Ruth M. Kirk, American politician, Maryland House of Delegates (1983–2011) died he was , 81.

Ruth M. Kirk was an American politician who represented the 44th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates died he was , 81.. She was elected 7 times and served a total of 28 years representing west and west central Baltimore.

(February 2, 1930 – June 17, 2011)

Background

Born Ruth Simmons in Baltimore, Delegate Kirk was the fifth of eight children. She attended Baltimore City public schools through the ninth grade and later received a GED. Prior to being elected to The Maryland General Assembly, Kirk held jobs as a house cleaner and in early childhood education. In 1970, Kirk took a job at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Maryland), working as a teacher's aide. ^[3]

In the Legislature

Kirk was first elected in 1982 and sworn in as a member of House of Delegates on January 12, 1983. She was appointed to the Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee and served on it until its elimination in 1990. She was then appointed to the Economic Matters Committee where she served until 2011. There, she served on its deathcare industry work group; workers' compensation subcommittee, 1995-2003; real estate & housing subcommittee, 1999-2003; business regulation subcommittee, 2003-11; property & casualty insurance subcommittee, 2003-06). During her career in the legislature, Kirk also sedrved as a member of the Tort and Insurance Reform Oversight Committee, 1993; the House Facilities Committee, 1993-2011; the Joint Committee on Federal Relations, 1999-2004; the Protocol Committee, 2007-11, the Liaison Work Group of the Baltimore City Delegation, the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland (formerly Maryland Black Caucus), 1983-2011 (member, nominating committee, 2000-11, redistricting committee, 2000-11; past chair, budget committee; past treasurer), the Women Legislators of Maryland, 1983-2011 (president, 1994); the Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2006-11, and the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. Outside of the legislature she was a member of the National Order of Women Legislators; and the Southern Legislative Conference (economic development, transportation & cultural affairs committee, 2005-11; fiscal affairs & government operations committee, 2005-11).^[4]

Legislative notes

• voted for the Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007 (HB359)^[5]
• voted for the Healthy Air Act in 2006 (SB154)^[6]
• voted for slots in 2005 (HB1361)^[7]
• voted for income tax reduction in 1998 (SB750)^[8]
• voted in favor of increasing the sales tax by 20% - Tax Reform Act of 2007(HB2)[1]
• voted in favor of prohibiting ground rents in 2007(SB106)[2]
• voted in favor of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in 2007 (HB6)[3]

Democratic primary election results, 2010

• 2010 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 44th District^[9]

Voters to choose three: (only the top 6 finishers are shown)

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Keith E. Haynes	4859	25.9%	Won
Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.	4481	13.9%	Won
Melvin L. Stukes	3321	17.7%	Won
Ruth Kirk	2860	15.2%	Lost
Chris Blake	973	5.1%	Lost
Gary T. English	907	4.8%	Lost

General election results, 2006

• 2006 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – 44th District^[10]

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Melvin L. Stukes Dem.	13,173	34.0%	Won
Ruth M. Kirk, Dem.	12,894	33.3%	Won
Keith E. Haynes, Dem.	12,565	32.4%	Won
Other Write-Ins	129	0.3%

 

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Rex Mossop, Australian rugby player and television commentator died he was , 83.

Rex Peers Mossop was an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer—a dual-code international, and an Australian television personality from 1964 until 1991.


(18 February 1928 – 17 June 2011)

Rugby union career

Mossop played rugby union for the Manly club and played eight tests for the Wallabies from 1948 to 1951. His international rugby union career was played at lock.

