Gene Zwozdesky was born on July 24, 1948, in Nipawin, Saskatchewanin Nipawin, Saskatchewan and died on January 6, 2019.
He was a Canadian politician.
He represented the province of Alberta.
Gene Zwozdesky was in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1993 to 2015 and was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2015.
His parents were Ukrainian-Canadian born Alec and Anna Zwozdesky.
During his career he has won numerous awards from cultural and arts organizations, as well as the 2005 Alberta Centennial Medal.
He became a member of the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers in 1963, and performed in the troupe for six years then going on to becoming the musical director, composing and conducting Shumka's music for twenty-five years.
Gene Zwozdesky also served in the same role for the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company.
Zwozdesky was married to Christine, the couple rasiesd two children.
Gene Zwozdesky passed away at 70 years old.
Monday, 7 January 2019
Jimmy Hannan, Australian game show host and singer, Died at 84
Jimmy Hannan was born on August 25, 1934 and died on January 7, 2019.
He was a Gold Logie-winning Australian variety show host, singer and entertainer and game show host.
Hannan was by far one of the pioneers of television, Hannan won the 1965 Gold Logie award.
His famous single was Beach Ball, which featured The Bee Gees as backing vocalists.
Jimmy also served on the air in Melbourne at The Greater 3UZ.
Melissa Hannan was his daughter, in 1981 she won the Miss Australia title and she was also in the Miss World competition in London that same years.
Jimmy Hannan passed away at 84 years old.
He was a Gold Logie-winning Australian variety show host, singer and entertainer and game show host.
Hannan was by far one of the pioneers of television, Hannan won the 1965 Gold Logie award.
His famous single was Beach Ball, which featured The Bee Gees as backing vocalists.
Jimmy also served on the air in Melbourne at The Greater 3UZ.
Melissa Hannan was his daughter, in 1981 she won the Miss Australia title and she was also in the Miss World competition in London that same years.
Jimmy Hannan passed away at 84 years old.
Moshe Arens, Israeli aeronautical engineer and politician, Died at 93
Moshe Arens was born on December 1925, in Kaunas, Lithuania, and died on January 7, 2019.
He was an Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher, diplomat, and Likud politician.
Arens was a member of the Knesset between 1973 and 1992 and again from 1999 until 2003.
Moshe Arens was also appointed the Minister of Defense three times and once as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He was also served as the Israeli ambassador to the U.S.
Arens served as a professor at the Technion in Haifa.
He was the Deputy Director General at Israel Aircraft Industries from 1962 until 1971, where he was in charge of major development projects, including the Kfir fighter jet project.
Moshe Arens passed away at 93 years old.
Sunday, 6 January 2019
Aisha Lemu, British-born Nigerian Islamic scholar, Died at 79
Aisha Lemu was born in 1940, in Poole, Dorset and died on January 5, 2019.
She was a British-born author and religious educator.
Lemu was converted to Islam in 1961 and lived most of her life in Nigeria.
She attended the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), pursuing her interest in Chinese history, language and culture.
During his timethere, she met Muslims who gave her Islamic literature to read and she converted to Islam at the Islamic Cultural Centre in 1961, during her first year of study.
Subsequently, Lemu helped to found the Islamic Society at SOAS, becoming its first secretary, and also assisted in the formation of the Federation of Student Islamic Societies.
Aisha Lemu passed away at 79 years old, in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
She was a British-born author and religious educator.
Lemu was converted to Islam in 1961 and lived most of her life in Nigeria.
She attended the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), pursuing her interest in Chinese history, language and culture.
During his timethere, she met Muslims who gave her Islamic literature to read and she converted to Islam at the Islamic Cultural Centre in 1961, during her first year of study.
Subsequently, Lemu helped to found the Islamic Society at SOAS, becoming its first secretary, and also assisted in the formation of the Federation of Student Islamic Societies.
Aisha Lemu passed away at 79 years old, in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia, Chilean Roman Catholic prelate, Died at 92
Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia was born on April 27, 1926, and died on January 5, 2019.
He was a Chilean Roman Catholic bishop.
He was born in Chile.
In 1957 Contreras Navia was ordained to the priesthood.
Contreras Navia served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile, from 1966 to 1974 and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción, Chile.
Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco, Chile from 1977 to 2001.
Contreras Navia passed away at 92 years old.
He was a Chilean Roman Catholic bishop.
He was born in Chile.
In 1957 Contreras Navia was ordained to the priesthood.
Contreras Navia served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile, from 1966 to 1974 and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Concepción, Chile.
Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Temuco, Chile from 1977 to 2001.
Contreras Navia passed away at 92 years old.
Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian professional wrestler, Died at 71
Michel Lamarche was born on February 9, 1947, in Saint-Lin, Quebec and died on January 5, 2019.
He was a Canadian professional wrestler.
Smirnoff was mostly called by his ring name Alexis Smirnoff and Michel "Justice" Dubois (Mike "The Judge" Dubois).
