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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Hans Boskamp, Dutch actor and footballer, died from a stroke he was , 78.

Hans Boskamp was a Dutch footballer and actor died from a stroke he was , 78..

(7 May 1932 – 21 March 2011)

Football career

 Club career

Rotterdam-born Boskamp played his club football in Amsterdam for Ajax, BVC Amsterdam and DWS.[1]

International career

Boskamp made his debut for the Netherlands in a September 1952 friendly match against Denmark and earned a total of four caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1954 friendly match against Switzerland.[2]

Acting career

After retiring as a footballer, Boskamp became an actor.[3]

Later life and death

Boskamp died of a stroke on 21 March 2011, at the age of 78.[4]

 

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John L. Cashin, Jr., American civil rights campaigner, died from kidney failure he was , 82.

 John Logan Cashin, Jr.  was an American dentist, civil rights campaigner, and politician. He was the founder and leader of the National Democratic Party of Alabama died from kidney failure he was , 82..

(April 16, 1928–March 21, 2011)
 
Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Cashin received his bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University and Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry. Cashin's father was a dentist, and his mother was a school principal. Additionally, his grandfather Herschel Cashin served in the Alabama legislature during the 1870s. From 1955 to 1957, Cashin served in the Army Dental Corps.[1]
He was the party's nominee when he unsuccessfully ran for governor against George Wallace in the 1970 gubernatorial election. Cashin died on March 21, 2011 in a hospital in Washington, D.C., following a bout of pneumonia.[2][3]
His daughter Sheryll D. Cashin is a professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

 

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Ray Eden, British cyclist, died from head injuries he was , 42.

Ray Eden was a British professional road cyclist died from  head injuries he was , 42.. He is best known as the winner of the RTTC National 100-mile Championship in 1995, which he achieved at only his second attempt. He placed second in the event in 1994. Eden also represented Great Britain four times in 1995, including in the Irish Ras stage race in which he won a stage and the points jersey.
Eden joined Rotherham cycle maker Planet X in 1995 and worked there until his death.

(1968–21 March 2011)

Death

Eden died at Doncaster Royal Infirmary on 21 March 2011, having sustained serious head injuries in an incident near his home three days before. A man was subsequently charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Eden, and is yet to appear in court.[4][5]

 

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Loleatta Holloway, American soul and disco musician, died from heart failure she was , 64.

Loleatta Holloway  was an American singer, mainly known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation", both of which have been sampled extensively died from heart failure she was , 64..

(November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011)

Biography

Holloway began singing gospel with her mother in the Holloway Community Singers and recorded with Albertina Walker in the Caravans gospel group. Holloway was also a cast member of the Chicago troupe of Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. Around this time, she met her future producer, manager, and husband Floyd Smith, and recorded "Rainbow ’71" in 1971, a Curtis Mayfield song that Gene Chandler had recorded in 1963. It was initially released on the tiny Apache label, but shortly thereafter, it got picked up for national distribution by Galaxy Records.
In the early 1970s, Holloway signed a recording contract with the Atlanta-based soul music label Aware, part of the General Recording Corporation (GRC), owned by Michael Thevis. Holloway recorded two albums for the label, both of them produced by Floyd Smith—Loleatta (1973) and Cry to Me (1975). Holloway later married Smith. Her first single from the second album, the ballad "Cry to Me" rose to #10 Billboard R&B and #68 on the Hot 100, but before the label could really establish Holloway, it went out of business.

Top Philadelphia arranger and producer Norman Harris quickly signed Holloway in 1976 for his new label, Gold Mind, a subsidiary of New York's Salsoul Records. The first release from the album Loleatta was another Sam Dees ballad, "Worn-Out Broken Heart," which reached #25 R&B, but the B-side, "Dreaming," climbed to #72 on the pop chart and launched her as a disco act. She contributed vocals to "Re-Light My Fire" for Dan Hartman, who then wrote and produced the title track of her fourth and final album for Gold Mind, "Love Sensation" (1980). Eighteen songs of hers charted on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including four #1s. However, it was a ballad that proved to be another big R&B hit for her. "Only You" was written and produced by Bunny Sigler, who also sang with Holloway on the track, and it reached #11 in 1978.

