Syed Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist, died from a gun shot he was , 40.

Syed Saleem Shahzad was a Pakistani investigative journalist who wrote widely for leading European and Asian media. He served as the Pakistan Bureau Chief of Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) and Italian news agency Adnkronos (AKI). He was found dead in a canal in North-east Pakistan, showing signs of torture, two days after he was apparently kidnapped. Leading journalists accused the Pakistan intelligence services of being behind his killing.


(3 November 1970 – 31 May 2011)

Career

Shahzad covered a variety of topics through his career, including global security issues, Pakistani armed forces, Islamic movements, and Muslim resistance movements in Lebanon and Iraq. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda were the regular topics of his writing. He was an international journalist who travelled widely in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. He also wrote for Le Monde Diplomatique (France), La Stampa (Italy) and Dawn (Pakistan). He was South Asia Correspondent for Italian news agency Adnkronos International (AKI).^[4] His opinion pieces appeared in the Qatari-based Islamonline.net and Boston Review.
Shahzad introduced the world to hitherto unknown Al-Qaeda figures including Sheikh Essa. He had interviewed several leading militants long before they became internationally known, including Sirajuddin Haqqani^[5] and Qari Ziaur Rahman.^[6]
Shahzad interviewed Ilyas Kashmiri^[7] shortly after Ilyas was appointed chief of Al-Qaeda’s military committee.
His last book Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban: Beyond Bin Laden and 9/11, was published shortly before his death.^[8]
Shahzad's work was regularly reproduced in Pakistani English dailies including the Daily Times, the Nation and The Post, and in Urdu newspapers such as Mashriq Peshawar and Aaj Peshawar. His articles were reproduced in many English dailies in Afghanistan and Bangladesh, as well as in local-language dailies. His work was often quoted in the US, Canadian and Indian press.
Saleem was an associate of the Pakistan Security Research Unit of the department of Peace Studies of the University of Bradford. In November 2006 he was held in Taliban captivity in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan for a few days. He wrote a detailed account of his days in captivity and time he spent with the Taliban in a series, "In the Land of the Taliban" published in Asia Times Online.

Death

Shahzad disappeared on the evening of 29 May 2011 in Islamabad. He reportedly left his home around 5:30 pm local time that evening to take part in a TV show scheduled for 6:00 pm, but at 5:42 pm his cell phone was switched off and he failed to arrive at the television bureau. A complaint was lodged with the police the following morning.^[9] On May 31 it was reported that his car had been found with an unidentified body.^[10]
Later on the same day, his family confirmed that he was dead, with police stating that his body had been found in a canal in Mandi Bahauddin district and his car found at Sarai Alamgir in Pakistan's northern Gujarat district, some 150 km (93 miles) south-east of the capital. His car was found about 10 km (six miles) away.^{[2][8] [11]}.^[12]
In October 2010, Shahzad wrote to Human Rights Watch predicting that he might be detained by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) intelligence agency. According to a researcher at Human Rights Watch, Ali Dayan Hasan, he was "fairly sure that sooner or later something was going to happen".^[13]
In an email passed to HRW, Shahzad informed Hasan that he was threatened by an ISI official who said: "I must give you a favor. We have recently arrested a terrorist and recovered a lot of data, diaries and other material during the interrogation. The terrorist had a list with him. If I find your name in the list, I will certainly let you know." ^[14]
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani ordered an immediate inquiry into the kidnapping and murder,^[8] and on 3 June Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik duly announced an investigative judicial commission headed by a Supreme Court justice.^{[citation needed]} Bowing to unprecedented demonstrations from Pakistani media, PM Gilani signed an order in the early morning hours of June 18, 2011 establishing a judicial commission, lead by Justice Main Saqib Nisar, to investigate the circumstances surrounding Shazad's death. The commission was to release its findings within six weeks.^[15]

Family and background

Shahzad was the son of Alī ibn Ḥusayn / descendancy from Imam Zayd bin Ali
Shahzad was married to Anita (or Aneeta) Saleem and the couple had three children.
Shahzad was the son of Syed Shamim Akhtar and Marifa / Meraj Fatima, herself the great-granddaughter of Anwari Begum (sister of Hakim Syed Karam Husain and daughter of Qazi Mir Imdad Ali).^[16]
Shahzad was the elder brother of Waseem Fawad and Marium

 

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Hugh Stewart British film editor and producer died he was , 100,

Hugh St Clair Stewart MBE was a British film editor and producer died he was , 100,.

