Hugh Fox, American poet and novelist, died he was 79.

Hugh Bernard Fox Jr. was a writer, novelist, poet and anthropologist and one of the founders (with Ralph Ellison, Anaïs Nin, Paul Bowles, Joyce Carol Oates, Buckminster Fuller and others) of the Pushcart Prize for literature died he was 79.. He has been published in numerous literary magazines and was the first writer to publish a critical study of Charles Bukowski.

(February 12, 1932 – September 4, 2011)

Life and career

Fox was born and raised in Chicago as a devout Catholic, but converted to Judaism in later life. He received a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was a professor at Michigan State University in the Department of American Thought and Language from 1968 until his retirement in 1999.^[5] Hugh Fox died on September 4, 2011 in East Lansing, MI.^[1]

Works

Fox was the author of over sixty-two books, including six books on anthropology. He wrote over fifty-four books on poetry and many volumes on short fiction, and published many novels. Fox also wrote a number of books on pre-Columbian American cultures and catastrophism. Some of these works were labeled in the pseudoarchaeological category, such as his book Gods of the Cataclysm: A Revolutionary Investigation of Man and his Gods Before and After the Great Cataclysm (1976). Some of his books with these themes have been compared to the work of Ignatius Donnelly.^[6]
His book Gods of the Cataclysm received a number of positive reviews. Editor Curt Johnson praised the book claiming “Hugh Fox’s Gods of the Cataclysm...ought to be required reading for cultural historians of all disciplines,” and Robert Sagehorn of The Western World Review cited Hugh Fox as “... one of the foremost authorities (perhaps the foremost authority) on pre-Columbian American cultures.” Gods of the Cataclysm was revised and re-released in the summer of 2011 by Aardwolfe Books. ^{[7] [8]}
The Ibbetson Street Press of Somerville, Massachusetts published Way, Way Off the Road: The Memoirs of an Invisible Man by Hugh Fox with an introduction by Doug Holder in 2006. This book recounts Fox's life and the people he knew from his extensive associations with the "Small Press" marketplace over the years, including Charles Bukowski, A.D. Winans, Sam Cornish, Len Fulton, and numerous other people.
Fox's novel e Lord Said Unto Satan was published in the spring of 2011 by Post Mortem Press (Cincinnati). ^[9] His final novel was Reunion, published by Luminis Books in summer 2011.^[10] Also in summer, 2011, Ravenna Press published his description in prose poems of one year of his life in E. Lansing, MI, "The Year Book." ^[11]


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Dave Hoover, American comics artist, died he was 56.

David Harold Hoover  was an American comic book artist and animator, most notable for his art on DC Comics' The Wanderers limited series, as well as lengthy runs on DC's Starman and Marvel Comics' Captain America died he was 56..

(May 14, 1955 – September 4, 2011)

Early life

Hoover received his B.S. in Media Arts & Animation from the Art Institute of Philadelphia; and his Associate of Specialized Technology in Visual Communication from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.^[1]

Career

Animation

Hoover started his career in animation, first as a layout artist for Filmation Studios from 1977–1985, and during that time also worked for several other animation studios including Hanna Barberra and Mihan Productions.^[1]
Over his career as an animator, Hoover worked on such shows as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Archie Show, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra: Princess of Power, The Super Friends, The Smurfs, Men in Black: The Series, Godzilla, RoboCop: Alpha Commando, and many more.
Hoover also worked on two animated feature films, Fire and Ice (1983), the Frank Frazetta-inspired movie; and Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985).
In 1997, Hoover worked as a freelance animator for Columbia/Tri Star Children’s TV.^[1]

Comics

Hoover's rendition of Spider Queen from Invaders vol. 2, #1 (Marvel, May 1993). Inks by Brian Garvey.

