Dair Mar Elia From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia This article is about the former monastery near Mosul For the one in south East Jerusalem see Mar Elias Monastery Dair Mar Elia ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ دير مار إيليا Ruins of the monastery in 2005 Location within Iraq Monastery information Other names Saint Elijahs Monastery Chaldean Catholic Church Established 595 Disestablished 1743 Architecture Status Demolished 2014 Site Location near Mosul Iraq Coordinates 361733N 43752E Coordinates 361733N 43752E Dair Mar Elia Syriac ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܝܠܝܐ Arabic دير مار إيليا also known as Saint Elijahs Monastery was a Christian monastery located just south of Mosul in the Nineveh Governorate Iraq It was founded in the late 6th century and it was one of the oldest monasteries in Iraq It belonged to the Church of the East an ancient branch of Eastern Christianity The monastery closed in 1743 after its monks were massacred by Persian forces Its ruins were damaged during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and was later demolished by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL in 2014 History The monastery was founded around 595 AD by Mar Elia a monk who had previously studied at alHirah and later in the great monastery at Izla mountain in modern Turkey It belonged to the Chaldean Catholic Church The monastery was the center of the regional Christian community and for centuries thousands of Christians would visit the monastery to observe the Mar Elia Holiday which falls on the last Wednesday of November The main sanctuary of the monastery was built in the 11th century and it was renovated by Hurmizd Alqushnaya in the 17th century In 1743 the Persian leader Tahmaz Nadir Shah damaged the monastery and killed the 150 monks who lived there after they refused to convert to Islam The monastery lay in ruins until the beginning of the 20th century when some restoration was completed on a few halls and rooms During the First World War Dair Mar Elia was a place of refuge which led to the rebuilding of part of the site The structure along with its neighboring reservoir and natural mineral water springs were cared for by the Chaldean Church and Christian pilgrims continued to visit the ruins In the 1970s the monastery became a base for the Iraqi Republican Guard Iraq War and destruction American soldiers touring the monastery in 2009 During the 2003 invasion of Iraq the monastery was damaged by Iraqi tank units which trashed rooms and filled a cistern with garbage One of its walls was destroyed after being hit by a T72 tank turret After the 101st Airborne Division took control of the area the site lay within Forward Operating Base Marez American soldiers vandalized the monastery by inscribing graffiti on the walls and by whitewashing the chapel destroying its 600yearold murals in the process The structure was further damaged by looters However a military chaplain saw the importance of the site and a commander ordered troops to vacate the monastery Eventually US military chaplains began taking care of the structure and gave tours of the ruins to soldiers In May 2008 Iraqi archaeologists were able to visit the areas for the first time since the invasion Later that year the US militarys efforts to restore Dair Mar Elia were reported in the international media The journalist James Foley who was later beheaded by ISIL wrote that the site was being saved for future generations of Iraqis who will hopefully soon have the security to appreciate it Prior to the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq army engineers from the 94th Corps of Engineers of Fort Leonard Wood drew up plans of the monastery In June 2014 Mosul was taken over by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant The militant group destroyed the monastery sometime between 27 August and 28 September 2014 along with a number of other cultural sites The destruction of the monastery was not publicized by ISIL and it was only confirmed by satellite imagery released in January 2016 The fact that its destruction went unreported for about 16 months led to fears that many other Christian sites in Iraq might have also been destroyed secretly Architecture The monastery consisted of a fortresslike complex of buildings having an area of around 27000 square feet 2500 m 2 Before its destruction it had 26 rooms built around a courtyard including a chapel and a sanctuary References Sipp Brian 19 February 2007 Long Knife Soldiers Take A Journey Back in Time News Blaze Archived from the original on 3 November 2013 Chronicle of Seert 13 445 a b Foley James 16 September 2008 In Iraq a Monastery Rediscovered Smithsonian Warda William Early Assyrian Churches and Monasteries in northern Iraq christiansofiraqcom Archived from on 20 April 2006 a b Myers Steven Lee 18 December 2009 GIs in Iraq Hope to Heal Sacred Walls The New York Times Archived from the original on 4 November 2015 a b c d e Mendoza Martha Alleruzzo Maya Janssen Bram 20 January 2016 IS Destroys Religious Sites The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble by ISs relentless destruction of ancient cultural sites US News World Report Associated Press Archived from the original on 21 January 2016 a b Armbruster Mitch 23 December 2005 Soldiers Visit Ancient Monastery News Blaze Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Assyrian Monasteries in Present Day Iraq Assyrian International News Agency Archived from on 27 December 2015 a b c Iraqs oldest Christian monastery destroyed by Islamic State BBC 20 January 2016 Archived from the original on 20 January 2016 Westervelt Eric 21 November 2007 Chaplains Struggle to Protect Monastery in Iraq NPR Archived from the original on 21 January 2016 Bailey Martin 20 January 2016 Isil extremists destroy Iraqs oldest Christian monastery The Art Newspaper External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dair Mar Elia Categories Christianity in Nineveh Governorate Christian monasteries in Iraq Chaldean Catholic Church 590s establishments Monasteries of the Church of the East 1740s 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David Chokachi From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia David Chokachi Chokachi in October 2008 Born David AlChokhachy January 16 1968 age 50 Plymouth Massachusetts United States Occupation Actor Years active 1995present Spouses Susan Brubaker 2004 Children 1 David Chokachi born David AlChokhachy January 16 1968 is an American film and television actor He is known for his role in the TV series Witchblade Baywatch and Beyond The Break Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 5 External links Early life Chokachi was born in Plymouth Massachusetts He attended Tabor Academy an elite boarding prep school in Marion Massachusetts He graduated from Bates College in Lewiston Maine with a degree in political science His father is from Iraq and his mother is from Finland Career Chokachi began his acting career in 1995 on Baywatch as Cody Madison eventually replacing David Charvet as a main cast member In 1999 he left Baywatch and took up the role of Jake McCartey in the TV series Witchblade which lasted until 2002 Following that he appeared in various TV series and madeforTV movies Chokachi then landed the role of main character Justin Healy on The N s 2006 TV series Beyond The Break He also appeared on VH1 s Confessions of a Teen Idol a reality show in which former teen idols attempt to revitalize their careers Chokachi was one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997 Filmography Year Title Role Other notes 1995 Baywatch 19951999 Cody Madison TV Series 1996 The Unspeakable Darren Metlick TV 1996 Shadow of a Scream TV 1997 Suddenly Susan Elliot TV Series 1997 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Doug Sabrinas Ski Instructor TV Series 1997 Bad to the Bone Waldo TV 1998 12 Bucks Evil Lovejoy 1998 Baywatch White Thunder at Glacier Bay Cody Madison Direct to video 1999 VIP Himself TV Series 1999 A Crime of Passion Eddie Meredith TV 2000 Psycho Beach Party Eddie 2000 Witchblade 2000 Detective Jake McCartey TV 2001 Witchblade 20012002 Detective Jake McCartey TV Series 2003 A Crime of Passion TV 2003 She Spies Gordon BraddockCable Guy TV Series 2005 Crimson Force Ambrose TV 2006 Beyond the Break Justin Healy TV series 2006 Mystery Woman Oh Baby Dave TV 2006 The Dreamless Jeff 2007 Bats Human Harvest Captain Russo 2008 A Date with Murder Murder Dot Com Bobby 2009 Confessions of a Teen Idol Himself Reality TV 2010 Costa Rican Summer Brad 2010 The Ascent Venganza en la cumbre Robert 2011 Soul Surfer Paramedic 2011 Rage of the Yeti Jonas TV movie 2012 Jet stream weatherman 2013 Atlantic Rim film Red 2013 Rose Ville film Stephen 2013 Abner The Invisible Dog Denning 2015 Patient Killer TV movie 2015 Cyber Case Matt Fletcher TV movie References a b David Chokachi dot Net Official Site About David Archived 20070927 at the Wayback Machine Biography for David Chokachi on IMDb David Chokachi dot Net Official Site Filmography Confessions of a Teen Idol VH1 Page External links David Chokachi on IMDb Official website Biography Authority control BNF cb141644188 data ISNI 0000 0000 5851 892X VIAF 79176955 WorldCat Identities via VIAF 79176955 Categories 1968 births Living people American people of Finnish descent American people of Iraqi descent American people of Turkish descent American male film actors American male television actors Bates College alumni People from Plymouth Massachusetts Male actors from Massachusetts Male actors of Finnish descent Tabor Academy alumni

