Arthur Marx, American writer, son of Groucho Marx died he was , 89.

Arthur Julius Marx  was an American author, a former ranked amateur tennis player, and son of entertainer Groucho Marx and his first wife, Ruth Johnson  died he was , 89..
Marx spent his early years accompanying his father around vaudeville circuits in the United States and abroad. When he was 10, the family moved to Southern California, where the Marx Brothers continued their film careers.

(July 21, 1921 – April 14, 2011)

Tennis career

Marx was a nationally ranked tennis player before he was 18. While he was attending the University of Southern California, he won the National Freshman Intercollegiate Tennis title at Montclair, New Jersey.
At the Cincinnati Masters, Marx reached the singles final in 1941 before falling to Bobby Riggs. To reach the final, Marx knocked off future International Tennis Hall of Fame enshrinee John Doeg in the round of 16, Frank Froehling in the quarterfinals, and Gardner Larned in the semifinals. Riggs had blown through his competition to reach the final, and Marx gave him his toughest test of the tournament, stretching the future Hall of Famer to five sets before falling, 11-9, 6-2, 4-6, 6-8, 6-1.

Literary career

After his time as a tournament tennis player and four years in the United States Coast Guard during World War II, 16 months of which were spent in the South Pacific, he worked as an advertising copywriter, a radio gag man for Milton Berle, and a writer of Hollywood movies, Broadway plays and TV scripts for such hit shows as All in the Family and Alice. He and his collaborator, Robert Fisher, were head writers for Alice and wrote 40 episodes of that show.
Along with Fisher, he co-authored The Impossible Years which ran for three seasons on Broadway and starred Alan King; Minnie's Boys, a musical hit about the Marx Brothers' vaudeville years that starred Shelley Winters; My Daughter's Rated X which won the Straw Hat award for best new comedy on the summer stock circuit, and Groucho: A Life in Revue which won great critical acclaim and was nominated for a New York Outer Critics Circle award for best play and London's Laurence Olivier Award for Comedy Production of the Year.
Solo, Marx authored 12 books, including The Ordeal of Willie Brown (1951), Not as a Crocodile (1958), Goldwyn: A Biography of the Man Behind the Myth (1976), Red Skelton (1979), The Nine Lives of Mickey Rooney (1988), The Secret Life of Bob Hope and the tennis-themed murder mystery Set to Kill (both 1993). His 1974 book on Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis entitled Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (Especially Himself) was adapted into the 2002 made-for-television movie Martin and Lewis.
Marx also wrote several books featuring different takes on his relationship with his father, including Life with Groucho (1954), Son of Groucho (1972), My Life With Groucho (1992), and Arthur Marx’s Groucho: A Photographic Journey (2001).

 

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Rami Reddy, Indian actor, died from kidney failure he was , 52.

Rami Reddy  was an Indian film actor in Telugu Cinema. He also tried as director and producer but was not successful. He is known for his negative roles, character roles and comedy timing. He was a well known villain and he had his own inimitable style with typical Telangana dialect. He shot into fame with his dialogue “spot pedatha” in the film Ankusam.


(1959 - 14 April 2011)

Early life

Rami Reddy was born in Chittoor district.^[3] He did his BCJ (journalism) in Osmania University. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0708218/

Career

Rami Reddy before entering films, worked with Mf Daily as a journalist.^[3]
He shot to fame with his role as Spot Naga in the super hit film Ankusam^[3] and other movies including Osey Ramulamma, Ammoru, Gaayam, Anaganaga Oka Roju, Peddarikam, etc. He acted in more than 250 films as a villain and character actor in Telugu, Hindi and Indian languages^[3]. He had been suffering from liver ailments. He died on 14 April 2011 at 11:30 AM in Hyderabad Hospital.^[4]

Death

Rami Reddy died after suffering from kidney and liver ailments.He is survived by 1 daughter and 2 sons.^[3]

