Celebrating New Year's

New Years Around the World:

 

(Auckland, New Zealand)

 

(Sydney, Australia)

 

(Tokyo, Japan)

(Taipei, Taiwan)

(Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

 

(Bangkok, Thailand)

(Tbilisi, Georgia)

(Berlin, Germany)

(London, United Kingdom)

Ukraine's 2025

 

Someone's Waiting

 

Zelenskyy's Address

From President Zelenskyy’s Instagram:

Наш 2024-й. Кожен його день здобутий нашими воїнами, усіма нашими людьми, кожним і кожною, хто захищає, хто працює, хто зміцнює й допомагає.

Праця і сміливість, людяність і принциповість цілого народу наповнювали цей рік. А ще – турбота, розвиток і любов, прагнення змінити реальність на краще попри все.

Ми, українці, знаємо, як це – не чекати, що принесе завтра, а виборювати кожен день і кожен рік свободи. І 2024-й став саме таким – здобутим і вільним. Ще одним кроком до справедливості, до чесного миру, до нашої перемоги, до життя без війни.

Сили нам усім у новому році, єдності, наснаги. З новим роком життя та свободи, з нашим роком!

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Our 2024. Every single day of it has been won by our warriors, by all our people, by everyone who defends, works, strengthens, and helps.

Hard work and courage, humanity and integrity of the entire nation filled this year. Along with care, development and love, the desire to change reality for the better, no matter what.

We Ukrainians know what it means not to wait for what tomorrow will bring, but to fight for every single day and every year of freedom. And 2024 was exactly that—a year hard-won and free. Another step towards justice, a fair peace, our victory, and a life without war.

I wish us all strength, unity, and inspiration in the coming year. Happy New Year of life and freedom—Happy Our Year!

^ Here’s to a Ukrainian Victory in 2025. ^

2024 Numbers

2024 By The Numbers:

$ 36.2 Trillion =  The National Debt as of 12/4. That represents $ 107 Thousand per U.S. Citizen or 123% of US GDP.

285,000 = Number of Holocaust Survivors Around the World.

13.4 Million = Barrels per day of Oil produced by the U.S., now the World’s Largest Producer.

44,500 =  Palestinians Killed Since 2023.

200%  = Percentage Increase of Anti-Jewish Attacks in the US.

194,481 = Illegal Immigrants entering the European Union.

11 = Number of European Schengen Countries (out of 29) that imposed Internal Border Checks with other Schengen Member Countries.

150%  = Percentage Increase of Anti-Jewish Attacks around the World.

271,484 = Number of Illegal Immigrants deported from the US (the highest since 2014.)

43,000  = Ukrainians Killed since 2014.

370,000 =  Ukrainian Wounded since 2014.

198,000 =  Russians Killed since 2014.

550,000 = Russians Wounded since 2014.

25  = Number of Years Vladimir Putin has been Dictator of Russia.

53=  Russian Soldiers have been killed for ever square mile of Ukrainian Territory captured.

717 =  The Average American’s FICO Credit Score.

770,000 = Number of confirmed Homeless across the US (an 18% increase from 2023.)

18 Million = Number of Veterans living in the US.

$5 Trillion = The Global Tech Industry’s Market Value growing by 15% compared to 2023.

3 Million = Social Media Users who followed P’nut the Squirrel. 

126 =  Medals won by the U.S. at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games including 40 Gold, the most ever for a Non-Boycotted Games outside the U.S

Staying Home

 

UK Celebrates

 

Germany Celebrates

 

Israel Celebrates

 

Italy Celebrates

 

Spain Celebrates

 

Poland Celebrates

 

Ukraine Celebrates

 

Bob's New Years

 

Same Me

 

New Year Languages

“Happy New Year In Different Languages!”

Albanian         Gëzuar Vitin e Ri       

Basque            Urte berri on 

Belarusian       З Новым годам

Bosnian           Sretna Nova godina  

Bulgarian        Честита Нова Година  

Catalan           Bon any nou  

Croatian         Sretna Nova godina  

Czech              Šťastný nový rok       

Danish             Godt nytår     

Dutch              Gelukkig nieuwjaar   

Estonian         Head uut aastat        

Finnish             Hyvää uutta vuotta   

French             Bonne année 

Galician           Feliz aninovo 

German           Frohes neues Jahr     

Greek               Ευτυχισμένο το νέο έτος  

Hungarian      Boldog új évet

Icelandic         Gleðilegt nýtt ár        

Irish                 Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit  

Italian             Buon Anno    

Latvian            Laimīgu Jauno gadu  

Lithuanian      Laimingų Naujųjų metų        

Luxembourgish     Schéint Neit Joer       

Macedonian      Среќна Нова година

Maltese           Is-Sena t-Tajba

Norwegian     Godt nytt år  

Polish              Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku  

Portuguese     Feliz Ano Novo          

Romanian       An Nou Fericit

Russian           С новым годом

Serbian           Срећна Нова година  

Slovak             Šťastný nový rok       

Slovenian       Srečno novo leto       

Spanish           Feliz año nuevo         

Swedish          Gott nytt år   

Ukrainian        Щасливого Нового року  

Welsh              Blwyddyn Newydd Dda        

Armenian       Շնորհավոր Նոր Տարի  

Azerbaijani     Yeni iliniz mübarək    

Bengali                        শুভ নব বর্ষ  

Chinese Traditional   新年快樂  

Georgian         გილოცავთ ახალ წელს  

Hindi   नए साल की शुभकामनाएँ

Japanese         あけましておめでとう      

Kazakh             Жаңа жыл құтты болсын  

Khmer             រីករាយ​ឆ្នាំ​ថ្មី   

Korean             새해 복 많이 받으세요  

Kyrgyz             Жаны жылыңар менен

Lao                  ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ປີ​ໃຫມ່

