Jackie Cooper, American actor (Skippy, Our Gang, Superman) and director (M*A*S*H).died he was , 88

 Jackie Cooper was an American actor, television director, producer and executive died he was , 88. He was a child actor who managed to make the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination.^[1] At age 9, he was also the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role—an honor that he received for the film Skippy (1931).^[2] For nearly 50 years, Cooper remained the youngest Oscar nominee in any category, until he was surpassed by Justin Henry's nomination, at age 8, in the Supporting Actor category for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).

 

 (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011)

Early life

Cooper was born John Cooper, Jr.,^[3] in Los Angeles, California. Cooper's father, John Cooper, left the family when Jackie was two years old. His mother, Mabel Leonard Bigelow (née Polito), was a stage pianist^[4] and former child actress.^[5] Cooper's maternal uncle, Jack Leonard, was a screenwriter, and his maternal aunt, Julie Leonard, was an actress married to director Norman Taurog. Cooper's stepfather was C.J. Bigelow, a studio production manager.^[6] His mother was Italian American (her family's surname was changed from "Polito" to "Leonard"); Cooper was told by his family that his father was Jewish (the two never reunited after he had left the family).^[6][7][8]

Start of acting career

Cooper as he appeared in the film Broadway to Hollywood, 1933

Cooper first appeared in films as an extra with his grandmother, who would bring him along in hopes of aiding her own attempts to get extra work. At age three, Jackie appeared in Lloyd Hamilton comedies under the name of "Leonard".
He graduated to bit parts in feature films such as Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 and Sunny Side Up. His director in these two films, David Butler, recommended the boy to director Leo McCarey, who arranged an audition for the Our Gang comedy series produced by Hal Roach. Cooper joined the series in the short Boxing Gloves in 1929, signing to a three-year contract. He initially was only a supporting character in the series, but by early 1930 he had done so well with the transition to sound films that he had become one of the Gang's major characters. He was the main character in the episodes The First Seven Years, When the Wind Blows, and others. His most notable Our Gang shorts explore his crush on Miss Crabtree, the schoolteacher played by June Marlowe, which included the trilogy of shorts Teacher's Pet, School's Out, and Love Business.^[6]

Cooper flirts with schoolteacher Miss Crabtree in School's Out, 1930

According to his autobiography, Cooper, under contract to Hal Roach Studios, was loaned in the spring of 1931 to Paramount to star in Skippy (directed by his uncle, Norman Taurog), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor — the youngest actor ever (at the age of 9) to be nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor. Although Paramount paid Roach $25,000 for Cooper's services, Cooper received only his standard Roach salary of $50 per week.^[6]

The handprints of Jackie Cooper in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

The movie catapulted young Cooper to super-stardom. Our Gang producer Hal Roach sold Jackie's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in mid-1931, as he felt the youngster would have a better future in features. He began a long on-screen relationship with actor Wallace Beery in such films as The Champ (1931), The Bowery (1933), The Choices of Andy Purcell (1933), Treasure Island (1934), and O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935). A legion of film critics and fans have lauded the relationship between the two as an example of classic movie magic. However, in his autobiography Cooper wrote that Beery was "a big disappointment", and accused him of upstaging and other attempts to undermine the boy's performances out of what Cooper presumed was jealousy.^[6]

Adult years

Not conventionally handsome as he approached adulthood, Cooper had the typical child-actor problems finding roles as an adolescent, and he served in World War II, so his career was at a nadir when he starred in two popular television sitcoms, NBC's The People’s Choice with Patricia Breslin and CBS's Hennesey with Abby Dalton. In 1954, he guest starred on the NBC legal drama Justice. Later, he appeared on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and also guest starred with Tennessee Ernie Ford on The Ford Show.
In 1950, he appeared in Mr. Roberts in Boston, Massachusetts, as Ensign Pulver.
From 1964 to 1969, Cooper was vice president of program development at Columbia Pictures Screen Gems TV division. He was responsible for packaging series (such as Bewitched) and other projects and selling them to the networks. He reportedly cast Sally Field as Gidget. Cooper acted only once during this period, in the 1968 TV-movie Shadow on the Land.
Cooper left Columbia in 1969 and started yet another phase of his career, one in which he would act occasionally in key character roles. He appeared in Candidate for Crime starring Peter Falk as Columbo in 1973 and the short-lived 1975 ABC series Mobile One, a Jack Webb/Mark VII Limited production, but mostly he devoted more and more of his time to directing dozens of episodic TV and other projects. His work as director on episodes of M*A*S*H and The White Shadow earned him Emmy awards.^[9]
Cooper found renewed fame in the 1970s and 1980s as Daily Planet editor Perry White in the Superman film series starring Christopher Reeve. In the commentary track for Superman, director Richard Donner reveals that Cooper got the role because he had a passport, and thus was able to be on set in a few hours, after Keenan Wynn, who was originally cast, suffered a heart attack.^[10]
Cooper's final film role was as Ace Morgan in the 1987 film Surrender, starring Sally Field, Michael Caine, and Steve Guttenberg.

