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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 1972 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip pose at Balmoral, Scotland, to celebrate their Silver Wedding anniversary. Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that both defined and constricted his life, has died, Buckingham Palace said Friday, April 9, 2021. FILE - In this June 7, 1977 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip travel in the open landau on the return processional drive to Buckingham Palace, London, after lunch at the Guildhall to celebrate the Silver Jubilee. Prince Philip, the irascible and tough-minded husband of Queen Elizabeth II who spent more than seven decades supporting his wife in a role that mostly defined his life, has died, Buckingham Palace said Friday. "He passed away at age 77 due to complications from a long illness. His legacy will continue through... Dan Reeves, a longtime NFL head coach and former player, died Saturday at the age of 77, his family said in a statement.

Reeves died "due to complications from dementia," the statement read. Reeves spent his entire eight-season career as a player with the Dallas Cowboys. White always maintained her status as a frequent guest on many television game shows, including "To Tell the Truth," and "Password," which was hosted by Allen Ludden who would later become White's third husband in 1963 until his death in 1981. Ludden died of complications from stomach cancer, and while the two had no children together, White played an active role as stepmother to his three children from a previous marriage. Hickey played an instrumental role in Thomas's decision to become a physical therapist. When they met, he was teaching in the athletic training program, but Hickey pulled him towards physical therapy about two years in.

There were times he would be co-teaching a class with Hickey one day and the next taking a class from her. In a statement following his death from cancer at the age of 53, the Bollywood star's family called him "a man of few words and an actor of silent expressions, with his deep eyes and his memorable actions on screen". Richard Nicoll, a British-born fashion designer, died Friday, Oct. 21, in Sydney, Australia, where he lived, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click... Bimba Bose, an Italian-born model, actress, and singer, died Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, of cancer at a hospital in Madrid, Spain, according to multiple news sources.

In offering condolences on behalf of the United States, the Bidens say in a statement the impact of the prince's decades of public service is evident in the causes he advocated. The Bidens cited Philip's involvement with environmental causes, the military and young people. After the Conservative Party suffered an unexpected defeat in the 1945 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition to the Labour Government.

He publicly warned of an "Iron Curtain" of Soviet influence in Europe and promoted European unity. After winning the 1951 election, Churchill again became Prime Minister. His second term was preoccupied by foreign affairs, including the Malayan Emergency, Mau Mau Uprising, Korean War, and a UK-backed coup d'état in Iran.

Domestically his government laid great emphasis on house-building. Churchill suffered a serious stroke in 1953 and retired as Prime Minister in 1955, although he remained a Member of Parliament until 1964. Upon his death aged ninety in 1965, Elizabeth II granted him the honour of a state funeral, which saw one of the largest assemblies of world statesmen in history. The few large buildings were battle-scarred and filled with squatters, whose fires glowed through windows empty of glass and stripped of aluminum frames. Gas generators banged away to provide power to those few places where people could afford it. Militias fought along the borders of city sectors, filling the hospitals with bloody fighters, most of them teenagers.

The streets were mostly empty, except for caravans of gunmen. Without government, laws, schools, trash pickups or any feature of civil society, extended clans offered the only semblance of safety or order. Most were at war with each other for scarce resources. The new management team immediately saw ways for Disney to maximize its assets. The Company had left network television in 1983 to prepare for the launch of a cable network, The Disney Channel.

Films from the Disney library were selected for the syndication market, and some of the classic animated films were released on video cassette. Using the sell-through technique, Disney classics soon reached the top of the all-time best-seller lists. During the war, Walt made two films in South America,Saludos AmigosandThe Three Caballeros, at the request of the State Department. His studio concentrated on making propaganda and training films for the military. When the war ended, it was difficult for the Disney Studio to regain its pre-war footing. Several years went by with the release of "package" features—films such asMake Mine MusicandMelody Time, containing groups of short cartoons packaged together.

Walt also moved into live-action production with films such as So Dear to My Heart, but because audiences expected animation from Walt Disney, these films included animated segments. Walt opened some new doors by beginning the award-winning True-Life Adventure series featuring nature photography of a style never seen before. EJI provides legal assistance to people on death row, many of whom are innocent or wrongly convicted. We provide representation at trial, on appeal, and in postconviction proceedings to people facing execution.

We have documented widespread racial bias in the administration of the death penalty and we challenge racial discrimination in jury selection, sentencing, and throughout the system. Other parts of the Congo economy, from road building to chopping wood for steamboat boilers, operated by forced labour as well. Many of the women hostages starved, and many of the male rubber gatherers were worked to death.

Tens, possibly hundreds, of thousands of Congolese fled their villages to avoid being impressed as forced labourers, and they sought refuge deep in the forest, where there was little food and shelter. Tens of thousands of others were shot down in failed rebellions against the regime. One particularly notorious practice grew out of the suppression of those rebellions. To prove that he had not wasted bullets—or, worse yet, saved them for use in a mutiny—for each bullet expended, a Congolese soldier of the Force Publique had to present to his white officer the severed hand of a rebel killed. Baskets of severed hands thus resulted from expeditions against rebels.

