Harold Zirin, American astronomer, died he was 82.

Harold "Hal" Zirin  was an American solar astronomer also known as Captain Corona to a generation of Caltech Astronomy students died he was 82..

(October 7, 1929 – January 3, 2012)

Life

Most content from 1998 interview with Zirin^[1]
Born in 1929 to immigrants from Russia and Austro-Hungary in Boston, Zirin grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut. While attending Bassick High School, Zirin's home-built telescope won him a Westinghouse Prize, a Pepsi-Cola Scholarship, and scholarships to Harvard University as class of 1946 Valedictorian.^{[citation needed]} Zirin earned his Bachelor of Science from Harvard in Applied Physics (1950) and completed his Astronomy Ph.D. in 1953. During his college years, Zirin played for the Harvard football team, participated in the hammer throw, and spent his summers working on the family’s chicken farm in Vineland, New Jersey.
After a brief stint at Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, where he could not obtain clearance due to his father's association and membership in the Communist Party, Zirin returned to Harvard as a teaching fellow.
Harold Zirin moved to Colorado to work at the High Altitude Observatory, which specialized in solar research, in 1954, where he met his wife, Mary Fleming, and married in 1957. Harold and Mary adopted a son in 1963 and a daughter in 1964 shortly before moving to Altadena, California, to start his professorship with Caltech.
Zirin's zeal and infectious enthusiasm in the study of the sun led his Caltech astronomy students in the 1970s (led by David Brin and Dick Trtek) to produce comic books and graffiti on construction fences of Zirin as a mild-mannered professor who transformed into the super-hero Captain Corona whenever he stepped into a solar observatory. Captain Corona (Zirin in a super-hero body-suit with cape and beret), seated with a small telescope in the flatbed of the observatory truck, took part one year in the Old Miners Day Parade at Big Bear.
Zirin was also fluent in several languages including German and Russian.
After retiring from Caltech in 1998, Harold and Mary Zirin provided funding to National Jewish Health in 2005 for an Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Biology. Harold died on January 3, 2012, after a prolonged battle with COPD.

Work

Most content from 1998 interview with Zirin^[1]
In 1953, Zirin briefly worked for the RAND Corporation in southern California before returning to Harvard for a teaching fellowship.^[1]
In 1954, Zirin moved to Boulder, Colorado, to work at the High Altitude Observatory located in Climax, Colorado, which specialized in observing the sun.
In 1960-1961, in perhaps the first exchange with the U.S. that the Soviet Union permitted outside major Soviet cities, Harold and his wife, Mary, traveled by car to the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Zirin's six months there gave him hands-on experience with a solar telescope that convinced him of the necessity of continuous, fine-scale observations to solve the great riddle of the sun: how a 6,000 degree Fahrenheit apparent surface temperature (the “photosphere” or apparent surface of roiling gases) could rise to over a million degrees in the corona (the apparent atmosphere above the surface).
In 1964, Zirin accepted his dream job of Astrophysics Professor at the California Institute of Technology. After a sustained search of varied sites all over Southern California, undertaken at the instigation and support of physicist Robert Leighton, he chose to build an observatory near the north shore of Big Bear Lake, where placing the telescope surrounded by water would minimize the heat distortions arising from the ground (a common drawback in other solar observatories). Entrepreneurial in spirit, with a small grant from Caltech and money from the Fleischmann Foundation, Zirin built supporting facilities on shore, a dome on an island in the lake (though a year or so later, a causeway was built, connecting the island to the shore, as it remains), and built the telescopes for observing. Despite Zirin’s driving nature, the Big Bear Solar Observatory had a congenial atmosphere, and there were always summer positions for students. Their usefulness led Zirin to propose to Caltech what became the extremely successful Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. Zirin also had a series of multi-year post-doctoral fellows.
In 1967, Zirin wrote the college text The Solar Atmosphere.^[2] In 1988, Zirin wrote the college text Astrophysics of the Sun.^[3][4] In addition, Zirin published about 250 research papers during his tenure at Caltech. Zirin also played a major role in solar research at the Caltech-operated Owens Valley Radio Observatory in the 1970s and helped develop a solar interferometer. He was also active in planning for NASA's High Resolution Solar Observatory, which was never built.
On March 24, 1992, NOVA broadcast titled Eclipse of the Century aired featuring Harold Zirin and the 1991 solar eclipse from the observatory on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Zirin was frequently interviewed by local and national media relating to solar activity or eclipses.
In 1997, control of BBSO was moved from Caltech to the New Jersey Institute of Technology just prior to Harold Zirin's retirement from Caltech in 1998.



