Pavel Trakhanov, Russian, died from a plane crash he was 33.

Pavel Sergeyevich Trakhanov was a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) died from a plane crash he was 33.

(March 21, 1978 – September 7, 2011)

Death

On September 7, 2011, Trakhanov was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly the entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'"


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Josef Vašíček, Czech, world junior champion (2000), world champion (2005), Stanley Cup champion (2006, with Carolina Hurricanes), died from a plane crash he was 30.

Josef Vašíček  was a Czech professional ice hockey player  died from a plane crash he was 30.. Vasicek last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and died when the team's aircraft charter crashed on 7 September 2011. Vasicek played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Carolina Hurricanes, Nashville Predators and New York Islanders before moving to Russia in 2008 to play for Yaroslavl.
(12 September 1980 – 7 September 2011)

HC Slavia Praha

Vasicek played with HC Slavia Praha under 17 team in 1996–97, recording 20 goals and 60 points in 37 games. In 1997–98, Vasicek moved up to the Praha's junior team, where he had 13 goals and 33 points in 34 games. He was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the fourth round, 91st overall pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Vasicek played with HC Slavia Praha, scoring 20 goals and 43 points in 52 games to lead the club in scoring. In seven playoff games, Vasicek had a goal and seven points.

Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

After being drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes, Vasicek made the move to North America, and joined the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the OHL. in the 1998–99 season, Vasicek scored 21 goals and 56 points in 66 games, helping the team to the playoffs. In five post-season games, Vasicek had three goals.
He returned to the Greyhounds for the 1999–2000 season, as Vasicek improved his offensive numbers to 26 goals and 72 points in 54 games to finished second in team scoring. In the playoffs, Vasicek had five goals and a team high 20 points in 17 games. Vasicek was named to the third all-star team after the season.

Carolina Hurricanes

After having a solid training camp, Vasicek made the Carolina Hurricanes, and spent the entire 2000–01 season with the NHL team. Vasicek played in his first NHL game on 7 October 2000, getting no points in a 3–3 tie against the Washington Capitals. He scored his first NHL goal on 13 October 2000, beating Trevor Kidd of the Florida Panthers in a 2–2 tie. Vasicek finished his rookie season with eight goals and 21 points in 76 games. He played in his first ever playoff game on 12 April 2001, scoring a goal against Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils in a 5–1 loss. In six playoff games, Vasicek had two goals.
Vasicek improved offensively in 2001–02, as in 78 games, he scored 14 goals and 31 points to finished seventh in Hurricanes scoring. In the playoffs, Vasicek had three goals and five points in 23 games, helping the Hurricanes to the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost in five games to the Detroit Red Wings.
Vasicek had an injury plagued 2002–03 season, as he missed 25 games due to injuries. In 57 games played, he had 10 goals and 20 points, as Carolina failed to make the playoffs. On 22 January 2003, Vasicek had his first multi-goal game in the NHL, scoring twice against Olaf Kolzig of the Washington Capitals in a 5–3 loss.
He had his best NHL season with the Hurricanes in 2003–04, as Vasicek appeared in all 82 games, scoring 19 goals and 45 points to lead the team in scoring. Vasicek recorded his first NHL hat trick on 28 October 2003, scoring three goals against Vesa Toskala of the San Jose Sharks in a 3–0 victory. The Hurricanes struggled, and missed the playoffs for the second straight season.
During the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Vasicek returned to HC Slavia Praha, where he scored 20 goals and 43 points in 52 games to lead that team in scoring. In seven playoff games, Vasicek had a goal and seven points.
When the NHL resumed play in 2005–06, Vasicek returned to the Hurricanes. In a game on 11 November 2005 against the Florida Panthers, Vasicek suffered a major knee injury, and remained out of the Carolina lineup until 3 April 2006. In his first game back, Vasicek had two goals and four points in a 6–5 win over the Washington Capitals. Overall, Vasicek appeared in 23 games, scoring four goals and nine points. In eight playoff games, Vasicek had no points, however, the Hurricanes won the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals over the Edmonton Oilers. On 18 July 2006 the Hurricanes traded Vasicek to the Nashville Predators for Scott Walker.

