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Igor Kon Russian philosopher, psychologist and sexologist died he was , 82,.

Igor Semyonovich Kon was a Soviet and Russian philosopher, psychologist, and sexologist. His scientific publications have been translated into various languages died he was , 82.

(21 May 1928 – 27 April 2011)

Biography

Kon was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). He was evacuated during the Siege of Leningrad and returned after the lifting of the blockade in 1944.[1] He graduated from Herzen State Pedagogical University with a degree in history in 1947 and was awarded a candidate of sciences degree by the same university in 1950. He was awarded the doctor of sciences degree by Leningrad State University in 1959.
Kon worked at a variety of academic institutions between 1950 and 1974, holding positions at the Vologda Pedagogical Institute in 1950-52, the Leningrad Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute (now St. Petersburg State Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy) in 1953-56, Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg State University) in 1956-67, the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1967-68, the Institute of Concrete Social Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences) in 1968-72, and the Institute of Social Sciences in 1972-74. He has been chief researcher of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology at the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1974.
Kon was one of the first Soviet scholars to write textbooks on sociology. He is most famous as an expert on sexology and sexual health. He started studying these matters in the middle of the 1960s. His Vvedeniye v seksologiyu (Introduction to Sexology; 1988, 2005) was written as a textbook for universities.
He believed that sexology cannot be confined to the bounds of medical problems, but rather is an independent interdisciplinary science rather than a branch of medicine. Interviewed by Sarah Keller for his profile in a 1989 issue of the American magazine Mother Jones.

Kon was a member of numerous scientific societies, including the International Academy of Sex Research, the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, the International Sociological Association, the Polish Academy of Sex Research, and the European Association for Adolescent Psychology.[3] He was a member of the International Advisory Board of the German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research.[4]

Death

Igor Kon died in Moscow, aged 82, in 2011, from undisclosed causes.[5]

Honors

Kon was awarded an honorary professorship from Cornell University in 1989 and received a doctor honoris causa degree from the University of Surrey in 1992.[3]
In 2005, the World Association for Sexual Health awarded Kon its Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to sexology.[6]

Publications

 

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Marian Mercer, American actress (It's a Living), died from complications from Alzheimer's disease he was , 75.


Marian Ethel Mercer  was an American actress and singer died from complications from Alzheimer's disease he was , 75..

(November 26, 1935 — April 27, 2011)

Born in Akron, Ohio, she graduated from the University of Michigan, then spent several seasons working in summer stock. She made her Broadway debut in the chorus of the short-lived musical, Greenwillow in 1960. She drew critical notice for her performance in New Faces of 1962, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, and the Theatre World Award for her performance as Marge MacDougall in Promises, Promises (1968). Additional theatre credits include Hay Fever and the short-lived 1978 revival of Stop the World – I Want to Get Off with Sammy Davis, Jr.
Mercer was a regular on The Dom DeLuise Show, The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters, The Sandy Duncan Show, The Andy Williams Show, and the sitcom It's a Living where she played the humorless restaurant hostess, Nancy Beebe. She also had recurring roles on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, its sequel, Forever Fernwood, St. Elsewhere, and Empty Nest.
She made guest appearances on such shows as Love, American Style; Archie Bunker's Place; Mama's Family; Benson; The Golden Girls; Murder, She Wrote; Touched by an Angel; and Suddenly Susan, among many others. She had a featured role in the 1979 television movie The Cracker Factory, which starred Natalie Wood. Her screen credits include Nine to Five.
Mercer was a resident of the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.[1] until shortly before her death on April 27, 2011, from Alzheimer's disease, in Newbury Park, California at the age of 75.[2] She was survived by her second husband, her daughter, Deidre Whitaker, and a sister.

 

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Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist (TNT), church organist and mastering engineer, died from cancer he was , 44.


Dag Stokke was a Norwegian keyboardist, church organist and mastering engineer best known for his work with the Norwegian rock bands TNT and Vagabond died from cancer he was , 44.. He owned an online mastering service called OnlineMastering.

(April 1, 1967 – April 27, 2011) 

Stokke was TNT's live keyboardist from April 1987 to 2011 and played on every TNT album from Realized Fantasies (1992) to A Farewell to Arms (2010).[1] However, he was never a permanent TNT member.[1] "I'm cool with my position in TNT," he said in a 2010 interview, "Some people ask me why I'm not in the pictures and why I'm not profiled. That's just the way it is, and I'm completely laidback with that. I got to experience the rockstar existence so much in 1987 and especially in 1989 and a little bit into 1992, so that dream has been realized. If I'm not upfront, that's totally cool, because I know I've been a part of all this."[1] He played his last concert with TNT in Umeå, Sweden on March 5, 2011.[2]
In January 2011 he found out he had cancer.[2] Stokke died on April 27, 2011 at the age of 44. He is survived by a son.[3][4]

Discography

TNT

 Vagabond

  • Vagabond (1994)
  • A Huge Fan of Life (1995)

 Other artists

  • Jorn - Starfire (2000)
  • Unni Wilhelmsen - Disconnected (2001)
  • Arnstein Hammershaug - Langsomme dager (2009)

 

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Harold Schnitzer American philanthropist and company executive (Schnitzer Steel), died from cancer he was , 87,.