Personal life

Cooper was married three times: first to June Horne from 1944 until 1949, with whom he had one son, John "Jack" Cooper III (born 1946). He was married to Hildy Parks from 1950 until 1951 and to Barbara Kraus from 1954 until her death in 2009. Cooper and Barbara had three children—Russell (born 1956), Julie (1957–1997) and Cristina (1959–2009).^{[citation needed]}
Cooper's autobiography, Please Don't Shoot My Dog, was published in 1982. The title comes from director Norman Taurog's threat to shoot young Jackie's dog if he could not cry in Skippy.^[6] Cooper has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1501 Vine Street.
Cooper announced his retirement in 1989, although he was still directing episodes of the syndicated series Superboy. He began spending more time training and racing horses at Hollywood Park and outside San Diego during the Del Mar racing season. He lived in Beverly Hills from 1955 to his death. He occasionally returned to the soundstage for retrospective and documentary programs about Hollywood in which he had toiled for the entire sound period to-date, and even some silent films.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Cooper died on May 3, 2011, at the age of 88. According to his agent, Ronnie Leif, Mr. Cooper died after a short illness.^[11][12]

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Mildred Robbins Leet,, American philanthropist, co-founder of Trickle Up, died from complications from a fall she was 88.

Mildred Robbins Leetwas an American entrepreneur and philanthropist died from complications from a fall she was  88.. She was a co-founder and Chair Emerita of the Board of Directors of Trickle Up, a New York-based international Non-governmental organization dedicated to alleviating poverty.

(August 9, 1922 – May 3, 2011)


