Ottilie Patterson Irish singer. died she was , 79.

Ottilie Patterson was a Northern Irish blues singer best known for her performances and recordings with the Chris Barber Jazz Band in the late 1950s and early 1960s died she was , 79..

(31 January 1932 – 20 June 2011)

Biography

Anna Ottilie Patterson was born in Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland on 31 January 1932 and died on 20 June 2011. She was the youngest child of four. Her father, Joseph Patterson, was from Northern Ireland, and her mother, Jūlija Jēgers, was from Latvia. Both sides of the family were musical, and Ottilie trained as a classical pianist from the age of eleven, but never received any formal training as a singer. ^[1]
In 1949 Ottilie went to study art at Belfast College of Technology, where a fellow student introduced her to the music of Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, and Meade Lux Lewis. ^[2] In 1951 she began singing with Jimmy Compton's Jazz Band, and in August 1952 she formed the Muskrat Ramblers with Al Watt and Derek Martin.
In the summer of 1954 while holidaying in London Ottilie met Beryl Bryden, who introduced her to the Chris Barber Jazz Band.^[3]
She joined the Barber band full-time on January 1, 1955 and her first public appearance was at the Royal Festival Hall on January 9, 1955. Between 1955 and 1962 Ottilie toured extensively with the Chris Barber Jazz Band and issued many recordings: those featuring her on every track include the EPs Blues (1955), That Patterson Girl (1955), That Patterson Girl Volume 2 (1956), Ottilie (1959), and the LP Chris Barber's Blues Book (1961); she also appeared on numerous Chris Barber records.
From 1963 or so she began to suffer throat problems and ceased to appear and record regularly with Chris Barber, officially retiring from the band in 1973. During this period she recorded some non-jazz/blues material such as settings of Shakespeare (with Chris Barber) and in 1969 issued a solo LP 3000 years with Ottilie which is now much sought by collectors.
In early 1983 Ottilie and Chris Barber gave a series of concerts around London, which were recorded for the LP Madame Blues and Doctor Jazz (1984). This is her most recently issued recording.

Discography

Dates below are issue dates - if the recording date is very different it is noted. Deleted CDs have the catalogue number
struck through.
The principal source for this discography is Bielderman and Purser's Chris Barber discography.^[4]

Singles

• St Louis Blues / The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise (Decca FJ 10724) (1955) (OP on first side only)
• I Hate A Man Like You / Reckless Blues (Decca F 10472) (1955)
• Weeping Willow Blues / Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Decca F 10621) (1955)
• Kay-Cee Rider / I Love My Baby (Pye 7N 15109) (1957)
• Jailhouse Blues / Beale Street Blues (Pye 7NJ 2015) (1958)
• Trombone Cholly / Lawdy, Lawdy Blues (Pye 7NJ 2025) (1958)
• There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight / Lonesome (Si Tu Vois Ma Mere) (Columbia DB 4333) (1959) (OP on first side only)
• The Mountains Of Mourne / Real Old Mountain Dew (Columbia DB 4531) (1960)
• Blueberry Hill / I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (Columbia DB 4760) (1961)
• Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean / Swipsy Cakewalk (Columbia SCD 2156) (1962) (OP on first side only)
• Down By The Riverside / When The Saints Go Marching In (Columbia DB 4817) (1962)
• I Hate Myself / Come On Baby (Columbia DB 4834) (1962)
• Jealous Heart / Won't Be Long (Columbia DB 7140) (1963)
• Baby Please Don't Go / I Feel So Good (Columbia DB 7208) (1964) (with Sonny Boy Williamson II)
• Hello Dolly / I Shall Not Be Moved (Columbia DB 7297) (1964) (OP on first side only)
• Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred / Oh Me What Eyes Hath Love Put In My Head (Columbia DB 7332) (1964)
• Spring Song / Sound Of The Door As It Closes (Marmalade 598 016) (1969)
• Bitterness Of Death / Spring Song (Marmalade 598 020) (1969)
• Careless Love / The Georgia Grind (Fat Hen FM 001) (1982)

EPs

• That Patterson Girl (Jazz Today JTE 102) (1955)
• Blues (Decca DFE 6303) (1956)
• That Patterson Girl Volume 2 (Pye Jazz Today NJE 1023) (1956)
• Ottilie (Columbia SEG 7915) (1960)
• Ottilie Swings The Irish (Columbia SEG 7998) (1960)

