Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, Kenyan peace activist, recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, died from a car accident. she was , 47

Dekha Ibrahim Abdi  was an ethnic Somali peace activist based in Mombasa, Kenya died from a car accident. she was , 47. A Kenyan citizen, she worked as a consultant to government and civil society organisations.

(1964 - 14 July 2011)

Personal life

Dekha was born in 1964 in Wajir. She was married to Dr. Hassan Nurrow Abdirahman with whom she had four children. The couple divorced in 2007 and in 2009, she married Abdinoor, a Somali ophthalmologist.^[1]

Career

Dekha was a trustee of Coalition for Peace in Africa (COPA) and of NOMADIC, a pastoralist organisation based in Wajir. She was also a founding member of the Wajir Peace and Development Committee, the Coalition for Peace in Africa, ACTION (Action for Conflict Transformation), and the Peace and Regeneration Oasis (PRO).
Dekha worked as a consultant trainer on peacebuilding and pastoralists' development with many local and international agencies in various countries, including Cambodia, Jordan, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Africa, Netherlands, Israel, Palestine, Zimbabwe, the UK, Uganda and Kenya. She was also an Associate of Responding to Conflict and previously worked as RTC's Trainer and Learning Coordinator.

Awards

In 2007, Dekha was honoured with the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", which was presented at the Swedish Parliament by the Right Livelihood Award Foundation to those "working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today". The Jury commended her "for showing in diverse ethnic and cultural situations how religious and other differences can be reconciled, even after violent conflict, and knitted together through a cooperative process that leads to peace and development".
She was also honoured with Hessian Peace Prize of Germany in 2009.

Death

On 7 July 2011, Dekha, her husband Abdinoor, and their driver were on their way to a peace conference in Garissa, when their car crashed into a truck. Her husband and driver died instantly. Dekha sustained heavy injuries and was airlifted to Nairobi. She died shortly afterwards at the Aga Khan Hospital at 11.45 am, 14 July 2011. She was 47 years old.^[2]

 

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Eric Delaney, British percussionist and band leader died he was , 87

Eric Delaney was an English drummer and bandleader, popular in the 1950s and early 1960s  died he was , 87

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(22 May 1924 – 14 July 2011^[1])

Career

Delaney was born in Acton, London. Aged 16, he won the Best Swing Drummer award and later joined the Bert Ambrose Octet which featured George Shearing on piano. During 1947–54 he appeared with the Geraldo Orchestra and filled his time with regular session work in recording studios and on film, TV and radio. In 1954 he formed his own band and later signed with the new Pye Records label. He made three Royal Variety Show appearances, the first in 1956.
Delaney specialised in up-tempo dance hall music, often carrying a rock n' roll label but closer in spirit to that of Geraldo and Joe Loss. As with many similar artists, the music he performed became less popular after The Beatles entered the musical scene. He remained active touring in the UK, notably in holiday resorts, nonetheless.^[3]
Although best known as a jazz drummer, Delaney was a multi-percussionist. As well as the drums he played xylophone, glockenspiel, timpani, military side drum, tubular bells, a variety of Chinese gongs and tam tams^{[citation needed]} and incorporated many everyday items such as brushes and whistles into his shows over the years.^{[citation needed]}

Singles

Pye

THE ERIC DELANEY BAND

• N.15046 Cockles and Mussels/Say Si Si (04/56)
• N.15054 Oranges and Lemons/Delaney's Delight (07/56)
• N.15069 Rockin' the Tymps/Ain't She Sweet (09/56)
• N.15079 Rock 'n' Roll King Cole/Time for Chimes (02/57)
• 7N.15113 Fanfare Jump/Jingle Bells (11/57)

ERIC DELANEY'S BIG BEAT SIX

• 7N.15782 Big Noise from Winnetka/Big Beat (02/65)

Parlophone

THE ERIC DELANEY BAND

• R4646 Bass Drum Boogie/Let's Get Organised (1960)
• R4753 Drum Twist/Yes Indeed (1961)
• R4876 Washboard Blues Twist/Sing, Sing, Sing (1962)
• R4925 Manhattan Spiritual/Down Home (1962)

A more complete list of Delaney's records (78rpm to CD) including earlier Mercury recordings together with a tentative filmography and videography are in Sammons, Eddie (June 2010). The Magnificent Eric Delaney. Fastprint. ISBN 184426825X.

