol Otus as the art department. Roslof was promoted to Art Director, but instead of simply staying with the style of art that had defined TSR products since 1975, Roslof hired a cadre of brilliant artists whose artwork would define TSR to a generation, and who would all go on to successful careers as fantasy artists: Jim Holloway, Larry Elmore, Jeff Easley, Harry Quinn, Keith Parkinson, Tim Truman and Clyde Caldwell. Parkinson recalled how he was hired: "I drove up one day to see if I could do some freelance work. Jim Roslof, who was the Art Director, hinted that I could join the staff full-time, but I missed the hint. A few days later, I called him about a job, and he had just hired somebody else the day before, but he’d keep me in mind. The next day, he called back, and had an opening."[8]
The artists gathered in what TSR staffers called "the pit". As Scott Taylor recalled, the pit was "a place of creation for all the onsite artists of the growing company. Here countless worlds were born among rubber-band wars and constant deadline pressure. Still, the pit was a place of ultimate creation, a venue where artists worked together for inspiration, guidance, and commiseration in a time before the internet gave purchase to a web of greater connection."[9]
In addition to giving direction to many disparate projects, Roslof also continued to provide artwork for TSR, including In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords, the hardcover book Fiend Folio published by TSR UK, Descent into the Depths of the Earth, Dwellers of the Forbidden City and the Dungeoneer's Survival Guide. He also provided some of the artwork for TSR's Monster Cards,[10] including original depictions for monsters such as the wemic,[11] and in 1986 produced illustrations for the first issue of Dungeon.[3]

After TSR

After leaving TSR, Roslof moved to Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Some of his art was used in the Blood Wars Card Game.[12] In 2005, Goodman Games began to publish a series of D&D adventures called "Dungeon Crawl Classics".[13] Although they used an up-to-date version of rules, they were a deliberate throwback in content and style to TSR's "dungeon crawl" adventures of the 1970s and early 1980s. Several authors from TSR's heyday, including Monte Cook and Dave Arneson were hired to write adventures, and artists such as Roslof, Jim Dee and Jim Holloway provided artwork. Roslof contributed cover art to two of the adventures, Dungeon Crawl Classics #29: The Adventure Begins (2006), and Dungeon Crawl Classics # 43: Curse of the Barrens (2007).[3]
As well as creating fantasy artwork, Roslof was also a professional graphic designer[1] and inventor, with several patent applications for merchandising systems he worked on for DCI Marketing, Inc., the retail marketing subsidiary of IMI plc.[14][15]

Personal life

Jim Roslof married Laura S. Miller on April 25, 1968 in Aptos, California; they had three children, and four grandchildren at the time of his death.[1]
Laura Roslof was also involved in the creation of artwork for Dungeons & Dragons products, including the recalled version of Palace of the Silver Princess, and currently runs a stained glass art studio in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.[16]
Roslof died at his home in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, on Saturday March 19, 2011.[1]

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Bob Rush, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Chicago White Sox) died he was , 85

Robert Ransom Rush was a professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from 1948-60 died he was , 85.

(December 21, 1925 – March 19, 2011)

Rush played for the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago White Sox.
On June 11, 1950, Rush and pitcher Warren Spahn of the Braves each stole a base against each other; no opposing pitchers again stole a base in the same game until May 3, 2004, when Jason Marquis and Greg Maddux repeated the feat.[2][3]
Rush was an All-Star selecton in 1950 and 1952. Rush was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, and died in Mesa, Arizona.

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Leonard Webb, British politician, Mayor of Thame (1975–1979) died he was , 89.

Leonard James Webb  was a British World War II veteran who was present at the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945 died he was , 89..

 

(16 April 1921 – 19 March 2011)

Biography

Early life

Webb was born in 1921, the second son of William and Lillian Webb, in Cologne, Germany where his father was serving as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant in the then 14th King's Hussars while on duty in the occupation of the Rhine. In 1924 his father's regiment moved back to Tidworth, Wiltshire until he was demobbed in 1927, and the Webb family moved to William Webb's native Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.[citation needed]
Leonard Webb attended Long Crendon County School until the age of 14 with the idea of trying for a place as a pilot in the RAF. Unfortunately he failed the exam for an RAF apprenticeship, at RAF Halton in Aylesbury, being offered a place as a boy entrant instead which he accepted but was rejected later due to colour blindness.[citation needed]

