Solly Tyibilika, South African rugby player, died from a gunshot he was 32.

Solomzi "Solly" Tyibilika ^[1] was a South African rugby union footballer, who played as a flanker for the Lions in the international Super 14 competition in his last years died from a gunshot he was 32.. He was the first black person (not white or mixed race^[2]) to score a test try for the South Africa national rugby union team.

(23 June 1979 – 13 November 2011)

Career

Tyibilika was born in Port Elizabeth^[6] and educated at the Loyiso High School.^{[citation needed]} While at high school he started playing rugby union, making his professional debut in 2001 with Griquas.^[5]
Tyibilika played for Springbok 'A' in 2004. In November of that year he made his debut for the Springboks in a match against Scotland at Murrayfield playing at flank. South Africa won the match 45–10. He scored on his debut.^[5] He played in a subsequent test against Argentina in Buenos Aires, which the Springboks won 39–7.
Tyibilika next played for the Springboks the following season in June, where he played against Uruguay, which the Springboks won 134–3. He then played a subsequent test against the Wallabies in the 2005 Tri Nations Series, which the Springboks won 33–20 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. He earned one other cap that year against Argentina in Buenos Aires in November. He was named in the Springboks' 2006 Tri Nations Series squad.
Tyibilika was part of the Southern Kings squad that played against the British and Irish Lions, in the Lions tour of South Africa in 2009.^{[citation needed]}
In the 2011 season, which would turn out to be his last, he played for Hamiltons in Cape Town.^[5]
Tyibilika scored 24 tries for Griquas, Sharks, Lions and Border, appearing 158 times.^[5]

Personal life

Tyibilika was not married and had four children.^[5]

Death

Tyibilika was shot dead in a tavern in the township of Gugulethu, near Cape Town, shortly after 2pm on 13 November 2011.^[1][7] Witnesses reported Tyibilika had his back turned to the entrance and was on his telephone when two gunmen fired ten rounds in the door. Tyibilika was found to be lying lifeless in his own blood on the floor after the incident.^[8]
Mr Oregan Hoskins, president of SARU, said, "Solly was a trailblazer among black African Springboks. To lose him so suddenly and in this brutal manner is very distressing. The casual disregard for life in our society is shocking."^[9] Hoskins also said, "His emergence was a demonstration of what can be achieved when talent is combined with opportunity in what is always a very competitive position in Springbok rugby".^[5] There were pleas for donations for a burial, with his last club Hamiltons offering to help his family.^[10][11] Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula told Parliament two days after the murder that Tyibilika had done his country proud.^[12]

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Esperanza Pérez Labrador, Cuban-born Argentine human rights activist (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo), died she was 89.

Esperanza Catalina Pérez de Labrador was a Cuban-born Argentine human rights activist and leading member of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Labrador jbegan her advocacy on behalf of victims of the Dirty War after her husband, Victor Labrador, and her son, 28-year old Palmiro, were killed in the Dirty War during the 1970s.^[1] Another son, Miguel, disappeared and was never seen again  died she was 89..^[1]

(1922 – November 13, 2011)

Esperanza Pérez Labrador was born in Camagüey, Cuba, to Spanish parents.^[1] her mother died during while giving birth and her father, unable to take care of her, gave her up to a Cuban family, the Mestrils.^[1] Despite objections from the Mestrils and Esperanza Pérez, her father regained custody of her seven years later.^[1] She moved with her father to Spain and then immigrated to Argentina in 1950.^[1] She married a Spanish husband, Víctor Labrador.
Miguel Ángel Labrador, her 25-year old youngest son, left home on September 13, 1976, towards the beginning of the Dirty War, and was never seen again.^[1] Just two months later, Labrador's husband, Víctor, their 28-year old son, Palmiro Labrador, and his friend, Edith Graciela Koatz, were killed on November 10, 1976.^[1]
Devastated, but determined to find out what happened to her family, Esperanza Perez Labrador held a vigil outside the headquarters of General Leopoldo Galtieri, who commanded government sponsored death squads.^[1] At one point, Labrador grabbed Galtieri's uniform and publicly shouted "¡Asesino, criminal!" to him.^[1] The actions of Labrador reportedly prompted Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón to open a criminal case against perpetrated of the Dirty War and the Argentinian dictatorship in 1996.^[1]
Esperanza Pérez Labrador moved to Madrid, Spain, where she lived with her daughter, Manoli. She died in Madrid on November 13, 2011, at the age 89.^[1]


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Pat Passlof, American painter, cancer, died she was 83.