Marble Arch

THE BIG BEAT OF-ERIC DELANEY

• MAL 768 LP Disributed Pye Records Ltd 1968 (UK)

 

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William Lockhart Garwood, American jurist (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit), died from a heart attack he was , 79.

William Lockhart Garwood was a United States federal judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit died from a heart attack he was , 79. .

(October 29, 1931 – July 14, 2011)

Born in Houston, Texas to Wilmer St. John Garwood and Ellen Burdine Clayton, Garwood was named after his maternal grandfather, William Lockhart Clayton, a Houston cotton merchant and, as undersecretary of state for economic affairs, a principal architect of the Marshall Plan.
Garwood received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1952 and an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1955. Upon graduating first in his law school class, he clerked on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for John R. Brown, a judge whom he would later count as a colleague on that same court. He served for three years as a JAG officer in the United States Army and then returned to Austin, Texas, where he entered private practice with the firm of Graves, Dougherty, Hearon, Moody & Garwood.

Judicial service

On November 15, 1979, Garwood was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas by Governor Bill Clements and became the first Republican to serve on that court since the end of Reconstruction. Notably, his father, W. St. John Garwood, had served for a decade on the Texas high court, from January 14, 1948 to December 31, 1958, and is still regarded as one of Texas's finest jurists.Will Garwood's tenure was shorter-lived however, ending on December 31, 1980. As he is fond of joking, "I was returned to private practice one-year later by popular mandate".
On September 17, 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Garwood to a new seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit created by 92 Stat. 1629 (President Jimmy Carter previously had nominated Andrew L. Jefferson, Jr. to the seat, but the United States Senate had declined to act on Jefferson's nomination before Carter's presidency ended). Garwood was confirmed by the Senate on October 21, 1981 and received his commission on October 26, 1981. He assumed senior status on January 23, 1997, but maintained a nearly-full workload on the court until his death.

Notable opinions

In United States v. Lopez, 2 F.3d 1342 (5th Cir. 1993), Judge Garwood, writing for a unanimous panel, invalidated the Gun-Free School Zone Act as an unconstitutional exercise of the Commerce Clause power. When Lopez was affirmed by the United States Supreme Court, it became the first Court decision in nearly six decades to place limits on Congressional power under the Commerce Clause and was one of the first shots fired in the Rehnquist Court's Federalist Revival.
In United States v. Emerson, 270 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2001), Judge Garwood wrote the first federal appellate decision embracing the individual-rights view of the Second Amendment.

Death

Garwood died in Austin on July 14, 2011 of a heart attack at age 79.^[1]

 

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Noel Gayler, American Navy admiral died he was , 96.

Noel Arthur Meredyth Gayler was an Admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the sixth Director of the National Security Agency from 1969 to 1972, and ninth Commander of Pacific Command from 1972 to 1976. Gayler was awarded three Navy Cross medals as a World War II flying ace and is credited with five aerial victories while flying for VF-2 and VF-3 died he was , 96..

(December 25, 1914 – July 14, 2011)

