Etsuko Ichihara, Japanese actress, Died at 82

Etsuko Ichihara was born on January 24, 1936 and died on January 12, 2019.

She was a Japanese actress.

 

Ichihara appeared in more than one hundred films since 1957.

 

He joined the Haiyuza theater troupe in 1957 and made her debut in Rikō na oyomesan.

 

Ichihara won an award at the 1959 Geijutsusai for Chidori, she became the star of Haiyuza, but left the troupe in 1971.

Ichihara has appeared in film and on television, and is also known for narrating the long-running anime series Manga Nihon mukashi banashi.

Ichihara won the Japan Academy Prize for best supporting actress for Black Rain in 1990.

 

Etsuko Ichihara passed away at 82 years old.

Serena Dunn Rothschild, British racehorse owner, Died at 83

Serena Mary Dunn Rothschild, Lady Rothschild (née Dunn) was born on April 28, 1935 and died on January 13, 2019.

She was a British Thoroughbred racehorse owner.

Serena was the wife of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild.

Rothschild married financier Jacob Rothschild on October 20, 1961, with whom she had four children.

 She was the daughter of Sir Philip Gordon Dunn, Bt., and Lady Mary Sybil St. Clair-Erskine (daughter of James St Clair-Erskine, 5th Earl of Rosslyn). 

Serena's sister is the writer Nell Dunn.

Serena's real grandfather was Sir James Dunn, Bt., a prominent Canadian financier.

Serena Dunn Rothschild's colt Pounced, trained by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori in 2009, won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

Serena Dunn Rothschild passed away at 83 years old, in london.

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.