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Deaths In July 2015
The following is a list of notable deaths in July 2015. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: *Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference. July 2015 1 * Nasser al-Hafi, Egyptian lawyer and politician, MP (since 2012), shot. *Cecil, 13, Zimbabwean protected lion, shot. *David P. Craig, 95, Australian chemist. *Curly Moe, 53, Canadian professional wrestler, liver cancer. *Val Doonican, 88, Irish singer and television presenter. * N. Ganesan, 82, Singaporean football administrator. *Edward Greenfield, 86, English music critic and broadcaster. * Theo Hendriks, 86, Dutch politician, member of the House of Representatives (1994–1998). * Lawrence Herkimer, 89, American cheerleading innovator, heart failure. * Jens S. Jensen, 69, Swedish photographer. * Aleksandr Kochetkov, 81, Russian football player and coach. * Robert La Caze, 98, French-born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notability (people)
Notability is the property of being worthy of notice, having fame, or being considered to be of a high degree of interest, significance, or distinction. It also refers to the capacity to be such. Persons who are notable due to public responsibility, accomplishments, or, even, mere participation in the celebrity industry are said to have a public profile. The concept arises in the philosophy of aesthetics regarding aesthetic appraisal.Aesthetic Appraisal', Philosophy (1975), 50: 189–204, Evan Simpson There are criticisms of art galleries determining monetary valuation, or valuation so as to determine what or what not to display, being based on notability of the artist, rather than inherent quality of the art work. Notability arises in decisions on coverage questions in journalism. Marketers and newspapers may try to create notability to create celebrity, fame, or notoriety, or to increase sales, as in the yellow press. The privileged class are sometimes called notables, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Til I Get It Right
"Til I Get it Right" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in December 1972 as the second single from the album '' My Man''. The song was Wynette's twelfth number one, spending one week at number one and a total of twelve on the U.S. country singles chart. The song was written by Red Lane and Larry Henley. Cover version The was recorded by Highway 101 Highway 101 was an American country music band founded in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The initial lineup consisted of Paulette Carlson (lead vocals), Jack Daniels (guitar), Curtis Stone (bass guitar, vocals), and Scott "Cactus" Moser (drums) ... and their 1991 album '' Bing Bang Boom''. Chart performance References 1972 singles Tammy Wynette songs Highway 101 songs Songs written by Larry Henley Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Epic Records singles 1972 songs Songs written by Red Lane {{1970s-country-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Sollima
Sergio Sollima (17 April 1921 – 1 July 2015) was an Italian film director and Screenwriter, script writer. Biography Sollima graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1935. During World War II he was in the Italian Resistance. After the war he gradually progressed from working as a film critic, to screenwriting, to becoming a director Like many Italian Cult following, cult directors, Sollima started his career as a screenwriter in the 1950s and wrote many peplum films in the 1960s. He made his directing debut doing one of the four sequences in the anthology film ''Of Wayward Love''. Sollima filmed three Eurospy films then moved to spaghetti westerns. ''The Big Gundown'' (starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian) was released in 1966 with big success, despite the fact that it had to compete with Sergio Leone's ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'' and Sergio Corbucci's ''Django (1966 film), Django''. Sollima soon filmed two more westerns. ''Face to Face (1967 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Vicariate Of Requena
The Apostolic Vicariate of Requena ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Requenaënsis) is a Latin Church apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church located in the episcopal see of Requena in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi .... History * March 2, 1956: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Requena from the suppressed Vicariate Apostolic of Ucayali (along with two other vicariates: Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa and Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramon). Bishops * Vicars Apostolic of Requena, in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Juan Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M. (July 30, 2005 – present) ** Bishop Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M. (May 15, 1987 – July 30, 2005) ** Bishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M. (November 26, 1973 – May 15, 1987) ** Bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víctor De La Peña Pérez
Victor de la Peña Pérez (14 September 1933 – 1 July 2015), was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born 14 Sep 1933 in Villaldemiro, Spain and was ordained a priest of Order of Friars Minor on 3 Jul 1959. On 3 Jul 1983 he was made auxiliary bishop of Requena (Peru) and titular bishop of Avitta Bibba Avitta Bibba was a town in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis. The town is tentatively identified with ruins at Henchir-Bour-Aouitta in Tunisia. Bishopric As a bishopric, Avitta Bibba was a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Carthage .... On 15 May 1987 he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Requena, Peru and he resigned this position on 30 July 2005, just short of his 71st birthday. at catholic-hierarchy.org. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overdose (horse)
