Morgan Jones, American actor (The Blue Angels, The Twilight Zone), died he was 83.

Morgan Adair Jones was an American film and television actor died he was 83.. His acting credits, which included more than 170 roles in television, included reoccurring appearances in Highway Patrol during the 1950s and The Blue Angels.^[1]

^{(June 15, 1928 – January 13, 2012)}

Early life

Jones was born in Wooster, Ohio.^[1] He enlisted the United States Navy and moved to California when he was stationed at Naval Base Coronado.^[1]

Career

His approximately twenty-five screen credits included a lead role in the 1957 science fiction film, Not of This Earth, by Roger Corman, as well as other castings in Apache Woman in 1955, Forbidden Planet in 1956, Fear Strikes Out in 1957, Bells Are Ringing in 1960.^[1]

Personal life

Jones was married twice, and unfortunately became a widower in both marriages.^[1] His first marriage was to actress and talent agent, Joan Granville.^[1] His second wife, Carole Tetzlaff, whom he married in 1970s, was the daughter of cinematographer, Ted Tetzlaff.^[1]
Jones relocated to Hollywood after leaving the U.S. Navy in order to pursue acting. His first professional acting role was a small part in the 1952 musical, Singin' in the Rain.^[1]

Death

Morgan Jones died in Tarzana, California, on January 13, 2012, at the age of 84. He was survived by his son and his granddaughter.^[1]



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Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Welsh composer, died she was 93.

Dilys Elwyn-Edwards was a Welsh-language composer, lecturer and accompanist died she was 93..


(née Roberts; 19 August 1918 – 13 January 2012)

Biography

Dilys Roberts was born on 19 August 1918^[1] in Dolgellau, Wales. She attended Dr. Williams' School for Girls,^[2] a grammar school which educated girls ages 7–18 from 1878 to 1975. She was offered the Turle Music Scholarship at Girton College, Cambridge and the Dr. Joseph Parry Scholarship, from Cardiff University.^[3] She elected to study at Cardiff University and received her BMus degree. She taught music at the university for the next three years. She received the Open Scholarship in Composition from the Royal College of Music in London and studied composition with Herbert Howells and piano with Kathleen McQuitty there.^[3]
She married Elwyn Edwards, a Methodist minister and theological scholar, on 3 September 1937.^[4] She moved to Oxford while her husband attended Mansfield College. She taught music from 1946-72.^[5]
In the 1960s they moved back to Wales,^[3] where Elwyn became minister for the Calvinist Methodist chapel in Castle Square. In 1973 she became a piano tutor at Bangor Normal College and Bangor University in North Wales, where she proved to be a popular, effective and much-respected teacher of the instrument. She was also an Eisteddfod adjudicator,^[3] and appeared and performed on radio and television.^[4] The BBC commissioned a number of works from her.^[6] She died on 13 January 2012, at Llanberis, Gwynedd, aged 93.^[7]

Music

She was known for her soft, melodic art songs (Lied) for voice in both Welsh and English. Charlotte Church^[8] and Aled Jones^[9] have recorded Caneuon y Tri Aderyn (Three Welsh Bird Songs; 1962): Y Gylfinir (The Curlew), Tylluanod (Owls), and her most famous song, Mae Hiraeth yn y Môr (There is longing in the sea, R. Williams Parry's sonnet set to music). This work was commissioned by the BBC in 1961.^[6] Bryn Terfel recorded^[when?] The Cloths of Heaven^[10] by Elwyn-Edwards (with text by W.B. Yeats^[11]).

Works

• Aderyn Crist (The Bird of Christ), 1948
• Memory Come Hither (text by William Blake), 1954
• Gwlad Hud (Countryside Magic), 1955

• Gwraig Lleu (The Wife of Llew)
• Y Darganfyddiad (The Find)
• Yr Hela Hud (A Fairy Hunt)

• Dylluan Deg (Sweet Suffolk Owl), 1957
• In Faerie, 1959
• Mari Lawen (Merry Margaret), 1959
• Chwe Chân i Blant (Six Songs for Children), 1959

• Y Ddwy Wydd Dew (The Two Fat Geese)
• Pen Felyn (Golden Hair)
• Hwyaden (The Duckling)
• Morys y Gwynt (Morris the Wind)
• Cwningod (Rabbits)
• Guto Benfelyn (Goldheaded Gitto)

• Caneuon y Tri Aderyn (Songs of the Three Birds), 1962, Solo-S/T

• Y Gylfinir (The Curlew)
• Tylluanod (The Owls)
• Mae Hiraeth yn y Môr (There’s Longing in the Sea)