Trickle Up was established in 1979 to help the lowest-earning people worldwide take their first steps out of poverty by providing conditional seed capital and business training essential to the launch of a micro-enterprise.
One of the founders of United Cerebral Palsy in 1948, Mrs. Leet became the first President of its Women's Division. From 1957-1964 she was the United Nations (UN) Representative for the National Council of Women of the USA. She served as President of the Council from 1964–68, emphasizing civil rights, international peacekeeping and organizing the first Women's Conference on National Service. From 1968-70 she was Vice President of the International Council of Women and became an active member on the Women's Advisory Committee on Poverty in the US Office of Economic Opportunity. She founded the UN Hospitality Information Service, resulting in the creation of the New York City Commission for UN and Consular Corps. From 1968 to 1974 she participated in the development of the International Peace Academy.
She organized an International Task Force of Women in 1978 to prepare for the 1979 UN Conference on Science and Technology for Development. She was appointed a member of the US Delegation and the preparation resulted in a resolution focusing on women in science and technology.
Mrs. Leet was Chair of the Board of the Audrey Cohen College for Human Services, now known as the Metropolitan College of New York, from 1986 to 1999. She is now Chair Emerita. Mrs. Leet was also Vice President of the U.S. Committee for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), which she helped found in 1984. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Women’s Forum, Inc. and the UN International Task Force on the Informal Sector Development in Africa. She was the chairwoman of African Action on AIDS helping fund scholarships for African Girl Orphans.
In 1990, she received the Interaction Award for Spirited Championship of the Role of Women. In 1989, WomenAid honored her in England, along with Wangari Maathai and Mother Teresa, with the Women of the World Award presented by Princess Diana. She received the 1986 Women of Conscience Award from the National Council of Women of the USA Inc., and was the 1985 recipient of the Theodore Kheel Award from the Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution.
With her husband, Glen Leet, she received, in 1994, the Champion of Enterprise Award from Avon Products Inc. and the Joseph C. Wilson Award from the Rochester Association for the United Nations for "promoting world peace and human understanding through their contributions to international relations, and to the resolutions of international problems."^{[citation needed]} Mr. and Mrs. Leet were recipients of the 1993 Gleitsman Foundation Award for Achievement. In 1992, she and Glen Leet received the Presidential Points of Light Citation Award, the International Humanity Service Award from the American Red Cross Overseas Association, and the Award of Excellence from the U.S. Committee for UNIFEM.
Together with Glen Leet, she was awarded the 1988 President’s Medal from Marymount Manhattan College President Colette Mahoney. The award was for "creating a future for thousands of impoverished people around the globe."^{[citation needed]} Mr. and Mrs. Leet were also named "Peace Corps Leaders for Peace" by Peace Corps Director Loret Miller Ruppe, who recognized them as "Leaders for Peace, for their worldwide work in helping to better the lives of the poorest of the poor (through) the Trickle Up Program."^{[citation needed]}
In 1995, Mrs. Leet was honored by InterAction, an umbrella organization of 168 U.S.-based non-profit international development organizations, with the creation of the Mildred Robbins Leet Award. The award was established in recognition of her enduring dedication and contribution to raising awareness on gender issues. Recipients of the award included the Heifer Project International, the American Friends Service Committee, Save the Children and Partners of the Americas.
In July 1996, Mildred Robbins Leet and Glen Leet were awarded the International Entrepreneurship Award, at the First Global Women’s Entrepreneurs Trade Fair and Investment Forum in Africa, convened in Accra, Ghana.
In 1997, Mrs. Leet received a distinguished service award from United Cerebral Palsy at their 50th Anniversary celebration. She received the Eleanor Schnurr Award from the United Nations Association.
In 1998, Mrs. Leet received the NAWBO-NYC Spirit Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners and the Advancing the Status of Women Award from the Soroptimist International of New York. In 2002, she received the National Caring Award for the Caring Institute.
In 2003, Mrs. Leet was honored in the National Women's Hall of Fame Book of Lives and Legacies which honors women of achievement and accomplishment. The Hall of Fame is dedicated to celebrating and recognizing contributions of American Women.
Mrs. Leet was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the Audrey Cohen College for Human Services, a Doctorate of Laws from Marymount College, Tarrytown, an Honorary Doctorate from Lynn University, an Honorary Doctorate from Norwich University, and an honorary doctorate from Connecticut College. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University, and later, the Alumni Achievement Award of the New York University Alumni Association.

 

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Patrick Roy, French politician, died from pancreatic cancer he was , 53.

Patrick Roy was a French politician, a member of the National Assembly died from pancreatic cancer he was , 53.. He represented the 19th constituency of the Nord département, and was a member of the French Socialist Party (PSF). He was also the mayor of Denain.

(August 30, 1957 – May 3, 2011)

He was known for the colorful clothes he wore at the National Assembly and his love of heavy metal music, a musical style he defended on various occasions during the debates concerning the Hadopi law or the controversy about the Hellfest festival. On 5 June 2010, he joined the French metal band Mass Hysteria on stage during the Metallurgicales festival in Denain.^[2]
In November 2010, Roy revealed that he was suffering from a digestive cancer^[3][4]. In February 2011 he announced that he will come back to the National Assembly on March 15th and he did it, thanking the other congresswomen and congressmen for their support.^[5]
Patrick Roy died in Valenciennes on 3 May 2011^[6] from pancreatic cancer. He was 53.

 

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Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor, died from a stroke he was , 83.

 Thanasis Veggos, alternatively spelt Thanassis and/or Vengos, was a Greek actor and director born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus died from a stroke he was , 83..He performed in more than 120 films, predominantly comedies in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.  His famous comedic catchphrase was "Καλέ µου άνθρωπε" ("My good man").

