Pinetop Perkins, American blues musician, died from a cardiac arrest he was , 97.

Joseph William Perkins , known by the stage name Pinetop Perkins, was an American blues musician, specializing in piano music. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in American history, and received numerous honors during his lifetime including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame.
(July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011)

Life and career

Perkins was born in Belzoni, Mississippi.^[1] He began his career as a guitarist, but then injured the tendons in his left arm in a fight with a choirgirl in Helena, Arkansas. Unable to play guitar, Perkins switched to the piano, and also switched from Robert Nighthawk's KFFA radio program to Sonny Boy Williamson's King Biscuit Time.^[2] He continued working with Nighthawk, however, accompanying him on 1950's "Jackson Town Gal".
In the 1950s, Perkins joined Earl Hooker and began touring, stopping to record "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" (written by Pinetop Smith) at Sam Phillips' studio in Memphis, Tennessee. ("They used to call me Pinetop," he recalled, "because I played that song.")^[3] However, Perkins was only 15 years old in 1928, when Smith originally recorded "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie".

Perkins then relocated to Illinois and left music until Hooker convinced him to record again in 1968.
When Otis Spann left the Muddy Waters band in 1969, Perkins was chosen to replace him.^[2] He stayed for more than a decade, then left with several other musicians to form The Legendary Blues Band with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, recording through the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.^[2]

Although he appeared as a sideman on countless recordings, Perkins never had an album devoted solely to his artistry, until the release of After Hours on Blind Pig Records in 1988.^[4] The tour in support of the album also featured Jimmy Rogers and Hubert Sumlin.
His robust piano is fairly presented in On Top (1992), an easy-going recital of blues standards with his old Waters' associate, Jerry Portnoy on harmonica.^[2] In 1998 Perkins released the album Legends featuring guitarist Hubert Sumlin.
Perkins was driving his automobile in 2004 in La Porte, Indiana, when he was hit by a train. The car was wrecked, but the 91-year-old driver was not seriously hurt. Until his death, Perkins lived in Austin, Texas. He usually performed a couple of nights a week at Nuno's on Sixth Street. In 2005, Perkins received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2008, Perkins received a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas together with Henry James Townsend, Robert Lockwood, Jr. and David Honeyboy Edwards. He was also nominated in the same category for his solo album, Pinetop Perkins on the 88's: Live in Chicago.
The song "Hey Mr. Pinetop Perkins", performed by Perkins and Angela Strehli, plays on the common misconception that Perkins wrote "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie":

Hey Mr. Pinetop Perkins

I got a question for you

How'd you write that first boogie woogie

The one they named after you

Perkins played a brief musical cameo on the street outside Aretha's Soul Food Cafe in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers, having an argument with John Lee Hooker over who wrote "Boom Boom." He also appeared in the 1987 movie Angel Heart as a member of guitarist Toots Sweet's band.
At age 97, he won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for Joined at the Hip, an album he recorded with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. Perkins thus became the oldest-ever Grammy winner,^[5] edging out comedian George Burns who had won in the spoken word category 21 years earlier (he had tied with Burns, at the age of 95, in 2004).^[6] A little more than a month later, Perkins died on 21 March 2011 at his home in Austin, Texas.^[5] At the time of his death, the musician had more than 20 performances booked for 2011. Shortly before that, while discussing his late career resurgence with an interviewer, he conceded, "I can't play piano like I used to either. I used to have bass rolling like thunder. I can't do that no more. But I ask the Lord, please forgive me for the stuff I done trying to make a nickel." Along with David "Honeyboy" Edwards, he was one of the last two original Mississippi Delta blues musicians, and also to have a personal knowledge of and friendship with Robert Johnson.^[7]

Discography (selection)