World War II

Webb joined the army on 17 April 1941, the day after his 20th birthday, he reported to Bulford Barracks where he underwent 4 months of drilling and square bashing he was posted to a holding company, later to pass his driving test and become T262475 Driver Webb.
As the driver to Brigadier Glyn Hughes the Deputy Director of Medical Services for the British Second Army, who was in charge of relief operations in Bergen-Belsen, Webb witnessed some of the horrors for which the Holocaust is remembered. The relief work he and his staff faced was a monumental task of feeding tens of thousands of former prisoners, reducing the mortality rate and preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Burying the bodies became an overwhelming task. The British forced SS guards to remove and inter the corpses in mass graves, but soon bulldozers were used to complete the task.

Post World War II

Later on in life, he was also the mayor of Thame from 1975-79. In December 1999 he was made the first Honorary Citizen of Thame, in recognition of his long, exemplary and outstanding public service to the people of Thame, both as a citizen and a councillor.

Medals

Career

  • Serving from 1969 to 1995 as a Thame Councillor
  • Serving from 1977 to 1991 as a Thame District Councillor
  • Mayor of Thame from 1975 to 1979; Deputy Mayor on two occasions
  • School Governor of John Hampden school in 1969, serving for 26 years, including as Chairman from 1975 to 1990
  • Becoming a Trustee of The Thame Barns Centre - 1990
  • Chairman of The Friends of Meadowcroft - 2000
  • Chairing the Thame Golden Jubilee Festival Organising committee - 2002

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Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Monegasque princess died she was , 90

Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Countess of Polignac, Baroness of Massy (Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne Grimaldi;)was a non-dynastic member of the princely family of Monaco and the elder sister of Prince Rainier III and aunt of Albert II, Prince of Monaco died she was , 90. Her parents were Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.
She was born in Paris of French, Mexican, Spanish, German, Scottish, English, Dutch, and Italian ancestry.


(28 December 1920 – 18 March 2011)

Children

Princess Antoinette had a long-term liaison with Alexandre-Athenase Noghès, a Monegasque-born attorney and international tennis champion, in the mid 1940s. Three out-of-wedlock children were born from this union, who were included in the line of succession to the Monegasque Throne until the death of Rainier III in 2005:

Marriages

  1. Princess Antoinette and Alexandre Noghès subsequently married in Genoa on 4 December 1951 (her first, his second) and divorced in 1954.
    On 15 November 1951, Antoinette was created Baroness of Massy (Baronne de Massy). Her children (Elisabeth-Anne, Christian and Christine) were named Grimaldi at birth. They subsequently had their names changed to de Massy. They claim the title of Baron/Baroness through their mother, but they are not entitled to it.[4]
  2. She married her second husband, Dr. Jean-Charles Rey (Monaco, 22 October 1914 - Monaco, 17 September 1994), president of the Conseil National, the Parlement de Monaco in The Hague on 2 December 1961 and they divorced in 1974.
  3. Her third and last husband was John Gilpin (Southsea, Hampshire, 10 February 1930 - London, 5 September 1983), a British ballet dancer, whom she married in Monaco on 28 July 1983. He died suddenly six weeks later.

Life account


Having divorced[dubious – discuss] Noghès, she and her lover Jean-Charles Rey hatched a plan to depose her brother Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and declare herself Regent on the basis of having a son who would one day inherit the throne. She circulated rumours that Rainier's fiancee, actress Gisèle Pascal, was infertile. This led to the breakup of the relationship.[5]
Rainier's marriage to Grace Kelly in 1956 and the arrival of his heirs, Princess Caroline in 1957 and Prince Albert in 1958, effectively scuttled Antoinette's plans. She was removed from the Palace by her sister-in-law, Princess Grace and thereafter was estranged from the princely family for many years.[citation needed]
She was known to be somewhat eccentric, even having been described as "completely mad" by her servants. Having been banished from Monaco in the late 1950s, she lived down the coast from Monaco at Èze, with a large collection of dogs and cats. She was the president of Monaco's Society for the Protection of Animals. [6]
Upon the death of Rainier III in 2005, Antoinette and her descendants lost their place in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, due to the 2002 amendment of the succession rules.[citation needed]

Death

On 18 March 2011 Princess Antoinette died at The Princess Grace Hospital Centre, aged 90.[6] Her funeral took place on 24 March 2011 at 10 a.m. She was buried in Chapel of Peace, in Monaco.

