Mandi Schwartz, Canadian college ice hockey player, died from acute myeloid leukemia she was , 23.

Mandi Jocelyn Schwartz  was a Canadian player with the Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey team  died from acute myeloid leukemia she was , 23.. In December 2008 — her junior year at Yale University — Schwartz was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Her diagnosis and search for a bone marrow or stem cell transplant resulted in bone marrow drives being held at Yale and in Canada. While bone marrow drives held at Yale University did not result in a match for Schwartz, they did result in six matches for other patients on the registry who were waiting for a transplant. She underwent a stem cell transplant from donated umbilical cord blood in September 2010. In December 2010, she learned that the cancer had returned and discontinued most forms of treatment. Schwartz died in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the age of 23.

(February 3, 1988 – April 3, 2011)

Hockey career

Schwartz played minor hockey at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan.^[1] She joined the Yale Bulldogs after graduating high school in 2006.^[1] Schwartz attended evaluation camps for Canadian national women's ice hockey team hosted by Hockey Canada.^[1]

Illness and death

Schwartz was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December 2008, during her junior year at Yale.^[1] She had been sick for much of the fall semester, but attributed it to stress and an initial diagnosis of anemia. She was diagnosed on December 8, 2008.^[2] She started treatment for her cancer in December 2008 and was able to briefly return to school and began practicing with the hockey team again in January 2010. In April 2010, she received word that her cancer had returned and was forced to leave school.^[2]
Doctors had decided that Schwartz's best option for treatment would be either a cord blood or bone marrow transplant. In the hopes of finding a match, bone marrow drives were organized at Yale University and at several locations throughout Canada. Drives held at Yale resulted in more than 1,600 people volunteering as potential donors.^[3] Bone marrow drives did not result in a match for Schwartz, but doctors found a suitable donor from umbilical cord blood. In September 2010, Schwartz underwent the transplant in Seattle.^[4] Her cancer went into remission after the transplant, but returned again in December 2010. Shortly after this, Schwartz decided to discontinue most forms of treatment.^[4] Rather than hoping for a cure, Schwartz continued with palliative chemotherapy designed to minimize her symptoms.^[5] On April 2, 2011, she entered a Regina hospital and died the following day.^[1][2][4]

Personal life

Schwartz was the daughter of Rick and Carol Schwartz. Her brothers, Jaden and Rylan, both play for the Colorado College men's ice hockey team. Jaden was a first round draft pick of the St. Louis Blues in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.^[4] She was engaged to Kaylem Prefontaine, whom she had met in high school. They had planned to marry in 2012.^[6]

Legacy

Yale University has made bone marrow drives an annual event on campus. The first two drives signed up over 1,600 potential donors. The 2011 drive was held in April, shortly after Schwartz's death. Shortly after the event, it was announced that the drive had unofficially signed up another 869 potential donors.^[7] Although the school's drives did not find a match for Schwartz, they have generated six other matches for patients who required a bone marrow transplant.^[8] The success of Yale's bone marrow drives is statistically unlikely, according to Sam Rubin who works in Yale's sports publicity department. Rubin stated, "Usually, it takes tens of thousands of people to get one match. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack."^[6]

 

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Gustavo Sondermann, Brazilian racing driver, died from a race crash he was , 29.

 Gustavo Sondermann was a Brazilian racing driver died from a race crash he was , 29..

(February 17, 1982 – April 3, 2011)

Career

Sondermann began racing karts at the age of sixteen and soon moved up to the Brazilian Formula Renault championship for 2002, in which he competed for two years with mixed results. In 2004 he moved to Europe to compete in the equivalent British series, and also made a guest appearance in the Formula Renault Eurocup the following year, but subsequently returned to Brazil in 2006 to compete in the national stock car championship.
He competed in the second tier of the series, known variously as Stock Car Light, Stock Car Copa Vicar and latterly as the Copa Chevrolet Montana from 2006 until 2011, winning four races in total and with a best finish of third place in the championship in 2007, a year soured by the death of his team-mate, Rafael Sperafico, in the season finale. In 2010, he competed in seven races of the premier Stock Car Brasil division, scoring six points and finishing in 31st place in the championship. He also competed in the third-tier Mini Challenge series, the GT4 Brasil Championship and the Pick Up Racing Brasil series, winning the last of these in 2008.

Death

During the first race of the 2011 Copa Chevrolet Montana season, held in heavy rain at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Sondermann was hit by several cars and ultimately by Pedro Boesel at the fast Curva do Café before the start-finish straight. He was extricated from his car and transferred to hospital in a coma after having had cardiac arrest, where he later was diagnosed braindead. His organs were donated.