• Caneuon Gwynedd (Songs for Gwynedd)

• Rhos y Pererinion (The Pilgrims’ Isle)
• Rhodio’r Fenai (Beside the Wide Menai)
• Ynys Afallon (The Isle of Avalon)

• The Shepherd (text by William Blake), 1968
• Tre-saith. Geiriau gan Cynan (What do you see in Tre-saith?), 1970, SATB
• Enter these enchanted woods (text by George Meredith), 1972
• Caneuon Natur (Nature Songs), 1977

• Y Mynydd (The Mountain)
• Deilen (Leaves)
• Noson o Haf (Night of Summer)

• Eirlysiau (Snowdrops), 1979
• Y Llong (A Ship on the Blue Sea), 1979
• Salm 23 (Psalm 23)
• Salm 121 : Codi fly llygaid wnaf i'r bryniau draw (Psalm 121: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills) (1985)
• Salm 100 (Psalm 100)
• Hwiangerddi (Lullabies), 1986, Solo

• Boneddwr mawr o'r Bala (The gentleman from Bala)
• Cysga di (Teach you)
• Y gwcw (The cuckoo)
• Hwyaid (Ducks)
• Mae gen i ddafad gorniog (I have a horned sheep)
• Mae gen i ebol melyn (I have a yellow colt)
• Pedoli (The horseshoe)
• Pwsi meri mew (The Kitty Cat)

• Caneuon y tymhorau (Songs of the Seasons), 1991–1993

• Gaeaf (Winter)
• Y Gwanwyn (Spring)
• Yr Haf (Summer)
• Hydref (Autumn)

• Bro a mynydd: dwy gan i fariton a phiano (Two songs for baritone and piano), 1993, B
• Mi Welais Dair o Longau (I Saw Three Ships), 1993, Solo
• Dwy Gân i Fair (Two Songs for Mary), 1997

• Dywed, Fair (Tell us, Mary)
• Noël (Noël)

• Yr Eos (The Nightingale), 1997
• Cân a Dwy Garol, 1998

• Llygad y Dydd yn Ebrill (A Daisy in April)
• Ave Maris Stella (Hail, Star of the Sea)
• Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

• Y Griafolen (The Rowan-Tree), 2001, Solo-S/T
• Dwy gerdd gan Walter de la Mare (Two poems by Walter de la Mare), 2002, Solo-S/T

• Cerddoriaeth (Music)
• Beddargraff (An Epitaph)

• Ar gyfer heddiw'r bore (For this morning), SATB
• Can y tri llanc (Song of 3 youths), SATB
• Clychau'r Gôg (Bluebells)
• Ffliwt a phib (Sound the Flute)
• Hynod Hen (All that's past) (text by Walter de la Mare)
• Offeren Fer (Missa Brevis, Short mass), SATB
• In Excelsis Gloria
• Jubilate Deo
• Molwch yr Arglwydd (Laudate Dominum, Praise the Lord)
• Kyrie
• Pum can fyfyriol (Five Reflective Songs) (These appear in other song cycles)

• Dywed, Fair (Tell us, Mary)
• Noël (Noël)
• Rhos y Pererinion (The Pilgrims' Isle):

• Rhodio'r Fenai (Beside the Wide Menai)

• Ynys Afallon (The Isle of Avalon)

• Roedd yn y wlad honno (It was in that country), SATB
• The cloths of heaven (text by William Butler Yeats)

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Guido Dessauer, German paper engineer and art collector, died he was 96.

Guido Dessauer was a German physicist, specialized in paper engineering, a business executive, writer, art collector, patron of arts, and academic  died he was 96.. Born into a family of paper industrialists, he worked as an aerospace engineer during World War II and was an executive of the family's coloured paper factory in Aschaffenburg from 1945. He was an honorary citizen of Austria for saving 300 jobs in Styria in the 1960s. He earned a Ph.D. from the Graz University of Technology in his late 50s and became an honorary professor there. Interested in art, he collected bozzetti (models for sculpture) for 50 years and initiated the career of Horst Janssen as a lithographer.


