Don Buddin, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Houston Colt .45s, Detroit Tigers) died he was , 77.

Donald Thomas Buddin was an American professional baseball shortstop died he was , 77.. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox (1956; 1958–61), Houston Colt .45s (1962) and Detroit Tigers (1962). Listed at 5' 11" (1.80 m), 178 lb. (81 kg), Buddin batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Turbeville, South Carolina.


(May 5, 1934 – June 30, 2011)

A touted prospect from Olanta, South Carolina, Buddin attended Wofford College. He became the Red Sox' starting shortstop from 1956 through 1961, with the exception of the 1957 season, which he spent in military service.
Buddin led the American League in errors by a shortstop in 1958 and 1959, and finished third and second in that category in 1956 and 1960. His defensive struggles led one Boston sportswriter to write that Buddin's car should bear the license plate "E-6."^[2]
His most productive season came in 1961, when he batted a career-high .263 in 109 games. He was traded that offseason to the expansion Colt .45s for fellow shortstop Eddie Bressoud.^[1]
Buddin was the starting shortstop in Houston's first official National League game on April 10, 1962 — an 11–2 thrashing of the visiting Chicago Cubs, in which he was hitless in three at bats but played errorless ball in the field and turned a double play. On June 11, he hit the first grand slam in Houston franchise history against Joe Moeller of the Los Angeles Dodgers. But he batted only .163 in 40 games, and Bob Lillis supplanted him as the Colt .45s' regular shortstop. On July 20, Buddin's contract was waived to the Tigers, where he played out his final year in the majors as a backup to Chico Fernández.^[1]
In a six-season career, Buddin posted a .241 batting average with 551 hits and 41 home runs in 711 games, driving in 225 runs while scoring 342 times, commiting 155 errors for a .954 fielding average. He also played seven minor league seasons between 1952 and 1965, most prominently in the International League and the Pacific Coast League circuits.^[3]
Buddin died in Greenville, South Carolina, at the age of 77.^[4]

 

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Preston Carpenter, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins) died he was , 77

Verba Preston "Preston" Carpenter  was a professional American football player who played wide receiver, tight end, running back and special teams for eleven seasons for five different teams in the National Football League and the American Football League. He played college football at the University of Arkansas.

(January 24, 1934 – June 30, 2011)

Family

Carpenter was born to Verba Glen Carpenter and Edna Earl Pullam in Hayti, Missouri. His brother, Lewis Glen "Lew" Carpenter played ten years of "Pro Ball" and thirty years of "Pro Coaching."^[2]
He married Jeanne Etychison, and had Scott, Bruce and Lewis Todd Carpenter. He is a descendant of Thomas "Jack" Carpenter (born 1740 Virginia and died 1803 in North Carolina.^[2]

College

At the University of Arkansas, Carpenter was an outstanding single-wing blocking back and linebacker for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks during 1953 and 1954. In 1954 Carpenter caught a 66 yard touchdown pass against Ole Miss in one of the most famous plays in Razorback history. He was an All-Southwest Conference halfback in 1955.^[3]

NFL football

Carpenter played 12 seasons in the NFL. He was a Pro Bowl selection as a Pittsburgh Steeler tight end in 1962. Carpenter also played for Miami, Washington and Minnesota.^[3]

Cleveland Browns

A first-round draft choice in 1956, Carpenter was selected by the reigning NFL champion Cleveland Browns, who picked thirteenth. The Browns used him primarily as a halfback in his rookie year, when he gained 756 yards on 188 carries while averaging 25.4 yds/touch on 15 kickoff returns. In 1957-1959, he was used mainly as a receiver, where in four years, he accrued 1,366 yards and five touchdowns. Carpenter led the Cleveland Browns in rushing in 1956 and receiving in 1958.

Pittsburgh Steelers

With the Pittsburgh Steelers, in his first year, he also averaged over 25 yards/touch on kickoff returns, and from 1960 through 1963 with Pittsburgh, he picked up another 1,680 yards and 11 touchdowns on receptions, making the NFL Pro Bowl in 1962.

Final Pro years

From 1964 through 1966 with the Washington Redskins and Minnesota Vikings, Carpenter gained another 1,281 yards and seven touchdowns receiving. He completed his pro football career with the American Football League's Miami Dolphins in 1967. His career record includes a combined 6,253 receiving, rushing, and return yards, with a 25.9 yards/touch career average on kickoff returns, and a total of 24 touchdowns: 23 rushing and one receiving.

Honors

Inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.^[3]

 

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Christy Essien-Igbokwe, Nigerian musician died she was , 50.

