Willie Murphy, American blues musician, Died at 75

Willie Murphy was born on November 17, 1943 and died on January 13, 2019.

 

He was an American pianist, singer, producer, and songwriter. 

Murphy was popularly known as a singer and pianist for the blues band Willie and the Bees. 

Murphy was also known for his work with Bonnie Raitt and John Koerner.

 He was raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

He performed on piano, bass, guitar and other instruments as a session musician for Raitt, Koerner, 

 

Greg Brown, Prudence Johnson, Little Milton, and many others. 

Murphy formed the Atomic Theory Records label in 1985 and released albums by himself, Phil Heywood, Boiled in Lead, Larry Long, and various world music artists.

Willie Murphy passed at 75 years old.

Phil Masinga, South African footballer, Died at 49

Philemon Raul Masinga was born on June 28, 1969 and died  on January 13, 2019.

 

He was a South African professional footballer and manager.

Masinga played as a striker from 1991 to 2002.

Masinga  was a  player in the English Premier League for Leeds United, and Italian Serie A for Salernitana and Bari. 

Masinga  also played for Jomo Cosmos, Mamelodi Sundowns with his cousin Bennett Masinga, St. Gallen and Al-Wahda.

Masinga  represented South Africa in 58 international games, scoring 18 goals.

 

Masinga  briefly went into football management with PJ Stars, in 2006.

Phil Masinga passed away at 49 years old.

Gebran Araiji, Lebanese politician, Died at 67

Gebran Araiji was born in Zgharta in 1951 and died on January 9, 2019.

 

He was  a Lebanese politician and former president of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP).

 

He joined the SSNP in 1970 and working since 1974 in the party's official organ publication.

Araiji emigrated to Latin America in 1975, then in France in 1977 and returned to Venezuela from 1978 to 1990.

Returning to Lebanon in 1990, Araiji  was President of Syrian Social Nationalist Party from 2001 to 2005. 

Gebran Araiji passed away at 67 years old.

Patrick Malrieu, French business executive, Breton activist & historian, Died at 73

Patrick Malrieu was born on March 31, 1945 and died on  January10,  2019.

He was a French industrial executive and a Breton music historian.

 

He attended high school in Paris, and went to École Estienne for college.

Patrick Malrieu worked for the Brodard & Taupin printing office, and was soon promoted to technical director.

Following 10 years, he left for Oberthur Fiduciaire, where he would spend only one year. After that, he became head of printing for Ouest-France's Publihebdos SAS.

Patrick Malrieu became president of printing press Auger-Mauger in 1999, and worked there until 2004. He would then retire from the printing industry. 

From 2011 until his death, Patrick Malrieu was the president of Institut Culturel de Bretagne.

 

He was inducted into the Order of the Ermine in 1999.

Patrick Malrieu passed away at 73 years old.

John Michels, American football player, Died at 87

John Joseph Michels was born on February 15, 1931 and died on January 10, 2019.

he was an American football offensive lineman.

He  played for the University of Tennessee (1950–1952) and in the National Football League (1953).

In 1952, he was a consensus first-team All-American.

He was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.

Michels was best known for coaching the offensive line of the Minnesota Vikings every year from 1967 to 1993 with the exception of 1984 when Michels coached the running backs. 

John Joseph Michels passed away at 87 years old.

René Mouille, French aviation engineer, Died at 94

René Mouille was born on October 30, 1924 and died on January 10, 2019.

He was a French engineer, and designer of many of France's most well-known and important helicopters, widely flown by many air forces around the world.

He studied at the École spéciale des travaux aéronautiques (ESTAé) in Orsay, which closed in 1988; the college has been superseded by the Arts et Métiers ParisTech. 

Mouille joined SNCASE. The first helicopter that he designed was the SNCASE SE.3110, the first French helicopter, flown by Jacques Lecarme in June 1950.

SNCASE SE.3120 Alouette, SNCASE SE.3200 Frelon, The Aérospatiale Alouette III II and I , Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon weree all first flew by in in the 1950's.

Mouille was chief designer of the Aérospatiale helicopter division until 1988. 

During December 1977, Mouille won the Bregeut Trophy from the Royal Aero Club.

René Mouille passed away at 94 years old.

Dianne Oxberry, British broadcaster, Died at 51

Diane Clare Oxberry was born on August 13, 1967 , in Sunderland, County Durham and died on January 10, 2019.

She was an English broadcaster and weather presenter for the BBC regional news programme North West Tonight. 

Oxberry also fronted the regional current affairs programme Inside Out North West. 

His parents were Francis Joseph Oxberry (1935–1983) and Margaret R. Dent.

She was married to Ian Hindle.

 

The couple had two children and lived in Sale, Greater Manchester.

Oxberry passed away at 51 years old at the Christie Hospital, Manchester, following a short bout with cancer.

Diane Clare Oxberry passed away at 51 years old.