References

• "The racing career of Gustavo Sondermann — in detail". driverdb.com. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
• Honorio, Rafael (2011-04-03). "Após acidente, Gustavo Sondermann tem morte cerebral confirmada" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com (Organizações Globo). Retrieved 2011-04-04.

 

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Larry Finch, American basketball player and coach (Memphis Tigers) died he was , 60.

Larry Finch was a player and coach for the University of Memphis men's basketball team died he was , 60.. He is perhaps most famous for leading the Memphis State Tigers to the NCAA men's basketball championship game in 1973 in a heroic loss to the UCLA Bruins, led by Bill Walton.

(February 16, 1951 - April 2, 2011)

Playing career

Finch was born in Memphis, and played basketball for Melrose High School in the Orange Mound section of Memphis. He then entered Memphis State and played basketball under famed basketball coach Gene Bartow. This decision was somewhat controversial for both Memphis' black and white communities, given the recent assassination of Martin Luther King and the resultant heightened strain on race relations in Memphis, not to mention so few local African-American prep stars had been able to wear a Tiger uniform to that point. Some had advised Finch not to go, but whether or not he saw it as an opportunity to do something even more meaningful than playing for his local university, Finch loved his hometown team. As he led the Tigers to new heights of success, at least during basketball games, Memphians had a chance to see things less in black and white and more in Tiger blue and gray.
In his senior year at Memphis State, 1972–1973, he and Larry Kenon led the basketball team to the Final Four. In the championship game, Finch scored 29 points, but lost to John Wooden's UCLA Bruins, a game where Bill Walton went 21 of 22 from the floor. Finch graduated the all-time leading scorer in Memphis history, and is currently the second all-time leading scorer for the University of Memphis.
Finch was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1973, but opted to join the local American Basketball Association team, the Memphis Tams. Finch played professionally for two years with the Tams, the Memphis Sounds and the Baltimore Hustlers and Baltimore Claws.

Coaching career

In the 1980s, Finch was an assistant coach for Dana Kirk at Memphis State. Kirk was forced to leave Memphis State after violating NCAA regulations and becoming the subject of a criminal investigation, and Finch was made head coach in 1986 in order to restore order to the program. He would remain at the school, which was renamed the University of Memphis in 1994, until 1997.
Finch posted 10 out of 11 winning seasons, seven 20+ win seasons, and six NCAA tournaments. He recruited and developed such players as Elliot Perry, Penny Hardaway, and Lorenzen Wright. His 1991-92 team led by Hardaway and David Vaughn went to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. During his tenure, the basketball players began to graduate in high numbers.
As a player, Finch was known for his shooting prowess, and his skills remained intact throughout his coaching days; he would routinely win games of H-O-R-S-E against his players and against assistant coaches in long distance shooting contests after road game practices. Even while head coach, he maintained connections to his roots; he often visited Orange Mound barbershops, often delivering Memphis State posters and other team paraphernalia.
Despite Finch's overall success, during the mid-90's more and more local blue chip recruits began leaving for other schools, specifically Todd Day to the University of Arkansas and others to the University of Tennessee. This ultimately led to fan dissatisfaction for a program that was renowned for achieving national prominence on primarily Memphis-area talent. And while there was the Elite Eight team of 91-92, there were also teams considered under-achievers, such as the highly touted 1995-96 squad which lost to 12th seeded Drexel University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. At the same time, Finch's speech seemed to deteriorate and it was said the players ignored him.
He was fired at the end of the 1996-97 season. The firing was a public relations fiasco for the university, as he was told of the decision immediately following his final game, in one of the concession areas of the Pyramid Arena. Although much of the fan base had become disenchanted with Finch, even some of his detractors were critical of the way school officials handled it. He left as the school's all-time winningest coach, a standing he recovered in 2009 after the John Calipari-led 2007-08 unit had its entire season vacated due to an academic fraud scandal.
In 1998 he ran for the office of Shelby County Registrar and lost to the incumbent by only 127 votes despite having no government experience. He was briefly in the running for coaching positions at Tennessee State, Georgia State, and South Alabama.
In 2002, Finch suffered a debilitating stroke. People close to Finch created the Friends of Larry Finch Foundation to help offset his medical expenses. In December 2006, the Foundation released a Larry Finch tribute CD called "Eye of the Tiger", featuring performers from Memphis' diverse musical community such as Al Green, The Bar-Kays, Gary Johns, John Kilzer, and Al Kapone.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Memphis State (Metro Conference) (1986–1991)
1986-1987	Memphis State	26-8	8-4	2nd	Ineligible due to NCAA violations
1987-1988	Memphis State	20-12	6-6	T-3rd	NCAA 2nd Round
1988-1989	Memphis State	21-11	8-4	T-2nd	NCAA
1989-1990	Memphis State	18-12	8-6	4th	NIT
1990-1991	Memphis State	17-15	7-7	T-4th	NIT 2nd Round
Memphis State:		102-58	37-27
Memphis State/Memphis (Great Midwest Conference) (1991–1995)
1991-1992	Memphis State	23-11	5-5	T-3rd	NCAA Elite Eight
1992-1993	Memphis State	20-12	7-3	2nd	NCAA
1993-1994	Memphis State	13-16	4-8	T-5th
1994-1995	Memphis	24-10	9-3	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
Memphis State/Memphis:		80-49	25-19
Memphis (Conference USA) (1995–1997)
1995-1996	Memphis	22-8	11-3	1st (White)	NCAA
1996-1997	Memphis	16-15	10-4	T-1st (White)	NIT
Memphis:		38-23	21-7
Total:		220-130
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

