Gordon S. Clinton, American politician, Mayor of Seattle (1956–1964), died he was 91.

Gordon S. Clinton  was the 43rd mayor of Seattle died he was 91..^[2] After defeating incumbent Mayor Allen Pomeroy in a close election in 1956, Clinton served two terms, from 1956 to 1964. Upon taking office, Clinton established the Metropolitan Problems Advisory Committee, headed by local community leader John Ellis, to suggest approaches to dealing with chronic local and regional problems. During his administration, Clinton tackled issues as divergent as regional governance, international trade, and discrimination in housing.

(April 13, 1920 – November 19, 2011)

Clinton actively supported development of enabling legislation used by the Washington State Legislature to allow creation of regional governments, leading to the formation of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) in 1958. Clinton also established Seattle's first sister city relationship (with Kobe, Japan) in 1956, supported the development of the current Seattle Center site for the World's Fair in 1962, and fought illegal gambling in Seattle.^{[citation needed]} In 1963, Clinton created the 12-member Seattle Human Rights Commission to promote equality and understanding among Seattle residents.[1]


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Francis Cabot, American gardener and horticulturist, died he was 86.

Francis Higginson Cabot, CM CQ was an American gardener and horticulturist  died he was 86..

(August 6, 1925 – November 19, 2011)

Early life

In 1949, Cabot graduated from Harvard College, where he was active in Hasty Pudding Theatricals and was one of the four founders of the a cappella singing group, the Harvard Krokodiloes.^[2]

Career

After college he began constructing a garden on private property in Cold Spring, New York, above the Hudson River, beginning a lifelong passion for horticulture.^[3] Cabot was appointed Chairman of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx from 1973 to 1976. In 1989, he founded the nonprofit Garden Conservancy,^[4] after noting that two-thirds of America's great gardens had been destroyed by development. The Conservancy began with "four acres of giant cactuses, succulents and native species" in Walnut Creek, California, the life's work of gardener Ruth Bancroft.^[5] The organization's Open Days program has opened more than three hundred private gardens to the public throughout the United States ^[6] and has been active in the preservation of seventeen important private gardens for posterity, including the rehabilitation of the gardens at Alcatraz.^[7] Cabot has become renowned for his personal gardens around the world. His own garden in Cold Spring, known as Stonecrop, was opened to the public in 1992 and is now one of the premier public gardens in the United States, encompassing sixty-three acres.^[3][8] Its components were influenced and improved in the 1980s by horticulturist Caroline Burgess, who became the garden's director, having previously worked with legendary English gardener Rosemary Verey.^[3] Cabot's private garden in the Charlevoix region of Quebec covers more than 20 acres (81,000 m²) and is called Les Quatre Vents.^[3] He is credited with introducing a number of plants and grasses to North America, including Japanese blood grass.^[9]
In 2005, he was made an honorary Member of the Order of Canada.^[10] In 2000, he was made a Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec.
In 2001, he wrote the book The Greater Perfection: The Story of the Gardens at Les Quatre Vents, which was the recipient of the 2003 Annual Literature Award of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries and which the Oxford Companion to Gardens referred to as "one of the best books ever written about the making of a garden by its creator."^[11]

Personal life

In 1949, Cabot married Anne Perkins. They had three children: Colin Cabot, Currie Cabot, and Marianne Cabot. He died at his summer home in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada on November 19, 2011.^[1]


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Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish film director, died he was 95.

Ömer Lütfi Akad , was a Turkish film director,^[1] who directed movies from 1948 to 1974  died he was 95.. In 1949, he debuted as a film director with Vurun Kahpeye ("Strike the Whore") an adaptation of Halide Edip Adıvar's book of the same title. He became one of the pioneers of the period in the "Director Generation". The 1970s trilogy, The Bride; The Wedding; and The Sacrifice, is considered his masterpiece. Afterwards, he withdrew from movie making instead directing adaptations for TV. ^[2]

