Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Musician & political activist, Died at 63

Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul was born on January 1, 1956 and died on January 22, 2019 due to a heart attack.

Ahmed was a Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director, active since the late 1970s.

He was a freedom fighter who joined the Bangladesh Liberation War at the age of 15.

Ahmed won a number of awards, including Ekushey Padak, National Film Awards and the President's Award.

He was born on 1 January 1956. He studied at West End High School in Azimpur, Dhaka.

Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 when he was 15 years old.

He served in a Mukti Bahini base in Zinzira. His older brother, Iftekhar Uddin Ahmed Tutul, served in the Crack Platoon of the Mukti Bahini.

Ahmed trained in India and fought in Lalbagh Thana and New Market Thana of Dhaka.

In October, Ahmed was captured by Pakistan military and Razakars while returning to India for more training.

Ahmed was transferred to a jail in Mymensigh where he was tortured and witnessed the mass execution of 39 Mukti Bahini prisoners by the Pakistan military.

He transferred to the resident of Dana Miah which served as the local office of the East Pakistan Central Peace Committee.

Ahmed was tortured there along with other members of the Mukti Bahini. He was able to escape from the camp.

Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passed away at the age of 65 on January 22, 2019 due to a heart attack.

Andrew Fairlie, Scottish chef, Died at 55

Andrew Fairlie was born in November 1963, and died on January 22, 2019, he was a Scottish chef.

He was patron of the eponymous Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, an independent business within the Gleneagles Hotel and Resort, in Auchterarder, Perthshire.

Restaurant Andrew Fairlie is the only two Michelin star restaurant in Scotland and one of only fifteen in the UK.

Andrew was born in Perth, Scotland, and grew up in the city's Letham area.

At fifteen he began his training in Perth under Chef Keith Podmore, having become interested in food after starting a job at a hotel polishing glasses.

At twenty Andrew was awarded the first Roux Scholarship, giving him the chance to train with French chef Michel Guérard at Les Pres d’Eugenie in Les Landes.

This, and Fairlie’s time at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, profoundly influenced his culinary approach.

After returning to the UK, he held a number of high-profile positions, before returning home to Scotland.

At One Devonshire Gardens - where he was appointed head chef in 1994, he won his first Michelin Star, the only one in Glasgow at the time.

Andrew opened his own restaurant at the Gleneagles Hotel in 2001 and received a Michelin star within eight months.

At Gleneagles he invented his signature dish, a locally sourced lobster smoked over whisky barrel chips.

He also began growing rare fruits and vegetables for use in his dishes. In 2005 Fairlie catered for the 31st G8 summit and is said to have impressed French president Jacques Chirac.

The restaurant was awarded a second Michelin star in 2006.

On 6 November 2018, Andrew Fairlie announced he would step down from his Gleneagles restaurant after revealing he had a terminal brain tumour, and would hand over to his head chef and business partner in February 2019. 

Andrew's father, Jim announced his son's death on 22 January 2019.

Fairlie married his partner Kate, with whom he has two daughters, after receiving his terminal diagnosis.

Andrew Fairlie passed away at the age of 55 on January 22, 2019 due to brain cancer.

Mithra Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer, Died at 67

Mithra de Silva Wettimuny was born on June 11, 1951, and died on January 20, 2019.

He was a Sri Lankan cricketer.

He played in two Tests and one One Day International (ODI) in 1983.

He was one of three siblings to represent the country (all opening batsmen), elder brother Sunil played in the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups while youngest brother Sidath scored Sri Lanka's first Test match hundred.

He became well know as captain due to the successful Ceylon Schools team which toured India in 1969/70, a team which included future Test captains Bandula Warnapura and Duleep Mendis.

In the early 80's Sri Lanka gained Test status, and by then in his early thirties, Wettimuny's entire first-class cricket career incorporated nine matches in four countries in 127 days (his highest score being 55 on debut against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo in November 1982).

Mithra Wettimuny passed away at 67 years old.

Jimmy Rayl, American basketball player, Died at 77

James R. Rayl was born on June 21, 1941, in Kokomo, Indiana and died on January 20, 2019.

He was an American professional basketball player in the ABA.

Rayl stood at 6'2" and 175 lb guard. He was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round and 23rd pick of the 1963 NBA draft.

Later, Rayl signed and played two seasons for the Indiana Pacers.

In his career, his average of 11.1 ppg.

Jimmy Rayl passed away 77 years.

Andrew G. Vajna, Hungarian-American film producer, Died at 74

Andrew G. Vajna was born András György Vajna on August 1, 1944, in Budapest and died on January 20, 2019.

He was a Hungarian-American film producer.

He died at his home in Budapest following a long illness.

Andrew G. Vajna passed away at 74 years old.

Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino judge, Died at 79

Leonardo A. Quisumbing was born on November 6, 1939 and died on January 21, 2019.

He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

Quisumbing served as the President Fidel Ramos in 1998 and retired as the most senior Associate Justice of the Court on his 70th birthday in 2009.

He was a from Masbate, Masbate, Quisumbing graduated valedictorian from the Masbate High School in 1959.

 Quisumbing was a noticeable grounds figure as an undergrad understudy at the Manuel L. Quezon University, where he altered The Quezonian.

Leonardo A. Quisumbing graduated magna cum laude with a level of A.B. News coverage.

Subsequent to graduating, he enlisted at the U.P. School of Law. Quisumbing known as a dissident, he had a long record of association benefit since the 1970s.

Quisumbing was the previous Chairman of the Confederation of Industry Unions of the Philippines, (CINUP), previous leader of the National Alliance of Teachers and Allied Workers (NATAW), and previous secretary-general of the Lakas Manggagawa Labor Center (LMLC).

Leonardo A. Quisumbing passed away at 79 years old.

Pedro Manfredini, Argentine footballer, Died at 83

Pedro Waldemar Manfredini was born on September 7, 1935 and died on January 21, 2019. He was an Argentine professional footballer, who played as a forward.

Pedro began his career in Argentine club Racing Club de Avellaneda in 1957, winning the 1958 Argentine Primera División, and finishing the season as the joint-fourth highest goalscorer, and as his club's top scorer, with 19 goals.

After two seasons in Argentina, Pedro subsequently moved to Italian Serie A side A.S. Roma in 1959, where he played for seven seasons.

Pedro won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup with the club in 1961 (the predecessor to the UEFA Cup), finishing as the top scorer of the tournament, with 12 goals.

During the 1962 to 1963 season, he was the Serie A top scorer (tied with Harald Nielsen with 19 goals), and he once again finished as the top scorer of the 1962 to 1963, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, scoring 6 goals throughout the tournament, as Roma reached the semi-finals, losing out to the eventual champions Valencia.

Pedro also won the Coppa Italia with Roma during the 1963 to 1964 season, finishing the tournament as top scorer yet again, with 4 goals. In total, he played 130 games for A.S. Roma and scored 76 times.

He later spent a season with Brescia and then Venezia before retiring from his International career.

Pedro was capped three times for Argentina, scoring two goals.

He took part in the first ever edition of the Copa América in 1959, on home soil, making his debut in the competition, and appearing three times.

Pedro scored two goals in a 6–1 win against Chile in the opening match of the tournament, which was also his international debut, helping his country to lift the South American Championship title.

Pedro Waldemar Manfredini passed away at the age of 83 years old.

François Perrot, French actor, Died at 94

François Perrot was born on February 26, 1924, and died on January 20, 2019.

He was a French film actor.

Perrot has been appearing in more than one hundred films since 1954, include the Women Couldn't Care Less.

François Perrot passed away at 94 years old.