Peter Reading, English poet, died he was 65.

Peter Reading was an English poet and the author of 26 collections of poetry died he was 65.. He is known for his choice of ugly subject matter, and use of classical metres.^[2] The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry describes his verse as "strongly anti-romantic, disenchanted and usually satirical".^[3] Interviewed by Robert Potts, he described his work as a combination of "painstaking care" and "misanthropy".^[4]

^{(27 July 1946 – 17 November 2011[1])} 

Background

Reading was educated at Alsop High School. After studying painting at Liverpool College of Art, he worked as a schoolteacher in Liverpool (1967–68) and at Liverpool College of Art, where he taught Art History (1968–70). He then worked for 22 years as a weighbridge operator at an animal feedmill in Shropshire, a job which left him free to think, until he was sacked for refusing to wear a uniform introduced by new owners of the business. His only break was a two-year residency at Sunderland Polytechnic (1981–83). After leaving Liverpool, he lived for 40 years in various parts of Shropshire, in later years in Little Stretton, near Ludlow.
The benevolence of America’s Lannan Foundation rescued him from poverty. He was the first writer to hold the one-year Lannan writing residency in Marfa, Texas (in 1999), and is the only British poet to have won the Lannan Award for Poetry twice, in 1990 and 2004, as well as the only poet to read an entire life’s work for the Lannan Foundation’s DVD archive – his filmed readings for Lannan (made in 2001 and 2010) of 26 poetry collections make up the only archive of its kind. His 1997 collection Work in Regress was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize.

Awards

• Cholmondeley Award (1978)
• Dylan Thomas Award (1983), for Diplopic
• Whitbread Prize for Poetry (1986), for Stet
• Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, 1990 and 2004.

Poetry collections

• Water and Waste (1970)
• For the Municipality's Elderly (1974)
• The Prison Cell & Barrel Mystery (1976)
• Nothing for Anyone (1977)
• Fiction (1979)
• Tom o'Bedlam's Beauties (1981)
• Diplopic (1983)
• 5x5x5x5x5 (1983)
• C (1984)
• Ukulele Music (1985)
• Going On (1985)
• Essential Reading (1986)
• Stet (1986)
• Final Demands (1988)
• Perduta Gente (1989)
• Shitheads (1989)
• Three in One (1991)
• Evagatory (1992)
• Last Poems (1994)
• Collected Poems Vol 1: 1970-1984 (1995)
• Eschatological (1996)
• Collected Poems Vol 2: 1985-1996 (1996)
• Chinoiserie (1997)
• Work in Regress (1997)
• Apopthegmatic (1999)
• Ob (1999)
• Repetitious (1999)
• Marfan (2000)
• [untitled] (2001)
• Faunal (2002)
• Civil (2002)
• Collected Poems Vol 3: 1997-2003 (2003)
• -273.15 (2005)
• Vendange Tardive (2010)

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Ng Chiau-tong, Taiwanese activist, chairman of the World United Formosans for Independence (1995–2011), died from surgical complications he was 79.

Ng Chiau-tong (Chinese: 黃昭堂; pinyin: Huáng Zhāotáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Chiau-tông)  was a Taiwanese pro-independence activist who served as the Chairman of the World United Formosans for Independence (WUFI) until his death in 2011 died from surgical complications he was 79..^[1]

 

^{(1932 – November 17, 2011)}

Ng was born in the city of Tainan, Taiwan, in 1932 during the period of Japanese colonial rule.^[1] He graduated from National Taiwan University before moving to Japan, where he obtained a master's degree from Tokyo Imperial University, now the University of Tokyo.^[1] He participated in his first pro-Taiwanese independence demonstration while in Tokyo while studying for his master's degree.^[1]
In 1960, Ng established the Taiwan Youth Society in Tokyo, which later became a branch of the World United Formosans for Independence in Japan.^[1] His pro-independence activism in Japan lead to a blacklist by the Kuomintang, which governed the Republic of China (Taiwan) at the time. The Kuomintang banned Ng from returning to Taiwan.^[1]
Ng was finally permitted to return to Taiwan from exile in 1992 by the Lee Teng-hui administration.^[1] He became Chairman of the World United Formosans for Independence in 1995 and held the position until his death in 2011.^[1] He served as a presidential adviser to former DPP President Chen Shui-bian. Ng helped organize the February 28, 2004 hand-in-hand rally, in which one million Taiwanese joined in a human chain along the west coast of Taiwan from Keelung to Eluanbi, which was seen as a key event in President Chen Shui-bian's 2004 re-election campaign.^[1]
Ng's support for Taiwanese independence remained steadfast throughout his life, though his political positions did evolve as he aged. He originally advocated for what he called "swift independence" and the completed removal of the Republic of China government placed on the island by Chiang Kai-shek following end of World War II and the 1949 Chinese Revolution.^[1]
Later, Ng promoted a more gradual dissolution of the Republic of China's political infrastructure through consensus, "The ROC is like a cap on the top of our head. If it’s rainy, we’ll have to wear it for now, but we are waiting for a sunny day to take it off...I am very optimistic. The Taiwan independence movement will succeed someday."^[1]
Ng Chiau-tong suffered a heart attack while undergoing routine sinus surgery at Koo Foundation Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center in Taipei. He was taken to National Taiwan University Hospital (NTU), where he died at approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 17, 2011, at the age of 79.^[1]
The Chairman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai Ing-wen told reporters, "The Democratic Progressive Party was grief-stricken to learn about Ng’s passing. He has devoted his whole life to Taiwan’s democracy and freedom and his spirit will live with us forever and call on us to fight for the well-being of the next generation. May he rest in peace."^[1] Historian Lee Yeng-chyh also called Ng's unexpected death, "great loss for the Taiwan independence movement."^[1]