(14 December 1910 – 31 May 2011)

Born in Falmouth, England, Stewart was educated first at Claysmore and then at Cambridge and entered the film industry in the early 1930’s. He trained as a film editor at Gaumont-British, initially cutting together out-takes from Marry Me (1932) and working as assembly cutter on The Constant Nymph that same year. His first film as editor was Forbidden Territory (1934). Among the films he cut were Evergreen (1934), Alfred Hitchcock’s original version of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Dark Journey (1937), Action for Slander (1937), South Riding (1938), St. Martin’s Lane (1938), and The Spy in Black (1939).
During World War II, Stewart was commisioned into the Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU) in 1940 and in 1942 led No. 2 AFPU during the Allied landings in Tunisia. The following year he edited film footage from the fighting into the documentary Desert Victory. In 1944 he co-directed Tunisian Victory with Frank Capra and John Houston, although much of that film was shot in the United States. Stewart went on to lead No. 5 AFPU, covering the D-Day landings, the Battle for Caen and the Rhine Crossing. He also filmed the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He was awarded a military MBE and demobilized with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
After World War II, Stewart became a film producer, beginning with Trottie True (1949). He began to produce the films of comedian Norman Wisdom, from Man of the Moment (1955) onwards, and the comedy duo of Morecambe and Wise. Although he went into semi-retirement in the late 1960s, he produced several films for the Children's Film Foundation, including All At Sea (1970), Mr. Horatio Knibbles (1971), and High Rise Donkey (1980).

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Sølvi Wang, Norwegian singer and actress died he was , 81.

Sølvi Valborg Wang was a Norwegian singer, actress and comedian.

(28 August 1929 – 31 May 2011)

She was born in Bærum, Akershus, to the jazz musician Yngvar Wang and the singer Marie Gulbrandsen. Already at an early age she sang with her father's orchestra on the radio and in concert.^[2] She met Egil Monn-Iversen while in school, and in 1948 she joined his vocal group The Monn Keys. Wang debuted as a recording artist in 1950, in a duet with Arve Opsahl. Later she recorded solo albums, and was responsible for 18 releases in the years up until 1955.^[2] She combined her solo career with performances with The Monn Keys, which now also included the singers Nora Brockstedt and Per Asplin. In 1954 the group performed their first variety show, Over alle grenser, at Chat Noir in Oslo.^[3] She worked at Chat Noir in the years 1959 to 1963, then at Edderkoppen from 1963 to 1964, before moving to Det Norske Teatret.^[4]
In addition to making recordings and performing in variety shows, Wang also performed in musicals, on television and in movies. For 25 years she was the leading lady of Det Norske Teatret, where she played the lead roles in such musicals as Annie Get Your Gun and The King and I.^[3] She also acted in musicals composed by her husband Monn-Iversen, most prominently among these Bør Børson Jr., based on a novel by Johan Falkberget.^[3] Among her many shows for television, That's Entertainment from 1966 gained her a measure of international attention when it won an award at the Montreux Comedy Festival.^[4] The award earned her a chance to perform at The Ed Sullivan Show, and to sing with Jack Parnell's orchestra at the London Palladium.^[3] Wang had the lead role in movies such as the 1964 comedy Pappa tar gull and the 1978 drama Hvem har bestemt?.^[2]
Sølvi Wang acted in a production of the musical Fiddler on the Roof in 1987. This performance marked her retirement from the public stage; since then she has not made any public performances.^[4] As a singer, even though she mastered the soft, subdued style of ballads in recordings, her vocal style has been described primarily as belting. This powerful, often sharp way of singing was a necessity in the world of live musical performance prior to the introduction of miniature microphones.^[3] Wang has been called the only master of the style in Norwegian theatre history.^[2]

Select filmography

Year	Title	Role
1953	Brudebuketten	Singer
1954	Troll i ord	Singer
1962	Operasjon Løvsprett	Head nurse Florence
1964	Operasjon Sjøsprøyt	Eli Sæter, assistant doctor
1970	Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland	Hilda Hauge
1972	Norske byggeklosser	Mrs Valle
1974	Bør Børson Jr.	Laura Isaksen
1974	Ungen	Hønse-Lovisa
1978	Hvem har bestemt?	Mrs Nelson

 

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Ricky Bruch, Swedish athlete, died from cancer. he was , 64

 Björn Rickard "Ricky" Bruch was a Swedish athlete (discus) and actor died from cancer. he was , 64.