Solo LPs

• Ottilie's Irish Night (Pye NPL 18028) (1959)
• 3000 years with Ottilie (Marmalade 608 011) (1969)
• Spring Song (Polydor 2384 031) (1969)
• Back In The Old Days (Timeless CBJBLP 4001) (1988) (recorded 1959-1962)

LPs with Chris Barber

• Chris Barber Plays (Jazz Today JTL 3) (1955) (OP on 2 tracks)
• Echoes Of Harlem (Pye Nixa NJL 1) (1955) (OP on 2 tracks)
• Chris Barber In Concert (Pye Nixa NJL 6) (1957) (OP on 3 tracks)
• Chris Barber Plays Volume Four (Pye Nixa NJT 508) (1957) (OP on 2 tracks)
• Chris Barber In Concert Volume Two (Pye Nixa NJL 15) (1958) (OP on 2 tracks)
• Chris Barber In Concert Volume Three (Pye Nixa NJL 17) (1958) (OP on 4 tracks)
• Chris Barber Band Box Volume One (Columbia 33SX1158) (1959) (OP on 2 tracks)
• Barber in Berlin (Columbia 33SX1189) (1960) (OP on 1 track)
• Chris Barber's Blues Book Volume One (Columbia 33SX1333) (1961) (OP on all 12 tracks)
• Chris Barber at the London Palladium (Columbia 33SX1346) (1961) (OP on 2 tracks)
• Best Yet! Chris Barber Band Box - Volume Three (Columbia 33SX1401) (1962) (OP on 3 tracks)
• Chris Barber Jazz Band (Qualiton LPX 7195) (1962) (OP on 3 tracks)
• Chris Barber's Jazz Band In Prague (Supraphon ST 65101) (1963) (OP on 4 tracks)
• Folk Barber Style (Decca LK 4742) (1965) (OP on 3 tracks)
• Good Mornin' Blues (Columbia 33SX1657) (1965) (OP on 5 tracks)
• Chris Barber V Praze (Panton 01 0273) (1971) (OP on 6 tracks)
• The Chris Barber Jubilee Album 1 (Black Lion BLP 12124/5) (1975) (OP on 1 track, recorded 1958)
• The Chris Barber Jubilee Album 2 (Black Lion BLP 12126/7) (1975) (OP on 4 tracks, recorded 1958-1964)
• The Chris Barber Jubilee Album 3 (Black Lion BLP 12128/9) (1975) (OP on 4 tracks, recorded 1970)
• Madame Blues & Doctor Jazz (Black Lion BLM 51101) (1984) (OP on all 9 tracks)

Other LPs featuring Ottilie Patterson

• 12th International Jazz Festival Ljubljana 71 (Suzy LP 303) (1971) (OP on 1 track)
• Muddy Waters In Concert 1958 (Krazy Kat KK 7405) (1982) (with Muddy Waters, OP on 1 track, recorded 1958)

CDs

• Ottilie Patterson with Chris Barber's Jazzband 1955-1958 (Lake LACD30) (1993) (OP on all 18 tracks, recorded 1955-1958)
• Madame Blues & Doctor Jazz (Black Lion BLCD760506) (1994) (OP on all 9 tracks, recorded 1983)
• 40 Years Jubilee (Timeless CD TTD 586) (1994) (OP on 9 tracks, recorded 1955-1956)
• The Chris Barber Concerts (Lake LACD55/56) (1995) (OP on 9 tracks, recorded 1956-1958)
• Chris Barber's Blues Book Volume One / Good Mornin' Blues (BGO BGOCD380) (1997) (OP on 17 tracks, 12 recorded 1960, 5 recorded 1964)
• Echoes of Harlem / Sonny, Brownie and Chris (Lake LACD87) (1997) (OP on 2 tracks, recorded 1955)
• Back In The Old Days (Timeless CBJBCD 4001 or CBJCCD 4001) (1999) (OP on all 18 tracks, recorded 1959-1962)
• Ottilie Patterson with Chris Barber (Jazz Colours 874742-2) (2000) (OP on all 12 tracks, 9 recorded 1983, 1 recorded 1958, 1 recorded 1964, 1 recorded 1970)
• Chris Barber at the BBC (Upbeat URCD158) (2000) (OP on 4 tracks, recorded 1963)
• Chris Barber's Jazz Band With Special Guest Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Lake LACD130) (2000) (with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, OP on 1 track, recorded 1957)
• Irish Favourites (Pulse PLS CD 166) (2001) (OP on 8 tracks, recorded 1958)
• The Best Of Chris Barber's Jazz Band (EMI 7243 5 40181 2 1) (2002) (OP on 5 tracks, recorded 1964)
• In Barber's Chair (Lake LACD185) (2003) (OP on 3 tracks, recorded 1960-1962)
• Bandbox No. 1 (Lake LACD194) (2004) (OP on 5 tracks, recorded 1959-1960)
• The Nixa Jazz Today Albums (Sanctuary CMBXBX 981) (2004) (OP on 15 tracks, recorded 1955-1958)
• International Concerts: Berlin, Copenhagen, London (Lake LACD210D) (2005) (OP on 3 tracks, recorded 1959-1961)
• Best Yet! (Lake LACD219) (2005) (OP on 7 tracks, recorded 1961-1962)
• The Complete Decca Sessions 1954/55 (Lake LACD141D) (2006) (OP on 5 tracks, recorded 1955)
• Chris Barber 1955 (Lake LACB235) (2006) (OP on 2 tracks, recorded 1955)
• Folk Barber Style (Vocalion CDLF 8118) (2006) (OP on 3 tracks, recorded 1964)
• That Patterson Girl (Lake LACD244) (2007) (OP on all 23 tracks, recorded 1955-1963)
• Chris Barber 1956 (Lake LACD246) (2007) (OP on 3 tracks, recorded 1956)