Harold J. Schnitzer  was an American businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist died from cancer he was , 87. Schnitzer is best remembered for having made over $80 million in charitable gifts over the course of his lifetime, including the establishment of the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon and at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

(June 8, 1923 – April 27, 2011)

Biography

 Early years

Harold Schnitzer was born in 1923 to Rose and Sam Schnitzer, ethnic Jewish emigrés from Tsarist Russia.[2] Harold was the fifth of seven children of the couple.[2] The elder Schnitzer was in the scrap metal business, beginning the Alaska Junk Company.[2]
Harold anticipated entering the steel industry from an early age, studying metallurgy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he graduated in 1944.[2]
Following graduation, Schnitzer served a stint in the U.S. Army during World War II as an ordinance specialist.[3]

Career

After the war, Schnitzer entered the family business, Schnitzer Steel Industries, for a time.[3] He did not wish to compete with his four brothers in the company, however, so in 1950 Harold Schnitzer decided to shift gears, selling his share of the business to provide capital for a new enterprise.[4]
The new enterprise founded was a real estate investment company known as Harsch Investment Properties.[2] The name of the firm, Harsch, derived from the first three letters of Harold Schnitzer's first and last names.[3]
Schnitzer began his career as a real estate developer with the purchase of an old warehouse in downtown Portland and its conversion into office space. Over the years Schnitzer's company grew to the point where it owned 130 properties with 21 million square feet of rentable commercial space in five western states, as well as more than 1,000 apartments.[5] At the time of his death, Harsch Investment Properties employed 225 people.[4]

Charitable giving

From 1993 until his death in 2011, Harold Schnitzer and his wife Arlene were responsible for $80 million in charitable giving to a wide range of projects.[2] Some of these projects included the refurbishing of the Portland Art Museum, the creation of the Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center at Oregon Health and Sciences University, the restoration of what is today known as the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, and the establishment of the endowed Harold Schnitzer Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State University and the University of Oregon.[2]
Other prominent Oregon institutions supported by the Schnitzer family through the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation included the Oregon Zoo[4] and Oregon Public Broadcasting.[6]
Schnitzer was also a financial supporter of such cultural institutions as the Oregon Symphony, the Portland Opera, and the Oregon Ballet, in addition to various educational and social service programs.[2] Schnitzer was also a supporter of programs within Oregon's Jewish community, including the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, the Portland Jewish Academy, and an independent and assisted living facility for elders known as Rose Schnitzer Manor.[2]

 Death and legacy

Harold Schnitzer died April 27, 2011, in Portland, Oregon, following a two year battle with abdominal cancer.[3]
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber recalled of Schnitzer that "he was incredibly easy to be around. He made you feel at ease. He was powerful and wealthy yet at ease. He didn't take himself that seriously."[4]
Schnitzer was remembered by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden as "one of those really rare individuals you call a vintage Oregonian.... who almost always says when you begin to talk to him, 'What can I do to help?'"[2]

 

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Yvette Vickers, American actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), singer and model (Playboy). died her body was discovered on this date she was , 81.

 Yvette Vickers  was an American actress, pin-up model and singer died her body was discovered on this date she was , 81..

(August 26, 1928—  2010)

Early life and career

Vickers was born Yvette Vedder in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of the jazz musicians Charles and Iola Vedder. During her youth she traveled with her parents on the road. She decided to become a writer and took classes at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in journalism.[2] As a filler she took a class in acting and discovered she enjoyed it, so she changed her major to drama. While at UCLA she was discovered by the advertising industry and began making commercials. She moved to New York City to become the White Rain Girl but decided to return to California in order to enter the film industry.[4]
Her first movie appearance was as Yvette Vedder in Sunset Boulevard (1950). The role was minor, and she was uncredited. She made her first movie appearance under her own name in Short Cut to Hell (1957), directed by James Cagney. In 1958, she appeared in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman as Honey Parker. The following year she played the role of Liz Walker in Attack of the Giant Leeches. During the same period she also made a number of appearances in TV shows.[4]
In 1959, she appeared as the Playboy Playmate of the Month for the July issue.[5] Her centerfold was photographed by Russ Meyer. She also appeared in several other men's magazines. Her film career began to wind down at about that point. She did play some small parts in films from 1962 onward, including a small role in Hud (1963). Her last role was in Evil Spirits, a 1991 horror film.
Vickers was also a singer, and in the 1990s she released a jazz tribute to her parents on CD called A Tribute to Charlie and Maria. In 2005, she visited Canada for the first time to appear at the Toronto Classic Movie Festival. With interviewer Tom Weaver, she is on the audio commentary track of the 2007 Warner Brothers DVD release of Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. She had been writing her autobiography prior to her death.