From 1987 to about 1995, Hoover worked in the comics industry. In addition to his stints on The Wanderers, Starman, and Captain America; Hoover has also worked on The Amazing Spider-Man, Starman, Punisher, Tarzan, and The Invaders.
In 2003, he returned to the comics industry with his creator-owned adult series Wilde Knight with co-creator/writer Gary Petras; and in 2004 Hoover joined EAdultComics's lineup of artists. Having established himself as one of the premiere good-girl artists working today, Hoover's first assignment for the online adult comics publisher was Jungle Love.
Hoover also pencilled the interiors of the first three Charmed comics and its prequel which Zenescope began releasing in June 2010.
He died in September 2011.^[2]

Teaching

Hoover has been on Digital Media faculty at the Art Institute of Philadelphia since 1999.^[1]

Bibliography (selected)

• The Amazing Spider-Man Super Special (Marvel Comics) (1995)
• Captain America #425-443 (Marvel Comics) (1994–1995)
• Codename: Spitfire #13 (Marvel Comics) (1987)
• Conan the Barbarian #253 (Marvel Comics) (1992)
• Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2 (Marvel Comics) (1992)
• Dragonlance #20 (DC Comics) (1990)
• Elementals #13 (Comico Comics) (1990)
• Excalibur #40-41 (Marvel Comics) (1991)
• Fantastic Four Unlimited #1 (Marvel Comics) (1993)
• GrimJack #46 (First Comics) (1988)
• Hawk and Dove #13 and Annual #1 (DC Comics) (1990)
• Invaders #1-4 (Marvel Comics) (1993)
• Justice #14 (Marvel Comics) (1987)
• Lunatik #1 (Marvel Comics) (1995)
• Marc Spector: Moon Knight #51 (1993)
• Marvel Comics Presents #83, 102, 123-128, 130-131 (Marvel Comics) (1991–1993)
• Megalith #8 (Continuity Comics) (1991)
• Night Thrasher: Four Control #1-4 (Marvel Comics) (1992–1993)
• Quasar #26-27 (1991)
• Sable #26-27 (First Comics) (1989)
• Samuree #8-9 (Continuity Comics) (1990–1991)
• Savage Sword of Conan #171 (Marvel Comics) (1990)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Embrace the Wolf (DC Comics) (2000)
• Starman #26-37 (DC Comics) (1990–1991)
• Uncanny Origins #1-3 (Marvel Comics) (1996)
• Wanderers #1–13 (DC Comics) (1988–1989)
• What If? #36 (Marvel Comics) (1992)
• Who's Who in the DC Universe #2, 11 (DC Comics) (1990, 1991)
• Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #2, 7 (DC Comics) (1988)
• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Update '88 #4 (DC Comics) (1988)
• Wilde Knight #1 (Basement Comics) (2003)
• Wolverine #60 (Marvel Comics) (1992)

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Bill Kunkel, American video game designer and magazine editor, died from a heart attack he was 61.

Bill Kunkel  was the executive editor of Electronic Games Magazine in the early 1980s died from a heart attack he was 61..

(July 21, 1950 – September 4, 2011)

More recently, Kunkel was editor-in-chief of Tips & Tricks magazine from January 2007 until August 2007 when it ceased publication. His nickname is "The Game Doctor" based on a column he has written for several magazines (including both versions of Electronic Games, VG&CE, EGM, and CGW) and game sites (including HappyPuppy.com, PostalNation.net and J2Games.com).
Kunkel was a game journalist, author of numerous strategy guides, a game designer, expert witness and taught several courses in Game Design for the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV). He remained active in the industry until his death, having served as editor-in-chief of Tips & Tricks during its final year of publication (2007). He continued to be active as a member of Running With Scissors and EIC of Postal Nation (PostalNation.net) and wrote regularly for J2Games.com. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Classic Gaming Expo in 1999 along with the other co-founders of the original Electronic Games magazine, Arnie Katz and Joyce Worley-Katz. The trio revived the Electronic Games title for several years in the early 90s for Sendai/Decker. As Subway Software, the trio were involved as designers on well over a dozen video and computer games, including Bart's Nightmare (Acclaim) and Batman Returns (Konami).
Dubbed "The Grandfather of video game journalism," Kunkel published his memoirs under the title Confessions of The Game Doctor (RolentaPress.com).
Kunkel is also well known for having been a ground-breaking wrestling journalist and cartoonist beginning in the 1970s.
He wrote for comics, with stories being published at DC in 1977–1978 including Superman, Madame Xanadu, and Vigilante and at Marvel, Spider-Man in 1978–1979.^[2] Starting in 1979, he wrote Richie Rich for Harvey Comics.
He was the "must-read" columnist during the early days of Pro Wrestling Torch playing a key part in turning the small newsletter into a wrestling newsletter powerhouse. Kunkel later moved to Wrestling Perspective as a featured columnist and cartoonist. Along with the Phantom of the Ring, Kunkel's work for Wrestling Perspective attracted respect and prestige to the publication.


