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.

Juan Francisco Reyes, Guatemalan politician, Died at 80

Juan Francisco Reyes López was born on  July 10, 1938 and died on January 10, 2019. 

 

He  was a Guatemalan politician. 

 

He was appointed the Vice President of Guatemala from January 14, 2000 to January 14, 2004 in the cabinet of president Alfonso Portillo. 

 

Juan Francisco Reyes passed away at 80 years old.

John Nallen, Irish Gaelic footballer, Died at 86

John Nallen  was born in 1932 and died on January 4, 2019.

He was an Irish Gaelic footballer.

John played for club sides Crossmolina, Tuam Stars, Trim and Castlerahan and at inter-county level with the Mayo, Galway and Meath senior teams.

John Nallen passed at 86 years old.

Antonio Torres Millera, Spanish politician, Died at 54

Antonio Torres Millera was born on August 20, 1964 and died on January 5, 2019.


He was a Spanish politician and a member of the People's Party of Aragon.

He served as a deputy of the Aragonese Corts, the regional parliament, from 2003 until his death in 2019. 

Torres Millera  was also second Vice President of the Aragonese Corts at the time of his death in 2019.

He died in office from a heart attack at the age of 54.

Torres Millera  was survived by his wife and two kids.

He passed away at 54 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.

Óscar González-Quevedo, Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest and parapsychologist, Died at 88

Father Óscar González-Quevedo Bruzón was born on December 15, 1930, in Madrid and died on January 9, 2019.

He was a Spanish-born Brazilian Jesuit priest.

González-Quevedo was an investigator in the field of parapsychology. He came from a deep Catholic family.

González-Quevedo  was the Founder and Director of the Latin American Center of Parapsychology, located in São Paulo, Brazil, where he worked on a daily basis, except while traveling domestically or throughout the world, teaching and conducting all sort of conferences and workshops on parapsychology. 

He read Latin, Greek, Hebrew, English, French and Italian, besides being fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Óscar González-Quevedo passed away  88 years old.

Lamin Sanneh, Gambian-born American professor, Died at 76

Lamin Sanneh was born on May 24, 1942, in Gambia and died on January 6, 2019.

He was the D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale Divinity School and Professor of History at Yale University.

Following his studies at the University of Birmingham and the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, he earned his doctorate in Islamic History at the University of London.

Lamin Sanneh authored many books and articles on the relationship between Islam and Christianity (titles include Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in "Secular" Britain, The Crown and the Turban: Muslims and West African Pluralism, and Piety and Power: Muslims and Christians in West Africa).

He converted to Christianity from Islam and was a practicing Roman Catholic He suffered a stroke and died on January 6, 2019. Sandra Sanneh his wife, is a professor of isiZulu at Yale University and their son, Kelefa Sanneh, writes about culture for The New

Yorker. Lamin Sanneh passed away at 76 years old.