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 <mask> in the night and thought <mask> was a climber who had recently died. In the daylight, Pocan realised that <mask> was alive and in serious trouble. <mask> had no oxygen left, had serious frostbite and some limbs were frozen. Two of the Turkish climbers stayed, gave him something to drink and tried to help him move.When they themselves began to run low on oxygen, they were forced to leave but with the intent to return with more oxygen. Their initial effort to help was complicated by their own problems trying to get Burçak Özoğlu Poçan down safely; she was the climber in their group having medical problems. Serhan Pocan placed radio calls to the rest of the team coming down from the summit about <mask> and continued descending with Burçak. At about 08:30, two other members of the Turkish team cleaned out <mask>'s iced up mask to give him oxygen but they had started to run out themselves and had to descend. The remaining Turks later attempted to further help <mask> along with some Himex expedition members. Himex Expedition – Second Team
The vanguard of the second team of Himex climbers included Max Chaya, New Zealand double-amputee Mark Inglis, Wayne Alexander (who designed Inglis' prosthetic climbing legs), Discovery cameraman Mark Whetu, experienced climbing guide Mark Woodward, and their Sherpas, including Phurba Tashi. The team left their high camp around  late in the evening near midnight on May 14th.Chaya and the Sherpa he was climbing with were out in front by about half an hour. At about 01:00, Woodward and his group (including Inglis, Alexander, Whetu and some Sherpas) encountered <mask>, who Woodward knew should not be there. He was neither conscious nor moving, was suffering from severe frostbite but they could see that he was breathing. Woodward noticed <mask> had thin gloves and no oxygen and said that they yelled at <mask> to get up, get moving and follow the headlamps back to the high camps. Woodward shined his headlamp in <mask>'s eyes, but <mask> was unresponsive. Woodward thought he was almost dead and in a hypothermic coma, commenting, "Oh, this poor guy, he's stuffed", and believed <mask> could not be rescued. Woodward attempted to radio their Advanced Base Camp about <mask> but got no reply.Alexander commented, "God bless... Rest in peace", before the group moved on. Woodward said it was not an easy decision to make but his chief responsibility was the safety of his own team members. Stopping in the extreme cold at that time would have risked the lives of his entire team. At that elevation, one has to be conscious and able to walk to attempt a rescue. Maxime Chaya reached the summit at around 06:00. During his descent, Chaya and the Sherpa he was with, Dorjee, encountered <mask> a little after 09:00, noticed he was shivering and tried to help him. Chaya also notified the Himex expedition manager Russell Brice over the group's radio.He had not seen <mask> in the darkness of the ascent. Chaya observed that <mask> was unconscious, shivering severely and was wearing a thin pair of wool gloves with no hat, glasses or goggles. <mask> was severely frostbitten, had frozen hands and legs and was found with only one empty oxygen bottle. At one point <mask> stopped shivering, leading Chaya to believe he had died; some time later he started shivering again. They attempted to give him oxygen, but there was no response. After about an hour, Brice advised Chaya that he was running out of oxygen and there was nothing he could do, so he needed to come down. Chaya told The Washington Post: "it almost looks like he [<mask>] had a death wish".Soon after Chaya descended, some of the others from the second Himex group and a Turkish group encountered <mask> again during their descent and attempted to help him. Phurba Tashi, the lead Sherpa for Himex, and a Turkish Sherpa gave <mask> oxygen from a spare bottle they found, patted him to try to get circulation going and tried to give him something to drink. At one point <mask> mumbled a few sentences. The group tried to get <mask> to his feet, but he was not able to stand, even with assistance. They moved <mask> into the sunlight and descended. It took the two strongest Sherpas about 20 minutes just to move <mask> about four steps into the sunlight, so they could not have taken <mask> with them. Mark Inglis Controversy
Following <mask>'s death, Mark Inglis was initially severely criticised by the media and others, including Sir Edmund Hillary, for not helping <mask>.Inglis stated that <mask> had been passed by 30 to 40 other climbers heading for the summit who made no attempt at a rescue, but he was criticised for not helping <mask> simply because he was more well known. Inglis said he believed that <mask> was ill-prepared, lacking proper gloves, not bringing enough supplementary oxygen and was already doomed by the time of his ascent. He also initially stated, "I... radioed, and  [expedition manager Russell Brice] said, 'Mate, you can't do anything. He's been there X number of hours without oxygen. He's effectively dead.' Trouble is, at 8500 meters it's extremely difficult to keep yourself alive, let alone keep anyone else alive". Statements by Inglis suggest that he believed that <mask> was probably so close to death as to have been beyond help by the time the Inglis party passed him during his group's ascent and the reported radio calls to their base camp.However Brice, who was initially criticised for reportedly advising Inglis during his ascent to move on without assessing the situation at that time or the possibility of rescue for <mask>, denies the claim that any radio call was received about the stranded climber until he was notified some eight hours later by climber Maxime Chaya, who had not seen <mask> in the darkness of the ascent. At this time <mask> was unconscious and shivering violently with severe frostbite, with no gloves or oxygen. It was revealed that Brice kept detailed logs of radio calls with his expedition members, recorded all radio traffic, and that the Discovery channel was filming Brice during this time, all of which confirmed that Brice was first notified of <mask> being in trouble when climber Chaya contacted Brice at about 09:00. In the documentary Dying for Everest, Mark Inglis stated: "From my memory, I used the radio. I got a reply to move on and there is nothing that I can do to help. Now I'm not sure whether it was from Russell [Brice] or from someone else, or whether you know... it's just hypoxia and it's ... it's in your mind." It is believed that if Inglis did in fact have a radio conversation where he was told that "he's been there X number of hours without oxygen" that it must have been on Inglis' descent, as there was no way for Brice or other climbers to have known how long <mask> had been where he was found during the climber's ascent.In July 2006 Inglis retracted his claim that he was told to continue his ascent after informing Brice of a climber in distress, blaming the extreme conditions at altitude for the uncertainty in his memory. The Discovery Channel was filming the Himex expedition for a documentary Everest: Beyond the Limit, including an HD camera carried by Whetu (that became unusable during the ascent due to the extreme cold) and helmet cameras for some of the Himex Sherpas, which included footage indicating that <mask> was only found by Inglis's group on their descent. However, the group of climbers with Inglis confirmed that they did discover <mask> on the ascent, but they do not confirm that Brice was contacted regarding <mask> during the ascent. By the time the Inglis group reached him on the descent and contacted Brice they were low on oxygen, heavily fatigued, with several cases of severe frostbite and other problems on the mountain, making any rescue by them impossible. Jamie McGuinness
New Zealand mountaineer Jamie McGuinness reported about a Sherpa that reached <mask> on the descent, "...Dawa from Arun Treks also gave oxygen to <mask> and tried to help him move, repeatedly, for perhaps an hour. But he could not get <mask> to stand alone or even stand resting on his shoulders. Dawa had to leave him too.Even with two Sherpas it was not going to be possible to get <mask> down the tricky sections below". McGuinness was part of an expedition that successfully climbed Cho Oyu with <mask> in 2002. He also was on the 2003 expedition to Mount Everest with <mask> and other climbers, and in 2006 offered <mask> the opportunity to climb Everest with his organised expedition for little more than what he ultimately paid Asian Trekking, which <mask> declined as he wanted to climb Everest independently. In the documentary Dying For Everest, McGuiness noted that <mask> did not expect to be rescued - "absolutely not, he was clear to me that he understood the risks and he did not want to endanger anyone else". Discovery Channel TV series
<mask> was briefly caught on a camera in the morning on 15 May during filming of the first season of a television show Everest: Beyond the Limit, which was filmed the same season as his ill-fated expedition. The footage was from the helmet camera of a Himex Sherpa who encountered <mask>, along with one of the Himex group of climbers who included Mark Inglis, during their descent, and was attempting to help <mask> along with a Turkish Sherpa. Reactions

Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary was highly critical of the decision not to try to rescue <mask>, as reported by the media at that time, saying that leaving other climbers to die is unacceptable, and the desire to get to the summit has become all-important.He also said, "I think the whole attitude towards climbing Mount Everest has become rather horrifying. The people just want to get to the top. It was wrong if there was a man suffering altitude problems and was huddled under a rock, just to lift your hat, say good morning and pass on by". He told the New Zealand Herald that he was horrified by the callous attitude of today's climbers. "They don't give a damn for anybody else who may be in distress and it doesn't impress me at all that they leave someone lying under a rock to die", and that, "I think that their priority was to get to the top and the welfare of one of the ... of a member of another expedition was very secondary." Hillary also called Mark Inglis "crazy". <mask>'s mother
<mask>, <mask>'s mother does not blame other climbers.She told The Sunday Times, "Your responsibility is to save yourself – not to try to save anybody else." <mask>
Mountaineer <mask>, who was on Everest that season on the North side, commented to The Washington Post: "It's too bad that none of the people who cared about <mask> knew he was in trouble", because "the outcome would have been a lot different." Watson thought it was possible to save <mask>, and he said <mask> had worked with other climbers in 2004, to save a Mexican climber who had gotten into trouble. Watson was alerted the morning of 16 May by Phurba Tashi. Watson went to <mask>'s tent and showed <mask>'s passport to Tashi, who confirmed his identity. Around this time, a Korean team gave a radio report that the climber in red boots [<mask>] was dead. He had his rucksack with him, but his camera was missing, so it is not known if he summited.Fate of the body
<mask>'s body remains on the mountain, but was removed from sight in 2007. See also
1996 Mount Everest disaster
Beck Weathers
Lincoln Hall (climber)
 List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
 List of Mount Everest expeditions