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Richard Kuh, American lawyer, died he was 90.

Richard Henry Kuh  was a partner at the law firm of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP. He was New York County District Attorney in 1974 died he was 90..

(April 27, 1921 – November 17, 2011)

Education

Kuh received a Bachelor of Arts, Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1941, and his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School with magna cum laude distinction in 1948.^[1] At Harvard, Kuh was also on the Board of Editors for the Harvard Law Review.

New York County District Attorney's Office

As a New York County Assistant D.A., Kuh served as Administrative Assistant to District Attorney Frank S. Hogan and Chief of the Criminal Courts Bureau. Kuh was the prosecutor who won the controversial conviction of Lenny Bruce on obscenity charges.^[2]
In 1974, Kuh succeeded Hogan as District Attorney of New York County after Hogan suffered a stroke and resigned. In September 1974, Kuh was defeated by Robert M. Morgenthau in the Democratic primary for the special election to fill the vacancy.^[3] Kuh was DA when Philippe Petit made his famous tightrope walk between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and famously agreed that his punishment should be a free show for children in Central Park.^[4]

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Enric Garriga i Trullols, Spanish Catalan independentist and defender of Occitan Nation, died he was 85.

Enric Garriga i Trullols was a Spanish Catalan independentist and activist for the Occitan Nation.^[1] Trullols served as the founder and president of several Catalan organizations, including the Cercle d'Agermanament Occitano-Català (CAOC) and the Institut de Projecció Exterior de la Cultura Catalana (IPECC).^[1]

^{(May 31, 1926 – November 17, 2011)} 

 

Trullols began his career as a chemical engineer.^[1] He participated in the Congreso de Cultura Catalana from 1975 to 1977.^[1] Trullols became further involved with the Catalan independence movement when he joined the Socialists' Party of Catalonia in preparation for the 1977 elections.^[1]
In the mid-1970s, Trullois co-founded the Institut de Projecció Exterior de la Cultura Catalana (IPECC), and later served as the institute's president until his death in 2011.^[1] Under Trullois, the IPECC spearheaded the construction of monuments to Catalan national heroes around the world, including Belgium, Germany and Argentina.^[1] In 1977, Trullois founded the Cercle d'Agermanament Occitano-Català (CAOC), which promoted relations between Catalan and Occitan cultural institutions and activists.^[1] He also promoted the preservation and use of the Aranese dialect in Val d'Aran, Catalonia, and southern France.^[1]
Enric Garriga i Trullols died in Barcelona on November 17, 2011, at the age of 85.^[1]


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Kurt Budke, American women's basketball coach (Oklahoma State University), died from a plane crash he was 50.

Kurt Budke  was an American college basketball coach. His final coaching job was as the head coach for the Oklahoma State University Cowgirls women's basketball team from 2005 until his 2011 death in a plane accident died from a plane crash he was 50..

(June 3, 1961 – November 17, 2011)

Career

Prior to being named the women's basketball head coach of Oklahoma State in 2005, Budke had previously coached at Allen County Community College, Trinity Valley Community College, and Louisiana Tech. His teams reached 20 wins in each of his years, and had double digit losses in only one of his years, prior to his first year at Oklahoma State. At the junior college level, his record stands at 273-31 (.898), which is the highest winning percentage in NJCAA.
He was also a two time NJCAA coach of the year (1995, 1998). He was also the youngest coach ever to be inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame. From 2002 to 2005, he coached at Louisiana Tech, where he compiled an 80-16 record, highlighted by three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. His first Louisiana Tech team finished 31-3, and ended the season with a national ranking of 6th. The Lady Techsters reeled off 29 consecutive victories, which is the fourth longest streak in the school's storied history. He was named the WAC coach of the year for his efforts.
In his five years as Oklahoma State's women's basketball head coach, his teams went 99-68, and made three NCAA tournament appearances, highlighted by a Sweet 16 run in the 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Death

Budke was killed in an airplane accident on November 17, 2011, when the Piper PA-28 Cherokee he and others were traveling in for a recruiting trip crashed in Perry County, Arkansas, about four miles south of Perryville.^[1][2] Budke and assistant basketball coach and recruiting coordinator Miranda Serna were killed in the accident. Budke left behind a wife and three children, the oldest of which is a student at Oklahoma State.^[3] Olin Branstetter, an Oklahoma state senator from 1986 to 1990, and his wife, Paula Branstetter, were also killed in the crash. Both Olin and Paula Brandstetter were certified pilots; the plane was being piloted by Olin.^[4]


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Maureen Swanson, British actress, died he was 78.