 Christy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe also know as Nigeria's Lady of Songs put Nigeria's name on the world music map with her evergreen "Seun Rere" track died she was , 50. She was the first female president of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN). Born on the 11th November 1960, this singer and actress is the chairman and managing director of Soul Train entertainment limited.
Although she is not Yoruba, most of her hits were sung in the western Nigerian language, and drew heavily on the culture and tradition. Essien's fluency in Yoruba, English, Igbo and her native Ibibio earned her an appeal which cut across tribal lines.^[2]

(November 11, 1960 - June 30, 2011)

Biography

The Beginning

Essien lost her mother at age 12 and her dad in 2005.Growing up she lived with her late mother's friend who encouraged her singing career and bought her a fairly used cassette player to record her songs.
She is best remembered as Apeno the wife of the cantankerous character Jegede Shokoya (played by Claude Eke who passed away in 2002) in the sensational situational comedy ‘The New Masquerade' .The role shot the young actress to stardom. She later featured in two Nollywood movies "Flesh and Blood" and "Sacred of Womanhood in the early days of Nollywood.
She began her music career in NTA Aba on a programme called ‘Now Sound'. During that time New Masquerade was also airing on NTA Aba .One of the recordings she noticed a cast member rehearsing his lines incorrectly so she volunteered to correct him thereafter she was landed a role in the series.

The Journey to stardom

She began her musical career in Secondary School,singing at various clubs in Aba, Abia State such as Uka Onu's Club and Unikoko.
The Akwa-Ibom born performer also had the honour of composing and performing what would later be known as her state's anthem of sorts, "Akwa-Ibom Mmi (My Akwa-Ibom)" in 1987, its year of creation.
The singer, who has featured in many national and international shows, still operates a shop in Etinan, in her native Akwa-ibom State where she sells printing machines. She is currently working on released her eleventh album.

Later life

She died June 30, 2011.Close to the time of her death, she was involved in private business, running the non-governmental organisation Essential Child Care Foundation involved in child welfare needs and rights as well. Her recent public outings include the Inspire Africa Benefit Concert in January 2009, where she performed alongside her son Kaka and the MTN Musical Festival, a musical show of old and new-breed musicians in 2009.
Her second son, Kaka is also towing the music line. He is a hip hop artiste and producer. One of her earliest albums ‘Ever Liked my Person' sold above platinum till date. So popular was one of its hit track 'Omo Mi Seun rere', that a number of African countries have sang their own version. The singer intends intend to spend the day with the less-privileged children as she has always done over the years.^[3] She passed away 30 June 2011.

Honours

Her Honours include Nigerian lady of songs award, Africa music mother award 1984, international special achievement award Mexico 1983 world song festival award Los Angeles queen of music international award association of theatre arts practitioners Lagos 1996 outstanding achievement in female uplifting. She has also contributed enormously to nation building, peace and tolerance - which, alongside moral uprightness, remain constant themes of her songs.

Albums

1. Freedom (LP, Album) Anodisc Records 1977
2. Patience (LP) Anodisc Records 1978
3. Time Waits For No One (LP) Blackspot (2), Decca 1978
4. One Understanding (LP) Afrodisia 1979
5. Give Me A Chance (LP, Gat) Afrodisia 1980
6. Ever Liked My Person? ◄ (2 versions) Lagos International Records, Skylark Records 1981
7. It's Time (LP, Album) EMI (Nigeria) 1982
8. Taking My Time (LP, yel) Soul Train Records 1986
9. Hear The Call (LP) Ivory 1990
10. Mysteries Of Life (LP) Soul Train Records 1992
11. All Of A Sudden (LP) Soul Train/Core Records 2011 (TBR)

 

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Jimmy Roselli, American singer, died from heart complications he was , 85.

 Michael John "Jimmy" Roselli was one of the most significant Italian-American pop singers of his time,^[3] during an era of formidable competition from such performers as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Frankie Laine, Vic Damone and Jerry Vale died from heart complications he was , 85..


(December 26, 1925 – June 30, 2011)

Life

Jimmy Roselli's biggest and only pop hit was a remake of "There Must Be A Way", a song previously recorded by Joni James. It reached #93 pop (according to Billboard's pop charts). The song was recorded in 1964. The following year he had another hit with "Mala Femmena". It reached #43 easy listening (according to Billboard's easy listening charts). Those were his only US hit singles, although his version of "When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New" twice appeared in the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at #51 in 1983, and #52 in 1987.^[5]
Unlike Sinatra who embraced the mob, Jimmy Roselli refused their assistance (like fellow Italian American Jake LaMotta, whose life story was captured on film by Martin Scorsese in Raging Bull). Indeed, Roselli was relegated to selling his music out of the trunk of his car parked in Little Italy in Manhattan.
Jimmy Roselli is a favorite among Italian-Americans and his signature tune "Mala Femmina" is featured twice in Martin Scorsese's early classic Mean Streets. Unlike Sinatra who rarely recorded in Italian and could not speak his mother tongue, Roselli sang in perfect Neapolitan dialect. Other Neapolitan songs recorded by Roselli include "Core 'ngrato" and "Scapricciatiello."
A book in the late 1990s entitled Making The Wiseguys Weep: The Jimmy Roselli Story, was published by David Evanier who also published a book on the life of Bobby Darin - Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin.
Plans to make a movie based on Making the Wiseguys Weep starring John Travolta never came to pass.
He died in 2011 in Clearwater, Florida.

