Béla Zsitnik, Hungarian rower, Died at 94

Béla Zsitnik was born on  December 17, 1924, in Győr and died on January 12, 2019.

He was a Hungarian rower.

He took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics, in the 1952 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He is the father of Béla Zsitnik, Jr.

 During 1948 Zsitnik was a crew member of the Hungarian boat which won the bronze in the coxed pairs event. 

After four years  Zsitnik  was eliminated with the Hungarian boat in the semi-final repechage of the eight competition. 

At the 1960 Games Zsitnik was part of the Hungarian boat which was eliminated in the repechage of the coxless four event.

Béla Zsitnik passed away at 94 years old.

Bob Kuechenberg, American football player, Died at 71

Robert John Kuechenberg was born on October 14, 1947 and died on January 12, 2019.

 

He was a National Football League guard for the Miami Dolphins for fourteen seasons between 1970 and 1983, spending the 1984 season on injured reserve. 

Kuechenberg  was a pillar in a line that included Hall of Famers Jim Langer, Larry Little, and Dwight Stephenson and played in six Pro Bowls in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Kuechenberg was selected as one of the top 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame from 2002 to 2006, and one of the top 17 finalists from 2007–2009, but missed the cut every year. 

Kuechenberg  was inducted into the Miami Dolphin's Honor Roll on December 15, 1995.

 

Kuechenberg was the brother of former Chicago Bears linebacker Rudy Kuechenberg.

Bob Kuechenberg passed away at 71 years old.

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.