Norma Lyon,, American farmer and butter sculpture artist died he was 81

Norma Duffield Stong "Duffy" Lyon was an American farmer and artist nicknamed The Butter Cow Lady died he was  81. She was known for creating elaborate butter sculptures at the Iowa State Fair from 1960 until 2006, when she retired.^[1] She also created sculptures for other state fairs, as well as commissioned works for celebrities and politicians.
(July 29, 1929 – June 26, 2011)

Early years

Lyon was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of Benton J. Stong, a newspaper reporter, and his wife, Elsa. Her grandmother, Bertha Clark, was a founder of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, and her uncle, Phil Stong, wrote the book State Fair, which was later made into three movies and a stage musical.^[2]
She studied animal science at Iowa State University, because they did not allow women in their Veterinary Sciences program at the time.^[3] There she trained in sculpture with artist Christian Petersen.^[4]

Family

She married Gaylord "Joe" Lyon on July 22, 1950 in Ames, Iowa, and they moved to Toledo, Iowa, to run their dairy farm, Lyon Jerseys.^[5] The couple had nine children.^[4]

Career

In 1960, she took over the Iowa State Fair butter cow creation, a tradition since 1911. She later expanded to creating other sculptures, including Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley, John Wayne, Peanuts characters, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, American Gothic by Grant Wood and the Last Supper.^[6] She also made busts of Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Barack Obama and a cheese bust of David Letterman.
Lyon appeared on To Tell the Truth in 1963, and was correctly identified as the Butter Cow Lady by the panelists.^[2][7] She later appeared on Late Night with David Letterman with a cow carved from cheese.^[7] She was the subject of a 2002 book, The Butter Cow Lady, written by Brenda Mickle.^[8]

Death

She died of a stroke in Marshalltown, Iowa, age 81.^[2] She was survived by a large extended family, including her husband, nine children and 23 grandchildren.

 

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Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, British Supreme Court judge died he was , 66.

Alan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, FRSE, FBA, was a Scottish lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom .
He served as Lord Advocate, the senior Law Officer of Scotland, before becoming Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session, the head of the country's judiciary. He was then appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Law Lord) and became a Justice of the Supreme Court when the judicial functions of the House of Lords were transferred to that Court.

PC (18 September 1944 – 26 June 2011)

Early life

Alan Rodger was born on 18 September 1944 in Glasgow, to Professor T Ferguson Rodger, Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Glasgow, and Jean Margaret Smith Chalmers, and educated at the independent Kelvinside Academy in the city.^[2] He studied at the University of Glasgow, graduating with an MA, and at the University's School of Law, taking an LLB.^[2] He then studied at New College, Oxford—under, among others, David Daube, Regius Professor of Civil Law - where he graduated with an MA (by decree) and DPhil, and was Dyke Junior Research Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford from 1969 to 1970 and a Fellow of New College from 1970 to 1972.^[2]
He became an advocate in 1974^[3] and was Clerk of the Faculty of Advocates from 1976 to 1979. He was a Member of the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland from 1981 to 1984, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1985.^[2][3] He was an Advocate Depute from 1985 to 1988 and was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in 1989, being promoted to Lord Advocate in 1992, at which time he became a life peer as Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, of Earlsferry in the District of North East Fife, and was appointed to the Privy Council.^[2][3]

Judicial career

Rodger was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the High Court of Justiciary and Court of Session, in 1995, and became Lord Justice General and Lord President in 1996. He was appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2001, upon the retirement of Lord Clyde. He and nine other Lords of Appeal in Ordinary became Justices of the Supreme Court upon that body's inauguration on 1 October 2009.

[edit] Significant judgements

As Lord Justice General:

• Drury v Her Majesty's Advocate 2001 SCCR 583: definition of murder in Scotland

As Justice of the Supreme Court:

• HJ and HT v Home Secretary [2010] UKSC 31: homosexuality in asylum claims

Honours

Lord Rodger of Earlsferry was appointed a Fellow of the British Academy in 1991, and the same year was the Maccabaean Lecturer at the Academy. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and an Honorary Bencher at Lincoln’s Inn in 1992, and an Honorary Bencher of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland in 1998. Hon. Mem., SPTL, subseq. SLS, 1992; Corresp. Mem., Bayerische Akad. der Wissenschaften, 2001. Pres., Holdsworth Club, 1998–99. Hon. Fellow, American Coll. of Trial Lawyers, 2008. He has received honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the Universities of Glasgow (1995), Aberdeen (1999) and Edinburgh (2001).
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry had been the Visitor of St Hugh's College, Oxford since 2003,^[4] High Steward of the University of Oxford since 2008,^[5] and an Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow School of Law since July 2009.^[3]

Death

Lord Rodger of Earlsferry died on 26 June 2011 after a short illness.^[1][6] Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who provoked fury after criticising Rodger less than a month earlier,^[7] said he had made an "outstanding contribution" to Scottish public life.^[6]

 

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Barry Wilkins,, Canadian hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins), died from lung cancer he was 64.