Personal life

In 1953, Vickers married Don Prell, but they were divorced by 1957. Her second marriage was in 1959 to Leonard Burns, but they were divorced the same year.
Although she never remarried, Vickers had a long-term relationship with actor Jim Hutton.[6]

Death

Vickers' neighbor became concerned after noticing a large pile of yellowing mail in her mailbox as well as spider webs across her front door. Her body was found inside her Benedict Canyon home on April 27, 2011. The exact date of her death is unknown.[3] Authorities indicated, however, that the mummified state of her body suggested Vickers could have been dead for nearly a year.[3] The Los Angeles county coroner's department confirmed that Vickers had died from heart failure.[7]

 

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Michael Waltman, American actor (Beyond the Law, Tower of Terror, National Lampoon's Van Wilder) died he was , 64.

Michael Gordon Waltman  was an American film and television actor.[1] His credits included Tower of Terror, Beyond the Law and National Lampoon's Van Wilder died he was , 64..

(November 6, 1946 - April 27, 2011)

Waltman was born in Detroit, Michigan, on November 6, 1946, to Gordon and Dorothy Waltman.[1] He moved with his family to Phoenix, Arizona, where he resided for forty-one years.[1] Waltman served in the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1969 on a guided missile cruiser.[1] He was a recipient of the Purple Heart.[1]
Waltman relocated to Los Angeles in 1994 to pursue an acting career.[1] He was cast in numerous television, film and theater roles. His film credits included National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Beyond the Law and Arizona Heat.[1] His numerous television roles included ER, NYPD Blue and The Practice.[1]
Michael Waltman died at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, on April 27, 2011, at the age of 64.[1] He was buried in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.[1] Waltman was survived by his wife, Dr. Judith Welles, four daughters and three sons.[1]

 

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David Wilkerson, American Christian evangelist and author (The Cross and the Switchblade), died from a car accident he was , 79


David Wilkerson  was an American Christian evangelist, best known for his book The Cross and the Switchblade died from a car accident he was , 79. He was the founder of the addiction recovery program Teen Challenge, and founding pastor of the non-denominational Times Square Church in New York.

(May 19, 1931 – April 27, 2011)

Wilkerson's widely distributed sermons, such as "A Call to Anguish," are known for being direct and frank. He emphasized such Christian beliefs as God's holiness and righteousness, God's love toward humans and especially Christian views of Jesus. Wilkerson tried to avoid categorizing Christians into distinct groups according to the denomination to which they belong.
Wilkerson was killed in a car crash in Texas on April 27, 2011.

Ministry

Wilkerson served as a pastor in small churches in Scottdale and Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, until he saw a photograph in Life Magazine in 1958 of seven New York City teenagers charged with murder.[2] He later wrote that as he felt the Holy Spirit move him with compassion, he was drawn to go to New York in February 1958. It was then that he began a street ministry to young drug addicts and gang members, which he continued into the 1960s.[3] Later in 1958, he founded Teen Challenge,[4] an evangelical Christian addiction recovery program affiliated with the Assemblies of God, with a network of Christian social and evangelizing work centers.[5]
Wilkerson gained national recognition after he co-authored the book The Cross and the Switchblade in 1963 with John and Elizabeth Sherrill about his street ministry. The book became a best-seller, with over 50 million copies in over thirty languages, and is included in Christianity Today's "Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals".[6] In the book, Wilkerson tells of the conversion of gang member Nicky Cruz, who later became an evangelist himself and wrote the autobiographical Run Baby Run. In 1970, The Cross and the Switchblade was turned into a Hollywood movie starring Pat Boone as Wilkerson and Erik Estrada as Cruz.
In 1967, Wilkerson began Youth Crusades, an evangelistic ministry aimed at teenagers whom Wilkerson called "goodniks"—middle-class youth who were restless and bored. His goal was to prevent them from becoming heavily involved with drugs, alcohol, or violence. Through this ministry, the CURE Corps (Collegiate Urban Renewal Effort) was founded. It was intended to be something of a Christian version of the Peace Corps and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA).[citation needed]
In 1971, Wilkerson moved his ministry headquarters to Lindale, Texas, where he founded World Challenge, an organization whose mission is to promote and spread the Gospel throughout the world.[citation needed]
Wilkerson believed that In 1986, while walking down 42nd Street in New York City at midnight, the Holy Spirit called him to return to New York City and to raise up a ministry in Times Square. He founded and became the pastor of Times Square Church,[1] which opened its doors in October 1987. The church first occupied rented auditoriums in Times Square (Town Hall and the Nederlander Theater), later moving to the historic Mark Hellinger Theatre, which the ministry purchased in 1989 and in which it has operated ever since.[citation needed]
From the 1990s, Wilkerson focused his efforts to encourage pastors and their families throughout the world to "renew their passion for Christ".
Wilkerson and his wife Gwen moved to New York City at the inception of Times Square Church in 1987, and in 2006 began splitting their time between New York and Texas. They have four children and eleven grandchildren.[citation needed]