^{(2 September 1916 – 19 November 2011)}

Ömer Lütfi Akad was born on September 2, 1916. Following his secondary education at French Jeanne d’Arc School and Galatasaray High School, he studied finance at Istanbul Economy and Commerce Higher School. Beside his occupation as financial advisor at Sema Film company, he wrote articles on theatre and cinema. After directing more than 100 movies, Ömer Lütfi Akad taught twenty years long at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts.^[3]
He died on November 19, 2011 at the age of 95 in Istanbul.^[3]

Filmography ^[2]

Vurun Kahpeye 1948 Lüküs Hayat 1950 Tahir ile Zühre 1951 Arzu ile Kamber 1951 Kanun Namına 1952 İngiliz Kemal 1952 Altı Ölü Var 1953 Katil 1953 Çalsın Sazlar Oynasın Kızlar 1953 Bulgar Sadık 1954 Vahşi Bir Kız Sevdim 1954 Kardeş Kurşunu 1954 Görünmeyen Adam İstanbul'da 1954 Meçhul Kadın 1955 Kalbimin Şarkısı 1955 Ak altın 1956 Kara Talih 1957 Meyhanecinin Kızı 1957 Zümrüt 1958 Ana Kucağı 1958 Yalnızlar Rıhtımı 1959 Cilalı ibo'nun Çilesi 1959

Yangın Var 1959 Dişi Kurt 1960 Sessiz Harp 1961 Üç Tekerlekli Bisiklet 1962 Tanrı'nın Bağışı Orman 1964 Sırat Köprüsü 1966 Hudutların Kanunu 1966 Kızılırmak Karakoyun 1967 Ana 1967 Kurbanlık Katil 1967 Vesikalı Yarim 1968 Kader Böyle İstedi 1968 Seninle Ölmek İstiyorum 1969 (color) Bir Teselli Ver 1971 Mahşere Kadar 1971 Vahşi Çiçek 1971 Yaralı Kurt 1972 Gökçe Çiçek 1973 Gelin 1973 Düğün 1974 Diyet 1975 Esir Hayat 1974

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Daniel Sada, Mexican author and poet, died from kidney disease he was 58.

Daniel Sada was a Mexican poet, journalist and writer, whose work has being hailed as one of the most important contributions to the Spanish language died from kidney disease he was 58..^[1] He organised many poetry workshops in Mexico City and several other cities. He was granted a scholarship by the INBA and FONCA and, since 1994, he was member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte.

(25 February 1953 Mexicali, Baja California – 18 November 2011 Mexico DF)

His novels stand out for their internal rhythm and unorthodox use of archaic metric forms and colloquialisms.^[2] His work has been described as baroque and tragicomic. Author Juan Villoro stated: "He renewed the Mexican novel with Because it seems to be a lie, the truth is never known" and, according to the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño: "Daniel Sada is undoubtly writing one of the most ambitious works in the Spanish language". Rafael Lemus said: "Sada...is one of the most extreme reformers of the (Spanish) language, the boldest among Mexicans".^[3]
In 2008 he won the prestigious Herralde Prize for his novel Almost Never.^[4][5] He also won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize in 1992 and the Jose Fuentes Mares National Literature Prize in 1999.^[6] His works have been translated into English, German, French, Dutch, Bulgarian and Portuguese.^[7] In 2011 he was awarded Mexico's prestigious National Prize for Arts and Sciences in the Literature category. Just hours after being presented the prize, Sada died at age 58 from a years-long struggle with kidney disease.^[6]

Early life

Sada was born in Mexicali in 1953. He studied journalism and Spanish literature in Sacramento, Coahuila devouring the works of Dante and Ovid. He has described his early influences and his first contacts with literature and the metric structures he admired: "I have a deep knowledge, from childhood, of the most elemental constructions of these metric forms, so characteristic of Spanish. In my primary school in Sacramento, Coahuila, Panchita Cabrera, a rural schoolteacher who was an ardent fan of the Spanish Golden Age (a type that no longer exists) taught us these phonetic techniques with one goal in mind: that we might fine-tune our ears in order to appreciate the expressive delicacy and virulence of our language".^[2] He has been professor at the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, The Hispanic Academy of San Miguel de Allende and the school of journalism Carlos Setién Garcia.