• 1976: Boogie Woogie ***KiNG***
• 1977: Hard Again (Muddy Waters)
• 1988: After Hours
• 1992: Pinetop Perkins with the Blue Ice Band
• 1992: On Top
• 1993: Portrait of a Delta Bluesman
• 1995: Live Top (with the Blue Flames)
• 1996: Eye to Eye (with Ronnie Earl, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Calvin “Fuzz” Jones)^[8]
• 1997: Born in the Delta
• 1998: Sweet Black Angel
• 1998: Legends (with Hubert Sumlin)
• 1998: Down In Mississippi
• 1999: Live at 85! (with George Kilby Jr)
• 2000: Back On Top
• 2003: Heritage of the Blues: The Complete Hightone Sessions
• 2003: All Star Blues Jam (with Bob Margolin et. al.)
• 2004: Ladies Man
• 2007: 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads (with Kenny Wayne Shepherd and and the Muddy Waters Band—Live) ^[9]
• 2008: Pinetop Perkins and Friends
• 2010: Joined At the Hip (with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith)

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Patrick Ahern, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1970–1994) died he was , 92

Patrick Vincent Ahern  was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York from 1970 to 1994 died he was , 92.
(March 8, 1919 – March 19, 2011)

Biography

Ahern was born in New York City, and attended Manhattan College and Cathedral College in the same city.^[1] He began his studied for the priesthood at St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, and also studied at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, and at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.^[1]
Ahern was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of New York on January 27, 1945.^[2] His first assignment was as a curate at St. Helena's Church in The Bronx.^[3] He then worked with the Archdiocesan Mission Band until 1955, when he became a curate at St. Patrick's Cathedral.^[4] He taught at St. Joseph's Seminary before serving as secretary to Cardinal Francis Spellman from 1958 to 1967.^[1] He afterwards became pastor of Our Lady of Angels Church in the Bronx.^[4]
On February 3, 1970, Ahern was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of New York and Titular Bishop of Naiera by Pope Paul VI.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following March 19 from Cardinal Terence Cooke, with Archbishop John Joseph Maguire and Bishop Edwin Broderick serving as co-consecrators, at St. Patrick's Cathedral.^[2] As an auxiliary bishop, he continued to serve at Our Lady of Angels Church and was also episcopal vicar for the Bronx.^[5] He served as episcopal vicar for Staten Island and pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church from 1980 to 1990.^[1] He then became archdiocesan vicar for development.^[4]
After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, Ahern resigned as an auxiliary bishop on April 26, 1994.^[2]
He is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on the spirituality of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux.

Published works

• Maurice and Therese: The Story of Love, Doubleday, 2001. ISBN 9780385497404

Awards

• 2007: Eleanor and Paul Proske Memorial Award for Distinguished Service to the Poor^[6]

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Kym Bonython, Australian art, jazz and speedway entrepreneur died he was 90.

Hugh Reskymer "Kym" Bonython, AC, DFC, AFC was a prominent and active member of Adelaide society in Australia, with a very wide range of interests, activities and achievements in the fields of business, the arts, entertainment and public service died he was 90..
His occupations included radio broadcaster, pilot, speedway motorbike rider, speedway racing car driver, speedway promoter, hydroplane racer, author, concert promoter, art dealer, art promoter, art collector, jazz aficionado, jazz promoter, jazz collector, jazz musician, monarchist, euthanasia advocate, company director, board member and numerous others.
(15 September 1920 – 19 March 2011)