Rugby league career

Switching to rugby league in the UK in 1951, he played with Rugby Football League Championship side Leigh. He returned to Australia in 1956, joining the Manly Sea Eagles and becoming the cornerstone of their forward pack in the late 1950s.
Ever an aggressive front-row forward, Mossop played in the Manly sides that lost to the St George Dragons in grand finals in 1957 and 1959. In the lead up to the 1959 Grand Final, rumours were circulating that Mossop was carrying a broken cheekbone. From the kick off, Saints' forwards took turns at testing Mossop's injury with Harry Bath giving him particular attention. For most of the match the Manly forward copped a hammering until in frustration, Mossop retaliated by standing on Bath's head. A brawl broke out between the two and the referee Darcy Lawler sent both off.
Notwithstanding his uncompromising playing style, Mossop won a newspaper's "best and fairest" award for the 1958 season.
He first represented Australia in rugby league at age 30 in 1958 in the first Test against Great Britain in Sydney, an appearance im which he became Australia's 25th dual code rugby international, following Ken Kearney and preceding Arthur Summons. He then toured with the Kangaroos to Great Britain in 1959-60 as vice-captain. He played a total of nine Tests for Australia.
He played 136 games for Manly, retiring in 1963 at age 35.^[3]

Commentator

As was normal for professional rugby league players of the time, Mossop had a full time job as a car salesman for one of Sydney's largest car dealers, Stacks Holden when he heard in 1963 that Channel 7 were advertising for a Sports Director. Despite not having any television or broadcasting experience Mossop beat out sixty applicants for the job, many of whom possessed more television credentials than he did.
Mossop first appeared on air in 1964 and called his first game in 1965, only four years after former player Ray Stehr had carried out the first ever commercial telecast on Channel 9 in 1961. He spent 20 years as host of a rugby league preview show including the "Controversy Corner" discussion segment. From the early 1970s till 1990 on Sydney channels Seven and then Ten he was the voice of rugby league and the pre-eminent TV match broadcast caller. His criticism of players and referees was blunt and uncompromising and his calling style was seen by opposing fans as parochially favouring Manly. His match commentaries and indeed his other forays into the public domain were often filled with tautological descriptors that in eastern state Australian vernacular became known as "Mossopisms":^[4][5] These mistakes also led to his nickname, "Rox Messup".^[6]

• "if I keep getting Boyd and O'Grady mixed up, it's because they look alike, especially around the head"
• "tiny, diminutive, little Mark Shulman"
• "he seems to be favouring a groin injury at the top of his leg"^[5]
• "now the referee's giving him a verbal tongue lashing"^[4]
• "I don't think the male genitals or the female genitals should be rammed down people's throats … to use a colloquialism."^[4]
• "He's made a great yardage of 25 metres."

He also recorded such classics as:

• "Son of a very famous father"
• "A little bit marginal"
• "Very mobile running"

The perceived parochialism towards Manly - and a gruff style that bordered on arrogance - often alienated him with league supporters, so much so that he was once famously hit in the side of the head with a piece of fruit thrown at him while giving a live post-match summary.^{[citation needed]} With his long association with Channel 7 many celebrities and media still refer to ATN Channel 7 as Channel REX.

Other television work

In 1970-71 he was the "Beast" on the television talk show Beauty and the Beast.^[7]

Honours

Mossop became a life member of the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) in 1999 in recognition of services to the game.
In 2006, Mossop was named in both the Manly Rugby League and Manly Rugby Union "best ever" sides, highlighting his enormous contribution to both codes.
Rex Mossop was awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 24 October 2000 for services to Rugby League.^[8]

Personal

Mossop was the younger son of Norman, a World War I veteran who had been wounded in battle at Passchendale, and Nellie Mossop (née Kirkpatrick). Born in Five Dock, New South Wales, he had an elder brother, Kirk, who later became a noted artist. The family lived in Five Dock but moved to Balgowlah by the time he was five. He attended Manly Boys High School leaving in 1943 to become, initially, an apprentice fitter and turner and later a sales representative for a variety of businesses prior to his career in television.
Mossop married Joan Mildred Bell on 26 October 1951 at St Matthews Church, Manly. ^[9] The couple had two sons, Kirk (1952) and Gregory (1956).