 

To see more of who died in 2010 click here

Vladimir Pettay, Russian football referee, died from a plane crash he was 38.

Vladimir Leonidovich Pettay was a Russian international football referee died from a plane crash he was , 38..

 (8 May 1973 - 20 June 2011)

Pettay was born in Pudozh. In 1992 he played 24 matches as a midfielder for second-league Karelia of Petrozavodsk, scoring two goals.^[2] He later played for the first-league futsal team GTS Petrozavodsk.^[1][2] He began his career as a referee in 1996.^[1][2] He qualified as a FIFA referee in 2010 and worked in the 2011 CIS Cup.^[1]
Pettay died in the crash of RusAir Flight 9605^[3] at Besovets, near Petrozavodsk. Pettay is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.^[2]

 

To see more of who died in 2010 click here

Don Diamond, American actor (F Troop, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Zorro) died he was , 90

Donald Alan "Don" Diamond was an American radio, film, and television actor probably most famous for his comic portrayal as "Crazy Cat", the sidekick and heir apparent to Chief Wild Eagle on the popular 1960s television sitcom, F Troop (1965-1967) died he was , 90.

(June 4, 1921 – June 19, 2011)

Career

Although he often played a Mexican or Native American, Diamond's father, Benjamin Diamond, emigrated to the United States from Russia in 1906 with his parents. Benjamin Diamond served in the United States Army in World War I and then became a prosperous clothing merchant. Benjamin and Ruth Diamond had another son, Neal, three years younger than Don.^[2]
Diamond studied drama at the University of Michigan, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in 1942. He then enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps, where he earned a commission. Already fluent in Yiddish, he learned to speak Spanish while he was stationed in New Mexico during World War II.
Discharged in 1946 as a first lieutenant, he began acting on radio and became known for his dialect portrayals of Spaniards and Mexicans. This led to his playing the role of "El Toro" role in The Adventures of Kit Carson syndicated television series (1951–1955). Diamond also played Corporal Reyes on the Walt Disney television series Zorro (1957–1959).
He appeared on more than 100 television shows and in many feature films. He performed extensive voice-over work in commercials and cartoons, most notably as the voice of Toro in the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises cartoon series Tijuana Toads.

Death

Diamond passed away due to a heart failure in Los Angeles, California on June 19, 2011 at age 90. His interment was in Eden Memorial Park Cemetery. ^[1]

Personal

His wife, Louisa, was a teacher. She and their three daughters survive him.

 

To see more of who died in 2010 click here

Tom Hungerford, Australian author died he was , 96

 Thomas Arthur Guy Hungerford, AM popularly known as T. A. G. Hungerford, was an Australian writer, noted for his World War II novel The Ridge and the River, and his short stories that chronicle growing up in South Perth, Western Australia during the Great Depression died he was , 96.

(5 May 1915 – 19 June 2011),

Early life

Hungerford was born in Perth, Western Australia on 5 May 1915. He grew up in South Perth, known then as the Queen Suburb,^{[citation needed]} when the area was semi-rural, with market gardens.