In the early 1980s, she had another dance hit with "Crash Goes Love" (#5 on the U.S. Dance chart, #86 on the US R&B Chart). She also recorded one single, "So Sweet," for the fledgling house-music label DJ International Records. In the late 1980s, her vocals from "Love Sensation" were used in the UK #1 hit "Ride on Time" by Black Box.[1] Holloway, however, was uncredited for her vocals,[2] and both Holloway and her attorneys successfully sued the group, which lead to an undisclosed court settlement in Holloway's favor. In 1992, she also had a hit with dance band Cappella. There she appeared billed as Cappella featuring Lolleatta Holloway on the single "Take Me Away" (UK #25). Holloway's fortunes dramatically improved, however, when she had her first US #1 hit when Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featured her vocals in the chart-topping "Good Vibrations" (1991). Holloway also performed with Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch to promote the single, and she received full vocal credit and a share of the royalties
More recent dance chart entries include "What Goes Around Comes Around" (credited to GTS featuring Loleatta Holloway) in 2000, and "Relight My Fire" (credited to Martin featuring Holloway), which hit #5 in 2003. While not a single, "Like a Prayer", a Madonna cover, was a track on the Madonna tribute album Virgin Voices. "Love Sensation '06," peaked at #22 in the Dutch Top 40,[3] and reached #37 on the UK Singles Chart as well as #49 in Australia.

 Death

Holloway died aged 64 on March 21, 2011 from heart failure. She is survived by her four children.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Loleatta (Aware 1973)
  • Cry To Me (Aware 1975)
  • Loleatta (Gold Mind 1977)
  • Queen of the Night (Gold Mind 1978)
  • Loleatta Holloway (Gold Mind 1979)
  • Love Sensation (Gold Mind 1980)
  • Greatest Hits (The Right Stuff/EMI, 1996)
  • Queen of the Night: the Ultimate Club Collection (The Right Stuff/EMI, 2001)
  • Loleatta Holloway: The Anthology (Salsoul, 2005)

Singles

  • "Cry to Me" (#10 R&B, #68, US Billboard Hot 100)(1975)
  • "Worn-out Broken Heart" (#25 R&B)
  • "Only You" with Bunny Sigler (#87 US, Billboard Hot 100, #11 US R&B)
  • "Dreamin'" (US #72), (US Dance #3)(1977)
  • "Love Sensation" (#1 US Dance) (1980)
  • "Vertigo/Relight My Fire" (with Dan Hartman)
  • "Hit and Run" (#3 US Dance), (#56 US R&B)(1977)
  • "Catch Me on the Rebound" (#16 US Dance)
  • "Crash Goes Love" (#5 US Dance), (#86 US R&B)(1984)
  • "Runaway" by The Salsoul Orchestra
  • "All About the Paper"
  • "The Greatest Performance of My Life"
  • "Catch Me on the Rebound"
  • "Seconds"
  • "I May Not be there When You Want Me (But I'm Right on Time)"
  • Black Box - "Ride On Time" (#1 UK; contains vocal samples from "Love Sensation" - Holloway's vocals are also the only vocals on the track; also Britain's best selling single of 1989)
  • Marky Mark (aka Mark Wahlberg) & The Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations" (#1 US, #14 UK; prominently features Holloway's vocals sampled from "Love Sensation." This was Holloway's only US #1 on the Billboard Hot 100)(1991)
  • Latin Swing featuring Loleatta Holloway - "Gotta Be #1" (#2, US Dance) (1992)
  • Cappella featuring Loleatta Holloway - "Take Me Away" (#25 UK; contains vocal samples from "Love Sensation") (1992)
  • "I Survived" (UK-only release, produced by Johnny Vicious) (1994)
  • Fire Island featuring Loleatta Holoway - "Shout it to The Top" (#23 UK) (1998)
  • Cevin Fisher featuring Loleatta Holloway - "(You Got Me) Burning Up" (#14 UK; contains vocal samples from "Love Sensation") (1999)
  • "Dreamin'" (remix) (#1, US Dance)(2000)
  • GTS featuring Loleatta Holloway - "What Goes Around Comes Around" (2000)
  • AgeHa featuring Loleatta Holloway & Jocelyn Brown - "A Better World" (2003)
  • "Love Sensation '06" (#37 UK) (2006)
  • "Don't Leave Me this Way - 2007" (2007 Deep Influence Mix)
  • "I-N-S-I-D-E" by CJ TOBA feat Loleatta Holloway (2009 DJ Remix of "Dreamin'," which reached success in DJ/Club Charts)

 

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Don Canney, American politician, Mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa (1969–1992), died from heart failure he was , 80

Donald J. "Don" Canney was an American politician and civil engineer who served as the Mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for twenty-two years from 1969 to 1992. Canney is Cedar Rapids' longest serving mayor to date.

