Cathal O'Shannon, Irish journalist and television presenter, died he was 83.

Shannon interviewing Muhammad Ali

Cathal O'Shannon^[1] was an Irish journalist and television presenter. He was a former journalist with The Irish Times newspaper and a former TV reporter and presenter for RTÉ.^[2] He was probably best known for presenting documentaries on Irish history, produced mainly for Irish television viewers and broadcast by RTÉ.
On 12 January 2007, after producing his most recent documentary, he stated that he had fully retired.^[1] In a 2008 television documentary he "outed himself as a serial womaniser who cheated repeatedly on his wife".^[3] He was awarded lifetime membership of the Irish Film & Television Academy in 2010 when he said it was "particularly gratifying that it occurs before I pop my clogs".^[4] He died the following year.

(1928 – 22 October 2011)

Early life and private life

O'Shannon grew up in Dublin, the son of Cathal O'Shannon (Sr.), an Irish socialist and republican.
As a 16-year old he joined the RAF in Belfast near the end of the Second World War and travelled to Burma,^[5] when he was aged sixteen.^[6] He was stationed in Burma,^[2] operating as a rear gunner on Lancaster bombers, but saw little action.
His wife, Patsy, whom he met while working for The Irish Times in London, died in 2006. They had been married for more than 50 years.

Media career

O'Shannon first became a journalist with The Irish Times in 1947. Later he joined RTÉ. In 1972 O' Shannon recorded one of his best remembered journalistic coups - interviewing Muhammad Ali, the famous boxer, for Irish television.^[7][8][9] He made a 1976 documentary film, Even the Olives are Bleeding, on the involvement of Irish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.
In January 2007, his documentary, Hidden History: Ireland's Nazis, was broadcast by RTÉ as a two-part series. It explored how a small number of former Nazis and Nazi collaborators from Occupied Europe went to live in the Republic of Ireland after the Second World War^[5]— the best known of whom was Otto Skorzeny, who lived for a period in County Kildare. Others included such Breton nationalists as Alan Heusaff, Yann Fouéré and Yann Goulet, as well as two Belgians, Albert Folens and Albert Luykx.^[10]

Public relations career

In 1978, he left RTÉ to join Canadian company Alcan which was setting up an aluminium plant at Aughinish, County Limerick Ireland in 1978. He was head-hunted to become the director of public affairs, an important post at a time when there were environmental concerns about the effects of aluminium production.
He admitted frankly that he was attracted by the salary, “five times what RTÉ were paying me”. But he also indicated that he had become unhappy with RTÉ and said in an interview that: “The real reason I got out of RTÉ was that they wouldn’t let me do what I wanted.” He had submitted plans for a series on the Civil War and also on the wartime Emergency period.
While he enjoyed the social life with lavish expenses which his public relations duties involved, his friends believed that he missed the varied life and travel of journalism. He retired early from Aughinish in 1992 but returned to making some memorable television documentaries with RTÉ.^[11]

Death

O'Shannon died on 22 October 2011, aged 83.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}
Director-General of RTÉ Noel Curran said O'Shannon had brought into being "some of the great moments in the RTÉ documentary and factual schedule over the past five decades."^[17] His funeral took place at Glasnevin Crematorium Chapel on 26 October 2011.^[18]
In tribute, RTÉ One showed the documentary Cathal O'Shannon: Telling Tales on 10 November 2011. It had originally aired in 2008 to mark his 80th birthday.^[19]


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Mullanezhi, Indian poet and actor, died from a heart attack he was 63.

Mullanezhi Neelakandan Namboothiri , popularly known as Mullanezhi, was a Malayalam poet, lyricist and actor from Thrissur in Kerala State of India. He had been awarded the Kerala Sahithya Academy award in 1995 and 2010 and also received the state award for Best Lyricist in 1981 for the film Njavalpazham. He has penned more than 69 songs for 22 movies and also acted in films like Uppu, Piravi, Kazhakam and Neelathamara.^[2][3][4]

(1948-October 22, 2011)

Biography

Born in Mullanezhi Mana, Avanasseri, Ollur on May 16, 1948, he started his career as a teacher from Ramavarmapuram Government High School. He also served as a director board member of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi from 1980 to 1983. He is survived by wife Savithri and three children.