Death

In his final years, Mossop had suffered from Alzheimer's disease.^[2] He died aged 83 on 17 June 2011 at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney surrounded by family and friends.^[2] His funeral was held on 24 June 2011 at St Matthews Church, Manly.
As a mark of respect for Mossop, the Manly Sea Eagles players wore black armbands for their Round 15 clash with traditional rivals Parramatta on 20 June 2011 at Manly's home ground, Brookvale Oval, and a minute's silence was observed before kick off.^[10]

 

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Nathan Sharon, Israeli biochemist died he was , 86.

Nathan Sharon was an Israeli biochemist died he was , 86.

(born November 1925 — died 17 June 2011)

Biography

Sharon was born in 1925 in Brest-Litovsk, then in Poland (now Brest, Belarus). He emigrated to Mandate Palestine with his family in 1934 and settled in Tel Aviv.^[3] Concurrent with his high school studies, Sharon joined the Gadna military youth program in 1941, and following his graduation from school, in 1943, he joined the Palmach, serving until 1945.^[3]
During Israel's War of Independence, Sharon served in the Science Corps of the Israel Defense Forces, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel, and worked on the development of gas flame throwers.^[3]
Sharon studied chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1950, he graduated and, in 1953, he was awarded a doctorate.^[3]
In 1954, he joined the faculty of the Department for Biophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, headed by professor Ephraim Katzir, where he became a professor in 1968. In 1974, he was appointed head of the department, a position he held a position he held intermittently until his retirement in 1990. He also served as dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and Physics and was a visiting professor at Harvard, Oxford and Berkley universities.^[3] He was also a member of the senate of the Open University of Israel and a member of the counsel of the Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College.^[2] He served as editor of "World of Science" broadcast on Israel Radio, editor of the journal "Mada" (Science) and science and technology editor of the Haaretz newspaper.^[3]
He was a leading figure in the research of carbohydrate and glycoprotein for more than fifty years.^[1] He authored several seminal works on lectins and glyoconjugates, including the discovery of lectins, their interactions with carbohydrates, and their subsequent use in laboratory research and diagnostics.^[4]
In 1992, he was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.^[2][3]

Honours and awards

Sharon received numerous honorary degrees and awards including:

• In 1987, he was awarded the Weizmann Prize for Sciences.
• In 1987, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Paris.^[3]
• In 1994, he was awarded the Israel Prize in biochemistry.^[5]

Family

Sharon married Rachel (Itzikson) in 1948 and had two daughters.^[2][3]
He was the nephew of Pinchas Sapir, the former Israeli Finance Minister and the brother of Shmuel Shtrikman, who was awarded the 2001 Israel Prize for physics.^[6]

Selected works

Sharon published over 400 papers in international scientific journals and wrote or edited eight books in English and Hebrew.^[3] His published works include:

• Lectins, co-authored with Halina Lis (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 (2nd edition)).

 

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James Allason, British politician and soldier, MP for Hemel Hempstead (1959–1974) died he was , 98 .

Lieutenant Colonel James Harry Allason OBE was a British Conservative Party politician, sportsman, and former military planner who worked with Mountbatten and Churchill  died he was , 98 .. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former member of the House of Commons.

(6 September 1912 – 16 June 2011)

Military career

The son of Brigadier General Walter Allason DSO & Bar (1875-1960), James Allason was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served as an officer in the British Army for 24 years from 1930–54, including in India, Ceylon and Burma, rising to the rank of Lt-Colonel. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1932 transferring to the 3rd Carabiniers in 1937. A gifted mathematician, he addressed the problem of using magnetic compasses with tanks: the Allason Sun compass was adopted for use throughout the Asian theatre.
Allason worked with the Supreme Allied Commander, Lord Louis Mountbatten, as joint planning staff officer in South East Asia Command and was wounded while commanding tanks during the Burma campaign. He was later decorated. He subsequently occupied a similar post as senior military planner at the War Office in London, answering Churchill's queries and providing briefings in the Cabinet War Rooms. His last planning task was to advise on the logistics of withdrawing from Palestine. From 1950-54 he served at the War Office in charge of Army discipline.