(2 July 1946 – 30 May 2011)

Bruch was born in Örgryte, Gothenburg, grew up in Skåne, and was later a long-time resident of Malmö.
Bruch was a solid athlete, but failed to achieve the greatest success possible in major international events. Arguably, Bruch's greatest successes were Olympic bronze in 1972 along with silver and bronze at the European Championships in Athletics. Bruch equaled the world record in 1972 with a throw of 68.40 metres. His personal best (71.26 metres in autumn 1984) remains the Swedish record and puts him ninth in the all-time performers list. As well as achieving his sporting career and his turbulent personal life, Bruch also acted in light-entertainment films, including a minor role in the film version of Ronia the Robber's Daughter.
His autobiography Gladiatorns kamp (The Gladiator's Battle) was printed in 1990, and an anthology of his poetry, Själ och kropp: Dikter (Body and Soul: Poems), has also been published.
Bruch made his dramatic breakthrough in the mid-1960s. His main discipline was the shotput, and later the discus, as he joined the ranks of the world's greatest in the early 1970s. The highlight of his career came in 1972, when he equalled the world record of 68.40 metres at the DN games in Stockholm and, later that season, won a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Throughout his career, Bruch was known as being both outspoken and controversial. He readily changed his opinions on various matters, and represented around a dozen athletics teams, including his own IK Diskus.
After a few years away from the glare of publicity in the early 1980s, he returned to the spotlight at the age of 38 in the autumn of 1984 - returning to form, he managed a number of throws over the 70 metre mark. He achieved his personal record of 71.26 metres in November 1984 at a competition in Malmö. At the Swedish Championships in Västerås in 1985, Bruch was involved in a dispute with Anders Borgström, the team captain at the time. Bruch's willingness to speak his mind resulted, effectively, in his career being over. However, he continued to appear in the media from time to time, most recently in a TV4 documentary from July 2005.
Bruch died on 30 May 2011 from pancreatic cancer.^[1]

 

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Isikia Savua, Fijian diplomat and police commissioner died he was , 59

Isikia Rabici Savua was a senior Fijian diplomat, who had a distinguished career in the Military and police forces before taking up his last post as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations on 4 March 2003.

(Born 31 March 1952 - 30 May 2011)

Career

Savua spent 18 years in the Fijian army, which he joined on leaving high school in 1971. When he retired from Military service in 1998, he had attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
The following four years (1988 - 1992) were spent in the Fiji Diplomatic Corps, first as Counsellor (political) to the Fiji Mission to the United Nations, and then (for six months) as Consul General to Sydney, Australia.
In 1992, Savua joined the Fiji Police Force as Deputy Commissioner, the second highest position in the force. A year later, he was promoted to the post of Commissioner. He was to hold this top office until 2002.

Coup controversy

The Fiji coup of 2000, in which saw the fall of the government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, took place during Savua's tenure as Police Commissioner. In an interview with Fiji Television on 29 April 2001, his last media appearance before being incapacitated by a stroke, Mara accused Savua of having been a party to the planning of the coup. This allegation was later repeated on 22 October 2004 under parliamentary privilege by Senator Adi Koila Nailatikau, Mara's daughter, who condemned his appointment as an Ambassador while still under investigation for alleged coup-related offences. Savua was not been charged with any crime, and while alive denied the allegations.

Personal life

Savua hailed from the village of Tobu in the district of Nakorotubu, in Ra Province, and was married to Frances, with whom he has two sons, Daniel and Josefa.

Death

Savua died on 30 May 2011. He will be cremated on June 3.

Henri Chammartin was a Swiss equestrian and Olympic champion. He won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
(July 30, 1918 – May 30, 2011)
In 1968, he and fellow equestrian Gustav Fischer both became the second Swiss sportspersons to compete at five Olympic Games. (The first was middle-distance runner Paul Martin.) At the Summer Olympics of 1968 made in Mexico City, his last Olympics, won his fifth medal: a bronze medal in team competition, finishing ninth in addition to the individual test.
Following Chammartin's death, the International Equestrian Federation said in a statement that he will be remembered as "a legend in the dressage world" (as reported by Olympic news outlet Around the Rings.