Overdose (2 April 2005 in Nottinghamshire, Great Britain – 1 July 2015 in Germany) was a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse. During his career he was victorious in sixteen of his nineteen races. Breeding Overdose was English-bred and was sold at Tattersalls December Yearling Sales in November 2006 for just 2,000 guineas (£2,100). His sire was a miler called Starborough and he was out of Our Poppet (IRE) by Warning. He was a half-brother of three winners. His owner, Zoltán Mikóczy purchased Overdose only by chance and has been quoted as saying "I just put my hand up for fun, I like excitement of the horse auctions. I thought no horse can go this cheap and surely somebody else would bid. He's short and I'd say kind of ugly, so of course nobody wanted him." Racing career Overdose had an unbeaten series of 14 races. In these races he won with a total of 116,5 lengths, which means 8,3 lengths per race in average. He ran a new track record at his home track (Kincsem Park, Buda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czesław Olech
Czesław Olech (22 May 1931 – 1 July 2015) was a Polish mathematician. He was a representative of the Kraków school of mathematics, especially the differential equations school of Tadeusz Ważewski. Education and career In 1954 he completed his mathematical studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, obtained his doctorate at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in 1958, habilitation in 1962, the title of associate professor in 1966, and the title of professor in 1973. *1970–1986: director of The Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences. *1972–1991: director of Stefan Banach International Mathematical Center in Warsaw. *1979–1986: member of the Executive Committee, International Mathematical Union. *1982–1983: president of the Organizing Committee, International Congress of Mathematicians in Warsaw, *1987–1989: president of the Board of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences. *1990–2002: president of the Scientific Council, Institute of Mathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Notcutt
Charles Roger Macpherson Notcutt (30 May 1934 – 1 July 2015) was a horticulturalist and businessman. ''The Scotsman'', in its obituary, said that Notcutt was "an inspirational and popular leader of the horticultural community, establishing and developing many trade bodies, as well as education and research in the field." Business career In 1958, he began working at his family's garden business, later known as Notcutts Garden Centres. ''The Daily Telegraph'' wrote in its obituary that Notcutt "transformed it into Britain’s largest family owned garden centre group with 18 centres around the country.". Political career Notcutt was elected to the Woodbridge, Suffolk Town Council in 2009. He was the mayor of Woodbridge from 2012 to 2013. Awards * Order of the British Empire * Victoria Medal of Honour from the Royal Horticultural Society The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki due to Japan's invasion of China, before ultimately being cancelled due to World War II. Tokyo was chosen as the host city during the 55th IOC Session in West Germany on 26 May 1959. The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and marked the first time South Africa was excluded due to the use of its apartheid system in sports. Until 1960, South Africa had fielded segregated teams, conforming to the country's racial classifications; for the 1964 Games the International Olympic Committee demanded a multi-racial delegation to be sent, and after South Africa refused, they were excluded from participating. The country was, however, allowed to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, the city had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to London. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals at the 1960 Games. Host city selection On 15 June 1955, at the 50th IOC Session in Paris, France, Rome won the rights to host the 1960 Games, having beaten Brussels, Mexico City, Tokyo, Detroit, Budapest and finally Lausanne. Tokyo and Mexico City would subsequently host the proceeding 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics respectively. Toronto was initially interested in the bidding, but appears to have dropped out during the final phase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Muller (water Polo)
Johan Arnoldus "Hans" Muller (24 January 1937 – 1 July 2015) was a Dutch water polo player. He competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished eighth on both occasions. He was the Dutch team manager at the 1972 Olympics and a board member of the Dutch Olympic Committee The Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation, ( nl, Nederlands Olympisch Comité*Nederlandse Sport Federatie) generally abbreviated NOC*NSF, is the overall coordinating Dutch sports organization that also functions as the Dutch National Ol ... from May 1985 to May 1989. He owned a dress store, which for many years provided clothing for the Dutch Olympic team. References 1937 births 2015 deaths Dutch male water polo players Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Water polo players from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shlomo Moussaieff (businessman)
, native_name_lang = Hebrew , image = , image_size = , alt = , caption = , birth_name = , birth_date = 1925 , birth_place = Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine , death_date = July 1, 2015 (aged 90) , death_place = , death_cause = , resting_place = Jerusalem, Israel , resting_place_coordinates = , monuments = , nationality = , other_names = , citizenship = , education = , alma_mater = , occupation = Jewelry merchant , years_active = 1950s–2015 , employer = , organization = Moussaieff Jewellery Ltd. , agent = , known_for = Dealer in exclusive diamonds and gemstonesBiblical antiquities collector , notable_works = , style = , spouse = Alisa , partner = , children = DorritTamaraSharon , parents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
