H. Edwin Young, American economist, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1968–1977), died he was 94.

Hugh Edwin Young served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1968 to 1977 and President of the University of Wisconsin System from 1977 to 1980 died he was 94.^[1]

(May 3, 1917 – January 2, 2012) 

An economist, Young graduated from the University of Maine and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.^[2] As UW Chancellor, Young presided over a campus divided by the Vietnam War and student protests.^[3] He was born in Bonne Bay,^[4] Newfoundland (then British Dominion of Newfoundland) and moved to Maine with his family when he was 5.^[5] Young died in Madison, Wisconsin after a stroke.^[6]

Personal life

Young was married with five children and predeceased by his wife (d. 1993).



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Otto Scrinzi, Austrian journalist and politician, died he was 93.

Otto Scrinzi  was an Austrian neurologist, journalist and politician (VdU/FPÖ) died he was 93.. 

(born February 5, 1918 in Lienz, Tirol; died 2 January 2012 in Moosburg, Austria)

During the Austrian Anschluss with Nazi Germany and World War II, Scrinzi was a member of the Hitler Youth, the Nazi Party and an SA Sturmführer. Later, he became the leading representative of the German nationalist wing of the so-called “third camp” (Drittes Lager), namely the Federation of Independents (VdU) and later the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ).^[1] While he described himself as “national-conservative”,^[2] “right-wing” and “conservative”, others outside the FPÖ described him as a far-right politician.^[3]
He got the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.



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Ambjørg Sælthun, Norwegian politician, died he was 89.

Ambjørg Sælthun was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party died he was 89..^[1][2][3][4] She was born in Ål.

(27 July 1922 – 2 January 2012) 


She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1973, and was re-elected on two occasions.^[3] She had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1969–1973.^[3] From 1972 to 1973 she moved up as a regular representative, filling in for John Austrheim who was appointed to the cabinet Korvald.^[1]
On the local level he was a member of Lærdal municipal council from 1971 to 1975.^[3] She was a member of the central party board from 1976 to 1982, and chaired the Centre Party Women's Association (Senterkvinnene) during the same period.^[4]
Outside of politics she was a farmer, having also worked briefly as a nurse.^[4] She was active in the Norwegian Agrarian Association, in Christian organizations, and was a member of the board of the publishing house Det Norske Samlaget from 1979 to 1983.^[4]
Sælthun' daughter Ragnhild Sælthun Fjørtoft is a presenter for the national television channel NRK1.^[1]



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Jim Huber, American sports commentator (CNN, TNT), died he was 67.

Jim Huber was an American golf and sports commentator, writer, and essayist died he was 67.. He worked as an sports anchor for the former CNN Sports Illustrated, before joining Turner Sports in 2000.^[1][2]

^{(August 28, 1944 – January 2, 2012)}

Huber was raised in Ocala, Florida.^[2] He attended Presbyterian College,^[1] but graduated from Central Florida Junior College, which is now called the College of Central Florida, in Ocala.^[2]
Huber began his career in sports journalism as a sportswriter for the Miami News and The Atlanta Journal.^[2] He joined WXIA in Atlanta, before moving to a relatively new cable news network called CNN.^[2]
Huber had a long history with the Turner Broadcasting Corporation. Huber first joined CNN in 1984, where he hosted a sports show called "The Sporting Life With Jim Huber."^[2] He also contributed to CNN Sports Illustrated, a sister network of CNN, as an anchor and sports announcer. In 2000, Huber became a full-time on-air announcer and commentator for Turner Sports, which allowed him to cover both golf and the National Basketball Association (NBA) in greater depth.^[1]
During the 1990s, Huber was awarded an Emmy for an essay, "Olympic Park Bombing," which he wrote and delivered in response to the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing during the Atlanta Olympics.^[2]
Jim Huber died in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 2, 2012, at the age of 67.^[1] He had recently been diagnosed with leukemia.^[1] He is survived by his wife, Carol, and son, Matt.^[1]



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Nay Win Maung, Burmese physician and pro-democracy activist, died from a heart attack he was 49.