Smirnoff took part in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, including the Mid-South, Central States, Georgia and San Francisco territories, as well as short stints in International Wrestling Enterprise, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Cauliflower Alley Club's Facebook page posted the following about Lamarche on January 4, 2019: "Alexis Smirnoff is in hospice care in Marietta, Georgia, with kidney failure.
Where was said, The prognosis was grim, Please keep Alexis and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Alexis Smirnoff passed away at 71 years old.
He was a Canadian professional wrestler.
Smirnoff was mostly called by his ring name Alexis Smirnoff and Michel "Justice" Dubois (Mike "The Judge" Dubois).
Smirnoff took part in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, including the Mid-South, Central States, Georgia and San Francisco territories, as well as short stints in International Wrestling Enterprise, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Cauliflower Alley Club's Facebook page posted the following about Lamarche on January 4, 2019: "Alexis Smirnoff is in hospice care in Marietta, Georgia, with kidney failure.
Where was said, The prognosis was grim, Please keep Alexis and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
Alexis Smirnoff passed away at 71 years old.
Saturday, 5 January 2019
Odeen Ishmael, Guyanese diplomat, Died at 70
Odeen Ishmael was born on January 29, 1948 and died on January 5, 2019. He was a veteran Guyanese diplomat.
During June 2014, Ishmael retired from the diplomatic service.
Ishmael subsequent served as Guyana's ambassador to Kuwait, having been appointed to that post in January 2011.
In 2012, he was appointed as non-resident ambassador to Qatar. Before that, Ishmael also served as ambassador to Venezuela (November 2003-January 2011) and to the United States (June 1993–October 2003) and as Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) (June 1993–October 2003).
At the OAS Ishmael was for a short time the Chairman of the Permanent Council.
During 2009, Ishmael was elected to a one-year term as Chairman of the Latin American Council, the political governing body of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela.
During 1997, he earned the Cacique's Crown of Honour, Guyana's third highest national honor, for his outstanding work in diplomacy.
During 1974, Ishmael was given the Gandhi Centenary Gold Medal for academic achievement at the University of Guyana.
During January 2002, in Washington DC, Ishmael was rewarded in the United States of America with the Martin Luther King Legacy Award for International Service.
The US Congress, in joint goals, likewise paid an uncommon tribute to him in October 2003 just before he finished his administration in the United States.
His commentaries on international affairs, mostly, his analyses of South American integration issues, have been published worldwide.
As a writer, Ishmael has published books dealing with Guyanese history, culture and education; and political developments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ishmael can trace his ancestors back to what is now the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Ishmael has two youngsters: Safraz, a Georgetown University graduate school former student and a Physics graduate of the University of Maryland, and presently a lawyer joined to a law office in Boston; and Nadeeza (former student of the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University-(MS in Bio-Technology), who, up to 2008, worked at a hereditary qualities organization in Maryland , then as an examination researcher at Concordia University in Montreal from 2008 to 2016, is as of now appended (from 2017) to the Michener Institute in Toronto, Canada.
Evangeline his wife, held a BS in Communication Studies, and worked as a teacher for many years.
Ishmael had eight brothers and three sisters, which makes him the uncle of many children.
Odeen Ishmael passed away at 70 years old.
During June 2014, Ishmael retired from the diplomatic service.
Ishmael subsequent served as Guyana's ambassador to Kuwait, having been appointed to that post in January 2011.
In 2012, he was appointed as non-resident ambassador to Qatar. Before that, Ishmael also served as ambassador to Venezuela (November 2003-January 2011) and to the United States (June 1993–October 2003) and as Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) (June 1993–October 2003).
At the OAS Ishmael was for a short time the Chairman of the Permanent Council.
During 2009, Ishmael was elected to a one-year term as Chairman of the Latin American Council, the political governing body of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela.
During 1997, he earned the Cacique's Crown of Honour, Guyana's third highest national honor, for his outstanding work in diplomacy.
During 1974, Ishmael was given the Gandhi Centenary Gold Medal for academic achievement at the University of Guyana.
During January 2002, in Washington DC, Ishmael was rewarded in the United States of America with the Martin Luther King Legacy Award for International Service.
The US Congress, in joint goals, likewise paid an uncommon tribute to him in October 2003 just before he finished his administration in the United States.
His commentaries on international affairs, mostly, his analyses of South American integration issues, have been published worldwide.
As a writer, Ishmael has published books dealing with Guyanese history, culture and education; and political developments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ishmael can trace his ancestors back to what is now the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Ishmael has two youngsters: Safraz, a Georgetown University graduate school former student and a Physics graduate of the University of Maryland, and presently a lawyer joined to a law office in Boston; and Nadeeza (former student of the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University-(MS in Bio-Technology), who, up to 2008, worked at a hereditary qualities organization in Maryland , then as an examination researcher at Concordia University in Montreal from 2008 to 2016, is as of now appended (from 2017) to the Michener Institute in Toronto, Canada.
Evangeline his wife, held a BS in Communication Studies, and worked as a teacher for many years.
Ishmael had eight brothers and three sisters, which makes him the uncle of many children.
Odeen Ishmael passed away at 70 years old.
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