Noteworthy – Page 34

29Mar

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Noteworthy, Profiles

Kerstin Behrendtz

Clary Kerstin Margareta Behrendtz (18 August 1950 – 28 March 2020) was a Swedish radio presenter and director of music for Sveriges Radio's programmes. Biography She worked for Sveriges Radio, where she worked as a director who selected songs to be played in the radio stations programmes. She retired on 31 August 2017. On 7 October 2017, Behrendtz presented Jukeboxen on Sveriges Radio P4. She was part of the selection committee that decided what songs would take part in Melodifestivalen 2014. She was also part of the selection committee for the Swedish Music Hall of Fame from 2014 until her death. Behrendtz was between 1972 and 1977 married to film director Thomas Samuelsson and they had two children together. Behrendtz died on 28 March 2020 after suffering from...

28Mar

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Malawi, Noteworthy, Profiles

Thandika Mkandawire, economist

Thandika Mkandawire ‑ a Malawian economist and public intellectual who was a Chair of African Development and professor of African Development at the London School of Economics – died from Covid-19 on 27 March 2020. He is a widely published scholar on the social sciences in Africa. His research focused in development theory and economic and social policy. He was born in Malawi, studied at Zomba Catholic Secondary School, and then moved abroad for university. Mkandawire received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Economics at Ohio State University. Mkandawire worked as a professor at the Universities of Stockholm and Zimbabwe. He later served as a Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development and Director of the Council for ...

28Mar

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Brazil, Noteworthy, Profiles

Daniel Azulay, artist

Daniel Azulay –a Brazilian visual artist, comic book artist, and educator, with vast and diverse performance in the press and on TV as a draftsman – died of Covid-19 on March 27, 2020. He is most known for the children's franchise Turma do Lambe-Lambe. He died due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Azulay was born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in Ipanema. He was of Jewish origin and the youngest son of lawyer Fortunato and Clarita, who drew a classic design in Paris. In 1968, he created the newspaper strip Capitão Cipó, published in the newspaper Correio da Manhã and in 1975, launched the Turma do Lambe-Lambe. Capitão Cipó was a parody on the sexual revolution and is visually a bit similar ...

28Mar

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Germany, Noteworthy, Profiles

Stefan Lippe, insurer

Stefan Lippe –a German insurance manager – died from Covid-19 on 27 March 2020. He was the CEO of Swiss Re from 2009 to 2012 when Michel M. Liès succeeded him as Swiss Re's Group Chief Executive Officer. Lippe was born in Mannheim. He studied mathematics and economics at the University of Mannheim and graduated in 1982. He then was a research assistant at the Chair of actuarial science at the University of Mannheim. For his dissertation he was awarded the Prize of the Kurt-Hamann-Foundation. In October 1983 he joined Bavarian Re (Munich), a subsidiary of Swiss Re. In 1986 he became head of the underwriting department, non-proportional business. In 1988 he was appointed a deputy member of the Management Board. In 1991 he to...

28Mar

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Orlando McDaniel, footballer

Orlando Keith McDaniel –an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for one season with the Denver Broncos – died from Covid-19 on March 27, 2020. He played college football for the LSU Tigers. He was drafted by the Broncos in the second round of the 1982 NFL Draft. He appeared in three games during the 1982 season and did not catch a pass. McDaniel was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and attended Lake Charles High School in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He attended college at Louisiana State University, where he played as a wide receiver for the Tigers. At LSU, he caught 64 passes for 1,184 yards and three touchdowns over four seasons. His 17.5 yards per reception in 1981 ranked second in the ...

28Mar

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom, United States

Michael McKinnell, architect

Noel Michael McKinnell –a British-born American architect and co-founder of the Kallmann McKinnell & Wood architectural design firm – succumbed to Covid-19 on March 27, 2020. In 1962, McKinnell, who was a Columbia University graduate student at the time, and Columbia professor Gerhard Kallmann submitted the winning design for Boston City Hall, which opened in 1968. McKinnell and Kallman moved to Boston shortly after winning the competition and founded their firm, now known as Kallmann McKinnell & Wood, in 1962. McKinnell was born on December 25, 1935, in Salford area of Manchester, England, His father was an accountant and war veteran. He graduated from the University of Manchester in 1958 with a first class degree in architecture. He stu...

27Mar

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Noteworthy, Philippines

Menggie Cobarrubias, actor

Domingo "Menggie" Cobarrubias –a Filipino actor who appeared in approximately 200 television shows and films – died on March 26, 2020 from Covid-19. Cobarrubias received a Gawad Urian Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1979 film Jaguar. He also won the Best Actor award in the 2014 QCinema International Film Festival for his performance in Mauban: Ang Resiko. Cobarrubias died on March 26, 2020 from complications of pneumonia. He was 66. Before his death, a coronavirus disease 2019 test was administered. On April 1, 2020, five days after his death, his test came back positive for the disease.

27Mar

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Noteworthy, Philippines

Ito Curata, fashion designer

Ito Curata –a Filipino fashion designer who specialized in conceptualizing bridal gowns and Filipiniana clothing – succumbed to Covid-19 on 26 March 2020. Among his notable clients were Hollywood actress Sharon Stone, former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and Filipino actress Bea Alonzo. Curata died on March 26, 2020 due to pneumonia, a complication from COVID-19 infection. He and his partner Miller were admitted to a hospital due to COVID-19 symptoms. Curata adopted a son with Miller in 2006.

27Mar

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Noteworthy

Olle Holmquist, trombonist

Bert Olav Holmquist –a Swedish trombonist who was active in the European music scene since the 1960s – died on 26 March 2020 after contracting Covid-19. Holmquist was born in Skellefteå. A completely self-taught musician, he began his career in a Swedish armed forces band (I20). He first took up the tuba, switched to valve trombone, and then to slide trombone. Starting as a freelance musician, he managed to land a job with the Swedish Radio big band in 1963 but continued to freelance throughout the 1960s. During this period, he often worked with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, who were later members of ABBA. He also worked regularly with American musician Quincy Jones. In 1971, Holmquist joined the Swiss Radio big band, and in 1976,...

27Mar

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Brazil, Noteworthy

Naomi Munakata

Naomi Munakata –a Japanese-born Brazilian choral conductor and academic teacher based in the city of São Paulo – died on 26 March 2020 due to Covid-19. She was conductor of OSESP, the choir of the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, from 1995 to 2013, and then principal conductor of Coral Paulistano Mário de Andrade at the Municipal Theatre. She was among the choral conductors in South America who "have contributed to the strengthening and stimulation of choral music", according to The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music. Munakata was born in Hiroshima, and the family moved to São Paulo, Brazil, when she was age two. She received piano lessons from age four and began singing in a choir that her ...