Biography

Gayler was born in Birmingham, Alabama, entered the United States Naval Academy on June 6, 1931, and was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy on June 6, 1935. His first assignment was as an Engineering Officer on the battleship Maryland, then the destroyer Maury, followed by service as the Gunnery Officer on the destroyer Craven.^[1]
In March 1940, Gayler entered Flight Training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, and was designated a Naval Aviator in November 1940. He was assigned to fighter squadron VF-3 in November 1940, and was credited with destroying five enemy aircraft in aerial combat.^[1] Between February and May 1942 Gayler was awarded the Navy Cross three times,^[2] the first person to achieve this.^[3]
He was transferred to NAS Anacostia in Washington, D.C., in June 1942 to serve as a VF Project Officer. From June 1943 to June 1944, Gayler served as a test pilot at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. He next served as Commanding Officer of VF-12 from June 1944 to February 1945. Gayler was Air Operations Officer for the 2nd Carrier Task Force from March to November 1945.^[1]
He then served as Executive Officer, and then Deputy Director of Special Devices Center from February 1946 to April 1948. Gayler was Operations Officer on the carrier Bairoko from April 1948 to September 1949, before heading the Fighter Design Branch in Washington, D.C., from October 1949 to June 1951.^[1]
He was Commanding Officer of the Navy's experimental jet fighter squadron VX-III (VX-3) at Atlantic City, New Jersey, from June 1951 to January 1954. Gayler served in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations from January 1954 to January 1956, and then became Commanding Officer of the seaplane tender Greenwich Bay from January 1956 to February 1957. He was Operations Officer for the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, from February to June 1957, and then served as a Naval Aide to the Secretary of the Navy from June 1957 to April 1959.^[1]
Gayler commanded the aircraft carrier Ranger from May 1959 to June 1960, and then served as the U.S. Naval Attache in London, England, from August 1960 to August 1962. Gayler was commander of Carrier Division 20 from August 1962 to August 1963, and then served as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Development from August 1963 to August 1967. He was Deputy Director of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, from September 1967 to July 1969.^[1]
Gayler became the 6th Director of the National Security Agency in July 1969, serving in that position until he became Commander in Chief of U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC) in August 1972. Gayler served as CINCPAC until his retirement from the Navy on August 31, 1976. As the CINCPAC, Admiral Gayler had the honor of personally welcoming the prisoners of war from Vietnam as they arrived at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. They reported back to duty to him as the walked off the plane. ^[1] Gayler died July 14, 2011 in Alexandria, Virginia.^[4]

 

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Leo Kirch, German media entrepreneur died he was , 84.

Leo Kirch was a German media entrepreneur who founded the Kirch Group died he was , 84.


(21 October 1926 – 14 July 2011^[1])

Life

Kirch was born in Volkach, Bavaria, but shortly afterward his family moved to the nearby town of Würzburg. After completing High school he studied marketing and management as well as mathematics at the University of Munich, graduating in 1952. It was during this time that he gained an interest in electronic media.
In 1956 he purchased the German rights for the Italian movie La strada.^[2] He borrowed money for this venture through an enterprise with a complicated and unclear structure, with ownership distributed amongst himself and various daughters. As his company rose to become one of the most important private media companies in the then West Germany, the country's second public broadcaster, ZDF, came to depend on it heavily for films and other programs, partly as a result of companies that appeared to be competing actually being owned by Kirch. This situation remained for many decades, until the launch of commercial television in 1984. Kirch was the owner of the first private channel, Sat.1 and withdrew his series from ZDF.^{[citation needed]}
In 1985 he purchased a stake in the leading tabloid Bild after the death of former owner Axel Springer. During the 1990s he set up the subscription television service Premiere and became a key player in sports broadcasting rights, paying massive amounts for the rights to the German Bundesliga, eventually to the point where even players of moderate ability could earn multi-million mark salaries. This was consistent with trends happening across much of Europe at the same time. In addition, in 1996 he purchased the rights to the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups for some €1.9 billion^[3] and purchased the rights to Formula One for €1.5 billion.^[4][5]
Even during this decade there were reports of the group being on the edge of insolvency. His large investments in sports broadcasting rights and in pay television were major reasons. In other countries of Europe pay television could be operated profitably, because there were few freely receivable channels. Many programs also aired on Premiere at the same time that they aired on terrestrial television. This resulted in an investment of some €3 billion for only 2.4 million subscribers. Combined with the fact that many of the packages were more expensive than similar packages available, the decoder was easy to crack, resulting in large amounts of piracy. In 2002 these difficulties came to a head and KirchMedia declared itself insolvent on April 8. Kirch himself withdrew itself from the enterprise, but kept up participation in the Swiss arms on his business, transferring sports broadcasting rights to the subsidiary. The insolvency represents the largest insolvency of an enterprise in German postwar history. The next month Kirch sued Deutsche Bank for €100m, claiming that they had questioned the status of the group and disclosed confidential business information in the process.^{[citation needed]}