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Fermo Mino Martinazzoli, Italian politician, after long illness, died he was 79.

Fermo Mino Martinazzoli was an Italian lawyer, politician and former Minister died he was 79.. He was the last secretary of the Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana, DC) party and the first secretary of the Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare) founded in 1994.

( 3 November 1931 – Brescia, 4 September 2011) 

Career

Martinazzoli studied at Collegio Borromeo in Pavia, where he received a law degree. He then became a lawyer.
In the years 1960–1970s he assumed official roles in Brescia's DC, and became president of the province (1970–1972). He was also elected in the Italian Senate, after which he became Minister of Justice in 1983, a position he held for three years. In 1986–1989 he was president of DC's deputies. In 1989–1990 he was Minister of Defence, but resigned (together with other ministers of DC's left wing) after the approval of a law which strengthened Silvio Berlusconi's monopoly over private TV channels in Italy.
In 1992, when Democrazia Cristiana was being wiped out by the Tangentopoli bribery scandal, Martinazzoli, generally respected as an honest and competent man, was elected national secretary. Despite his efforts, the political crisis which followed the corruption scandals forced him to dissolve DC in 1994. Martinazzoli then founded a new party, based on similar ideals, known as People's Party" (1994–2002) (Partito Popolare Italiano, or PPI), whose name recalled that of the ancestor of DC, which was founded in the early 20th century by Luigi Sturzo.
In the new majoritarian system, Martinazzoli's party placed itself in the center, between the left (which included the heirs of the Italian Communist Party) and the new Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, which had allied with the northern regionalist party, Lega Nord, and the post-fascist Alleanza Nazionale. His will not to ally with any of them caused numerous politicians (such as Pierferdinando Casini and Clemente Mastella) to leave PPI and form the Centro Cristiano Democratico, which supported Berlusconi. At the 1994 elections, Martinazzoli formed a center alliance known as Pact for Italy, including PPI and other democratic centre forces. However, the result of the election was disappointing, with PPI obtaining 11%, some one third of DC's consensus before its dissolution. In the same year, he accepted to run as mayor of Brescia for the new centre-left formation L'Ulivo, winning the final ballot and acting as mayor until 1998. In 2000 he lost the competition with Roberto Formigoni for the presidency of Lombardy.
After PPI was dissolved in 2002, Martinazzoli migrated to Mastella's UDEUR (2004), being appointed as its president. He resigned in 2005.



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Jag Mundhra, Indian film director (Bawandar), died he was 62.

Jagmohan "Jag" Mundhra was an Indian filmmaker best known for his early career as an American exploitation film writer-director and his later career as maker of such issue-oriented films as Bawandar and Provoked.
(29 October 1948 – 4 September 2011)

Early life

Mundhra was born at Nagpur,^[2] and grew up in a Marwari locality in Calcutta, in a conservative family where films were frowned upon. He nevertheless nurtured a secret ambition to become a filmmaker. His childhood as of other Indians of his generation, was a tough one, counting pennies for the tram that rode to the other, affluent side of the city, and withstanding his family's strict traditions.^[3][4]
Says Mundhra, “The family was very conservative and my grand mother was very strict and we were allowed to see maybe a couple of films a year and that too of the Har Har Mahadev variety. As a child I never saw myself as a young Marwari boy but a lot beyond that. In those days, the word global citizen was not there, but inside I felt like one".