Filmography

Film	Year	Language	Role
Pallavi	2011 (Announced)
Swarna Majili	2011 (Announced)
Jai Bhadrakali	2011 (Filming)
Kalyanam	2011(Filming)
Desadrohi	2011 (Filming)
Rakshakulu	2011 (Filming)
Veedu Manavade	2011 (Filming)
Hyderabad Biryani	2011 (Filming)
Uday babu	2011 (Filming)
Mohini Jaganmohini	2011 (Filming)
Abdutha Vaidyam Ayurvedam	2011 (Filming)
Plan	2011 (Filming)
Police Style	2011 (Ready For Release)		Actor
Sivangi	2011
Killer	2011
Dhool	2011
Sabari	2011 (Filming)
Kumbakonam	2011 (Filming)
Guruvaram	2011(Filming)		Actor
Marmam	(2011) (Filming)
Kartika Masam	2011(Ready For Release)
Najarana	2011 (Filming)
Abbo Vaada	2011 (Ready For Release)
Nissabdha Viplavam	2011 (Ready For Release)
Glamour	2010
Anaganaga Oka Aranyam	2010
Sandadi	2010
Dammunnodu	2010	Telugu
Jagadguru Sri Shiridi Sai Baba	2009
Adhe Navvu	2008
Samanyudu	2006	Telugu
Bhamakalapam	2005
Nayakudu	2005
Athanokade	2005
Slokam	2005
Pellam Pichodu	2005	Telugu
Kaki	2005
Seshadri Naidu	2004
Villan	2003
Sambhu	2003
Raghavendra	2003	Telugu
2 much	2002
Mrigaraju	2001	Telugu
Adavi Chukka	2000	Telugu
Ganapathi	2000
Mudhu	2006
Anji	2004	Telugu	guruji
Satyaghath: Crime Never Pays	2003		Abbas Ali
Galiyon Ka Badshah	2001
Krodh	2000		Kavre
Daku Ramkali	2000
Adavi Chukka	2000		Gurunatham
Sautela	1999
Hatyara	1998	Hindi	Shishupal Singhania
Gunda	1998	Hindi	Kala Shetty
Osey Ramulamma	1997	Telugu	LandLord Jagannayak Patwari
Loha	1997		Takla
Kaalia	1997		Bhawani Singh
Jeevan Yudh	1997		Madan
Hitler	1997	Telugu
Anaganaga Oka Roju	1997	Telugu
Angaara	1996		Honda Dada
Veer	1995
Haqeeqat	1995		Khanna
ngrakshak	1995	Vellu
Ammoru	1995	Telugu	Gorakh
Khuddar	1994	Hindi	Swami
Allari Premikudu	1994	Telugu
Gaayam	1993	Telugu	Sarkar
Peddarikam	1992	Telugu	Son of Parvataneni Parasu Ramayya
Balarama Krishnulu	1992
420	1992
Kshana Kshanam	1991	Telugu	Inspector Yadav
Pratibandh	1990	Hindi	Gangster "Spot" Anna
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari	1990	Telugu
Ankusham	1990	Telugu	Crook

 

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Sachin Bhowmick, Indian screenwriter, died from a heart attack he was , 80.

Sachin Bhowmick was an Indian Hindi film writer and director  died from a heart attack he was , 80.. Writing was his main work and he wrote stories or screenplays for over 94 films.^[2] He was also a regular contributor to Ultorath, a Bengali magazine on cinema.

(17 July 1930 – 12 April 2011)

Writing highlights

He started his writing career with the screenplay for Mohan Segal's Nargis starrer Lajwanti in 1958.^[2]

 1960s

In the 1960s he was associated with several hits such as Anuradha (1960), which won the National Film Award for Best Film, Ayee Milan Ki Bela, Jaanwar (1965), Love in Tokyo (1966), Aaye Din Bahar Ke (1966), An Evening in Paris (1967), Bhramachari (1968), Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke (1969) and Aradhana.

 1970s

In the 1970s he had successes including Aan Milo Sajna (1970), Caravan (1971), Dost (1974),Khel Khel Mein (1975), Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (1977), Gol Maal (1979).

1980s

His films in the 1980s include the following: Karz (1980), Do Aur Do Paanch (1980), Bemisal (1982), Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981), Nastik (1983), Andar Baahar (1984), Saaheb (1985) and Karma (1986). He also co-wrote the Tamil comedy movie Thillu Mullu (1981).

1990s

He continued in the 1990s with hits including Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Yeh Dillagi (1994), Karan Arjun (1995), Koyla (1997), Soldier (1998), Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) and Taal (1999).