 

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Jay Dee Springbett British-born Australian record industry executive and Australian Idol judge died he was , 36,.

Jay Dee Springbett was a British-born record executive who appeared as a judge on the singing competition Australian Idol during the show's seventh season in 2009 died he was , 36,.. Springbett was one of three judges, along with Ian Dickson and Marcia Hines .


(1976 or 1977 – 30 June 2011)

Springbett, an executive with Sony Music Entertainment in Britain, moved from his native United Kingdom to Australia in 2004.^[1] He worked in the artists and repertoire department at Sony Music Australia.^[1] He helped launch or manage the careers of well-known Sony artists and pop singers, including Jessica Mauboy and Human Nature.^[2]
In early 2011 Springbett split from his fiancee, publicist Louisa McCole, with whom he had two daughters, Jasmin and Marley.^[1][2]
On 30 June 2011, Springbett was found dead at his apartment in Woolloomooloo in non-suspicious circumstances.^[1][2]

 

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Georg Sterzinsky, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Berlin (1989–2011), died after a long illness he was , 75.

Georg Maximilian Sterzinsky was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Cardinal Archbishop of Berlin died after a long illness he was , 75..

(9 February 1936 – 30 June 2011)

Early life

Sterzinsky was born in Warlack (earlier also Wurlacken, Warlaucken, now Worławki, Olsztyn County), Landkreis Heilsberg, in German East Prussia. He lost his mother as a child and his family took refuge in Thuringia, due to the expulsions following the end of World War II; his homeland of Warmia is now within Poland.

Priest and bishop

Sterzinsky was ordained a priest in 1960. After serving as a parish priest for fifteen years, he became Vicar General to the Bishop of Berlin in 1981. In 1989, he himself was appointed Bishop of Berlin and, in 1994, while remaining at the See of Berlin, he was promoted to the position of Archbishop of Berlin.

Cardinal

Sterzinsky was proclaimed Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuseppe all'Aurelio on 28 June 1991. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Benedict XVI accepted Cardinal Sterzinsky's retirement as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin on 24 February 2011, for reasons of age (he had reached the age limit of 75, at which all bishops must write a letter to the Pope, offering to resign if the Pope wants).
No successor was immediately named for Cardinal Sterzinsky upon his death, so the Archdiocese of Berlin was a vacant see (sede vacante) at the time. On 2 July 2011, two days after the Cardinal's death, Pope Benedict XVI, named Rainer Maria Woelki as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Berlin.
In April 2011 Cardinal Sterzinsky was transferred to a rehabilitation clinic. Since the Cardinal's resignation, Auxiliary Bishop Matthias Heinrich had been the apostolic administrator until the new Archbishop was named. In May 2011 it was reported that the condition of Cardinal Sterzinsky was very serious after he developed pneumonia and had to be brought from the rehabilitation centre back to the hospital. Cardinal Sterzinsky died on 30 June in the early morning. Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegram of condolence to Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich, expressing his closeness to the people of the Archdiocese and praising His Eminence's efforts in serving the people of Berlin during the fall of the Berlin Wall and the transition to a united Germany.

Views

In November 2004, Sterzinsky criticized the notion of "gay marriage". He argued in a sermon that it could be necessary for Catholics to protest and resist gay marriage laws "die dem Gesetz Gottes widersprechen" ("that are contradictory to the laws of God").

 

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Sean Wight, Scottish-born Australian football player, died from lung cancer he was , 47

John Phillips "Sean" Wight was a Scottish-Australian Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL died from lung cancer he was , 47. He is a member of the Melbourne Football Club Hall of Fame and was named as one of the 150 Heroes of the club during the club's 150th celebrations.

(15 March 1964 – 30 June 2011)

The 185 cm tall, 85 kg Wight played for the Melbourne Football Club between 1985 and 1995, playing 150 games and scoring 63 goals. He is not only the first player to be associated with the Irish experiment, but also considered to be one of its most successful products.^[2]

Early life

He was scouted by the Melbourne Football Club's Ron Barassi and Barry Richardson on a visit to Ireland in 1982 as having the potential to play Australian rules football.^[2] Wight was brought to Australia in 1985.
Before playing Australian rules he played Gaelic football with the Kerry minor (Under-18) team which reached the 1982 All Ireland Final and with the Listowel Emmets club - the same club as Tadhg Kennelly.

VFL/AFL career

Sean Wight made his VFL debut in 1985^[2] and became a regular backline player, recognisable with his trademark moustache.
Wight played in two Demons night premiership winning sides, in 1987 and 1989.^[2]
He began to develop a reputation as a dour defender, with an exceptional ability to not only spoil opponents marking attempts, but take high marks himself.
Wight, along with fellow recruit Jim Stynes was a member of Melbourne's 1988 VFL Grand Final team which lost to Hawthorn.^[2]
Retiring in 1995, Wight's career was somewhat overshadowed by Jim Stynes, whose career in the midfield earned more accolades and media attention.
Sean Wight passed away on 30 June 2011 after a short battle with lung cancer.^[3]

 

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