Kirch and Kohl

Leo Kirch and former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl were on friendly terms for decades. Kirch was always accused of preferential coverage and advertising. Kohl arranged the creation of commercial television as one of his first official acts as Chancellor in 1982; this allowed Kirch to own a TV station and sports broadcasting rights. During the 1999 CDU contributions scandal, it was revealed that Kirch had donated six million DM to the CDU during Helmut Kohl's tenure as chancellor. In addition, Kohl, along with various other CDU/CSU politicians, was revealed to be an adviser to the firm during the insolvency process.^{[citation needed]}

Kirch and Deutsche Bank

Kirch was identified by the Wall Street Journal to be a target of Deutsche Bank's spying scandal.^[6] Moreover, according to the WSJ, the lawfirm that was representing Kirch was the target, and perhaps victim of, an effort to infiltrate a "mole" into the firm in furtherence of the Bank's spying.^[6]

Death

Kirch suffered from diabetes and a heart condition, and due to these became partially blind. He passed away in Munich, aged 84.

Family

Kirch had been married since 1956 to Ruth Kirch and had a son, Thomas.

 

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Kennedy Ondiek, Kenyan Olympic athlete died he was , 44.

Kennedy Ondiek was a Kenyan runner, who specialised in sprinting. He competed at the Olympics and World Championships died he was , 44.

(December 12, 1966 – July 14, 2011)

Ondiek participated in three events the 1988 Olympic Games. He reached the quarterfinals (second round) in the 100 and the 200 metres races. In the 4x100 metres relay race he was part of the Kenyan team that reached semifinals. Other runners in the team were Peter Wekesa, Simeon Kipkemboi and Elkana Nyang'au.^[2]
He finished 8th at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 200 metres race.^[3] He reached 200 metres quarterfinals at the 1991 World Championships.^[4]
At the 1992 Summer Olympics he competed in 100 and 200 metres races, reaching quarterfinals in the latter. Year later, at the 1993 World Championships he reached 200 quarter-finals again.^[5] He competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, but did advance to finals.^[3]
He also won several Kenyan championships ^[6] and won the 100 metres at the 1988 East and Central African Championships.^[7]

 

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W. K. Brown, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1960–1972), died from Alzheimer's disease he was , 88

William K. Brown was from 1960 to 1972 a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Grant and Rapides parishes in Central Louisiana  died from Alzheimer's disease he was , 88. His service corresponded with the administrations of Governors Jimmie Davis and John J. McKeithen.


(January 7, 1923 – July 13, 2011)

Brown represented only Grant Parish from 1960 to 1968, at which time each Louisiana parish had at least one representative regardless of population. In his final term from 1968 to 1972, however, Brown was paired with colleagues T. C. Brister, R. W. "Buzzy" Graham, and Robert J. Munson, from a combined Grant-Rapides district. When single-member districts were created in 1972, Brown was succeeded in the House by Richard S. Thompson of Colfax, the seat of Grant Parish.^[2]
Brown was the last surviving of twelve children born to Richard Brown, Sr., and the former Irene Rhodes. A native of Grant Parish, he graduated from Dry Prong High School, now Grant High School, in Dry Prong. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy. He was a member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. After the war, Brown enrolled at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, from which he received his Bachelor of Science in 1949 and a Master of Education degree in 1956. From 1960 to 1974, he owned W. K. Brown Insurance Agency in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish. From 1974 to 1977, he headed the manpower program of the Rapides Parish Police Jury. Thereafter, from 1977 to 1984, he was a special assistant to the Louisiana Superintendent of Education.^[3]
Brown was still residing in Alexandria at the time of his death from Alzheimer's disease^[3] at the age of eighty-eight in a hospital there.^[4]He was interred with full military honors on July 18, 2011, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Ball north of Pineville, Louisiana.^[3]

 

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