Biography

"Kym" was born on 15 September 1920 in Adelaide, the youngest child of Sir John Lavington Bonython and his second wife Lady Jean Bonython, nee Constance Jean Warren.^[2] (Sir John's first wife died in childbirth, aged 26). He was named "Hugh Reskymer Bonython" after an ancestor who had served as High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1619.^[3][4] Both his father, John Lavington Bonython,^[5] and his grandfather, John Langdon Bonython,^[6] had been (amongst other things) editors of The Advertiser. His father had also served as a councillor, alderman, Mayor and Lord Mayor of the City of Adelaide.^[5] Kym was the youngest of six children; he had one half-brother (John Langdon Bonython (1905–1992)), two half-sisters (Lady Betty Wilson and Ada Heath), a brother (Charles Warren Bonython^[7]) and a sister (Katherine Verco).
He attended St Peter's College, Adelaide, and upon completion entered into accountancy on the recommendation of his older half-brother John.^[4] The Second World War interrupted this: in 1940 he began training as a pilot for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Bonython served in the (then) Netherlands East Indies and New Guinea, experiencing several "death defying" near misses.^[8][4][9] He was in hospital in Darwin (with dengue fever) during the 1942 bombing^[10] - he had just evacuated and taken cover when the ward he had been in took a direct hit.^[8] During his time with the RAAF, Bonython filled the roles of aircraft captain in 1941, and chief flying instructor with the rank of squadron leader in 1943.^[9] On 1 September 1944, Flight Lieutenant Bonython (Aus.280778) was awarded the Air Force Cross (AFC),^[11][12] and on 22 February 1946, Squadron Leader Bonython AFC was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)^[13][14][15]
When he returned from service he chose not to return to accounting, deciding on a very different career path. Initially he took up dairy farming on his father's Mount Pleasant property, but in the 1950s his career changed to incorporate music, the arts, and motor racing.^[4][9]
As a child Kym Bonython developed a passion for jazz, and this influenced a number of his later pursuits. At the age of 17, in 1937, he entered the media with an ABC radio jazz show.^[9] The show continued for 38 years, finishing in 1975. His involvement in the jazz scene also extended to making and selling music; in 1952 he became a member of a jazz band as drummer – a skill he had learned as a child – and he opened his first record store in Bowman's Arcade on King William Street in 1954.^[4] His passion for music also led him to create his own concert promotion company, Aztec Services, in the 1950s, and as a promoter he brought to Adelaide some of the greats of jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.^[16] Later, at the urging of his children, he expanded his range to rock and roll, bringing the likes of Chuck Berry to Adelaide, and he was one of the key people responsible for negotiating the addition of Adelaide to The Beatles Australian tour 1964.^[17]
Along with music, Kym Bonython had a passion for art, and he began his collection in 1945. In 1961 he opened his first gallery, the Bonython Art Gallery in North Adelaide, (which later became the Bonython Meadmore gallery), before moving to Sydney to open the Hungry Horse Gallery in Paddington in 1966.^{[4][9][18][19]} His time with his Sydney gallery ended in 1976, and he returned to Adelaide to buy back his original gallery, operating it until 1983.^[19] From 1988 Bonython managed a Sydney gallery once more, managing the BMG Fine Art for a short time.^[9][19] Kym Bonython's eye for contemporary art saw his galleries promote many Australian and international artists, including Sidney Nolan, Pro Hart and William Dobell, and he is widely acknowledged to have discovered and fostered the work of Brett Whiteley.^[16][17][19] Along with the art galleries and his personal collection (much of which was destroyed when the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983 engulfed his Mount Lofty property, "Eurilla"^[20]), Bonython authored and published a number of art books.^[17][21]
Kym Bonython gained a reputation as a daredevil partially through another of his interests: motor racing. He raced at the Rowley Park Speedway at Bowden, which he also managed from 1952 to 1973, and also competed nationally. At one stage he was the national hydroplane champion.^[17] His life in motor sports led to many accidents, the most serious being in 1956 when, racing to defend his Australian hydroplane title at Snowdens Beach, his boat crashed; the injuries that resulted led to Bonython spending the next 14 months on crutches.^[4] Amongst his achievements in motor sports was his work to bring Formula 1 to Adelaide in 1985, in which he has been described as a "catalyst" for the event.^[1] His time in motor sports earned him the title of "the man with 99 lives" and, from Max Harris regarding Rowley Park, the "Cecil B. De Mille of Bowden".^[4][21] In his eighties, he was one of the inaugural inductees of Australia's Speedway Hall of Fame.^[8]
Bonython was also active in public life. He served on the Adelaide City Council, as had both his father and grandfather before him, and he was the chairman of the South Australian Jubilee 150 Board.^[22][1] Other boards of which he was a member included the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Musica Viva Australia and the Australia Council.^[17] Bonython was also one of Australia's leading monarchists, chairing the No Republic committee and serving as one of South Australia's delegates to the 1998 Constitutional Convention. Other causes to receive his active support included euthanasia and compulsory national service.^[21][16][23]
In 1979 he wrote an autobiography: "Ladies' Legs and Lemonade", Kym Bonython, Adelaide: Rigby, 1979.
Kym was married twice and had five children: Chris and Robyn from the first marriage, Tim, Michael and Nicole from the second.^[8][21] On his return from Milne Bay after the war he married Jean Adore Paine^[24] - they divorced in 1953.^[25] In 1957, while still on cruthes from his accident at Snowden's beach, he married former Miss South Australia Julianna McClure (Julie).^[8][26]
He died on 19 March 2011 at his home in North Adelaide, aged 90.^[1] He passed away during the running of the Clipsal 500 while an F-18 flew overhead, reflecting both his love of motor sports and his time as an RAAF pilot.^[1]
He was survived by his wife, Julie, his five children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.^[16][8]

