Tony Roig, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators), died after a long illness he was , 81

Anton Ambrose Roig  was an utility infielder who played in Major League Baseball between the 1953 and 1956 seasons. Listed at 6' 1", 180 lb., he batted and threw right handed died after a long illness he was , 81.^[1]
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Roig spent more than a half-century in professional baseball, which included a prominent role with the Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League.^[2]
Basically a shortstop, Roig was able to play second and third bases during 21 seasons, including parts of three years for the original Washington Senators of the American League, three years with Spokane, and six in Nippon Professional Baseball. The versatile Roig later managed in the Minor leagues and spent nearly 30 years as a scout for the Milwaukee Brewers, California Angels and Philadelphia Phillies systems, where he also served as their hitting instructor.^[1][2][3]


(December 23, 1927 — October 20, 2010)

Roig signed his first professional contract as a 19-year-old pitcher with the Phillies organization in 1948. Two years later, he was sent by Philadelphia to Washington, where he played in the middle infield and outfield while hitting .327 in 129 games for Class-D Rome Red Sox, then finished the year with Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts.^[1][3]
After two years in the Army during Korean War, Roig spent most of 1953 at Chattanooga, where he batted .303 and earned a call-up to the Senators in late September. He divided the next four years between Washington, Chatanooga, Class-A Charlotte Hornets and Triple-A Louisville Colonels. Shuffled back to Chattanooga for 1957, he hit .300, though an injury limited him to 73 games. At the end of the season, Washington sold Roig to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who assigned him to the Spokane Indians of the Pacific League.^[2][3][4]
Roig played for Spokane from 1958 to 1960. He batted .282 in 1958 as the regular second baseman, .281 as their third baseman in 1959, and hit .278 with 16 home runs and 90 runs batted in as the primary first baseman for the 1960 PCL champions. Although the hard-hitting 1960 Spokane produced big-league standouts as Willie Davis and Ron Fairly, fanatics selected Roig as the team’s Most Valuable Player. On September 8, he set a team record in 1960 for having played every position in a single game.^[3][4]
Interestingly, while on road trips, Roig and fellow players Jim Gentile (1B), Dick Scott (P), and the brother battery of Norman (P) and Larry Sherry (C), entertained their teammates as a back-of-the-bus singing group.^[3][4]
In 1961 Roig was drafted by the Chicago White Sox, but he came down with pneumonia during spring training. That season he played minor league ball with Triple-A San Diego Padres. The next year he played for Triple-A Indianapolis Indians and in the Venezuelan Winter League.^[4]
Roig later played in Japan, where he met the long-ball expectations for American ballplayers by hitting 126 home runs from 1963 to 1968 with the Nishitetsu Lions and Kintetsu Buffaloes of the Pacific League. Jim Albright, a writer who bills himself as The Japanese Insider, named Roig to the starting lineup of his all-time team of foreign-born baseball players.^[4][5]
In a three-season majors career, Roig was a .212 hitter (39-for-184) in 76 games, driving in 11 runs and scoring 11 times, while collecting seven doubles, two triples, and two stolen bases without home runs. He also hit a .278 average and 326 homers in 1234 minor league games.^[1][3]
Besides playing, Roig began his scouting career with the Brewers in 1973. He also managed the Newark Co-Pilots from 1975 to 1976, leading his team to the New York – Penn League championship in 1975. He later scouted for the Angels, before beginning a two-decade association with the Phillies as a scout and minor-league hitting instructor in 1981.^[2][4]
In 2008, Roig threw out the ceremonial first pitch when the Spokane Indians celebrated 50 years in Avista Stadium, the ballpark built as the home of Pacific Coast League play. In addition, he was widely respected as a talent evaluator and was followed by author Kevin Kerrane in his book about scouting, Dollar Sign on the Muscle.^[2][6]
Roig died at his home in Liberty Lake, Washington, at the age of 82.^[7]

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Wendall Woodbury, American television journalist and host (WGAL-TV), died from lymphoma he was , 68

Wendall J. Woodbury  was an American television journalist and news anchor, died from lymphoma he was , 68.  He spent much of his career as a reporter for WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, from 1968 until his retirement from broadcast news in 1992 as a feature reporter.^[1] He was known for a series of segments called "Wendall's World" while at WGAL.^[1]

(1942 - October 20, 2010)

Woodbury was born in Belfast, Maine, to Blaine and Nellie (nee Jackson) Woodbury.^[2] He graduated from Crosby High School in Belfast before enrolling in the Leland Powers School of Radio, Television and Theater in Boston, Massachusetts.^[2]
Woodbury began his broadcast career at several Maine television stations. He initially worked at the Maine Hildreth Television Network before becoming an announcer at WAGM-TV in Presque Isle and WABI-TV in Bangor.^[2]
Woodbury worked as a reporter, anchor and weatherman at WGAL-TV in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for twenty-four years from 1968 until 1992.^[1][2] Woodbury was the first television anchor in the United States to report on the Three Mile Island accident as the story broke in 1979.^[3]
He was known for a series of feature pieces at WGAL called Wendall's World.^[1] Woodbury also co-hosted a television show called Susquehanna People with Mary Haverstick and sometimes hosted a dance show called Dance Party, which was loosely based on American Bandstand.^[3] He retired from WGAL in 1992 as a features reporter.^[1][3]
Woodbury owned WJW Video Productions, headquartered in Manheim, Pennsylvania, from 1992 until his death in 2010.^[2] He wrote, produced, edited and appeared in national and local television commercials and corporate videos.^[3]
Woodbury died from lymphoma at Hospice of Lancaster County in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 2010, at the age of 68.^[1] His funeral was held at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Lancaster.^[2] Woodbury and his wife of 48 years, Faith (née Lewis), were residents of Penn Township, Pennsylvania, located near Manheim.^[3][2] He was survived by his wife Faith; daughter, Theresa, wife of Craig; one grandchild; Alyssa, and two brothers, Kerry L.Woodbury and Blaine Brian Woodbury.^[2] Wendall was a kind and loving man, who was never seen to be angry or upset. He loved walks in the woods and video work.

