Archive for September, 2007

President of Bosnian Serb republic dies (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

President of of Bosnia's Serb Republic, Milan Jelic attends a service at an Orthodox Church for a ceremony for new members of the National assembly in Banja Luka, in this Nov. 9, 2006 file photo. Jelic died of a heart attack Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007 evening. He was 51. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic, file)AP - Milan Jelic, president of Bosnia’s Serb Republic died of a heart attack Sunday after less than a year on the job, the prime minister said. He was 51.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

AP - Harry Dent

TV producer Martin Manulis dies (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

In this photo released by the Manulis Family showing Martin Manulis, a television, film and stage producer who won six Emmy awards, has died. Manulis died Friday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles according to his son,  he was 92. (AP Photo/Family Handout)AP - Martin Manulis, a television, film and stage producer who created the classic, Emmy-winning program “Playhouse 90,” has died. He was 92.

President of Bosnian Serb republic dies (AP)

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

President of of Bosnia's Serb Republic, Milan Jelic attends a service at an Orthodox Church for a ceremony for new members of the National assembly in Banja Luka, in this Nov. 9, 2006 file photo. Jelic died of a heart attack Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007 evening. He was 51. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic, file)AP - Milan Jelic, president of Bosnia’s Serb Republic died of a heart attack Sunday after less than a year on the job, the prime minister said. He was 51.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

AP - George Brooks Sr.

Dutch WWII hero Roelfzema dies at 90 (AP)

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

AP - The Dutch World War II resistance hero, Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema — better known as the “Soldier of Orange” — died this week at his home in Hawaii, his family said in a death notice published in a Dutch newspaper. He was 90.

Physicist, activist Panofsky dies at 88 (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

This undated photo provided by Stanford University shows Wolfgang Panofsky. The founding director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Panofsky, 88, died of a heart attack Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at his home in Los Altos, Calif., according to a university announcement. (AP Photo/Stanford University)AP - Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky, a physicist who was a consultant on the Manhattan Project and devoted much of his life to promoting nuclear arms control, has died. He was 88.

Former chief rabbi of Israel dies (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Israeli mourners gather around the body of the former chief Rabbi of Israel Avraham Shapira during his funeral in Jerusalem, Friday, Sept. 28, 2007. Rabbi Shapira, an Israeli spiritual leader most famous for urging soldiers to disobey orders to evacuate the Gaza Strip, has died in Jerusalem. He was 94.  (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Rabbi Avraham Shapira, an Israeli spiritual leader most famous for urging soldiers to disobey orders to evacuate the Gaza Strip, has died at the age of 94.

Obituaries in the news (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AP - Nenad Bogdanovic

Belgrade mayor dies of cancer (AP)

Friday, September 28th, 2007

AP - Belgrade Mayor Nenad Bogdanovic, who launched the Serbian capital’s postwar recovery, died Thursday at age 54.