2000s

In the 2000s, he has continued with the following hits: Koi Mil Gaya, Kisna and Krrish (2006).

Direction

He directed only one film, Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore starrer Raja Rani in 1973, which was also written by him.

Personal life

He married and divorced actress Kalpana, who had been Shammi Kapoor's heroine in Professor (1962).^[3]
In 2003 Bhowmick filed a defamation case against Barbara Taylor Bradford after she had sued him for copyright infringement regarding a TV soap opera.^[4][5]

Awards and nominations

• 1968 Filmfare Best Story Award for Brahmachari
• 1969 Filmfare Nomination for Best Story for Aradhana
• 1970 Filmfare Nomination for Best Story for Pehchan[1]

Associations

Has worked for several films for each of the following producers/directors:

• J. Om Prakash
• Subhash Ghai
• Rakesh Roshan
• Nasir Hussain
• Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• Pramod Chakravorty

 

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Danny Fiszman, British football director (Arsenal), died from cancer he was , 66.

Daniel David Fiszman  was a diamond dealer, best known as a shareholder in and director of Arsenal Football Club, and played a leading role in the club's move from Highbury to Ashburton Grove, now known as Emirates Stadium died from cancer he was , 66..

(9 January 1945 – 13 April 2011)

Early life

Fiszman was born in Willesden, North London ^[1] and was the son of a Belgian Jewish couple who fled the Nazis during World War II.

Career

Fiszman made his fortune in diamonds, building Star Diamonds Group which traded in rough diamonds.^[2] Star Diamonds Group also owns 16% in Abbeycrest, whose major clients include Argos and Asda. He sold the group in 2007 for £150M, to concentrate on his role in completing Arsenal's new stadium.^[3]
Other shareholdings took his total worth to around £236m, ranking him 348th on the 2008 Sunday Times Rich List ^[4] (351st in 2007, 273rd in 2006, 305th in 2005 and 207th in 2004).

Arsenal Football Club

Fiszman bought into Arsenal Football Club and became a board member through his purchase of an 8% stake from his friend David Dein, starting with 2,840 shares in 1999.^[5] Fiszman slowly increased his stake to 24%, the largest shareholder as at 27 September 2007,^[6] at which point he led the building of the new Ashburton Grove stadium.
In March 2007 Fiszman sold a block of 659 shares for over £3.9m to Stan Kroenke Sports Enterprises (KSE).^[7] This was a significant sale as reducing his stake to less than 25% resulted in a loss of veto rights over any future changes to the company statutes. Speculation linked this with a move abroad where he would substantially reduce any Capital Gains Tax liability that would come with a sale of his stake in the club.^[8] Fiszman stated his desire not sell any more of his shares for the foreseeable future,^[9] after the sale of 5,000 ordinary shares to Kroenke takes the American's stake in Arsenal Holdings plc to 12,756 Shares (representing 20.5%). On 27 March 2009 Fiszman sold 5,000 ordinary shares of £1 each in Arsenal Holdings plc to KSE, UK, Inc, at a price of £8,500 per Share.^[10]
On 11 April 2011, two days before his death, he sold his Arsenal shares amounting to 16.11% of club's stake to Stan Kroenke,^[11] due to his declining health.

 Personal life

Fiszman and his wife Sally lived in St Prex near Geneva, Switzerland. His hobbies included running and flying, he was a fully qualified commercial jet pilot. Fiszman was undergoing long term treatment for throat cancer at the time of his death.^[12]
He died on 13 April 2011.^[13]

 

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Ronnie Coyle, Scottish footballer (Celtic, Raith Rovers), died from leukemia he was , 46.

Ronnie Coyle was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a defender died from leukemia he was , 46..