Barry James Wilkins was a professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association during the 1960s and 1970s  died from lung cancer he was  64.. He is probably best known for scoring the first-ever goal for the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL on October 9, 1970.

(February 28, 1947 - June 26, 2011)

Playing career

Wilkins was signed by the Boston Bruins as a teenager and came through their junior system where he was a teammate of Bobby Orr and Wayne Cashman with the Oshawa Generals. He was recalled from junior to make his NHL debut in 1966–67, playing a single game for the Bruins, and turned pro the following season. He would spend most of the next three seasons with the Oklahoma City Blazers, Boston's top minor-league affiliate, but found it difficult to crack an increasingly deep Bruin roster. He scored his first NHL goal in his only appearance during the 1968–69 season, and appeared in 6 games for the 1969–70 Bruin team which would ultimately win the Stanley Cup.
By the 1969–70 season, Wilkins was a dominant defender in the CHL with Oklahoma City, finishing the year with 52 points and 204 penalty minutes, and he would receive his big break when he was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft. He started his Canuck career with a bang, scoring the team's first-ever goal (one of only five he scored all season) in their first game, against the Los Angeles Kings on October 9, 1970.
Wilkins would be one of Vancouver's top defenders for the first several years of the franchise's history. After a disappointing 1971–72 campaign, he bounced back in 1972–73 to record a career-high 11 goals and 28 points, and he was named the club's top defender. In 1973–74, he recorded three goals and 28 assists for 31 points, while continuing to provide his usual high level of hard-nosed defensive play.
Early in the 1974–75 NHL season, Wilkins was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Ab DeMarco, Jr., leaving André Boudrias as the last remaining original Canuck (Wilkins was also the last remaining player selected by the team in the 1970 Expansion Draft). In Pittsburgh, Wilkins would have the best offensive year of his career, finishing the season with five goals and 35 points in just 66 games between the Canucks and Penguins. He would have another solid year in 1975–76, registering 27 points for the Penguins.
Wilkins' NHL career came to an abrupt end when he jumped to the rival WHA for the 1976–77 season to play for the Edmonton Oilers. After a year with the Oilers, he was dealt to the Indianapolis Racers for 1977–78. After spending one last professional season in the AHL, Wilkins retired in 1979.
Wilkins appeared in 398 NHL games, recording 27 goals and 125 assists for 152 points, along with 663 penalty minutes. He also appeared in 130 WHA contests, notching six goals and 45 assists for 51 points, along with 154 penalty minutes.

 

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Nick Charles, American sportscaster (CNN Sports Tonight), died from bladder cancer he was , 64.

Nicholas Charles Nickeas better known as Nick Charles, was an American sportscaster and journalist died from bladder cancer he was , 64.. He was one of CNN's first on-air personalities^[1] and won three^[1] CableACE Awards for best sports program during his 17-year^[2] tenure as co-host of the network's Sports Tonight. He was a graduate of Columbia College Chicago.