If a soldier fired at someone and missed, or used a bullet to shoot game, he then sometimes cut off the hand of a living victim to be able to show it to his officer. The royal coffers would become a central focus of Leopold's life, and he once grumbled to German Emperor William II while watching a parade in Berlin, "There is really nothing left for us kings except money! " Leopold soon decided that the best way to acquire wealth would be by establishing an African colony, at a time when the great European "Scramble for Africa" was under way. In 1870 more than 80 percent of Africa south of the Sahara was under the rule of indigenous chiefs or kings.

Forty years later virtually all of it had been transformed into European colonies, protectorates, or territories ruled by white settlers. Born Robert Harper in 1944, he met Cannon while they were working as welders, but their comedy took them from the factory floor to the TV studio and The Cannon & Ball Show, a prime-time Saturday night hit which ran from 1979 to 1988. They also starred in the 1982 film The Boys in Blue in which they played bungling police officers, and the 1988 movie Mr H Is Late, alongside Eric Sykes. He began writing music at the age of six and went on to win two Oscars, several Grammys, Golden Globes and BAFTAs, and numerous David Di Donatello Awards - Italy's highest film honours.

In a career spanning several decades, he worked with top Hollywood directors including Quentin Tarantino, Brian de Palma and Gillo Pontecorvo. One of the first black actors to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s, he also starred in several films including Omen II and The Plague Of The Zombies. His last TV appearance was in BBC One's The Split not long before his death at the age of 81. British forces suffered more than 57,000 casualties—including more than 19,000 soldiers killed—on the first day of the battle alone, making it the single most disastrous day in that nation's military history. By the time the Battle of the Somme ended nearly five months later, more than 3 million soldiers on both sides had fought in the battle, and more than 1 million had been killed or wounded.

Barbara Sinatra, a former model and show girl who was the fourth and last wife of singer Frank Sinatra, died Tuesday, July 25, 2017, according to multiple news sources. Fyvush FinkelFyvush Finkel, 93, the Emmy Award-winning actor whose career in stage and screen started in Yiddish theater and led to memorable roles in "Fiddler on the Roof" on Broadway and on TV in "Boston Public" and "Picket Fences," died on Aug. 14. VALLETTA, Malta — The prime minister and president of Malta, a British Commonwealth country, expressed their sorrow at the death of Prince Philip, who was stationed in Malta early in his marriage to Queen Elizabeth II. Civil war raged—Aidid himself was killed in the fighting in 1996—and the country remained lawless for decades.

Pirate gangs along the country's long Indian Ocean coastline menaced vital shipping lanes. "My beloved father, Amos Oz, a wonderful family man, an author, a man of peace and moderation, died today peacefully after a short battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his lovers and knew it to the end. May his good legacy continue to amend the world," she wrote.

JERUSALEM — Israeli author Amos Oz, one of the country's most widely acclaimed writers and a pre-eminent voice in its embattled peace movement, died on Friday after a battle with cancer, his family announced. "Legendary NFL player and coach Dan Reeves passed away early this morning, peacefully and surrounded by his loving family at his home in Atlanta, GA. He passed away at age 77 due to complications from a long illness. His legacy will continue through his many friends, players and fans as well as the rest of the NFL community. Arrangements are still to be determined," the statement read. Some stories say Alexander the Great spent time with the Persian royal family when he was young, accompanying his father on diplomatic missions. Alexander most likely saw polo games on his many forays into Persia, and perhaps even played the "sport of kings".

White would then go on to play Rose Nylund on the extremely successful 1980s sitcom "The Golden Girls." The series lasted for seven seasons, eventually winning White another Emmy Award. In 1973, White's career skyrocketed with her next television series, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," a sitcom set in a television newsroom. White played Sue Ann, a character whose sweet smile hid a mischievous sharp wit, setting in motion White's iconic television demeanor. Her character served as a coworker to the show's star, Mary Tyler Moore, in a Minneapolis television newsroom.

White would eventually win two Emmy Awards for her work on the show. Bowden died in Tallahassee on Aug. 8 at the age of 91, a month after his family announced he was terminally ill with what was later disclosed as pancreatic cancer. He left behind his wife Ann, six children and a legacy that is practically unmatched in college football. Over the next decade, U.S. forces in Afghanistan were gradually drawn down, in fits and starts, over the administrations of three presidents – Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Meanwhile, public support for the decision to use force in Afghanistan, which had been widespread at the start of the conflict, declined.