( 29 May 1927 – 3 May 2011)

Background

Veggos was the only son of a power station employee who had fought with the Greek Resistance in World War II.^[2] He served his compulsory military service on Makronisos from 1948 to 1950.^[5] On Makronisos he met film director Nikos Koundouros who was exiled there.^[6][7]

Life and career

Veggos' first appearance in a film was in Windfall in Athens, produced by Mihalis Kakogiannis, which premiered in Athens as Kiriakatiko Xsipnima on 11 January 1954.^[8][9] Nikos Koundouros gave him a role in Magiki polis in 1955.^[2][6] His first major role was in Psila ta heria Hitler ("Hands Up, Hitler"), 1962.^[6] He often played everyman characters struggling to get by, but he has played anti-heroes, he has acted in pure dramas, and on stage in the comedies of Aristophanes.^[2] His characters were often self-named "Thanasis". He often worked with director Giorgos Lazaridis. In 1995, Theo Angelopoulos cast Veggos and American actor Harvey Keitel in "Ulysses Gaze".^[10] In 1997, in the role of Dikaiopoli he appeared in a live performance at the ancient Epidaurus theatre.^[11] When he used his catchphrase "Καλέ μου άνθρωπε" he brought the house down.
In 2000, he survived a car accident involving a collision with a train.^[6] He later participated in advertisements promoting road safety.^[6]
A documentary of his life, whose title translates as A Man for All Seasons, was made in 2004. He always did his own stunts including the most dangerous ones, like hanging from a rope tied to a balcony fifty feet above a pavement without anything to break his fall, walking through a glass door, or falling down a stone staircase head first. During the "Golden Sixties" of the Greek film industry he made his most popular films such as the sequel of Secret Agent 000, Papatrehas, Enas trellos Vengos and many others, most of them by his own company Θ-Β Comedies (Θ-Β Tainies Geliou).^[2]
In 2008, Veggos was appointed Commander of the Order of the Phoenix by the President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.^[1]
On 3 May 2011, he died at 7:10 a.m. He had been hospitalized at the Red Cross hospital, in Athens, since 18 December 2010.^[2]

Legacy

He is survived by his wife Asimina and two sons.^[2] He will always be remembered in the more than 120 films and more recent documentaries that he starred in.^[2] The phrase "τρέχει σάν τόν Βέγγο" (English translation: "runs like Veggo") has been adopted in to common usage in the Greek language since nobody has run more or faster than Veggo in his many slapstick comedies.^[12]

Filmography

 Early movies

• Kiriakatiko Xsipnima (premiered 1954), Windfall in Athens (1956)^[9]
• Magiki Polis (1955), Magic City^[2]
• Katadikasmeni ki apo to paidi tis (1955), Condemned even by her child!!!!
• O Drakos (1956), The dragon
• To koritsi me ta mavra (1956), A Girl in Black
• Echei theio to koritsi (1956), The girl has an uncle
• To koritsi me ta paramythia (1957), Fairytale girl
• Maria i Pentagiotissa (1957), Maria the Pentagiotissa
• I ftocheia thelei kaloperasi (1958), Having a good time in poverty
• To eispraktoraki (1958), The little money collector
• Diakopes stin Aigina (1958), Holidays in Aegina
• Oi kavgatzides (1958), The brawlers
• Mono gia mia nychta (1958), Only for one night
• Haroumenoi alites (1958), Happy streetboys
• Kathe empodio se kalo (1958), Each obstacle is for good
• O Mimikos kai Mairi (1958), Mimikos and Mairy
• To koritsi tis amartias (1958), The girl of sin
• O Karagiozis (1959), O Karagiozis
• Gamilies Peripeteies (1959), Nuptial Adventures
• I mousitsa (1959), The cunning jade
• Anthismeni amigdalia (1959), Blooming almond tree
• Ena nero Kyra Vaggelio (1959), Gimme some water Kyra Vaggelio
• O Ilias tou 16ou (1959), Ilias of 16th precinct
• Gia to psomi kai ton erota (1959), For the bread and love
• Oi dosatzides (1959), The tallymen
• Enas Ellinas sto Parisi (1959), A Greek in Paris
• To agorokoritso (1959 ), The tomboy
• O theios apo ton Kanada (1959), The uncle from Canada
• To rantevou tis Kyriakis (1960), The Sunday appointment
• Ta dervisopaida (1960), The dervish boys
• To klotsoskoufi (1960), The plaything
• Mandalena (1960), Mandalena
• Pothoi sta stachya (1960), Desires in the hay
• Erotika paichnidia (1960), Erotic games
• Pote tin Kyriaki (1960), Never on a Sunday
• Oikogeneia Papadopoulou (1960), The Papadopoulos family
• O Mitros ki o Mitrousis stin Athina (1960), Mitros and Mitrousis in Athens
• Tyflos Aggelos (1960), Blind Angel
• I avgi tou thriamvou (1961), The dawn of triumph
• Oi enniakosioi tis Marinas (1961), The nine hundred of Marina
• Gia sena tin agapi mou (1961), For you my love
• Mia tou klefti (1961), Once a thief
• Horis mitera (1961), Without a mother
• Poios tha krinei tin koinonia ; (1961), Who will judge society ?
• Diavolou kaltsa (1961), Cunning woman
• I katara tis manas (1961), The mothers curse
• Hamena oneira (1961), Lost dreams
• Ziteitai pseftis (1961), Lier wanted
• Lathos ston erota (1961), Fault in love
• I myrtia (1961), The myrtle
• Diamado (1961), Diamado
• Eftychos trelathika (1961), Fortunately I went nuts
• Poia einai i Margarita; (1961), Who is Margarita?
• Liza ki i alli (1961), Liza and the other girl
• Doulepste gia na fate (1961), Work to eat
• O atsidas (1962), The smart one
• Douleies tou podariou (1962), Odd jobs
• To pithari (1962), The earthenware jar
• Yperochi optasia (1962), Beautiful illusion