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David Urban From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia David Urban Chair of the American Battle Monuments Commission Incumbent Assumed office July 2018 President Donald Trump Preceded by Merrill McPeak Personal details Born 19631964 age 5455 Aliquippa Pennsylvania US Political party Republican Education United States Military Academy BS University of Pennsylvania MPA Temple University JD David Urban born c 1964 is an American lobbyist political operative and political commentator for CNN who worked on the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign helping to orchestrate the 2016 Republican National Convention and serving as a senior advisor in the successful effort to win Pennsylvania It has been reported that Urban has been considered for several positions in the Trump Administration including Chair of the Republican National Committee White House Deputy Chief of Staff White House Chief of Staff and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia He is currently the Chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission Contents 1 Early life education and military service 2 Political career 3 Other activities 4 Early life education and military service A native of Aliquippa Beaver County Pennsylvania Urban was recruited to play football at Harvard University but opted to instead attend the United States Military Academy at West Point where he was featured in the Black Knights 1982 media guide An injury cut short his football career and he graduated in 1986 with a BS Urban later simultaneously attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned an MPA and Temple University School of Law where he received a JD Urban served as an artillery officer in the United States Army s 101st Airborne Division from 1986 to 1991 While serving in the Persian Gulf he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement during combat operations in Operation Desert Storm Political career Urban worked with the Philadelphiabased law firm of Ballard Spahr as a public finance attorney from 1994 to 1997 when he became chief of staff to Senator Arlen Specter In 2002 Urban became a partner at the American Continental Group ACG where he now serves as President ACG is a Washingtonbased lobbying firm that has worked with companies such as Comcast Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Raytheon He was recognized on The Hill s Top Lobbyists list in 2015 2016 and 2017 In April 2016 Urban joined Donald Trumps presidential campaign as senior advisor He was the deputy director of caucus operations and senior member on the ground in Cleveland for the 2016 Republican National Convention spending over two months on that effort and working to quell disruption by Never Trump delegates from the campaigns of other candidates Urban developed a relationship of frequent cell phone contact with Trump In November 2016 Urban helped gain the first presidential Republican win for Pennsylvania in over 28 years and it was initially reported that he was being considered as the next chair of the Republican National Committee or White House Deputy Chief of Staff The potential appointment was supported by former Republican Senator Rick Santorum and former Democratic Governor Ed Rendell As a political commentator for CNN Urban has commented on matters such as the House passage of the AHCA Trumps April 2017 National Rifle Association speech and Trumps 100 day mark As of May 2017 Urban was involved in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign of businessman and fellow West Point graduate Paul Mango It has frequently been reported that Trump was considering Urban to replace Reince Priebus as White House Chief of Staff Other activities Urban was an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University s H John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management Urban is a member of the board of directors of the Museum of the American Revolution and the Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund and a coowner of PoliticsPA In May 2018 he was appointed by President Trump to the board of the American Battle Monuments Commission and in July 2018 was elevated by Trump to be Chairman of that Commission References a b c d e Potter Chris May 31 2017 Pa native could play role in reorganized White House Pittsburgh PostGazette a b c d e Meet Pas David Urban Trump tactician and traffic controller at RNC The Philadelphia Inquirer July 20 2016 a b c d e Janesch Sam June 5 2017 Reports Pennsylvania native David Urban could be President Trumps next chief of staff Lancaster Online a b c d e David Urban ACG American Continental Group acgconsultantscom Retrieved March 28 2017 a b c d e Burdo Alison November 11 2016 Trumps Pennsylvania campaign head Heres how the Republican won the state Philadelphia Business Journal a b Burdo Alison November 16 2016 Whats next for Trumps Pa campaign leader West Wing RNC chair rumors surface Philadelphia Business Journal a b CNN Dana Bash Mark Preston and Daniella Diaz Pennsylvania political operative to be considered as RNC chair sources say CNN Retrieved March 28 2017 a b Rumors grow that Trumps Pa campaign head will join White House Philadelphia Business Journal May 30 2017 a b Riotta Chris July 5 2017 Who will Trump fire next His July 4 White House shakeup deadline has passed Newsweek Trumps top choice to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia is lobbyist Dave Urban CBS News August 25 2017 a b American Battle Monuments Commission The Commission July 21 2018 a b c d Billman Jeff January 28 2011 David Urban The Patriot Philadelphia Dickson Rebecca October 29 2015 Top Lobbyists 2015 Hired Guns The Hill Dickson Rebecca October 26 2016 Top Lobbyists 2016 Hired Guns The Hill Ackil Josh Tanielian Matt November 2 2017 Top Lobbyists 2017 Hired Guns The Hill Prominent GOP lobbyist joins Trump forces in Pennsylvania Politicocom Retrieved March 28 2017 DePaolo Joe June 8 2017 I Dont Wanna Be Jeff Lord Redux Trump Surrogate Has Moment Of SelfAwareness on CNN wwwmediaitecom CNNcom Transcripts wwwcnncom CNNcom Transcripts wwwcnncom CNNcom Transcripts wwwcnncom Palmeri Tara June 11 2017 Trump gives Priebus until July 4th to clean up White House Board of Directors profile of David Urban Museum of the American Revolution retrieved June 8 2017 Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund Board of Directors retrieved June 8 2017 Philly Mag Profiles PA Powerhouse Lobbyist David Urban wwwpoliticspacom January 28 2011 Categories Living people American army personnel of the Gulf War American lobbyists American political consultants Donald Trump presidential campaign 2016 People associated with the 2016 United States presidential election People from Aliquippa Pennsylvania Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni United States Army officers United States Military Academy alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni

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Delaware and Hudson Canal From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Delaware and Raritan Canal Delaware and Hudson Canal A remaining section of the canal in Sullivan County NY used as a linear park Specifications Length 108 miles 174 km Locks 108 Maximum height above sea level 1075 ft 328 m Status Closed partially infilled Navigation authority Delaware and Hudson Canal US National Register of Historic Places US National Historic Landmark NRHP reference 68000051 Significant dates Added to NRHP November 24 1968 Designated NHL November 24 1968 History Original owner Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Construction began 1825 Date of first use 1828 Date closed 1902 Geography Start point Honesdale PA End point Kingston NY The Delaware and Hudson Canal was the first venture of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company which would later build the Delaware and Hudson Railway Between 1828 and 1899 the canals barges carried anthracite coal from the mines of Northeastern Pennsylvania to the Hudson River and thence to market in New York City Construction of the canal involved some major feats of civil engineering and led to the development of some new technologies particularly in rail transport Its operation stimulated the citys growth and encouraged settlement in the sparsely populated region Unlike many other canals of that era the canal remained a profitable private operation for most of its existence For these reasons the canal was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968 The canal was abandoned in the early 20th century and much of it was subsequently drained and filled A few fragments remain in New York and Pennsylvania and are in use as parks and historic sites Contents 1 History 11 Before the canal 12 Construction 13 Success and decline 14 Postclosure 15 Preservation as historic site 2 Canal 3 Legacy 4 The canal today 41 Pennsylvania 42 New York 5 See also 6 7 Further reading 8 External links History Before the canal In the early 19th century Philadelphia businessman William Wurts often would leave his affairs aside for weeks at a time to explore the thensparsely populated northeastern region of the state He began noticing mapping and researching blackish rock outcroppings becoming the first explorer of the anthracite fields that have since become known as the Coal Region He believed they could be a valuable energy source and brought samples back to Philadelphia for testing Anthracite coal Eventually he convinced his brothers Charles and Maurice to come along with him and see for themselves Starting in 1812 they began buying and mining large tracts of inexpensive land They were able to extract several tons of anthracite at a time but lost most of what they tried to bring back to Philadelphia due to the treacherous waterways that were the main method of transportation in the interior While the southern reaches of the Coal Region were already beginning to supply Philadelphia they realized that the areas they had been exploring and mining were wellpositioned to deliver coal to New York City which had experienced an energy crunch after the War of 1812 when restrictions were placed on the import of British coal Inspired by the new and successful Erie Canal they envisioned a canal of their own from Pennsylvania to New York through the narrow valley between the Shawangunk Ridge and the Catskill Mountains to the Hudson River near Kingston a route followed by the Old Mine Road Americas first longdistance transportation route enlarge DH Canal map showing feeder railroads and competition circa 1865 After several years of lobbying by the Wurtses the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company was chartered by separate laws in the state of New York and commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1823 allowing William Wurts and his brother Maurice to construct the Delaware and Hudson Canal The New York law passed April 23 1823 incorporated The President Managers and Company of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company and the Pennsylvania law passed March 13 of the same year authorized the company To Improve the Navigation of the Lackawaxen River The company hired Benjamin Wright who had engineered the Erie Canal and his assistant John B Jervis to survey and plan a route A primary challenge was the 600foot 183 m elevation difference between the Delaware River at Lackawaxen and the Hudson at Rondout Wrights initial estimated cost of 12 million was later revised to 16 million in 1825 dollars To attract investment the brothers arranged for a demonstration of anthracite at a Wall Street coffeehouse in January 1825 The reaction was enthusiastic and the stock oversubscribed within hours Construction Ground was broken on July 13 of that year After three years of labor by 2500 men the canal was opened to navigation in October 1828 It began at Rondout Creek at an area later known as Creeklocks between Kingston where the creek fed into the Hudson River and Rosendale From there it proceeded southwest alongside Rondout Creek to Ellenville continuing through the valley of the Sandburg Creek Homowack Kill Basha Kill and Neversink River to Port Jervis on the Delaware River From there the canal ran northwest on the New York side of the Delaware River crossing into Pennsylvania at Lackawaxen and running on the north bank of the Lackawaxen River to Honesdale To get the anthracite from the Wurts mine in the Moosic Mountains near Carbondale to the canal at Honesdale the canal company built the Delaware and Hudson Gravity Railroad The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania authorized its construction on April 8 1826 On August 8 1829 the DHs first locomotive the Stourbridge Lion made history as the first locomotive to run on rails in the United States Success and decline Barges awaiting coal loads at Honesdale Delaware and Hudson Canal Company building as seen in 1876 It was on the southeast corner of Cortlandt and Church Streets in Manhattan The building was commonly called called The Coal and Iron Exchange Business took off as the Wurtses had anticipated and in 1832 the canal carried 90000 tons 81000 tonnes of coal and three million boardfeet 7080 m of lumber The company invested the profits in improving the canal making it deeper so larger barges could be used In 1850 the Pennsylvania Coal Company constructed its own gravity railroad from the coal fields to the port at Hawley and the canal enjoyed increased traffic carrying over 300000 tons of PCC coal in the first season However the relationship between the two companies soured after the canal attempted to raise tolls under the argument that canal improvements had reduced costs for the PCC The dispute led to the courts and was decided in 1863 but by that time the Erie Railroad constructed its extension to Hawley and the PCC moved its shipments to the railroad The DH was also developing railroads a technology that was continuing to improve and supplant canal transportation at the time to extend its reach into other Northeastern markets The DH also extended its gravity railroad from Carbondale deeper into the coal fields and expanded its capacity By the time Maurice Wurts died in 1854 the company was reporting profits of 1024 annually and had paid off its original debt to both states The completion of the Erie Railroad through the Delaware Valley in 1848 and its branch to Hawley in 1863 began the end of the canals days although it continued to be very successful through the 1870s and 80s Throughout the rest of the century canals were perceived as quaint relics of preindustrial times and began yielding to rail across the country In 1898 the Delaware and Hudson finally joined them carrying its last loads from Honesdale to Kingston as rail could now carry coal more directly to the city across New Jersey rather than via Kingston The following year the company dropped the Canal from its name the states authorizing it to abandon the canal if it Postclosure After the end of the 1898 season the company opened all the waste weirs and drained the canal Catskill rail magnate Samuel Coykendall purchased the canal the next summer reportedly to benefit the Ramapo Water Company for use as a water supply resource But that never came to pass Instead Coykendall used the northernmost section from Rondout to Kingston to transport Rosendale cement and other general merchandise to the river until abandoning that business in 1904 The canal was never used again As the 20th century began the company used some of the canal rightofway for its expanding rail operations some of the rest was sold to various private companies mainly other smaller railroads Developing communities along the route also filled it in as necessary to expand their own neighborhoods or for safety reasons as when a Port Jervis man supposedly drowned in 1900 In the early 21st century residents of the town of Deerpark north of Port Jervis complained that the canal had been leaking water and causing flooding in the neighborhoods near Cuddebackville in recent years Orange County which maintains it in that area met with town officials and local residents to discuss possible solutions The Delaware and Hudson Canal Museum in High Falls NY Preservation as historic site The ruins of the canal and its associated structures remained standing The Delaware Hudson Canal Historical Society was formed in 1967 its museum has an extensive education program and hosts hundreds of area students each season The Neversink Valley Area Museum was formed in Orange County New York in 1968 and the National Park Service recognized the canal site in Orange County as a National Historic Landmark In 1969 New Yorks Sullivan County bought a 4acre 16000 m 2 portion to develop as a park Many other buildings and sites associated with the canal have been added to the National Register of Historic Places and state and local landmark lists Child leading mules on the canal Canal The finished canal ran 108 miles 174 km from Honesdale to Kingston counting the tidewater portions of the Rondout where the canal joined the creek at Eddyville Its 108 locks took it over elevation changes totaling 1075 feet 328 m more than the Erie Canals 675 feet 206 m The channel was four feet 122 cm deep eventually increased to six feet 2 m by 32 feet 10 m wide It was crossed by 137 bridges and had 26 dams basins and reservoirs Originally it crossed the four rivers along its course the Lackawaxen Delaware Neversink and Rondout Creek via slackwater dams Aqueducts were built over the rivers to replace them by John Roebling in the 1840s cutting a few days from canal travel time and reducing accidents that were occurring at the Delaware crossing with loggers rafting their harvest downstream Barges were pulled by mules along the adjacent towpath a power source employed even after the development of steam engines since the bow wave from a faster steamboat would have damaged the channel Children were often hired to lead the mules at first in the canals later years grown men were employed They had to walk 1520 miles 2432 km a day pump out the barges and tend