Works

Short stories

• Un rato (UAM-I, 1985)
• Juguete de nadie y otras historias (FCE, Letras Mexicanas, 1985)
• Los siete pecados capitales (colectivo), (CONACULTA/INBA/SEP, 1989)
• Registro de causantes (Joaquín Mortíz, 1990)
• Tres historias (UAM/Juan Pablos/CNCA/INBA/Cuadernos del Nigromante, 1991)
• Antología presentida (Conaculta, 1993)
• Todo y la recompensa. Cuentos completos (Debate, 2002)
• Ese modo que colma (Anagrama)

Novels

• Lampa vida (Premiá Editora, 1980)
• Albedrío (Leega Literaria, 1989, Tusquets, 2001)
• Una de dos (Alfaguara, 1994, Tusquets, 2002)
• Porque parece mentira la verdad nunca se sabe (Tusquets, 1999).
• Luces artificiales (Joaquín Mortiz, 2002)
• Ritmo delta (Planeta Mexicana, 2005)
• La duración de los empeños simples (Joaquín Mortiz, 2006).
• Almost Never (Casi nunca) (Anagrama, 2008).
• A la vista (Anagrama, 2011).

Poetry

• Los lugares (UAM, La Rosa de los Vientos, 1977).
• El amor es cobrizo (Ediciones Sin Nombre, 2005).
• Aquí (FCE, 2008).

Various

• El límite (Vuelta, 1997)

Prizes

• 1992 - Xavier Villaurrutia Award, for Registro de causantes.
• 1999 - Premio Nacional de Literatura José Fuentes Mares, for Porque parece mentira la verdad nunca se sabe.
• 2006 - Premio Nacional de Narrativa Colima para Obra Publicada, for Ritmo Delta.
• 2008 - Premio Herralde de Novela, for Casi nunca.

Films based on his fiction

• 2004 - Una de dos. Directed by Marcel Sisniega.

• 2007 - El Guapo. Directed by Marcel Sisniega (based on Luces artificiales).

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Jones Mwewa, Zambian footballer, died he was 38.

Jones Mwewa  was a Zambian footballer who was part of the Zambian squad that finished third in the 1996 African Cup of Nations died he was 38..^[1]

(12 March 1973 – 18 November 2011)

Career

Mwewa played club football for Railway Express Power Dynamos and Konkola Blades.
Mwewa made several appearances for the Zambia national football team, including 13 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He also participated for Zambia at the 2000 African Cup of Nations and 2002 African Cup of Nations finals.^[2]

Death

Mwewa died suddenly on November 18, 2011 at the age of 38.


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David Langdon, British cartoonist, died he was 97.

David Langdon OBE  was an English cartoonist  died he was 97.. Born in London, he worked from 1931 in the Architects Department of London County Council, working on his professional qualifications while drawing cartoons as a sideline.^[1] In 1937 he was invited to contribute to Punch.^[1]

^{(24 February 1914 – 18 November 2011)}

He joined the London Rescue Service in 1939 and the Royal Air Force in 1941.^[1] He produced the Billy Brown of London Town advertisements and was editor of the RAF Journal from 1945 to 1946.^[1][2]
After the war he became a freelance cartoonist, contributing to Punch, The New Yorker and the Daily Mirror.^[1] He also had a long association with Wycombe Wanderers football club, where he was a Life Member. His cartoons have featured on official Christmas cards sent by the club.
Langdon died on 18 November 2011 after a period of ill health. He is survived by his wife, three children and eight grand-children.

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Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks), died he was 69.

Walter Raphael Hazzard Jr., later Mahdi Abdul-Rahman , known professionally as Walt Hazzard, was an American college, Olympic and professional basketball player and college basketball coach died he was 69.. He is best known for his association with the men's basketball team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), having been a star player for that team when it won its first national championship in 1964 and having served as the team's head coach in the 1980s.