Life at IIT Bombay

A key influence on Mundhra was his admission to the highly competitive and prestigious IIT Bombay [1]. In his words, "I had studied in a Hindi medium school up to 9th grade and always admired people who spoke English fluently. IIT taught me a lot of humility. In my wing, there were students who were from different states, and as far as English went, this person from Bihar who couldn’t speak English to save his life outshone everyone else with his brilliance. I did well, but realized very early on while in IIT that engineering was not for me. I would be very unhappy if I was to live my life being an engineer, but I stuck it out because I didn’t want to let my parents down".^[3] He then went for his MS in Electrical Engineering, in Michigan. However, he switched to marketing after one semester.
Mundhra wrote his marketing thesis on motion pictures. He did a comparative study of marketing practices in Hollywood and Bollywood. The study led him to visit the Bombay film industry and meet people. After finishing his Ph.D., he taught for a year at California State University. His stay in California brought him closer to Hollywood. In 1979 he resigned and decided to become a full time filmmaker.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

After his first dramas, Suraag, and the socially-relevant film, Kamla,^[5] Mundhra directed, in the late 1980s and the 1990s, a string of horror and erotic thriller movies for theatrical distribution and direct to video, including The Jigsaw Murders (1988), Halloween Night (1988), Night Eyes (1990), L.A. Goddess (1993), Sexual Malice (1994), Tales of The Kama Sutra : The Perfumed Garden (2000) and Tales of The Kama Sutra 2 : Monsoon (2001).
Beginning with Bawandar (2000), which he directed under the name Jagmohan, Mundhra was back to issue-oriented films. Bawander is about the fight of a poor woman for justice and was based on the story of a Rajasthani woman Bhanwari Devi.^[6] After the film's release Ashok Gehlot, the chief minister of Rajasthan called him and said, "Aapke bawandar ne bada bawander machaya hai." He gave Rs 50,000 and land for Bhanwari Devi and also money for her son's education. To Mundhra, "It's not a movie about rape, but the empowerment of a woman. This character could be fictitious and yet the story would have had the same powerful message".^[3] In his own words, Kamla, Bawander and Provoked are his trology of strong women centric films.^[7]
At the time of his death he was working on a film based on the life of Sonia Gandhi.^[8] Mundhra was also a life member of International Film And Television Club of Asian Academy Of Film & Television.

Death

He died in Mumbai on 4 September 2011, aged 62, from undisclosed causes.^[9][3]

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Lee Roy Selmon, American Hall of Fame football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), died from a stroke he was 56.

Lee Roy Selmon  was a Hall of Fame NFL football defensive lineman.
(October 20, 1954 – September 4, 2011)

Early life

Selmon was the youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon, raised on a farm near Eufaula, Oklahoma. A National Honor Society member at Eufaula High School, he graduated in 1971.

College career

Selmon joined brothers Lucious and Dewey Selmon on the University of Oklahoma defensive line in 1972. He blossomed into a star in 1974, anchoring one of the best defenses in Sooner history. The Sooners were NCAA Division I-A national football champions in 1974 and 1975. Selmon won the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy in 1975. OU Head Coach Barry Switzer called him the best player he ever coached, and College Football News placed him as the 39th best college player of all time. He was known as "The Gentle Giant." In the fall of 1999, Selmon was named to the Sports Illustrated NCAA Football All-Century Team.
Selmon was named a consensus All-American in 1974 and 1975 by Newspaper Enterprise Association. His long list of achievements, in addition to the Vince Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy, includes the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American and Graduate Fellowship Winner National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.
His brothers Lucious Selmon and Dewey also were All-American defensive linemen for Oklahoma, and played on the same defensive line together in 1973. The trio is still regarded as the most famous set of brothers in OU history.
The 1996 Walter Camp "Alumnus of the Year" was voted to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame ^[1] in 1992.

Statistics

Season		Tackles		Sacks		TFL
	UT	AT	TT	Sack	YdsL	TFL	Yds
1972	5	6	11	3	16	1	?
1973	37	20	57	9	49	2	?
1974	65	60	125	18	71	1	?
1975	88	44	132	10	48	4	?
Career	195	130	325	40	184	8	?