Nashville Predators

Vasicek began the 2006–07 season with the Nashville Predators. He made his Predators debut on 5 October 2006, scoring a goal against Nikolai Khabibulin of the Chicago Blackhawks in an 8–6 loss. Vasicek struggled with the Predators, as in 38 games, he had four goals and 13 points. On 9 February 2007 the Predators traded Vasicek back to the Carolina Hurricanes for Eric Belanger.

Carolina Hurricanes

Vasicek finished the 2006–07 with the Carolina Hurricanes. In his first game back with his original NHL club on 10 February 2007, Vasicek was held pointless in a 5–4 loss to the Minnesota Wild. He recorded his first point on 13 February 2007, recording an assist in a 2–1 win over the Los Angeles Kings, and scored his first goal with Carolina on 27 February 2007 in a 4–2 loss to the Ottawa Senators. Vasicek had a three point game with the Hurricanes on 17 March 2007, scoring a goal and two assists in a 7–2 win over the New Jersey Devils. He finished the season with two goals and nine points in 25 games with Carolina. After the season, Vasicek became an unrestricted free agent.

New York Islanders

On 15 August 2007, Vasicek signed a 1-year, $750,000 contract with the New York Islanders. He made his Islanders debut on 5 October 2007, scoring a goal against Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres in a 6–4 win. Vasicek had his most productive NHL season since 2003–04, as he scored 16 goals and 35 points in 81 games. After the season, Vasicek became an unrestricted free agent.

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Vasicek joined Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the newly formed KHL for the 2008–09 season. In 56 games, Vasicek had 12 goals and 32 points, helping the team to the playoffs. In 19 playoff games, Vasicek had five goals and 15 points.
He returned to Yaroslavl for the 2009–10 season, as Vasicek improved his offensive numbers to 21 goals and 48 points to lead the team in scoring. In 17 playoff games, Vasicek had six goals and 13 points.
In 2010–11, Vasicek once again improved offensively, scoring 24 goals and 55 points in 54 games, finishing second in team scoring and seventh in league scoring. In 18 playoff games, Vasicek had a league high 22 points, scoring seven goals and adding 15 assists, however, Yaroslavl lost in the Western Conference finals.
Vasicek returned to the club for the 2011–12, however, he was killed in a plane crash with his teammates on 7 September 2011.

International career

Vasicek played in international hockey tournaments with the Czech Republic. He played in the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships held in Sweden, scoring a goal and four points in seven games as the Czech Republic won the Gold Medal. Vasicek then appeared in the 2003 IIHF World Championship held in Finland, scoring two assists in nine games as the Czech's finished in fourth place. He played in one game at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey, getting no points, as his team won the Bronze Medal. At the 2005 IIHF World Championship played in Austria, Vasicek had a goal and two points, helping the Czech Republic to a Gold Medal. His next international appearance was at the 2009 IIHF World Championship held in Switzerland, as Vasicek had a goal and three points in six games, as the Czech Republic finished in sixth place. In the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada, Vasicek had no points in five games, as the Czech Republic finished in seventh place.

Personal

Vašíček was related by marriage to Buffalo Sabres left wing Thomas Vanek; Vanek's brother is married to Vašíček's sister.^[1]

Death

On 7 September 2011 Vašíček was killed when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying the entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team were killed.'"^[2][3][4][5]

Awards and achievements

Medal record
Competitor for  Czech Republic
Ice hockey
World Championships
Gold	2005 Austria
World Junior Championships
Gold	2000 Sweden

• 1999–2000: Third All-Star Team (OHL)

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998–99	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		66	21	35	56	30		5	3	0	3	10
1999–00	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		54	26	46	72	49		17	5	15	20	8
2000–01	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		76	8	13	21	53		6	2	0	2	0
2000–01	Cincinnati Cyclones	IHL		—	—	—	—	—		3	0	0	0	0
2001–02	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		78	14	17	31	53		23	3	2	5	12
2002–03	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		57	10	10	20	33		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		82	19	26	45	60		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	HC Slavia Prague	CzEx		52	20	23	43	42		7	1	6	7	10
2005–06	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		23	4	5	9	8		8	0	0	0	2
2006–07	Nashville Predators	NHL		38	4	9	13	29		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL		25	2	7	9	22		0	0	0	0	0
2007–08	New York Islanders	NHL		81	16	19	35	53		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		56	12	20	32	81		19	5	10	15	20
2009–10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		56	21	27	48	54		17	6	7	13	26
2010–11	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		54	24	31	55	34		18	7	15	22	16
NHL totals				460	77	106	183	311		37	5	2	7	14
KHL totals				166	57	78	135	169		54	18	32	50	62

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Alexander Vyukhin, Ukrainian, died from a plane crash at he was 38.

Alexander Vyukhin  was a Ukrainian professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) died from a plane crash at he was 38.. He perished in the tragic 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster outside of Yaroslavl, Russia.

(January 9, 1973 – September 7, 2011)

Playing career

Vyukhin moved from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) to Ukraine as a junior where he would play in both Kharkiv and Kiev. He began his professional career in 1992 with Sokil Kyiv, then in the Russian Superleague. He played 19 seasons in Russia, with Avangard Omsk, Sibir Novosibirsk, Severstal Cherepovets, and Metallurg Novokuznetsk before being transferred to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl during the 2010–2011 season. Vyukhin represented Ukraine in the 1999 IIHF World Championship and in two C-Pool World Championships.^[1]

Death

On September 7, 2011, Vyukhin was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'"^[2][3][4] He was buried in Omsk next to the grave of Alexei Cherepanov.^[5]

Honours

• 2004
  • Russian Open Championship (with Avangard)
• 2005
  • European Champions cup (with Avangard)
• 2007
  • Turnir Puchkova

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Artem Yarchuk, Russian, died in a plane crash he was 21.

Artem Nikolayevich Yarchuk was a Russian professional ice hockey winger who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)  died in a plane crash he was  21.

(May 3, 1990 – September 7, 2011) 

Death

On September 7, 2011, Yarchuk was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'"^[2][3][4]

See also

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Alexander Vasyunov, Russian, died in a plane crash he was 23.

Alexander Sergeevich Vasyunov was a Russian ice hockey player who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League died in a plane crash he was 23..Alexander Vasyunov was a prospect for the New Jersey Devils in the NHL. Vasyunov died on September 7, 2011 in a plane crash, along with his entire Lokomotiv team, just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was on its way to their 2011–2012 season opener with the entire team, coaching staff, and prospects. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season."^[2]

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Liz Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter, mother of Lynn Anderson, died from complications from heart and lung disease she was 81.

Liz Anderson  was an American country music singer/songwriter who was one in a wave of new generation female vocalists in the genre during the 1960's to write and record her own songs on a regular basis. Writing in The New York Times Bill Friskics-Warren noted, "Like her contemporary Loretta Lynn, Ms. Anderson gave voice to female survivors, inhabiting their struggles in a soprano at times alluring, at times sassy." [2]
Anderson received two Grammy Award nominations in 1967, for "Best Female Country Vocal Performance" for her Top 5 hit, the self-penned "Mama Spank" and with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean for "Best Country Vocal - Group" for another top 5 hit "The Game of Triangles".
Anderson also wrote many of the early hits for her daughter, Lynn Anderson^[1] whose recording career began less than a year after her mother's, and several hits for other artists, notably Merle Haggard, "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" and "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive". Haggard later named his band "The Strangers" after the hit, "All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers".

(January 13, 1927 [1] – October 31, 2011)

Biography

Born Elizabeth Jane Haaby in Roseau, Minnesota in 1927 (not 1930 as was commonly published) ^[2], she played the family mandolin as a child and also sang in the local church. At age 13, the family moved west to Grand Forks, North Dakota. At the age of 16, Liz was married to Casey Anderson and then had her daughter Lynn a year later. She studied at the Redwood City Business College in Redwood City, California, and worked as a secretary.^[3]

Early career

In 1957, the family moved to Sacramento, California. The limited popularity at the time of country music in California led Anderson to start writing songs. Casey was a member of the Sherrif's Posse, which was going to take part in the National centennial Pony Express Celebration. Casey convinced his wife to write a song in honor of the Pony Express. The song was named the official song.^[4]
Anderson began publishing her songs and made friends within the burgeoning country music community in Bakersfield during the early 1960s. Some of the first hits from her pen were "Be Quiet Mind" by Del Reeves and "Pick of the Week", which was recorded by Roy Drusky in 1964. In 1965, Merle Haggard recorded her song "All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers". She won a BMI award for the song. Anderson published over 260 songs during her career and earned five BMI awards. Many major country artists of the 1960s recorded at least one of her songs on their albums, including Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette, Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, Kitty Wells, Connie Smith and Bill Anderson.
Anderson demo vocals were noticed by RCA producer Chet Atkins who signed her to RCA in 1965. Almost forty at the time, Anderson's year of birth was slightly lowered to 1930 in publicity materials of the era. Anderson's two initial singles fared well and her third, "Game of Triangles", with Bobby Bare and Norma Jean became a Top 5 hit. In April 1967, Anderson again had a Top 5 Country hit, "Mama Spank". Among Anderson's most popular recordings were "Go Now Pay Later" (1966), "The Wife of the Party" (1967), "Tiny Tears" (1967), "Thanks A Lot For Tryin' Anyway" (1968) (one of her few hits written by someone else), and "Husband Hunting" (1970).
Around this same time her only child, daughter Lynn, was rising as a country singer. Anderson wrote a number of her daughter's early hits, including her 1967 debut single "Ride, Ride, Ride", as well as her first big hit, the Top 5 "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" (also in 1967). Liz and Lynn had a Top 25 duet with "Mother May I" in 1968, and appeared together on a Mother's Day episode of the Lawrence Welk Show that May. Lynn would later have her biggest success in the 1970s, becoming one of Country Music's most successful female vocalists.

Later career

In 1971, she moved to Epic Records, and released the four charting singles produced by then son-in-law Glenn Sutton which went no higher than the Country Top 60. One of those singles was a cover version of "I'll Never Fall In Love Again". In 1974 she released a Christmas single, the self-penned "Christopher the Christmas Seal" on the small Hobby Horse Records label.
Anderson did not record again until she released a single for the Scorpion Records label in 1978 that did not chart. She continued to write, however, and one of her songs was a top 40 country success for Faron Young in 1977. In 1979, Lorrie Morgan had one of her first charted songs with an Anderson composition, "Tell Me I'm Only Dreaming".
Anderson's lone 1980's recording was the album "My Last Rose" for Tudor Records which contained original material and covers of well-known songs. In the mid 1990's, Anderson started her own record company, Showboat Records. The Cowgirl Way was her first album in over a decade. In 2006, Lynn Anderson released an album for the label entitled Cowgirl, composed entirely of songs penned by her mother.

Death

Liz Anderson died on October 31, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee, from complications of heart and lung disease.

Discography

Main article: Liz Anderson discography

Major Country Hits written by Liz Anderson

Liz Anderson enjoyed her greatest success as a songwriter, receiving many prestigious awards for her work, including several BMI awards. She also served as Vice President of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. The following is a list of some of her most popular songs which made the top 40 on Billboard's country chart (with chart rankings).

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Billboard
1961	"Be Quiet Mind"	Del Reeves	9
1964	"Just Between The Two of Us"	Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens	28
	"Pick of the Week"	Roy Drusky	13
	"Be Quiet Mind"	Ott Stephens	23
1965	"All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers"	Merle Haggard	10
	"I Cried All The Way To The Bank"	Norma Jean	21
	"(From Now on All) My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers"	Roy Drusky	6
1966	"Go Now Pay Later"	Liz Anderson	23
	"Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart"	Conway Twitty	18
	"Ride Ride Ride"	Lynn Anderson	36
	"Ride Ride Ride"	Brenda Lee	36
	"The Wife of The Party"	Liz Anderson	22
1967	"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive"	Merle Haggard	1
	"If I Kiss You"	Lynn Anderson	5
	"Mama Spank"	Liz Anderson	5
	"Tiny Tears"	Liz Anderson	24
1968	"Big Girls Don't Cry"	Lynn Anderson	12
	"Mother May I"	Liz & Lynn Anderson	21
1969	"Flattery Will Get You Everywhere"	Lynn Anderson	11
1970	"Husband Hunting"	Liz Anderson	26
1977	"Crutches"	Faron Young	25

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Ronald Greeley, American planetary scientist, died he was 72.

Ronald Greeley was a Regents’ Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) at Arizona State University (ASU), the Director of the NASA-ASU Regional Planetary Image Facility (RPIF), and Principal Investigator of the Planetary Aeolian Laboratory at NASA-Ames Research Center. He was involved with lunar and planetary studies since 1967 and most recently focused his research on understanding planetary surface processes and geologic histories.^[1]

(August 25, 1939 – October 27, 2011) 

Education

Greeley earned his B.S. degree in Geology in 1962 and his M.S. degree in Geology in 1963 from Mississippi State University and earned his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Missouri at Rolla in 1966.

Career

After receiving his Ph.D. in Geology in 1966, Greeley worked for Standard Oil Company of California. Through his military service, he was assigned to NASA’s Ames Research Center in 1967 where he worked in a civilian capacity in preparation for the Apollo missions to the Moon. He remained at NASA to conduct research in planetary geology. With the results of the planetary missions in the early 1970s, attention shifted to Mars and research on volcanism and aeolian processes through the analysis of Mariner 6, 7, and 9 data. He became a science team member on the Mars Viking mission from 1976 through 1980.
In 1977, Greeley joined the faculty at Arizona State University with a joint professorship in Geology and the Center for Meteorite Studies.^[2] His latest research focused on the wind processes on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Titan, field studies of basaltic volcanism, and photogeological mapping of the planets and satellites including Europa. He was also a science team member on the Mars Exploration Rover program and the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission.
Greeley served on various NASA and National Academy of Sciences panels to assess space science and planetary geology activities. He chaired the NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Management Operations Working Group, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Lunar and Planetary Exploration, and the NASA Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group. He was Co-chair of the NASA Science Definition Team for the Europa flagship mission,^[3] then the Planetary Science Subcommitee of the NASA Advisory Council ^[4] and served in that capacity until his death in 2011.
Greeley wrote or co-wrote more than 400 papers and 16 books including Geology on the Moon (1977), Earthlike Planets (1981), Planetary Landscapes (1994), The NASA Atlas of the Solar System (1998), and 21st Century Astronomy (2007).

Awards and honors

Greeley received a number of awards and honors during his career, including the G. K. Gilbert Award presented by the Planetary Geology Division of the Geological Society of America in 1997, and being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2007 and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2008. At Arizona State University, he received a Distinguished Faculty Award in 2004 and was the recipient of the Best Field Trip of the Year award at the Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration in 2007. Greeley was also the recipient of numerous NASA individual, group and leadership awards. An asteroid was named 30785 Greeley in his honor in 1988.

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