 Leading roles

• Psila ta heria, Hitler (1962), Stick them up, Hitler
• Oi yperifanoi (1962), The proud ones
• Zito i trela (1962 ), Hurrah for madness
• Vasilias tis gafas (1962), King of gaff
• Astronaftes gia desimo (1962), Silly astronauts
• Min ton eidate ton Panai; (1962), Anyone saw Panai ?
• Gabros gia klamata (1962), Pathetic son-in-law
• Anysicha niata (1963), Anxious youth
• O Yppolitos kai to violi tou (1963), Yppolitos and his violin
• Tyfla na'chei o Marlon Brando (1963), Marlon Brando doesn't compare
• Polytehnitis kai erimospitis (1963), Jack of all trades and master of one
• O trelaras (1963), The nutcase
• To tyhero panteloni (1963), Lucky pants
• Scholi gia soferines (1964), School for women drivers
• Oi ftochodiavoloi (1964), The poor demons
• O polyteknos (1964), Father of many children
• Exo i ftocheia kai i kali kardia (1964), Poverty and gentle heart
• Tha se kano vasilissa (1964), I will make you a queen
• Ta Didyma (1964), The Twins
• O Katafertzis (1964), The hustler
• Einai enas trelos ... trelos Veggos (1965), He is one crazy ... crazy Veggos
• O Papatrehas (1966), The babbler
• Faneros Praktor 000 (1967), Out-in-the-open Agent 000^[5]
• Pare kosme (1967), For all to take
• Trelos , palavos kai Vengos (1967), Crazy , daft and Veggos
• Doktor Zi - Veggos (1968), Doctor Zi - Veggos
• Poios Thanasis ; (1969), Who Thanasis
• Ena asyllipto koroido (1969), An amazing dupe
• Thou-Vou falakros praktor , epicheirisis gis madiam (1969), Thou-Vou bald agent, operation havoc
• Enas Veggos gia oles tis douleies (1970), One Veggos for all the trades
• O Thanasis, i Ioulieta kai ta loukanika (1970), Thanasis, Juliette and the sausages
• Diakopes sto Vietnam (1971), Holidays in Vietnam
• Ti ekanes sto polemo Thanasi; (1971), What did you do during the war Thanasis?
• Enas xegnoiastos palaviaris (1971), One carefree wacko
• Thanasi pare to oplo sou (1972), Thanasis take your gun
• O anthropos pou etreche poly (1973), The man who ran too much
• Diktator kalei Thanasi (1973), Dictator calls Thanasis
• O tsarlatanos (1973), The charlatan
• O Thanasis sti hora tis sfaliaras (1976), Thanasis in the land of slap
• Apo pou pane gia havouza ; (1978), Whats the way to the refuse dump ?
• O palavos kosmos tou Thanasi (1979), The batty world of Thanasis
• O falakros mathitis (1979), The bald - headed student
• Thanasi sfixe ki allo to zonari (1980), Thanasis tighten up your belt
• O trelos kamikazi (1980), The mad kamikaze
• To megalo kanoni (1981), The big cannon
• O Thanasis kai to katarameno fidi (1982), Thanasis and the accursed serpent
• Trelos kai pasis Ellados (1983), Daffy of all Greece
• O Thanasis sti hora tou "tha" (1988), Thanasis in the country of "shall"'
• Trelokomeion i Ellas (1988), Mad house Greece
• To didymo tis symforas (1989), The duo of misfortune
• O protathlitis (1989), The champion
• Prosohi ... mas valane boba (1990), Attention ... they set us a bomb
• Isyhes meres tou Avgustou (1991), The calm days of August
• Zoi harisameni (1993), Pleasant life
• To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995), Ulysses' Gaze^[10]
• Vimata (1996), Steps
• Ola einai dromos (1998), Everything is a journey
• To ainigma (1998), The riddle
• Psychi vathia (2009), Deep Soul^[2]
• The Flight of the Swan (2010)

