Li Yong was born on May 3, 1968, and died on October 25, 2018. He was a leading host on China Central Television (CCTV). Li Yong was known for being the host of the CCTV programs Lucky 52, Super 6+1, and various editions of the CCTV New Year’s Gala. He was known for his unorthodox ..
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Robert Saladrigas Riera was born on February 12, 1940, in Barcelona and died on October 22, 2018, Barcelona. He was a Catalan writer, journalist and literary critic. Robert Saladrigas was renowned for his articles on foreign literature published in CULTURA/S, the literary supplement of La Vanguardia newspaper. Saladrigas literary work has been translated into Spanish, ..
Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg was born on August 30, 1919, in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal and died on October 21, 2018. He was a Norwegian Army officer and broadcaster. Joachim Rønneberg was known for his resistance work during World War II, most notably commanding Operation Gunnerside, and his post-war war information work. He was the second ..
Åke Helge Ortmark was born on May 14, 1929, in Vasastan, Stockholm, and died on October 18, 2018. He was a Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter. Over the period of his long career Ortmark worked for both television and radio, he also authored several books. Ortmark studied economics at the University of ..
Carl Kasell was born on April 2, 1934, and died on April 17, 2018. He was an American radio personality. He best known as a newscaster for National Public Radio and later as the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! until his retirement in 2014. He ..
Kirk Simon was born on July 25, 1954, and died on April 14, 2018. He was an American filmmaker. Simon is best known for his work on various documentaries. He has been nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning once. He has produced three films nominated for the Best Documentary (Short Subject), including Chimps: ..
Gerald Weil Nachman was born on January 13, 1938, and died on April 14, 2018. He was an American journalist and author from San Francisco. His parents were Leonard Calvert Nachman, a salesman and actor in the Little Theater movement, and Isabel (Weil) Nachman. Nachman received an associate of arts degree from Merritt College and ..
Neil Hodgson Shand was born on March 3, 1934, and died in April 2018. He was a British television comedy writer. He was a journalist, working for the Daily Mail and Daily Express, before moving into comedy writing in the 1960s. Shand worked with David Frost, Spike Milligan, the Two Ronnies, Mike Yarwood, Kelly Monteith, ..
Adrian Lamo was born on February 20, 1981 and died on March 16, 2018. He was an American threat analyst and hacker. Initially, he gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest. During 2010, he indirectly reported U.S. ..
Bernard “Lefty” Kreh died in 2018. He was an American fly fisherman, photographer and fly casting instructor. Prior to his, recently he resided in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Michael Getler was is most known for being one of the pioneers of saltwater fly fishing and his book, Fly Fishing in Salt Water, is considered the seminal ..