Mongolian      Шинэ оны мэнд хүргэе

Pashto             نوی کال مو مبارک شه     

Punjabi           ਨਵਾ ਸਾਲ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ

Sinhala            සුභ නව වසරක්

Tajik                Соли Нав Муборак  

Tamil               புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்  

Thai                 สวัสดีปีใหม่     

Turkish            Mutlu Yıllar   

Turkmen         Täze ýylyňyz gutly bolsun      

Uzbek              Yangi Yil muborak     

Vietnamese    Chúc mừng năm mới

Arabic             سنة جديدة سعيدة

Hebrew           שנה טובה       

Persian             سال نو مبارک    

Afrikaans        Gelukkige Nuwe Jaar

Amharic          መልካም አዲስ ዓመት  

Swahili             Heri ya mwaka mpya

Zulu                 Jabulela unyaka omusha       

Filipino            Maligayang Bagong Taon     

Hawaiian        Hauʻoli makahiki hou

Indonesian     Selamat Tahun Baru 

Malagasy        Tratry ny taona         

Maori              Nga mihi o te tau hou

Samoan          Manuia le Tausaga Fou         

Esperanto       Feliĉan Novjaron       

 

My Plans

 

Chanukah - Day 7

 

$2.5 Billion

The United States has just given Ukraine $2.5 Billion Dollars for Air Defense, Artillery, and other Critical Weapons Systems.

Ukraine has been fighting Russia along a 932 mile Front Line.

Since 2022 the United States has given Ukraine $91 Billion Dollars in Financial, Humanitarian and Military Aid.

All US Military Aid to Ukraine goes to American Workers in American Factories that produce the Weapons and other Supplies.

So Americans get something: Good jobs and Pay. the United States gets something: an Ally fighting against a brutal Dictatorship and Ukraine gets something: Help to regain their Territory and stop the Russian War Crimes being committed on Ukrainian Men, Women and Children.  

451 Days

 

100 Men, Women and Children (including American Citizens) continue to be held Hostage by Hamas in Gaza for 451 Days and counting.

Linda Lavin: 1937-2024

 

Russia Guilty

From the BBC:

“Azerbaijan urges Russia to accept blame for plane crash”

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has called on Russia to accept blame for a plane crash on Christmas Day that killed 38 people. The plane is thought to have come under fire from Russian air defence systems as it tried to land in Chechnya before being diverted to Kazakhstan, where it crashed. On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised to the Azerbaijani president over the downing of the plane in Russian airspace - but stopped short of taking responsibility. Aliyev accused Moscow of an initial "cover up" over its involvement in the crash. While accepting Putin's apology, he said Russia "must admit its guilt" and pay compensation.

The Azerbaijan Airlines plane had been en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to the Chechen capital of Grozny on 25 December when it is thought to have come under fire. Flight J2-8243 was forced to divert from Chechnya and crashed near Aktau, in Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 onboard. Most of the passengers on the flight were from Azerbaijan, with others from Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Aviation experts and others believe the plane's GPS was affected by electronic jamming and it was then damaged by shrapnel from Russian air-defence missile blasts. But Aliyev said that, in the days following the incident, "Russian agencies put forward versions [of events] about the explosion of some gas cylinder" which "clearly showed that the Russian side wants to cover up the issue", according to a transcript of an interview with state media. He also said that some in Russia had latched on to a theory that the plane had been hit by birds. Aliyev described both theories as "foolish and dishonest". The Azerbaijani president accepted that the plane had been shot down accidentally, but said that in the first three days following the crash, "we heard only absurd versions from Russia". Baku made a series of demands to Moscow on Friday over the incident, he said, only one of which - an apology - had so far been met.

On Saturday, Putin said the "tragic incident" had occurred when Russian air defence systems were repelling Ukrainian drones, and expressed his "deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims". The Russian president acknowledged that the plane had repeatedly tried to land at Grozny airport, in Chechnya. However, at the time the cities of Grozny, Mozdok and Vladikavkaz were "being attacked by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, and Russian air defence systems repelled these attacks", Putin said. Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky said Russia must "stop spreading disinformation" and that the damage to the aircraft's fuselage was "very reminiscent of an air defence missile strike". The Kremlin read-out made no direct admission that the plane had been struck by Russian missiles.

Aliyev said Baku had demanded Russia "admit its guilt", punish those at fault, and pay compensation to Azerbaijan and the injured survivors of the crash. Azerbaijan and Russia are allies. The Azerbaijani president said: "No one would have thought that in a country that is friendly to us, our plane would be fired at from the ground." His remarks came as Azerbaijan paid tributes to the pilots and passengers of the downed plane.

Three crew members - Captain Igor Kshnyakin, co-pilot Alezander Kalayaninov and flight attendant Hokuma Aliyeva - were given distinguished honours for landing the plane in a way that allowed 29 people to survive, even though it led to their own deaths.

^ It’s clear Russia shot down the plane and is doing everything it can to cover-up its role. Hopefully, Azerbaijan (and other Countries) will finally see Russia and Putin for what it is and stop supporting them. ^

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgrzvn7y5lo

Winter Seniors

Winter Seniors

 The Population of the United States is 333 Million People

1 in 4 Americans is Over 65 years old.

12,000 Americans are turning 65 every day.

Of those 65 and over:

29% have a Disability

12% are Veterans

24% Live Alone

1 in every 2 American Seniors who Live Alone lack the means for Basic Things (Food, Medicines, Heat, etc.)

10 Million American Seniors go Hungry on a regular basis.

Things become even more difficult during the Winter with the Ice, Snow, Cold and Winter Depression.

