Gilles Paquet, Canadian economist, Died at 82

Gilles Paquet was born on July 19, 1936 and died on January 18, 2019.

He was a Canadian economist.

 

He was appointed the President of the Royal Society of Canada from 2003 to 2005.

 

Paquet was Professor Emeritus at the School of Management and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre on Governance of the University of Ottawa until his death.

He was active as a journalist on the radio and television network of Radio-Canada from the 1970s onwards, working as an editorial writer for some 5 years in the print media in the 1990s, and as commentator on national affairs on TVOntario from 1995 to 2006. 

Gilles Paquet passed away at 82 years old.

Cees Haast, Dutch racing cyclist, Died at 80

Cees Haast was born on November 19, 1938 and died on January 18, 2019.

 

He was a Dutch cyclist.

Cees Haast passed away at 80 years old.

Franco Pian, Italian footballer, Died at 96

Franco Pian was born on February 16, 1922 and died on January 18, 2019.

 

He was an Italian professional football player.

He died at 96 years old.

John Coughlin, American figure skater, Died at 33

John Coughlin was born on December 1, 1985, in Kansas City, Missouri. and died on January 18, 2019.

He was an American pair skater.

 

With Caydee Denney, he was the 2012 Four Continents silver medalist and 2012 U.S. national hero. 

 

With past accomplice Caitlin Yankowskas, he was the 2011 U.S. champion.

 

John Coughlin was the son of a third-generation police officer.

 

John Coughlin's mother, Stacy, died in February 2010 due to a chronic illness.

 

John Coughlin had a sister, Angela Laune.

 

He was found dead from suicide on January 18, 2019, one day after being suspended from figure skating for unspecified allegations.

John Coughlin passed away at 33 years old.

Henry Sy, Retailer & investor, Died at 94

Henry Tan Chi Sieng Sy Sr. was born on October 15, 1924, in Fujian, China and died on January 19, 2019.

 

He was a Chinese-Filipino business magnate and philanthropist,

 

He was known as the "father of modern Philippine retail".

 

Sy moved with his family to the Philippines at age 12. While his family came back to China, he remained behind and established ShoeMart, a little Manilla shoe store, in 1958. 

 

Throughout the decades he formed ShoeMart into SM Investments, one of the biggest aggregates in the Philippines, incorporating 77 SM shopping centers in the Philippines and China, 62 retail establishments, 56 general stores and more than 200 supermarkets. 

 

SM likewise claims Banco de Oro, the second biggest bank in the Philippines, and land property. 

For eleven straight years until his passing, Sy was named by Forbes as the most extravagant individual in the Philippines.

At the time of his death on January 19, 2019, his estimated net worth amounted to US$19 billion, making him the 53rd richest person in the world.

Henry Sy passed away at 94 years old.

Muriel Pavlow, Actress, Died at 97

Muriel Lilian Pavlow was born on June 27, 1921 and died on January 19, 2019.

She was an English actress.

 

Muriel's mom was French and her dad was Russian.

 

She began to function as a kid performer with John Gielgud and the Shakespeare Memorial Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon. 

Amid December 1937, at sixteen, Pavlow assumed the job of Gretel in a BBC Television generation of Hansel and Gretel. 

She was hitched to the performer Derek Farr from 1947 until his demise in 1986. 

They met in 1941 amid the shooting of Quiet Wedding and again at the arrangement of The Shop at Sly Corner in 1947. 

They kept on performing together in front of an audience and in movies.

They had no kids. 

She was accepted into the on-screen characters' consideration home and philanthropy Denville Hall and was dynamic on its administration advisory group.

Muriel Lilian Pavlow passed away at 97 years old.

Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, Indian politician, Died at 63

Jaswinder Singh Sandhu died on January 19, 2019.

He was a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the INLD representing the Pehowa Vidhan sabha Constituency in Haryana.

Jaswinder Singh Sandhu passed away at 63 years old due to cancer.