Milton Bluehouse Sr., American politician, Died at 82

Milton Bluehouse Sr. was born in 1935, in Ganado, Arizona and died January 14, 2019.

 

He was the fourth leader of the Navajo Nation in the post-Restructuring of the innate government.

 

Bluehouse Sr likewise filled in as the VP in the workplace of his antecedent Thomas Atcitty.

 

Bluehouse Sr expected the administration after some debate including his entitlement to be president.

 

As he had been a designated VP, the law expressed that he was not qualified to wind up the president.

 

The law was changed to enable him to expect the administration.

Milton Bluehouse Sr.  passed away at 82 years old.

Francisco de Oliveira Dias, Portuguese politician, Died at 88

Francisco Manuel Lopes Vieira de Oliveira Dias was born on February 17, 1930 and died in January 2019.

 

He was  a Portuguese politician.

 

Dias was a child of Francisco António do Amaral Dias, a Medical Doctor, and spouse Maria Isabel Charters Lopes Vieira da Câmara de Oliveira (b. 1904), identified with the first Viscounts of São Sebastião. 

Dias was a partner of the Founders of then-Democratic and Social Center (CDS), and possessed numerous workplaces in this Party. 

In 1974 he was chosen a Deputy to the Constituent Assembly and in 1976 to the Assembly of the Republic, where he was progressively chosen until 1983.

Dias was the fourth President of the Assembly of the Republic between October 22, 1981, and 2 November 1982, amid which he was likewise a Member of the Portuguese Council of State. 

Dias was likewise a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council and of its Commission of Education and Culture. 

He Dias wedded Maria das Mercês Coelho da Silva Gil, the daughter of Adelino da Silva Gil (Figueira da Foz, Alhadas, 27 October 1885 - Lisboa, 25 June 1935) and spouse Deolinda Duarte Coelho (Vouzela, Vouzela, 1 March 1887 - Lisbon, 26 September 1955), and had eleven youngsters.

Francisco de Oliveira Dias passed away at 88 years old.

Andy de Groat, American choreographer, Died at 72

Andy Degroat was born in 1947 and died on January 10, 2019.

He was an American choreographer.

He began his career in 1972, where he choreographed the plays Ouverture at that year's Shiraz Arts Festival. 

Degroat also helped to choreograph Le Regard du Deaf and Einstein on the Beach at the 1976 Festival d'Avignon.

Degroat was the creator the Red Notes dancing company in New York City in 1973.

 

Degroat created two ballets titled Red Notes and Fan Dance.

 

He relocated his dance company to France, in 1982.

 

Degroat resided in Paris, Tarbes, and Montauban.

 

His area subject was in spinning and applied it to works such as The Nutcracker, La Bayadère, and Giselle.

Andy Degroat passed away at 72 years old.

Batton Lash, Comic book writer & artist, Died at 65

Batton Lash was born on October 29, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, and died on January 12, 2019.

 

He was an American comics creator.

 

He came to prominence as part of the 1990s self-publishing boom.

 

Lash was best known for the series Wolff and Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre (aka Supernatural 

Law), a comedic series about law partners specializing in cases dealing with archetypes from the horror genre, which ran as a strip in The National Law Journal, and as a stand-alone series of comic books and graphic novels. 

He was a student of cartooning and graphic arts at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts.

 

Batton Lash gained several awards for his work, including an Inkpot Award, an Independent Book Publishers Association's Benjamin Franklin Award, an Eisner Award, and nominations for two Harvey Awards. 

Batton Lash passed away at 65 years old from brain cancer.

Wiet Van Broeckhoven, Belgian radio presenter and writer, Died at 69

Wiet Van Broeckhoven was born on September 1949 and died on January 4, 2019.

 

He was a Belgian radio presenter and writer.

 

He was best known as the host of the radio music shows Njam Njam and Hitbox.

 

Van Broeckhoven was known for his Beatle haircut and knack for humorous one-liners.

At the start, he served as a was a civil servant. 

Van Broeckhoven presented the music shows Njam Njam and Hitbox on Radio 2, where Etienne Smet made the musical selections. 

He was known for his playful style, coming up with humorous one-liners and puns in between musical segments. 

Most of the quotes and one-liners were later compiled in various books. During the last years of his life, Van Broeckhoven was very ill, bedridden, and he no longer appeared in public. 

Wiet Van Broeckhoven passed away at 69 years old.

Aline Kiner, French journalist & writer Died at 59

Aline Kiner was born on 18 June 1959 and died on  January 7, 2019.

She was a French journalist and novelist.

She started as a journalist for Sciences et Avenir in 1995 and was then named editor-in-chief of special issues in 2008.

Kiner also worked with the French documentary series Thalassa and for the French newspaper Libération.

Kiner authored four books and novels, including La nuit des béguines, which won the Prix Culture et Bibliothèques pour tous in 2018. 

Aline Kiner passed away at 59 years old.

Sanger D. Shafer, American country & songwriter, Died at 84

Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer was born on October 24, 1934, in Whitney, Texas and died on January 12, 2019.

He was an American country songwriter and musician. 

In his time, Sanger D. Shafer wrote many hits for stars such as George Jones, Lefty Frizzell, and George Strait. 

His musical career started out in his hometown of Whitney where he played in a school band.

$Then for the next following years Shafer toured the U.S., performing with, among others, the then-unknown Willie Nelson. 

He relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, where he signed with the Blue Crest Music Publishing Company, in 1967.

Shafer  wrote two songs for George Jones, "Between My House and Home" and "I'm a New Man in Town", along with many other tunes for lesser-known acts. 

He then signed contracts with Musicor and RCA as a singer, but he was never as successful as he was as a songwriter. 

Sanger D. Shafer passed away at 84 years old.