Shivajirao Deshmukh, Indian politician, Died at 84

Shivajirao Bapusaheb Deshmukh was born on September 1, 1935 and died on January 14, 2019.

 

He was a Chairman of Maharashtra Legislative Council in India.

 

Deshmukh  was elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council in 1996 and 2002.

 

Earlier, Deshmukh was  elected to Maharashtra Assembly in 1978, 1980, 1985 and 1990.

Shivajirao Deshmukh pased away at 84 years old.

Duncan Welbourne, English footballer, Died at 78

Duncan Welbourne was born on July 28, 1940,  in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire and died on January 14, 2019.

He was an English professional football player, coach and manager.

 

Welbourne started his career as an amateur at Scunthorpe United.

 

Welbourne began his professional career at Grimsby, as a wing half.

 

During November 1963 Welbourne  transferred to Watford, for a fee of £1,300.

 

At Watford he converted to a full back, when the club started playing in a 4–4–2 formation.

 

He set what was then a Watford record of 457 competitive appearances, breaking the 35-year-old record previously held by Tommy Barnett. 

Welbourne's  280 consecutive Football League games remains a record.

Completing third in the club's inaugural Player of the Season award in 1972–73, he left Watford on a free transfer at the end of the 1973–74 season. 

Welbourne  joined Southport, where he finished his playing career. 

Welbourne  also took on a coaching role, and managed the team between September 1975 and January 1976.

Welbourne passed away at 78 years old.

Hugo Alarcón, Chilean footballer, Died at 26

Hugo Andrés Alarcón Abarzua was born on January 11,  1993 and died on January 11, 2019.

 

He was a Chilean footballer.

He served as a  player for Deportes Iberia as Striker at the moment of his death, when he turned 26.

 

He did all lower in Universidad Católica and his debut was in 2013 in a 0-0 against Palestino.

 

During July 2014 he's loan to Deportes La Pintana for a one-year loan.

Hugo Alarcón passed away at 26 years old.

Takeshi Umehara, Japanese philosopher, Died at 93

Takeshi Umehara was born on March 20, 1925, in Miyagi Prefecture in Tōhoku and died on January 12, 2019.

He was a graduate from the philosophical faculty of Kyoto University in 1948.

 

Umehara  taught philosophy at Ritsumeikan University and was subsequently appointed president of the Kyoto City University of Arts. 

Umehara was noted for his prolific essays on Japanese culture, in which he has ventured to refound the discipline of Japanese studies along more Japanocentric lines, especially in his book Nihongaku kotohajime (日本学事始) written in 1972 in collaboration with Shunpei Ueyama.

Other than is many works in academic essays on numerous aspects of Japanese culture he has also composed theatrical works on figures as varied as Yamato Takeru and Gilgamesh. 

 

In 2008, he started to publish modernized version of Noh theatre

Takeshi Umehara passed away at 93 years old.

Bo Hi Pak, South Korean member of the Unification Church, Died at 88

Bo Hi Pak was born on August 18, 1930 and died on January 12, 2019, in Korea.

 

He was a prominent member of the Unification Church. 

Pak was a major leader in the church movement, during the 1970s and 1980s, leading projects such as newspapers (notably the Washington Times), schools, performing arts projects, political projects such as the anti-communist organization CAUSA International, and was president of the Unification Church International 1977 to 1991. 

Bo Hi Pak was also the president of Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea.

 

On July 20, 2004 the Eastern Seoul District Prosecutor sent him to prisoned Dr. Pak and charged him with financial fraud because he was unable to repay his debts to Korean businessmen.

Bo Hi Pak passed away at 88 years old.

Bonnie Guitar, American country musician. Died at 95

Bonnie Guitar was born Bonnie Buckingham on March 25, 1923, in Seattle, Washington and died on January 13, 2019.

She was an American singer, musician, producer and businesswoman.

Guitar was best known for her  country-pop crossover hit "Dark Moon" in 1957.

Guitar became one of the first female country music singers to have hit songs cross over from the country charts to the pop charts.

With her second husband, Mario DePiano, Guitar raised cattle and quarter horses in Orting, Washington , they got married in 1969. 

Her husband died in 1983. Guitar was a  co-founder of the record company Dolton Records in the late 1950s, that launched the careers of The Fleetwoods and The Ventures. 

Guitar left Dolton and became part owner of Jerden Records, in 1960.

Guitar was first married to musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc.

Bonnie Guitar passed away at 95 years old.

Wayne Blair, New Zealand cricketer, Died at 70

Wayne Leslie Blair was born on May 11, 1948 and died on January 2019.

 

He was a New Zealand cricketer.

 

Blair played first-class cricket for Otago from 1967 to 1991.

 

He made his first-class debut for Otago in 1967–68 as an opening batsman.

 

Blair  played all that season and all the next, reaching 50 only once, when he scored 83 in the last match of the 1968–69 season.

Blair  continued  down the order in 1969 to 1970, keeping wicket in one match and winning selection in a New Zealand Under-23 team against the touring Australians, when he top-scored in the second innings with 40.

Blair went back to the opening position and produced a number of useful but not large scores up to the end of the 1973–74 season. 

At home in cricket Blair won the man of the match award when he scored 102 against Wellington in 1979 to 1980.

Blair's younger brother, Bruce, played One Day Internationals for New Zealand in the 1980s.

Wayne Leslie Blair passed away at 70 years old.