Political career

After leaving the Army Allason worked as a Lloyd's of London insurance broker. He was elected a councillor on Kensington Borough Council in 1956.
Allason contested Hackney Central in 1955. He was Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead from 1959 to 1974, when, following boundary changes, he narrowly lost the seat in the October election of that year to Labour's Robin Corbett.
In government he was acknowledged for his expertise not only on defence but in the arcane but key subject of pensions. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for War he had a ringside seat as the Profumo affair unfolded, refraining from publishing his inside account until after the death of Jack Profumo in March 2006.^[1]
When the Conservatives were in opposition Allason was front bench spokesman on Housing for six years, and is credited with development of the policy of enabling council house tenants to purchase their own properties: this was taken up by Margaret Thatcher and adopted by subsequent Conservative governments, contributing to their electoral victories. After leaving Parliament he continued to exercise a rational influence on environmental policy from positions on the executive of the Town and Country Planning Association and the Environment Council’s Transport Committee.
Following the deaths of Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale in December 2008 and Bert Hazell in January 2009, Allason became the oldest living former British Member of Parliament.

Personal interests

As a sportsman he raced Bentleys at Brooklands, played polo with maharajahs in India, skied and sailed in international competition, and represented the House of Commons in five sports. He continued skiing until his 87th year, and still plays Contract Bridge and attends the Opera, on which he has written.
He married Nuala McElveen from Dublin in 1946, by whom he has two sons, one of whom, the Intelligence historian Rupert Allason, followed him into Parliament as Member for Torbay. The marriage was dissolved in 1974.

 

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Claudia Bryar, American actress (Psycho II) died he was , 93.

Claudia Bryar was an American actress who mostly specialized in television died he was , 93.. Active from the 1950s to the 1980s, she is perhaps best known for her role as Mrs. Emma Spool in Psycho II.

(May 18, 1918 – June 16, 2011)

She played small parts in mostly Western television series such as Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and The Guns of Will Sonnett, but also The Bob Newhart Show, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Twilight Zone.
She appeared in small roles in the big screen in cult movies, such as I Was A Teenage Frankenstein and Bad Company. She appeared in made-for-television movies such as Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977) and The Family Nobody Wanted (1975).
She can be seen in archive footage for a black and white flashback in Psycho III, where more attention is given to her character of Mrs. Spool (although she is dead). Her career ended with her role of Mrs. Prince in Hill Street Blues.

 

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Wild Man Fischer, American street musician, died after heart failure he was , 66.

Larry Wayne Fischer better known as Wild Man Fischer, was an American songwriter in the outsider genre died after heart failure he was , 66.. He was notable for being responsible for Rhino Records' first release, Go To Rhino Records (1975). Fischer's highly unusual style had developed a cult following.

(November 6, 1944 – June 16, 2011),

] Early life and career

Born Larry Wayne Fischer in Los Angeles, California, United States, Fischer was institutionalized at age 16 for attacking his mother with a knife. He was later diagnosed with two mental disorders — severe paranoid schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (manic depression). Following his release from the hospital, Fischer wandered Los Angeles singing his unique brand of songs for 10¢ to passers-by. Discovered by Frank Zappa, with whom he recorded his first album, Fischer became an underground concert favorite, earning him the title "godfather of outsider music." Zappa was responsible for Fischer's initial foray into the business of music, an album called An Evening with Wild Man Fischer, contains 36 tracks of "something not exactly musical." Zappa and Fischer remained close, until Fischer threw a jar at Zappa's daughter Moon Unit Zappa, barely missing her.^[2] Due to this falling out, Zappa's widow Gail Zappa has not yet released An Evening with Wild Man Fischer on CD.
In the 1980s, Fischer worked with Art and Artie Barnes (actually Bill Mumy, of Lost in Space/Babylon 5 fame, and Robert Haimer), to produce two albums, Pronounced Normal (1981) and Nothing Scary (1984).
Fischer appeared on national television (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and was the subject of a comic book (The Legend Of Wild Man Fischer).^[3]
In 1986, Barnes and Barnes also wrote and produced "It's A Hard Business", a duet featuring Fischer and Rosemary Clooney. The song was the result of a telephone friendship that began after Clooney heard Fischer's song "Oh God, Please Send Me A Kid To Love." In 1987, Fisher performed his only East Coast performances at the Mass College of Art and Design.