Partial filmography

As lyricist

1. Lakshmivijayam (1976)
2. Njavalppazhangal (1976)
3. Mela (1980)
4. Swarnnappakshikal (1981)
5. Amrithageetham (1982)
6. Njaanonnu Parayatte (1982)
7. Kaattile Paattu (1982)
8. Kinginikkombu (1983)
9. Rachana (1983)
10. Veenapoovu (1983)
11. Kanikkonna
12. Yathi Bhangam (1983)
13. Vellam (1985)
14. Ayanam (1985)
15. Kayyum Thalayum Purathidaruthu (1985)
16. Sanmanassullavarku Samadhanam (1986)
17. Kabani (2001)
18. Narendran Makan Jayakaanthan Vaka (2001)
19. Sundarikkutty (2003)
20. Bhakthajanangalude Sradhaykku (2011)
21. Kunjettan (2011)
22. Indian Rupee (2011)

As an actor

1. Uppu
2. Piravi
3. Swaham
4. Kazhakam
5. Neythukaran
6. Garshom
7. Kulam
8. Pulijanmam
9. Neelathamara
10. Sufi Paranja Katha
11. Katha Thudarunnu
12. Bhakthajanangalude Shradhaykku
13. Mounam
14. Snehaveedu

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Kutty, Indian political cartoonist, died he was 90.

Puthukkody Kottuthody Sankaran Kutty Nair ,^[1] better known as Kutty, was an Indian political cartoonist.

(4 September 1921 – 22 October 2011)

Biography

Kutty was born at Ottapalam, Kerala in 1921 to Kayarat Narayana Menon and Kottuthodi Lakshmi Amma.^[2] Kutty was educated at Ottapalam and Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode. Kutty's talent was discovered by the famous Malayalam satirist, Professor M. R. Nair (better known by his pen name "Sanjayan"). His first cartoon appeared in the Malayalam humor magazine Viswaroopam (edited by Sanjayan) in 1940.^[2]
Rao Sahib V. P. Menon, a relative of Kutty's father and a senior official in the British Imperial Secretariat (New Delhi) introduced him to the famous Indian cartoonist Shankar.^[3] Shankar used to sketch cartoons for Hindustan Times and was looking for a trainee. V. P. Menon requested Shankar to train Kutty, who reached New Delhi on January 3, 1941. In those days, Jawaharlal Nehru (later India's first Prime Minister), a great admirer of Shankar's cartoons, was looking for a cartoonist for his newly-started English Daily, National Herald, published from Lucknow. Shankar trained Kutty for 6 months and recommended him for Nehru's newspaper. Kutty became staff cartoonist of National Herald (Lucknow).^[2] His first cartoon to appear in a daily newspaper was published in the National Herald January 15, 1941.
National Herald was shut down in 1942 due to repressive policies of the British India Government, following the start of Quit India Movement. Kutty then relocated to Madras (now Chennai), where he worked for Madras War Review from 1943 to 1945. From 1945 to 1946, he worked The Free Press Journal a Mumbai) daily newspaper. In 1946, Kutty relocated to New Delhi at behest of Shankar, who wanted him to work as a cartoonist for his planned evening newspaper. From 1946 to 1997, Kutty lived in New Delhi and worked for various publications. In 1947-48, he worked for National Call and Amar Bharat. Kutty also contributed to Shankar's Weekly, a humor magazine launched in 1948. Here he worked with other notable Indian cartoonists including Abu Abraham and O. V. Vijayan. From 1948 to 1951, he was associated with the Indian News Chronicle.
In 1951, Kutty joined the Ananda Bazar Group of Calcutta (now Kolkata). His cartoons appeared in many of the group's publications such as the English daily Hindustan Standard (New Delhi, 1951–1986), the Bengali language daily Ananda Bazar Patrika (1975–1986) and Desh (Bengali literary weekly). Kutty’s work was also syndicated for publication in various newspapers such as Hindustan Times (1961–1962) and The Indian Express (1962–1969). From 1987 to 1997, Kutty worked for another Bengali daily, Aaj Kaal. He was also associated with the Bengali publication Parivarthan (Calcutta) in 1986-1987.
Kutty didn't know the Bengali language,^[3] but he spent the most productive part of his career with Bengali publications. This was due to his direct and simple visual expression with which he cut across language barriers.^[4] His used to caption his cartoons in English, which were translated into Bengali. Kutty's cartoons have also appeared in many Malayalam language periodicals (Malayalam was his mother tongue).
Kutty officially retired in 1997. He then moved to Madison, Wisconsin. In May 2005, rumors of Kutty's death started circulating in Kolkata. In response to this, Kutty's former colleagues at Aaj Kaal published the denial of the rumor with a new cartoon drawn by Kutty. This led to requests for more cartoons from his admirers. Kutty complied and sketched few more cartoons that were published in Aaj Kaal. However, he could not continue due to his deteriorating eyesight.^[3] Kutty wrote an English-language memoir, Years Of Laughter: Reminiscences Of A Cartoonist, released in 2009^[5]. He died on 22 October 2011 in the Madison, Wisconsin.^[1]


