Len McIntyre, British rugby league player, died he was 78.

James Leonard "Len" McIntyre  in Wigan) was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, Rugby League XIII, and Lancashire, and at club level for St. Helens, Barrow, Oldham, Liverpool City, Wigan, Warrington, and Widnes, as a Hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums, after retiring from playing he became the Warrington colts (youth team) coach  died he was 78..

(birth registered July–September 1933 in Wigan — 25 January 2012)

Playing career

International honours

Len McIntyre represented Rugby League XIII while at Oldham in 1961 against New Zealand at White City Stadium, Manchester, and won a cap for Great Britain while at Oldham in the 12-50 defeat to Australia at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 9 November 1963.^[4]

County honours

Len McIntyre represented Lancashire while at Oldham.

Challenge Cup final appearances

Len McIntyre played Hooker in St. Helens' 13-2 victory over Halifax in the 1955–56 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 28 April 1956.

County Cup final appearances

Len McIntyre played Hooker in St. Helens' 3-10 defeat to Oldham in the 1956–57 Lancashire Cup final at Central Park, Wigan in 1956.

Division Two Championship

Len McIntyre was at Oldham during the 1963–64 Division Two Championship winning season.

Club career

Len McIntyre made his début for St. Helens on Monday 19 April 1954 away to Huddersfield, playing his final match for St. Helens in Saturday 10 August 1957 home to Barrow, was signed from St. Helens by Barrow in 1957 for £750 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £36,100 in 2010),^[5] made his début for Oldham on Saturday 28 February 1959 away to Whitehaven, made his début for Wigan on Wednesday 24 August 1966 away to Leigh, playing his final match for Wigan on Monday 15 April 1968 home to Salford, made his début for Warrington on Tuesday 24 September 1968 home to Huyton, playing his final match for Warrington in Saturday 5 December 1970 away to Leeds, in January 1971 he was swapped by Warrington for Widnes Prop Brian Larkin [1] (ex-Wigan circa-1963).


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Mabel Manzotti, Argentine actress (Besos en la Frente, Vidas robadas), died from complications from a stroke she was 73.

Mabel Gladys Manzotti  was an Argentine film, stage and television actress died from complications from a stroke she was 73..^[1] Her film credits included Besos en la Frente, while her telenovela credits included roles in Vidas robadas. However, she was perhaps best known for her role as Bochita in the 1960s Argentine television series, El botón, opposite Jorge Porcel and Alberto Olmedo.^[1]

^{(July 28, 1938 – January 25, 2012)}

In 1959, Manzotti was cast in the film, El farsante más grande del mundo, which co-starred Osvaldo Bonet and Alfredo Alcón.^[1] She later joined the Teatro Maipo in Buenos Aires.^[1] Manzotti's last television role was in 2008, when she appeared opposite Facundo Arana in the Telefe telenovela, Vidas robadas, in 2008.^[1]
Mabel Manzotti suffered a stroke in early 2011.^[1] She died in Buenos Aires on January 25, 2012, at the age of 73.^[1]

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Jacques Maisonrouge, French businessman, chairman of IBM World Trade Corporation, died he was 87.

Jacques Gaston Maisonrouge  was a French businessman who became chairman of IBM World Trade Corporation died he was 87..^[1] He was born in 1924 at Cachan to Paul and Suzanne (née Cazas) Maisonrouge. He graduated from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, Paris. He married Francoise Féron in 1948; they had five children.

(20 September 1924 – 25 January 2012)