 

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Efrain Loyola, Cuban flautist died he was , 94

Efrain Loyola  was a Cuban flautist from Cienfuegos, who had the distinction of being one of the oldest active flautists in the world, had a career that spanned over 7 decades and for a period, was a captain in the Cuban militia and fought in the War against the Bandits died he was , 94.

(December 18, 1916 – April 2, 2011)

Early life

Loyola worked as a shoeshine boy and a baker to make a living while learning and playing flute. Some of his earliest work was with the hundred-year-old Banda Municipal de Conciertos of Cienfuegos (Municipal Concert Band of Cienfuigos), which he started playing with in 1937.^[2]

Career

Among the groups with which Loyola worked were the Conjunto Tradicional de Sones Los Naranjos, the Ritmica 39 and his own band, The Efrain Loyola Orchestra.

Awards and merits

Loyola was given almost 150 acknowledgments and awards in his lifetime, including: "Worthy Member of the Writers and Artists Association of Cuba (UNEAC)",  "Distinguished Son of Cienfuegos City", "The Jagua Award" and the order of Jesús Menéndez, granted by the Cuban Workers' Organization.
Loyola was often seen in elegant suits and with a walking stick, on the main streets of Cienfuegos, with his hair straightened in the 50s style. He was also a Danzón fan and admirer of Miguelito Cuní and was considered an authority on Cuban musical history.
Loyola was leading his band regularly up until his death. He was buried in the local cemetery of his home town of Cienfuegos by friends, family and admirers.

Legacy

Loyola's son, José Loyola is the current director of the band Charanga de Oro.

Instrument

Loyola played a “Celeste” flute, named after the Cuban flautist and luthier “Celestino Dias Flores”, who maintained and standardized the wooden 5 key type needed to play charangas with the proper color after the Böehm system appeared and most manufacturers stopped making the 5 and 6 key wooden flutes.^[3]

Discography

Loyola has appeared on dozens of Orquesta Aragón records and other releases that have yet to be properly catalogued on the world wide web from their Spanish-Cuban sources.

 

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James McNulty, Canadian politician, MP for Lincoln (1962–1968) and St. Catharines (1968–1972) died he was , 92.

James Carroll Patrick McNulty  was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an administrator and teacher by career died he was , 92.

(16 August 1918 - 2 April 2011)

The son of Joseph and Monica (née MacDonald) McNulty, he attended the University of Toronto, McMaster University, the Hamilton College of Education and the Ottawa College of Education. He was a schoolteacher in St. Catharines. In 1944, he married Helen Margaret Kelly.^[1]
McNulty served on the council for Grantham Township from 1957 to 1958, on the council for Lincoln County in 1959, as deputy reeve for Grantham township in 1959 and on the city council for St. Catharines from 1960 to 1962.
He was first elected at the Lincoln riding in the 1962 general election and was re-elected there in 1963 and 1965. In the 1968 federal election, he was re-elected at the newly-configured St. Catharines riding. After completing his final House of Commons term, the 28th Canadian Parliament, McNulty was defeated at St. Catharines in the 1972 election by J. Trevor Morgan of the Progressive Conservative party.
From 1968 to 1970, he was Parliamentary Secretary to Bryce Mackasey, then the Minister of Labour.

