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Peter Waterman (8 December 1934 - 16 January 1986) was an English boxer and a British and European welterweight champion.[1]
Waterman was born in Stepney, East London, England, one of nine children of Rose Juliana (née Saunders) and Harry Frank Waterman.[2] His brother Denis Waterman became an actor and singer. His father had been an amateur boxer and made all of his sons box.[3]
He began boxing at the age of 11 and had an amateur career winning 121 of his 130 bouts.[1] In 1952 he represented the United Kingdom at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki, Finland in the light-welterweight class.[1]
When Waterman was 18 he became a professional and won the British welterweight title in 1956.[1] In 1957 he beat Emilio Marconi to gain the European welterweight title.[1] In April 1958 after a fight with British lightweight champion Dave Charnley he had to be helped to the dressing room, a few months later Waterman underwent brain surgery and never fought again.[1][4][5]
He died suddenly in Islington at the age of 51.[1]

Wilhelm Gliese (German pronunciation: [ˈɡliːzə]; 21 June 1915 – 12 June 1993) was a German astronomer who specialized in the study and cataloging of nearby stars.
Gliese was born in Goldberg, now in Polish Silesia, the son of judge Wilhelm Gliese. He worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, first in Berlin and then in Heidelberg. While a student he was encouraged by the Dutch astronomer Peter van de Kamp to study nearby stars, which he did for the rest of his life.
His astronomical research was interrupted during World War II when he was conscripted into the German Wehrmacht in 1942 and sent to theEastern Front. In 1945, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets and was not released until 1949. He finally resumed his research at the Institute, which had been moved by the U.S. Army to Heidelberg after the war. Although he nominally retired in 1980, he continued his research at the Institute until his death in 1993.[1]
Died12 June 1993 (aged 77)Heidelberg, Germany

Derek Newark (8 June 1933—11 August 1998) was an English actor.
He appeared in a large number of film and television roles, including The Baron (1967), The Avengers (three episodes in the 1960s), Z Cars (six episodes between 1969 to 1972), Barlow at Large in the recurring role of Det. Insp. Tucker (1974–1975) and various other minor roles. He appeared in episodes two to four of the first Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child in 1963. Later he appeared opposite Jon Pertwee in the 1970 story Inferno. Newark also played the role of Spooner, an ill-tempered former Red Devil (Britain’s elite paratroopers) turned professional wrestler in the series Rising Damp.
In the 1970s he became more involved in the theatre, spending nearly a decade at the Royal National Theatre. While there he was part of the company that opened the current home and was a cornerstone of the residential company that worked in the smaller Cottesloe Theatre under Bill Bryden’s direction. His most important roles there were Bottom in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and the world premiere of David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross’ where he played Shelley Levene (a role later played on screen by Jack Lemmon) and Malcolm in Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Bedroom Farce’, which also played in the West End and on Broadway. He also a created the role of Roote in Harold Pinter’s play ‘The Hothouse’ which premiered in 1980 in a production directed by Pinter himself. Pinter went on to play the part himself in a later revival. In 1982, he played Martin Bormann in the TV series, based on Albert Speer’s ‘Inside the Third Reich’.
In the cinema Newark was particularly effective as Jessard, Sgt. Johnson’s (Sean Connery) sidekick in the powerful police drama The Offence (Sidney Lumet 1972).
Derek Newark died of a heart attack, brought on by liver failure after years of alcoholism, on 11 August 1998 in West London.

Antun “Tova” Stipančić (18 May 1949, Duga Resa — 20 November 1991) was a top Croatian professional table tennis player and one of the most renowned personalities in the history of the competition, earning him the nickname “the golden left hand of Croatian sport”. A table tennis child prodigy who was proclaimed “Best Croatian Sportsman” in 1975, he was National Championship winner numerous times, three times European Champion in doubles, World Champion in men’s doubles in 1979 (Stipančić–Šurbek), and World Championship silver medalist in singles in 1975.[1]
Antun Stipančić died in Zagreb at the age of 42.

Regina M. Anderson (May 21, 1901 – February 5, 1993) was anAfrican American playwright, librarian, and key member of the Harlem Renaissance.
Born in Chicago, she studied at Wilberforce University, University of Chicago, and Columbia University before becoming a librarian at the 135th Street (Harlem) branch of the New York Public Library. In 1924 she organized a dinner for black New York intellectuals and writers, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, andLangston HRegina M. Anderson (May 21, 1901 – February 5, 1993) was an African American playwright, librarian, and key member of the Harlem Renaissance.
Born in Chicago, she studied at Wilberforce University, University of Chicago, and Columbia University before becoming a librarian at the 135th Street (Harlem) branch of the New York Public Library. In 1924 she organized a dinner for black New York intellectuals and writers, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. The dinner was one of the coalescing events of the Harlem Renaissance.