All statistics courtesy of the official website of the Oklahoma Sooners

Professional career

Tackles
1976	24
1977	110
1978	92
1979	117
1980	97
1981	73
1982	58
1983	71
1984	100
Total	742

Sacks
1976	5.0
1977	13.0
1978	11.0
1979	11.0
1980	9.0
1981	6.5
1982	4.0
1983	11.0
1984	8.0
Total	78.5

In 1976, Selmon was the first player picked in the NFL draft, the first-ever pick for the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He joined older brother, Dewey, who was a second round pick of the Bucs. In his first year Selmon won the team's Rookie of the Year and MVP awards. Selmon went to six straight Pro Bowls and was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1979. Buccaneer assistant Abe Gibron said, "Selmon has no peers" at defensive end, while former Detroit Lions coach Monte Clark compared him to "a grown man at work among a bunch of boys".^[2] A back injury made the 1984 season his last, and the Bucs retired his number, 63, in 1986. He is a member of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. In January 2008, Selmon was voted by a panel of former NFL players and coaches to Pro Football Weekly 's All-Time 3-4 defensive team along with Harry Carson, Curley Culp, Randy Gradishar, Howie Long, Lawrence Taylor and Andre Tippett.^[3] He was the first player to be inducted into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor on November 8, 2009.

After football

Selmon stayed in Tampa, Florida, working as a bank executive and being active in many charities.
From 1993-2001, Selmon served as an assistant athletic director at the University of South Florida under Paul Griffin. When Griffin moved on to take the same position for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Selmon stepped up and took over the athletic department.
As the USF Athletic Director, Selmon launched the football program, spearheaded the construction of a new athletic facility and led the university's move into Conference USA and then into the Big East Conference. Citing health issues, Selmon resigned as the USF Athletic Director in 2004. He assumed the role as president of the USF Foundation Partnership for Athletics, an athletics fund-raising organization.
The Lee Roy Selmon Expressway is named for him, as is a chain of restaurants.^[4] The chain, Lee Roy Selmon's, was named one of the 10 best sports bars in America in 2009. Its motto is "Play Hard. Eat Well. And Don't Forget to Share."^[1]
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. To date, he is the only Hall of Famer to have earned his credentials primarily in Tampa Bay.

Death

Selmon suffered a massive stroke on September 2, 2011, which left him hospitalized in extremely critical^[5] condition.^[6][7] His restaurant initially released a statement announcing his death; however, this was later confirmed to be false.^[5] In fact, at one point his condition was said to be improving.^[8]
On September 4, 2011, Selmon died at the age of 56 from complications of the stroke.^[9] Visitation was scheduled for the following Thursday at the Exciting Central Tampa Baptist Church. The funeral was held the next day at Idlewild Baptist Church. Former teammates, the current Buccaneer team, the USF football team, other members of the NFL, and the general public attended. The USF football team wore a #63 decal on their helmets for the 2011 season, as did the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Both teams conducted a ceremony to honor Selmon the weekend following his death.^[10]


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Dana Wilson, New Zealand rugby league player, died from a car accident he was 28.

Jonathan "Dana" Wilson  was a professional rugby league player who represented the Cook Islands died from a car accident he was 28..
(22 May 1983 – 4 September 2011)

Playing career

Wilson played lower grades for Manly for a season before moving to England in 2005. He played for Oldham Bears, Leigh and Halifax before joining Swinton in 2009.^[3] He scored the match-winning try for Leigh in the 2006 Northern Rail Cup final against Hull Kingston Rovers.^[4]
He was a key member of Swinton Lions' promotion-winning team in Championship 1 in 2011.^[3]

Representative career

Wilson represented New Zealand Under‑16's and Under‑18's before switching his allegiance to the Cook Islands, where his mother was born (his dad was born in Samoa).
Wilson played in the Pacific Cup, toured Fiji and played for the Cook Islands in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.^[3][4]

Personal life

Wilson lived in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England, with his wife Kirsten and their three children.^[5]

Death

Wilson was killed in a car accident on Forshaw Lane, Burtonwood, Cheshire, England, on 4 September 2011.^[5]


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