Prophecies

Wilkerson claimed to have received a vision in 1973 regarding the future of the United States, subsequently published in a book called The Vision. Some of the subject areas of this reputed prophecy were: "Worldwide recession caused by economic confusion"; "Nature having labor pains"; "A flood of filth and a baptism of dirt in America"; "Rebellion in the home"; and "A persecution madness against truly Spirit filled Christians who love Jesus Christ".

Death

On April 27, 2011, while driving east on US Route 175 in Texas, Wilkerson crossed into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a tractor trailer. He was reportedly not wearing his seat belt, and was pronounced dead on the scene. His wife was wearing a seat belt, and was injured.[7]
Rev. Wilkerson's last blog post stated the following: "To those going through the valley and shadow of death, hear this word: Weeping will last through some dark, awful nights," he wrote, "and in that darkness you will soon hear the Father whisper, `I am with you. I cannot tell you why right now, but one day it will all make sense. You will see it was all part of my plan. It was no accident."'[8]

Bibliography

  • The Cross and the Switchblade (with John and Elizabeth Sherrill) . Jove. 1962.[9]
  • America's Last Call, On the Brink of a Financial Holocaust [10] (1998)
  • Beyond The Cross and the Switchblade (1974)
  • Born Old (1966) original title The Little People
  • David Wilkerson Exhorts the Church (1991)
  • David Wilkerson Speaks Out (1973)
  • Dearly Beloved [11] (2009), ISBN 0-9712187-4-9
  • End Times New Testament
  • Get Your Hands Off My Throat (1971)
  • God's Plan to Protect His People in the Coming Depression [12] (1998)
  • Hallowed Be Thy Names [13] (May 2001) ISBN 097093260X
  • Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately?[14] (1980) ISBN 0800784812
  • Hey, Preach . . . You're Comin' Through! (1968)
  • Hungry For More of Jesus [15] (February 1992)
  • I'm Not Mad at God (1967)
  • I've Given Up On Parents (1969)
  • Jesus Christ Solid Rock: The Return Of Christ (with Kathryn Kuhlman, Hal Lindsey and W. A. Criswell) (1973)
  • Jesus Person Maturity Manual
  • Jesus Person Pocket Promise Book (1972)
  • The Jesus walk: Selected " why's " and " how-to's " for a closer walk with Christ (A Regal Jesus Person Maturity book) (1972)
  • Life on the Edge of Time (1972)
  • Man, Have I Got Problems (1969)
  • My Bible Speaks to Me
  • The New Covenant Unveiled [16] (April 2000)
  • One Way To Where? (1972)
  • Parents on Trial (1967)
  • Pocket Promise Book (1972), ISBN 0-8307-0191-5
  • Pocket Proverbs (1983), ISBN 0-8307-0893-6
  • Promises To Live By
  • Purple Violet Squish (1969)
  • Racing Toward Judgment (1976)
  • Rebel's Bible (1970)
  • Revival on Broadway [17] (September 1996)
  • Rock Bottom (pamphlet) (1981)
  • Set the Trumpet to thy Mouth (1985)
  • Sipping Saints [18] (1978), ISBN 0-8007-8339-5
  • Suicide (1978)
  • This Is Loving? (1972)
  • Triumph Through Tragedy [19] (2001)
  • Twelve Angels from Hell (1965)
  • The Untapped Generation (with Don Wilkerson) (1971)
  • Victory Over Sin and Self (1980) Originally titled Two of Me
  • The Vision (1973), ISBN 0-5150-3286-7.
  • What Every Teenager Should Know About Drugs (1971)
  • When In Doubt, Faith It! (1972)

 

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