Douglas Stuart, 20th Earl of Moray, British aristocrat, died he was 83.

Douglas John Moray Stuart, 20th Earl of Moray  was a British peer, styled Lord Doune until 1974.

(13 February 1928 – 23 September 2011)

The son of Archibald Stuart, 19th Earl of Moray, he succeeded to the earldom of Moray on his father's death in 1974. He lost his seat in the House of Lords after the reforms of the House of Lords Act 1999.
In 1984, the Moray placed Doune Castle, which had been held by the family since 1570, into the care of the nation. It is now looked after by Historic Scotland.^[1]
He married Lady Malvina Dorothea Murray, daughter of Mungo Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield, and Dorothea Carnegie, on 27 January 1964. He was succeeded by his son, John.


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Rolland W. Redlin, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Dakota (1965–1967), died he was 91.

Rolland W. "Rollie" Redlin was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota, who served between 1965 and 1967. He also served in the North Dakota Senate from 1959 to 1963 and later returned to serve again from 1973 until his retirement in 2000, as Senate President Pro Tempore 1987-9, and Minority Leadership later during his final 27 years' service. A member of the Democratic-NPL, he lived near Minot, North Dakota until 2009, when he moved to Rapid City, SD, to be closer to family members.


(February 29, 1920 – September 23, 2011)

In 1964, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives and won, unseating incumbent Republican Don L. Short. He was the first Democratic Representative to represent Western North Dakota.^[1] In 1966, he was defeated for reelection by former Bismark Mayor Thomas Kleppe. Redlin ran again in 1968 but lost by a narrow margin. He has stated his vote for the 1965 Voting Rights Act was the accomplishment while serving in the US House of Representatives of which he is most proud, and that the breakdown of civil discourse in American politics during the past two decades is perhaps his greatest disappointment.
Redlin died on September 23, 2011, at his home in Rapid City. He was 91.^[2]


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Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach, died he was 95.

Daniel Webster Litwhiler  was an American Major League baseball player who played outfield from 1940 to 1951. He played for the Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds. He was the first Major Leaguer to have an error-free season. That same season, 1942, he also became the first player to stitch together the fingers of his glove.

(August 31, 1916 – September 23, 2011)

Early career

Before entering baseball, Litwhiler graduated from college, unlike most major leaguers at the time.^[1] He graduated from Bloomsburg State Teacher's College in 1938, earning a bachelor's degree in Science and Social Sciences. The baseball facility at Bloomsburg is named Danny Litwhiler Field.^[1]

Major League career

After finishing the 1941 season with a .308 batting average, he was selected to the All Star game in 1942, where had one hit in his only at-bat.

Coaching career

Litwhiler coached at Florida State University from 1955 to 1963, and led them to three College World Series appearances.
Litwhiler coached at Michigan State University from 1964 to 1982, and holds the record for most wins by a coach in the school's history. Among his former players are Steve Garvey, Kirk Gibson and Rick Miller.^[2]

Death

Litwhiler died September 23, 2011 in Clearwater, Florida at age 95.^[2]


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Orlando Brown, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens), died from diabetic ketoacidosis he was 40.

Orlando Claude Brown was an American football player who played offensive tackle in the NFL. He attended H.D. Woodson Senior High School. He was released by the Baltimore Ravens in March, 2006, and previously played for the Cleveland Browns. He played college football for Willie Jeffries at South Carolina State University.^[1]

(December 12, 1970 – September 23, 2011)

Early Years

Orlando Brown was born in 1970 in Washington DC. Brown attended H.D. Woodson Senior High School. He went to South Carolina State University and played offensive tackle.

NFL career

First stint with Browns

Orlando Brown signed with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 1993. Brown spent three seasons in Cleveland.

First stint with Ravens

In 1996, the Browns moved to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Ravens. Orlando Brown, unlike some of the team, made the move. In his first stint with the team, Brown who, at 6-foot-7, 360 pounds, was known as an energetic and intimidating player, earned the nickname "Zeus."^[2] In his prime he was one of the highest-paid offensive linemen in the NFL.^[2]

Second stint with Browns

Orlando Brown was signed as an unrestricted free agent by the "reactivated" Cleveland Browns. He was later infamous for an incident during a pro football game at home in Cleveland on December 19, 1999 against the Jacksonville Jaguars in which he was accidentally hit in the eye by a penalty marker weighted with ball bearings thrown by referee Jeff Triplette. Triplette immediately apologized to Brown, who was then tended to by the medical staff. A few minutes later, when play was about to resume, Brown was being taken to the locker room when he pushed passed the trainers, ran out on the field and shoved Triplette, knocking him to the ground. Brown was ejected from the game and subsequently suspended by the NFL, although the suspension was lifted when his injury did not heal. Brown was one of only two players to have played for the Cleveland Browns before they became the Baltimore Ravens and return to the Browns after the expansion team formed in 1999; the other player is Antonio Langham.

Out of football, injuries, and lawsuits

Orlando Brown was cut from the Browns after the 2000 NFL season. Brown was forced to sit out three seasons because of the eye injury. The next year he sued the NFL for the damages. The two parties settled for a reported amount of $25 million.^[3][4]

Second stint with Ravens

After Brown was healthy enough to play again, he was picked back up by the Baltimore Ravens.
During the 2003 season while playing for the Ravens, Brown started at both offensive and defensive tackle in a game against the Oakland Raiders. He remained with the team until shortly before the 2006 NFL season, when he was released.

After Football

After retiring from football, Brown went into the restaurant business, and became the owner of the first Fatburger franchise in Maryland.^[5]
In September, 2009, Brown was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary and destruction of property.^[6] The charges were later dropped.^[7]

Death

Brown was found dead on September 23, 2011 in his Baltimore condominium.^[8][9] The state medical examiner ruled that Brown died of diabetic ketoacidosis, an ailment common among diabetics and caused by high blood sugar and lack of insulin.^[10] He is survived by three sons: Orlando, Jr., Justin and Braxton.^[2]


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Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor, died he was 86.

Knut Steen was a Norwegian sculptor.
Born in Oslo, Steen is perhaps best known for his work on the Norwegian Statens kunstakademi and Copenhagen's Per Palle Storm.^[2] A museum dedicated to his work opened in Sandefjord in 2009. Steen's manager and daughter, Hege Steen, said "We are glad that it has been possible to bring several of Knut’s works together at one place in his native country".^[3]

(19 November 1924 – 22 September 2011^[1])

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Vic Roby, American radio and television announcer, died he was 93.

 Victor Mills "Vic" Roby, Jr.  was a radio and television announcer, voice-over artist and public affairs show host, and served for years as a staff announcer with NBC.

(November 9, 1917 – September 22, 2011^[1] )

Early life and career

Born in Tylertown, Mississippi, Roby was an alumnus of Millsaps College ('38) where he had been an Alpha Iota brother.^[2] He entered the broadcasting business in 1943, working as a newsreader and announcer at KOA (AM) in Denver, Colorado.^[3] After a brief stint with the Mutual Broadcasting System where he announced on the 1950 version of The Rudy Vallee Show, Roby joined the announcing staff of NBC in New York City in 1950.

Network announcer

Roby handled announcing for numerous radio and television programs during his career, including Monitor^[4] and working as sub-announcer on Concentration and The Price Is Right in the early 1960s. But his chief claim to fame was announcing on network promos, bumpers and program introductions, most notably a variation of the shortened 1968 version of the "Laramie Peacock" bumper on which he intoned, "Now, a special program in living color on NBC," which ran on television specials aired on the network through 1975. In addition, he handled local announcing duties for WNBC-TV, including public service announcements, station identifications, live tags and occasional Emergency Broadcast System tests. He was one of a core group of well-known voices for the NBC network which also included Don Pardo, Howard Reig, Mel Brandt, Bill Wendell, Roger Tuttle, Bill McCord, Arthur Gary, Bill Hanrahan, Wayne Howell and Jerry Damon (whose voice bore some similarities to Roby's, leading to some confusion between the two).

Commercial voice-over

Over the years, Roby did many commercials for various products and services on both radio and television; he was part of a group of New York announcers (also including his NBC colleague Howard Reig and WOR-TV's Phil Tonken) who did so. Roby made headlines in 1969 when he put an advertisement in Variety indicating that he would no longer be available for cigarette commercials, citing "evidence . . . that smoking could lead to cancer, heart attacks, strokes, emphysema and fires."^[5] He was one of a growing number of media personalities to do so, nearly two years before cigarette advertising on television was banned.

Public affairs host

Roby also served as host, narrator or interviewer on numerous public affairs shows that ran on NBC's New York radio and TV outlets. On WNBC-TV, he was a moderator of the discussion/call-in show Direct Line for much of its 1959–73 run, and after its cancellation he was one of the narrators of the long-running weekly documentary series, New York Illustrated.^[6] On WNBC (AM), he hosted another call-in series, In Contact.^[7]

Retirement and death

Roby, who lived for years in Scarsdale, New York,^[8] retired from NBC in 1983. In 2008, he and his wife, Josephine, moved to Framingham, Massachusetts.
Roby died in Natick, Massachusetts after a brief illness on September 22, 2011 at age 93.^[9]

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Aristides Pereira, Cape Verdean politician and guerrilla leader, President (1975–1991), died he was 87.

Aristides Maria Pereira was the first President of Cape Verde, serving from 1975 to 1991.

(November 17, 1923 – September 22, 2011)^[1] 

Biography

Pereira was born on the island of Boa Vista. His first major government job was chief of telecommunications in Guinea-Bissau. From the late 1940s until Cape Verde's independence, Pereira was heavily involved in the anti-colonial movement, organizing strikes and rising through the hierarchy of his party, the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, known as PAIGC). In clandestine activity he often used the pseudonym Alfredo Bangura.
Although Pereira initially promised to lead a democratic and socialist nation upon becoming President, he compounded the country's chronic poverty by crushing dissent following the overthrow of Luís de Almeida Cabral. Cabral was the President of Guinea-Bissau and Pereira's ally in the drive to unite the two Lusophone states. However, Cape Verde had a much better human rights record than most countries in Africa and was known as one of the most democratic (despite the restriction on party activity) because of the power delegated to local citizens' committees. After the coup in Bissau, political repression sharply decreased but the one-party PAICV state established at independence remained until 1990.
The country's policies during Pereira's rule tended toward Cold War nonalignment and economic reforms to help the peasantry. He controversially allied his country with the regimes in China and Libya.
Pedro Pires served as Prime Minister for the duration of Pereira's presidency.
After PAICV decided to introduce multiparty democracy in February 1990, Pereira stepped down as General Secretary of PAICV in July 1990 and was succeeded in that post by Pires. Pereira was the PAICV candidate in the February 1991 presidential election, but António Mascarenhas Monteiro defeated him by a large margin.^[2]
The Aristides Pereira International Airport previously, (Rabil Airport) on the Cape Verdean island of Boa Vista, was officially renamed after him on November, 19, 2011.

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