Pat Passlof was an American abstract expressionist painter died she was 83.

born August 5, 1928 in Brunswick, Georgia, and died November 13, 2011 in New York City, New York

After studying with Willem de Kooning at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Passlof received a bachelor’s degree from The Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She moved to New York in the late 1940s, where she took private instruction from de Kooning and other artists. Passlof was married to painter Milton Resnick, who died in 2004.^[1]
Passlof succumbed to cancer on November 13, 2011 in New York City, New York. She was 83.


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Masao Nakayama, Micronesian politician and diplomat, died he was 70.

Masao Nakayama (Japanese: 中山利生)^[1]was a politician and diplomat of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) died he was 70..

(1941 – November 13, 2011) 

Born in Chuuk to a Japanese father and a Chuukese mother from Onoun, Nakayama was the younger brother of FSM's first president, Tosiwo Nakayama.^[2][3] In 1968, Nakayama was elected a member of the Truk District Legislature. In 1969, he was elected to the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. After Micronesian independence, Nakayama was the Chief of International Affairs in the Foreign Affairs Department of the FSM from 1980 to 1989.^[2]
From 1989 to 1997, Nakayama was the ambassador of FSM to Japan. At the same time, he was concurrently the non-resident ambassador of FSM to China, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea and Singapore. In 1998, Nakayama was appointed the Permanent Representative of FSM to the United Nations in New York City.
Nakayama was married to Serlyn Nakayama, with seven children.
He died at the age of 70 in a Nevada hospital days after a stroke.^[4]

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Guido Falaschi, Argentine racing driver, racing accident. died he was 22.

Guido Martín Falaschi ^[1] was an Argentine racecar driver.
He died in a crash in the Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio in Balcarce died he was 22.

(1 October 1989 – 13 November 2011)


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Bobsam Elejiko, Nigerian footballer, traumatic aortic rupture, died he was 30.

Bobsam 'Bob' Elejiko  was a Nigerian footballer. He played as a central defender for several domestic teams between 2000 and 2011 before his death on the field during a football match died he was 30..

(18 August 1981 – 13 November 2011)

Football career

During his career, spent almost exclusively in Belgium, Elejiko represented FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen, K.V. Turnhout, K.V.C. Westerlo, Royal Antwerp FC, S.C. Beira-Mar, K.M.S.K. Deinze, K.V. Red Star Waasland and K. Merksem S.C..
In 2008 he had trials with FC Carl Zeiss Jena,^[1] Crewe Alexandra, Gillingham and RBC Roosendaal, but did not gain a contract with any club.

Death

Elejiko collapsed while playing a fifth-tier match with his team K. Merksem S.C. against F.C. Kaart, a team from Merksem, Antwerp, on 13 November 2011.^[2] Despite resuscitation attempts pitch side, Elejiko was pronounced dead and the match was abandoned. The cause was later determined to be a traumatic rupture of the aorta.^[3]


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Anders John Aune, Norwegian politician, died he was 87.

Anders John Aune ^[1] was a Norwegian politician died he was 87..

(1 May 1923 – 13 November 2011)

Originally a member of the Labour Party, Aune was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark in 1969, but was not re-elected in 1973. He was a member of Vadsø municipality council from 1951 to 1963, serving as deputy mayor in 1951–1952 and mayor in 1953–1955 and 1955–1959. His career in politics was scheduled to end with the post of County Governor of Finnmark, which he held from 1974 to 1989 (having formerly been the acting County Governor from 1963 to 1965).^[1]
However, in 1989 Aune stood for election for another party, a new party led by himself and called Future for Finnmark (Framtid for Finnmark). He was elected to the national parliament for this regional protest party, but again sat only one term.^[1]
Outside of politics, he had graduated from the University of Oslo as cand.jur. in 1948 and worked as a civil servant. In 1985 he was proclaimed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and also received the Order of the White Rose.^[1]
During the German occupation of Norway he took part in the Norwegian resistance. He was arrested in November 1943, sent from Stavern to Stettin in December 1943, then sent to Sennheim the same month and to Buchenwald one year later, where he remained until the war's end.^[2]


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