(7 November 1915 – 13 January 2012)

Life

Guido Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg to a family of industrialists who owned the Aschaffenburger Buntpapierfabrik, a leading coloured-paper factory with a long tradition.^[1][2] His parents were Hans Dessauer and Bertha, née Thywissen. Dessauer's older brother Hans Dessauer, known as John H. Dessauer. He was a nephew of the scientist Friedrich Dessauer, a member of parliament. Dessauer attended a gymnasium in Aschaffenburg that taught the Greek and Latin languages. Later in life he regretted that he had not learned Hebrew, because he would have liked to read what his Jewish ancestors had written. He studied physics at the University of Munich, and was also interested in art and history. During World War II he worked in aerospace research. Later he was a pioneer in the paper industry and registered more than 30 patents. In 1945, he entered the management of the Aschaffenburger Buntpapierfabrik,^[1] becoming its technical managing director in 1951.^[2] Beginning in 1970 he directed a research department at another paper producer, Feldmühle AG (in German) in Düsseldorf.^[1]
In 1985, Dessauer was appointed honorary professor at the Institut für Papier-, Zellstoff- und Fasertechnik (Institute for Paper, Pulp and Fibre Technology) of the Graz University of Technology, where he had earned his Ph.D. in 1972.^[1]
He was a member of the Rotary Club from 1957. As a founding member of the Rotary Club of Aschaffenburg in 1958, he was awarded honorary membership of the club on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.^[1] He was also an honorary member of the International Association of Paper Historians.^[3]

Gabrielle and Guido Dessauer, 2007

He was married in 1949 to Gabrielle von Keller (20 December 1916 – 22 February 2010), a daughter of the diplomat Friedrich von Keller. They had four children, Irene, Franziska, Friederike and Gabriel Dessauer, who is the Kantor at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden. They lived in Tutzing, where he died.^[4]

Art

Dessauer collected European sculpture, especially three-dimensional models for sculpture called maquettes or bozzetti.^[1] They are of special interest to experts because they show the creative process. The Sammlung Dessauer (Dessauer Collection) of 340 pieces from several periods up to Klassische Moderne is the largest private collection of bozzetti in Germany.^[5] A selection of 72 pieces from the Baroque era was shown in 2002 in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, the Alte Galerie (Old Gallery) of the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz, the Kunstmuseum "Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen" in Magdeburg, and the Augustinermuseum in Freiburg, under the title Kleine Ekstasen – Barocke Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Dessauer (Little ecstasies – Baroque master works from the Dessauer Collection).^[6][7] It showed bozzetti from Baroque, Rococo and Classicism by sculptors including Antonio Canova, François Duquesnoy, Etienne-Maurice Falconet, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Camillo Rusconi und Philipp Jakob Straub.^[8]
In the early 1950s, Dessauer commissioned a portrait of his father-in-law from Horst Janssen, followed by other portraits of family members.^[9] Janssen was able to create his first lithographs using the technical equipment of the Aschaffenburger Buntpapierfabrik.^[10][11]

Awards

In 1964, he was awarded honorary citizenship of Austria for saving 300 jobs as a member of the board of the paper factory in Niklasdorf.^[1] He received the Großes Goldenes Ehrenzeichen des Landes Steiermark (in German) for Verdienste um die steirische Papierindustrie, Kunstförderung (Services to the Styrian paper industry, patronage of the arts).^[12][13]
In 2008, Guido Dessauer was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande (Cross of the Order of Merit).^[1]

Publications

• Horst Janssen und Aschaffenburg (Horst Janssen, Brigitte Schad, Guido Dessauer, Reiner Meyer), Aschaffenburg 2002, ISBN 3-87707-593-2
• Wolkenkleister, Marmor und Brokat: Historische Buntpapiere (Gisela Reschke, Guido Dessauer "Über Moden und Zyklen in der Rezeption von Kunst und Kunsthandwerk" About fashions and cycles in the reception of art and crafts^[14]), Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-89500-013-2
• Papierzerfall: Ursachen und Konsequenzen, Ein Beitrag von Prof. Dr. Guido Dessauer, Graz Forum Bestandserhaltung of the University of Münster 2001

Literature

• Frank Matthias Kammel: Kleine Ekstasen – Barocke Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Dessauer. Beiträge von Saskia Durian-Ress, Annette Scherer, Beatrize Söding, Ulrich Söding. Nürnberg 2001, ISBN 978-3-926982-73-5

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Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot politician, founder and first president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, died from multiple organ failure he was 87.

Rauf Raif Denktaş, or Denktash  was a Turkish Cypriot politician, barrister and jurist elected in 1973 as the Vice-President of the Republic of Cyprus died from multiple organ failure he was 87..^[4] He later became recognised by Turkey as the founding President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), holding that position until 2005.^[5]

^{(27 January 1924 – 13 January 2012)}

Early career

Denktaş was born in Paphos to judge Raif Mehmet Bey and Emine Hanim, Turkish Cypriots. He graduated from The English School, Nicosia in Cyprus. Following his graduation he worked as a translator in Famagusta after that as a court clerk and then as a teacher for one year in the English School. He later went to Istanbul and London,^[1] training first as a teacher and then as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. He graduated in 1947 and returned home to practice law.
In 1948 Denktaş served as a member of the Consultative Assembly in search of self-government for Cyprus and became a member of the Turkish Affairs Committee. He was a crown prosecutor 1949–1958.

