Gus Ganakas, American college basketball coach, Died at 92

Gus G. Ganakas was born on July 3, 1926, in Mount Morris, New York. and died on January 11, 2019.

He was an American sports broadcaster and Michigan State Spartans men's basketball coach. Ganakas served as the head coach there from 1969 to 1976.

Gus Ganakas studied at the Michigan State University (MSU) from 1946 to 1950 after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. 

Ruth his wife died in 2014. He resided in the Lansing area.

He became the sixth recipient of the Men's Basketball Distinguished Alumnus Award, in 2002.

Gus Ganakas passed away at 92 years old.

Dimitris Sioufas, Greek politician, Died at 75

Dimitris Sioufas was born on August 15, 1944, in Ellinopyrgos, Karditsa and died on January 11, 2019.

He was a Greek lawyer and New Democracy politician.

Sioufas rearned a degree in political science and public administration at the Panteion University of Athens as well as in law from the University of Thessaloniki.

Dimitris Sioufas was first elected to the Greek Parliament for the Karditsa constituency in the 1981 general election, and has been reelected at every election since.

Sioufas was Deputy Minister of Social Security from August 1991 to December 1992 and Minister of Health, Welfare and Social Services from December 1992 to October 1993.

Following the 2004 parliamentary election, which was won by New Democracy,  he became Minister for Development in the government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis on 10 March 2004.

He left this seat when a new government was sworn in on September 19, 2007 and was instead nominated as Speaker of Parliament.

Sioufas has been a member of New Democracy's Central Committee since 1997;  before  he was a member of the Central Committee from 1979 to 1985 and from 1994 to 1997. 

He was also a member of the party's Executive Committee from 1997 to 2001 and a member of its Political Council from 2001 to March 2004.

Sioufas was Secretary General of the New Democracy Parliamentary GroupFrom April 2000 to March 2004.

He was married to Kaity Anagnostaki and had two sons and a daughter.

Dimitris Sioufas passed away at 75 years old.

Alfredo del Mazo González, Mexican politician, Died at 75

Alfredo Hilario Isidro del Mazo González was born on December 31, 1943, and died on January 10, 2019.

He was a Mexican politician González was connected with the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

González was the Governor of the State of Mexico from 1981 to 1986 and as Secretary of Energy during part of Miguel de la Madrid's government.

González represented the PRI in the first election for the Head of Government of the Federal District in 1997 but lost to Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas of the Party of the Democratic Revolution.

González also served briefly as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress as a plurinominal representative in 2003.

Alfredo del Mazo González passed away at 75 years old.

Kevin Fret, Puerto Rican musician, Died at 24

Kevin Fret was born in 1994 and died on January 10, 2019.

He was a Trap artist from Puerto Rico.

Fret was shot and killed in Puerto Rico.

Fret was the first openly gay Latin trap artist.

He was born in Puerto Rico, Fret was living in Miami. In 2018, he released his breakthrough single, Soy Asi.

He was described by Papermag as a 'strict religious upbringing' as the reason he courted controversy in the LGBT+ community by saying that homosexuality was 'a choice' for him.

On 10 January 2019, he was in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, "At 5:31 a.m., He was on a motorcycle near the intersection of Eduardo Conde and Bellview in Santurce when he was shot eight times.

" Which is not known whether Fret was targeted specifically, and an investigation was subsequently announced by police.

His manager, Eduardo Rodriguez said in an official statement that "Kevin was an artistic soul, a big-hearted dreamer. Fret's passion was music, and still had a lot to do.

This violence must stop.

Kevin Fret passed away at 24 years old.

Ivan Mašek, Czech dissident, economist and politician, Died at 70

Ivan Mašek died on  January 7, 2018.

He was a Czech politician.

Ivan Mašek was appointed as the Deputy between 1993 and 1998.

Ivan Mašek passed away at 70 years old.

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.