[edit] Publications

• Modern Australian Painting & Sculpture: A survey of Australian Art from 1950 to 1960, Rigby, Adelaide, 1960.
• Modern Australian Painting 1960-70, Rigby, Adelaide, 1970.
• Modern Australian Painting 1970-75, Rigby, Adelaide, 1976, Kym Bonython & Elwynn Lynn
• Modern Australian Painting 1975-80, Rigby, Adelaide, 1980.
• Modern Australian Painting 1950-75, Rigby, Adelaide, 1980.
• "Ladies' legs and Lemonade", Adelaide: Rigby, 1979.

Honours and awards

On 1 September 1944 he was awarded the Air Force Cross.^[12] On 22 February 1946 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.^[14]
In the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1981, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), in recognition of service to the arts.^[27] (Both his brothers had also been given this honour the previous year.) In the Australia Day Honours of 26 January 1987, he was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), Australia's highest civilian honour, "in recognition of service to the community, particularly as Chairman of the SA Jubilee 150 Board".^[22]
He was also appointed a Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ), and awarded an honorary Doctorate.^{[citation needed]}
Other honours included a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Adelaide Critics Circle in 2007,^[18] and the Kym Bonython Fellowship, which provides support to up and coming visual artists and was named in his honour, and was first awarded by the Adelaide Festival Centre in 2010.^[28]

	Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)	1987[22]
	Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)	1981[27]
	Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) (DFC)	1946[14]
	Air Force Cross (United Kingdom) (AFC)	1944[12]
	Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ)
	1939-1945 Star
	Pacific Star
	Defence Medal
	War Medal 1939-45
	Australia Service Medal 1939-45

Others

• 2007 - Lifetime Achievement Award by the Adelaide Critics Circle^[18]
• 2008 - Premier's Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008 Ruby Awards^[29]
• 2007 - Inaugural member, Australian Speedway Hall of Fame^[30][31][8]
• 2010 - Kym Bonython Fellowship named in his honour^[28]

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Guillermo Ford, Panamanian politician, Vice President of Panama (1989–1994) died he was , 74

Guillermo "Billy" Ford Boyd  was a Vice President of Panama died he was , 74. He was one of the running mates of presidential candidate Guillermo Endara during the 1989 Panamanian election campaign. During the election campaign the United States Government allegedly gave $10 million to the Endara campaign, but the election results were annulled by the Panamanian Government on 10 May.^[1][2]

(November 11, 1936 - March 19, 2011)

