Patricia Wald, American judge, Died at 90

Patricia McGowan Wald was born on September 16, 1928, and died on January 12, 2019.

She was an American judge.

She was appointed as the Chief United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) and as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

Patricia Wald was the first woman to serve on the D.C. Circuit and the first to serve as Chief Judge of that same court.

Wald served as a member of the American Bar Association's International Criminal Court (ABA-ICC) Project and on the Council of the American Law Institute.

Robert Lewis Wald was her husband, he was also a Yale Law School graduate.

The couple got married in 1951 when Patricia was 23 years old; the pair met in Europe as they were both traveling the continent.

The couple had three daughters and two boys in over a span of seven years: Sarah, Doug, Johanna, Frederica, and Thomas.

They had 10 grandchildren.

Robert Wald passed away at 90 years old in Washington, D.C., from pancreatic cancer.

Larry Cunningham, Floaters Singer, Died at 67

Larry Cunningham died on January 10, 2018.

He was a Floaters Singer

In January 10, 2019, They had one big hit back in 1977, but wow was it a hit.

The Floaters came out of the clubs of Detroit and shot right to the top of the pop and R&B charts with their first single, "Float On." And folks still love the ballad four decades later.

The Floaters are extremely sad today to inform SoulTrackers of the death of group co-founder and all around good guy, Larry Cunningham, after a long illness.

Larry Cunningham passed away at 67 years old.

Bea Vianen, Surinamese writer, Died at 83

Beatrice Sylvia Vianen was born on November 6, 1935, in Paramaribo and died on January 2019.

 

She was a Surinamese writer.

 

She goes by the name Bea Vianen.

Bea Vianen had both African and Indian ancestry and spent time in the Netherlands starting in 1957.

 

Bea Vianen mostly wrote in Dutch, but occasionally in Sranan Tongo.

 

Vianen's first novel was Sarnami, Hai or "Surinam I am" in 1969.

 

Vianen was an admirer of the Trinidadian novelist V. S. Naipaul.

Bea Vianen passed away at 83 years old.

John L. Said, American Episcopal bishop, Died at 86

John Lewis Said was born in 1932 and died on January 5, 2019. 

He was appointed as the Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida (1995–2003) and Assistant Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida (2003 to 2018).

Following his  ordination to the diaconate and priesthood in the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, Said was consecrated to the episcopate on February 25, 1995. 

John L. Said was a graduate of Yale Divinity School.

John L. Said passed away at 86 years old.

Dan Tshanda, South African musician, Died at 54

Tshanda died on 5 January 2019,

 

He was a South African musician.

 

He was a member of Splash .

 

The group was a Soweto township band of the 1980s and 1990s led by Dan Tshanda, lead vocalist and bass guitar.

During 1991 two members of Splash formed their own band, Matshikos, releasing an album The Park Is Mine. 

Dan Tshanda passed away at 54 years old, from a heart attack.

Miguel Gallastegui, Spanish pelotari, Died at 100

Miguel Gallastegui Ariznavarreta was born on February 25, 1918  and died on January 4, 2019.

 

He was a Gipuzkoan pelotari (a Basque pelota player).

 

Gallasteguimade his career debut on June 29, 1936 and played the sport until 1960.

Miguel Gallastegui passed away at 100 years old.

J. D. Gibbs, American race car driver, Died at 49

Jason Dean "J. D." Gibbs was born on February 21, 1969 and died on January 11, 2019.

He was a stock car racing driver and co-owner of Joe Gibbs Racing.

After being born near Los Angeles, California, his family moved several times.

Upon completing high school, Gibbs began his to play football at The College of William & Mary.

He was married and had four children.

Gibbs resided in Davidson, North Carolina.

Gibbs was married to his wife Melissa (née Miller), and had four sons: Joe Jackson, William Miller, Jason Dean II, and Zachary Taylor.

Apparantly Gibbs  battled his neurological brain disease

J. D. Gibbs passed away at 49 old.