(October 8, 1930 – March 20, 2011)

Biography

 Early life

Canney was born on October 8, 1930, to John and Alice Mickle Canney in Iowa City, Iowa. He served as an underwater demolitions expert within the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Iowa. Canney married Gloria Frau on August 20, 1955, and remained together until her death in 2010.[3]

Career

Canney served as the Cedar Rapids streets commissioner for more than six years before becoming Mayor of Cedar Rapids in 1969.[2] Canney is credited with spearheading much of modern Cedar Rapids' infrastructure and civic development.[1] Projects credited to Canney include the U.S. Cellular Center, which opened in 1979 as the Five Seasons Center, the expansion of the The Eastern Iowa Airport, the Edgewood Road Bridge and the 5-in-1 dam.[1]
Canney resigned from office in 1992 after more than 22 years as mayor when he ws 61 years old.[4] he took a position with PMX Industries Inc., a South Korea firm which had opened a facility in Cedar Rapids, where he worked for three years before his retirement.[4] In addition to his career in engineering and politics, Canney also created his own brand of fish fillet knives, called "Canney’s Leech Lake filet knife."[2] The knives were named for a lake in which he fished during the summer.[4]
Don Canney died of heart failure in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on March 20, 2011, at the age of 80.[1][4] His funeral was held at the St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids.[1] Canney wife, Gloria O. (née Frau) Canney, had died on September 13, 2010.[3]
Current Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett announced the creation of commission to rename a major Cedar Rapids landmark in honor of Canney.[2] Possible choices for the memorial which have been mentioned include an airport terminal at Eastern Iowa Airport, a former federal court which is being re-purposed to become Cedar Rapids' future city hall, or the city library.[1] Corbett explained that, "We’re looking for something significant to have Don Canney’s name associated with. Don was big into public infrastructure, so it only makes sense from the standpoint also."[2]

 

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Bob Christo, Australian-born Indian actor, died from a heart attack he was , 72.


Robert John Christo, popularly known as Bob Christo, was an Indian actor of Australian origin , died from a heart attack he was , 72..

Career

Christo was a qualified civil engineer.[2] Known for his muscular physique and bald headed look, Bob Christo came to Mumbai to meet Indian actress Parveen Babi,[2] whilst awaiting a work permit to work in Muscat.[1]
He got his first break within the Bollywood film industry, as a typecasted villain in the Hindi movie Abdullah in 1980.[3] Christo decided to stay in India and appeared in over 200 movies in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.[4] His film career restricted him to be typecasted and portray stereotypical roles such as a henchman, prisoner, lead villain's sidekick or a British officer in pre-war related movies.
During later stages of his life, he worked as a Yoga instructor in Bangalore[5] and remained inactive from the Hindi movie industry from 2003. Partly due to how little is known about him and partly due to the number of movies in which he has appeared, Bob Christo apparently has a cult following of sorts, with a website dedicated to him at bollybob. On Tuesday 17 June 2008 Adil Ray officially announced as part of the BBC Asian Network's Bollywood month that he was going to search for the legend Bob, however he was unsuccessful.
The 72-year-old actor died of "rupture of left ventricle free valve" in Bangalore on 20 March 2011. Tributes were later poured all over India including a Twitter posting made by Abhishek Bachchan.