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Peter Goldie, British philosopher. died he was 64.

Peter Goldie was a British academic philosopher with interests in ethics and aesthetics. He was the Samuel Hall Chair in Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Discipline Area of the School of Social Sciences at University of Manchester. He was educated at Felsted.

(1946–2011)

After a 25-year career in business in the City of London, culminating as chief executive at the ill-fated British & Commonwealth, Goldie turned to Philosophy, in 1990.^[1] He studied at University College London and Oxford University for a DPhil, supervised by Bernard Williams, on emotion, mood and character. Following this, he was a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford, for two years and King's College London before becoming a professor at Manchester in 2005.
Peter Goldie died on October 22, 2011.^[2]


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Jan Boye, Danish politician, died from complications from brain hemorrhage he was 49.

Jan Boye ^[1] was a Danish politician, representing the Conservative Party. From 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2009, he was mayor of Odense, Denmark's third largest city. He served as County Mayor of Funen County from 2001-05. He also served as the chairman of Dansk Håndbold Forbund from June 2011 to his death.

(19 January 1962 – 22 October 2011)

In the Danish municipal elections on 15 November 2005, Boye was the Conservative candidate as new mayor of Odense, Funen's capital and Denmark's third largest city; challenging the ruling Social Democratic mayor, Anker Boye (no relation). The election was a great success for the Conservatives with the party gaining eleven seats in the City Council compared to five in the 2001 election.^{[citation needed]}
The election resulted in a tie with both wings holding 14 of the 29 seats. Ultimately, Erik Simonsen, representing the Social Liberal Party, decided to turn down an offer from the Social Democrats offering to support Simonsen as new mayor, and offered his support to Boye. He was the first non-Social Democratic mayor of Odense since 1937. In the 2009-municipality election, Jan Boye lost the election to former mayor Anker Boye. The Conservatives lost 4 seats, while the Socialdemocrats reclaimed their position as the biggest party in the municipality with their 10 seats.^{[citation needed]}
Boye was a medical doctor by profession. He was also known as an international handball referee, and served in that capacity in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, and in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.^[2]
In June 2011 he was elected new chairman of the Danish Handball Federation, Dansk Håndbold Forbund.^[3]
On 7 October 2011 Boye suffered a brain hemorrhage.^[4] He died from the complications on 22 October 2011.^[5]


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Scott White, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (2009–2011) and State Senator (2011), died from cardiomegaly complications he was 41.

Scott Benton White  was a Democratic member of the Washington State Senate, representing the 46th legislative district. His district included much of North Seattle, including the neighborhoods of Northgate, Greenwood, Bitter Lake, Broadview, Haller Lake, Pinehurst, Olympic Hills, Maple Leaf, Lake City, Wedgwood, View Ridge, Laurelhurst, and Windermere.^[2]

(June 8, 1970 – October 21, 2011)

On October 21, 2011, Senator White was found dead in a hotel room at Suncadia Resort.^[3] The coroner's report indicated that the cause was a cardiac problem linked to a previously-undiagnosed enlarged heart.^[4]
During the 2011-2012 term, White's assignments in the Senate would have included serving in leadership as Majority Whip, as Vice Chair of the Transportation Committee, and serving on the Higher Education and Rules Committees.
White served in a variety of professional and community leadership positions before being elected to the legislature. He is a former Chief of Staff to the Metropolitan King County Council, and he has served as budget and policy staff in both the Washington State Legislature and King County government. White has taught graduate-level courses in public policy at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. In 2004 he was selected as a Marshall Fellow by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. White has served on the board of Humanities Washington, the Public Policy Committee of the United Way of King County, and is an award winning grassroots organizer with the Democratic Party.
A fourth generation Washingtonian, White lived in the Wedgwood neighborhood of North Seattle with his wife, Alison Carl White, and two young children.^[5]


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Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian-born British bandleader, died he was 100.