 

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Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian of philosophy died she was , 68.

Marek Jan Siemek was a Polish philosopher and historian of German transcendental philosophy (German idealism) died she was , 68.. He was a professor at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw and the director of its Department of Social Philosophy.


(born November 27, 1942, died May 30, 2011)

Marek Siemek was a disciple of Bronisław Baczko, one of the main representatives of the Warsaw School of the History of Ideas. In his early works Siemek interprets marxism as a form of transcendental philosophy. In his later works ha abandons marxism for hegelianism interpreted as transcendental social philosophy.
From 1986 member of International Advisory Committee of The Internationale Hegel-Gesellschaft. Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.^[2] On 10 February 2006 he received doctorate honoris causa of the University of Bonn.
Marek Siemek had one son, currently residing in the United States.

Main publications

• Fryderyk Schiller, Warszawa, Wiedza Powszechna, 1970
• Idea transcendentalizmu u Fichtego i Kanta, Warszawa, PWN, 1977
• Filozofia, dialektyka, rzeczywistość, Warszawa, PIW, 1982
• W kręgu filozofów, Warszawa, Czytelnik, 1984
• Filozofia spełnionej nowoczesności - Hegel, Wykłady Kopernikańskie w Humanistyce, vol. 2, Toruń, Wydawnictwo UMK, 1995.
• Hegel i filozofia, Warszawa, Oficyna Naukowa, 1998
• Vernunft und Intersubjektivität. Zur philosophisch-politischen Identität der europäischen Moderne, Baden-Baden, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2000
• Wolność, rozum, intersubiektywność, Warszawa, Oficyna Naukowa, 2002^[3]

Translations

• "Prawdy szukamy obaj". Z korespondencji między Goethem i Schillerem, with Jerzy Prokopiuk, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1974 (translation of the correspondence between Goethe and Schiller)
• Martin Heidegger, Nauka i namysł; Przezwyciężenie metafizyki, in: Martin Heidegger, Budować, mieszkać, myśleć. Eseje wybrane, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1977
• György Lukács, Młody Hegel. O powiązaniach dialektyki z ekonomią, BKF, PWN, Warszawa 1980
• György Lukács, Historia i świadomość klasowa., BWF, PWN, Warszawa 1988.
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Życie Jezusa, in: Zygmunt Freud, Mojżesz i monoteizm, Czytelnik, Warszawa 1995.
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Teoria Wiedzy. Wybór pism, vol. 1, BKF, PWN, Warszawa 1996

 

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Clarice Taylor, American actress (Sesame Street, The Cosby Show) died she was , 93.

 Clarice Taylor was an American stage, film and television actress died she was , 93..

(September 20, 1917 – May 30, 2011)

Biography

Born in Buckingham County, Virginia, Taylor was best-known for her recurring role on television on The Cosby Show as Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable's (Bill Cosby) mother, Anna Huxtable. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1986 for the role. She also played Harriet on Sesame Street and appeared as Grady's cousin Emma on Sanford and Son.^[3]
Taylor was raised in New York City and started working in the theatre—with the American Negro Theatre—at a time when there were few opportunities for African American actors. To support herself she followed in her father's (Leon B. Taylor, Sr.) footsteps and went to work for the U.S. Post Office. In the 1960s she got her big break that enabled her to act full time. Taylor was one of the founding members of the Negro Ensemble Company, headquartered in the East Village on St. Marks Place.

Film work

While working with the NEC she got her first offer of a movie role in Change of Mind. Her next film role was as "Minnie" in Otto Preminger's Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon. In 1971 she played Birdie in Clint Eastwood's Play Misty For Me. In 1973, she brought a role she had pioneered off-Broadway to film, playing Gladys Brooks in Five on the Blackhand Side.

Stage

Taylor appeared in The Wiz as Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North.^[1] Her most recent performance was in a touring production of her own one-woman show, Moms, for which she won an Obie Award. Her most recent film appearance was a small role in Wayne Wang's film Smoke.

Death

Clarice Taylor died at her home in Englewood, New Jersey from congestive heart failure, aged 93.^[1] She is survived by her two sons: William and James, her daughter-in-law, Gizele, and four grandchildren: Jason, Kristen, Raul Jr. & Jared.^[2]

 

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