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Tom Bosley, American actor (Happy Days, Father Dowling Mysteries), died from heart failure he was , 83

 Thomas Edward "Tom" Bosley  was an American actor, best known for portraying Howard Cunningham on the long-running ABC sitcom Happy Days died from heart failure he was , 83. Additionally, he appeared on the series Murder, She Wrote and Father Dowling Mysteries, and originated the title role of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Fiorello!, earning the 1960 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.
(October 1, 1927 – October 19, 2010)

Graham Crowden, Scottish actor (If...., A Very Peculiar Practice, Waiting For God). died he was , 87

Clement Graham Crowden ^[1][2] was a Scottish actor died he was , 87. He was best known for his many appearances in television comedy dramas and films, often playing eccentric 'offbeat' scientist, teacher and doctor characters.

(30 November 1922 – 19 October 2010)

Marion Brown American jazz saxophonist died he was , 79,

Marion Brown  was a jazz alto saxophonist and ethnomusicologist. He is most well-known as a member of the 1960s avant-garde jazz scene in New York City, playing alongside musicians such as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and John Tchicai. He performed on Coltrane's landmark 1965 album Ascension.^[2]

(September 8, 1931 – October 18, 2010^[1])

Consuelo Crespi,, American-born Italian countess, fashion model and editor, died from a stroke.she was 82

Consuelo Pauline O'Brien O'Connor Crespi  was an American-born Italian countess who served the world of high fashion as a style-setting model and editor of Vogue Italia.died from a stroke.she was 82. During the same period, her twin sister Gloria Schiff was a major influence on fashion as editor for the American edition of Vogue magazine. She was also a member of the International Best Dressed List since 1959.^[1]


(May 31, 1928 – October 18, 2010)

Biography

She was born on May 31, 1928, in Larchmont, New York, with her twin sister later assuming the married name of Gloria Schiff. She grew up in Nova Scotia and was spotted as a potential model when she moved back to New York with her mother and sister, appearing on the cover of Look magazine in 1945 and was introduced to society as a débutante in 1947. She met Count Rodolfo Crespi on a blind date in a New York City restaurant.^[2] They were married three months later, on January 22, 1948, in a ceremony held at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.^[3]
Through her choices in attire and in publishing, Crespi played a major role in influencing the fashion world and giving a boost to the careers of designers such as Fendi and Missoni. Valentino credited Crespi with giving him a break into the fashion industry and it was a Valentino dress worn by her twin sister that convinced Jacqueline Kennedy to try the designer. In addition to her role as editor of Italian Vogue, Crespi's appearances at social events such as the Black and White Ball thrown by Truman Capote in 1966 were widely reported.^[2] In a best-dressed list published in 1958 by the New York Dress Institute, Crespi was ranked third, behind the Duchess of Windsor, but ahead of Queen Elizabeth II in fourth place and Audrey Hepburn in fifth.^[4] She was included on the International Best Dressed List and was recognized by the Fashion Hall of Fame for her "faultless taste in dress without ostentation or extravagance".^[2]
In addition to her editing duties, Crespi and her husband both did public relations for major designers.^[2] Her husband had been involved on the editorial staff of Vogue Brasil and Vogue Mexico.^[5] After returning from Rome in 1961, she received notice from the fashion world by wearing skirts that were four to five inches longer than the prevailing fashion, helping to promote a new line from the designer Fabiani, saying "I now can't stand the sight of my knees showing" after donning the longer skirts.^[6] The government of Italy bestowed its highest-ranked civilian award to Crespi for her assistance in promoting the fashion industry in that country.^[2]
Crespi lamented the decline in Italian social life among the wealthy and aristocratic crowd in the 1970s in the wake of social unrest and a wave of kidnappings, telling Time magazine that "In Italy now you want to feel rich and look poor".^[7]
Crespi died at age 82 on October 18, 2010, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan due to a stroke. She was survived by a daughter, a son, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her husband had died in 1985.^[2] Her daughter Pilar Crespi was an assistant editor at Vogue and has spent most of her career in the fashion industry.^[8]
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Margaret Gwenver, American actress (Guiding Light). died she was , 84

Margaret Gwenver (also known by her married name, Margaret G. Sedwick) was an American stage and television actress.
Born as Margaret Guenveur on October 10, 1926,^[1] she was best-known for her role as Dr. Sedgwick on the long-running daytime soap opera, Guiding Light. Gwenver appeared in the supporting role on the long-running show from 1982 until 2007. died she was , 84
She began her career at the Margaret Webster Shakespeare Company in New York City in the 1940s.^[2] She and her husband, John Sedwick, founded the Tanglewood Theater.^[2]

 Death

Margaret Gwenver died on October 18, 2010, aged 84. She was survived by five children and eight grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband.^[2]

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