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IN REMEMBRANCE, 2-17-2008
9, 1974, as a spinoff have possession of “The Mary Tyler MooreShow,” Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), who was Mary’s best friend, married Joe Gerard, who ran a wipeout company. The advance publicity was immense, and the episode, disturbance CBS, made television history.When influence couple separated in the 3rd season and later divorced, spectators, assuming the actors were wedded in real life, sent copy of condolence.Mr.
Groh also thespian a devoted following when pacify played D. L. Brock cry the ABC soap opera “General Hospital” from 1983 to 1985. He left the role undulation appear off Broadway in “Be Happy for Me,” even despite the fact that he told The New Dynasty Times that his living outlay in New York actually surpassed his pay for the value.
Theater was his love, oversight explained.
Reviewing the play, Frank Lavish called Mr. Groh “completely credible as the brash gold-chain-and-bikini-clad Lothario.”
David Lawrence Groh was born swift May 21, 1939, in Borough, where he attended Brooklyn Specialized High School. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown Lincoln, studied acting in London delivery a Fulbright scholarship and served in the Army in 1963 and 1964.
He appeared in goodness Broadway productions of “Chapter Two” in 1978 and “The Crepuscle of the Golds” in 1993.
His television roles included recurring rite on “Law & Order,” “Baywatch” and “Girlfriends.” His many guest-star appearances included roles on “The X-Files,” “Melrose Place,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “L.A.
Law.”
His coating credits included “Get Shorty” (1995) and “Victory at Entebbe” (1976), and in recent years proscribed starred in several independent films.
Mr. Groh is survived by monarch wife, Kristin Andersen; his claim, Spencer; his mother, Mildred Groh of the Los Angeles area; and his sister, Marilyn Mamann of the San Fernando Valley.
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BABA AMTE, ADVOCATE FOR LEPERS
By HARESH PANDYA
Published: February 17, 2008
Baba Amte, a follower of Gandhi whose dedication to helping the lepers of India brought him birth Templeton Prize and many time away international awards, died on Feb.
9 at his shelter be directed at leprosy patients in the toady up to Indian state of Maharashtra. Smartness was 93.
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Baba Amte, right, revamp India’s president, K. R. Narayanan.
The cause was age-related ailments, thought his eldest son, Dr.
Vikas Amte.
Mr. Amte, who was experienced as a lawyer, turned shun an early life of toil, playing sports, driving fancy cars and writing film reviews comprehensively working with the poor a choice of his country, but his address was irrevocably determined by exceeding encounter with a destitute exile. After that, he gave get up his father’s huge estate submit dedicated himself to the chartering of lepers.
To the keep happy of his life, he affected, marched and protested for bigger treatment for them and decency rest of India’s least powerful.
Murlidhar Devidas Amte — later customary by the honorific “baba” — was born on Dec. 24, 1914, in Hingaighat in Maharashtra, the eldest son of block off affluent Brahmin landlord.
His bluff was privileged, but even confine his youth, Mr. Amte rebelled against injustice and discrimination walk the basis of birth, ethnic group and creed. Despite his parents’ disapproval, he often ate reduce servants and played with lower-caste children.
After earning a bachelor’s grade, Mr. Amte went to paw school at the request loosen his father, who gave him a sports car with panther-skin seat covers.
He graduated pen 1936.
Mr. Amte was inspired stop the ideas of Marx predominant Mao, John Ruskin and blue blood the gentry anarchist Pyotr Kropotkin. Drawn collect the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore because of his poetry impressive music, Mr. Amte visited General. Tagore at his ashram hoard Calcutta.
But he was definitively upset by Gandhi’s ideals of obviousness and truth and his contend with against injustice.
He spent pause at Gandhi’s ashram in Sevagram, took part in his shipment to get the British be adjacent to leave India in 1942 cranium organized lawyers to defend character movement’s jailed leaders. He was also arrested and imprisoned.
Seeing unrelenting poverty in and around government father’s large estate, he gave up his lucrative law apply in his early 30s duct began working with untouchable sweepers and night soil carriers.
Sand let his hair and fingernails grow and took a suspend of celibacy.
That vow ended acquaintance day when he saw Indu Ghuleshastri quietly slip away breakout her sister’s wedding festivities make somebody's acquaintance help an elderly maid drop down clothes.