the animals For this they were paid about 3 a month The canal was divided into three sections for operational purposes the Lackawaxen from Honesdale to the Delaware the Delaware along the river from there to Port Jervis and then the Neversink from Port Jervis to Kingston A trip along its length took initially a week It was closed on Sundays and would suspend operations each winter when the canal froze up or was likely to Its primary business was the transport of coal and lumber from the interior to the river There was little traffic to Pennsylvania other than empty barges The company tried offering passenger service at one point and Washington Irving a friend of Hones made the trip in the 1840s but it was ultimately given up as unprofitable Legacy Besides its historical firsts the canals most significant impact was to stimulate the growth of New York City along with the other anthracite canals Fueled by the cheap and plentiful coal barged up the canal and down the river the city was able to develop and industrialize at the same pace as other Eastern cities There would be other benefits to the city as well The companys first president Philip Hone served a term as the citys mayor during the canals construction Later John Roeblings experience building the canal served him well in designing the Brooklyn Bridge On the Pennsylvania end the interior anthracite regions were able to grow and develop from the rough wilderness they had been when William Wurts traveled them and mapped the coal deposits The viability of its anthracite led to other markets opening up sustaining the region economically well into the 20th century Canal Scene one of a series of paintings of the Delaware and Hudson Canal at Port Ben that Theodore Robinson painted in 1893 Along its route the canal created many small boomtowns at frequent stops Many towns took their names from canal executives Honesdale took its name from Philip Hone the companys first president The village of Peenpack New York renamed itself Port Jervis after the engineer shortly after incorporating in 1853 Further along the Wurtses are remembered by Wurtsboro New York A number of other New York communities with port in their name Phillipsport Port Orange and Port Jackson now Accord reflect their origins as canal towns Summitville in turn takes its name from being the highest easterly point along the canal route As automobiles began to displace the railroads that had once done the same to the canal its corridor and towpath saw new life as highway routes US 6 and PA 590 follow part of the route between Honesdale and Hawley with 590 running along the towpath and nowdry bed as it continues east along the Lackawaxen The New York section of US 209 links the same communities in that state as the canal did and intersects or runs closely parallel to its remnants in several areas Within towns Canal Street follows the route in Port Jervis as does Towpath Road in Ellenville and the Town of Wawarsing The canal led to improvements in other technologies as well The Rosendale cement discovered while excavating the canal bed near that town in 1825 would not only provide the canal itself with a cheap building material but created an industry that sustained the region for some time Jervis turned his expertise to designing locomotives and the 420 type is commonly called the Jervis in his honor The canal today Following its National Historic Landmark designation interest grew in preserving what remained of the canal in the late 1960s The canal its infrastructure and associated buildings survive in many areas along its length Pennsylvania Roeblings Delaware Aqueduct still in use today Honesdale The terminal basin site has a state historical marker and traces of the gravity railroad route can still be seen Some stretches of the bed are visible along Routes 6 and 590 as they approach town from the south Lower Lackawaxen valley Route 590 follows the bed and towpath in some areas and Towpath Road picks up the route in Pike County s Lackawaxen Township Lackawaxen and Barryville New York Roeblings Delaware Aqueduct the only one of the four on the canal still in use today and a National Civil Engineering Landmark as the oldest wire suspension bridge in the United States was restored by the National Park Service and still carries automobiles over the Delaware between the two states Just north of the bridge a former company office has been converted into a bed and breakfast New York Aqueduct abutment on Neversink near Cuddebackville Lock No 16 at High Falls Port Jervis A portion of the old towpath near Park Avenue NY 42 97 on the north end of the city has been paved and is used as a city park Canal Street is the former bed now filled Fort Decker the oldest building in the city was used to house canal workers during construction Cuddebackville Orange County has developed a county park along the Neversink here just south of Hamilton Bicentennial Elementary School off Route 209 The footings of Roeblings aqueduct still stand and a portion of the bed and towpath persist in the adjacent woods The Neversink Valley Museum also located in the park has some exhibits related to the canal Sullivan County maintains the largest remaining fragment of the canal some of which is still wet as the Delaware and Hudson Canal Linear Park Hiking crosscountry skiing and jogging bicycling and fishing are permitted along the 35 mile 56km 45 acre 18 ha section near Summitville north of Wurtsboro in the Town of Mamakating Much of the land is beginning to return to its natural state due to the long years since the canal was abandoned Some locks and other structures can be found from three different access points along US Route 209 The county park provides a seasonal interpretive center at the northerly Bova Road access Woodridge Silver Lake Dam some distance from the canal mainline was built during the 1840s expansion to provide a reliable reservoir for the summit section of the canal Ellenville Towpath Road follows the old route from Route 209 south of the village to Canal Street NY 52 within it and a wet section of the bed remains just north of Canal in the woods off Berme Road just opposite the villages firehouse Napanoch A dry section of bed is located between Eastern Correctional Facility and the Rondout right next to the old Ontario and Western railroad station High Falls Several old locks are located here near the site of the last of Roeblings aqueducts as well as the canal museum The downtown area was heavily developed as a result of the canal Rosendale The empty bed of the canal runs parallel to NY 213 between its crossing of the Rondout and Rosendale Village Creeklocks The northernmost lock still exists as does the final section before the canal flowed into the Rondout Kingston The former port of Rondout the north end of the barges route has been recognized as the RondoutWest Strand Historic District and revitalized still in use as a waterfront and a draw for visitors to the city See also Hudson Valley portal National Register of Historic Places portal Pennsylvania portal Morris Canal Delaware and Raritan Canal Delaware and Hudson Canal Gravity Railroad Shops List of canals in New York List of canals in the United States List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania List of National Historic Landmarks in New York National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places listings in Wayne County Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places listings in Orange County New York National Register of Historic Places listings in Sullivan County New York National Register of Historic Places listings in Ulster County New York References a b National Park Service 20100709 National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service a b c Delaware and Hudson Canal National Historic Landmark summary listing National Park Service 20070911 a b c d e f g h Whitford Noble 1905 Chapter XX The Delaware and Hudson Canal History of the Canal System of the State of New York Retrieved 20071022 Roth Philip 1997 Of Pulleys and Ropes and Gear Honesdale PA Wayne County Historical Society pp 4144 0965954005 Ramapos Big Purchase PDF The New York Times August 26 1899 Retrieved 20071023 a b c Adams Arthur 1996 The Hudson Through the Years New York NY Fordham University Press pp 7378 0823216772 Retrieved 20071023 a b Kirby David 20020825 A Main Artery of the 1800s The New York Times Retrieved 20071023 Much of the D H in Port Jervis was filled in around 1900 after a drunken city elder supposedly toppled in and drowned Sacco Stephen May 29 2009 Officials to discuss possible solutions for crumbling condition of DH canal TimesHerald Record Ottaway Community Newspapers Retrieved May 29 2009 D H Canal Historical Society High Falls NY Retrieved 20071023 The Societys DH Canal Museum and Five Locks Walk a National Historic Landmark operate from May through October Visitors can view a working lock model and retrace the steps of the historic canawlers on the recently restored 12 mile towpath trail which features five stone locks and lock tenders cottages a b Delaware Hudson Canal Linear Park Retrieved 20071024 Rinaldi Thomas 2006 Hudson Valley Ruins Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape Lebanon New Hampshire University Press of New England p 125 1584655984 Retrieved 20071023 The D H accomplished a greater change in elevation 1075 feet versus the Eries 675 D H Canal Story April 11 2007 Archived from the original on 20070929 Retrieved 20071023 Osterberg Matthew 2002 The Delaware Hudson Canal and the Gravity Railroad Mount Pleasant South Carolina Arcadia Publishing p 72 0738510874 Retrieved 20071023 Theodore Robinson Pioneer of American Impressionism by D Scott Atkinson Continued wwwtfaoicom Rinaldi op cit 129 DH Canal Park Retrieved 20071024 Further reading Jones Chester Lloyd The Economic History of the Anthracitetidewater Canals Chap IV The Delaware and Hudson Canal External links Route map Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delaware and Hudson Canal Neversink Valley Area Museum located in Cuddebackville at canal park Delaware and Hudson Linear Park interpretive center in Summitville DH Canal Park Route of the DH Canal Historic American Engineering Record HAER No PA1 Delaware Hudson Canal Delaware Aqueduct spanning Delaware River at Lackawaxen Pike County PA 56 photos 1 color transparency 8 measured drawings 16 data pages 3 photo caption pages HAER No NY205 Delaware Hudson Canal Delaware Aqueduct Toll House Minisink Ford Sullivan County NY 10 photos 3 measured drawings 1 photo caption page HAER No NY262 Delaware Hudson Canal Survey of Locks 7072 Downstream from Delaware Aqueduct between Delaware River Route 97 Minisink Ford Sullivan County NY 1 measured drawing Historic American Buildings Survey HABS No NY4383 De Motte House Delaware Hudson Canal High Falls Ulster County NY 1 photo Wurts family papers at Hagley Museum and Library offer an opportunity to examine in detail the early history of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company v t e US National Register of Historic Places in New York v t e US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania v t e Hudson River watershed