1957–1999

In 1957, Denktaş played the lead role in the founding of the Turkish Resistance Organization (TMT), which was formed to resist EOKA's struggle to proclaim Enosis (union with Greece) and worked for the partition of Cyprus. In 1958, he attended the U.N. General Assembly on behalf of the Turkish-Cypriots, and in December of that year he advised the Turkish Government on the rights of Turkish Cypriots during the preparation of the Zürich Agreement (signed 19 February 1959). In 1960, Cyprus won independence from Britain, and the Republic of Cyprus was established. Denktaş was elected as the President of the Turkish Communal Chamber.
In November 1963 President Makarios gave for review to Turkey, Greece and Britain a document with a series of constitutional amendments designed to loosen the acquired rights of Turkish Cypriots in the name of "the workings of the state". Then the paramilitary action against the Turks began in December 1963, after which Turkish-Cypriots forcefully withdrew from government. Upon these events, Denktaş went to Ankara for consultations with the Turkish government. His reentry to the island was prohibited by the Greek-Cypriot leadership in years 1964-68 due to his involvement with TMT.
After the 15 July 1974 Greek ultra-nationalist military coup in Cyprus, massacres began against the Turkish Cypriot population already confined into enclaves. Thus Turkey unilaterally invaded by landing troops on the north coast of Cyprus. During the military operation, the dictatorship led by Nikos Sampson fell and political wrangling began. After three weeks, Turkey continued to advance military operation. The Turkish Army took control 37% of the island by the time it completed its second advance on 14 August 1974 and reached Famagusta. Denktaş was subsequently elected President of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus in 1976 and for a second term in 1981.
He played a key role in the 1983 Unilateral Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and was elected as the President of the TRNC in 1985, 1990, 1995, and 2000.^[6]
The TRNC has not been recognised by any state other than Turkey. Denktaş had been the chief negotiator of Turkish Cypriots in the United Nations sponsored peace talks since 1968.

Later career

By 2000, the desire of both Cyprus and Turkey to join the EU led to renewed efforts to reach a settlement. In 2002 there were large demonstrations in northern Cyprus by Turkish Cypriots demanding reunification of the island, which would give them EU citizenship when Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. In December 2003 Denktaş's party suffered heavy losses in legislative elections, suggesting that his days as the unchallenged leader of the Turkish Cypriots were coming to an end.
In February 2004 Denktaş embarked on a new round of UN sponsored talks with the Greek Cypriots, aimed at re-uniting Cyprus. Ultimately, as did the Greek Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos, he opposed the final version of the settlement proposal drafted under the authority of the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (the Annan Plan), which was voted on by the two Cypriot communities in a referendum on 24 April 2004. The plan was accepted by 65% of the Turkish community, but was rejected by a vast majority of the Greeks.
On 14 May 2004, Denktaş announced he would not be standing for a fifth term as President of the TRNC in the next election. His tenure as President came to an end following the 17 April 2005 election of Mehmet Ali Talat, who formally assumed office on 25 April.^[7]

Personal life and awards

Denktaş's favourite pastimes included photography and writing. His photographs have been exhibited in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, some of the former republics of the Soviet Union, Poland, France, Austria and Turkey. He has written about fifty books in English and Turkish. Between the years 1949 and 1957 he wrote many articles for the newspaper Halkın Sesi ("Voice of the People"), published by Dr Fazil Küçük, the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus.^{[citation needed]}
Denktaş has been the recipient of many awards and honorary doctorates given by various universities in Turkey, the 'TRNC' and the United States. He was married and had three sons and three daughters. He lost a daughter at the age of three, one son, Raif in a traffic accident and another son in a tonsillectomy. His surviving son Serdar Denktaş is also a politician, and as of 2007, leader of the Turkish Cypriot Democratic Party.^{[citation needed]}
Denktaş was an honorary member of The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation.^{[citation needed]}