(4 August 1964  – 12 April 2011)

Early life

Coyle was born in Glasgow and educated at St. Gerard's Secondary School.^[1] Coyle played for Celtic Boys Club and the Scotland Under-15 schoolboy honours team, alongside, among others, Paul McStay, John Robertson and Ally Dick, which defeated England 5–4 in 1980.^[1]

Career

Coyle began his professional career as a youngster with Celtic.^[1] After just two appearances and a loan period with Clyde, Coyle had a brief spell with Middlesbrough before moving to Rochdale.^[1]
After a year with Rochdale, Coyle moved to Kirkcaldy club Raith Rovers in 1988.^[1] In his eight years with Rovers, Coyle won two First Division titles and a League Cup, also playing in Raith's only season in Europe. After helping Rovers secure a mid-table finish in the Premier Division, Coyle moved on to Ayr United, where he spent a season before similar spells with Albion Rovers and East Fife. Coyle finished his career with Queen's Park.
Coyle - who moved out of football and worked in sales and marketing back in his native Glasgow - was part of a number of former Raith players who lent his weight to the 'Reclaim the Rovers' campaign, taking part in a fundraising walk in the summer of 2005.^[2]
In April 2009 Coyle was diagnosed with a form of leukemia for which he was admitted to the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. On 1 May 2010 at half time during the match Ross County, Raith Rovers fans were glad to hear that he was alright. On 27 March 2011 Raith Rovers hosted a benefit match for him involving their 1994 Coca-Cola Cup winning team and the Celtic runners-up team with Celtic coming out on top 4-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw.^[3] Coyle died just weeks later on 12 April 2011 from the disease he had battled.^[4] He was survived by his wife Joan and their three children, Kevin, Briony and Georgia.

Honours

Raith Rovers

• Scottish First Division: 2

1992-93, 1994-95

• Scottish League Cup: 1

1994-95

Ayr United

• Scottish Second Division: 1

1996-97

 

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Sidney Harman, American businessman and publisher (Newsweek), died from acute myeloid leukemia he was , 92

Sidney Harman  was an American businessman active in education, government, industry, and publishing died from acute myeloid leukemia he was , 92. He was the Chairman Emeritus of Harman International Industries, Inc. Harman served as the U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce in 1977 and 1978. As of August 2010 Harman was also the publisher of Newsweek.
Harman was married to Jane Harman (b. 1945), a former Democratic member of Congress from California who represented California's 36th congressional district which included the Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach areas of Southern California.

(August 4, 1918 – April 12, 2011)

Business career

Harman's father worked at a hearing aid company in New York while he was growing up.^[1] After graduating with a physics degree Sidney's first job was at a loudspeaker company as an engineer.^[1] His boss was Bernard Kardon and roughly thirteen years later each invested $5000 to make the Festival D1000 - the world's first integrated hi-fi receiver.^[1] Harman and Kardon founded harman/kardon, Inc., in 1953.^[2] He was known for the quality of working life programs that he initiated at the company’s plants, especially for the program at Bolivar, Tennessee, which had some short-lived success and has become a model for such activities in American industry and a principal case study at business schools in the United States and abroad.^[3] Harman had written on productivity, quality of working life and economic policy, and was co-author, with Daniel Yankelovich, of Starting With the People, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1988.

Education and philanthropy

Harman (Ph.D. in Higher Education, The Union Institute and University, 1973), a graduate of Baruch College of the City University of New York in 1939, served as a trustee of the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and the National Symphony Orchestra. He was chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Public Agenda Foundation; chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Business Executives for National Security; a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Council on Competitiveness; and a member of the Board of the Leadership Institute of the University of Southern California.
He served for three years as president of Friends World College, a worldwide, experimental Quaker College, and was the founder and an active member of the Program on Technology, Public Policy, and Human Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Harman was chairman of the Program Committee of the Board of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies and a member of the Board of the Carter Center of Emory University.
He was a philanthropist and a member of Washington, D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre Company Board of Trustees. The Company’s new Harman Center for the Arts is named for his family with a performance space, Sidney Harman Hall, named for him. He also endowed the Baruch College Harman Writer-In-Residence visiting Professorship.
The University of Southern California Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies named Harman the "Entrepreneur of the Year 2007."