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Diana Bracho From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia This name uses Spanish naming customs the first or paternal family name is Bracho and the second or maternal family name is Bordes Diana Bracho Born Diana Bracho Bordes 12 December 1944 age 74 Mexico City Mexico Occupation Actress Years active 19491950 1970present Spouses Felipe Bracho divorce Rafael Cortés 2011 his death Children Andrea Bracho Parents Julio Bracho deceased Diana Bordes Mangel deceased Relatives Andrea Palma aunt Marcela Bordes cousin Alexander de Bordes first cousin Julio Bracho nephew Dolores del Río 2nd degree family Ramon Novarro 2nd degree family Enrique Bordes Mangel uncle deceased Diana Bracho born Diana Bracho Bordes 12 December 1944 in Mexico City Mexico is a Mexican actress Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 31 32 Television performances 4 Awards and nominations 5 6 External links Early life Diana Bracho is the daughter of actordirector Julio Bracho the niece of actress Andrea Palma and the aunt of actor Julio Bracho named after his grandfather She married Dr Felipe Bracho a university professor They have a daughter Andrea She married secondly to Rafael Cortes an artist designer and painter He died in March 2011 Career She made her film debut as a child actress in two of her fathers films San Felipe 1949 and Immaculate Conception 1950 She studied Philosophy and Letters in New York She debuted professionally on stage in the play Israfel by Abelardo Rodríguez alongside Sergio Bustamante Her television debut was in 1973 Diana Bracho won the Silver Ariel award twice the first time in 1973 She won her second Silver Ariel for El infierno de todos tan temído and was nominated for Best Actress for Letters from Marusia 1976 and Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda 1996 On August 6 2002 she was appointed president of the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas She has been involved in coproductions with countries such as The Chess Player France Edmilson Germany The Dogs of War Britain The Aleph Italy The legend of the Drum Spain Antonieta Spain and On Wings of Eagles United States She starred in several television series and soap operas notably as Leonora Navarro in the telenovela Cuna de lobos 1986 produced by Carlos Tellez She also played the villainous Evangelina Vizcaíno in Cadenas de Amargura 1991 produced by Carlos Sotomayor She is set to play the role of the black widow in the third season of Mujeres Asesinas Though Diana was confirmed to star in Salvador Mejías new telenovela La tempestad she rejected her participation Filmography Films Notes 1949 Philip of Jesus Child Rosalia Uncredited 1950 Immaculate Child Rosalia 1973 The Castle of Purity Utopía 1974 El santo oficio Mariana de Carvajal 1974 El encuentro de un hombre solo Renata Castillo 1975 El cumpleaños del perro Silvia Ballesteros 1976 Actas de Marusia Luisa 1976 El hombre del puente La Muchacha 1976 Las Poquianchis Adelina 1977 No More No Less Unknown role 1979 La tía Alejandra Lucía 1980 The Dogs of War Nun 1981 El infierno de todos tan temido Andrea 1981 La leyenda del tambor Paula 1981 El héroe desconocido Chela 1982 Antonieta Juana Uncredited 1982 Yo no lo se de cierto lo supongo Dalia 1986 Redondo María Magdalena 1988 El secreto de Romelia Dolores de Román 1992 Serpientes y escaleras Adelaida 1996 Entre Pancho Villa y una mujer desnuda Gina López 1997 Un baúl lleno de miedo Cristina de Estévez 1998 Al borde Sarah Narro 1998 The Other Conquest Doña Juana 2001 Y tu mamá también Silvia Allende de Iturbide 2002 Me llamo Benjamín Diana Short film 2002 Vivir mata Reportera 2002 Las caras de la luna Magdalena Hoyos 2003 El umbral Mercedes Short film 2003 Dreaming of Julia Beta 2007 Jokel Jokel 2007 Eros una vez María María madre de Tonatiuh 2007 Quemar las Naves Catalina 2008 319 Lucía 2008 Divina confusión Julia 2009 Cabeza de buda Tomáss mother Voice role 2010 Martín al amanecer Lucía 2011 Mi universo en minúsculas Josefina 2015 María Bonita María Félix 2015 Apasionado Pancho Villa Sra Corral Television performances Notes 1973 Mi primer amor Elena 1973 Los miserables Cosette 1974 La casa de Bernarda Alba Amelia Television film 1979 El amor llego mas tarde Mrs Dobuti 1979 Ángel Guerra Lorenza 1981 Los Pardaillan Luisa 1981 Histoires extraordinaires Unknown role Le joueur déchecs de Maelzel Season 1 Episode 1 1982 Leona Vicario Leona Vicario 1985 Esperándote Isabel 1986 On Wings of Eagles Mrs Dobuti Part II Season 1 Episode 2 1986 Cuna de lobos Leonora Navarro Castillejos de Larios 1988 Pasión y poder Ana Laura Gómez Luna 1991 Cadenas de amargura Evangelina Vizcaíno 1993 Capricho Eugenia 1994 El vuelo del águila Sara Pérez de Madero 1995 Mujer casos de la vida real Aurora Quién soy yo Season 11 Episode 3 1995 Alondra Alondra 199596 Retrato de familia Alondra 199899 El privilegio de amar Young Ana Joaquina Velarde 1999 Infierno en el paraíso Dariana Valdivia 2001 El derecho de nacer Clemencia Rivera de del Junco 2003 Bajo la misma piel Sara Ortiz Escalante de Murillo 2006 Heridas de amor Bertha de Aragón 2007 Sexo y otros secretos Isadora 4 episodes 2008 Fuego en la sangre Gabriela Acevedo de Elizondo Main Antagonist 2010 Locas de amor Regina 2010 Mujeres asesinas Norma Blanco Las Blanco viudas Season 3 Episode 4 2011 Rafaela Morelia Main Antagonist 201314 Quiero amarte Lucrecia Main Antagonist 2016 El hotel de los secretos Teresa de Alarcón Main Antagonist 2017 Mi marido tiene familia Blanca Gómez de Córcega CoProtagonist 2018 Mi marido tiene más familia Blanca Gómez de Córcega CoProtagonist Awards and nominations Year Awards Category Telenovela Result 1987 Premios TVyNovelas Best Lead Actress Cuna de lobos Won 1992 Cadenas de amargura 1994 Best Female Antagonist Capricho 2007 Best First Actress Heridas de Amor Nominated 2009 Best Female Antagonist Fuego en la sangre Won References Entre Ximena y Silvia protagónico La Tempestad Mejía Con Maxine Woodside Archived 20131029 at the Wayback Machine Diana Bracho no estará en La 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The