(June 30, 1946 – June 25, 2011),

Career in broadcasting

Charles started his career as a sportscaster at local television stations. He worked the nightly sports desk at WICS, in Springfield, Illinois, where Fred Hickman his future co-anchor at CNN began his career. He worked at WTOP Radio and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. as sports director. At WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, he won an Associated Press award for investigative journalism.^[1]
Charles was the first sports anchor for CNN in 1980. He co-hosted CNN Sports Tonight with Fred Hickman, and later hosted his own program, Page One with Nick Charles until leaving the network in 2001. He hosted the Goodwill Games for Turner Broadcasting in 1986 in Moscow, 1990 in Seattle, Washington, 1994 in St. Petersburg, Russia and covered boxing for the Goodwill Games in New York City in 1998.
Beginning in 2001, Charles hosted of Showtime's ShoBox: The New Generation. As a boxing commentator, he has interviewed major boxing figures including Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.^[1] He also hosted boxing on Versus, a sports network. Nick won the Boxing Writer's Association 2007 Broadcaster award. In 2008, he won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism.^[3] Charles was also the winner of several cable ACE awards.
He was named "sexiest sportscaster" in America several years in a row by U.S. Television Fan Association. Nick Charles and former heavyweight contender George Chuvalo shared the Bill Crawford Award for perseverance in overcoming adversity in 2010 from the Boxing Writer's Association.
It was reported in USA Today^[4] that Nick Charles was taking a leave of absence from Showtime in 2009 to battle Stage 4 bladder cancer. Boxing and sports Web sites, including ESPN.com reported on January 16 that Charles was returning to Showtime on January 29, 2010 and had 80% remission. As of March 2010, the cancer became more aggressive and he returned to M.D. Anderson in Houston for a chemotherapy clinical trial. In March 2011, Charles returned to the airwaves for a final time as a host of HBO's Boxing After Dark program.^[5] As documented on the June 19, 2011 edition of CNN's Sanjay Gupta MD he was in the final stages of the disease. He had been recording video messages for his family and friends to show after his death.^[6]

Personal life

Charles was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother is of Sicilian heritage, and his father of Spartan Greek. His wife, Cory, is a senior director for CNN International's Guest Planning Unit. Cory has been with CNN since 1990. She is a cum laude graduate of Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus, which she attended on a four-year NCAA softball scholarship. Cory has a master's degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Charles had four children and three grandchildren. His son Jason is an entrepreneur, and owns an audio-visual production company in Tempe, Arizona. His daughter, Katie, ran track and field for Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Cancer

As previously mentioned, in 2009, Charles was diagnosed with metastatic bladder cancer, as documented on the June 19, 2011 edition of CNN's Sanjay Gupta MD.^[7] He had been recording video messages for his family and friends to show after his death.^[8] CNN reported his death on Saturday, June 25, 2011.^[9] five days shy of his 65th birthday.

 

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Shelby Grant, American actress (Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage, Medical Center), died from a brain aneurysm she was , 74.

Shelby Grant born Brenda Thompson, was an American actress whose credits included Our Man Flint, Fantastic Voyage and Medical Center died from a brain aneurysm she was , 74..



(October 19, 1936 – June 25, 2011),

Early life

Thompson was born on October 19, 1936,^[2] in Orlando, Oklahoma to parents, Lawrence and Mae Thompson.^[1][2][3] She was raised in Wagoner, Oklahoma, and completed high school at Wagoner High School.^[1]
Thompson enrolled at Northeastern State College, now known as Northeastern State University, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where she studied drama and speech.^[1] She became Northeastern State's football queen in 1959.^[1] She also won the title of Northeastern Oklahoma Dairy Princess in 1959 as well.^[1]

Career

She appeared in local television commercials for KTUL-TV, based in Tulsa, after college.^[1] In 1962, she moved from Oklahoma to southern California to pursue an acting career.^[1] She initially worked as a teacher of special education and deaf students at Hollywood High School while trying to enter the entertainment industry.^[1]
Thompson was discovered by a 20th Century Fox talent scout.^[3] She changed her professional name to Shelby Grant.^[3] She "drew Shelby Grant out of a hat", according to an interview she gave to columnist, Hedda Hopper.^[3]
Grant debuted in television in a 1963 episode of Bonanza.^[1] She soon became a contracted actor with 20th Century Fox.^[1] Her film roles under contract with Fox included The Pleasure Seekers in 1964, the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage, Our Man Flint in 1966 and The Witchmaker in 1969.^[1] Her television credits grew to include Batman and Marcus Welby, M.D..^[1]
Grant married her husband, actor Chad Everett, in a ceremony held on May 22, 1966, in Tucson, Arizona.^[1][2] Chad Everett had been on location in Tucson filming the 1967 movie, Return of the Gunfighter, at the time of their wedding.^[2] They had two daughters, Kate and Shannon.^[1] Grant appeared in her husband's television series, Medical Center, where portrayed Dr. Joe Gannon from 1969 to 1976.^[1] Grant largely left acting to focus on philanthropy during her later life. She and her husband sponsored more than twenty heart surgeries for children.^[1]

Death

Shelby Grant died of a brain aneurysm in Westlake Village, California, on June 25, 2011, at the age of 74.^[1] She was survived by her husband of 45 years, actor Chad Everett; their two daughters, Katherine Thorp and Shannon Everett; and six grandchildren.^[1][

 

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Jan Kułakowski, Polish politician, Member of the European Parliament (2004–2009) died he was , 80.