Rediscovery

In 1999, Rhino released The Fischer King, a two-CD package comprising 100 tracks and a 20-page booklet, which sold out within weeks. The limited-edition album comprises his entire Rhino catalogue, including the albums with Barnes and Barnes and Wildmania (1977), along with his duet with Clooney. Fischer also appears as guest vocalist with the noise band Smegma on their album Sings Popular Songs.
In October 2004, Fischer appeared on ABC-TV's late-night talk/comedy show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He sang "Monkeys vs. Donkeys" while tapping on a backwards acoustic guitar, and also sat for a chat with the host, wherein he explained what it means to have "the pep" (i.e., when the spirit is in him and he's singing happily).
In 2005, Josh Rubin and Jeremy Lubin, collectively known as The Ubin Twinz premiered their documentary about Wild Man Fischer, entitled Derailroaded: Inside The Mind Of Wild Man Fischer, at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. An Evening With Wild Man Fischer remains unreleased on CD. The awareness brought to Fischer by Derailroaded did, however, bring all three Rhino albums back in print on CD through Collectors' Choice Music.
Fischer made his final appearance on August 16, 2006, at the Trunk Space in Phoenix, Arizona.
He was mentioned in Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel Inherent Vice (pg. 155).
He was mentioned by Eric Clapton in the opening of the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival, "Wild Man Fischer lives...", in reply to Bill Murray's introduction.
Fischer died in Los Angeles, on June 16, 2011 after heart problems.^[4]

Discography

• May 1968 - Laminas (rare 7" 33rpm project of UCLA art students, 3 tracks by Larry, miscredited as "Fisher")
• 1969 - An Evening with Wild Man Fischer, Bizarre Records
• 1975 - "Go To Rhino Records" (single), Rhino Records
• 1977 - Wildmania, Rhino Records
• 1981 - Pronounced Normal, Rhino Records
• 1981 - "Don't Be A Singer"/"I Got A Camera"/"Do The Salvo" (single), Rhino Records
• 1983 - Nothing Scary, Rhino Records
• 1999 - The Fischer King, Rhino Records (compilation of all Rhino recordings)

 

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Yehuda Kiel, Israeli educator and biblical scholar died he was , 94.

Yehuda Kiel was an Israeli educator and Bible commentator died he was , 94..

(born 1916, died 16 June 2011)

Biography

Kiel was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1916. Following the Russian Revolution, he moved with his family to Panevėžys, Lithuania and later to Latvia.
In 1936, Kiel emigrated to Mandate Palestine. He studied Knowledge of the Land of Israel, history, sociology and psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He worked for the students union and was National Executive secretary of Bnei Akiva. After completing his degree in 1940, he taught at Kfar Haroeh, together with his future wife, Tamar. They married in 1941.
From 1967 to 1977, Kiel headed the religious education department of the Israel Ministry of Education.
Kiel was probably best known for the monumental biblical commentary, Da'at Miqra project, which he headed and which encompasses modern scientific research with traditional biblical exergesis.
He died in Jerusalem on 16 June 2011.^[1]

Awards

• In 1992, Kiel was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.^[2]
• In 2002, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award from the city of Jerusalem.^[3]

 

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