Die

Hard

series

is

an

American

action

film

series

that

originated

with

Roderick

Thorp

s

novel

Nothing

Lasts

Forever

All

five

films

revolve

around

the

character

of

John

McClane

portrayed

by

Bruce

Willis

a

New

York

City

and

Los

Angeles

police

detective

who

continually

finds

himself

in

the

middle

of

violent

crises

and

intrigues

where

he

is

the

only

hope

against

disaster

The

films

have

grossed

a

combined

billion

worldwide

and

received

positive

reviews

from

critics

except

the

fifth

installment

which

was

negatively

received

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Die

Hard

Die

Hard

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

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Hard

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Films

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Release

date

Director

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by

Producers

Status

Die

Hard

July

John

McTiernan

Jeb

Stuart

Steven

E

de

Souza

Lawrence

Gordon

and

Joel

Silver

Released

Die

Hard

July

Renny

Harlin

Steven

E

de

Souza

Doug

Richardson

Charles

Gordon

Lawrence

Gordon

and

Joel

Silver

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

May

John

McTiernan

Jonathan

Hensleigh

John

McTiernan

and

Michael

Tadross

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

June

Len

Wiseman

Mark

Bomback

Mark

Bomback

David

Marconi

Michael

Fottrell

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

February

John

Moore

Skip

Woods

Alex

Young

and

Wyck

Godfrey

Die

Hard

Main

article

Die

Hard

The

first

film

begins

on

Christmas

Eve

when

McClane

comes

to

reunite

with

separated

wife

Holly

Bonnie

Bedelia

in

Los

Angeles

at

her

companys

Christmas

party

Holly

left

to

pursue

her

career

with

their

two

children

and

uses

her

maiden

name

At

the

fictional

Nakatomi

Plaza

East

German

terrorists

break

in

and

take

the

celebrants

hostage

McClane

escapes

detection

and

hides

throughout

the

building

He

kills

off

the

gang

and

learns

their

real

plan

to

steal

million

in

bearer

bonds

from

the

buildings

vault

In

the

finale

McClane

shoots

the

terrorist

leader

Hans

Gruber

Alan

Rickman

out

the

window

to

fall

thirty

stories

It

was

released

on

July

to

positive

reviews

and

grossed

million

worldwide

Die

Hard

Main

article

Die

Hard

The

second

film

takes

place

two

years

after

the

first

again

on

Christmas

Eve

In

Washington

DC

McClane

waits

for

his

wife

at

Washington

Dulles

International

Airport

Mercenaries

led

by

former

US

Army

Special

Forces

Colonel

Stuart

William

Sadler

take

over

the

airport

communication

systems

stranding

planes

in

the

air

including

the

one

with

McClanes

wife

Colonel

Stuart

wants

to

free

a

captured

Latin

American

dictator

Franco

Nero

en

route

to

the

airport

McClane

discovers

the

plan

including

a

conspiracy

between

Stuart

and

an

Army

counterterrorist

unit

sent

to

stop

him

He

foils

their

plans

and

provides

a

visual

landing

signal

for

the

circling

aircraft

by

exploding

the

villains

getaway

plane

It

was

released

on

July

to

positive

reviews

and

grossed

million

worldwide

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

Main

article

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

In

the

third

film

McClane

is

back

in

New

York

City

separated

from

his

wife

suspended

from

the

police

force

and

a

borderline

alcoholic

A

terrorist

known

only

as

Simon

Jeremy

Irons

threatens

to

blow

up

various

locations

in

the

city

unless

McClane

will

play

his

twisted

version

of

Simon

Says

riddles

and

challenges

Zeus

Carver

Samuel

L

Jackson

a

shopkeeper

from

Harlem

saves

McClane

after

the

first

challenge

and

reluctantly

continues

to

help

The

FBI

reveal

Simon

is

the

brother

of

Hans

Gruber

killed

in

the

first

film

McClane

learns

revenge

is

a

cover

story

for

robbing

the

New

York

Federal

Reserve

McClane

tracks

Simon

to

the

CanadaUS

border

McClane

kills

Simon

by

shooting

at

a

power

line

above

Simons

helicopter

It

was

released

on

May

to

mixed

reviews

and

grossed

million

worldwide

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

Main

article

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

The

fourth

film

which

was

released

as

Die

Hard

outside

North

America

takes

place

on

Independence

Day

over

a

decade

after

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

McClane

is

divorced

and

estranged

from

his

daughter

Lucy

Mary

Elizabeth

Winstead

Cyberterrorists

hack

into

computers

at

the

FBI

who

had

sent

McClane

to

bring

in

computer

hacker

Matthew

Matt

Farrell

Justin

Long

for

questioning

Assassins

hired

by

terrorist

mastermind

Thomas

Gabriel

Timothy

Olyphant

attempt

to

kill

McClane

and

Farrell

Farrell

tells

McClane

that

the

terrorists

are

actually

in

the

middle

of

a

fire

sale

a

crippling

cyberwarfare

attack

on

the

national

infrastructure

power

public

utilities

traffic

and

other

computercontrolled

systems

Although

the

terrorists

capture

Lucy

and

Farrell

McClane

foils

the

criminals

and

saves

the

hostages

It

was

released

June

to

positive

reviews

and

grossed

million

worldwide

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

Main

article

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

The

fifth

film

is

set

a

few

years

later

mostly

in

Moscow

Russia

and

Chernobyl

Pripyat

Ukraine

McClane

finds

out

that

his

estranged

son

John

Jack

McClane

Jr

Jai

Courtney

was

arrested

in

Moscow

for

murder

When

he

arrives

at

the

Moscow

courthouse

for

Jack

Russian

terrorists

bomb

the

building

and

Jack

escapes

with

imprisoned

exbillionaire

Yuri

Komarov

Sebastian

Koch

In

an

intense

car

chase

McClane

pursues

and

saves

the

pair

Jack

unhappy

at

the

unexpected

arrival

reluctantly

picks

up

his

father

When

they

stop

at

a

CIA

safe

house

in

Moscow

McClane

learns

Jack

is

a

deepcover

CIA

operative

trying

to

get

close

to

Komarov

for

his

file

that

incriminates

corrupt

highranking

Russian

official

Viktor

Chagarin

Sergei

Kolesnikov

Chagarins

henchmen

led

by

his

main

enforcer

Alik

Radivoje

Bukvic

attack

the

safe

house

McClane

holds

them

off

and

escapes

with

Jack

and

Komarov

They

retrieve

a

key

for

the

file

in

Chernobyl

and

meet

Komarovs

daughter

Irina

Yuliya

Snigir

Irina

betrays

them

to

Alik

The

McClanes

escape

without

Komarov

Jack

explains

Komarov

and

Chagarin

were

partners

in

stealing

weaponsgrade

uranium

from

Chernobyl

but

enemies

after

the

Chernobyl

incident

In

Chernobyl

the

McClanes

learn

Komarov

wanted

the

weaponsgrade

uranium

for

himself

and

killed

Alik

and

Chagarin

Irina

always

on

the

side

of

her

father

Komarov

tries

to

save

him

McClane

goes

after

Irina

while

Jack

chases

her

father

Jack

throws

Komarov

off

of

the

roof

he

falls

on

the

rotors

of

the

helicopter

and

gets

shredded

to

bits

When

Irina

tries

to

kill

the

McClanes

they

jump

into

a

pool

of

rainwater

Irina

still

crashes

her

helicopter

into

the

building

where

they

were

and

dies

in

the

explosion

The

father

and

son

walk

away

reconciled

It

was

released

on

February

to

overwhelmingly

negative

reviews

and

grossed

million

worldwide

Upcoming

McClane

TBA

When

the

production

was

formally

announced

for

the

fifth

film

in

the

series

Bruce

Willis

expressed

his

desire

to

retire

the

John

McClane

character

in

a

sixth

and

final

film

In

October

returning

director

Len

Wiseman

who

previously

directed

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

shared

the

films

working

title

as

Die

Hard

Year

One

on

his

Twitter

feed

This

after

stating

that

upon

completion

of

Die

Hard

he

and

Willis

discussed

a

type

of

prequelsequel

for

the

McClane

character

Combined

with

the

social

media

account

this

drove

speculation

of

some

sort

of

significant

flashback

storytelling

in

a

future

entry

By

September

Wiseman

publicly

floated

that

he

was

casting

for

a

young

version

of

John

McClane

Six

months

later

the

studio

enlisted

duo

Chad

Hayes

and

Carey

W

Hayes

to

rewrite

the

script

after

Bruce

Willis

refused

to

endorse

the

previous

edition

and

its

actor

In

July

producer

Lorenzo

di

Bonaventura

submitted

an

updated

script

titled

McClane

further

confirming

that

the

storyline

features

elements

of

McClanes

and

Hollys

characters

in

the

intermixed

with

their

presentday

counterparts

The

following

month

Wiseman

stated

that

preproduction

on

the

new

film

should

start

fairly

soon

once

the

script

has

been

completed

By

December

di

Bonaventura

handed

in

yet

another

draft

this

time

without

input

from

Willis

Fox

removed

Die

Hard

from

at

least

its

slate

in

anticipation

of

federal

approval

for

the

Disney

acquisition

Tobey

Maguire

whose

exwife

is

the

daughter

of

that

studios

Vice

Chair

joined

the

production

team

late

Summer

Actress

Mary

Elizabeth

Winstead

said

that

she

would

be

interested

in

returning

as

Lucy

GenneroMcClane

in

a

future

installment

but

later

intimated

doubt

that

due

to

scheduling

the

film

would

ever

get

made

Other

appearances

The

character

John

McClane

also

appears

in

the

film

Loaded

Weapon

which

is

also

portrayed

by

Bruce

Willis

in

a

brighter

version

Source

material

for

the

films

Die

Hard

is

adapted

from

the

novel

Nothing

Lasts

Forever

by

Roderick

Thorp

Die

Hard

was

adapted

from

the

novel

Minutes

by

Walter

Wager

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

was

adapted

from

a

script

called

Simon

Says

by

Jonathan

Hensleigh

which

was

also

briefly

considered

to

become

the

script

for

Lethal

Weapon

The

hook

in

Hensleighs

screenplay

that

captured

the

attention

of

director

John

McTiernan

was

the

idea

of

a

man

being

targeted

for

revenge

by

someone

whose

life

he

had

unwittingly

destroyed

Once

the

Simon

character

became

the

brother

of

Hans

Gruber

and

the

backstory

was

established

the

project

fully

came

together

It

was

novelized

by

Deborah

Chiel

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

was

based

on

the

article

A

Farewell

to

Arms

written

for

Wired

magazine

by

John

Carlin

It

also

drew

on

a

script

Century

Fox

owned

called

which

dealt

with

a

massive

cyberterrorism

attack

against

the

US

and

was

nearly

put

into

production

in

but

ultimately

abandoned

because

several

elements

in

the

story

too

closely

resembled

the

September

attacks

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

was

the

first

film

in

the

series

to

come

from

an

original

screenplay

and

not

be

based

upon

any

prior

works

The

original

screenplay

was

penned

by

Skip

Woods

Reception

For

more

details

on

the

reception

of

each

film

see

the

Reception

section

on

each

films

article

Box

office

performance

Film

Release

date

Box

office

gross

Box

office

ranking

Budget

Refs

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America

Other

territories

Worldwide

All

time

North

America

All

time

worldwide

Die

Hard

July

Die

Hard

July

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

May

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

June

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

February

Total

Critical

and

public

response

Although

the

first

Die

Hard

has

been

credited

as

one

of

the

greatest

action

movies

of

all

time

critical

reaction

to

its

sequels

has

varied

The

original

Die

Hard

received

substantial

praise

Pete

Croatto

of

FilmCriticcom

called

the

film

a

perfect

action

movie

in

every

detail

the

kind

of

movie

that

makes

your

summer

memorable

James

Berardinelli

wrote

that

the

film

represents

the

class

of

modern

action

pictures

and

the

standard

by

which

they

must

be

judged

Critic

Desson

Howe

wrote

that

Willis

has

found

the

perfect

vehicle

to

careen

wildly

onto

the

crowded

LA

freeway

of

Lethal

Weapons

and

Beverly

Hills

Cops

Willis

was

also

called

perfect

as

the

wisecracking

John

McClane

and

an

excellent

casting

choice

as

a

sardonic

action

hero

Alan

Rickman

s

portrayal

of

villain

Hans

Gruber

was

described

as

marvelous

and

a

careermaking

performance

Gruber

also

ranked

on

the

villain

side

of

AFIs

Heroes

and

Villains

In

Entertainment

Weekly

ranked

Die

Hard

the

greatest

action

film

of

all

time

The

first

sequel

Die

Hard

received

positive

reviews

although

not

as

many

as

the

original

Despite

only

giving

the

original

film

two

stars

critic

Roger

Ebert

gave

this

film

three

and

a

half

stars

and

called

it

terrific

entertainment

James

Berardinelli

called

the

film

somewhatmuddled

but

still

entertaining

Peter

Travers

wrote

that

however

impressively

made

Die

Hard

begins

to

wear

thin

The

third

film

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

received

mixed

reviews

Owen

Gleiberman

of

Entertainment

Weekly

stated

that

while

McTiernan

stages

individual

sequences

with

great

finesse

they

dont

add

up

to

a

taut

dreadridden

whole

James

Berardinelli

thought

that

the

explosions

and

fights

were

filmed

with

consummate

skill

and

were

thrilling

in

their

own

right

Samuel

L

Jackson

also

received

praise

for

his

role

in

the

film

Desson

Howe

of

The

Washington

Post

thought

that

the

best

thing

about

the

movie

was

the

relationship

between

McClane

and

Zeus

saying

that

Jackson

was

almost

as

good

as

he

was

in

Pulp

Fiction

The

fourth

film

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

received

highly

positive

reviews

Mick

LaSalle

of

the

San

Francisco

Chronicle

claimed

that

the

film

is

the

best

in

the

series

an

invigorating

return

to

the

style

of

blockbuster

that

dominated

summers

back

in

the

early

USA

Today

film

critic

Claudia

Puig

said

that

the

film

delivers

when

it

comes

to

kickbutt

actionpacked

mayhem

but

as

a

convincing

technothriller

it

doesnt

really

work

The

fifth

film

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

received

mostly

negative

reviews

