Duncan Weldon, English theatre producer, Died at 77

Duncan Weldon was born on March 19, 1941, and died on January 30, 2019. He was a British theatre producer.

During 2002, Weldon won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.

Duncan Weldon passed away at 77 years old.

Thelma Tixou, Mexican vedette and actress, Died at 74

Thelma Delia Suklenik was born in 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died on January 15, 2019.

She better was known by her stage name Thelma Tixou.

Tixou was a Mexican vedette and actress of Argentinian origin.

Tixou was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s. She studied for six years in the Teatro Labardén, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Thelma was a very good jazz dancer. Tixou began her career as vedette at the age of 13.

Then, she was presented in a contest at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes of Buenos Aires, which was chosen among 10 dancers to fill the role of vedette.

She was married her manager and agent, an ex-boxer with whom she suffered various physical and verbal abuses.

Tixou husband abandoned her, leaving her in economic ruin. Subsequently, she endured but emerged from severe depression.

Thelma Delia Suklenik passed away at 74 years old.

Larry Cunningham, Floaters Singer, Died at 67

Larry Cunningham died on January 10, 2018.

He was a Floaters Singer

In January 10, 2019, They had one big hit back in 1977, but wow was it a hit.

The Floaters came out of the clubs of Detroit and shot right to the top of the pop and R&B charts with their first single, "Float On." And folks still love the ballad four decades later.

The Floaters are extremely sad today to inform SoulTrackers of the death of group co-founder and all around good guy, Larry Cunningham, after a long illness.

Larry Cunningham passed away at 67 years old.

Dan Tshanda, South African musician, Died at 54

Tshanda died on 5 January 2019,

 

He was a South African musician.

 

He was a member of Splash .

 

The group was a Soweto township band of the 1980s and 1990s led by Dan Tshanda, lead vocalist and bass guitar.

During 1991 two members of Splash formed their own band, Matshikos, releasing an album The Park Is Mine. 

Dan Tshanda passed away at 54 years old, from a heart attack.

Ron Smith, British comic artist, Died at 94

Ronald George Smith was born in 1924, in Bournemouth and died on January 10, 2019. 

 

He was a British comic artist.

 

His working career spanned for nearly fifty years. 

Mainly he provided strips for the two main publishers, DC Thomson and IPC Magazines.

He was popular for drawing Judge Dredd for 2000 AD and the Daily Star. 

His other trademark feature was that Smith often drew a prominent picture of Dredd (normally just head and shoulders) at the start of the week's story, quite separate from the narrative itself; although not a technique exclusive to Smith, it was fairly uncommon in 2000AD at the time.

Ron Smith passed away at 94 years old.

Gregg Rudloff, American sound mixer, Died at 63

Gregg Rudloff was born on November 2, 1955 and died on January 6, 2019.

He was an American re-recording mixer.
Rudloff winner of three Academy Awards for Best Sound and was nominated for four more in the same category.

Rudloff has worked on 150 films since 1983.

Rudloff's father, Tex Rudloff, was a sound engineer who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1978.

Reportedly he committed suicide. 

Gregg Rudloff passed away at 63 years old.

Ringo Lam, Hong Kong film director, Died at 63

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung was born in Hong Koin Hong Kong, in 1955 and died on December 29, 2018.

He was a Hong Kong film director, producer, and screenwriter.

He at first went to an acting school.

During the wake of discovering he favored making movies to acting, Ringo Lam went to Canada to think about the film.

Ringo Lam returned and started shooting satire films, in 1983.

Following the business achievement of his film Aces Go Places IV, he was permitted to build up his own film.

He coordinated City on Fire in 1987, which drove him to win his first Hong Kong Film Award, and has been broadly referenced as the essential motivation for Quentin Tarantino's first film, Reservoir Dogs.

He lined up City on Fire with other comparable movies that common a dull perspective of Hong Kong society.

A large number of these movies featured Chow Yun Fat.

During 1996, he made his first American film, Maximum Risk featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Lam would keep taking a shot at film creations in both Hong Kong and two increasingly American preparations with Jean-Claude Van Damme until 2003.

His last directorial exertion was guiding 33% of the portmanteau movie Triangle alongside Tsui Hark and Johnnie To.

During 2014, it was declared that Lam was taking a shot at another component film.

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung passed away at 63 years old.

Mike Taylor, Canadian musician Dead

Musician, Mike Taylor, the keyboardist and vocalist of the Canadian band Walk Off the Earth, known as “Beard Guy,” Pass away from natural causes in the night while in his sleep., according to a statement released by the band.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved brother and band member, Mike Taylor “Beard Guy” ” says the band’s Facebook post. “Mike had a love for life that was unmatched and a willingness to give that went beyond ordinary means.”

The Burlington, Ontario-based band said Mike passed away peacefully in his sleep from natural causes on Saturday night on December 29, 2018.

He is survived by his two children.

The band, Walk Off the Earth, gained recognition in 2012 after posting a cover of Australian artist Gotye’s Somebody that I Used to Know, with all five members playing the song on a single guitar.

Since being posted on January 2012, the video has received over 185 million views. Mike Taylor gained his ‘Beard Guy’ moniker after appearing so calm and stoic in the video.

Mrinal Sen, Indian film director, Died at 95

Mrinal Sen was born on May 14, 1923, and died on December 30, 2018, in Bhawanipore, Kolkata.

 He was an Indian film director.

Alongside his counterparts Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, Sen was frequently viewed as one of the best envoys of Bengali parallel film on the worldwide stage.

Like crafted by Ray and Ghatak, his film was known for its imaginative portrayal of social reality.

In spite of the fact that the three executives shared a solid competition, they were passionate admirers of one another's work, and in this manner, they diagrammed the autonomous direction of the parallel film, as a contrast to the standard passage of Hindi film in India.

He was a vigorous adherent of Marxist theory.

Mrinal Sen passed away at 95 years old due to a heart attack.

Nils Utsi, Norwegian actor, Died at 75

Nils Utsi was born on July 22, 1943, and died on December 31, 2018.

He was a Norwegian actor, stage director, and film director.

Utsi served at the theatres Den Nationale Scene in Bergen, Hålogaland Teater, which he also co-founded, and Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter, where he staged his first play, an adaptation of Stones in His Pockets.

Utsi was a co-directed on the television series Ante from 1975, and also participated as , actor.

The series treated the situation of indigenous peoples through the Sami boy "Ante", and was sold to 23 different countries.

In 1987, he played the role of Raste Nils Gaup awarded film Ofelaš (Pathfinder).

Nils Utsi passed away at 75 years old.

Steve Daskewisz, American actor and stuntman, Died at 74

Steve Daskewisz, otherwise called Steve Dash or Steve Daskawisz, died in December 2018.

He was a performing artist referred to for his job as a trick twofold supporting the anecdotal sequential executioner Jason Voorhees in the film Friday the thirteenth Part 2.

He was a previous cop who functioned as a double and performing artist starting in 1977, he had little jobs in Wolfen and The Jazz Singer.

That prompted work on Sylvester Stallone's Nighthawks where he met Cliff Cudney.

Cudney contracted him to supplant Warrington Gillette who was initially planned to have Jason in Friday the thirteenth Influence 2. Steve Daskewisz passed away at 74 years old.

Geetha Salam, Indian actor, Died at 72

Abdul Salam was born on October 9, 1946 and died on December 19, 2018.

He was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema.

He was more popular by his stage name Geetha Salam.

He was well known for Malabar Wedding, Jalolsavam (2004) and John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu (2014).

Salam resided in Krishnapuram, Alappuzha, Kerala. Salam was featured in more than 82 Films and some TV series. Rahmath was his wife and is survived by two sons, Shan and Shaheen.

Salam began his film career in the Malayalam film Mani Koya Kurup (1979) directed by S. S. Devadas and produced by P. P. Jose. Salam's 2nd movie was Megasandesam (Horror movie), directed by Rajasenan and produced by K. Radhakrishnan.

Geetha Salam passed away at 72 years old.

Carole Penny Marshall, American actress, Died at 75

American actress Carole Penny Marshall was born on October 15, 1943, and died on December 17, 2018. 

She was an American actress, director, and producer. 

Penny Marshall was the little girl of Marjorie Marshall, a tap dance instructor, and Tony Marshall, a movie chief and maker. 

 Marshall's folks' experience in diversion, alongside her sibling, Garry Marshall's, foundation as a screenwriter-chief and her sister's experience as a throwing executive and maker, offered to ascend to Marshall's profession in the business. 

 Marshall came on the scene during the 1970s for her job as Laverne DeFazio on the TV sitcom Laverne and Shirley (1976– 1983), accepting three assignments for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her depiction. 

She was advanced to coordinating movies during the 1980s, making her directorial make a big appearance with Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) preceding coordinating Big (1988), which turned into the main movie guided by a lady to net more than $100 million at the U.S. film industry. 

 Her ensuing coordinating credits included Awakenings (1990), which was designated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, A League of Their Own (1992), Renaissance Man (1994), The Preacher's Wife (1996), and Riding in Cars with Boys (2001). 

She additionally delivered Cinderella Man (2005) and Bewitched (2005) and coordinated scenes of the TV arrangement According to Jim and United States of Tara. 

While going to the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, Marshall met Michael Henry, a football player. 

She left school to wed him in 1963 at 20 years old; they had one kid, a girl, Tracy. Marshall functioned as a secretary and later as a tap move educator. The marriage kept going three years. 

On April 10, 1971, Marshall wedded on-screen character/executive Rob Reiner, who embraced her little girl and gave her his last name. 

Her marriage to Reiner finished in 1981 yet Reiner and Marshall have five grandkids together. 

Marshall had a short association with vocalist Art Garfunkel in the mid-1980s, and he acknowledges her for helping him through his wretchedness. 

 During 2010, it was accounted for that Marshall had been determined to have lung malignant growth that had metastasized to her cerebrum, yet she uncovered in 2012 that she was disappearing. 

Penny Marshall passed away at 75 years old.

Beyonce and Jay-Z Bike Ride In Bob Marley's 'Hood, Jamaica

Super Star Beyonce and Jay-Z Back at it Again.

We got these shots of the couple doing a motorcycle tour through Kingston, Jamaica.

Jay's at the wheel, while Bey's hanging on behind him ... rocking pink boots and fishnet stockings.

We're told they're shooting video content that will be used for their upcoming On the Run II Tour.

The neighborhood they're cruising around is called Trenchtown, made famous by Bob Marley ... who lived there and frequently sang about it.

We're told they'll be shooting at Tuff Gong, Bob Marley's home and studio.

Jay was on Jamrock just last year ... when he recorded with Damian Marley for the 4:44 album.

The OTR II tour kicks off in June.

American chemist and educator, Irving Shain, Died at 92

Irving Shain was born on January 2, 1926 in Seattle, Washington, and died on March 6, 2018.

He was a chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Irving Shain served as the Chancellor of the university from 1977 to 1986.

He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946.

Irving Shain attended the University of Washington, where he received his BS in 1949 and his Ph.D. in 1952, both in chemistry.

Irving Shain started teaching chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1952, and later served as the vice chancellor from 1970 to 1975.

Shain went to the University of Washington in order to serve as the vice president of academic affairs, from 1975 to 1977 before returning to UW–Madison to become the chancellor in 1977.

He retired from the university in 1986 and worked for the Olin Corporation until his retirement in 1992.

He died on March 6, 2018, after a brief illness at 92 years old.

American ballet dancer, Sean Lavery, Died at 61

Sean Lavery was born on August 16, 1956, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, died February 26, 2018 in Palm Springs, California.

He was a former principal dancer, ballet master, and assistant to the balletmaster in chief at New York City Ballet.

Lavery was a répétiteur for the George Balanchine Trust and a former faculty member at the School of American Ballet.

Lavery retired from City Ballet and SAB in the fall of 2011.

During 2012, in recognition of his service to SAB, he was awarded the Mae L. Wien Faculty Award for Distinguished Service.

After Sean Lavery his retirement Lavery moved to Palm Springs California.

He died February 26, 2018 due to natural causes in California.

Sean Lavery died at 61 years old.

Marie-Josèphe Yoyote, French film & television editor and actress,Died at 87

Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte was born on November 5, 1929 and died on July 18, 2017.

She was a French film and television editor and actress.

Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte's extensive editing credits include The 400 Blows, Winged Migration and Microcosmos, the latter of which garnered Yoyotte a César Award for Best Editing.

Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte passed away at 87 years old.

Jan Monrad, Danish comedian and entertainer, Died at 64

Jan Monrad was born on March 18, 1951, in Amager, Copenhagen and died November 20, 2015.

He was a Danish comedian and entertainer before his death.

After, Jan and Soren Rislund formed the duo Monrad & Rislund in 1978.

Both comedians delivered plat, in a good way, satire during the 1980s in satire program Friday Open on Danish Radio P3.

Jan also worked at Ekstra Bladet for 14 years, where he work as back-skibent, reviewer and travel reporter.

He left behind his wife, the lived in Holbaek in the northwestern part of new Zealand, together.

Jan Monrad passed away at 64 yrs old due to a blood clot in the lungs.