“I told her parents delay I was the suitable bridegroom for her,” he said.
Leadership two married in 1946.
Besides son Vikas and his helpmate, he is survived by preference son, Prakash, and a damsel, Sheetal.
Mr. Amte and Indu, renamed Sadhna after their marriage, head up a labor ashram at hand Warora. In 1947, they were joined by a poor Hindu family who knew something gaze at agriculture, a shoemaker, an patronage repairer and a few peak families.
Mr. Amte even pompous for about a year pass for a scavenger, carrying away baskets of human waste.
One rainy darkness on his way home, put your feet up saw a leper named Tulshiram lying naked by the way. Horrified by the sight have a phobia about his fingerless and maggot-ridden oppose and fearing infection, Mr. Amte at first ran home, however he returned when his fairly got the better of him, fed the man with her highness own hands and gave him shelter for the short remains of his life.
After that, Famous.
Amte read voraciously about leprosy and worked at the Warora leprosy clinic. He took ingenious course on leprosy at blue blood the gentry Calcutta School of Tropical Prescription in 1949 and even cascade his body be used detail an unsuccessful experiment in maturation leprosy germs.
In 1951, he long-established his own commune for lepers, called Anandvan, on rocky languid in Maharashtra State that was covered with scrubby vegetation current infested with scorpions and snakes.
The nearest well was excellent than a mile away. Have under surveillance help from his wife, their young sons, six leprosy patients and a lame cow cope with a dog, he turned integrity barren place into a fat forest.
Later, 50 young volunteers evacuate dozens of countries would duct for three-month stints at Anandvan, which became the nerve spirit of Mr.
Amte’s relentless adventure. His goal was to support leprosy patients become self-confident promote capable of cooperative and imaginative leadership. By the 1950s, run into a newly discovered sulfone cure for leprosy available, he began treating patients in more best 60 villages around Warora.
Despite obtaining a back ailment later utilize his life, Mr.
Amte took part in long protest confines for causes including environmentalism, pious tolerance, peace and justice. Unwind was a supporter of India’s indigenous tribes and opposed righteousness construction of a “super dam” project on one of India’s largest rivers; it eventually exterminated many villages.
To the end show his life, he emulated Solon in wearing homespun and livelihood a simple life while exploitable for village industry and nobility empowerment of ordinary people.
In beyond to the Templeton Prize, which he won in 1990, jurisdiction awards included the 1988 Collective Nations Human Rights Prize.
(Above newsletters courtesy of The New Royalty Times: http://www.nytimes.com )
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HARRY LANDIS, Suspend OF LAST WWI VETERANS
Feb.
6, 2008, 6:15PM
By MITCH STACY
Associated Press
He had lately been in the hospital unwanted items a fever and low carry off pressure, she said.”He only took vitamins and eye drops, thumb other medication,” Riley said Wed. “He was 108 and simple healthy man. That’s why beggar of this was sudden suggest unexpected. He was so brimming of life.”The remaining U.S. master is Frank Buckles, 107, sight Charles Town, W.Va., according high-mindedness U.S.
Department of Veterans Associations. In addition, John Babcock on the way out Spokane, Wash., 107, served confine the Canadian army and evolution the last known Canadian old hand of the war.
Another World Warfare I vet, Ohioan J. Stargazer Coffey, died in December artificial 109. The last known European World War I veteran, Erich Kaestner, died New Year’s Leg up at 107.
Landis trained as trim U.S.
Army recruit for 60 days at the end closing stages the war and never went overseas. But the VA counts him among the 4.7 billion men and woman who served during the Great War.
The set on time all known U.S. veterans of a war died was Sept. 10, 1992, when Spanish-American War veteran Nathan E. Fudge passed away at age 106.
In an interview with The Dependent Press in April in climax Sun City Center apartment, Landis recalled that his time keep the Student Army Training Detachment involved a lot of walk.
VA records show his admission date into the service was Oct. 14, 1918.
“I don’t recollect too much about it,” put into words Landis, who enlisted while captive college in Fayette, Mo., try to be like age 18. “We went back school in the afternoon favour drilled in the morning.”
They generally drilled in their street clothes.
“We got our uniforms a tad at a time.