Edmundo William Ros OBE ^[1] was a Trinidadian musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader who made his career in Britain. He directed a highly popular Latin American orchestra, had an extensive recording career and owned one of London's leading nightclubs.

(7 December 1910 – 21 October 2011)

Life

Ros was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. His mother was an Afro-Venezuelan and his father was of Scottish descent. He was the eldest of four children, having two sisters, Ruby and Eleanor, followed by a half-brother, Hugo. His parents separated after Hugo was born, and after various false steps Edmundo was enrolled in a military academy. There he became interested in music and learned to play the euphonium. From 1927-37 his family lived in Caracas, Venezuela. He played in the Venezuelan Military Academy Band as well as being a tympanist in the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra. Later he received a music scholarship from the government, and, from 1937–42, studied harmony, composition and orchestration at the Royal Academy of Music.^[2] At the same time he was the vocalist and percussionist in Don Marino Baretto's band at the Embassy Club, and also recorded several sides as a sideman to Fats Waller, who was visiting London in 1938.
In the 2000 New Year's Honours List, Ros (then aged 90), was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He turned 100 on 7 December 2010.^[3]

Affiliations

Ros was a Freeman of the City of London, having been admitted to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Poulters on 5 January 1965 and subsequently clothed with the Livery of the Poulters' Company on 22 June 1965. He was a Mason, a member of Sprig of Acacia Lodge No 41, Javea, Spain.

Personal life

Ros married twice: first to Britt Johansen in 1950. The first marriage produced two children, Douglas and Louisa. He designed and built a large house in Page Street, Mill Hill, London NW7, which he named Edritt House, after himself and his first wife. The house still stands, next to Copthall Girls' School. He remarried in 1971.

Orchestra

In August 1940, Ros formed his own rumba band, performing as Edmundo Ros and His Rumba Band. In 1941 he cut his first tracks with Parlophone, the first number being "Los Hijos de Buda". The band played regularly at the Coconut Grove club in Regent Street, attracting members of high society.^[4] Ros's bands were always based in London nightclubs or restaurants. The first was the Cosmo Club in Wardour Street; then followed the St Regis Hotel, Cork Street, the Coconut Grove and the Bagatelle Restaurant. At the Bagatelle a visit from Princess Elizabeth and party made his name. The future queen danced in public for the first time to Edmundo's music. In later years his orchestra was often invited to play at Buckingham Palace.^[5]
By 1946 Ros owned a club, a dance school, a record company and an artistes' agency. His band grew to 16 musicians and was renamed Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra. His number "The Wedding Samba", 1949, sold three million 78s. His album Rhythms of The South (1958) was one of the first high-quality LP stereo records: it sold a million copies. He was with Decca Records from 1944 to 1974, and altogether he made more than 800 recordings.^[4]
In 1951 Ros bought the Coconut Grove on Regent Street and in 1964 renamed it Edmundo Ros's Dinner and Supper Club. The club became popular for its atmosphere and music, but it closed in 1965, when legalised casino gambling had drawn away many of its best customers. During the 1950s and 1960s the Ros orchestra appeared frequently on BBC Radio, continuing into the early 1970s on Radio Two Ballroom.^[5]
In 1975, during Ros's seventh tour of Japan, his band's Musicians' Union shop steward tried to usurp Ros's authority by making arrangements with venues behind his back. Upon their return to the UK Ros organised a celebratory dinner after a BBC recording session and announced the disbanding of the orchestra. He destroyed almost all the charts (arrangement sheets), which conclusively ended the orchestra's existence.^[4]

Death

Ros retired and moved to Jávea, Alicante, Spain. He gave his last public performance on 8 January 1994.