Jan Jerzy Kułakowski– was a Polish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Greater Poland Voivodship (2004–2009) with the Unia Wolnosci, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs died he was , 80.
Kułakowski was a substitute for the Committee on Development, a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community.
Kulakowski was a Member of the National Council of the European Integration, Advisory Group appointed by President Aleksander Kwasniewski. He was a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in Belgium. He was the Vice-President of Association France-Pologne pour l’ Europe and the Polish Council of the European Movement.

(25 August 1930 – 25 June 2011)

Education

• 1953: Doctor of Law, Catholic University of Leuven
• Work in radio (1953–54), Paris

Career

• 1954–1957: Member of the General Secretariat of the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions
• 1974–1976: Secretary, General Secretary of the European Organisation of the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions
• Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation
• 1976–1989: General Secretary, World Confederation of Labour
• 1998–2001: Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland, head of the Polish mission to the European Community (1990–1996), secretary of state in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, government plenipotentiary for Poland's accession negotiations to the European Union
• Vice-Chairman of the Programme Board of the Polish Robert Schuman Foundation (since 1996)
• since 2004: Vice-Chairman of the Polish Council of the European Movement
• since 2003: Chairman of the Public Diplomacy Council
• since 2002: Vice-Chairman of the Franco-Polish Association for Europe
• Member of the National Council for European Integration, member of the Research Group to the President of the Polish Republic
• 2004–2009: Member of the European Parliament.

Decorations

Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (2002)
Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium
Legion of Honour (France – January 19, 2007)
National Order of Grand Officer of Merit
In 2001, Kulakowski won the Kisiel Prize. He was a member of the Royal Institute of International Relations in Belgium.
Author and co-author of numerous reports, documents, articles and essays devoted to world’s trade union movement and issues resulting in bilateral relations of Poland and the European Union.
Jan Kulakowski was married to Zofia Kulakowska-Wajs. They had three daughters.

 

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J.O. Patterson, Jr., American politician and religious leader, first black mayor of Memphis (1982) died he was 76.

James Oglethorpe "J.O." Patterson, Jr. was a Bishop in the COGIC and a former Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee died he was  76..

(28 May 1935 – 25 June 2011)

Biography

Patterson was born in Memphis, TN, to the late and first international Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), Inc., J.O. Patterson, Sr. and Deborah M. Patterson. He was the grandson of the COGIC founder, Bishop Charles Harrison Mason and first cousin of the late former Presiding Bishop of COGIC, Gilbert E. Patterson. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee in 1958; a Master of Religion Degree in 1985 from Memphis Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree in 1963 from DePaul University, Chicago, Il.
Bishop Patterson practiced law and then became active in state and local political life as a State Representative for one term, a State Senator for two terms, a Memphis City Councilman for five terms and as interim Mayor of Memphis (for 20 days total) in 1982.^[1] He also served as a delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention and as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1972, 1976 and 1980.
Bishop Patterson was elevated and ceremonially consecrated to the Bishopric in November 1985 by his father, Bishop J.O. Patterson, Sr. Bishop Patterson served as the Pastor of the Pentecostal Temple Church Of God In Christ in Memphis, Tennessee a congregation of 2,500 active members, the Jurisdictional Prelate of the denomination's 1st Ecclesiastical Headquarters Jurisdiction of Tennessee and the COGIC, Inc. Chairman of the General Assembly. Patterson continues to serve his community and the church in many capacities such as, the President of J. O. Patterson Mortuary, Inc., a contributing writer for the Official COGIC Manual, a member of the COGIC Legal Counsel, a member of the Board of Directors of the C. H. Mason Foundation, a developer of many inner-city and urban initiatives. Most important to Bishop Patterson is ministry designed to meet the needs of the total man, which is addressed in part by the continuation of the J.O. Patterson crusade, broadcast and media ministries established by his father.
As Chairman of the General Assembly, Bishop Patterson supervises all sessions of the supreme legislative and judicial authority of the Church of God in Christ, Inc. The General Assembly is the only entity of the church that has the power to express the doctrines and creeds of the church.

Death

On Saturday, June 25, 2011, Bishop Patterson died of kidney failure at the age of 76. He died at a local hospital at 4:27 pm. His funeral was held on July 1, 2011 at the Mason Temple Church of God in Christ at 11am in Memphis, Tennessee. May He now take his rest with God. And may he join the heavenly band of preachers.

 

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