Ford gained international fame when a photo of an attack on him by a man hired by Manuel Noreiga, showing Ford "bloody but unbowed", appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Newsweek, and U.S. News.^[2][3] After a rally in support of Endara and Ford, men with guns, pipes, and wooden planks attacked Ford and his entourage.^[2][3] United States president George H. W. Bush called the men hired by Noriega "Doberman thugs".^[3] The iconic photo by Ron Haviv (of AFP), of Ford in his white guayabera shirt splattered bright red with blood "became one of the most famous images of 1989. It was put on the cover of Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News."^[3]
After the United States invaded Panama on 20 December 1989, a judge swore Endara in as President in the United States controlled Canal Zone and Ford was appointed as Vice President.^[2] Ford served as Vice President from the end of 1989 until 1994.^[2]
Ford died March 19, 2011 in his residency in Panama City, Republic of Panama, and he received a state funeral.^[4][5] The Panamanian National Assembly also honored him with a special resolution.^[6]

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Barrington Gaynor, Jamaican footballer died he was , 45.

Barrington Gaynor  was a Jamaican national football player died he was , 45..

(27 September 1965 – 19 March 2011)

Early years

Barrington lived in Trench Town, Kingston Jamaica until he was nine years old. While living in Trench Town, he attended Trench Town Primary School up until grade four. After moving to 9 Miles Bull Bay, St. Andrew in May 1975, Gaynor immediately transferred to St. Benedict's Primary School at 7 Miles Bull Bay. He started learning to play football at eleven years old. While learning to play football on the streets, Barrington was given the nickname Cobra by one of his friend, who just felt like giving him a name. He played his first competition in the summer of 1977. It was the Bull Bay under fifteen Corner League where his team, Lodge United, was the eventual champion.

Education

In 1978, Barrington took the Common Entrance Exam at St. Benedict's Primary School, passed and went to Camperdown High School where he would do well. At Camperdown he played Pepsi Under 13 in 1978 and went to the finals. In 1979 and 1980, Gaynor played Colts Under 15 and lost in the 1979 Colts final. He went on to play in the High School Manning Cup competition from 1981 to 1984. Camperdown won the Manning Cup, Walker Cup, and Olivier Shield in 1982. From 1982 to 1984 Gaynor was selected to the All Manning team at the end of each season. In 1984, Barrington was name footballer of the year at Camperdown High School. In 2003 and 2004 he won the Jamaica High School Alumni Competition in Bronx New York, representing his Alma Mater.
In 1988 Barrington Gaynor was awarded a four year football scholarship in the United States of America at Alderson Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia. Gaynor studied Computer Science and graduated in three and a half years with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1988 Alderson Broaddus College were beaten in finals of the NAIA National Tournament and lost in Semi finals of the Tournament in 1991. Alderson Broaddus were the Area champions in 1988 and 1991 and Conference champions in 1988, 1990, and 1991. Barrington made the All American and All Conference teams in the four years he played in college. He was also selected to the 1988 NAIA National All Tournament Team. He was selected for the NAIA 1992 Senior Bowl game Chicago.

Club career

At the age of fifteen, immediately after helping the Minor League team to the semifinal, Barrington started playing senior football in the Major League Competition for Bull Bay F.C. In 1983, Barrington would make his big career move at the age of eighteen when he joined neighboring Club Harbour View. Gaynor would play for Harbour View F.C. for eighteen years where he would win many championship. While representing Harbour View with some excellent performance, Barrington was giving the nickname Cabrini, who was the Italian left full back from the 1982 World Cup winning team. While playing for Harbour View F.C., Gaynor won two Major Leagues, one President Cup, four Jackie Bell Knockouts, three Federation Cup Knockouts, three Premier League End of Round Finals and one Premier League Title. In year 1985, Barrington was named the Most Valuable Junior Player in the Premier League and in 1998 Gaynor was voted the Most Valuable Player in the Federation Cup Knockout.^[1]