World War Two

Hungerford served with the Australian Army in Darwin, New Guinea, Bougainville, Morotai and with the Occupation Forces in Japan. He was a sergeant in 2/8 Australian Commando Squadron.
In 2005 the ABC's 7.30 Report reported his "unflinching depictions of jungle fighting are acknowledged as some of the best writing to come out of the war". Hungerford told the program he wasn't a hero: "I was one of a group of men all doing the same bloody thing. Sticking the head up, hoping to Christ it wouldn't be shot off." He left the army in 1947.

Journalism

After the war, Hungerford was a press secretary for Billy Hughes for three weeks. Upon leaving Hungerford wrote to Hughes: "I will never work for you again. I'd rather go to bed with a sabre-toothed tiger".^[1] He then joined the Australia News and Information Bureau, and afterwards was a freelancer. He later worked as a press secretary to Western Australian Premiers John Tonkin and Sir Charles Court.

Writing

Hungerford began writing as a teenager and had his first published short story in 1942 in the Sydney Bulletin. His first volume of short fiction, Stories from Suburban Road, depict life during the Great Depression in the Perth riverside suburb of South Perth.

Novels

• The Ridge and the River (1950)
• Sowers in the Wind (1954)

Sowers in the Wind, was held back by publisher Angus & Robertson because it dealt with the economic and sexual exploitation of the Japanese after the War by Australian occupation forces. The novel won the 1949 Sydney Morning Herald prize for literature but was not published until 1954.
Monash University's Robin Gerster told The Age in 2002: "Hungerford... wrote very perceptively and affectionately about the Japanese, which is not a bad effort for someone who fought them."

Short stories

• Wong Chu and the Queen's Letterbox (1976)
• The Only One Who Forgot (Unknown)

Drama

• Stories from Suburban Road
• The Day It All Ended

Children’s books

• Swagbelly Birdsnatcher and the Prince of Siam

Autobiography

• Stories From Suburban Road (1983)
• A Knockabout with a Slouch Hat
• Red Rover All Over

Non-fiction

• Fremantle, Landscapes and People (with photographer Roger Garwood) (1976)

Book reviews

• Selby, David. Hell and High Fever - reviewed in Quadrant 1/1 (Sum 1956/57): 93, 95.

Prizes and other honours

Hungerford won the Crouch Gold Medal for Literature (1951), the Patricia Hackett Short Story prize (1962), the WA Weekly Literature Prize for Fiction (1964), and the Patrick White Award (2002).
He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1987. A portrait of him, c.1963, by Kate O'Connor is in the National Library of Australia. In 2004, he was pronounced a Living Treasure of Western Australia by the Western Australian Government. Michael Crouch,s biography of Hungerford is called Literary Larrikin. The T. A. G. Hungerford Award is named for him and is awarded every two years to an unpublished author in Western Australia.

 

.To see more of who died in 2010 click here

John Kerr, Sr, Scottish-born Canadian soccer player died he was ., 67.

John Kerr, Sr. was a North American Soccer League and Canadian international soccer midfielder died he was ., 67..

(15 October 1943 – 19 June 2011)

Player

Professional

Kerr began his professional career with Partick Thistle in Scotland. When his mother moved to Canada, Kerr followed and emigrated to the Toronto area before signing with the Detroit Cougars of the North American Soccer League in 1968. In 1969, he joined the Washington Darts of the second division American Soccer League where he was a First Team All Star.^[2] The Darts moved up to the NASL in 1970 and Kerr remained with the team through the 1971 season. He was the league's 14th leading scorer with Washington in 1971 with 18 points in 24 games. He also played for New York Hota of the German American Soccer League when it won the 1971 U.S. Open Cup. He also played for Club America of Mexico in the early 1970's. In 1972, Kerr became a member of the New York Cosmos. In 1972 he was again the league's 14th top scorer with 10 points in 14 games with the Cosmos and was named league First Team All-Star at midfield.^[3] He then played the 1976 and 1977 seasons with the Washington Diplomats, serving during the 1977 season as an assistant coach. However, on July 17, 1977, the Dips informed Kerr that the team planned to release him.^[4]

National team

Kerr played ten times for Canada, four times in World Cup qualifying in 1968, five times in W.C. qualifying in 1976 and once in a 1977 friendly. Canada failed to qualify for either World Cup.

Coach

Kerr took the amateur Fairfax Spartans to the 1986 National Amateur Cup. In 1987, the Spartans became known as F.C. Washington and later the Washington Stars as it entered the American Soccer League. Kerr was hired as head coach of the Stars on June 24, 1987.^[5] He coached the Stars until the team folded following the 1990 American Professional Soccer League season. Kerr was head coach of the Richmond Kickers in 1993-94.^[6]
He was the Major League Soccer's Players Association executive director during the late 1990s.^[7][8]
Kerr briefly coached the boys' team at Hilton Head High School in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the mid-2000s. At the time of his passing, Kerr was coaching for Triangle Futbol Club in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Personal

In 2008, Kerr was inducted into the Virginia-DC Soccer Hall of Fame.^[9] Kerr's son John Kerr, Jr. is a former American international.