Newsweek

In August 2010, Harman bought Newsweek magazine from the Washington Post Company.^[1] He paid $1 and accepted the assumption of $47 million in liabilities.^[1][4][5]

Later years and death

Harman displayed a remarkable amount of energy into his 80s, staying active by playing golf and engaging in various other hobbies. He remained involved in the day-to-day management of Harman-Kardon until formally retiring on his 88th birthday in August 2006 and after turning 90 in 2008 remarked "I don't feel much different than I did at 70. Maybe a little bit, but nothing has significantly diminished."
Harman died on April 12, 2011, in Washington D.C. at the age of 92 of complications from acute myeloid leukemia.^[6][7]

 

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Eddie Joost, American baseball player and manager (Philadelphia Athletics) died he was , 94.

Edwin David Joost  was a shortstop and manager in American Major League Baseball died he was , 94.. In 1954, Joost became the third and last manager in the 54-year history of the Philadelphia Athletics. Under Joost, the A's finished last in the American League and lost over 100 games. After that season, they relocated to Kansas City.

(June 5, 1916 – April 12, 2011)

Career

An outstanding defensive player, the right-handed-hitting Joost hit for power but had trouble making contact. In a 17-year major league playing career (1936–37; 1939–43; 1945; 1947–55) for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, Athletics and Boston Red Sox, Joost smashed 134 home runs, with a batting average of .239. In 1943, as a Boston Brave, Joost batted .185 in 421 at bats.
His poor contact hitting notwithstanding, Joost was a central figure in the brief revival of the Athletics in the late 1940s. For three seasons — 1947 through 1949 — the A's, after over a decade of futility, played over .500 baseball. Joost was their regular shortstop and one of the team's leaders. He twice hit over 20 home runs, and batted .289 in 1951.
Joost was an integral part of an Athletics’ infield that registered the still-unmatched feat of turning more than 200 doubles plays in three consecutive seasons, between 1949-51. The Athletics’ 1949 season mark of 217 double plays remains the all-time best in Major League history.^[1]
One factor contributing to Joost's performance with the A's was his decision to wear eyeglasses on the field, which he had avoided earlier in his career because of the negative stereotype of athletes with eyewear at the time. After speaking with A's manager Connie Mack, Joost began to wear his glasses while playing — and improved his hitting.^[2]
Despite his low lifetime batting average, Joost had excellent patience at the plate, resulting in six straight seasons of 100 walks or more, and a career on-base percentage of .361. In 1949, he had an OBP of .429, hitting 23 home runs, scoring 128 runs and walking 149 times.
But the Athletics' resurgence after World War II was brief. Beset by a poor farm system and limited finances, the Mackmen could not compete with the Yankees, Indians and Red Sox. Mack, the team's Hall of Fame patriarch and manager, retired at age 87 after the 1950 campaign. Veteran Jimmie Dykes took the helm from 1951–53, and — thanks to the American League MVP, pitcher Bobby Shantz — sparked one last revival in 1952. But the A's fell to seventh in 1953, prompting Dykes' departure, and Joost, who had appeared in only 51 games in '53, became player-manager in '54. He batted .362 in 47 at bats, but the team went 51-103 (.331) and Joost was fired after the season ended.
Joost continued his playing career as a utility infielder for the Red Sox in 1955, and in 1956 briefly managed the Pacific Coast League's San Francisco Seals, then the top Bosox farm club, in his hometown before leaving the game.
When the Oakland Athletics played the Philadelphia Phillies for the first time in interleague play in June 2003 at Veterans Stadium, the Phillies invited former-Philadelphia A's Joost and Gus Zernial to the games.^[3] When the Phillies played the Athletics in Oakland in June 2005, the A's invited Joost to throw out the first pitch before the series opening game on June 17, 2005.^[4]
With the death of Lonny Frey in 2009, Joost was the last living member of the Reds team that won the 1940 World Series. He was also the last living player who played in an non-exhibition major league game at Baker Bowl, the Philadelphia Phillies' home ballpark from 1895 to June 30, 1938.^[5][6] Ironically, Joost's best years in his playing career^[7] occurred while playing for the Philadelphia A's during a time the A's and Phillies shared Shibe Park as their home ballpark; Shibe Park replaced Baker Bowl as the Phillies' home field in mid-1938^[8].

Sidney Harman

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Sidney Harman
Sidney Harman, circa 1955
Born	August 4, 1918 Montreal, Quebec
Died	April 12, 2011 (aged 92) Washington D.C.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Business As of August 2010: publishing
Spouse	Jane Harman

 

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