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Ze'ev Boim, Israeli Knesset member, died from cancer.he was , 67.


Ze'ev Boim  was an Israeli politician  died from  cancer.he was , 67.. He was the mayor of Kiryat Gat before becoming a Knesset member for Likud and later Kadima. Boim was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Minister of Housing and Construction and Minister of Immigrant Absorption.[1]

 

(30 April 1943 – 18 March 2011)

Biography

Ze'ev Boim was born in Jerusalem during the British Mandate era. He served as a company commander in the Israel Defense Forces Armored Corps. He earned a BA in History and Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Boim was the principal of the Rogozin comprehensive High School in Kiryat Gat.
He served as mayor of Kiryat Gat, as well as Chairman of the Municipal Environmental Quality Association of Ashkelon District; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Economic Company of Kiryat Gat; and Chairman of the Directorate of the Inter Regional Industrial Park of Kiryat Gat and Hevel Lakhish.
Boim was married with four children. His son Amir died while serving the IDF. He died of cancer in March of 2011 at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.[2]

Political career

In 1996, Boim was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list, serving as the party's whip, head of the Negev Lobby, and head of the Knesset Delegation to the Annual Dialogue between Israel and the European Parliament during his first term. After being re-elected in 1999, he served as coalition and Likud faction chairman.
He was re-elected again in 2003 and served as Deputy Minister of Defense from March 2003 until January 2006. In 2005 he defected to the new Kadima party while still retaining his ministerial position. In January 2006 he became Minister of Housing and Construction and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, serving in both positions until May. He was re-elected in 2006, and was then appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption, before returning to the Housing and Construction portfolio in 2007. Placed sixth on Kadima's list, he retained his seat in the 2009 elections.

Controversy

In 2004, responding to a question about terrorism and Islamic political violence, Boim remarked: "What is it about Islam as a whole and the Palestinians in particular? Is it some form of cultural deprivation? Is it some genetic defect? There is something that defies explanation in this continued murderousness." He was criticized for this statement by many members of the government, among them Meimad leader MK Rabbi Michael Melchior, who said that Boim's comment was racist and against the tenets of Judaism. [3]He later apologized for his remarks, saying he was speaking after a recent Palestinian attack and was overwhelmed by the scope of the bloodshed at the time.[4]

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Warren Christopher, American diplomat, Secretary of State (1993–1997), died from complications from kidney and bladder cancer he was , 85.

Warren Minor Christopher  was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician  died from complications from kidney and bladder cancer he was , 85.. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. He also served as Deputy Attorney General in the Lyndon Johnson administration, and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Jimmy Carter administration. At the time of his death, he was a Senior Partner at O'Melveny & Myers[1] in the firm's Century City, California, office. He also served as a professor in the College Honors Program at the University of California at Los Angeles.

(October 27, 1925 – March 18, 2011)

Early life, education
Born in Scranton, North Dakota, the son of Ernest Christopher, a bank manager, and his wife Catherine, Christopher graduated from Hollywood High School, and attended the University of Redlands, before transferring to the University of Southern California. He was a member of the college fraternity Kappa Sigma Sigma. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California in February 1945. From July 1943 to September 1946, he served in the United States Naval Reserve, with active duty as an ensign in the Pacific Theater. He attended Stanford Law School from 1946–1949, where he was the founder and President of the Stanford Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Legal career, Deputy Attorney General for Johnson

Christopher became the first graduate of Stanford Law School to become a law clerk for a United States Supreme Court Justice when he served as law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas from October 1949 to September 1950.[2] He practiced law with the firm of O'Melveny & Myers from October 1950 to June 1967, becoming a partner in 1958 and serving as special counsel to Governor Pat Brown.[1] Christopher served as United States Deputy Attorney General from June 1967 until January 20, 1969, after which he rejoined O'Melveny & Myers.

Deputy Secretary of State for Carter

Christopher was sworn in on February 26, 1977, as the Deputy Secretary of State and served in that position until January 20, 1981. As Deputy Secretary, he was involved in negotiating the Algiers Accords, and securing the release of 52 American hostages in Iran. He also spearheaded the Sino-American relations with the People's Republic of China, helped to win ratification of the Panama Canal treaties, and headed the first interagency group on human rights. President Jimmy Carter awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, on January 16, 1981.