Today, after the tumultuous exit of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, a slim majority of adults (54%) say the decision to withdraw troops from the country was the right decision; 42% say it was the wrong decision. Americans also turned to religion and faith in large numbers. In the days and weeks after 9/11, most Americans said they were praying more often. In November 2001, 78% said religion's influence in American life was increasing, more than double the share who said that eight months earlier and – like public trust in the federal government – the highest level in four decades. Just as memories of 9/11 are firmly embedded in the minds of most Americans old enough to recall the attacks, their historical importance far surpasses other events in people's lifetimes. The election of Barack Obama as the first Black president was a distant second, at 40%.

Around nine-in-ten Americans (92%) agreed with the statement, "I feel sad when watching TV coverage of the terrorist attacks." A sizable majority (77%) also found it frightening to watch – but most did so anyway. Moviemaking also was changing in America in the early 1980s. Audiences were diminishing for the family films that had been the mainstay of the Company for many years, and Disney was not meeting the competition for films that attracted the huge teenage and adult market. To reverse that trend, Disney established a new label, Touchstone Pictures, with the release ofSplashin 1984. At the same time, because of the widespread perception that Disney stock was undervalued relative to the company's assets, two "corporate raiders" attempted to take over Disney. The efforts to keep the company from being broken up ended when Michael Eisner and Frank Wells became chairman and president, respectively.

Not one to rest on his laurels, Walt Disney soon produced another series—the Silly Symphonies—to go with the Mickey series. It featured different casts of characters in each film and enabled animators to experiment with stories that relied less on the gags and quick humor of the Mickey cartoons and more on mood, emotion, and musical themes. For the rest of that decade, a Disney cartoon won the Oscar® every year.

Walt Disney arrived in California in the summer of 1923 with a lot of hopes but little else. He had made a cartoon in Kansas City about a little girl in a cartoon world, calledAlice's Wonderland, and he decided that he could use it as his "pilot" film to sell a series of these "Alice Comedies" to a distributor. Soon after arriving in California, he was successful. A distributor in New York, M. J. Winkler, contracted to distribute the Alice Comedies on October 16, 1923, and this date became the start of the Disney company.

Originally known as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, with Walt Disney and his brother, Roy, as equal partners, the company soon changed its name, at Roy's suggestion, to the Walt Disney Studio. Executing people with mental illness presents the same concerns about culpability and reliability that led the Court to bar the death penalty for children and people with intellectual disability. The death penalty in America is a flawed, expensive policy, defined by bias and error.

It targets the most vulnerable people in our society and corrupts the integrity of our criminal justice system. From police officers to family members of murder victims, Americans are recognizing that the death penalty does not make us safer. He died aged 88 following a fall at home, with a host of celebrities paying tribute, including former co-host Melanie Sykes , and Countdown stars Carol Vorderman and Susie Dent. He died aged 60 after suffering a heart attack, with Argentina holding three days of national mourning.

Born in Ohningen in southwest Germany, Schneider was involved in Kraftwerk albums including Autobahn, Radio-Activity, Trans-Europe Express, The Man-Machine and Tour de France. He left the group in 2008 and they went on to win a lifetime achievement Grammy in 2016. Country music legend Kenny Rogers was a star whose music career spanned six decades, with hits including Coward Of The County, The Gambler and Islands In The Stream, with Dolly Parton. It is unclear why the police closed the case, or how the city's child welfare agency handled any of the calls. On Sunday, the Police Department did not respond to a question about the July 14 call, and the Administration for Children's Services said it was forbidden by law from discussing the family's history.

Bill Cunningham, a fashion photographer for The New York Times, died June 25, 2016, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here. Daniel Edward Reeves was born in Rome, Georgia, but grew up in the Americus, in the southwestern part of the state, where he played football, basketball and baseball in high school. A George Washington University study commissioned by the Puerto Rican government found that an estimated 2,975 people died in the hurricane's aftermath. The revised death toll was nearly 50 times the government's earlier estimate of 64. Indianapolis Colts center Ryan Kelly walked into the team's media room Thursday, stared into a computer screen and let the emotions tell his story.

"For 24 hours I watched and held my wife's hand as she labored with our daughter," Kelly said, reading from a prepared statement. Mary Kate Kelly was born Dec. 17 at a hospital on the north side of Indianapolis. Former New York Giants head coach Dan Reeves has died at the age of 77. His family announced the passing in a statement through NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. Alexander's forces triumphed in a succession of major battles, not all of them as quick and decisive as Gaugamela.

The crucial Mediterranean port city of Tyre was conquered only after a siege that lasted seven months. In fact, the battle was indeed a rout – but not in the expected way. It was the Persians who were crushed, not the numerically inferior Greeks.

We will never know the exact figures, but it's believed that around 50,000 Persians were killed in the battle, compared with just 1,000 or so Greeks. He survived – for now – but his reign was effectively finished, as was the once-great Persian empire, which had stretched from Libya in the west to the Indus Valley in the east. The way now lay open for Alexander to press on eastwards and establish his own empire. At just 25, he was the most powerful man in the world – the Great, indeed.