(April 15, 1942 – November 18, 2011)

UCLA player

Hazzard at UCLA, 1964

Hazzard attended Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his teams went 89-3 and he was named the city's player of the year when he was a senior.^[1] Hazzard then went on to UCLA, where he became an important player on the varsity basketball team. In Hazzard's first season on the varsity squad, the UCLA Bruins made their first Final Four appearance in the 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They lost to the eventual champion, the Cincinnati Bearcats in the semi-finals.
UCLA's undefeated season, 1963–64, was in no small part due to Hazzard, his backcourt partner Gail Goodrich, and the team's coach John Wooden. The team won the NCAA Championship, and Hazzard was selected by the Associated Press as the tournament's Most Valuable Player. Following UCLA's victory in the 1964 tournament, Sports Illustrated featured a cover photograph of Walt Hazzard dribbling the basketball up court and the headline, "UCLA Is The Champ. Walt Hazzard Drives Through Duke." Hazzard was chosen as an All-American and also selected as College Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA). His number 42 jersey was retired by UCLA in 1996 in Pauley Pavilion, but Hazzard gave his permission for stand-out recruit Kevin Love to wear the number.
Hazzard earned a spot on the 1964 Olympic basketball team for the U.S., which won the gold medal. He was the number 1 draft pick in the NBA draft of 1964 by the Los Angeles Lakers.^[1]

NBA career

Hazzard later played in the NBA, first with the Los Angeles Lakers from 1964–1967, then the Seattle SuperSonics, the Atlanta Hawks, the Buffalo Braves, and briefly for the Golden State Warriors. He returned to the SuperSonics for the 1973-74 season, after which he retired from professional basketball.
While playing for the SuperSonics in their inaugural 1967-68 season, Hazzard scored a career high 24.0 points per game, averaged 6.2 assists per game, and was selected to play in the 1968 NBA All-Star Game.^[2] Seattle traded him to the Hawks during the off-season for Lenny Wilkens.^[3] Hazzard's career high average in assists came during the 1969-70 season, when he averaged 6.8 assist per game while playing for the Hawks.

UCLA coach

In 1984, he returned to UCLA as its men's basketball coach, twenty-years after winning the national championship as a player. That same year, he was inducted (as Walt Hazzard) into the UCLA's Athletic Hall of Fame.^[4] He coached for four seasons, winning 77 out of 125 games. The 1984-1985 UCLA Bruin basketball team won the NIT championship. The 1986-1987 UCLA Bruin basketball team won both the Pac-10 regular season championship as well as the inaugural Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament.
He later spent a number of years working for the Los Angeles Lakers, first as an advance scout on the west coast and later as a special consultant.

UCLA coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UCLA (1984–1988)
1984–85	UCLA	21–12	12–6	3	NIT Champion
1985–86	UCLA	15–14	9–9	4	NIT First Round
1986–87	UCLA	25–7	14–4	1	NCAA Round of 32
1987–88	UCLA	16–14	12–6	2
UCLA:		77–47	47–25
Total:		77–47
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

Personal life

During his professional basketball career, Hazzard converted to Islam and changed his name to Mahdi Abdul-Rahman. However, he felt that the name change was poorly received in basketball circles, believing that it cost him opportunities, both during and after his playing career. Therefore, although he remained devout in his Muslim faith, he chose to return to using the name Walt Hazzard professionally.^[5]
Hazzard and his wife, Jaleesa, had four children: Yakub, Jalal, Rasheed, and Khalil, the last being a record producer, well known in hip-hop circles by the stage name DJ Khalil.
On March 22, 1996, Hazzard was hospitalized following a stroke.^[6] Although he made a substantial recovery over the ensuing years, his health never returned in full and subsequent to his illness he was much less active in the public sphere. Shortly after the stroke, Lakers owner Jerry Buss promised Hazzard's family that he would remain on the team's payroll as long as Buss owned the team; Hazzard remained a Lakers employee for the rest of his life.^[7] By the middle of 2011, his health had deteriorated significantly and he was hospitalized in intensive care.^[8] On November 18 of that year, Hazzard died at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center due to complications following heart surgery.^[9] He was 69. Walt Hazzard is interred at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Los Angeles.


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