Wylie Vale, American endocrinologist, died he was 70.

Wylie Walker Vale Jr. was an American endocrinologist who helped identify hormones controlling basic bodily functions  died he was 70..^[4][5]

^{(July 3, 1941 – January 3, 2012)} 

Early life and education

Vale was born in Houston, Texas, on July 3, 1941. He completed a B.A. degree in biology at Rice University and obtained a Ph.D. in physiology and biochemistry from Baylor College of Medicine. He commenced employment at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, California, in 1970.^[6]

Career

In collaboration with his advisor and mentor Roger Guillemin, Vale contributed to the discovery, isolation and identification of thyrotropin releasing hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the 1970s;^{[citation needed]} work that led to the Nobel Prize for Guillemin.^[7]
At the Salk Institute, Vale led efforts in identifying the group of hormones involved in human growth, reproduction and temperature.^[8] His group discovered, isolated and identified corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRF/CRH) in 1981 and growth hormone releasing factor (GHRF) in 1982.^[7]
Vale also founded two biotechnology companies, Neurocrine Biosciences and Acceleron Pharma.^[7]
Vale was head of both the Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology and the Helen McLoraine Chair in Molecular Neurobiology at the Salk Institute.^[6] He died in 2012.^[6]



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Jenny Tomasin, British actress (Upstairs, Downstairs), died from hypertensive heart disease she was 75.

Jenny Tomasin was an English actress best known for her roles in Upstairs, Downstairs and Emmerdale  died from hypertensive heart disease she was 75..^[2]

^{(30 November 1938 – 3 January 2012)} 

Career

Tomasin's first major role came in the 1970s when she joined the cast of the London Weekend Television period drama Upstairs, Downstairs as Ruby, the kitchen maid to the Bellamy family.^[3] She appeared in the series from 1972, until it came to an end in 1975. She appeared in 41 episodes.^[4] Plans were made for a spin off series featuring Ruby, and fellow Upstairs, Downstairs characters Hudson and Mrs Bridges, however, the series was never made, because of the death of Angela Baddeley, who portrayed Mrs Bridges.
Tomasin's subsequent television appearances consisted mostly of discussion about her time in Upstairs, Downstairs, and her difficulties staying in the acting profession.^[5]
In 1985, Tomasin guest starred in the Doctor Who serial Revelation of the Daleks, the final episode before the series went on an 18-month hiatus, as the character Tasambeker.^[6]
Tomasin held two roles in the soap opera Emmerdale. Between the years of 1981 and 1982 she played Naomi Tolly, daughter of Enoch Tolly, who was killed in a tractor accident. Her second role was as Noreen Bell, a cantankerous villager who was killed off in July 2006. This would be her final role.

Death

Tomasin died on 3 January 2012 of hypertensive heart disease.^[2]


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Miguel Terekhov, Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and teacher, died from complications of lung fibrosis he was 83.

Miguel Terekhov was a Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and ballet instructor  died from complications of lung fibrosis he was 83.. Terekhov and his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, on of the Five Moons, a group of Native American ballet dancers, founded the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma in 1961.^[1]

^{(August 22, 1928 – January 3, 2012)} 

Terekhov was born on August 22, 1928, in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[1] His mother, Antonia Rodriguez, was a Charrúa Indian, a people indigenous to Uruguay and southern Brazil.^[1] His father, Mikhail Terekhov, a former dancer, immigrated to Uruguay from Ukraine.^[1] Terekhov met and married his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, while he was dancing for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.^[1]
Terekhov died at his daughter's home in Richardson, Texas, of complications from lung fibrosis on January 3, 2012, at the age of 83.^[1] He and his wife, who survived him, were residents of Oklahoma City.^[1]


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Josef Škvorecký, Czech writer and publisher, died from cancer he was 87.