Television series

Veggos also played roles in televisual series in the 1990s and 2000s; these were mainly roles of an elder wise person, who gives his advice to the younger ones.

• Ta veggalika (1985) ERT
• Astynomos Thanasis Papathanasis ( 1990 ) ANT1 channel , Police commissioner Thanasis Papathanasis
• Peri anemon kai ydaton ( 2002 ) Mega channel , About everything
• Erotas , opos i erimos ( 2003 ) NET channel , Love , like the desert
• Kathrefti , kathreftaki mou ( 2006 ) ANT1 channel , Mirror Mirror

Theatrical performances and troupes

 Performances

• O trelos tou louna park kai i atsida ( 1959–70 ) , The madman of the entertainment park and the wizard
• Okto andres katigoroundai ( 1963 ) , Eight men accused
• Kokkina triandafylla ( 1963 ) , Red roses
• Oi ftohodiavoloi ( 1963 ) , The poor demons
• Arhodorebetissa ( 1963–64 ) , Lady rebetis
• Kypros yiok ( 1963–64 ) , Cyprus gone
• Ti ekanes ston Troiko polemo Thanasi ; ( 1971 ) , What did you do during the Trojan War Thanasis ?
• To vlima ( 1972 ) , The missile
• Mam , kaka , koko kai nani ( 1975 ) , Eat, poop, shag and sleep
• Peace of Aristophanes ( 1995 )
• Ellin exastheneis ( 1997 ) , Greece you are losing your senses
• Acharnians of Aristophanes ( 1998 )
• Ellines eiste kai faineste ( 1998–99 ) , Greek is a Greek does

 Troupes

• Mandoubala
• Kainourgia Athina , New Athens
• Anthropoi tou ' 60 , People of ' 60

 

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Leonid Abalkin, Russian economist , died he was 80.

Leonid Ivanovich Abalkin was a Russian economist died he was 80..

( 5 May 1930 – 2 May 2011)

He was born in Moscow and became director of the Institute of Economics of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1986. A member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR with special responsibility for economic affairs. He later worked as an advisor to Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, and was the second-in-command of Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov's government. Under Gorbachev he was one of the major advocates of rapid economic reform,^[1] with the consultancy of the Italian economist Giancarlo Pallavicini,^[2] and in 1998 became a member of the Economic Crisis Group. Most of his published writings concern the theoretical problems of political economy under socialism.
Abalkin was president of the International N. D. Kondratiev Foundation.^[3]

 

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Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, Kuwaiti Al-Qaeda computer died from a expert, shot. he was , 46

Sheikh Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti , also known as Shaykh Abu Ahmed, Arshad Khan and Mohammed Arshad,  was a Kuwait-born Pakistani al-Qaeda member and courier for Osama bin Laden died from a expert, shot. he was , 46. According to secret documents, al-Kuwaiti was one of the few men Osama bin Laden completely trusted and was said to be his "favorite courier and right-hand man". He sheltered and lived with Osama bin Laden for a number of years and was killed with him by a United States military team in May 2011.