 

To see more of who died in 2010 click here

Joel Simon American movie executive (WWE Studios), died from pancreatic cancer. he was , 59,

WWE Studios is a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of WWE, Inc., created in 2002 as WWE Films to develop and produce feature film properties died from pancreatic cancer. he was , 59.

History

To date, it has co-produced four films as well as independently produced six more (with another five announced for future production) with The Marine being the first developed solely by the company to reach the filming stage, while the first one to be theatrically released is See No Evil. Stone Cold Steve Austin is signed to star in three movies for WWE Studios.^[2] Before the formation of WWE Films the WWF had produced the 1989 film No Holds Barred featuring Hulk Hogan.
In 2006, WWE Films chose to further expand the variety of projects that it intends to pursue by also focusing made-for-television films and direct-to-video movies as well as other media platforms. WWE Films was renamed WWE Studios on July 21, 2008 to further represent the expansion of the WWE subsidiary.
Due to the WWE's adherence to the TV-PG rating, all future movies were subsequently switched from rated R to PG-13 in order to target a younger audience. Only three of the films produced by WWE Studios have surpassed the PG-13 rating; The Condemned, See No Evil and The Marine 2, have all received an R rating. ^[3] Former WWE Studios president Joel Simon died on June 19, 2011 after a four year battle with cancer. ^[4]

Filmography

As co-producers

• The Scorpion King (2002)
• The Rundown (2003)
• Walking Tall (2004)
• Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2009, Direct-to-DVD)

As sole producers

• The Mania of WrestleMania (2004) - A documentary film following the WWE roster through WrestleMania XIX
• See No Evil (2006)
• The Marine (2006)
• The Condemned (2007)
• 12 Rounds (2009)
• The Marine 2 (2009, Direct-to-DVD)
• Legendary (2010)
• Knucklehead (2010)
• The Chaperone (2011)
• That's What I Am (2011)
• Inside Out (TBA) ^[5]
• Family Reunion (TBA) ^[6]
• Bending The Rules (TBA) ^[7]
• Barricade (TBA) ^[8]
• No One Lives (TBA) ^[9]

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Box office revenue			Box office ranking	Reference
		Domestic	Foreign	Worldwide	United States
See No Evil	May 19, 2006	$15,032,800	$3,388,168	$18,420,968	#6	[10]
The Marine	October 13, 2006	$18,844,784	$3,320,824	$22,165,608	#6	[11]
The Condemned	April 27, 2007	$7,371,706	$1,263,477	$8,635,183	#9	[12]
12 Rounds	March 27, 2009	$12,234,694	$5,045,632	$17,280,326	#7	[13]
Legendary	September 10, 2010	$200,393	-	-	#38	[14]
Knucklehead	October 22, 2010	$1,000	-	-
The Chaperone	February 18, 2011	$14,400	-	-
That's What I Am	April 29, 2011	NA	-	-

Rental performance

Film	Release Date	Video Distributor	Rental Gross	Reference
See No Evil	November 28, 2006	Lions Gate Entertainment	$16.49 million	[15]
The Marine	January 30, 2007	20th Century Fox	$30.53 million	[16]
The Condemned	September 18, 2007	Lions Gate Entertainment	$22.30 million	[17]

To see more of who died in 2010 click here

Yelena Bonner, Russian human rights activist, died after a long illness she was , 88.

Yelena Bonner was a human rights activist in the former Soviet Union and wife of the noted physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov died after a long illness she was , 88..

(15 February 1923 – 18 June 2011)

Youth

Bonner was born Lusik Georgievna Alikhanova^[4] in Merv, Turkmen SSR, USSR (now Mary, Turkmenistan). Her father was an Armenian named Georgy Alikhanov (Armenian name Gevork Alikhanyan),^[5] a prominent Communist and a secretary of the Comintern; her mother, Ruf, was a Jewish Communist activist. She had a younger brother, Igor, who became a career naval officer.
Her parents were both arrested in 1937 during Stalin's Great Purge; her father was executed and her mother served eight years in a forced labor camp near Karaganda, Kazakhstan, followed by internal exile. Bonner's 41-year-old maternal uncle, Matvei Bonner, was also executed during the purge, and his wife internally exiled. All four were exonerated (rehabilitated) following Stalin's death in 1953. Serving as a nurse during World War II, Bonner was wounded twice, and in 1946 was honorably discharged as a disabled veteran. After the war she earned a degree in pediatrics from the First Leningrad Medical Institute. In 1965 she joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and Children