Death and funeral

Funeral of Denktaş

Denktaş's health gradually deteriorated throughout the 2000s.^[8] He had a heart condition and on 25 May 2011 suffered a stroke.^[2] He died on 13 January 2012 of multiple organ failure at the Near East University Hospital in Nicosia.^[2][8] Northern Cyprus declared a weeklong mourning period,^[9] while Turkey declared a mourning of five days.^[10] His funeral, to which thousands attended, was held on 17 January. He was buried in the "Park of the Republic".^[11]

Books by Denktaş

• Saadet Sırları - Secrets of Happiness, 1941
• Ateşsiz Cehennem - Hell without Fire, 1944
• Criminal Cases, 1953-54
• A Handbook of Criminal Cases, 1955
• 12'ye 5 Kala - 5 to 12, 1964-66
• The Cyprus Problem, 1968
• The Akritas Plan, 1968
• A Short Discourse on Cyprus, 1972
• Gençlerle Başbaşa - Alone with Youngsters, 1981
• The Cyprus Triangle, 1982
• Gençlerle Hasbihal - Conversation with the Youth, 1982
• Cyprus Problem in a Nutshell, 1983
• Gençlere Öğütler - Advice to the Youth, 1985
• Kadın ve Dünya - Woman and The World, 1985
• Kuran'dan İlhamlar - Inspiration from The Qur'an, 1986
• İmtihan Dünyası - A World of Examination, 1986
• Yarınlar İçin - For Tomorrow, 1986
• UN Speeches on Cyprus, 1986
• Seçenekler ve Kıbrıs Türkleri - The Options and The Turkish Cypriots, 1986
• Cyprus, An Indictment and Defence, 1987
• The Cyprus Problem 23rd Year, 1987
• My Vision for Cyprus, 1988
• Atatürk, Din ve Laiklik - Atatürk, Religion and Laïcité, 1989
• Gençlerle Sohbet - Discussion with Youth, 1990
• Kıbrıs'ta Bitmeyen Kavga - Unending Fight in Cyprus, 1991
• Kıbrıs Davamız - Our Cyprus Issue, 1991
• İlk Altı Ay - The First Six Months, 1991
• What is the Cyprus Problem, 1991
• A Challenge on Cyprus, 1990-91
• Denktaş As A Photographer, Images From Northern Cyprus, 1991
• The Cyprus Problem and the Remedy, 1992, Nicosia (Lefkoşa)
• From My Album, 1992
• O Günler - Those days, 1993, Nicosia
• Images From Northern Cyprus, 1993
• Vizyon - The Vision, 1994, Nicosia
• Kapılar - The Doors, 1995, Nicosia
• Observations on the Cyprus Dispute, 1996
• Kıbrıs Meselesinde Son Durum - The Latest Situation in Cyprus Issue, 1996, Nicosia
• Rum Yunan İkilisi: İstenmeyen Cumhuriyetten Nereye? - Cypriot Greek Duo: Where to from the Unwanted Republic, 1996, Nicosia
• Karkot Deresi - Karkot Stream, 1996
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, I. cilt (1964) - Memoirs of Rauf Denktaş, 1964-74, volume I (1964), 1996
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, II. cilt (1965), 1997
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, III. cilt (1966), 1997
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, IV. cilt (1967), 1997
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, V. cilt (1968), 1997
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, VI. cilt (1969), 1997
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, VII. cilt (1970), 1997
• Kalbimin Sesi - The voice of my heart, 1997
• In Search of Justice, 1997
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, VIII. cilt (1971–72), 1998
• Rauf Denktaş'ın Hatıraları, 1964-74, IX. cilt (1973–74), 1999
• Hatıralar, Toplayış, X. cilt - Memoirs, Putting It Together, vol X, 2000

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Jim Stanley, American football coach (Oklahoma State Cowboys), died from cancer he was 76.

Jim Stanley was an American football player and coach died from cancer he was 76.. He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater from 1973 to 1978, compiling a record of 35–31–2. Stanley was also the head coach of the USFL's Michigan Panthers in 1983 and 1984, their only two years of existence. The Panthers won the USFL Championship in 1983.