Discography

78s (reissued on Harlequin CDs)

This set of ten CDs includes all the known 78s recorded up to and including 1951; the source material was the 78rpm collection of Christian af Rosenborg; the notes were by Pepe Luhtala; the remastering by Charlie Crump. The series was never completed, but most of the later Ros material is available on LP or CD. Some of the Harlequin series is available on Naxos. Although the title of these CDs describes his group as "Rumba Band", in the post-war period it expanded to 16 members, and was known as "Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra".

• Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band 1939-41, Harlequin CD 15. Includes about 8 minutes of Edmundo Ros discussing the early days of his career.
• Tropical Magic: Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band, vol 2 1942–1944. Harlequin CD 50. Includes four sets of Edmundo Ros continuing his autobiographic reminiscences.
• Cuban Love Song: Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band, vol 3 1945. Harlequin CD 73.
• Chiquita Banana: Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band, vol 4 1946–1947. Harlequin CD 105.
• La Comparsa: Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band, vol 5 1948. Harlequin CD 129.
• Chocolate Whisky and Vanilla Gin: Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band, vol 6 1948–1949. Harlequin CD 147.
• Mambo Jambo: Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band, vols 7 & 8 1949–1950. Harlequin CD 164/165.
• Playtime in Brazil: Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra, vols 9 & 10 1951. Harlequin CD 180/181.

10" LPs

Decca issued an initial series of 33rpm 10-inch LPs in the early 1950s, consisting of previously issued 78rpm sides. Labels were Decca (UK and Commonwealth), and London (a subsidiary) in the USA.

• Latin-American Rhythms, Edmundo Ros and his Rumba Band, Decca LF 1002. Latin Rhythms, Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra, London 155, is identical in content.
• Mambo with Ros. Decca LF 1038, and London LPB 341.
• Samba with Ros. Decca LF, and London LB 367.
• Latin-American Rhythms with Ros. Decca LP 1051, and London LPB 368.
• Ros presents Calypsos. Decca LF 1067, and London LB 367.
• Dance the Samba. Decca LF, and London LB 742.

12" LPs

Three labels, all owned by Decca: Decca in UK & Commonwealth; London in USA, and Richmond, a cut-price reissue label in USA.

• Latin-American Novelties (London LL 1090)
• Ros Mambos (London LL 1092, Decca 1956)
• Latin Melodies (London LL 1093)
• Ros Album of Sambas (London LL 1117), Richmond B 20032 has same content, but only 10 numbers where Decca/London has 14.
• Ros Album of Calypsos (Decca LK 4102, 1956)
• Ros Album of Baions (Decca LK 4111), one side baiãos; the other boleros.
• Latin Carnival (Richmond B 20023)
• Rhythms Of the South (Decca 1958)
• Calypso Man (Decca 1958)
• Perfect for Dancing (Decca 1958)
• Ros on Broadway (Decca 1959)
• Hollywood Cha Cha Cha (Decca 1959)
• Fire & Frenzy (London sw 99019, 1960), with singing by Caterina Valente.
• Bongos From the South (Decca 1961)
• Dance Again (Decca 1962)
• Sing and Dance with Edmundo Ros (Decca 1963)
• Heath versus Ros (Decca Phase 4 1964)
• Caterina Valente com Edmundo Ros (London LLN-7058, 1964)
• Latein Amerikanische Rhythmen (Decca 1964), with singing by Caterina Valente.
• Heath versus Ros, Round Two (Decca Phase 4 1967)
• This is My World (Decca 1972)
• Ros Remembers (Decca 1974)
• Edmundo Ros Today (Decca 1978)
• Show Boat/Porgy & Bess (LP)
• Ros at the Opera
• Broadway goes Latin
• New Rhythms of the South
• Latin Boss...Señor Ros
• Arriba
• Latin Hits I Missed
• Hair Goes Latin
• Heading South of the Border
• The Latin King
• This is My World
• Caribbean Ros
• Sunshine and Olé!
• Give My Regards to Broadway
• That Latin Sound
• Latin Favourites (Gold Crown 1979),
• Latin Song and Dance Men (Pye 1980),
• Music For the Millions (Decca 1983),
• Strings Latino (London 1985),
• Latin Magic (London 1987),
• That Latin Sound (Pulse 1997)

• Doin' the Samba, CD
• Rhythms of the South/New Rhythms of the South, CD
• Good! Good! Good! CD
• Strings Latino/Latin Hits I Missed CD

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