Maureen Ward, Countess of Dudley, was a British actress died he was 78.. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Lady Dudley was the daughter of James Swanson. As Maureen Swanson, she featured in British pictures during the 1950s and retired from acting in 1961, following her marriage to Viscount Ednam.


(25 November 1932 – 16 November 2011)

Marriage and children

She married on 24 August 1961 as the second wife of Viscount Ednam. She was styled as the Countess of Dudley on 26 December 1969, following her husband's succession to the earldom. They had seven children:

• Hon. William Ward (born and died stillborn 21 October 1961)
• Lady Susanna Louise Ward (born 23 May 1963), unmarried and without issue
• Lady Melissa Patricia Eileen Ward (born 18 July 1964), married in 1991 to Simon Puxley; has daughter (India Ward Puxley; born 1991)
• Lady Victoria Larissa Cecilia Ward (born 28 May 1966), unmarried and without issue
• Lady Amelia Maureen Erica Ward (born 5 September 1967), unmarried and without issue
• Lady Cressida Emma Sophia Ward (born 7 January 1970), married on 29 June 1996 to Oliver Preston, without issue, divorced 1998. She married, secondly, in a civil service in July 2011 in London, and on 1 October 2011 in Sicily in a Roman Catholic wedding, to Dr. Ludovic Toro; Ward has a daughter from a prior relationship (Lily Rose Ward Davis; born 2 November 2004)
• Hon. Leander Grenville Dudley Ward (born 31 October 1971), married British journalist Laura Sevier on 23 July 2011

Filmography

• Moulin Rouge (1952) .... Denise de Frontiac
• Valley of Song (1953) .... Olwen Davies
• Knights of the Round Table (1953) .... Elaine
• One Just Man (1954) ....
• Third Party Risk (1954) .... Marina
• Orders Are Orders (1954) .... Joanne Delamere
• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (1 episode, "Rehearsal", 1954) .... Marguerite
• The Vise (4 episodes, "One Just Man", "Broken Honeymoon", "Death on the Boards" and "Stranglehold", 1954–1955) .... Susan, Craig's daughter / Maria / Maria / Susan Allerton
• Three Cornered Fate (1955) ....
• The Bob Hope Show (1 episode, "28 February 1956", 1956) .... Herself
• A Town Like Alice (1956) .... Ellen
• Jacqueline (1956) .... Maggie
• Up in the World (1956) .... Jeannie Andrews
• The Spanish Gardener (1956) .... Maria
• Robbery Under Arms (1957) .... Kate Morrison Mullockson
• The Malpas Mystery (1960) .... Audrey Bedford
• The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1 episode, "The Malpas Mystery", 1960) .... Audrey Bedford
• No Hiding Place (1 episode, "A Warrant for Joe Roberts", 1961) .... Ann Evans

Theatre

• The Happiest Millionaire
• Who's Your Father? by Dennis Cannan, opposite Donald Sinden, at the Cambridge Theatre

Libel case

In a 1989 libel case, Lady Dudley admitted to having had an affair with Stephen Ward,^[1] the osteopath and artist who was one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair. They became friends when he was commissioned to draw her portrait in 1953 — 10 years before the Profumo scandal. From the 1989 court case, Lady Dudley won “substantial” damages from the publishers of Honeytrap: the Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward by Anthony Summer and Stephen Dorril, in which the authors suggested that she had been one of the “popsies” whom Ward had procured for his influential friends.^[1] In 2002 the Countess of Dudley again accepted substantial libel damages from the publishers of Christine Keeler: The Truth At Last, Keeler's own account of the events surrounding her notorious affair with the former war minister John Profumo, in which she referred to Lady Dudley as having been “one of Stephen’s girls”.^[1]


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Eddy Palchak, Canadian ice hockey trainer and equipment manager, died he was 71.

Edward "Eddy" Palchak was a Canadian ice hockey trainer and equipment manager with the Montreal Canadiens died he was 71..^[1][2] He was with the club for 31 years. He served on 10 Stanley Cup winners with Montreal, the most by any Trainer.^[1][3]

^{(May 18, 1940 – November 16, 2011)}

In 1998, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society wing.^[1] After his retirement Palchak wrote Ask Eddy, a column in the Canadiens magazine. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the club in 2009, the Canadiens invited all-time greats to step on the ice of the Bell Centre in full gear while Stanley Cup winning coaches stood behind the bench. Palchak was also invited to reprise his role and emptied buckets of pucks on the ice for warmup.^[4] He died in 2011 in Montreal.


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