Nay Win Maung was a Burmese physician, businessman and pro-democracy activist died from a heart attack he was 49.. Maung advocated a conciliatory approach toward Myanmar's ruling military junta, which seized power in 1988.^[1]

(Burmese: နေဝင်းမောင်; June 30, 1962 – January 1, 2012)

Maung argued that Burma could be moved towards democratization by working directly with the country's generals, rather than confronting them.^[1] Maung sometimes took political positions which proved controversial among Burma's opposition leaders, who often viewed his ties to the military government with suspicion.^[2] He stated that Aung San Suu Kyi should accept a new constitution written by the military as a token of goodwill.^[1] He believed that Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) should only contest half the parliamentary seats in the 2010 general election, arguing that a landslide win for the NLD would scare the Burmese rulers into holding onto power.^[1][2] However, Maung heavily criticized the generals for rigging the 2010 general election when the extent of voter fraud became known.^[1] (The NLD ultimately boycotted the election).^[2]
Maung grew up in Maymyo (also called Pyin U Lwin), where his parents were history department faculty members at the Defence Services Academy.^[3] From the 7th to 10th standards, he was selected as a Luyaygyun (လူရည်ချွန်), a nationally recognized well-rounded student. Maung attended a regional college, where he majored in Biology, before he was admitted into medical school. He graduated from the Institute of Medicine 1 in Rangoon (now Yangon) with a medical degree in 1987, after repeating his 2nd year.^[3]
Maung did not ally himself with the National League for Democracy or its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.^[1] He died form alliances with other opposition figures, such as Zarganar.^[1] Maung met with Aung San Suu Kyi in January 2011, shortly after her release from house arrest.^[1]
Maung left Burma for four months in 2004 to attend the Yale World Fellows Program at Yale University in the United States, focusing on public policy.^[1] In 2006, Nay founded Myanmar Egress, a civil society organizations with other intellectuals, which he hoped would thaw relations between the government and other pro-democracy activists.^[1] Nay hoped Myanmar Egress, which was headquartered in a hotel in Yangon, to evolve into a Western-style economic and political think tank.^[2] Under Nay, Myanmar Egress gave classes and seminars in business skills, economics, democracy, and entrepreneurship.^[2] In 2008, Egress the relief effort in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, earning accolades from international and foreign relief organizations.^[2]
In March 2011, Burmese President Thein Sein called for reforms and good governance in his inauguration speech, leading to a series of reforms throughout 2011 and 2012.^[1] Maung, who had long advocated a conciliatory tone towards the generals, saw his ideas gain new prominence during the reform period and opposition leaders gradually warmed to his ideas.^[1] The vice president of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Maung Maung Lay, who represents business interests, told the Wall Street Journal, "We thought that he was pro-government...{but} he seems to [have been] impartial" as reforms accelerated and progressed in Burma.^[2]
Maung died from heart attack on January 1, 2012, at the age of 49. He was survived by his wife Win Kalyar Swe, and four daughters.^[4][1] At his funeral, wreaths from both the ruling government's Minister of Industry and NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi were placed next to each other.^[1] Tributes from fellow pro-democracy activists, who had previously criticized his relations with the government, appeared in Twitter and Facebook.^[2] Likewise, the government also praised his efforts. Ye Htut, a spokesperson for the Burmese Ministry of Information stated, "Now we are at the beginning of the democratization process and losing him at this stage is a great loss...He foresaw that the new constitution would bring political space for democratization and urged all stakeholders to participate in the 2010 elections, but few people believed him and attacked him."^[2][5]



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Helmut Müller-Brühl, German conductor, died he was 78.

Helmut Müller-Brühl  was a German conductor died he was 78.

(28 June 1933 – 2 January 2012)

Müller-Brühl was a pupil of Hermann Abendroth, the founder of Cologne Chamber Orchestra. In 1958, Müller-Brühl invited this orchestra to be the principal orchestra for concerts given at his family home, Schloss Brühl. In 1964, the orchestra's conductor, Erich Kraak, invited Müller-Brühl to be chief conductor, and Müller-Brühl led the orchestra until 2008. Müller-Brühl also successfully collaborated with Takako Nishizaki on the “Discovery” album of violin concertos by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Müller-Brühl died on January 2, 2012 following a long illness.^[1] He was 78.




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Larry Reinhardt, American rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond), died from liver cirrhosis he was 63.

Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt was an American rock guitarist who played with Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond  died from liver cirrhosis he was 63.. At one time Reinhardt was known by the nicknames "El Rhino" and "Ryno".


(July 7, 1948 – January 2, 2012)

Early history

Born in Florida, United States,^[1] Reinhardt started his musical career in the 1960s in the Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida area. He worked with several bands, the most well-known of which was The Thunderbeats. In 1969, Reinhardt, along with bassist Richard Price and drummer Ramone Sotolongo, formed a "power trio" called The Load. The band landed a house gig in Gainesville, at a club called Dubs. Sotolongo was replaced by Monty Young. The Load performed mostly original, psychedelic blues-rock. They were invited to move to Jacksonville to share a house with a group from Bradenton called The Second Coming (formerly the Blues Messengers). Reinhardt had previously been a member of this group, which also included guitarist Dickey Betts, singer/keyboardist Dale Betts (Dickey Betts' wife), bassist Berry Oakley, drummer John Meeks, and keyboardist Reese Wynans. After Betts and Oakley left to join what would become the Allman Brothers Band, Reinhardt, Wynans and Meeks briefly carried on and, in 1969, Reinhardt was guitarist for The Second Coming.^[2] Upon relocating to Macon, Georgia, Reinhardt heard that Iron Butterfly needed a replacement guitarist, whereupon he flew to Los Angeles for an audition.^[3]