Professional work and achievements

Christopher's professional activities have included service as President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1974–1975; Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary of the American Bar Association, 1975–1976; member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California 1975–1976; and Special Counsel to California Governor Edmund G. Brown in 1959.
Christopher's civic activities have included the following: member and President of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University; Chairman, Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees; Director and Vice Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Director, Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg Group, Los Angeles World Affairs Council; Vice Chairman of the Governor's Commission on the Watts riots (The McCone Commission) in 1965-1966; President, Coordinating Council for Higher Education in the State of California; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and Chairman Emeritus, Pacific Council on International Policy.
In 1991, Christopher served as Chairman of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, which came to be known as the Christopher Commission. The Commission proposed significant reforms of the Los Angeles Police Department in the aftermath of the Rodney King incident (see 1992 Los Angeles riots), which were approved overwhelmingly at the ballot box. In 1992, Christopher headed the vice presidential search for Governor Bill Clinton and served as the Director of the Presidential Transition.

Secretary of State for Clinton

Serving as Secretary of State from January 20, 1993 until January 17, 1997, Christopher's main goals were expanding NATO, establishing peace between Israel and its neighbors, and using economic pressure to force China's hand on human rights practices. The major events transpiring during his tenure included the Oslo Accords, the Dayton Agreement, normalization of United States–Vietnam relations, the Rwandan Genocide, Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, and the Khobar Towers bombing.

Assassination attempt on George H. W. Bush, April 1993

On April 13, 1993, eleven Iraqi intelligence agents smuggled a car bomb into Kuwait in an attempt to kill former President George H. W. Bush as he spoke at Kuwait University.[3] Secretary Christopher, among others, urged President Clinton to make a retaliatory strike against Iraq.[4] On June 26, 1993, the United States launched 23 Tomahawk missiles against the Baghdad intelligence headquarters.[5]

Oslo Accords, September 1993

In August 1993, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meeting in Norway drew up the Oslo Accords, which created the Palestinian Authority in exchange for Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist. Secretary Christopher accepted Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres's offer to host the signing ceremony. The ceremony took place in Washington D.C. on 13 September 1993, with Yasser Arafat signing for the Palestine Liberation Organization and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signing for the State of Israel. It was witnessed by Secretary Christopher for the United States and Andrei Kozyrev for Russia, in the presence of President Clinton.[6] Christopher was one of main visionaries and proponent of an integrated Middle East.[7]

Partnership for Peace NATO expansion, January 1994

In order to initiate further enlargement of NATO with minimal backlash from Russia, Secretary Christopher promoted the Partnership for Peace program as a stepping-stone into full NATO membership. Against protests from the Pentagon, Christopher avidly supported NATO expansion as a means of protecting Eastern Europe against a possible Russian resurgence. President Clinton supported the program and Partnership for Peace was launched January 10, 1994. Despite much debate, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland signed on as Partnership members that year and became full NATO members in 1999.[8][9][10][11]

Rwandan Genocide, April 1994

In what is recognized as Christopher's greatest foreign policy mistake, the US and UN failed to react quickly enough to the unrest in Kigali which eventually exploded into the Rwandan Genocide. Over the course of approximately 100 days, from the assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana on 6 April up until mid July, between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia.[12]

China: Delinking human rights and trade status, May 1994

During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Clinton blasted President George H. W. Bush for giving China low-tariff trading privileges despite its human rights abuses. Secretary Christopher agreed with this view and believed that the US should use economic pressure to force China to improve its human rights record. However, on May 26, 1994, President Clinton renewed China's low-tariff trading privileges, effectively delinking the human rights issue from China's trade relations with the US. U.S.-Sino relations improved as a result, with President Jiang Zemin visiting the U.S. in November 1997 and President Clinton visiting China in June 1998.[13]

Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, September 1994

On September 19, 1994, a US-led coalition returned Haiti's popularly elected President Jean-Bertrande Aristide to power after a coup had unseated him. The US military effort, known as Operation Uphold Democracy, was largely the product of Colin Powell's diplomatic efforts, with little role played by Christopher.[14]

[edit] Israel-Jordan peace treaty, October 1994

In the wake of the 1993 Oslo Accords, Secretary Christopher encouraged Jordan's King Hussein to make a peace treaty with Israel. Christopher eventually offered Hussein $200 million in military equipment and $700 million in debt forgiveness to sweeten the deal. On October 27, 1994, Prime Minister Rabin and Prime Minister Abdelsalam al-Majali signed the Israel–Jordan peace treaty. The signing was witnessed by President Clinton and Secretary Christopher. Christopher sought to obtain a similar treaty between Rabin and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, but to no avail.[15]