Lieutenant-Colonel Conrad Reginald Cooke, OBE (31 August 1901 – 27 December 1996) was an English early Himalayan mountaineer. In 1935, alone and without oxygen, he reached the summit of Kabru North. His achievement remained the highest solo climb until 1953. [1]
In 1944 while director of line construction, Posts and Telegraphs, New Delhi, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[2]
Cool I was Indian back then too.

David Hedley Ennals, Baron Ennals PC (19 August 1922 – 17 June 1995) was a British Labour Party politician and campaigner for human rights. He served as Secretary of State for Social Services from 1976 to 1979.

Ronald Wayne “Ronnie” Van Zant (January 15, 1948[1] – October 20, 1977) was an American lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of the founder and vocalist of 38 Special, Donnie Van Zant, and of current Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant.
On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-300 carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashed outside of Gillsburg, Mississippi. The passengers had been informed about problems with one of the plane’s engines and told to brace for impact.[4]Van Zant died in the crash on impact, after the aircraft struck a tree. Bandmates Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray were also killed. Remaining band members survived, although all were seriously injured.[5] According to former bandmate Artimus Pyle and family members, Van Zant frequently discussed his mortality. Pyle recalls a moment when Lynyrd Skynyrd was in Japan: “Ronnie and I were in Tokyo, Japan, and Ronnie told me that he would never live to see thirty and that he would go out with his boots on, in other words, on the road. I said, ‘Ronnie, don’t talk like that,’ but the man knew his destiny.”[6] Van Zant’s father, Lacy, said, “He said to me many times, ‘Daddy, I’ll never be 30 years old.’ I said, ‘Why are you talking this gunk?’ and he said, ‘Daddy, that’s my limit.’” Van Zant’s father later noted that, “God was a jealous god. Taking him for reasons I don’t know.”[6] Van Zant was 29 years old at the time of his death.

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douchewookie:

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sherlockian-rhapsody:

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betweenthebladeandthetongue:

Peter Waterman (8 December 1934 - 16 January 1986) was an English boxer and a British and European welterweight champion.^[1]

Waterman was born in Stepney, East London, England, one of nine children of Rose Juliana (née Saunders) and Harry Frank Waterman.^[2] His brother Denis Waterman became an actor and singer. His father had been an amateur boxer and made all of his sons box.^[3]

He began boxing at the age of 11 and had an amateur career winning 121 of his 130 bouts.^[1] In 1952 he represented the United Kingdom at the 1952 Summer Olympics at Helsinki, Finland in the light-welterweight class.^[1]

When Waterman was 18 he became a professional and won the British welterweight title in 1956.^[1] In 1957 he beat Emilio Marconi to gain the European welterweight title.^[1] In April 1958 after a fight with British lightweight champion Dave Charnley he had to be helped to the dressing room, a few months later Waterman underwent brain surgery and never fought again.^[1]^[4]^[5]

He died suddenly in Islington at the age of 51.^[1]

Wilhelm Gliese (German pronunciation: [ˈɡliːzə]; 21 June 1915 – 12 June 1993) was a German astronomer who specialized in the study and cataloging of nearby stars.

Gliese was born in Goldberg, now in Polish Silesia, the son of judge Wilhelm Gliese. He worked at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, first in Berlin and then in Heidelberg. While a student he was encouraged by the Dutch astronomer Peter van de Kamp to study nearby stars, which he did for the rest of his life.

His astronomical research was interrupted during World War II when he was conscripted into the German Wehrmacht in 1942 and sent to theEastern Front. In 1945, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets and was not released until 1949. He finally resumed his research at the Institute, which had been moved by the U.S. Army to Heidelberg after the war. Although he nominally retired in 1980, he continued his research at the Institute until his death in 1993.^[1]

Died12 June 1993 (aged 77)
Heidelberg, Germany

Derek Newark (8 June 1933—11 August 1998) was an English actor.

He appeared in a large number of film and television roles, including The Baron (1967), The Avengers (three episodes in the 1960s), Z Cars (six episodes between 1969 to 1972), Barlow at Large in the recurring role of Det. Insp. Tucker (1974–1975) and various other minor roles. He appeared in episodes two to four of the first Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child in 1963. Later he appeared opposite Jon Pertwee in the 1970 story Inferno. Newark also played the role of Spooner, an ill-tempered former Red Devil (Britain’s elite paratroopers) turned professional wrestler in the series Rising Damp.

