Noteworthy – Page 23

12Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

Francisco Aritmendi, runner

Francisco Aritmendi Criado – was a Spanish long-distance runner who competed mainly in cross country running competitions – died on 12 April 2020 of pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain in April. At his death, he remained the only Spaniard to have won the world cross country title. He was the gold medallist at the 1964 International Cross Country Championships. He was a six-time competitor at the competition and also shared in a team silver in 1962. However, his failure to finish at the 1963 race drew great criticism as Spain missed the team title as a result. Aritmendi also competed on the track and represented Spain at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the 5000 metres. He was the Spanish record holder in that event, having beco...

11Apr

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Netherland, Noteworthy, Profiles

Bas Mulder, dutch-Surinamese priest

Sebastianus "Bas" Adrianus Wilhelmus Rudolfus Mulder (17 July 1931 – 10 April 2020) was a Dutch-Surinamese Catholic priest. Mulder was born in the Beugen district of the town of Boxmeer in the Netherlands. As a missionary of the Catholic Church, Mulder moved from the Netherlands to Suriname in 1959. After Surinamese independence in 1975, he also received Surinamese nationality. He would live there for 50 years, his entire active life. Mulder was known as a 'youth priest' and as a 'media priest' appearing on Radio Apintie and since 1966 STVS. He was important for the development of several sports in Suriname and was chairman of the Suriname Volleyball Association. He was also a long-distance runner. During the 1980 Surinamese coup d'éta...

11Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Spain

Iris M. Zavala, author

Iris M. Zavala –a Puerto Rican author, scholar, and poet, who later lived in Barcelona, Spain – died from Covid-19 on 10 April 2020 She had over 50 works to her name, plus hundreds of articles, dissertations, and conferences and many of her writings, including "Nocturna, mas no funesta", build on and express this belief. She died from COVID-19 in Madrid during COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, at the age of 83. Zavala was born on 27 December 1936 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a B.A. in literature and from the University of Salamanca with a "Licenciatura" degree as well as a "Doctor en Filosofía y Letras" (Ph.D.). There, she was influenced by Spain's Fernando L&aa...

Rifat Chadirji, architect, photographer, author & activist

11Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Rifat Chadirji, architect, photographer, author & activist

Rifat Chadirji ‑ an Iraqi architect, photographer, author and activist – died on 10 April 2020 due to Covid-19. He was often referred to as the father of modern Iraqi architecture, having designed more than 100 buildings across the nation. Chadirji was born in Baghdad in 1926 into an influential family. His father, Kamil Chadirji, played a central role in Iraq's political life as the founder in 1946 and then president of the National Democratic Party. Chadirji trained as an architect. In 1952, after completing his graduate training, he returned to Baghdad and began working on what he called his "architectural experiments." Rifat Chadirji's architecture is inspired by the characteristics of regional Iraqi architectur...

11Apr

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Netherland, Noteworthy, Profiles

Frits Flinkevleugel, footballer

Frederik Arnoldus "Frits" Flinkevleugel –a Dutch footballer who played as a right back – died on 10 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Born in Amsterdam, Flinkevleugel played for DWS and FC Amsterdam. He won the Dutch championship in 1964 with DWS. He also earned 11 caps for the Dutch national team between 1964 and 1967. Flinkevleugel owned a cigar shop in Amsterdam. He died of COVID-19 on 10 April 2020, aged 80.

11Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Ceybil Jefferies, vocalist

Ceybil Jefferies ‑ also known by the stage name Sweet Sable ‑ died from COVID-19 in April 2020. She was an American house and R&B vocalist best known for her work during the 1990s, including the 1996 Dutch house single, "It's Gonna Be Alright" with Deep Zone, which hit No. 20 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. Her other best known singles include "So Special" and "Open Your Heart", both of which reached the top 20 of the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 1991. Jefferies, who sometimes went by the stage name Sweet Sable beginning in 1994, often changed the spelling of her name or reinvented it, depending on the release. Variations of her name included Ceybil, Sable Jefferies, her birthname Sybil Jeffe...

11Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Sweden

Marianne Lundquist, swimmer

Ingrid Marianne Lundquist ‑ a Swedish freestyle swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships ‑ died on 10 April 2020 from COVID-19. She competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in the 100 m, 400 m and 4 × 100 m events with the best result of sixth place in the relay in 1952. She died 10 April 2020 from COVID-19.

10Apr

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Brazil, High Profilers, Noteworthy, Profiles

Vitor Sapienza, politician & economist

Vitor Sapienza ‑ a Brazilian politician and economist from the state of São Paulo – died at Hospital Sírio-Libanês in São Paulo, at the age of 86 due to complications brought on by COVID-19 on April 9, 2020. Sapienza had a degree in economics and countable sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo. In 1962, he started working as an accountant for the State of São Paulo. During this period of time, he had an active role at the State of Sao Paulo accountant union, and held various posts such as President, Secretary and Council member. In 1986, Sapienza successfully ran for a spot at the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo. His first term started in 1987 and finished in 1991. After his first tenure...

10Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Dmitri Smirnov, composer

Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov –a Russian-British composer and academic teacher, who also published as Dmitri N. Smirnov and D. Smirnov-Sadovsky – died on 9 April 2020 due to Covid-19. He wrote operas, symphonies, string quartets and other chamber music, and vocal music from song to oratorio. Many of his works were inspired by the art of William Blake. Smirnov was born in Minsk into a family of opera singers: his parents were Nikolay Senkin-Sadovsky and Eugenia Smirnova. His family moved to Ulan-Ude and then Bishkek, where he spent most of his childhood. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory from 1967 to 1972, composition with Nikolai Sidelnikov, instrumentation with Yuri Kholopov, and analysis with Edison Denisov. He also studied privately wit...

10Apr

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China, Noteworthy, Profiles

Ho Kam Ming, martial artist

Ho Kam Ming –a Macanese-born Canadian martial artist who was one of the students of martial arts teacher Ip Man in the discipline of Wing Chun – passed away on 9 April 2020 due to Covid-19. Ho was born in Macau in 1925. When he was 30, he started learning Wing Chun and became Ip Man's formal student. In Ip Ching's memoirs My Father Ip Man, Ho was described as one of Ip Man's "excellent disciples". Ho was cultivated by Ip Man, later, he inherited Ip's wish to further develop Wing Chun. In 1960, he returned to Macau and opened the first Wing Chun school there. Ho migrated to Canada in 1990. He settled in Toronto, where he founded the World Ho Kam Ming Wing Chun Association and was still active teaching. In 201...