 Filmography

2000s

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2003
Aman Ke Farishtey
2001
Kasam
John (white guy)
2001
Veer Savarkar

1990s

  • Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain (1999)
  • Nyaydaata (1999) .... B.C.
  • Agnichakra (1997)
  • Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law (1997)
  • Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997) .... Boat organiser
  • Ram Aur Shyam (1996)
  • Sarhad: The Border of Crime (1995)
  • Prem (1995) .... The British Officer
  • Paandav (1995)
  • Kismat (1995)
  • Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se (1994) (uncredited) .... Bob
  • Pathreela Raasta (1994) (as Bob Cristo)
  • Aulad Ke Dushman (1993) .... Rexon Warner
  • Hum Hain Kamaal Ke (1993) (as Bob Cristo) .... English Diamond Dealer
  • Gumrah (1993) .... Male cop in Mauritius
... aka Astray
... aka The Eyes (International: English title)
  • Tahqiqaat (1993) .... Goon who is arrested by Arun Kumar
  • Dil Aashna Hai (...The Heart Knows) (1992) .... Goverdhan's man
... aka The Heart Knows the Truth (India: English title)
  • Deedar (1992) .... Chhada's goon
... aka Seeing the Beloved's Face
  • Humshakal (1992) (uncredited) .... Rapist (2nd to be shot dead)
  • Mr. Bond (1992)
  • Tirangaa (1992)
  • Farishtay (1991)
  • Vishnu-Devaa (1991) .... Bald Fighter
  • Saugandh (1991)
  • Fateh (1991)
  • Numbri Aadmi (1991) .... Don
  • Yodha (1991) .... Christo
  • Zimmedaaar (1990) (as Bob Cristo) .... Bob (Man who beat up the press editor)
  • Doodh Ka Karz (1990) .... Engrez Master 'Gora'
  • Agneepath (1990) .... Gora
... aka The Path of Fire
  • Zahreelay (1990) .... Massena
... aka Zehreelay (India: Hindi title: alternative transliteration)
  • Aag Ka Gola (1990) .... Natwar's Man (Baldy)
  • Atishbaz (1990) .... Michael
  • Dushman (1990) .... Sadashiv's aid
  • Gunahon Ka Devta (1990) .... Bob
  • Maula Jatt (1990)

1980s

  • Shehzaade (1989) (uncredited) .... Bob
  • Jaadugar (1989) .... Bob
  • Toofan (1989) .... Mr. Goodmark, Gold Smuggler
  • Dost (1989)
  • Farz Ki Jung (1989) .... Mr. Barker
  • Sachché Ká Bol-Bálá (1989) (as Bob Cristo) .... Henchman (Baldy)
... aka Truth Will Triumph
  • Vardi (1989) .... Bob
  • Dav Pech (1989) .... Gambler
  • Guru (1989/I) .... Bob - bandit
  • Kaanoon Ki Awaaz (1989)
  • Love Love Love (1989) (uncredited) .... Man at Party
  • Sachai Ki Taqat (1989)
  • Paanch Fauladi (1988) .... Seth (Englishman)
  • Bloodstone (1988) .... Haggerty
  • Commando (1988)
  • Aakhri Adaalat (1988)
... aka The Last Judgement (International: English title: informal title)
  • Akhri Muqabla (1988) .... Tiger/Shola/Shaitan
  • Mar Mitenge (1988) .... Bob
  • Superman (1987) .... Bob
... aka The Indian Superman (India: English title)
  • Mr India (1987) .... Mr. Wolcott
  • Kala Dhanda Goray Log (1986) .... Bob
  • Allah Rakha (1986) .... Don
  • Palay Khan (1986) .... British Officer
  • Mard (1985) .... Simon
  • Geraftaar (1985) .... Ram
  • Telephone (1985/I)
  • Baadal (1985)
  • Sarfarosh (1985) .... British Man
  • Haveli (1985) (as Bob Cristo) .... Runaway prisoner (English man)
... aka The Mansion (India: English title)
  • Insaaf Main Karoonga (1985) .... Commander Bob
  • Kali Basti (1985) .... Bob Jackson
  • Karmyudh (1985)
  • Yaar Kasam (1985)
  • Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984) .... Udaybhan's Assistant
  • Insaaf Kaun Karega (1984) .... Bob
  • Boxer (1984) (as Bob Cristo)
  • Jagir (1984) .... Bob - bandit
... aka Teen Murti (India: Bengali title) ... aka The Estate ... aka The Three Idols
  • Raaj Tilak (1984) .... Combatant in arena
  • Raja Aur Rana (1984) .... Bob
  • Disco Dancer (1983) .... International Hit-man
  • Jaani Dost (1983)
  • Nastik (1983)
... aka The Atheist
  • Haadsaa (1983) .... Robby's Abductor
  • Hum Se Hai Zamana (1983)
  • Taqdeer (1983) .... Bob, the gangster
... aka Luck
  • Star (1982) .... Samson
  • Ashanti (1982) .... Sampat's Man
  • Sharaabi Nar (1982) ...
  • Main Intequam Loonga (1982) .... Anthony
  • Namak Halaal (1982) .... The Hitman appointed to kill Raja
  • "Nouvelle malle des Indes, La" (1981) (mini) TV mini-series .... Le major
... aka Wettlauf nach Bombay (West Germany)
  • Kaalia (1981) .... Michael
  • Qurbani (1980)
  • Abdullah (1980) .... Magician
  • Raj Kapoor (1987) .... Himself (during funeral)
  • Meri Garmi (iSummer - 1989)