In the 1970s he became more involved in the theatre, spending nearly a decade at the Royal National Theatre. While there he was part of the company that opened the current home and was a cornerstone of the residential company that worked in the smaller Cottesloe Theatre under Bill Bryden’s direction. His most important roles there were Bottom in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ and the world premiere of David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross’ where he played Shelley Levene (a role later played on screen by Jack Lemmon) and Malcolm in Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Bedroom Farce’, which also played in the West End and on Broadway. He also a created the role of Roote in Harold Pinter’s play ‘The Hothouse’ which premiered in 1980 in a production directed by Pinter himself. Pinter went on to play the part himself in a later revival. In 1982, he played Martin Bormann in the TV series, based on Albert Speer’s ‘Inside the Third Reich’.

In the cinema Newark was particularly effective as Jessard, Sgt. Johnson’s (Sean Connery) sidekick in the powerful police drama The Offence (Sidney Lumet 1972).

Derek Newark died of a heart attack, brought on by liver failure after years of alcoholism, on 11 August 1998 in West London.

Antun “Tova” Stipančić (18 May 1949, Duga Resa — 20 November 1991) was a top Croatian professional table tennis player and one of the most renowned personalities in the history of the competition, earning him the nickname “the golden left hand of Croatian sport”. A table tennis child prodigy who was proclaimed “Best Croatian Sportsman” in 1975, he was National Championship winner numerous times, three times European Champion in doubles, World Champion in men’s doubles in 1979 (Stipančić–Šurbek), and World Championship silver medalist in singles in 1975.^[1]

Antun Stipančić died in Zagreb at the age of 42.

Regina M. Anderson (May 21, 1901 – February 5, 1993) was anAfrican American playwright, librarian, and key member of the Harlem Renaissance.

Born in Chicago, she studied at Wilberforce University, University of Chicago, and Columbia University before becoming a librarian at the 135th Street (Harlem) branch of the New York Public Library. In 1924 she organized a dinner for black New York intellectuals and writers, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, andLangston HRegina M. Anderson (May 21, 1901 – February 5, 1993) was an African American playwright, librarian, and key member of the Harlem Renaissance.

Born in Chicago, she studied at Wilberforce University, University of Chicago, and Columbia University before becoming a librarian at the 135th Street (Harlem) branch of the New York Public Library. In 1924 she organized a dinner for black New York intellectuals and writers, including W. E. B. Du Bois, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. The dinner was one of the coalescing events of the Harlem Renaissance.

Lieutenant-Colonel Conrad Reginald Cooke, OBE (31 August 1901 – 27 December 1996) was an English early Himalayan mountaineer. In 1935, alone and without oxygen, he reached the summit of Kabru North. His achievement remained the highest solo climb until 1953. ^[1]

In 1944 while director of line construction, Posts and Telegraphs, New Delhi, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.^[2]

Cool I was Indian back then too.

David Hedley Ennals, Baron Ennals PC (19 August 1922 – 17 June 1995) was a British Labour Party politician and campaigner for human rights. He served as Secretary of State for Social Services from 1976 to 1979.

Ronald Wayne “Ronnie” Van Zant (January 15, 1948^[1] – October 20, 1977) was an American lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of the founder and vocalist of 38 Special, Donnie Van Zant, and of current Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant.

On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-300 carrying the band between shows from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashed outside of Gillsburg, Mississippi. The passengers had been informed about problems with one of the plane’s engines and told to brace for impact.^[4]Van Zant died in the crash on impact, after the aircraft struck a tree. Bandmates Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot William Gray were also killed. Remaining band members survived, although all were seriously injured.^[5] According to former bandmate Artimus Pyle and family members, Van Zant frequently discussed his mortality. Pyle recalls a moment when Lynyrd Skynyrd was in Japan: “Ronnie and I were in Tokyo, Japan, and Ronnie told me that he would never live to see thirty and that he would go out with his boots on, in other words, on the road. I said, ‘Ronnie, don’t talk like that,’ but the man knew his destiny.”^[6] Van Zant’s father, Lacy, said, “He said to me many times, ‘Daddy, I’ll never be 30 years old.’ I said, ‘Why are you talking this gunk?’ and he said, ‘Daddy, that’s my limit.’” Van Zant’s father later noted that, “God was a jealous god. Taking him for reasons I don’t know.”^[6] Van Zant was 29 years old at the time of his death.