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Eve Arnold, American photographer, died she was 99.

Eve Arnold, OBE, Hon. FRPS was an American photojournalist.^[2][3] She joined Magnum Photos agency in 1951, and became a full member in 1957 died she was 99..

(née Cohen; April 21, 1912 – January 4, 2012) 

Early life and career

Eve Arnold was born Eve Cohen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the middle of nine children born to immigrant Russian-Jewish parents, William Cohen (born Velvel Sklarski), a rabbi, and his wife, Bessie (Bosya Laschiner). Her interest in photography began in 1946 while working in a New York City photo-finishing plant. Over six weeks in 1948, she learned photographic skills from Harper's Bazaar art director Alexey Brodovitch at the New School for Social Research^[4] in Manhattan.
Eve Arnold photographed many of the iconic figures who shaped the second half of the twentieth century, yet she was equally comfortable documenting the lives of the poor and dispossessed, “migrant workers, civil-rights protestors of apartheid in South Africa, disabled Vietnam war veterans and Mongolian herdsmen.” ^[5] For Arnold, there was no dichotomy: “"I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary," she said in a 1990 BBC interview, "I see them simply as people in front of my lens.” ^[6]
Arnold's images of Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Misfits (1961) were perhaps her most memorable, but she had taken many photos of Monroe from 1951 onwards. Her previously unseen photos of Monroe were shown at an Halcyon Gallery exhibition in London during May 2005. She also photographed Queen Elizabeth II, Malcolm X, and Joan Crawford, and traveled around the world, photographing in China, Russia, South Africa and Afghanistan.^[7] Arnold left the United States and moved permanently to England in the early 1960s with her son, Frank Arnold. While working for the London Sunday Times, she began to make serious use of colour photography.^[7]

Later life

In 1980, she had her first solo exhibition, which featured her photographic work done in China at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. In the same year, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Magazine Photographers. In 1993, she was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society,^[8] and elected Master Photographer by New York's International Center of Photography.
She did a series of portraits of American First Ladies.^[9] In 1997, she was appointed a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Media Museum (formerly the Museum of Photography, Film & Television) in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She received an OBE in 2003.^[10]
She lived in Mayfair for many years until her last illness, when she moved to a London nursing home. When Anjelica Huston asked if she was still doing photography, Arnold replied: "That's over. I can't hold a camera any more." She said she spent most of her time reading such writers as Dostoevsky, Thomas Mann and Tolstoy.^[11]

Death

Arnold died in London on January 4, 2012, aged 99.^[12]

Selected works

Photographs

• Marilyn Monroe, 1960.
• Jacqueline Kennedy arranging flowers with daughter Caroline, 1961.
• Horse Training for the Militia in Inner Mongolia, 1979.

Books

• The Unretouched Woman, 1976.
• Flashback: The 50's, 1978.
• In China, 1980.
• In America, 1983.
• Marilyn for Ever, 1987.
• Marilyn Monroe: An Appreciation, 1987.
• All in a Day's Work, 1989.
• The Great British, 1991.
• In Retrospect, 1995.
• Film Journal, 2002.
• Handbook, 2004
• Marilyn Monroe 2005
• Eve Arnold's People 2009
• All About Eve 2012

Awards

• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1997.
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters, Staffordshire University.
• Doctor of Humanities, Richmond, the American International University in London.
• Master Photographer, International Center of Photography, NYC.
• Honorary OBE by the British Government.
• Lifetime Achievement Award, the Sony World Photography Awards, 2010.

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Bob Weston, British guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), died from gastrointestinal hemorrhage he was 64. (body found on this date)

Robert Joseph "Bob" Weston was a British musician best known for his brief role as guitarist and songwriter with the rock band Fleetwood Mac died from gastrointestinal hemorrhage he was 64. (body found on this date).

Early life and career

Weston was born in Plymouth on 1 November 1947^[1] and moved to London in the mid-1960s. He joined a band called The Kinetic, and supported Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry at concerts in France.^[1]

Fleetwood Mac

Weston was recruited into the Fleetwood Mac line-up in late 1972 as replacement for the recently-sacked guitarist Danny Kirwan. Together with fellow new band member, vocalist Dave Walker, Fleetwood Mac recorded the Penguin album in January 1973. Weston's contribution to the album was mainly as a lead guitarist alongside Bob Welch, but he stood out thanks to his slide guitar, especially on "Remember Me", and his accomplished harmonica and banjo playing. He also sang with Christine McVie on the song "Did You Ever Love Me", and wrote the instrumental that closed the album, "Caught in the Rain".
Later in 1973 Dave Walker was asked to leave the band,^[2] and the remaining members of Fleetwood Mac recorded their next album, Mystery to Me. Weston contributed more solid guitar work, for example his slide intro on "Why", a song for which he felt he did not receive the credit he deserved.^[3] He also co-wrote one track, "Forever", with Welch and John McVie.
During a tour of the US in late 1973, when the band were beginning to gel particularly well onstage, it emerged that Weston had been having an affair with Mick Fleetwood's wife, Jenny Boyd.^[2][1] Fleetwood tried to carry on regardless, but eventually after a gig in Nebraska, he had had enough. Weston was fired and the rest of the tour was cancelled, the band members each travelling to a different part of the world to gather their thoughts.^[3] It was this situation which gave rise to the "Bogus Fleetwood Mac" affair in which manager Clifford Davis recruited a new group of musicians, passed them off as Fleetwood Mac, and sent them out to complete the tour.^[2] Although the fake band were quickly rumbled by fans, the subsequent legal battle lasted years, preventing Fleetwood Mac from recording.
Arguably Bob Weston had a very big effect on the Fleetwood Mac story, perhaps greater than his musical legacy, since it was this turmoil which strongly contributed to Welch's disenchantment with life in Fleetwood Mac, and his departure in late 1974 paved the way for the arrival of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who would help the band on to superstar status.^[2]

Solo

Weston went on to record with Murray Head, then briefly join, along with bassist Nick South and drummer Ian Wallace, Steve Marriott's newly formed All-Stars Band. When Marriott opted to play lead guitar himself, Weston went on to do a few solo albums, all of which are now quite hard to find.^[3] Perhaps proving that there were no hard feelings, Mick Fleetwood contributed drums to one track on Weston's second solo album, Studio Picks.
In January 2008, Weston announced he started working on new recordings, which would be released later in the year and would be recorded at Markant Studios in the Netherlands.^[4]
While Frank Baijens, a Dutch singer-songwriter, was recording his own album Odd Man Out, he accidentally met Weston who was doing the same thing, recording his. Frank asked Weston if he would care to play on one of the tracks "Where the Heart Belongs", which he did with an extraordinary result.^[5]

Death

Weston, who lived alone in a flat in Brent Cross, London, was found dead on 3 January 2012. He is survived by his younger brother Peter.^[6] His post-mortem showed he died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage.^[7][1]

Discography

With Fleetwood Mac

• Penguin (Reprise 1973)
• Mystery to Me (Reprise 1973)

Solo albums

• Night Light (AZ International 1980)
• Studio Picks (AZ International 1981)
• There's a Heaven (Private pressing 1999)

Other releases featuring Bob Weston

• The Kinetic – Live Your Life (1967)
• Ashkan – In From the Cold (1969)
• Chimera – Chimera (1970 – Released 2008(?))
• Graham Bond – Bond in America (1971)
• Ashman Reynolds – Stop Off (1972)
• Long John Baldry – Everything Stops for Tea (1972)
• Dana Gillespie – Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle (1974)
• Murray Head – Say It Ain't So (1975)
• Sandy Denny – Rendezvous (1977)
• Adrian Wagner – Instincts (1977)
• Mark Ashton – Solo (1979)
• Danny Kirwan – Hello There Big Boy! (1979)
• Murray Head – Between Us (1979)
• Robbie Patton – Distant Shores (1981)
• Dick Morrissey – Souliloquy (1986)
• Bob Welch and Friends – Live at the Roxy (2004)
• Frank Baijens – Odd Man Out (2008)

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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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