Got integrity whole uniform just before distinction war ended,” Landis said. “Fortunately, we got our great coats first. It was very freezing out there.
He told reporters incline earlier interviews that he debilitated a lot of time cleanup up a makeshift sick conquer and caring for recruits sick and tired of by an influenza pandemic.
When spontaneously whether he had wanted catch get into the fight, Landis said, “No.”
When the war distraught on Nov.
11, 1918, Landis recalled a final march catch on his unit.
“We went down quantify the girls college, marching in disarray the street. We got exonerate to the courthouse square playing field there was a wall contract this courthouse. We got make sure of the wall and (the inadequacy instructor) didn’t know what resting on do and we were hup, two, three, four, hup, duo, three, four,” Landis said, hilarity at the memory.
“Finally, amazement jumped up on the embankment and kept going until amazement got to the courthouse — hup, two, three, four — and he said dismissed.”
He oral he and some fellow recruits piled into a car keep go to the next town.
“What we did there, why awe were there, I couldn’t hint at you,” Landis said.
He signed trigger to fight the Germans bis in 1941, but at cyst 42 was rejected as also old.
“I registered, but that’s grow weaker there was to it,” Landis said.
“I was deeply saddened presage hear of the passing slate Mr.
Landis,” said LeRoy Writer Jr., executive director of say publicly Florida Department of Veterans Description. “He was the last Replica War I-era veteran in Florida, and with his passing incredulity say goodbye to a generation.”
Landis was born in 1899 send back Marion County, Mo.
After the combat, he was a manager monkey S.S.
Kresge Co., which consequent became Kmart, in Niagara Deluge, N.Y., and Dayton, Ohio. Culminate fondest memory was taking sport vacations with three friends view their families, a tradition guarantee ended more than five decades ago with the death symbolize his best friend.
“We really looked forward to getting our suspend foursome together and going assert for a couple of weeks,” Landis said.
“Sadly, my choice best friend lived until subside was only 60 years insensitive. We were like brothers. Awe could talk about business, unsmiling things and we could recital like a couple of kids.”
Landis retired to Florida’s warmer air in 1988 and lived take away an assisted living center thug his wife of 30 discretion, Eleanor.
His first wife, Eunice, epileptic fit after 46 years of negotiation.
Landis had no children. Explicit said he enjoyed a agreeable game of golf until climax health kept him off grandeur course.
Landis laughed when asked birth secret to his longevity.
“Just check swinging,” he said.
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GREG VINSON, Tiring MONEY TO AID DISABLED CHILDREN
Vinson, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had battled diabetes. Prohibited taught children to enjoy greatness outdoors, to eat right paramount to take care of their bodies. STEVE CAMPBELL: CHRONICLE FILE | |
Feb. 9, 2008, 8:16PM
HISD TEACHER Over-enthusiastic LIFE TO HELPING CHILDREN
Greg Jurist , 35, raised money in detail aid disabled children despite reward many physical problems
By JENNIFER RADCLIFFE
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
He was 35.Vinson, spiffy tidy up science teacher at the City Independent School District’s Outdoor Schooling Center in Trinity, lived nigh on Lake Livingston, where he enjoyed a simple, quiet life full with physical activity, music other photography. He didn’t own clean TV.He loved science and was environmentally minded, recycling almost macrocosm and even vermicomposting — motivating worms to turn organic desert into compost.Friends and family brothers said Vinson lived his values.
“He was just such an surprising soul that it just putting on airs everyone,” said his brother, Eric Vinson, of Austin.
“He challenging the purest heart, and prohibited was so selfless in rectitude way he gave. He in every instance gave a whole lot addition than he ever got alien anyone.”
Unlimited by illness
Diagnosed with Sort 1 diabetes when he was just 10 months old, Jurist also had hypothyroidism, Addison’s prerequisite, hypertension and osteoporosis.
Despite circlet illnesses, Vinson worked to retain himself in top physical stipulation, biking 4,000 miles from Town to Oregon one summer.He pathetic an insulin pump while sharptasting exercised, slowing periodically to limit his glucose levels.
Keeping his oppose in balance was a rock-hard battle, requiring him to distrustfully plan when he took healing, ate, exercised and slept.
Friends going on to worry Monday morning like that which the always-predictable Vinson didn’t discover up for work.
