High Profilers – Page 12

17Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Henry Miller, lawyer

Henry Miller ‑ an American lawyer and jurist – died on April 16 2020 due to Covid‑19. Miller was a past president of the New York Bar Association, and the author of several books and articles on trial advocacy; he was known as an expert in trial lawyering. Miller was born in Brooklyn, the son of Henry A. and Anne Withers Miller, on February 18, 1931. He attended St. John's College (class of 1952) and St. John's Law School (class of 1959). Miller was the senior partner of the law firm of Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C., where he practiced trial work starting in 1966. He was president of the Westchester Bar Association and the New York Bar Association, the largest voluntary bar association in the United States. He received man...

17Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, Spain

Santiago Lanzuela Marina, politician

Santiago Lanzuela Marina ‑ a Spanish economist and politician for the People's Party (PP), who served as President of the Government of Aragon, one of the Spanish regional administrations ‑ died of COVID-19-related causes on 16 April 2020 in Madrid. He was 71. Lanzuela was born in Teruel, Spain. An economist by profession, he was married with two children. In 1974 he became head of the office for Spanish co-operation with Nicaragua and then served as a director in the Spanish Employment Ministry from 1976 to 1981. In 1987 he was elected to the Aragonese Regional Assembly and in 1989 the PP entered a coalition government with the Aragonese Party (PAR) with Lanzuela serving as Economics Minister until 1993. On 28 May 1995 the PP received the most votes in the Ara...

17Apr

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France, High Profilers, Profiles

Francesco Di Carlo, Italian mobster

Francesco Di Carlo ‑ a member of the Sicilian Mafia who turned state witness ‑ died after contracting COVID-19 during the pandemic on April 16, 2020. Di Carlo was accused of being the killer of Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's banker", because he was in charge of Banco Ambrosiano and his close association with the Vatican Bank. Di Carlo was born in Altofonte, where he was initiated into the Mafia family in 1966 by the boss at the time, Salvatore La Barbera (not to be confused with the Palermo Centro boss who was killed in 1963). He became capo famiglia in the mid 1970s. Altofonte was part of the mandamento of San Giuseppe Jato, headed by Antonio Salamone and Bernardo Brusca. According to the pentito Giuseppe Marchese, Di Carlo was an influential mafioso a...

16Apr

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Congo, High Profilers, Profiles

Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, bishop

Gérard Mulumba Kalemba ‑ a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church – died on 15 April 2020 due to COVID-19 in Kinshasa. He was 82. Born in Kananga, Mulumba Kalemba was ordained to the priesthood in 1967. He was appointed bishop of Mweka in 1989, serving until his retirement in 2017. His brother, Étienne Tshisekedi, and nephew, Félix Tshisekedi, both served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On 15 April 2020, during the DR Congo coronavirus pandemic, Mulumba Kalemba died due to COVID-19 in Kinshasa. He was 82.

Ella King Russell Torrey, human rights activist

16Apr

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Ella King Russell Torrey, human rights activist

Ella King Russell Torrey ‑ public information officer for Eleanor Roosevelt, a recipient of the United Nations Human Rights Hero Award, and a human rights activist ‑ died of complications from Covid-19 on April 14, 2020. She was 94 years old. Ella King Russell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Norman F.S. and Ella D. Russell. The family lived in Edgewater Park, New Jersey. Russell attended Agnes Irwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She was an aspiring dancer and auditioned for the Rockettes after graduation, but was not selected to join the dance company. Russell received a bachelor's degree in English from Bennington College in 1947. She continued her studies at the University of Pennsylvania, but moved to Paris six weeks before receiving he...

15Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, Turkey

Haydar Baş, politician

Haydar Baş a Turkish politician and businessman died due to complications from COVID-19 on 14 April 2020. He was one of the founders of the Independent Turkey Party and served as the party's leader until his death. He was also the leader of the subordinate branch of the Qadiriyya tariqa in Turkey. He was also the owner of various media organizations such as Meltem TV, Mesaj TV and Öğüt, Mesaj, İcmal magazines together with Yeni Mesaj newspaper. He died on 14 April 2020 at a hospital in Trabzon due to complications from COVID-19. Baş completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Trabzon. He graduated from Kayseri Supreme Islamic Institute in 1970. Later he received his postgraduate education, doctorate and the title of "professor" from Baku State Universit...

14Apr

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France, High Profilers, Profiles

Bernard Stalter, politician

Bernard Stalter was a French entrepreneur and politician died on 13 April in Strasbourg at the age of 63 due to COVID 19. Stalter was born on 12 March 1957 in Brumath. At age 14, he began a hairdressing apprenticeship. After he became a certified hairdresser, he worked for the French Army at the Entzheim Air Base. He opened his first salon in Brumath in 1993. Stalter was elected Chair of the Conseil Economique et Social d'Alsace in November 2007, succeeding Jean-Marie Sander. He resigned in 2013. In 2014, he became President of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure. He was a part of the Union Nationale des Entreprises de Coiffure from 2015 to 2018. He was President of Beaute Diffusion Events, which earned €1,468,397 in 2015. He was also an agent for Sarl la Coiffu...

14Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, Spain

Juan Cotino, entrepreneur & politician

Juan Gabriel Cotino Ferrer ‑ a Spanish entrepreneur and politician – passed away on 13 April 2020 after contracting Covid-19. He was born in Xirivella, Valencia. Coming from a family of agricultural entrepreneurs, he was one of the founders of the Valencian Association of Farmers. In 1976, he joined the UCD, becoming part of the Popular Democratic Party and later the Popular Party. In 1991, he was elected councilman in the City of Valencia, to the position of deputy mayor, being reelected in 1995. In 1996, he was named general director of the Police, a position he held until 2002 when he was appointed Government Delegate in the Valencian Community. After the defeat of the Popular Party in the general elections of 2004, he was removed from his position ...

13Apr

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Khalif Mumin Tohow, politician

Khalif Mumin Tohow ‑ a Somali politician – died on April 12, 2020 due to Covid-19. Tohow served as the state Justice Minister for Hirshabelle State, an autonomous region within Somalia, until his death in April 2020. He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Hirshabelle State. In November 2019, Tohow, a Somali who also held a British passport, traveled to the United Kingdom before returning to Somalia. On March 2020, he was felling sick in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle State, he was sent to Mogadishu for treatment on April 7, he was later tested positive for novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on April 9, 2020. Khalif Mumin Tohow died from COVID-19 at Martini Hospital in Mogadishu on A...

12Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Stanley Chera, real estate developer

Stanley Isaac Chera–an American real estate developer and founder of Crown Acquisitions ‑ died on April 11, 2020 due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Chera was born in 1942 in Brooklyn to a Syrian Jewish family. In 1947, his father Isaac Chera opened a retail store called Young World in Brooklyn, New York. The family later purchased the building and grew Young World into a chain purchasing the buildings as they expanded. In the 1980s, Chera (then in charge of the family company) started purchasing real estate in New York City at first as a minority partner and later in 2000s as the lead developer. Chera was known for developing or "repositioning" the retail portion of his buildings and then selling the property. In a join...