M. G. Radhakrishnan, , Indian music director, has died from liver disease.he was 70

M. G. Radhakrishnan was a senior music director and Carnatic vocalist from Kerala. He is highly regarded as one of the most successful light music and film music composer in Malayalam. (Malayalam: എം. ജി. രാധാകൃഷ്ണന്‍; 8 August 1940 – 2 July 2010)

M. G. Radhakrishnan was born on 8 August 1940 at Haripad, in Alappuzha district, Kerala as the son of music composer and Harmonist Malabar Gopalan Nair and Harikatha exponent Kamalakshi Amma.^[1] He had his college education from the S. D. College, Alappuzha, and took Ganabhooshanam from Swati Tirunal Music Academy. Prominent singer K. J. Yesudas was one of his classmates there. His brother M. G. Sreekumar is a leading playback singer in Malayalam and Tamil cinema.^[2]

M. G. Radhakrishnan was a disciple of Sree Vidyadhiraja Hridayanjali,^[3] an Indian ascetic, and composed music for the ascetic's lyrics,^[3] which was sung by his younger sister Dr. K Omanakutty,^[3] a Carnatic vocalist. In his official capacity, Radhakrishnan worked as a staff and become the senior music composer(grade 1) in Akashvani, Trivandrum. In 1962, he joined All India Radio as music composer. He used to conduct a 15-minute light music class through AIR, which made him music lovers' favourite.

He made his debut in cinema as a playback singer through "Unniganapathiye..." from Kallichellamma (1969), which had music composed by K. Raghavan. His famous songs as a vocalist include "Sharike Sharike" from Sharashayya, "Pallanayattin Theerathu" from Ningalenne Communst Aakki etc. Some of his notable concert performances were at N S S Headquarters at Changanassery and at Karrikkakom Chamundeswary Temple at Thiruvananthapuram. He then focussed at composing light music with most of them becoming big hits. Singers Sujatha, G. Venugopal etc. were first introduced through his non-filmy songs.

His debut film as a music director was G. Aravindan's Thampu (1978). The songs were fairly noticed, however the first notable work by M.G. was Thakara (1980). Songs from this film, Mouname Mouname and Mukkutti Thiruthali won him several accolades and fame. The other major works by him include Adwaitham, Devasuram, Manichithrathazhu, Rakkuyilin Rajasadassil and Ananthabhadram, which was his last work.

He has also composed the poems of Kamala Surayya, a famous Indian writer, through the album Surayya Padunnu^[4] Radhakrishnan introduced K. S. Chithra, a singer and a student of Omanakutty, to the film and music industry by employing her in the film Attahaasam.^[5][6]

Radhakrishnan died from liver disease on 2 July 2010 at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.^[7]

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

• 2005 – Best Music Director – Ananthabadram
• 2001 – Best Music Director – Achaneyanenikkishtam

Asianet Film Awards

• 2005 – Best Music Director Award – Anandabhadram
• 2001 – Best Music Director Award – Kattu Vannu Vilichappol

Filmography

No	Film	Film director	Year
1	Thampu	G Aravindan	1978
2	Thakara	Bharathan	1980
3	Aaravam	Bharathan	1980
4	Njan Ekananu	P Chandrasekhar	1982
5	Poochakkoru Mukkuthi	Priyadarshan	1984
6	Parayanum Vayya Parayathirikkanum Vayya	Priyadarshan	1985
7	Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi	Priyadarshan	1986
8	Geetham	Saajan	1986
9	Sarvakalaashala	Venu Nagavally	1987
10	Jaalakam	Harikumar	1987
11	Nombarathi Poovu	Padmarajan	1987
12	Vellanakalude Naadu	Priyadarshan	1988
13	Adwaitham	Priyadarshan	1991
14	Manichithrathazhu	Fazil	1993
15	Chenkol	Sibi Malayil	1993
16	Ammayane Satyam	Balachandra Menon	1993
17	Devaasuram	I. V. Sasi	1993
18	Kashmeeram	Rajiv Anchal	1994
19	Agnidevan	Venu Nagavally	1995
20	Rakthasakshikal Zindabad	Venu Nagavally	1998
21	Stalin Sivadas	T S Suresh Babu	1999
22	Kannezhuthi Pottumthottu	T. K. Rajeev Kumar	1999
23	Pilots	Rajiv Anchal	2000
24	Narasimham	Shaji Kailas	2000
25	Praja	Joshi	2001
26	Meghasandesham	Rajasenan	2001
27	Nariman	K Madhu	2001
28	Kaate Vannu Vilichappol	Kamal	2001
29	Achaneyanenikkishtam	Suresh Krishna	2002
30	Yanam	Sanjay Nambiar	2004
31	Ananthabhadram	Santhosh Sivan	2005