(June 22, 1935 – January 12, 2012)

Biography

Stanley was a three-year starter for Bear Bryant's Texas A&M Aggies teams in the 1950s. He was a member of the undefeated 1956 A&M team. He began his coaching career in Amarillo, Texas, coaching high school football from 1959 to 1960. He served as defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State from 1963 to 1968, before moving to the United States Naval Academy from 1969 to 1970, and then the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1971 to 1972.
Stanley returned to Stillwater to become the head coach of the Oklahoma State University Cowboys in 1973. He coached at Oklahoma State from 1973 to 1978, amassing a career record of 35–31–2. His Cowboys earned a Fiesta Bowl victory in 1974 and his 1976 team ended the season 9–3 finishing as a Big Eight co-champions on their way to a Tangerine Bowl victory. His success at Oklahoma State earned him many accolades, including being invited to coach three collegiate all-star games: the 1973 East–West Shrine Game, the 1977 Hula Bowl, and the 1977 Japan Bowl.
In 1978, the Big Eight Conference instituted an investigation into the Oklahoma State University football program in response to allegations of violations of several NCAA rules and regulations while Stanley was head coach. Stanley successfully filed suit against the conference to require it to provide various due process protections in its final hearing on the charges.^[2] A decade later, however, the United States Supreme Court, in a case involving UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian, held that the 14th Amendment's due process guarantees were not applicable to the NCAA and similar athletic organizations since their investigations do not amount to the requisite action necessary for the constitutional protections to apply.^[3]
Stanley served as the defensive line coach for the New York Giants in 1979 and the Atlanta Falcons from 1980 to 1982 before moving to the USFL. Stanley was in the running to be the head coach of the USFL's Birmingham Stallions, but was passed over for Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Rollie Dotsch.
Stanley was later signed by the Panthers to serve as their head coach, a position he held in 1983 and 1984. His 1983 team won the league championship after starting off 1–4. Following the poor start, Stanley recognized that his offensive line was too porous to allow rookie QB Bobby Hebert to succeed and so he lobbied management to bring in some veteran NFL offensive linemen to fill the gaps. Management addressed the issue by signing a bevy of experienced offensive linemen: Tyrone McGriff and Thom Dornbrook of the New York Giants and Ray Pinney of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Dornbrook and McGriff made USFL all-league teams in 1983 and Pinney was considered one of the best tackles in the league. The team finished the regular season 11–2 and then ran through the playoffs defeating Jim Mora's Philadelphia Stars. His 1984 squad looked like a favorite to repeat, going 6–0 to start the season, but then star wide receiver Anthony Carter was lost for the season. That combined with reports of player salary complaints, led the team to struggle, going 4–8 for the remainder of the season. The Panthers were eliminated in the first round by Steve Young's Los Angeles Express, 27–21, in a hard fought, triple-overtime game. It was pro football's longest game and the Panther's last. Stanley finished with a 24–15 record in the USFL.
After the season the majority of USFL owners, led by New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump and Chicago franchise owner Eddie Einhorn voted to move the league to a fall schedule. Panthers' owner A. Alfred Taubman had no desire to compete head to head with his friend, Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford. Following the vote, the Panthers delegation surprised the league owners and commissioner by announcing the team would be merged with the Oakland Invaders in a pre-negotiated conditional deal. The new team went with a new head coach, Charlie Sumner.
Stanley returned to the NFL. He joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as defensive line coach before moving up to defensive coordinator in 1986. He was a defensive coach for the Houston Oilers for six years before joining the Arizona Cardinals' player personnel separtment. He retired as the Director of Player Personnel for the Cardinals after serving in that role for 12 years. Stanley was involved in the acquisition of quarterback Kurt Warner by the Cardinals. Warner's play was key in leading the Cardinals to their first NFL Championship game in decades.
Stanley also served as an assistant coach at Southern Methodist University and UTEP.
Stanley and his wife, Sylvia, have four children. Stanley suffered from melanoma^[4] and died on January 12, 2012 in Chandler, Arizona.^[5][6]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big Eight Conference) (1973–1978)
1973	Oklahoma State	5–4–2	2–3–2	5th
1974	Oklahoma State	7–5	4–3	4th	W Fiesta
1975	Oklahoma State	7–4	3–4	T–5th
1976	Oklahoma State	9–3	5–2	T–1st	W Tangerine	14	14
1977	Oklahoma State	4–7	2–5	7th
1978	Oklahoma State	3–8	3–4	T–5th
Oklahoma State:		35–31–2	19–21–2
Total:		35–31–2
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

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Rubina Shergill, Indian television actress. Died on January 12, 2012

Rubina Shergill was an Indian television actress. She was in particular notable for her performance in the role of "Inspector Simran Kaushik" in Zee TV's daily soap Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein, which eventually became her last show.