Please take a moment to check-in on an Elderly Family Member, Friend, Neighbor or Stranger.

Chanukah - Day 6

 

Jimmy Carter: 1924-2024

 

Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100.

He was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia.

He was the first US President born in a Hospital.

He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1946.

He married Rosalyn Smith in 1946 and were married until her Death on November 19, 2023 at 96 years old.

They had 3 Sons: Jack, James III "Chip", and Donnel and 1 Daughter, Amy;

He was in the Navy from 1946-1953 and then in the Naval Reserves from 1953-1961.

He was a Member of the Georgian Senate from 1963-1967 where he remained relatively silent on Integration and the end of the Jim Crow Discrimination Laws in Georgia and the rest of the South.

He was Governor of Georga from 1971-1975.

He was the 39^th President from 1977-1981.

During his Presidency he:

1. Issued Proclamation 4483 (on his first day in Office) which pardoned every Man who had refused to serve in the US Military during the Vietnam War from 1964-1973.

The Pardon covered the 2,393 Draft Evaders who were under Indictment, about 9,000 who were convicted or pleaded guilty and who now had their Records cleared, and about 1,200 who were under investigation for alleged violations.

 It also covered all the Men, estimated at Hundreds of Thousands, who simply never registered for the Draft.

2. Signed the Torrijos–Carter Treaties in 1977 which returned control of the Panama Canal from the US to Panama in 1999.

3.  Saw the Camp David Accords signed between Egypt and Israel in 1978 ending their War that had begun in 1948.

4. He Deregulated the Airlines in 1978.

5. Oversaw the U.S.’ continued support of Indonesia as a Cold War Ally, despite Human Rights Violations in East Timor.

The Violations followed Indonesia's December 1975 Invasion and Occupation of East Timor. Under Carter's administration Military Assistance to Indonesia increased, peaking in 1978 (180,000 Soldiers and Civilians were killed during Indonesia’s Occupation from 1975-2002.)

6.  Signed the SALT II Treaty with the USSR in 1979.

7.  He Deregulated the Beer Industry in 1979 allowing Home Brewers to buy malt, hops, and yeast.

8. Oversaw the 1979 Oil Crisis with long lines and rationing of gas across the United States,

9. Saw the First Ever Federal Government Shutdown in 1980 with 1,600 Government Employees furloughed and cost the US Government $700,000 (equal to $2.2 Million in 2024.)

10. Saw the Iran Hostage Crisis where 66 Americans where taken Hostage from the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran in 1979 and held for 444 Days (until they were released when President Reagan took Office in January 1981.)

Following the Hostage Taking Carter remained in isolation in the White House for more than 100 days, until he left to participate in the lighting of the National Menorah on the Ellipse.

He ordered Operation Eagle Claw in 1980 to rescue the Hostages which failed and left 8 US Soldiers killed and 4 Injured.

11. In July 1980, he brought back the requirement that all American Men 18-26 register for the Draft making it a Felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and/or a $250,000 Fine. This still applies today.

The Draft ended in April 1973 and no American Men had to Register from 1973-1980.

Note 1: In the 1976 US Presidential Election he won 297 Electoral Votes.

Note 2: In the 1980 US Presidential Election he won 49 Electoral Votes.

Republicans and Democrats viewed his Presidency as a Failure.

 After leaving Office he worked with Habitat for Humanity.

 Jimmy Carter was the longest-lived President in U.S. History, and the first to live to 100 years of age.

Chanukah By The Sea

 

Chanukah by the Sea in Netanya, Israel - December 2024.

Good Winter

Chanukah - Day 5

 

Dogs Like Me

 

Deaths 2024: Part 2

2024 Deaths: Part 2

July

1^st: Renate Hoy, 93, German actress (Schloß Hubertus, A Certain Smile, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars) and beauty pageant contestant.

1^st: Taras Hunczak, 92, Ukrainian-American historian and political scientist.

3^rd: Andriy Kutsenko, 35, Ukrainian track cyclist, killed in action.

3^rd: Valerian Shuvaev, 69, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Algeria (since 2022) and Iraq (2008–2012).

4^th: Joe Robles, 78, American military general, president and CEO of the USAA (2007–2015).

6^th: Lionel Fernando, 88, Sri Lankan civil servant and diplomat, ambassador to France (2008–2010) and governor of North Eastern Province (1993–1994).

6^th: Dr. Yitzhak (Itzik) Yifat, one of three Paratroopers who appeared in an iconic photo taken at the Western Wall after Israel captured it during the 1967 Six Day War.

7^th: Josefina Herrán, 94, Uruguayan first lady (1972–1976).

8^th: Adrián Olivares, 48, Mexican singer (Menudo).

8^th: Pierre Nguyễn Soạn, 87, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Qui Nhơn (1999–2012).

8^th: Jógvan Sundstein, 91, Faroese politician, prime minister (1989–1991).

10^th: Joe Engle, 91, American astronaut (STS-2, STS-51-I).

11^th: Shelley Duvall, 75, American actress (The Shining, Nashville, 3 Women), complications from diabetes.

12^th: Ruth Westheimer, 96, German-American sex therapist and Holocaust Survivor.

13^th: Shannen Doherty, 53, American actress (Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed, Heathers), breast cancer.

13^th: James B. Sikking, 90, American actor (Hill Street Blues, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Pelican Brief), complications from dementia.

13^th: Richard Simmons, 76, American fitness instructor and television personality (General Hospital, Match Game, Hollywood Squares)

18^th: Jerry Fuller, 85, American songwriter ("Young Girl", "Travelin' Man", "Show and Tell"), lung cancer.

