Friday, 25 January 2019

Bill Mackrides, American football player, Died at 93

William Mackrides was born on July 8, 1925 and died on January 22, 2019.

He was an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.

Mackrides helped the Eagles win the 1948 and 1949 NFL Championships.

He played school football for the University of Nevada, Reno and drove the country in going in 1946.

In his last proficient season in 1953, he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and was the last Steeler to wear uniform number 13 of every a normal season diversion until punter Jeremy Kapinos wore that number in 2010.

Afterward, he picked up degrees (MS and PhD) in instruction, undergrad at West Chester State College, a graduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania,and a doctorate in brain science at the University of New Mexico.

Mackrides has since resigned and dwells in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Mackrides additionally established Indian Springs Day Camp, a mid year day camp in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania in 1959, which is at present family possessed and worked.

William Mackrides passed away at 93 years old.

James Frawley, American television and film director, Died at 82

James Frawley was born on September 29, 1936,  in Houston, Texas, and diedon  January 22, 2019, in Indian Wells.

He was an American director and actor.

Frawley was a member of the Actors Studio since around 1961.

Frawley was best known for directing The Muppet Movie in 1979 and The Monkees television series.

He had a short-lived acting career, appearing in supporting roles in film and television from 1963 to 1966.

James Frawley passed away at 82 years old.

Charles Vandenhove, Belgian architect, Died at 91

Charles, Knight Vandenhove was born on July 3, 1927, in Teuven  and died on January 22, 2019, Liège.

Vandenhove was one of the leading Belgian architects of the 20th century.

Vandenhove's company Charles Vandenhove et associés is based in Liège, Belgium.

Vandenhove's was mostly known for his work in Belgium, the Netherlands and Paris ranging from the 1950s to the 2010s.

Charles Vandenhove passed away at 91 years old.

Altino Pinto de Magalhães, Portuguese military officer and politician, Died at 96

Altino Pinto de Magalhães was born on May 8, 1922 and died on January 24, 2019.

He was a resigned Army Officer in the Portuguese Armed Forces, Military Governor and authority in the Ministry of the Army, just as the President of the Junta Regional of the Azores.

Magalhães filled in as a general in the Portuguese Armed Forces, who, while having a moderate style, bolstered the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974.

Magalhães turned into a possibility for the Presidency of Portugal in 1985 .Altino Pinto de

Magalhães passed away at 96 years old.

Hugh McIlvanney, Scottish sports writer, Died at 84

Hugh McIlvanney was born on February 2, 1934 and died on January 24, 2019.

He was a Scottish journalist and sports writer.

McIlvanneyhad long stints with the British Sunday newspapers The Observer (30 years until 1993) and later 23 years with the Sunday Times (1993 to 2016).

In 1996, McIlvanney was awarded the OBE, was given the Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 by The Scottish Press Awards, and is the only sports writer to be voted Journalist of the Year.

During 2005, McIlvanney was included in the Press Gazette Hall of Fame.

After nearly six decades in the profession, he retired in March 2016.

His brother was the novelist and crime fiction writer William McIlvanney.

He had one son, Conn, and a daughter, Elizabeth.

Hugh McIlvanney passed away at 82 years old.

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Died at 89

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar was born on December 14, 1929, in Calatayud, Province of Zaragoza and died on January 24, 2019.

He was a Spanish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the Archbishop Emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela.

Pope Francis ordained  him a cardinal in a consistory of February 22, 2014.

Fernando Sebastián Aguilar passsed away at 89 years old in Málaga, having suffered a severe stroke just a couple of days prior.

Sebastián Aguilar passed away at 89 years old.

Krishna Sobti, Indian author, Died at 93

Krishna Sobti was born on  February 18, 1925 and died on January 25, 2019.
She  was a Hindi fiction writer and essayist.

She  won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980 for her novel Zindaginama and in 1996, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, the highest award of the Akademi.

Sobti earned the Jnanpith Award for her contribution to Indian literature, in 2017.

She was best known for her 1966 novel Mitro Marajani, a proud depiction of a wedded lady's sexuality.

Sobti was likewise the beneficiary of the first Katha Chudamani Award, in 1999, for Lifetime Literary Achievement, aside from winning the Shiromani Award in 1981, Hindi Academy Award in 1982, Shalaka Award of the Hindi Academy Delhi and in 2008, her novel Samay Sargam was chosen for Vyas Samman, initiated by the K. K. Birla Foundation.

Considered the grande woman of Hindi writing, Krishna Sobti was conceived in Gujrat, Punjab, presently in Pakistan; she likewise composes under the name Hashmat and has distributed Hum Hashmat, a gathering of pen pictures of scholars and companions.

Sobti's different books are Daar Se Bichchuri, Surajmukhi Andhere Ke, Yaaron Ke Yaar, Zindaginama. A portion of her outstanding short stories are Nafisa, Sikka Badal gaya, Badalom ke ghere.

Sobti Eka Sohabata incorporates her major chosen works.

Some of her works are presently accessible in English and Urdu.

During 2005, Dil-o-Danish, converted into The Heart Has Its Reasons in English by Reema Anand and Meenakshi Swami of Katha Books, won the Crossword Award in the Indian Language Fiction
Translation classification.

Krishna Sobti passed away at 93 years old.