Miguel Terekhov was a Uruguayan-born American ballet dancer and ballet instructor died from cancer he was 87.. Terekhov and his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, on of the Five Moons, a group of Native American ballet dancers, founded the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma in 1961.^[1

^{(August 22, 1928 – January 3, 2012)} 

Terekhov was born on August 22, 1928, in Montevideo, Uruguay.^[1] His mother, Antonia Rodriguez, was a Charrúa Indian, a people indigenous to Uruguay and southern Brazil.^[1] His father, Mikhail Terekhov, a former dancer, immigrated to Uruguay from Ukraine.^[1] Terekhov met and married his wife, Yvonne Chouteau, while he was dancing for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.^[1]
Terekhov died at his daughter's home in Richardson, Texas, of complications from lung fibrosis on January 3, 2012, at the age of 83.^[1] He and his wife, who survived him, were residents of Oklahoma City.^[1]



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Osamu Matsubara, Japanese businessman, chairman of Books Kinokuniya, died from heart failure he was 94.

Osamu Matsubara  was a Japanese businessman, business executive, and former chairman and CEO of Books Kinokuniya died from heart failure he was 94..^[1]

^{(松原 治 Matsubara Osamu?, c. 1917 – January 3, 2012)}

Matsubara was President of Kinokuniya Company Ltd., the parent company of Books Kinokuniya, from October 1980 to November 2002.^[2] In November 2002, he became the Chief Executive Office and board chairman for Kinokuniya Company Ltd.^[2] Outside of Japan, Matsubara oversaw the 2007 relocation of Books Kinokuniya's New York City location from Rockefeller Center to a new, 23,800 sq. feet, three floor store across from Bryant Park.^[1]
Osamu Matsubara died from heart failure on January 3, 2012, at the age of 94.^[3]



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John David Lewis, American political scientist, died he was 56.

John David Lewiswas a political scientist, historian and Objectivist scholar who held the post of visiting associate professor in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at Duke University from 2008 to 2012, as well as Associate Professor of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill died he was 56..^[1]

(March 17, 1955 – January 3, 2012) 

Lewis was also an Anthem Fellow for Objectivist Scholarship.^[2] Lewis received his PhD in classical studies at Cambridge University in 2001, with the dissertation, Solon’s Polis as Kosmos: Intellectual, Moral and Political Integration in Archaic Athens. He taught at the University of London from 2000-2001. From 2001 to 2008, he was a professor in the History and Political Science Department at Ashland University,^[3] where contention surrounding his promotion to tenured professor drew national attention.^[4] Lewis was a member of the American Political Science Association, the Association of Ancient Historians, the Society for Military History, the American Philological Association, and the Cambridge Philological Society.^[3] Lewis published three books, was a contributing editor to The Objective Standard and contributed to Capitalism Magazine and contributed to multiple publications including Journal of Business Ethics, Social Philosophy and Policy, Polis, Dike, and Bryn Mawr Classical Review.^[5] Lewis frequently spoke at Objectivist conferences and Tea Party events. He also spoke on the morality of free markets in medicine, arguing that innovators ought to be freed from unnecessary regulation.^[6] Lewis died on January 3, 2012 after a long battle with cancer.^[7][6] He was 56.

Books

• Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History (Princeton University, March, 2010)
• Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens (Duckworth Press, 2006) (pb. edn. 2008)
• Early Greek Lawgivers (Bristol Classical Press, August, 2007)

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Selorm Kuadey, Ukrainian-born English rugby union player (Sale Sharks), died he was 24.

Selorm Kuadey was a professional rugby union player who played for Sale Sharks as well as the England national under-20 rugby union team  died he was 24..

(5 May 1987 – 3 January 2012) 

Kuadey graduated with a 1st class honours degree in human biology and infectious diseases at the University of Salford. Before joining Sale he had played for Lancashire at U15 and U16 and the North U18s.
Although he played for England Under-19s and England Under-20s, Ukraine-born Kuadey was never a first-team regular for Sale and injuries ended his chances of making progress in a rugby career. He was forced to retire after two very long term injuries in 2010, aged just 22, and had started a career outside rugby.
Sale Sharks announced his death, which was believed to be suicide, on 16 January 2012.^[2][3]


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