(1965- died 2 May 2011)

2000s

Al-Kuwaiti was a Pakistani Pashtun who was born and grew up in Kuwait and spoke Pashto (in a cultivated, urban accent)^[4] and Arabic.^[5] He was a protégé of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and had reportedly given computer training in Karachi to the perpetrators of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.^[6] He was implicated in the attacks and received contact in its aftermath from Riduan Isamuddin (Hambali), who he provided a safe haven to and several of his close associates in his home in a quiet residential neighborhood of Karachi.^[7]
A leaked Guantanamo document by WikiLeaks dated 16 January 2008 revealed that Mohamedou Ould Salahi had claimed that Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti was wounded while fleeing Tora Bora after the Battle of Tora Bora in December 2001 and had later died from his injuries in his arms.^[8] The document claimed he was a mid-level al-Qaeda operative who facilitated the movement and safe haven of senior al-Qaeda members and families. As a speaker of Arabic and Pashto he could communicate and move easily among both the Arab members of al-Qaeda and the Pashtun tribesmen of Pakistan.^[5]
Contradicting the claims by Salahi that al-Kuwaiti had died in December 2001, in 2007, U.S. officials were reported to only then have discovered the courier's real name and, in 2009, that he lived in Abbottabad, Pakistan, using information collected from Guantánamo Bay detainees, notably from Hassan Ghul in 2004. From Ghul, the United States intelligence learned that al-Kuwaiti was also close to Mohammed's successor Abu Faraj al-Libi. Ghul further revealed that al-Kuwaiti had not been seen in some time, a fact which led U.S. officials to suspect he was traveling with bin Laden.

View of the compound

He was reportedly tracked from Peshawar by Pakistanis working for the CIA. "The National Security Agency reportedly tracked phone calls between the courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti's relatives in the Persian Gulf to all numbers in Pakistan. And NSA surveillance eventually tracked Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti's location in Pakistan via one such phone call, the AP writes.
In August 2010 they tracked al-Kuwaiti as he drove from Peshawar to a residence in Abbottabad – and as analysts inventoried the compound's striking security features they became convinced that it housed a high-level al-Qaeda figure."^[9]

Compound where al-Kuwaiti hid Osama bin Laden and his family

2011

Using satellite photos and intelligence reports, the CIA sought to identify the inhabitants of the fortified compound in Abbottabad. In September, the CIA concluded that the compound was "custom built to hide someone of significance" and that it was very likely that Osama bin Laden was residing there.^[10][11] Al-Kuwaiti was said to be one of the two tall fair-skinned bearded men who claimed to be ethnic Pashtuns and were known in the community to be living at the house and occasionally attended local funerals.
He went locally by the name Arshad Khan, and his brother (or cousin as some neighbors thought) went by the name Tareq Khan. They claimed to be from a village near the town of Charsadda, in Pakistan's northwestern frontier province, and obtained their wealth from a family owned hotel in Dubai and from his occupation as a money changer and that his purpose for such high walls was to keep out enemies he had encountered in his profession.^[3] He was described as a "a friendly man from the tribal-areas".^[3] He died during the raid on the mansion by the United States special SEALs team on 2 May 2011.^[

 

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Danny Kassap, Congolese-born Canadian long-distance runner died he was , 28.

Danny Tshindind Kassap) was a Congolese-Canadian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon.

(24 June 1982 – 2 May 2011)


He competed at the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie in Canada, and subsequently settled in Toronto. Kassap worked in a fish and chips shop while pursuing a career in running.^[1] At the 2004 Toronto Waterfront Marathon, which he won, he achieved his lifetime best time in the marathon, of 2:14:50 hours.^[2] Kassap also set a national record^{[citation needed]} for the DR Congo when he ran the 10,000 metres in 28:57.28 minutes, achieved in July 2003 in Hamilton. He finished fifteenth in the 2008 London Marathon.^[3] The same year Kassap changed nationality from Congolese to Canadian.^[1]
He had health problems which started later in 2008, when he collapsed mid-race in the Berlin Marathon. Kassap was diagnosed with ventricular fibrillation. He slowly recovered, but in May 2011 he was forced to withdraw from another race. Kassap died on the next day at Sunnybrook Hospital.^[1]

 

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