 

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Oliver Humperdink, American professional wrestling manager, died from pneumonia and cancer he was , 62.


John Sutton, better known by his ring name Oliver Humperdink, was a professional wrestling manager who worked for Jim Crockett Promotions, Florida Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation died from pneumonia and cancer he was , 62.

(January 16, 1949 – March 20, 2011)

Career

In the early and mid 1960s, John Sutton began to get to know several wrestlers while working as an usher in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[3] He eventually landed a job as a sort of security guard for the American Wrestling Association (AWA).[3] In 1973, he met Paul Vachon when he went to work at Grand Prix Wrestling (GPW) in Montreal.[3] At GPW, Sutton worked as a manager and an occasional wrestler.[3] He also refereed for a time.[3]

Sutton began managing the Hollywood Blonds after they split with their manager, Johnny Rougeau.[3]Don Jardine came up with the "Sir Oliver Humperdink" name,[3] which he thought would draw heat from francophone fans in Quebec who hated anything English.[3] Both Don Jardine and Dale Hey are credited with coming up with his new moniker.[3]
In 1974, Humperdink went to Florida Championship Wrestling and was put into an angle with Mike Graham and Kevin Sullivan.[3] Two years later, he began working with the Hollywood Blondes once again.[3]
He worked for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980s where he managed Greg Valentine, Paul Jones and The One Man Gang.[3] He left the company in 1983 but returned five years later before the company folded.[3] While still in the NWA, he formed a stable known as the "House of Humperdink".[1][3] As a singles wrestler, he held the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship and NWA Central States Television Championship.
In 1987, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) approached Humperdink and offered him a job.[3] As a part of the WWF, he managed Bam Bam Bigelow.[3] That same year, he also began managing Paul Orndorff during his feud with Rick Rude.[3] His gimmick was that of a face, but Sutton did not like the gimmick off-screen.[3] He managed the duo during the first ever Survivor Series in a match that they lost when Bigelow was pinned by André the Giant.[3] Humperdink also managed Bigelow during WrestleMania IV when he lost in the first round of a WWF Championship tournament.[3]
When he returned to the NWA in 1988, he managed The New Wild Samoans (Solofa Fatu, Samu, and the Tonga Kid).[3] He also returned to the side of Bigelow in his feud with Barry Windham in a match at Starrcade.[3]
He worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the early 1990s as "Big Daddy Dink", a biker-type gimmick.[3] In WCW, he managed the Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin).[3] Off-screen, Sutton hated his new gimmick and WCW's office politics.[3] He retired in 1993.[3]

Personal life

In the 1960s, Sutton was in a car crash and nearly died when he hit a snow bank.[3] After recovering from the incident, his health deteriorated.[3] In 2001, he went through surgery to replace his aortic valve in Key West.[3] He was equipped with a pace maker and made a full recovery.[3] The Cauliflower Alley Club helped pay for some of his medical expenses.[3] Sutton returned to the hospital in 2008 after heart troubles complicated a case of pneumonia.[3] In early 2011, it was announced that Sutton was diagnosed with cancer of the bladder.[4] He entered a hospice having refused chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
He went to the annual Cauliflower Alley Club conventions every year.[3]
Sutton never married or had children.[3] Sutton died early on the morning of March 20, 2011,[2] of complications from pneumonia at the age of 62.[5]

In wrestling

[edit] Wrestlers managed

[edit] Tag teams managed

Championships and accomplishments

 

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