Madhava Gudi, Indian Hindustani classical vocalist died he was , 70.

Madhav Gudi was a Hindustani classical vocalist, specialising in Khayal and light forms died he was , 70.

(1941 – 22 April 2011) 

Early life and background

Madhav Gudi was born in Dharwad, Karnataka^[3] into a family of keertankars and harikatha (devotional) musicians.
Madhav Gudi was introduced to music at a very early age. His initial training was under Pandit Nageshrao Deshpande and later from the great maestro of Gwalior gharana, Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru. He finally received his most important training from the Kirana scion Pandit Bhimsen Joshi in a guru-shishya milieu which lasted well over twenty six years.

Singing career

Gudi's voice suited for Hindustani classical as well as light classical (dasavani and abhang) music. A top-grade All India Radio artiste, he toured all over India and performed with Pt. Bhimsen Joshi in several centers in India and overseas.

Awards

Among several accolades that he received were the Sangeeta Nritya Academy award from the Government of Karnataka, Surashri, Gaana Bhaskar, Smt Vatsala Tai Joshi Award, Gaana Kala Tilaka and the Yashavant Rao Chauhan Samata Gaurav Puraskar.^[1]

 

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Merle Greene Robertson, American artist and archeologist died she was , 97.

Merle Greene Robertson  was an American artist, art historian, archaeologist, lecturer and Mayanist researcher, renowned for her extensive work towards the investigation and preservation of the art, iconography and writing of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Central America died she was , 97.

(August 30, 1913 – April 22, 2011)

Early life

Robertson was born in 1913 in the small town of Miles City, Montana, but, moved to Great Falls, Montana as a small child. Her schooling was completed in Seattle, Washington.^[3]

Contributions to study of the Maya

Initially trained as an artist, Robertson pioneered the technique of taking rubbings from Maya monumental sculptures and inscriptions, making several thousand of these over a career spanning four decades.^[4] In many cases these rubbings have preserved features of the artworks which have since deteriorated or even disappeared, through the actions of the environment or looters. Robertson was also instrumental in initiating the series of Mayanist conferences known as the Palenque Round Tables, which have produced some of the most significant breakthroughs in Maya research and the epigraphic decipherment of the ancient Maya script.
In 2004 Robertson received the Orden del Pop award from Guatemala's Museo Popol Vuh, in recognition of her decades of work preserving the country's Maya cultural heritage through her detailed documentation of Maya monuments and hieroglyphic writing.^[5]

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José Torres Martino, Puerto Rican painter and writer, died after a long illness he was , 94.

José Antonio Torres Martino  was a Puerto Rican painter, artist, journalist and writer died after a long illness he was , 94.. Martino founded or expanded many of Puerto Rico's major media, artistic and journalism organizations. He was known for abstract paintings, many of which were inspired by the southern coast of Puerto Rico near the second city of Ponce.

(1916 - April 22, 2011)

Torres was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1916.^[1] Torres was raised in Puerto Rico, but moved to New York City, where he studies at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn for a brief time.^[1] Financial problems forced him to leave Pratt before completing his degree and he returned to Puerto Rico.^[1]
He began working as a radio journalist upon his return to Puerto Rico from New York.^[1] He co-founded Puerto Rico's first magazine focusing on radio journalism when he was 22 years old.^[1] According to Margarita Fernandez Zavala, a professor of art at the University of Puerto Rico, Torres went on to become a well known voice for radio and television audiences between the 1940s and 1980s.^[1] Fernandez Zavala called Torres "one of the pioneers of radio and television on the island."^[1]
Torres continued to paint while working on the radio in his twenties. During the mid-1940s, he was able to transition to painting as a full-time career.^[1] He returned to New York City, where he resumed school and held exhibitions of his work.^[1] He was able to tour Europe, before returning to Puerto Rico. He then co-founded both the Center for Puerto Rican Art and the School of Plastic Arts of Puerto Rico.^[1]
He remained active in the Puerto Rican media. Torres co-founded the Press and Television Guild of Puerto Rico in 1951, and later served as the guild's president.^[1] He spearheaded the creation of a graphics art program and workshop at the University of Puerto Rico.^[1] In addition to his appearances on the radio, Torres also became a columnist for El Nuevo Día, a Puerto Rican daily newspaper.^[1]
Jose Torres Martino died at Pavia Hospital in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 22, 2011, at the age of 94. He was survived by his son and two granddaughters.^[1]

 

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João Maria Tudela, Portuguese singer died he was , 81.

João Maria Tudela (Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, August 27, 1929 — Cascais, April 22, 2011) was a Portuguese singer, musician and entertainer died he was , 81..

