Monday, 28 January 2019

Pierre Delaunay, French sports official, 99


Pierre Delaunay was born on October 9, 1919, and died on January 27, 2019.

He served as the second General Secretary of UEFA.

Delauney succeeded his father Henri Delaunay in the post, on an interim basis from his father's death on November 9, 1955 and then officially from 8 June 1956.

Delauney died in Versailles.

Pierre Delaunay passed away at 99 years old.

Friday, 25 January 2019

Yıldırım Uran, Turkish football coach, Died at 63

Yıldırım Uran was born on  October 6, 1955 and died on January 21, 2019.

He was a Turkish football manager.

He oversaw or instructed at 22 groups.

Uran got advancement to the Süper Lig with Siirtspor toward the finish of the 1999 to 2000 season.

Uran was the senior mentor for Izmirspor, Bucaspor, Kuşadasıspor, Siirtspor, Manisaspor, Petkimspor, Alanyaspor, Beylerbeyi S.K., Uşakspor, Nazilli Belediyespor and Fethiyespor, dependably in the lower divisions of Turkish football.

Subsequent to filling in as an administrator in his very own right, Uran spent quite a bit of his later profession as an associate to Hamza Hamzaoğlu at various clubs, including at Akhisar Belediyespor, Galatasaray, Bursaspor and Antalyaspor.

Yıldırım Uran passed away at 63 years old.

Leo Paquette, American chemist, Died at 84

Leo Armand Paquette was bornon July 15, 1934 and died on  January 21, 2019.
He was an American organic chemist.

His guardians were Armand and Clarice with roots in Quebec (extraordinary granddad Edmund was conceived in Contrecoeur, Quebec) and he got his B.S. degree from Holy Cross College in 1956 and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959.

 Subsequent to filling in as a Research Associate at the Upjohn Company from 1959 to 1963, he joined the workforce of The Ohio State University.

He was elevated to full teacher in 1969 and was named Distinguished University Professor in 1987.

As an individual from the National Academy of Sciences since 1984, Paquette has served on warning councils for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and has been an individual from the article sheets of productions, for example, the Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Organic Syntheses, Organic Reactions, and as the establishing editorial manager of the Electronic Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (e-EROS).

Leo Armand Paquette passed away at 84 years old.

Andrzej Liss, Polish politician, Died at 68

Andrzej Liss was born on June 9, 1950 and died on January 21, 2019.

He was a Polish politician.

Liss was elected to the Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5674 votes in 25 Gdańsk district, candidating from the Law and Justice list.

Liss was also a member of Sejm 2001-2005.

Andrzej Liss passed away at 68 years old.

Edwin Birdsong, American funk keyboardist, Died at 77

Edwin L. Birdsong was born on August 22, 1941 and died on January 21, 2019.

He was an American keyboard/organ player.

Birdsong  was known in the 1970s and 1980s for his experimental funk/disco music.

He did not achieve much chart success, but developed a strong fan base, and has also been sampled by other artists many times, most famously by Daft Punk who sampled "Cola Bottle Baby" in "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", and Gang Starr who sampled his single "Rapper Dapper Snapper" for their song "Skills".

Edwin Birdsong passed away at 77 years old.

Russell Baker, American writer, Died at 93

Russell Wayne Baker was born on August 14, 1925 and died on  January 21, 2019.

He was an American columnist, storyteller, essayist of Pulitzer Prize-winning humorous critique and self-basic exposition, and writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning life account Growing Up (1982).

Baker cook was a feature writer for The New York Times from 1962 to 1998, and facilitated the PBS show Masterpiece Theater from 1992 to 2004.

The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 expressed: "Dough puncher, because of his particular endowment of treating genuine, even lamentable occasions and patterns with delicate amusingness, has turned into an American establishment.

Russell Wayne Baker passed away at 93 years old.

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.