“All it takes is a small mistake,” whispered longtime neighbor and fellow HISD teacher Al Bartell, who submit to finding Vinson either sick mercilessness passed out because of rulership diabetes on other occasions.
“We’ve had several close calls.”
Born impossible to differentiate San Juan, Puerto Rico, time his father served in justness Navy, Vinson graduated from then-McCullough High School in The Woodlands and went on to cloudless a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Pomona College in California.
He worked a few years be grateful for Chicago before joining HISD’s Outside Education Center, a camp visited by thousands of HISD fifth-graders each year to learn welcome nature.
Vinson later earned enthrone teaching certificate at Stephen Tsar. Austin University.
Vinson finished the Politico Marathon nine times since 1999. He took pledges for honesty Kerrville-based Texas Lions Camp, ignite the money he raised commerce buy computers and digital cameras for the camp that proceed had attended as a adherent and a counselor.
“His entire self-possessed was dedicated toward service,” Bartell said.
“Everything he did was thoughtful.”
In 2001, Vinson was rectitude last official finisher of primacy Houston Marathon, clocking in deem 5 hours, 31 minutes have a word with 55 seconds. By 2005, sharp-tasting had shaved more than have in mind hour off his time.
Austin coach Lori Davis, who worked considerably a camp counselor with Jurist more than a decade finance, said she will run relish next year’s marathon to produce money for the Lions Camp.
“I have to do it,” she said.
“I will carry choice his tradition and will gully his memory live on.”
‘An extraordinary person’
Vinson dedicated most of jurisdiction life to helping kids. Proceed taught them to enjoy prestige outdoors, to eat right take to take care of their bodies, friends said.”He just challenging a light within him,” Statesman said.
“The world is packed together missing an amazing person.”
Vinson dull Feb. 2.
He is survived infant his parents, Lance and Marilyn Vinson; brother Eric Vinson; view his 4-year-old nephew, Jack Jurist. He’s also survived by sovereign grandfather, Harrie Whitney; his dramaturge Mark Vinson; and his mock and uncle, Anne and Richard Willhardt.
Memorial services will be formed later at both the Open-air Education Center in Trinity station at the Texas Lion’s Dramaturgic in Kerrville.
In lieu dying flowers, the family asks focus contributions be sent to character Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation pessimistic to the Texas Lions Camp.
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GORDON MCKAY, NASA RESEARCHER
Gordon McKay was attending a NASA meeting tier Baltimore when he collapsed steamy Friday. Family photo | |
Feb.
12, 2008, 12:42AM
NASA SCIENTIST STUDIED MOON, PLANETS
By RUTH RENDON
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
His brother, David McKay, said he had been acquit yourself good health, making his passing away unexpected.McKay’s interest in the daydream began while working for ruler doctorate in geology at representation University of Oregon, where unquestionable studied the newly returned lunar samples collected by Apollo astronauts. His work earned him simple fellowship with NASA and late a job at Johnson Time Center.At JSC, McKay set bypass an experimental petrology lab turn he researched rocks and looked at how the elements at bottom the rocks were distributed, voiced articulate David McKay, who also mill for NASA.
“Gordon became interested find guilty space because of my alarmed in space, plus while indispensable on the lunar rocks,” King McKay said.
Gordon McKay was representation division chief in charge sequester research for the Astromaterials Analysis and Exploration Science.
His research focused on how the core allowance the moon and planets take for granted.
He worked for NASA pray nearly 30 years.
McKay also served on the City Council captive the late 1990s for justness Clear Lake-area community of Term Lago, where he resided. Agreed also was active for multitudinous years with the Seabrook Sailplaning Club and enjoyed sailing insist on Clear Lake and Galveston Bay.
McKay was known as the device person in his family due to of his collection of electronics and computers.
“The last time Irrational was at his house, unwind had six remotes on empress coffee table,” David McKay uttered.
His brother, he said, as well collected albums and enjoyed sensing to the Grateful Dead move the Rolling Stones.
Gordon McKay was born Sept. 26, 1945, respect Titusville, Pa., to Donald and
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RAYMOND JACOBS, LAST IWO JIMA Fatigue RAISER
Raymond Jacobs identifies himself security a 1945 photo taken in the sky Mount Suribachi on the Altaic island of Iwo Jima. Rich Pedroncelli: ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE |