Wendy Beckett, British religious sister and art historian, Died at 88

Wendy Beckett was born on February 25, 1930, in South Africa and died on December 26, 2018, in Quidenham, Norfolk.

She was otherwise called Sister Wendy.

She was a British religious sister, recluse, blessed virgin, and craftsmanship student of history.

She turned out to be notable globally amid the 1990s when she displayed a progression of documentaries for the BBC on the historical backdrop of workmanship.

Beckett projects, for example, Sister Wendy's Odyssey and Sister Wendy's Grand Tour, regularly drew a 25 percent offer of the British survey group of onlookers.

During 1997, Sister Wendy made her U.S. make a big appearance on open TV and that equivalent year The New York Times depicted her as "an at some point recluse who is quick on her approach to turning into the most far-fetched and renowned craftsmanship pundit ever of." As of September 2018, fragments of these shows are as yet being publicized on a few PBS directs in the U.S.

 She grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland, where her dad was studying medicine.

During 1946, Beckett went into the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, a Roman Catholic congregation of Religious Sisters dedicated to education.

Beckett was sent to England where she completed her novitiate and then studied at St Anne's College, Oxford where she was awarded a congratulatory first class honors degree in English Literature.

Wendy Beckett passed away at 88 years old.

Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer and conductor, Died at 83

Theodore Antoniou was born on February 10, 1935, in Athens, Greece and died on December 26, 2018.

He was a Greek composer and conductor.

His works differ from musical shows and choral attempts to ambiance music, from film and theater music to solo instrumental works.

Antoniou was trained in violin, voice, and arrangement at the National Conservatory of Athens, the Hellenic Conservatory, and directing at both The Hochschule für Musik and the International Music Center in Darmstadt.

Antoniou is an individual from the Academy of Athens.

During 2004, Antoniou was granted the Herder Prize from the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. Antoniou was a teacher among the structure staff at Boston University, where he served since 1978.

Antoniou also led and directed the new music gathering Alea III, which holds home at Boston University.

The troupe performs oftentimes with new and debuting structures, has worked with various eminent craftsmen, and has visited Europe on various events.

Theodore Antoniou passed away at 83 years old due to complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician, Died at 72

Daniela Paysse was born on October 17, 1946, and pass-away on December 21, 2018.

She was a Uruguayan senator for the Broad Front party.

In 2000 Daniela was an alternate national representative for Montevideo, a position she held until 2005, joining the Finance Commission.

In 2005 she was re-elected as a National Representative by the Uruguay Assembly sector of the Broad Front.

During this period she joined the Commissions on Human Rights, Budgets, and Gender and Equity. Daniela also chaired the Special Commission of the General Assembly for the Follow-up of the Prison Situation.

She chaired the Human Rights Commission of the General Assembly, in charge of the integration of the Directive Council of the National Institution of Human Rights and Ombudsman.

In 2010, Daniela was reelected again as National Representative for Montevideo. She was part of the Human Rights, Budget, and Special Commissions on Gender and Equity, Special Commission for Monitoring the Prison Situation of the General Assembly, and was also a member of the Bicameral Women's Bank which is made up of legislators from all the political parties of Uruguay.

Daniela joined the Mercosur Parliament for the period 2010 to 2015. In the 2010 debate, she argued against the use of the theory of the two demons when interpreting the Law on the Expiration of the Punitive Claims of the State.

In 2013, Daniela assumed the first vice presidency of the House of Representatives. In the 2014 general election, she was elected senator for her party. Payssé had six children and eight grandchildren.

Daniela Paysse died from an infection on December 21, 2018 at the age of 72.

Tom Leonard, Scottish poet, Died at 74

Tom Leonard was born on August 22, 1944, in Glasgow and died on December 21, 2018.

He was a Scottish poet, writer and critic.

Leonard was popularly known for his poems written in the Glaswegian dialect of Scots, particularly his Six Glasgow Poems and The Six O'Clock News.

Leonard's work frequently dealt with the relationship between language, class and culture.

In 1969, his Six Glasgow Poems has been called 'epoch-making' was published.

His poems were iniatially published as an insert in Glasgow University Magazine.

During 2009, he released Outside the Narrative, a collection of his poetry from 1965 to 2009. Tom Leonard passed away at 74 years old.

Tom Leonard passed at 74 years old.

Dipali Barthakur, Indian singer, Died at 77

Dipali Barthakur was born on January 30, 1941, in Sonari at Sivasagar, Assam and died on December 21, 2018.

She was an Indian singer from Assam.

Barthakur's songs were sung mainly in the Assamese language, and she was known as the "Nightingale of Assam".

Barthakur received the fourth-highest civilian award of India, the Padma Shri, in the year 1998.

Her parents were Bishwanath Borthakur and Chandrakanti Devi.

She performed her last song "Luito nejabi boi" in 1969.

Then, she started began suffering from a severe Motor neuron disease which hindered her singing and forced her to use a wheelchair.

Barthakur married Neel Pawan Barua, in 1976, an eminent Indian artist and painter from Assam and son of renowned Assamese writer Binanda Chandra Barua.

She died at Nemcare Hospital, Guwahati after a prolonged illness.

Dipali Barthakur passed away at 77 years old.

Raven Wilkinson, American ballerina, Died at 83

Raven Wilkinson was born on February 2, 1935 and died on December 17, 2018.

She was an American dancer who is credited with having been the first African-American woman to dance for a major classical ballet company. She broke the color barrier in 1955 when she signed a contract to dance full-time with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

Wilkinson was promoted to soloist during her second season with the troupe, and remained with the company for six years. Later after she became a mentor to American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland, presenting Copeland with the 2014 Dance Magazine Award.

Wilkinson did not stay in retirement long. When she returned to New York, the New York City Opera asked her to dance. She performed with them from 1974 until 1985. Wilkinson went on with the opera as a character dancer and actor until 2011 when the company disbanded.

Additionally her acting credits is the role of Malla in Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music (1990–1991). Wilkinson also played the role of Bloody Mary's assistant in a Broadway revival of South Pacific in 1987.

Raven Wilkinson passed away at 83 years old.

Jacques David, French Roman Catholic prelate, Died at 87

Jacques Louis Antoine Marie David was born on December 22, 1930, in France and died on December 19, 2018.

He was a French Roman Catholic bishop.

In 1956, he was ordained to the priesthood.

David served as the titular bishop of Girba and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bordeaux, France, from 1981 to 1986.

David served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rochelle and Saintes, Frances from 1986 to 1996.

He served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Évreux, France, from 1996 to 2006.

 Jacques David passed at at 87 years old.