His career with IBM, which spanned 36 years from 1948 to 1984,^[2] included four postings to the USA. Maisonrouge was nominated Vice President IBM World Trade Division in 1962; President of IBM World Trade Corporation in 1967; CEO in 1973, and Chairman in 1976. He was elected a Board Member of IBM Corporation in 1983, before retiring in 1984; he was also elected to the boards of Air Liquide, Moët-Hennesy and Philip Morris.
Following retirement, he served the French public sector as Director General of Industry, a ministerial position, in 1986 by the French government and, subsequently, Chairman of French International Trade Development Agency, then known as CFCE, Centre Français du Commerce Extérieur.^[3][4]
He was active in improving French-American relations, particularly through his chairmanship from 1989 of the Senate Committee for the Image of France abroad, and in promoting world peace through world trade. In 1989 he published his book Inside IBM: A Personal Story. His voluntary work included the Chairmanship of his alma mater, the Ecole Centrale, the Chairmanship of the Board of Governors of the American Hospital of Paris and the Chairmanship of the Association France-United States in Paris.
During his career, he received numerous honours: he was elevated to the rank of Grand Officier of the Légion d'Honneur 1999; Commander of the French Orders of Merit, of Academic Palms, of Arts and Letters; Austrian Grand Cross of Merit; Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; Officer of the Order of the Belgian Crown; Commander of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star; Commander of the Order of Saint Sylvester of the Vatican. He was a Knight of the Order of Malta and Grand Officer of Merit of the Order; he was an honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati. He received honorary doctorates from Assumption and Westbury Universities, and from the Polytechnics of Mons in Belgium and Madrid in Spain.


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Emil Hossu, Romanian actor, died from cardiac arrest he wad 70.

Emil Vasilie Hossu was a Romanian actor died from cardiac arrest he wad 70..^[1]

 (24 November 1941 – 25 January 2012)

Hossu was born into a Greek-Catholic family in Ocna Sibiului, Sibiu County. He was a well-known actor of stage and screen in the 1980s and 1990s, having performed in over 50 movies and stage productions. At the time of his death, on 25 January 2012, he was performing at the Nottara Theatre in Bucharest alongside his wife, the actress Catrinel Dumitrescu. Hossu died of a cardiac arrest, just as he was about to go on stage in a play called The Anniversary. He is interred at the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest.

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Moira Milton, Scottish amateur golfer, died she was 88.

Moira Milton (née Paterson) was a Scottish amateur golfer died she was 88..

(December 1923 – 24 January 2012) 

She won the British Ladies Amateur in 1952, and was a member of the victorious Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team later in the same year. She was also runner-up in the French Women's Open Amateur Championship in 1949, and in the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship in 1951.^[1][2]

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Delma Kollar, American supercentenarian, one of the 100 verified oldest people ever and fourth-oldest in world, died she was 114.

Delma Dorothie Kollar  was an American supercentenarian and one of the oldest 100 verified people ever died she was 114.. On her last birthday, she became one of only 88 people to have attained the age of 114. Before recent research, she was thought to have been born in 1898. However, from the data in the census closest to her date of birth, and due to the fact that her younger sister was born in February 1899, this was proved to have been wrong.^[2] At the time of her death she was the fourth oldest living person in the world, the recordholder for the oldest person born in Kansas and one of the last four people born in 1897.


(née Lowman; October 31, 1897 – January 24, 2012)

Biography

Kollar was one of six children; both her parents lived into their 90s, and two of Kollar's aunts lived past 100. After high school, Kollar attended Cottey College, earning a teaching certificate. Her first teaching job was in a two-room schoolhouse in Prairiedell. Later she earned college degrees in biology and English from Baker University and then worked as a schoolteacher in Kansas and California for more than 25 years. In 1923, Kollar married William Hoggatt. They had three children: Jean Cooper, Earlene Duncan, and Bill Hoggatt. William died in 1966.
Kollar later married Harry Kollar and the couple moved to Oregon in 1982. Harry Kollar died in 1986.^[3]
Kollar outlived all 5 of her siblings and two of her 3 children. She had 6 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-great-grandchild.^[4]


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Carolina Isakson Proctor, Colombian First Lady (1986–1990), died she was 81.

Carolina Isakson Proctor was the wife of 35th President of Colombia, Virgilio Barco Vargas, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1986 to 1990 died she was 81..^[1]

^{(6 January 1930 – 24 January 2012)}

Personal life

Born Mary Caroline Isakson on 6 January 1930 in York, Pennsylvania to Carl Oscar Isakson and Mary Alice (née Proctor).^[2][3] Her father, a Swedish American Engineer,^[4] relocated the family to Cúcuta, North Santander to work with the Colombian Petroleum Company; she was 7 years old at the time.^[3] She met Virgilio Barco Vargas through his sister, who she had attended school with; they were married on 1 July 1950 in Cúcuta.^[4] Virgilio and Carolina had four children: María Carolina, Julia, Diana, and Virgilio.


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