18^th: Bob Newhart, 94, American comedian and actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, Elf), Emmy (2013) and Grammy (1961) winner.

19^th: Iryna Farion, 60, Ukrainian linguist, professor, and politician, deputy (2012–2014), shot.

19^th: Kevan Gosper, 90, Australian athlete and sports administrator, Olympic silver medalist (1956), chairman of the AIS (1981–1985).

22^nd: Karel Dyba, 83, Czech economist, politician, and diplomat, ambassador to the OECD (2007–2012).

25^th: Martin Indyk, 73, American diplomat, ambassador to Israel (1995–1997, 2000–2001), esophageal cancer.

25^th: Harold Zvi Schiffrin, 101, American-born Israeli sociologist and intelligence officer (Ritchie Boys).

26^th: Tom C. Korologos, 91, American diplomat, ambassador to Belgium (2004–2007).

28^th: Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, 85, Greek royal, historian and author.

28^th: Francine Pascal, 92, American author (Sweet Valley High), lymphoma.

29^th: Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes, 82, British courtier, private secretary to the sovereign (1990–1999) and member of the House of Lords (1999–2022).

31^st: Paul Bucha, 80, American army officer and political advisor, Medal of Honor recipient.

31^st: Ismail Haniyeh, 62, Palestinian politician, prime minister (2006–2014), Hamas chief in the Gaza Strip (2014–2017), and chairman of the Hamas political bureau (since 2017), explosion.

 

August

1^st: Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder (Rysum organ, Schnitker organ (Groningen), Schnitger organ (Hamburg)).

2^nd: Ruth Montague, 85, British Air Force officer, director of the Women's Royal Air Force (1989–1994).

4^th: Charles Cyphers, 85, American actor (Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, Major League).

4^th: Tsung-Dao Lee, 97, Chinese-American physicist (Lee–Yang theory, Kinoshita–Lee–Nauenberg theorem, Lee–Yang theorem), Nobel Prize laureate (1957).

5^th: Patti Yasutake, 70, American actress (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Beef, Gung Ho), T-cell lymphoma.

8^th: Mitzi McCall, 93, American actress (Ice Age, World's Greatest Dad, Alright Already) and comedian.

10^th: Josep Manuel Basáñez, 82, Spanish businessman and politician, minister of economy and finance of Catalonia (1987–1988) and member of the Catalan parliament (1988–1989).

10^th: Adolf M. Birke, 84, German historian, director of the German Historical Institute London (1985–1994).

10^th: Rudolf Jelínek, 89, Czech actor (Thirty Cases of Major Zeman, The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, Zelená vlna).

12^th: Valentin Piseev, 82, Russian sports administrator, president (1988–2010) and general secretary (2010–2014) of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia.

12^th: Zaid Rifai, 87, Jordanian politician, prime minister (1973–1976, 1984–1989) and president of the senate (1997–2009).

12^th: Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 98, Kuwaiti royal, commander of the Kuwait National Guard (since 1967)

13^th: Wally Amos, 88, American businessman (Famous Amos) and television personality (Learn to Read), complications from dementia.

14^th: Takayuki Kubota, 89, Japanese-American karateka, founder of Gosoku-ryu.

14^th: Delbar Nazari, 68, Afghan politician, minister of women's affairs (2015–2021), cardiac arrest.

14^th: Gena Rowlands, 94, American actress (A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria, The Notebook), four-time Emmy winner, complications from Alzheimer's disease.

15^th: Sergey Bagayev, 82, Russian physicist, director of the Institute of Laser Physics (1992–2016).

15^th: Galina Brok-Beltsova, 99, Russian bomber navigator (587th Bomber Aviation Regiment).

15^th: Peter Marshall, 98, American game show host (Hollywood Squares) and actor (Annie, Ensign Pulver), four-time Emmy winner, kidney failure.

15^th: Ľubomír Paulovič, 71, Slovak actor (She Grazed Horses on Concrete, It's Better to Be Wealthy and Healthy Than Poor and Ill, The Peacemaker), heart failure.

16^th: Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie, 91, American-born British aristocrat, lady of the bedchamber (1973–2022).

18^th: Boris Bystrov, 79, Russian actor (Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase, TASS Is Authorized to Declare...).

18^th: Phil Donahue, 88, American talk show host (The Phil Donahue Show) and filmmaker (Body of War).

18^th: Dušan Šinigoj, 90, Slovenian economist and politician, president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1984–1990).

19^th: Maria Branyas, 117, American-born Spanish supercentenarian, world's oldest person (since 2023).

19^th: Guy de Muyser, 98, Luxembourgish jurist, economist, and diplomat, chief of staff to Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1969–1981).

21^st: John Amos, 84, American actor (Good Times, Roots, The West Wing), heart failure.

21^st: Euan MacDonald, 50, Scottish disability rights activist (Euan's Guide, Euan MacDonald Centre), complications from motor neurone disease.

27^th: Ron Hale, 78, American actor (Ryan's Hope, General Hospital, All the President's Men).

27^th: Serhiy Serhiychuk, 53, Ukrainian politician, governor of Cherkasy Oblast (2020), missile strike.

28^th: Obi Ndefo, 51, American actor (Dawson's Creek, Stargate SG-1).

28^th: Behzod Yo'ldoshev, 79, Uzbek physicist, president of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (2000–2005, since 2017).

29^th: Alban Liechti, 89, French anti-colonial activist.

29^th: Darrel J. McLeod, 67, Canadian Cree writer.

30^th: Sir Shridath Ramphal, 95, Guyanese diplomat, politician, and academic administrator, Commonwealth secretary-general (1975–1990), minister of foreign affairs (1972–1975), and chancellor of the UWI (1989–2003).

30^th: Tūheitia, 69, New Zealand Māori monarch, king (since 2006), complications from heart surgery.

31^st: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Israeli-American Hamas hostage.[658] (body discovered on this date)

 

September

1^st: Budimir Lončar, 100, Croatian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs of Yugoslavia (1987–1991).

1^st: Àngels Martínez Castells, 76, Spanish economist, academic and politician, member of the Parliament of Catalonia (2015–2017).

2^nd: James Darren, 88, American singer ("Goodbye Cruel World") and actor (Gidget, T. J. Hooker).

2^nd: Kong Sam Ol, 94, Cambodian politician, MP (since 1993), minister of agriculture (1986–1989) and the Royal Palace (since 1998).

3^rd: Vladimir Bure, 73, Russian swimmer and ice hockey fitness consultant, Olympic silver medalist (1972), complications from a heart attack.

3^rd: Kazimierz Działocha, 92, Polish judge and politician, judge of the constitutional tribunal (1985–1993), senator (1995–1997), MP (1997–2001).

3^rd: Igor Spassky, 98, Russian nuclear engineer (Delta III, Typhoon and Oscar submarines).

4^th: Olavi Heinonen, 85, Finnish judge, president of the Supreme Court (1989–2001).

5^th: Davy Kiprotich Koech, 73, Kenyan immunologist, founder of KEMRI.

6^th: Armand de Fluvià, 92, Spanish genealogist, heraldist and LGBT rights activist, respiratory failure.

6^th: Cathy Merrick, 62, Canadian First Nations leader, grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (since 2022).

7^th: Slavo Kukić, 70, Bosnian sociologist, member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

7^th: Dan Morgenstern, 94, German-born American Holocaust Survivor, music journalist (Jazz Journal, DownBeat) and archivist, eight-time Grammy winner, heart failure.

8^th: Ana Gervasi, 57, Peruvian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (2022–2023).[573] (body discovered on this date).

8^th: Philip Williams, 70, Canadian actor (Jason X, The Hardy Boys, Cyberchase).

9^th: James Earl Jones, 93, American actor (Star Wars, Fences, The Lion King), Tony winner (1969, 1987).

10^th: Chungdak Koren, 74, Tibetan nurse and politician, member of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (2011–2014).

10^th: Maria Politseymako, 86, Russian actress (Success, 100 Days Before the Command, The Parrot Speaking Yiddish).

11^th: Chad McQueen, 63, American actor (The Karate Kid, Martial Law, Red Line) and racing driver, organ failure.

12^th: John Haglelgam, 75, Micronesian politician, president (1987–1991).

14^th: Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, 82, Kuwaiti royal, prime minister (2011–2019) and minister of defense (2001–2011).

15^th: Geoffrey Hinsliff, 86, English actor (Coronation Street, Brass, Doctor Who).

16^th: Barbara Leigh-Hunt, 88, English actress (Frenzy, Henry VIII and His Six Wives, Bequest to the Nation).

17^th: Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, 56, Mauritanian diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (2008–2009).

19^th: Pierre Vilars, 108, French military officer.

19^th: Eduardo Xol, 58, American television personality (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), designer and entertainer, stabbed.

20^th: Kathryn Crosby, 90, American actress (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Anatomy of a Murder, Operation Mad Ball) and singer.

20^th: David Graham, 99, British actor (Thunderbirds, Doctor Who, Peppa Pig).

22^nd: Peter Jay, 87, British journalist and diplomat, ambassador to the United States (1977–1979).

26^th: John Ashton, 76, American actor (Beverly Hills Cop, Some Kind of Wonderful, Midnight Run), cancer.

27^th: Abdul Gafur, 95, Bangladeshi Bengali language activist.

27^th: Dame Maggie Smith, 89, British actress (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Harry Potter, Downton Abbey), Oscar winner (1969, 1978),

28^th: Kris Kristofferson, 88, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Me and Bobby McGee", "Help Me Make It Through the Night") and actor (A Star Is Born), Grammy winner (1972, 1974, 1975).

29^th: Bismarck Myrick, 83, American diplomat, ambassador to Lesotho (1995–1998) and Liberia (1999–2002).

30^th: Pete Rose, 83, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos) and manager, World Series champion (1975, 1976, 1980), heart disease.

30^th: Gavin Creel, 48, American actor (Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Book of Mormon, Hello, Dolly!), Tony winner (2017), malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor.

 

October

1^st: Gudbrand Bakken, 83, Norwegian veterinarian and civil servant.

1^st: David Burnham, 91, American journalist (The New York Times), choking.

1^st: Alford Gardner, 98, Jamaican-born British emigrant and historical adviser (Windrush generation), bowel cancer.

2^nd: Susie Berning, 83, American Hall of Fame golfer, U.S. Women's Open champion (1968, 1972, 1973).

2^nd: Martin Schröder, 93, Dutch pilot and businessman, founder of Martinair.

2^nd: Sir Daniel Williams, 88, Grenadian politician and lawyer, governor-general (1996–2008).

3^rd: Saturnino Braga, 93, Brazilian politician, two-time deputy, senator (1975–1986), mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1986–1989).

3^rd: Yeshayahu Gavish, 99, Israeli major general.

3^rd: Rawhi Mushtaha, Palestinian militant and founding member of Hamas.[59] (death announced on this date).

3^rd: Dorothy Pocklington, 90, American brigadier general.

4^th: Christopher Ciccone, 63, American dancer and interior designer, pancreatic cancer.

4^th: Petar Matić Dule, 104, Serbian army colonel general, politician and World War II veteran, last living People's Hero of Yugoslavia.

4^th: Toni Vaz, 101, American stuntwoman, 1^st Black Stuntwoman in Hollywood, and founder of NAACP Image Awards.

5^th: Naima Lamcharki, 81, Moroccan actress (Casablanca, Nest of Spies, Blood Wedding).

5^th: Ifigenia Martínez y Hernández, 99, Mexican politician and diplomat, senator (1988–1991, 2018–2024), president (since 2024) and four-time member of the chamber of deputies.

5^th: Vladimir Piskunov, 83, Russian businessman and politician, member of the Soviet of Nationalities (1984–1989).

5^th: Maria Weimer, 45, German-born Swedish diplomat and politician, MP (2014–2018).

6^th: Neil Grabois, 88, American mathematician and academic administrator, president of Colgate University (1988–1999).

6^th: Minas Hadjimichael, 67, Cypriot diplomat, injuries sustained from a traffic collision.

6^th: Edna Tepava, 69, French beauty pageant contestant, Miss Tahiti (1973), Miss France (1974).

7^th: Sultan bin Mohammed Al Kabeer, 70, Saudi prince and food industry executive, co-founder of Almarai.

7^th: Arie L. Kopelman, 86, American businessman and philanthropist, president of Chanel (1986–2004), pancreatic cancer.

7^th: Nicholas Pryor, 89, American actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Port Charles, Risky Business), cancer.

7^th: Elhanan Tannenbaum, 78, Polish-born Israeli hostage.

9^th: Lily Ebert, 100, Hungarian-born British Holocaust Survivor of Auschwitz and writer.

10^th: Ethel Kennedy, 96, American human rights advocate, Wife of Robert F. Kennedy,  founder of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, complications from a stroke.

10^th: Leszek Moczulski, 94, Polish political dissident, MP (1991–1997).

12^th: Lilly Ledbetter, 86, American equal-pay activist (Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009), respiratory failure.

12^th: Margarete Müller, 93, German politician, member of the State Council of East Germany (1963–1989).

12^th: Oldřich Vlasák, 68, Czech politician, member (2004–2014) and vice-president (2012–2014) of the European Parliament.

13^th: Donald J. Hall Sr., 96, American greeting card executive, CEO of Hallmark Cards (1966–1986).

13^th: Brunhilde Hanke, 94, German politician, member of the State Council (1967–1990) and the Volkskammer (1963–1990), mayor of Potsdam (1961–1984).

13^th: Lê Văn Triết, 94, Vietnamese diplomat and politician, minister of trade (1991–1997).

14^th: Philip Zimbardo, 91, American psychologist (Stanford prison experiment, Heroic Imagination Project) and writer (The Lucifer Effect).

15^th: Sir Mike Jackson, 80, British general, chief of the general staff (2003–2006) and Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (2000–2003), prostate cancer.

15^th: Bob Seeley, 96, American boogie-woogie pianist.

16^th: Paul McDonald Calvo, 90, Guamanian politician, governor (1979–1983) and senator (1971–1975).

16^th: Agustí Forné López, 62, Spanish journalist (Televisió de Catalunya), stroke.

16^th: Evelyn Hurley, 109, American nun and educator.

16^th: Tina Kaidanow, 59, American diplomat and government official, ambassador to Kosovo (2008–2009) and coordinator for counterterrorism (2014–2016).

16^th: Oleksandr Kikhtenko, 68, Ukrainian military leader and politician, governor of Donetsk Oblast (2014–2015).

16^th: Patti McGee, 79, American Hall of Fame skateboarder, complications from a stroke.

16^th: Liam Payne, 31, English singer (One Direction), fall.

16^th: Yahya Sinwar, 61, Palestinian politician, Hamas chief in the Gaza Strip (since 2017) and chairman of the Hamas political bureau (since 2024), shot.

17^th: George A. Bekey, 96, Czechoslovak-born American roboticist.

17^th: Simon Fieschi, 41, French webmaster and writer, survivor of the Charlie Hebdo shooting.

17^th: Mitzi Gaynor, 93, American actress (There's No Business Like Show Business, The Birds and the Bees, South Pacific), singer and dancer.

17^th: Imre Kozma, 84, Hungarian Roman Catholic priest and human rights activist.

18^th: Yehuda Bauer, 98, Czechoslovak-born Israeli Holocaust historian and Survivor.

18^th: Sheldon J. Krys, 90, American diplomat, ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago (1985–1988).

19^th: John Kinsel Sr., 107, American World War II veteran (Navajo Code Talkers).

20^th: Ehsan Daxa, 41, Israeli army colonel, IED attack.

20^th: Janusz Olejniczak, 72, Polish pianist and actor (The Pianist), heart attack.

21^st: Flory Anstadt, 95, Dutch programme creator (Kinderen voor Kinderen) and television director.

21^st: Mimi Hines, 91, Canadian actress (Funny Girl) and singer.

22^nd: Dmytro Bohachov, 32, Ukrainian footballer (FC Barsa Sumy, PFC Sumy, national U-20 team), killed in action.

22^nd: Elizabeth Francis, 115, American supercentenarian, oldest person in the United States (since 2024).

24^th: Denys Graham, 98, Welsh actor (The Dam Busters, Dunkirk, Zulu).

24^th: Roy W. Menninger, 97, American psychiatrist, president of the Menninger Foundation (1967–1993).

27^th: Yaakov Turner, 89, Israeli air force pilot, police officer, and politician, mayor of Beersheba (1998–2008).

29^th: Teri Garr, 79, American actress (Tootsie, Young Frankenstein, Close Encounters of the Third Kind), complications from multiple sclerosis.

31^st: David Vere-Jones, 88, British-born New Zealand statistician and probabilist, Rutherford Medal recipient (1999), FRSNZ (since 1982).

 

November

1^st: Camilo Mortágua, 90, Portuguese antifascist militant, participant in the Santa Maria hijacking.

1^st: Marcel Bédard, 84, Canadian politician, mayor of Beauport (1970–1980), Quebec MNA (1973–1976).

1^st: Diane Coleman, 71, American lawyer and disability rights advocate, sepsis.

2^nd: Mirta Acuña de Baravalle, 99, Argentine human rights activist, co-founder of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo.

2^nd: Jonathan Haze, 95, American actor (The Little Shop of Horrors, The Terror, It Conquered the World).

2^nd: Alan Rachins, 82, American actor (L.A. Law, Dharma & Greg, Showgirls), heart failure.

2^nd: Paul Stephenson, 87, British community worker and civil rights activist (Bristol Bus Boycott).

4^th: Barbara T. Bowman, 96, American education activist

4^th: Bernard Marcus, 95, American businessman, co-founder and chairman of Home Depot.

4^th: Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, 86, British diplomat and life peer, ambassador to the United States (1991–1995), lung disease.

4^th: Murray Sinclair, 73, Canadian First Nations lawyer, judge and politician, senator (2016–2021), chancellor of Queen's University (2021–2024).

4^th Gary Cormack, 74, Canadian wheelchair curler, Paralympic champion (2006).

5^th: Volodymyr Matvieiev, 81, Ukrainian politician, people's deputy (1990–1994, 1998–2006, 2007–2012).

6^th: Madeleine Riffaud, 100, French Resistance member, poet, and war correspondent (L'Humanité).

6^th: Tony Todd, 69, American actor (Candyman, Platoon, Final Destination).

6^th: Ivan Zvonimir Čičak, 77, Croatian dissident and politician (Croatian Spring), president of the Croatian Helsinki Committee (1993–1998, since 2009).

6^th: Vojtěch Vašíček, 68, Czech pentathlete, Paralympic champion (1992).

7^th: Sir Bom Gillies, 99, New Zealand soldier, last surviving member of the Māori Battalion.

7^th: Pim Sierks, 92, Dutch airline pilot (1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague).

7^th: James Rawson, 59, British table tennis player, Paralympic champion (1992).[169] (death announced on this date).

8^th: Geneviève Grad, 80, French actress (The Troops of St. Tropez), cancer.

8^th: Betty Bausch-Polak, 105, Dutch Holocaust Survivor.

9^th: Morihisa Aoki, 85, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to Peru (1994–1997).

9^th: Felice D. Gaer, 78, American human rights activist, metastatic breast cancer.

9^th: Viesturs Meijers, 56, Latvian chess grandmaster.

10^th: Sir Maurice Robert Johnston, 95, British army officer.

10^th: Abdelkader Lecheheb, 70, Moroccan diplomat and footballer (USM d'Oujda, MC Oujda, national team), ambassador to Russia (2008–2019).

10^th: Stanley Rensch, 84, Surinamese Maroon and human rights activist, denounced the Moiwana massacre.

12^th: Bronislaw Bernacki, 80, Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Odesa-Simferopol (2002–2020).

12^th: John Horgan, 65, Canadian politician and diplomat, premier of British Columbia (2017–2022) and ambassador to Germany (since 2023), thyroid cancer.

12^th: Helen Kleinbort Krauze, 99, Polish-born Mexican journalist (Novedades de México).

12^th: Jean Nallit, 101, French Resistance member and Righteous Among the Nations.

14^th: Vadim Brovtsev, 55, Russian businessman and politician, prime minister (2009–2012) and acting president of South Ossetia (2011–2012), heart attack.

15^th: Robert Dixon, 103, American World War II veteran, last surviving Buffalo Soldier.

15^th: Jon Kenny, 66, Irish comedian and actor (The Banshees of Inisherin, Les Misérables, Father Ted), heart attack.

15^th: Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, 86, Somaliland politician, president (2010–2017), minister of finance (1997–1999) and MP (1993–1996).

15^th: Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, 101, Japanese royal, stroke and pneumonia.

17^th: Jim Knaub, 68, American wheelchair marathon athlete and actor (The Man Who Loved Women), five-time Boston Marathon winner.

18^th: Arthur Frommer, 95, American travel writer, founder of Frommer's, pneumonia.

18^th: Emile Jansen, 64, Dutch actor (Winter in Wartime).

20^th: Ursula Haverbeck, 96, German neo-Nazi and convicted Holocaust denier.

20^th: Andy Paley, 72, American musician (The Paley Brothers, The Modern Lovers), record producer, and composer (SpongeBob SquarePants), throat cancer.

21^st: Alice Brock, 83, American artist and restaurateur, inspiration for "Alice's Restaurant", chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

23^rd: Chuck Woolery, 83, American game show host (Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection) and musician (The Avant-Garde).

28^th: Renee Bornstein, 90, French-born British Holocaust survivor and writer, pancreatic cancer.

29^th: Tchinda Andrade, 45, Cape Verdean LGBT activist, subject of Tchindas.

29^th: Morton I. Abramowitz, 91, American diplomat, assistant secretary of state (1985–1989) and ambassador to Thailand (1978–1981) and Turkey (1989–1991).

29^th: Peter B. Teeley, 84, American political consultant and diplomat, ambassador to Canada (1992–1993), cancer.

 

December:

1^st: Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, 85, British aristocrat.

2^nd: Perry J. Dahl, 101, Canadian-born American air force colonel and World War II flying ace.

2^nd: Sam Fox, 95, American businessman and diplomat, ambassador to Belgium (2007–2009).

2^nd: Debbie Mathers, 69, American author (My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem), complications from lung cancer.

3^rd: Tengiz Beridze, 85, Georgian academic and biochemist.

3^rd: Henri Borlant, 97, French doctor, writer, and Holocaust Survivor, Auschwitz.

4^th: Princess Birgitta of Sweden, 87, Swedish royal.

4^th: Rafael Nieto Navia, 86, Colombian diplomat and political scientist, president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (1987–1989).

5^th: Christel Bodenstein, 86, German actress (The Captain from Cologne, The Singing Ringing Tree, Viel Lärm um nichts).

5^th: David I. Steinberg, 96, American historian.

5^th: José de la Torre, 37, Spanish actor (Toy Boy).

6^th: Vitaliy Dyrdyra, 86, Ukrainian sailor, Olympic champion (1972).

6^th: Phelekezela Mphoko, 84, Zimbabwean diplomat and politician, second vice-president (2014–2017) and acting president (2017).

7^th: Iosif Vitebskiy, 86, Ukrainian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).

8^th: Gérard Bessière, 96, French diarist, poet and priest.

8^th: Alain Fuchs, 71, Swiss-born French chemist and academic, president of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University (2017–2024).

8^th: Jean Khamsé Vithavong, 82, Laotian Roman Catholic prelate, vicar apostolic coadjutor (1982–1984) and vicar apostolic (1984–2017) of Vientiane.

8^th: Leonid Rudnytzky, 89, Polish-born Ukrainian-American linguist.

9^th: Will Arnott, 25, British Paralympic boccia player (2024).

9^th: Elisheva Barak-Ussoskin, 88, Israeli jurist, judge (1995–2006) and vice president (2000–2006) of the National Labor Court.

9^th: Mazen al-Hamada, 47, Syrian human rights activist. (body discovered on this date)

10^th: Josy Arens, 72, Belgian politician, three-time deputy, member of the Parliament of Wallonia (2014–2019), mayor of Attert (since 1995).

10^th: Donald Bitzer, 90, American Hall of Fame electrical engineer, co-inventor of the plasma display.

10^th: Michael Cole, 84, American actor (The Mod Squad, General Hospital, It).

10^th: Raghnall Ó Floinn, Irish art historian, director of the National Museum of Ireland (2013–2018).

10^th: Claus Raidl, 82, Austrian banker, president of the Austrian National Bank (2008–2018).

11^th: Bob Fernandez, 100, American veteran (Pearl Harbor).

12^th: Wolfgang Becker, 70, German film director (Good Bye, Lenin!, Life Is All You Get, Child's Play) and screenwriter.

12^th: Lee Edwards, 92, American academic and political writer, co-founder of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

12^th: David Weatherley, 85, British-born New Zealand actor (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, Home and Away).

13^th: Diane Delano, 67, American actress (Northern Exposure, Popular, The Ellen Show), cancer.

14^th: Rachel Dror, 103, German-Israeli teacher and Holocaust survivor

16^th: Wittekind Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont, 88, German member of former princely house.

17^th: Igor Kirillov, 54, Russian military officer, commander of the Russian NBC Protection Troops (since 2017), bombing.

18^th: John Marsden, 74, Australian writer (Tomorrow, When the War Began, So Much to Tell You).[3] (death announced on this date).

18^th: Carole Crawford, 81, Jamaican model and beauty queen, Miss World (1963).

18^th: Friedrich St. Florian, 91, Austrian-American architect (World War II Memorial, Providence Place).

19^th: Federico Mayor Zaragoza, 90, Spanish scientist, academic and politician, director-general of UNESCO (1987–1999), minister of education and science (1981–1982) and MEP (1987).

19^th: Francisco Nemenzo Jr., 89, Filipino political scientist, president of the University of the Philippines (1999–2005) and chancellor of UP Visayas (1989–1992).

20^th: Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, 67, Irish language activist, editor and president of Conradh na Gaeilge.

21^st: Michelle Botes, 62, South African actress (American Ninja 2: The Confrontation, Arende, Isidingo), cancer.

21^st: Art Evans, 82, American actor (Die Hard 2, A Soldier's Story, Fright Night), complications from diabetes.

21^st: Brent Manley, 77, American bridge writer and editor (The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge), complications from dementia.

21^st: Don Martina, 89, Curaçaoan politician, prime minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1979–1984, 1986–1988).

21^st: Hudson Meek, 16, American actor (Baby Driver), traffic collision.

22^nd: Eduard Kuznetsov, 85, Russian-Israeli dissident, journalist, and writer, co-leader of the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair.

22^nd: Mykola Soroka, 72, Ukrainian politician, governor of Rivne Oblast (1997–2005) and MP (2012–2014).

23^rd: Thomas Gaither, 86, American botanist and civil rights activist (Friendship Nine).

23^rd: Pere Moles, 89, Andorran politician and historian, four-time general councillor.

24^th: Dési Bouterse, 79, Surinamese politician, military officer, and convicted murderer, commander of the Armed Forces (1980–1990), chairman of the National Military Council (1980–1987) and president (2010–2020).

24^th: Edwin Gastanes, 66, Filipino lawyer and sports administrator, general secretary of the Philippine Football Federation (2013–2023) and Philippine Olympic Committee (2019–2023).

24^th: Tom Hyland, 72, Irish human rights activist, campaigner for the East Timorese people.

25^th: María Antonia Morales, 93, Chilean judge, justice of the Supreme Court (2001–2006).

25^th: Osamu Suzuki, 94, Japanese automotive industry executive, president (1978–2000) and chairman (2000–2021) of Suzuki, lymphoma.

27^th: Greg Gumbel, 78, American sportscaster (CBS Sports, NFL), cancer.

27^th: Olivia Hussey, 73, British-Argentine actress (Romeo and Juliet, Black Christmas, Jesus of Nazareth), cancer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2024