Early life

Shergill was born and brought up in Chandigarh, Punjab.^[1] She did her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sector 31 Chandigarh and then graduated from MGM College, Chandigarh.^[2] She took lessons to become a professional singer, but soon realized that singing wasn't meant for her and she really should not pursue it. So, Shergill dropped all her ambition of becoming a singer.^[3]

Career

Shergill's parents did not approve of her choosing acting as a career. However, she accompanied her mother, who was on a posting to Mumbai and started working on TV.^[4] She didn’t have to struggle hard to get into television. She visited a friend in Mumbai, met a few people and got work.^[5]
She worked in Rehna Hai Teri Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein on NDTV Imagine and one other serial before landing a role in Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein on Zee TV in 2011. She played the role of "Inspector Simran Kaushik", third daughter-in-law of "Mrs Kaushik" (played by Vibha Chibber). Shergill said in an interview, "I feel fortunate to play a cop as well as a daughter-in-law as this gives me an opportunity to prove my mettle as an actor".

Death

Shergill suffered a severe asthma attack during a party thrown by the production house of Mrs Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein on 23 December 2011 at a Mumbai-based five-star hotel.^[6] She did not have her asthma pump with her to inhale when she got the attack, and lost consciousness. She was then immediately admitted to the hospital.

A few days later the reports of Shergill's suffering from a brain hemorrhage were released. She was on ventilator support after slipping into a coma. She died on January 12, 2012, in Kokilaben Hospital in Andheri West, Mumbai.^[8] She was cremated at the Oshiwara Cremations Ground in Mumbai on 13 January 2012.^[9]

Tribute

After her death, Shergill was not replaced by any other actress in Mrs Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein which was on-air when she died. At the time of her death, her character of "Simran" in the show was written as having gone for training. The script was originally written to have her return; after Shergill's death, however, the script was re-written to have Simran die as well.
The character of "Simran Kaushik" was shown during flashbacks and retrieved many times in the show even after the her death. The show ended on 15 March 2013.

Television

Year	Serial	Character	Channel	Notes
2009-10	Rehna Hai Teri Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein	Guddi	NDTV Imagine	Supporting role
2011	Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein	Inspector Simran Kaushik	Zee TV	Parallel Lead role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Work	Result	Notes
2011[10]	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Bhabhi	Mrs. Kaushik Ki Paanch Bahuein	Won	with Gunn Kansara, Swati Bajpai, Deeya Chopra & Ragini Nandwani
		Favourite Saas Bahu		Nominated	with Vibha Chibber, Gunn Kansara, Swati Bajpai, Deeya Chopra & Ragini Nandwani

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Reginald Hill, British crime writer (Dalziel and Pascoe), died he was 75,

Reginald Charles Hill FRSL was an English crime writer, and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement died he was 75,.^[2]

^{(3 April 1936 – 12 January 2012)}

Biography

Hill was born to a "very ordinary"^[3] family—his father was a professional footballer long before sportsmen earned riches—but began reading young. His mother was a great fan of Golden Age crime writers, and he discovered the genre while fetching her library-books.^[4] He passed the Eleven plus exam and attended Carlisle Grammar School where he excelled in English.^[2] After National Service (1955–57) and reading English at St Catherine's College, Oxford University (1957–60) he worked as a teacher for many years, rising to Senior Lecturer at Doncaster College of Education.^[5] In 1980 he retired from salaried work in order to devote himself full-time to writing.
Hill is best known for his more than 20 novels featuring the Yorkshire detectives Andrew Dalziel /diːˈɛl/, Peter Pascoe and Edgar Wield. The characters were used by the BBC in the Dalziel and Pascoe series, in which Dalziel was played by Warren Clarke, Pascoe by Colin Buchanan, and Wield by David Royle. He also wrote more than 30 other novels, including five featuring Joe Sixsmith, a black machine operator turned private detective in a fictional Luton. Novels originally published under the pseudonyms of Patrick Ruell, Dick Morland, and Charles Underhill have now appeared under his own name. Hill was also a writer of short stories and ghost tales.
Hill's novels employ various structural devices, such as presenting parts of the story in non-chronological order, or alternating with sections from a novel supposedly written by Peter's wife, Ellie Pascoe (née Soper). He also frequently selected one writer or one work of art to use as a central organizing element of a given novel, such as one novel being a pastiche of Jane Austen's works, or another featuring elements of classical Greek myth. The novella One Small Step (dedicated to "you, dear readers, without whom the writing would be in vain, and to you, still dearer purchasers, without whom the eating would be infrequent"^[6]) is set in the future, and deals with the EuroFed Police Commissioner Pascoe and retired Dalziel investigating the first murder on the moon. The duo do not always "get their man", with at least one novel ending with the villain getting away and another strongly implying that while Dalziel and Pascoe are unable to convict anyone, a series of unrelated accidents actually included at least one unprovable instance of murder.
Hill commented in 1986:

I still recall with delight as a teen-ager making the earth-shaking discovery that many of the great "serious novelists," classical and modern, were as entertaining and interesting as the crime-writers I already loved. But it took another decade of maturation to reverse the equation and understand that many of the crime writers I had decided to grow out of were still as interesting and entertaining as the "serious novelists" I now revered.^[7]

Hill died on 12 January 2012 after suffering a brain tumour.^[8][9]

Bibliography

Dalziel and Pascoe

1. A Clubbable Woman (1970)
2. An Advancement of Learning (1971)
3. Ruling Passion (1973)
4. An April Shroud (1975)
5. A Pinch of Snuff (1978)
6. A Killing Kindness (1980)
7. Deadheads (1983)
8. Exit Lines (1984)
9. Child's Play (1987)
10. Underworld (1988)
11. Bones and Silence (1990)
12. One Small Step (1990), novella
13. Recalled to Life (1992)
14. Pictures of Perfection (1994)
15. The Wood Beyond (1995)
16. Asking for the Moon (1996), short stories
    • "The Last National Service Man"
    • "Pascoe's Ghost"
    • "Dalziel's Ghost"
    • "One Small Step"
17. On Beulah Height (1998)
18. Arms and the Women (1999)
19. Dialogues of the Dead (2002)
20. Death's Jest-Book (2003)
21. Good Morning Midnight (2004)
22. The Death of Dalziel (2007), Canada and US Title: Death Comes for the Fat Man
23. A Cure for All Diseases (Canada and US title: The Price of Butcher's Meat) (2008) Shortlisted for Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award 2009.^[10][11]
24. Midnight Fugue (2009)

Joe Sixsmith

• Blood Sympathy (1993)
• Born Guilty (1995)
• Killing the Lawyers (1997)
• Singing the Sadness (1999)
• The Roar of the Butterflies (2008)

Other

• Fell of Dark (1971)
• The Castle of the Demon (1971) (As Patrick Ruell) (apa The Turning of the Tide)
• A Fairly Dangerous Thing (1972)
• Red Christmas (1972) (As Patrick Ruell)
• Heart Clock (1973) (As Dick Morland) (apa Matlock's System as Reginald Hill)
• Death Takes a Low Road (1974) (As Patrick Ruell) (apa The Low Road)
• A Very Good Hater (1974)
• Albion! Albion! (1974) (As Dick Morland) (apa Singleton's Law as Reginald Hill)
• Beyond the Bone (1975) (apa Urn Burial ) (As Patrick Ruell)
• Another Death in Venice (1976)
• Captain Fantom (1978) (As Charles Underhill)
• The Forging of Fantom (1979) (As Charles Underhill)
• Pascoe's Ghost and Other Brief Chronicles of Crime [SS] (1979)

1. "Pascoe's Ghost" # (A Dalziel and Pascoe story)
2. "The Trunk in the Attic"
3. "The Rio de Janeiro Paper"
4. "Threatened Species"
5. "Snowball"
6. "Exit Line"
7. "Dalziel's Ghost" (A Dalziel and Pascoe story)

• The Spy's Wife (1980)
• Who Guards a Prince? (1982)
• Traitor's Blood (1983)
• Guardians of the Prince (1983)
• No Man's Land (1985)
• The Long Kill (1986) (As Patrick Ruell)
• There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union and Other Stories [SS](1987)

1. "There Are No Ghosts in the Soviet Union" (Novella)
2. "Bring Back the Cat!" (A Joe Sixsmith story)
3. "Poor Emma"
4. "Auteur Theory" (A Dalziel and Pascoe story)
5. "The Bull Ring"
6. "Crowded Hour"

• The Collaborators (1987)
• Death of a Dormouse (1987) (As Patrick Ruell)
• Dream of Darkness (1989) (As Patrick Ruell)
• Brother's Keeper (1992)
• The Only Game (1993) (As Patrick Ruell)
• The Stranger House (2005)
• The Woodcutter (2010)

Awards and Honours

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• 1990 British Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for Bones and Silence^[12]
• 1995 British Crime Writers Association Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award^[13]
• 1997 British Crime Writers Association Short Story Dagger for On the Psychiatrist's Couch in WHYDUNNIT, The 1997 CWA Anthology (Severn House)^[14]
• 1999 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• 1999 The Barry Award for Best Novel for On Beulah Height^[15]
• 2001 The Macavity Award for Best Short Story for A Candle for Christmas in EQMN, January 2000.
• 2011 The Barry Award for Best British Novel for The Woodcutter^[15]

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