Death

McNulty died from cancer at the age of 92.^[2]

 

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Bill Varney, American sound editor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future, Dune) died he was , 77.

Harold William Varney , better known as Bill Varney, was an American motion picture sound mixer. A two time Academy Award winner, Varney shared the Academy Award for Best Sound for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.^[1] Varney also received Academy Award for Best Sound nominations his collaborative sound mixing on Dune in 1984 and Back to the Future in 1985.

(January 22, 1934 – April 2, 2011)


Varney was born on January 22, 1934, in Beverly, Massachusetts.^[1]
One of Varney's earliest projects was a film focusing on singer Joan Baez during the 1950s.^[1] Baez's father was a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1] Varney relocated to southern California in 1961, where he produced educational films for Encyclopedia Britannica.^[1]
Varney transitioned to film and television sound mixing in 1972.^[1] He worked on approximately 85 productions over the next twenty-five years.^[1] He worked at The Samuel Goldwyn Company for fourteen years, until he joined Universal Pictures in 1985.^[1]
Varney won collaborative back-to-back Academy Awards for Best Sound for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981.^[1] He also received nominations for Dune in 1984 and Back to the Future in 1985.^[1] Additionally, Varney won an Emmy Award for his sound work on the 1977 television miniseries, Roots.^[1]
Varney's numerous film credits included The Last Waltz in 1978, Grease in 1978, Ordinary People in 1980, Poltergeist and My Favorite Year, both released in 1982, and Dragonheart in 1996.^[1]
By 1998, he had risen to become the Vice President of Sound Operations for Universal Pictures.^[1] That same year, Varney collaborated on the sound re-editing for the 1958 Orson Welles film, Touch of Evil.^[1] Welles had been replaced from the film during its post-production, and was never allowed to cut Touch of Evil the way he had originally intended.^[1] Film historians led Universal Pictures to a 58-page lost memo written by Welles a year before the film was released.^[1] Varney spearheaded the sound restoration for the 1998 directors cut re-release of Touch of Evil.^[1] Varney used "digital processing to bring the 40-year-old soundtracks to a new level of clarity," according to Walter Murch, who worked as the sound editor and sound mixer for the 1998 re-release.^[1]
Varney retired from Universal Studios in 2001 and moved to Fairhope, Alabama in 2003.^[1]
Varney died on April 2, 2011 of congestive heart failure in Fairhope at the age of 77.^[2] He was survived by his wife, Suzanne, and daughter,

 

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Paul Violi, American poet, died from cancer he was , 66.

Paul Randolph Violi was an American poet born in Brooklyn, New York died from cancer he was , 66.. He is the author of eleven books of poetry, including Splurge, Fracas, The Curious Builder, Likewise, and most recently Overnight. Violi was managing editor of The Architectural Forum from 1972—1974, worked on free-lance projects at Universal Limited Art Editions and as chairman of the Associate Council Poetry Committee, he organized a series of readings at the Museum of Modern Art from 1974 to 1983.

(July 20, 1944 – April 2, 2011)

He also co-founded Swollen Magpie Press, which produced poetry chapbooks, anthologies, and a magazine called New York Times.^[3] His art book collaborations with Dale Devereux Barker, most recently Envoy; Life is Completely Interesting, have been acquired by major collections.^[4] The expanded text of their first collaboration, Selected Accidents, Pointless Anecdotes, a collection of non-fiction prose, was published by Hanging Loose Press in 2002.
Awarded two poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Violi also received The John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Morton Dauwen Zabel Award, and grants from The Foundation for Contemporary Arts Poetry, The Fund for Poetry, The New York Foundation for the Arts, The Ingram Merrill poetry Foundation, and New York Creative Artists Public Service Fund. Violi died in Cortlandt Manor, New York in 2011 from cancer.
At the time of his death, he was teaching in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and in the graduate writing program at the New School University.^[5]

Selected bibliography

• Overnight, Hanging Loose Press, N.Y., N.Y. 2007.
• Breakers: Selected Longer Poems, Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN . 2000.
• Fracas, Hanging Loose Press, N.Y., N.Y. 1998.
• The Curious Builder, Hanging Loose Press, N.Y. , N.Y. 1993.
• Likewise, Hanging Loose Press, N.Y., N.Y. 1988.
• Splurge, Sun Press, N.Y., N.Y. 1982.
• In Baltic Circles, Kulchur Foundation Press, N.Y., N.Y. 1973.

 

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