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Laurent Terzieff, French actor, has died of lung complications he was 75

Laurent Terzieff was a French actor has died of lung complications he was 75.

(27 June 1935, Toulouse – 2 July 2010, Paris^[1])

Laurent Terzieff was the son of a plastician and of Jean Terzieff, a Russian sculptor who emigrated to France during the First World War. The spectacle of the bombardments had a dramatic effect on nine-year-old Laurent Terzieff. As an adolescent, he was fascinated with philosophy and poetry. He assisted with a representation of the "La Sonate des spectres" by Strindberg, directed by Roger Blin; while involved in the theater he decided he wanted to become an actor.

Terzieff made his debut in 1953 with the Theatre of Babylon of Jean-Marie Serreau in Tous contre tous of Adamov. After several more roles, Marcel Carné offered him a lead role in 1958's Tricheurs, a tale about existentialist youth. He then appeared in the late works of "French quality" scenario writers such as Claude Autant-Lara, with whom he appeared in three films including Tu ne tueras point in 1961. Other collaborators included Henri-Georges Clouzot with "La Prisonnière", in which he interprets an artist manipulator. In 1975 Terzieff played the leading role as the priest in the Irish artist Reginald Gray's production and direction of "Jeu". Pascale de Boysson, Dirk Kinnane and Bibi Hure were also in the cast.

Other film appearances include A cœur joie, in which he appeared with Brigitte Bardot, Les Garcons by Mauro Bolognini in 1959, Vanina Vanini, Desert of the Tartars, and Medea. In the 1980s, he primarily acted on stage. Appearances during this era include Rouge Baiser, Germinal in 1993, and The Raft of the Medusa in 1998. In 2005, he appeared in Mon petit doigt m'a dit.

Awards and nominations

Molière Awards

Year	Group	Award	Play	Result
1988	Molière Awards	Best Director	Fall	Won
1993	Molière Awards	Best Director	Another Time	Won
2010	Molière Awards	Best Actor	The Dresser and Philoctetes	Won

Year	Group	Award	Play	Result
1989	Molière Awards	Best Actor	Henry IV	Nominated
1993	Molière Awards	Best Actor	Another Time	Nominated

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Ann Waldron, American writer and biographer, has died of heart failure.she was , 85

Ann Wood Waldron was an American author who initially focused on writing for children and young adults, then turned to biographies of authors from the South, and ultimately shifted in her late 70s to writing murder mysteries set at Princeton University.^[1]

(December 14, 1924 – July 2, 2010)

Early life

Ann Wood was born on December 14, 1924, in Birmingham, Alabama, where she attended West End High School.^[2] She earned a degree in journalism in 1945 from the University of Alabama and was editor of the college newspaper The Crimson White.^[2] After graduation, she worked for The Atlanta Constitution where she met her future husband Martin Waldron. She would later write for the country life magazine Progressive Farmer, wrote about state government for The Tampa Tribune and was a book editor for the Houston Chronicle.^[1]

Writing career

Waldron's earliest writings included six children's novels and nonfiction books for young adults about notable artists.^[1] Her first books, published in 1975, were The House on Pendleton Block, the story of a girl who moves to Texas and explores the mysterious house the family lives in, and The Integration of Mary-Larkin Thornhill which is about a girl who is one of two white students in a newly-integrated school.^[2]

She shifted to biography with her 1987 book Close Connections: Caroline Gordon and the Southern Renaissance, which was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.^[3] Hodding Carter: The Reconstruction of a Racist, which documented the life and transformation of a newspaperman in Greenville, Mississippi, was recognized by The New York Times as a 1993 Notable Book of the Year, which noted how the book "outlines in rich and intriguing detail the price paid by the editor for questioning the tradition of white supremacy". A later book was a biography of Eudora Welty, who refused to co-operate on the writing of the book. The 1998 book Eudora: A Writer's Life was reviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution which called Welty "lucky that Ann Waldron is her first biographer" and praised Welson for writing "a judicious account, written against the odds".^[1]