Vietnam: Normalizing relations, July 1995

Working with Senator John McCain, in 1994 Secretary Christopher began actively promoting the normalization of United States–Vietnam relations. At the time, the U.S. had not had an embassy in Vietnam since 1975. The main obstacle to normalization came from veterans and POW/MIA support groups who were convinced that Hanoi was not fully cooperating in the search for the remains of US soldiers in Vietnam. However, after Secretary Christopher convinced President Clinton that the Vietnamese government was fully cooperating in these searches, the President announced the formal normalization of diplomatic relations with Vietnam on July 11, 1995.[16]

Dayton Agreement, November 1995

In Dayton, Ohio, Secretary Christopher—working with Assistant Secretary Richard Holbrooke--negotiated peace talks between President of Serbia Slobodan Milošević, President of Croatia Franjo Tuđman, and President of Bosnia Alija Izetbegović. The result was the November 1995 Dayton Agreement, which put an end to the Bosnian War.[17]

Khobar Towers bombing, June 1996

In the wake of the Khobar Towers bombing, Secretary Christopher traveled to Saudi Arabia to witness the site of the attack. In Dhahran (the home of the Khobar Towers), Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal allegedly promised Christopher that the FBI would have the full cooperation of the Saudi government. Eventually, however, the Saudi government and the FBI repeatedly conflicted during the course of the investigation.[18]

Retirement

In addition to several honorary degrees, Christopher received the following awards: the Jefferson Award from the American Institute for Public Service for the Greatest Public Service Performed by an Elected or Appointed Official; the UCLA Medal; the Harold Weill Medal from New York University; the James A. Garfield Baller Award; the Thomas Jefferson Award in Law from the University of Virginia Law School; and the Louis Stein Award from Fordham Law School.
Christopher's picture hangs in the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, near pictures of John Kerry, Robert McNamara, Elmo Zumwalt, and other American dignitaries, in commemoration of his visit to Vietnam, after normalization of relations between the two countries.[19]
At the 1999 unveiling of his portrait at the Department of State, attended by President Clinton, Christopher remarked: "To anyone who has served in Washington, there is something oddly familiar about [having your portrait painted]. First, you're painted into a corner, then you're hung out to dry and, finally, you're framed."
He was sent to supervise the contested Florida recount for Al Gore in the U.S. presidential election, 2000.
He was a member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) Board of Advisors.
He was an Advisory Board member for the Partnership for a Secure America, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy.
Former Secretaries of State James A. Baker, III and Christopher served as Co-Chairs of the Miller Center's National War Powers Commission. Baker and Christopher testified on March 5 before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the War Powers Consultation Act of 2009 – the statute that the Commission unanimously recommended in its July 2008 report. The statute is designed to replace the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and provide for more meaningful consultation between the president and Congress on matters of war.
From 2003 until his death, Christopher taught a small seminar course on international affairs as part of the Honors Program at UCLA.[20]

Family

Warren Christopher married twice. First for six years[when?] to Joan Southgate Workman with whom he had a daughter, Lynn. The couple later divorced.[21] He was married to Marie Wyllis from 1956 until his death; the couple had two sons: Scott and Thomas, and a daughter, Kristen.[2] He wrote In the Stream of History: Shaping Foreign Policy for a New Era (1998) and Chances of a Lifetime (2001).

Other

Christopher was a recipient of the state of North Dakota's Roughrider Award.[22]
He was a Senior Partner at O'Melveny & Myers.[1]

World Justice Project

Christopher served as an Honorary Co-Chair for the World Justice Project.[23] The World Justice Project works to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the Rule of Law for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.[24]

Death

Christopher died at his home in Los Angeles on March 18, 2011, from complications of kidney and bladder cancer.[1][25][26] He was survived by his wife and four children from two marriages.[1][26][27]
President Obama described Christopher as a "resolute pursuer of peace" for his work in the Middle East and the Balkans.[28] Hillary Clinton described Christopher as a "diplomat's diplomat – talented, dedicated and exceptionally wise".[29] He was described as "the best public servant I ever knew" by President Jimmy Carter in his memoirs.[26] On March 19, 2011, Carter stated that "[America] has lost a great and revered leader".[30]

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Dickey Betts died he was 80

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