from

critics

On

Rotten

Tomatoes

the

film

has

a

rating

of

based

on

reviews

making

it

the

worstreviewed

film

of

the

series

Critics

lambasted

the

installment

for

entering

generic

action

movie

territory

as

written

by

reviewer

James

Bernardinelli

with

a

cliched

and

uninspired

script

Peter

Rainer

of

the

Christian

Science

Monitor

wrote

Johns

appeal

was

always

his

ordinariness

but

director

John

Moore

has

him

surviving

more

explosions

than

Wile

E

Coyote

and

with

hardly

a

scratch

A

O

Scott

of

The

New

York

Times

also

commented

that

the

series

has

taken

a

downfall

with

the

movie

saying

Everything

that

made

the

first

Die

Hard

memorablethe

nuances

of

character

the

political

subtext

the

cowboy

withas

been

dumbed

down

or

scrubbed

away

entirely

Willis

has

however

been

cited

as

the

films

redeeming

quality

with

Chris

Vognar

of

the

Dallas

Morning

News

saying

Willis

presence

at

least

provides

undercurrents

of

easy

jocularity

CinemaScore

polls

conducted

during

the

opening

weekend

cinema

audiences

gave

the

series

entries

grades

of

A

A

A

A

B

respectively

on

an

A

to

F

scale

Film

Rotten

Tomatoes

Metacritic

CinemaScore

Die

Hard

reviews

reviews

A

Die

Hard

reviews

reviews

A

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

reviews

reviews

A

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

reviews

reviews

A

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

reviews

reviews

B

Characters

Character

Films

Die

Hard

Die

Hard

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

John

McClane

Bruce

Willis

Holly

Gennero

Bonnie

Bedelia

Bonnie

Bedelia

voice

only

Bonnie

Bedelia

photograph

only

Al

Powell

Reginald

VelJohnson

Richard

Thornburg

William

Atherton

Lucy

GenneroMcClane

Taylor

Fry

Mary

Elizabeth

Winstead

John

Jack

McClane

Jr

Noah

Land

Jai

Courtney

Hans

Gruber

Alan

Rickman

Alan

Rickman

flashback

only

Karl

Vreski

Alexander

Godunov

Harry

Ellis

Hart

Bochner

Deputy

Dwayne

Robinson

Paul

Gleason

Argyle

Devoreaux

White

Col

William

Stuart

William

Sadler

Captain

Lorenzo

Dennis

Franz

Major

Grant

John

Amos

General

Esperanza

Franco

Nero

Leslie

Barnes

Art

Evans

Trudeau

Fred

Thompson

Marvin

Tom

Bower

Zeus

Carver

Samuel

L

Jackson

Simon

Gruber

Jeremy

Irons

Walter

Cobb

Larry

Bryggman

Joe

Lambert

Graham

Greene

Connie

Kowalski

Colleen

Camp

Mathias

Targo

Nick

Wyman

Katya

Sam

Phillips

Matt

Farrell

Justin

Long

Thomas

Gabriel

Timothy

Olyphant

Frederick

Warlock

Kaludis

Kevin

Smith

Miguel

Bowman

Cliff

Curtis

Mai

Linh

Maggie

Q

Trey

Jonathan

Sadowski

Yuri

Komarov

Sebastian

Koch

Irina

Komarov

Yuliya

Snigir

Alik

Radivoje

Bukvic

Mike

Collins

Cole

Hauser

Viktor

Chagarin

Sergei

Kolesnikov

Murphy

Amaury

Nolasco

For

an

extended

list

see

List

of

Die

Hard

characters

Additional

crew

production

details

Crewdetail

Film

Die

Hard

Die

Hard

Die

Hard

with

a

Vengeance

Live

Free

or

Die

Hard

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

Composer

Michael

Kamen

Marco

Beltrami

Cinematographer

Jan

de

Bont

Oliver

Wood

Peter

Menzies

Jr

Simon

Duggan

Jonathan

Sela

Editors

Frank

J

Urioste

John

F

Link

Stuart

Baird

Robert

A

Ferretti

John

Wright

Nicholas

Del

Toh

Dan

Zimmerman

Production

Companies

Gordon

Company

Silver

Pictures

Cinergi

Pictures

Cheyenne

Enterprises

Dune

Entertainment

Ingenious

Film

Partners

Giant

Pictures

TSG

Entertainment

Distributor

Century

Fox

Release

date

July

July

May

June

February

Running

time

minutes

minutes

minutes

minutes

minutes

Other

media

Video

games

A

number

of

video

games

based

on

the

successful

movie

franchise

Die

Hard

have

been

released

over

the

years

ranging

from

beat

em

ups

to

firstperson

shooters

While

some

of

the

games

are

based

directly

on

the

movies

a

few

further

detail

the

adventures

of

John

McClane

between

or

after

the

series

Titles

Die

Hard

for

Nintendo

Entertainment

System

Die

Hard

For

PC

Engine

Japan

Only

Release

Die

Hard

for

MSDOS

Die

Hard

Die

Harder

for

Commodore

Amiga

Die

Hard

Arcade

for

arcade

and

Sega

Saturn

Die

Hard

Trilogy

for

PC

PlayStation

and

Saturn

Die

Hard

Trilogy

Viva

Las

Vegas

for

PC

and

PlayStation

Die

Hard

Nakatomi

Plaza

for

PC

Die

Hard

Vendetta

for

Nintendo

GameCube

Xbox

and

PlayStation

A

Good

Day

to

Die

Hard

for

iOS

and

Android

Comics

In

May

BOOM

Studios

announced

that

they

would

be

releasing

an

ongoing

Die

Hard

comic

series

that

would

serve

as

a

prequel

to

the

first

movie

Its

story

is

set

in

and

follows

John

McClane

as

a

rookie

cop

in

the

NYPD

and

is

scripted

by

Howard

Chaykin

The

first

issue

of

Die

Hard

Year

One

was

released

on

September

Eight

issues

have

been

released

with

the

eighth

released

on

April

The

official

description

read

Every

great

action

hero

got

started

somewhere

Batman

Begins

Bond

had

his

Casino

Royale

And

for

John

McClane

more

than

a

decade

before

the

first

Die

Hard

movie

hes

just

another

rookie

cop

an

East

Coast

guy

working

on

earning

his

badge

in

New

York

City

during

Bicentennial

celebration

and

the

Summer

of

Sam

Too

bad

for

John

McClane

nothings

ever

that

easy

A

Die

Hard

Christmas

The

official

description

read

A

delightful

Christmas

storybook

for

adults

based

on

the

actionpacked

Die

Hard

movie

All

John

McClane

wants

for

Christmas

is

to

reunite

with

his

estranged

family

But

when

his

wifes

office

holiday

party

turns

into

a

deadly

hostage

situation

he

has

to

save

her

life

before

he

can

get

home

in

time

for

Christmas

The

unconventional

fanfavorite

movie

Die

Hard

is

now

an

illustrated

storybookcomplete

with

machine

guns

European

terrorists

and

a

cop

whos

forced

to

rely

on

all

his

cunning

and

skills

and

the

help

of

a

fellow

officer

to

save

the

day

Based

on

the

classic

Night

Before

Christmas

poem

and

filled

with

whimsical

illustrations

this

cleverly

reimagined

homage

is

destined

to

become

a

holiday

classic

Contains

adult

material

including

violence

and

strong

language

Reader

discretion

is

advised

Hohoho

See

also

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in

the

United

States

portal

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Hard

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Hard

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On

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Enduring

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of

Die

Hard

The

New

York

Times

Magazine

Retrieved

February

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Willis

Fears

Being

Replaced

in

Die

Hard

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News

October

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Willis

to

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McClane

after

Die

Hard

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Moore

Screen

Rant

October

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Wiseman

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