At age 78, she turned to writing a series of murder mysteries about a newspaperwoman who investigates crimes at Princeton University.^[1]

Death

Waldron died at age 85 on July 2, 2010, at her home in Princeton, New Jersey due to heart failure. Her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winner Martin Waldron, died in 1981, at which time he was the Trenton, New Jersey bureau chief for The New York Times. She was survived by a daughter, three sons, eight grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.^[1]

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Steve Stanlee, American professional wrestler.has died he was , 90

Steve Zygowicz^[1] better known by his ring name of Steve Stanlee, was an American professional wrestler from the late 1940s through the 1960s. He was the younger brother of the more famous professional wrestler Gene Stanlee.^[2]

(February 29, 1920 – July 2, 2010)

Steve served with Gene in the U.S. Navy during World War II and entered the professional wrestling circuit after the war. From 1947 to 1948, Stanlee wrestled under the ring name Paul Stanlee for Georgia Championship Wrestling.^[3] He competed against such wrestlers as Tom Mahoney and Bobby Roberts, winning the majority of these matches.^[3] Like his brother Gene, Steve took the nickname "Mr. America" for his chiseled physique, bleached his hair blond, and wore dazzling sequined jackets to the ring.^[4] Gene and Steve did train together and had a couple of runs as a tag team, but the two generally stayed on separate career paths.^[2] Notably, Steve wrestled Lou Thesz for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on October 27, 1950,^[5] two full years before his brother faced Thesz.^[6]

After his stint in Georgia, Stanlee competed in Toronto, Ontario. He worked as a jobber, putting over other wrestlers, such as Al Korman and Pat Flanagan.^[7] In the early 1950s, Stanlee wrestled in the Northeastern United States. Wrestling in New York and New Jersey, he received occasional pushes, challenging for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on several occasions.^[8][9]

Stanlee then traveled to California, where he wrestled in the mid-1950s.^[10][11] He later returned to wrestle for Capitol Wrestling in the New York area in the late 1950s.^[12][13][14]

Steve didn't catch on with the public in the same way as Gene did, and as a result never attained the same level of fame. He did have a longer career in the ring, however, and may in fact be the better known brother among fans of 1960s wrestling. While Gene was out of wrestling by the early '60s, Steve remained active. He wrestled both as a singles competitor and as part of a tag team, "The Stanlee Steamers", with a kayfabe third "brother", Bob Stanlee (played by Bob Merrill).^[2] Unfortunately, Steve won few high-profile matches either way and is generally regarded to have been a "jobber to the stars" for much of his career. He did, however, win the National Wrestling Alliance's Ohio Heavyweight Championship on July 1, 1961 by defeating Frankie Talaber.^[15] He dropped the belt back to Talaber in a rematch later that year.^[15] Stanlee also helped train Buddy Bison, who wrestled for Georgia Championship Wrestling for several years.^[16]

From 1964 to 1966, Stanlee wrestled for the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF). He lost the majority of his matches, but he did get victories over Arnold Skaaland and "Baron" Mikel Scicluna in 1965.^[17][18][19] After leaving the WWWF, Stanlee wrestled in Hawaii, competing in both singles matches and in a tag team with Jim Hady.^[10][20] He then returned to Georgia Championship Wrestling, putting over the other talent in that promotion as well.^[3]

Late in life, Steve Stanlee appeared in an interview in the Icons Of Wrestling documentary series.^[2] He passed away in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin on July 2, 2010 at the age of 90.^[21]

Championships and accomplishments

• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA Ohio Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[15]

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Lele, Puerto Rican rapper, was shot. and killed he was 24

Victor Alexis Rivera Santiago better known by his stage name Lele was a Puerto Rican rapper and reggaeton artist signed to the Rottweilas label. He recorded solo or as part of a duo with partner Endo under Lele y Endo. He was also known by his nickname "El Arma Secreta".^[1]

(1986 – July 1, 2010)

He collaborated with Cosculluela. made a lot of songs with his duo partner Endo in the duo 'Lele y Endo', In 2008, Lele had threatened to sue Hector "El Father" for not receiving royalties for more than 40 songs he had co-written with him.^[2]

On July 1, 2010, he was shot in his sports car in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico.