Iron Butterfly

Both Reinhardt and Blues Image guitarist/singer, Mike Pinera, from the Tampa area, replaced Iron Butterfly guitarist Erik Brann. In 1970, Iron Butterfly released an album that included Reinhardt and Pinera, titled Metamorphosis, which was officially credited to "Iron Butterfly With Pinera & Rhino".^[4][5][6]

Captain Beyond

Reinhardt and Iron Butterfly bassist Lee Dorman formed Captain Beyond in 1971, recruiting former Johnny Winter/Rick Derringer drummer Bobby Caldwell, along with former Deep Purple vocalist Rod Evans. Captain Beyond released its debut album, Captain Beyond, on Capricorn Records a year later. The band recorded a live album in 1973, Far Beyond A Distant Sun - Live Arlington, Texas, which was not released until 2002. That same year, Marty Rodriguez replaced Caldwell on drums, and keyboardist Reese Wynans, former member of the Blues Messengers and the Second Coming, joined. This new line-up recorded and released Sufficiently Breathless. However, the band soon split up.^[7]

Later career

Reinhardt guested on two songs by Bobby Womack, "Don't Let Me Down" and "I Don't Want To Get Hurt By Your Love Again" on Womack's 1974 album, Lookin' for a Love Again.
In 1976 Dorman, Reinhardt, and Caldwell reformed Captain Beyond with new vocalist Jason Cahune, who was soon replaced by Willy Daffern (Willy Dee). Captain Beyond recorded its third studio album, Dawn Explosion, in 1977. But the group soon broke up.
Reinhardt then formed The Ryno Band, which lasted until 1981. He later joined Mad Dancer with singer/guitarist Gary Graber, Joe Starkovich on drums, Ron "The Liar" Larsen on bass, and Perry Stronge on lead vocals. Mad Dancer released one album Lost Worlds, on which Reinhardt only performed on three songs: "Still A Boy," "Serious," and "Such A Feeling."
Reinhardt performed in various reunions of Iron Butterfly (1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, and in 1989). In 1991, he played on the Robert Tepper album No Rest For The Wounded Heart, which was not released until 1996.
Reinhardt retired from the music industry for a time. In 1998, he and Caldwell reformed Captain Beyond with Jimi Interval on lead vocals, Dan Frye on keyboards, and Jeff Artabasy on bass. This new lineup recorded a four-song EP that included "Don't Cry Over Me," "Gotta Move," "Be As You Were," and "Night Train Calling (Crystal Clear)," in 2000. Captain Beyond split up again in 2002.
He released his solo album, Rhino's Last Dance, in February 2009.
In January 2, 2012, Reinhardt died aged 63 of sclerosis of the liver.^[1]

Bands

Bittersweet

1968

• No Albums

The Load

1969

• No Albums

The Second Coming

1968-1969

• One unreleased album. Richard Hombre Price has the masters. He was the bassist in the version of The Second Coming after Dickey Betts and Berry Oakley left. Also there was (one single on Steady Records) by the first version of the band.

The Second Coming (1st version members were, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Dale Betts, John Meeks, Reese Wynans & Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt)
The Second Coming (2nd version members were, Larry Reinhardt, Richard Price, Reese Wynans, Monty Young, & John Meeks.

Iron Butterfly

1970-1971

• Metamorphosis, 1970
• "Silly Sally", single, 1971
• Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly, greatest-hits compilation, 1971
• Light & Heavy: The Best of Iron Butterfly, greatest-hits compilation, 1993

Captain Beyond

1971-1974,1976–1978,1998–2002

• Captain Beyond, 1972
• Far Beyond a Distant Sun – Live Arlington, Texas, 1973
• Sufficiently Breathless, 1973
• Dawn Explosion, 1977

Bobby Womack

1974

• Lookin' for a Love Again, 1974
  • Two songs: "Don't Let Me Down" / "I Don't Want To Get Hurt By Your Love Again"

The Ryno Band

1977-1981

• No albums.

Mad Dancer

1981

• Lost World
  • Reinhardt wrote three songs: "Still A Boy," "Serious," and "Such a Feeling."

Robert Tepper

1991

• No Rest For The Wounded Heart, 1996

Solo

• Rhino's Last Dance, 2009
• Rhino and the Posse, Back in the Day, 2011^[8]
• Blue Swamp, recorded in the mid-2000s to be released in 2012 by Richard Hombre Price(producer)

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