Laurie Gilfedder, English rugby league footballer, Died at 83

Lawrence M. Gilfedder was born in 1935 and died on January 7, 2019 ,in Warrington Hospital, Warrington, Cheshire, England.

 

He was also known by the nicknames of "Laurie", and "Gilly". 

He was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer.

 

Gilfedder was a ctive player in the 1950s and 1960s. 

Gilfedder  club years as a player in the rugby union (RU) for Warrington RUFC (in Walton, Warrington), and typical level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 533), Wigan (Heritage № 625), and Leigh (Heritage № 758), as a goal-kicking centre, second-row, or loose forward, i.e. number 3 or 4, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.

Laurie moved to Stockton Heath after his marriage in 1955.

Laurie Gilfedder passed away at 83 years old.

Julio Rubiano, Colombian racing cyclist, Died at 65

Julio Alberto Rubiano Pachón was born on August 17, 1953 and died on January 8, 2019.

 

He was a Colombian racing cyclist. 

Pachón participated with his the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Julio Rubiano passed away at 65 years old.

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.