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Ilene Woods, American singer and actress (Cinderella), has died from complications from Alzheimer's disease.she was 81

Jacqueline Ruth "Ilene" Woods was an American singer and actress who voiced Cinderella in the 1950 classic film.^[1]

(May 5, 1929 – July 1, 2010)

Woods' mother worked behind the scenes of films, taking Ilene with her. Ilene started acting at the age of two. When she was 15 years old, she was given her own radio show on the new station called The Blue Network on ABC Radio during the summer of 1944, The Ilene Woods Show. The entire show was 15 minutes of music 3 days a week. Many songwriters came on the show to present their music; this is how she became friends with Mack David and Jerry Livingston. She then moved to California.^[2]

In 1948, two of her songwriter friends, Mack David and Jerry Livingston, called Woods to record "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo", "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", and "So This is Love".^[3] Soon, the songs were presented to Walt Disney so that they could be used in the English version of Cinderella. Walt Disney heard the demo recordings, and two days later asked Ilene to voice the star role of Cinderella.^[4]

She gladly accepted the role, surprised that she had won against more than 300 other auditioners. She only saw Walt Disney after finishing work on Cinderella. She said in a recent interview for Classicfilm, "Seeing it [the film] in its new form was breathtaking for me. It's so beautiful. The color is magnificent, it just took my breath away, it was so wonderful. I sort of forget when I'm watching the movie that I had anything to do with it. Yet, it brings back so many beautiful memories of working with the wonderful artists and working with Walt mostly. It brings back wonderful, wonderful memories."^[3] For the direct-to-video sequels to Cinderella and the Princess Stories, Jennifer Hale voiced Cinderella.

Woods sang for President Roosevelt at his home in Hyde Park. She also sang at the White House for President Truman, after singing for the soldiers and sailors of war.^[5]

Later years

She married the first time at the age of 17 (first husband's name unknown) and had one child by that marriage, her daughter Stephanie. She married Tonight Show drummer Ed Shaughnessy in 1963 and had two sons, James and Daniel.

In 2003, she was awarded a Disney Legends award for her voicework on the film Cinderella. One of her last film appearances was in Touched By An Angel as night nurse Cassie.

Death

Woods died on July 1, 2010, at age 81, from causes related to Alzheimer's disease at a nursing home in Canoga Park. She did not recognize a lot of what was going on around her, but the nurses found that she was most comforted by "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes," so they played it for her as often as possible. Her husband, Ed Shaughnessy, told the Los Angeles Times. In addition to her husband of 47 years, she was survived by their son, a daughter from her first marriage, and three grandchildren.^[6]

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Ditta Zusa Einzinger Austrian singer (Lolita), has died of cancer.she was , 79

Ditta Zusa Einzinger Salzburg, Austria), née Edith Zuser, was an Austrian pop singer who recorded under the stage name Lolita.

(born January 17, 1931, St Pölten, Austria — died June 30, 2010)

She began singing in local clubs while working as a kindergarten teacher. Discovered in 1956, she began her recording career in 1957. Early recordings typically were songs with a Latin American, South Sea Island, or similar 'exotic' theme. In December, 1959, she recorded what would become her only gold record,^[1] "Seemann, deine Heimat ist das Meer" ("Sailor, Your Home is the Sea"), which was a hit single in the United States, peaking at number five, and in Japan as well as in German-speaking Europe in 1960.

"Sailor" was one of a handful of records sung in a language other than English, to have been successful in the mainstream American market.^[1]

The song was later covered by Petula Clark, Andrew Sister and Ann Shelton, both of whom had hits with it in the UK Singles Chart. Clark also took the song to # 1 of the French charts in its French recording "Marin (Enfant du voyage)". ^[1][2][3]

She continued recording maritime and South Seas titles with success, though never again achieving a worldwide hit record. In later years, her recordings were more typically Austrian and German folk songs, including yodels.^{[citation needed]}

Before her death in Salzburg, aged 79, from cancer, Lolita lived in Großgmain. Twice divorced, she was survived by two children.

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