International career

Barrington Gaynor got his first taste of national recognition when he was selected into the Jamaica National Under 19 Team in 1983. In 1987, Barrington would move on to make his senior National debut. Gaynor would play for his nation until 1993 and earn 63 caps.^[2] He has represented his country in 13 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[3]. In 1991 he was appointed vice captain of the national team and was given the opportunity to lead the team on many of occasions. During his tenor as a national player, Gaynor was dub by one reporter as "the man who doesn't know how to play a bad game". With the Jamaica National Senior team, Gaynor won the Caribbean Shell Cup in 1991 and came third in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1993.^[4]

Coaching career

Gaynor started his coaching career at a very tender age when he coached his championship Under 10 team while he was only twelve years old. He would also coach and pick his primary school soccer team when the coach does not show up. In 1993 Gaynor got his first real coaching job, when he was hired as the assistant men's football coach for two years at William Carey College in Mississippi.
After his two year coaching stint in Mississippi, he immediately went back to his beloved home in Jamaica, to work and continue his coaching career. In 1995, he coached his former high school team, Camperdown, in the Manning Cup competition and continued to coach them until 2007. Camperdown made it to the Walker Cup Finals in 2005 and Manning Cup Semi Finals in 2000 and 2005.
Gaynor took over the coaching job at Bull Bay F.C. in 1999 and won the Syd Barlett Competition undefeated. Barrington went on to be named Kingston and St. Andrew Football Association coach of the year in 2000. The following year Gaynor's Bull Bay team's hard work paid off again when they were awarded the Major League champions. In 2001, Barrington transferred from Harbour View and went back to Bull Bay where he becomes a player coach. The Bull Bay team came second in the National A League competition and was promoted to the Premier League for the 2002/03 season. Bull Bay is the only team to ever got promoted three consecutive year on their way up to the Premier League.
In 2004 Gaynor got a coaching stint with the National Program, and travelled to Chengdu, China as an assistant coach to Wendell Downswell with the Jamaica Under 23 team. In the 2005/2006 season, he was assistant coach to Donovan Hayles at Harbour View for the Premier League. In July 2006, Gaynor went to England to complete the UEFA B Coaching course for a month. On his return from England, he coached Waterhouse F.C. in the 2006/2007 Premier League season.

Honors

In April 2008, Barrington was inducted in the Alderson Broaddus College Hall Of Fame. He is the second football player to be inducted in the Hall of Fame at Alderson Broaddus College.
In February 2009 Gaynor was honored by Camperdown High School at the Camperdown Classic Track Meet.
On 18 July 2009 he received a Special Harbour View Honor in Marimar, Florida and that day was also declared by the Marimar Mayor as Barrington Gaynor's day.

Personal life

Gaynor was married to Nyoka, and they had two daughters, Shanice and Juanell.
Gaynor started a College Scholarship Program immediately after his first year at Alderson Broaddus College in 1989. He would get various different colleges to give young football players, both boys and girls from Jamaica, a full four or two year scholarship. This scholarship program still goes on.
The Barrington Gaynor Foundation kept its first Back To School Treat in 2007 at his home in 9 Miles Bull Bay, where they cater for 1,000 children in the community and this was held again in 2008. They also donated a hundred thousand dollars in August 2008 and a hundred and fifty thousand dollars in October 2009 to the Weise Road Basic School. He did this because he was a strong believer in education and the need to give back to his community.

Lou Gehrig's disease

Barrington was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease in January 2008. In August 2008 a benefit match featuring George Weah was held for him in New York City.^[5] On 27 February 2011, Gaynor was honoured and handed several donations to facilitate medical expenses while he attended a Jamaica Premier League match between Harbour View and Boys' Town.^[6]

Death

Barrington Gaynor died on March 19, 2011, while receiving medical treatment at the Westchester Medical Center, New York, U.S.A.
He was buried on April 9 at the Dovecot Memorial Park in St Catherine after a memorial service was held at the Pentecostal Tabernacle.^[7]

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Tom McAvoy, American baseball player (Washington Senators) died he was , 74.

Thomas John McAvoy  was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators in 1959. Listed at 6' 3", 200 lb., he batted and threw left handed died he was , 74.. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.^[1]
Tom McAvoy was signed by the Senators in 1956 and played four seasons in the Minor leagues before joining the big team on the final day of the 1959 season.

(August 12, 1936 – March 19, 2011)

McAvoy was a player whose baseball career, statistically speaking, was only slightly different than that of Eddie Gaedel or Moonlight Graham and can be loosely desribed as a cup of coffee. He debuted against the Boston Red Sox on September 27, 1959, at Fenway Park as a replacement for starter Jim Kaat in the second inning, scattering one hit and two walks without strikeouts over 2⅔ shutout innings and did not have a decision. In that game, McAvoy retired Ted Williams on a grounder to second base.^[2]
McAvoy never appeared in a major league game again. His career was cut short when he broke his arm during a winter ball game in Nicaragua in 1959. The following year, he broke his arm again while warming up in the bullpen. After a long rehabilitation he was released by the Minnesota Twins in 1961 (the Senators had moved to Minnesota that year).
In seven minor league seasons, McAvoy posted a 38-72 record and a 4.74 ERA in 176 pitching appearances.^[3]
In the early 1960s, McAvoy moved onto fastpitch softball and was eventually inducted into the International Softball Congress Hall of Fame, class of 2009, as a manager.^[4]
McAvoy died in Stillwater, New York, at the age of 74, following complications from pancreatic cancer.^[5]

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Mohammed Nabbous Libyan journalist, founder of Alhurra TV, died after he was shot he was , 28,

Mohammed "Mo" Nabbous was a Libyan blogger and civilian journalist  died after he was shot he was , 28,.
In the wake of the 2011 Libyan civil war, he founded Libya Alhurra TV, the first private television station established in territory controlled by the National Transitional Council.^[1]
He was killed on 19 March 2011 while reporting on attempts by government forces to fight rebels in Benghazi.^[2] In the last weeks of his life he focused on bringing international attention to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Libya. His death was widely reported by CNN and various media outlets.

( 27 February 1983 – 19 March 2011)

Background

Born in Benghazi in 1983, Nabbous graduated from Garyounis University, with a Degree in Mathematics and Computing. He completed his education of Network and Computing, including postgraduate studies, in Benghazi, Libya.^[3]
A member of Nabbous' family, aged 17, was cited as one of the first casualties of the February 17 protests in Benghazi.^[4] Nabbous' wife Perdita was pregnant with the couple's first child at the time of his death.

Work in media

NPR social media strategist Andy Carvin called Nabbous "the face of Libyan citizen journalism;" Nabbous was the primary contact of many international media outlets looking for information regarding the situation in Libya.^[5][6] Nabbous founded and ran the internet division of Libya Alhurra TV. Der Spiegel reporter Clemens Höges called Nabbous "the man who just might be the most important person in the revolution."^[7]
Libya Alhurra TV was the only broadcast coming out of Benghazi when Muammar Gaddafi shut down internet lines when the 2011 Libyan civil war began.^[7] Nabbous was able to bypass government blocks on internet in order to broadcast live images from Benghazi across the world. On March 10, 2011, the Washington Post reported that the US Broadcasting Board of Governors (which includes Hillary Clinton) and the US State Department were funding tech firms that helped political dissidents in Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia communicate through the internet, while evading government censors. ^[8]

Work with Libya Alhurra TV

On February 19, 2011, in the first live broadcast from war-torn Benghazi after the Libyan revolution began, Nabbous declared, "I am not afraid to die, I am afraid to lose the battle."^[9] This statement resonated across the internet, and was subsequently used in other videos and broadcasts about events happening in Libya.
Libya Alhurra TV included nine cameras streaming 24 hours a day since the channel’s creation February 17.^[10] As Libya Alhurra TV's communications became more sophisticated, Nabbous was able to take cameras with him to different parts of Benghazi in order to capture the destruction and carnage caused by mortars and shelling up-close.
Over the last few days and hours of his life, Nabbous continued reporting. Streaming over Libya Alhurra TV, Nabbous was able to share live video and provide commentary regarding the bombing of the Benghazi power station and fuel tank explosion on March 17, the firing of missiles on Benghazi from near-by city Sultan on March 18, the attacks on civilians and consequent destruction in the morning of March 19, and the death of two young victims: 4 month-old and 5 year-old children killed in their bedroom by a missile launched in the morning of March 19.^{[citation needed]} These images and reports were broadcast over the internet, and later rebroadcast by international media outlets such as Al Jazeera English, thereby offering an eyewitness account of the events on the ground relevant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.^[1]

Death

Nabbous is believed to have been killed by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Benghazi while reporting on the claims of a cease-fire made by the Gaddafi regime in response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.^[11][12] Nabbous was allegedly shot in the head by a sniper soon after exposing the Gaddafi regime's false reports related to the cease-fire declaration; sitting in the back of a truck, he was using a mobile phone to record audio of the then-ongoing violence, and the audio recording cut off at the estimated time of the assault. Nabbous was in critical condition until he died around 3 p.m. CET. Nabbous' wife announced his death in a video on Libya Alhurra TV.^[13]

Reactions

News of Nabbous' death elicited strong reactions from members of journalistic organizations and personalities:

• "He touched the hearts of many with his bravery and indomitable spirit. He will be dearly missed and leaves behind his young wife and unborn child", said Sharon Lynch, Libya Alhurra TV station representative and colleague of Nabbous.^[1]
• Bilal Randeree, journalist for Al Jazeera^[14]
• Don Lemon, CNN reporter who interviewed Nabbous on February 19, and Arwa Damon, CNN correspondent based in Benghazi, paid tribute to Nabbous on March 20.^[15] He was billed as a CNN contributor, and had interviewed Ben Wedeman on February 26.^[16]
• Ben Wedeman, CNN reporter tweeted on March 19: "Mohammed Nabbous was one of the courageous voices from Benghazi broadcasting to the world from the beginning. Smart, selfless, brave."^[17]
• Andy Carvin, NPR's senior product manager for online communities: "[A]ll of a sudden, as Benghazi was trying to free itself from Gadhafi, you started hearing voices coming over the Internet and one of those first voices to come out was Mo"...Nabbous, Andy says, used Libya Alhurra TV to become "their local equivalent of Radio Free Europe or Voice of America, where he was trying to get the world to hear their point of view of what was going on. And as he did that, he basically became a reporter or even an anchor."^[18]
• UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova: "I condemn the killing of Mohammed al-Nabbous [sic], who was killed while fulfilling his professional duty of informing citizens about the dramatic events taking place in Libya".^[19]
• Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Abdel Dayem: "We send our condolences to the family and friends of our colleague Mohammad al-Nabbous [sic]."^[20]
• International Press Institute (IPI) Press Freedom Manager Anthony Mills: “Our condolences go out to the wife, family, and colleagues of Mohammed al-Nabous [sic].”^[21]

Legacy

"I want to let all of you to know that Mohammad has passed away for this cause. He died for this cause, and let's hope that Libya will become free," Nabbous' wife said through tears. "Please keep the channel going, please post videos, and just move every authority you have to do something against this. There's still bombing, there's still shooting, and more people are going to die. Don't let what Mo started go for nothing, people. Make it worth it," she urged everyone assisting the network and the Libya cause.^[2]
Nabbous was perceived as the face of the Libyan revolution and was one of the first people to be interviewed by western journalists soon after Benghazi was liberated by Libyan opposition forces. According to the Guardian, Nabbous was described as the "face of citizen journalism" in Libya.^[11] "I am not afraid to die, I am afraid to lose the battle!"^[22] was one of Nabbous' early declarations on February 19, 2011 following the establishment of the channel. "That's why I want the media to see what's going on."^[22]

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