In medical school she met her first husband, Ivan Semyonov. They had a daughter, Tatiana, in 1950, and a son, Alexei, in 1956. Her children emigrated to the United States in 1977 and 1978, respectively.
In 1965, Bonner and Semyonov separated, and eventually divorced. In October 1970, while attending the trial of human rights activists Revol't (Ivanovich) Pimenov and Boris Vail in Kaluga, Bonner met Andrei Sakharov, a nuclear physicist and human rights activist. The previous year, 1969, Sakharov had been widowed from his wife, Klavdia Alekseyevna Vikhireva, with whom he had two daughters and a son.^[6]

Activism

Beginning in the 1940s, Bonner helped political prisoners and their families. In the late 1960s, she became active in the Soviet human rights movement. At the Kaluga trial in 1970, Bonner and Sakharov met Natan Sharansky and began working together to defend Jews sentenced to death for attempting an escape from the USSR in a hijacked plane.^{[citation needed]} Under pressure from Sakharov, the Soviet regime permitted Yelena Bonner to travel to the West in 1975, 1977 and 1979 for treatment of her wartime eye injury. When Sakharov, awarded the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize, was barred from travel by the Soviet authorities, Bonner, in Italy for treatment, represented him at the ceremony in Oslo.^{[citation needed]}
Bonner became a founding member of the Moscow Helsinki Group in 1976. When in January 1980 Sakharov was exiled to Gorky, a city closed to foreigners, the harassed and publicly denounced Bonner became his lifeline, traveling between Gorky and Moscow to bring out his writings. Her arrest in April 1984 for "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda" and sentence to five years of exile in Gorky disrupted their lives again.^{[citation needed]} Sakharov’s several long and painful hunger strikes forced the new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev to let her travel to the U.S. in 1985 for sextuple bypass heart surgery. Prior to that, in 1981, Bonner and Sakharov went on a dangerous but ultimately successful hunger strike to get Soviet officials to allow their daughter-in-law, Yelizaveta Konstantinovna ("Lisa") Alexeyeva, an exit visa to join her husband, Bonner's son Alexei Semyonov, in the United States.^{[citation needed]}
In December 1986, Gorbachev allowed Sakharov and Bonner to return to Moscow. Following Sakharov's death on 14 December 1989, she established the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, and the Sakharov Archives in Moscow. In 1993, she donated Sakharov papers in the West to Brandeis University in the U.S.; in 2004 they were turned over to Harvard University. Bonner remained outspoken on democracy and human rights in Russia and worldwide. She joined the defenders of the Russian parliament during the August Coup and supported Boris Yeltsin during the constitutional crisis in early 1993. ^[7]
In 1994, outraged by what she called “genocide of the Chechen people”, Bonner resigned from Yeltsin's Human Rights Commission and was an outspoken opponent to Russian armed involvement in Chechnya and critical of the Kremlin for allegedly returning to KGB-style authoritarianism under Vladimir Putin. She was also critical of the international "quartet" two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and has expressed fears about the rise of anti-semitism in Europe.^[8]
Bonner was among the 34 first signatories of the online anti-Putin manifesto "Putin must go", published 10 March 2010. Her signature was the first.

Last years

She divided her time between Moscow and the United States, home to her two children, five grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, and two great-grandsons.

Death

Bonner died of heart failure in Boston, Massachusetts, aged 88, according to her daughter, Tatiana Yankelevich. She had been hospitalized since February 21.

Works and awards

Bonner was the author of Alone Together (Knopf 1987), and Mothers and Daughters (Knopf 1992), and wrote frequently on Russia and human rights. She was a recipient of many international human rights awards, including the Rafto Prize, the European Parliament’s Robert Schumann medal, the awards of International Humanist and Ethical Union, the World Women’s Alliance, the Adelaida Ristori Foundation, the U.S. National Endowment for Democracy, the Lithuanian Commemorative Medal of 13 January, the Czech Republic Order of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, and others.
In 2005 Bonner participated in "They Chose Freedom", a four-part television documentary on the history of the Soviet dissident movement. Bonner was on the Board of Advancing Human Rights (NGO).^[9]

 

To see more of who died in 2010 click here