History

João Maria Tudela was born in Lourenço Marques, the capital of the Portuguese African territory of Mozambique in 1929. His father's family was wealthy with noble ancestors; Tudela's grandmother gave to his father a part of her patrimony when he married Tudela'a mother. While in Mozambique with his young parents, his father fled the territory for the United Kingdom on a cruise ship, after he fell in love with a British woman (Tudela would only see his father again as a 16-year old student in Coimbra; his mother would marry another man that Tudela would always call his "father"). Tudela described his biological father as a "prince" who a premature marriage at 18 years had turned into an emotionally unstable person. He spent his early youth studying in South Africa and in his home-town of Lourenço Marques where he started to play as a soloist at the Liceu Salazar (Salazar High School). He played piano, guitar, and viola without even knowing music. He went to Coimbra, first as a secondary school (high school) student and then as a student of the Coimbra University Law School. In Coimbra he joined the academic music groups and, thou his studies did not progress and he did not graduate, his artistic talent was developed. Due to his scarce interest and lack of results at the university, his family imposed his return back to Mozambique after four years with little academic progress. Tudela worked first for the insurance company Companhia de Seguros Império and then in Shell, where he remained for a decade as a sales manager. By this time he developed his talent as a tennis player, becoming one of the best athletes of Mozambique in that sport. But João Maria Tudela's passion for music was huge and he never stopped singing, especially the Coimbra fado, and his fame became large in the whole of Mozambique. He also became interested in African music and rhythm. In subsequent years he continued to write and act in Mozambique, starting a partnership with the orchestra of Dan Hill. In 1959 João Maria Tudela created his first and most successful song ever, Kanimambo, which made a big career in mainland Portugal, the United States and in South America. Always defending his status as amateur, he was invited to a tour in Brazil. In the return of this tour he performed through Portugal with great success, and a few months later he returned to stay definitely as a professional. In the early sixties, João Maria Tudela entered the Portuguese art scene by the big door. His elegant style had earned him a legion of fans, and a career crowned with numerous awards, including the Critics Prize for Best TV in 1962. In 1968 he sang Ao Vento e às Andorinhas in the Festival RTP da Canção.^[1] During the same year, after being barred from returning to RTP following the interpretation of Cama 4, Sala 5, written by José Carlos Ary dos Santos and Nuno Nazareth Fernandes, Tudela resolves to end his career. The last years of his artistic career are marked by an increasing demand on the themes (lyrics and compositions), and a more critical approach to the policies of the Estado Novo regime.^[2][3][4] After the Carnation revolution (1974), Tudela only acted as an entertainer in a few RTP TV shows and theatre and casino performances.

 

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Beverly Barton, American romance author, died from heart failure he was , 64.

Beverly Marie Beaver better known as Beverly Barton, was an American author, known for her romantic suspense novels died from heart failure he was , 64.. She has written over thirty contemporary romance novels and created the popular The Protectors series for Harlequin Enterprises owned Silhouette’s Intimate Moments lines. Her first book, Yankee Lover, was published in July 1990 by Harlequin’s imprint, Silhouette Desire.

( 1946 – April 21, 2011)

Biography

Beverly Barton was born in Alabama. She spent her formative years between Tuscumbia and Barton, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee. After graduating from Chattanooga Central High School, she attended college at the University of North Alabama.
Barton was a wife, mother, and grandmother.^[4]
She died suddenly of heart failure on April 21, 2011.

Bibliography

Novels

 Kensington Books

1. After Dark (December 2000)
2. The Last to Die (January 2004)
3. As Good As Dead (September 2004)
4. Killing Her Softly Also titled Amnesia (July 2005)
5. Every Move She Makes (June 2006)
6. Close Enough to Kill (July 2006)
7. What She Doesn't Know (September 2006)
8. The Dying Game (April 2007)
9. The Fifth Victim (January 2008)
10. The Murder Game (February 2008)
11. Cold Hearted (September 2008)
12. Silent Killer (September 2009)
13. Worth Dying For (December 2009)
14. The Dying Game (January 2010)
15. Dead By Midnight (February 2010)
16. Don't Cry (scheduled for release September 2010)^[5]

 Anthologies

• “Sugar and Spice,” with Fern Michaels, Joanne Fluke, and Shirley Jump (November 2006)
• “Most Likely to Die,” with Lisa Jackson and Wendy Corsi Staub ( February 2007)

 

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Tine Bryld, Danish social worker, writer, radio host and letters editor died she was , 71.

Tine Bryld was a social worker, writer, radio personality and editor of letter to the editor pages died she was , 71..

( 18 December 1939 – 21 April 2011)


Tine Bryld was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. She was especially known and respected for the radio program Tværs, a live radio program where people, especially young people, could call and ask questions "on the air". She counselled young people for 36 years about anything from love troubles, sexuality to mobbing and the experiences of a divorce child. Tine Bryld also had a letter to the editor page for a number of years in the Danish womens magazine Alt for Damerne (All for the Ladies), as well as having written a number of books, of which the trilogy Liv and Alexander (1982–84) probably is the best known. Bryld also received several Danish awards.^[2]
Tine Bryld was married twice. Her first husband was historian Claus Bryld (1961–68) and her second husband was architect Arne Gaardmand (from 1975 until his death 2008).^[2]

 

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Annalisa Ericson, Swedish actress (Summer Interlude) died he was , 97.

Annalisa Ericson  was a Swedish actress best known for her roles in 58 Swedish movies between 1930 and 1991 died he was , 97.

(14 September 1913 – 21 April 2011)

The core of her acting work though took place on various theatres in Stockholm. Starting with ballet in 1919, she made her first work on the stage at the Royal Opera in Stockholm. After quitting the ballet in 1930, she became an acting student and made her first appearances in various plays and revues. Her first break in the movies was Värmlänningarna in 1932. Mixing revues with light comedy films, she slowly gained herself a name. In the 1940s she appeared in a number of musicals with actor Nils Poppe where the couple became known for their acrobatic dancing.^[2]
In the 1950s she mainly appeared in musicals and revues. As far as her movie career is concerned, she took part in a string of crime thrillers directed by Arne Mattsson.^[2] Her last role was in 2004, in the film Annalisa och Sven. Ericson died on 21 April 2011 at the age of 97.

 

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