John J. McKetta, American chemical engineer, Died at 103

John J. McKetta Jr. was born on October 17, 1915, in Wyano, Pennsylvania and died on January 15, 2019.

He was an American chemical engineer.

He was known for his research on more efficient ways to create energy and the thermodynamic properties of hydrocarbons.

McKetta was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and, in 2009, was selected by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers as one of the "50 Chemical Engineers of the Foundation Age.

McKetta turned 100 in October 2015. John J. McKetta passed away at 103 years old.

Thelma Tixou, Mexican vedette and actress, Died at 74

Thelma Delia Suklenik was born in 1944 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died on January 15, 2019.

She better was known by her stage name Thelma Tixou.

Tixou was a Mexican vedette and actress of Argentinian origin.

Tixou was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s. She studied for six years in the Teatro Labardén, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Thelma was a very good jazz dancer. Tixou began her career as vedette at the age of 13.

Then, she was presented in a contest at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes of Buenos Aires, which was chosen among 10 dancers to fill the role of vedette.

She was married her manager and agent, an ex-boxer with whom she suffered various physical and verbal abuses.

Tixou husband abandoned her, leaving her in economic ruin. Subsequently, she endured but emerged from severe depression.

Thelma Delia Suklenik passed away at 74 years old.

Eduardo Martín Toval, Spanish lawyer and politician, Died at 76

Eduardo Martín Toval was born on March 5, 1942 and died on January 15, 2019.

He was a Spanish lawyer and politician.

He was appointed as the Deputy between 1977 and 1980, and again between 1982 and 1995 and as a member of the Catalan Parliament between 1980 and 1982.

Eduardo Martín Toval passed away at 79 years old after participating in a feminist demonstration in his hometown.

Antonín Kramerius, Czech footballer, Died at 79

Antonín Kramerius was born on July 10, 1939 and died on January 15, 2019.

He was a Czechoslovak footballer.

Kramerius competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Kramerius was a player for Sparta Prague and Spartak Hradec Králové.

At club level Kramerius won two caps for the Czechoslovakia national football team.

Antonín Kramerius passed away at 79 years old.

Bradley Bolke, American voice actor, Died at 93

Bradley Bolke was born on October 1, 1925, in New York City, and died on January 15, 2019.

He was an American voice actor.

Bradley Bolke resided in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Bolke brother was actor Dayton Allen.

Bradley Bolke was the son of Helen and Sol Bolke, a dress manufacturer.

Bradley Bolke passed away at 93 years old.

Avraham Bendori, Israeli football player, Died at 90

Avraham Bendori was on June 21, 1928, in Tel Aviv and died on January 15, 2019.

He was an Israeli footballer.

He played for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israeli national team.

Later, he worked as a manager. Bendori was part of the Maccabi Michael youth team, which won back to back youth championship in the mid-1940s.

During 1946 Bendori was promoted to the senior team and played with the team until the end of the 1959–60 season, winning 6 league titles and 6 cups with the club.

When he retired, he coached several teams without much success and served as the national team's director.

He was 20 years during the Israeli War for Independence, fought in the Samson's Foxes unit, and was injured on the Egyptian front, near Iraq Suwaydan, when the jeep he was driving was bombarded.

He was hospitalized for several weeks and was released to take part in the national teams' tour of the U.S.

Avraham Bendori passed away at 90 years old.

Bai Hua, Chinese novelist, playwright and poet, Died at 88

Bai Hua was born Chen Youhua on November 20, 1930, in Xinyang, Henan and died on January 15, 2019.

He was a Chinese novelist, playwright and poet.

Bai earned national fame for his plays based on uncompromising historical criticism.

Hua began publishing poems at the age of fifteen under his current name.
Most them featuring in the Southern Henan Daily.

Hua worked in a Shanghai film studio in the early 1960s, and produced several influential dramas and films in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Bitter Love his book was turned in a flim called The Sun and the People in 1980.

Hua resided in retirement in Shanghai with his wife.

Hua most recent poem was published in 2009.

Bai Hua passed away at 88 years old.