References

Further reading
 Dr. Morandeira: "Could <mask> have been saved? Definitely", includes a chronology of the incident – mounteverest.net
 Everest 2006: "My name is <mask> and I am with Asian Trekking" – everestnews.com

External links
 Picture of where <mask> died
 List of deceased UK Everest climbers

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Col. <mask>, Rajah of Ambong and Marudu, (April 22, 1828 in Bath, Maine; – June 22, 1885 in Boston) was an American merchant, president of the American Trading Company of Borneo and co-founder of the American colony "Ellena" (in present-day Kimanis) together with Thomas Bradley Harris on the island of Borneo. He was known as "Yankee Rajah" and served as a U.S. vice-consul to Siam. Early life
<mask> was born on April 22, 1828 in the American small town of Bath in Maine. He was the son of <mask> and Emily Houghton. His father practiced the craft of a printer and was also the founder of the Maine Gazette, which is the town first newspaper. In 1834, the family moved to Roxbury, a district of Boston. Torrey graduated from the Boston High School under Rev.Dr. Leach. At first, he also learned the printing business and worked for several years in the company of his father, which brought him into contact with the satirical magazine, Carpet Bag by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber. Torrey served in several companies and was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston. However, the authenticity of his military grade "Colonel" is questioned. Further career
In 1853, he left Boston and went to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked as a clerk at Caldwell, Train & Co., Commission Merchants and Steam Packet Agents. He was also a member of Torrey & Foodrich and Company, Discharging Clerks. In addition to his work, he began studying law; although it was not known if he received an academic degree in law.In Melbourne, he joined the Masonic lodge and later became the Grand Master. On September 22, 1854, during his time in Australia, he married his first wife, Eliza Lydia Ewer in Victoria. The couple had two children, Emiline Eliza (born in 1856) and Cordelia Grace (born in 1858). One year after the birth of their second children, Eliza however died young after battling with a short illness at the age of 27 years. Torrey returned with his two children to Roxbury in 1860, where they grew up with their grandparents. In 1860, Torrey moved to British Hong Kong, where he became the editor of The China Mail, the first British daily newspaper in Hong Kong. He later took over the publication of the Hong Kong Times.In 1862, he joined Montgomery & Parker as a ship broker and commissioner. In 1863, Torrey married again. His second wife, the first fifteen-year-old Charlotte Ann "Lemon" Mills, bore him a son <mask> (born on September 16, 1864) and a daughter named Elena Charlotte (born in 1867). He later bought his own ship from the ship broker company, which he baptized as Ellen - probably named after his newest youngest daughter. Foundation of the Ellena Colony

In August 1865, the American consul in Brunei, Charles Lee Moses concluded a 10-year lease with the Sultan Abdul Momin and his successor, Pengiran Temenggung who guaranteed land rights in various areas in the north of Borneo. Looking for a quick profit, the consul immediately sought buyers for his concessions following the signing of the lease. Moses bid raised the interest among his countrymen including Torrey himself and Thomas Bradley Harris.Blessed with exuberant reports of a land rich in gold, diamonds, precious stones, spices and treasures waiting to be delivered to the markets of Hong Kong and China, they bought the concessions of Moses in September 1865. In October 1865, Torrey and Harris, together with Chinese lenders Lee Assing and Pong Ampong under the American Trading Company of Borneo decided to build a colony in the area of today's Kimanis. Taking note of the fact that the acquisition of the concession of Moses was also recognized by the Sultan of Brunei, Torrey made a new concession letter drawn up on November 24, 1865 at the Brunei Palace provided with the seals of the Sultan and three of his ministers. The document confirms his concession acquisition which is not only guaranteed for Torrey to be the ruler of life and death, but the Sultan even gave him the title of "Rajah of Ambong and Marudu". In December 1865, Torrey with 12 Americans and 60 Chinese founded the colony of "Ellena" and appointed himself as the governor, then bestowed by His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei as the Rajah of Ambong and Marudu, and Harris as vice-governor. His plans to make Ellena attractive to further settlers by cultivating sugarcane, tobacco and rice failed soon after. This was mainly caused by the unfortunate choice of the position of Ellenas; in the mouth of the sluggish Kimanis River which favored the outbreak of malaria and other diseases.The colony also lacked a solid financial base which meant that <mask> was forced to temporarily leave his own colony to his deputy, Harris to look for investors in Hong Kong and Shanghai. While Torrey desperately tried to raise additional funds in Hong Kong for his colony in Borneo, his friend Harris died of malaria on May 22, 1866. Torrey buried his business partner on the top of a nearby hill in his colony area in Borneo, now known as Governor's Hill. Torrey made the following inscription to his tombstone:

As early as 1866, the American colony was abandoned because of a lack of capital, a lack of labor, riots among the workers and serious diseases. The end of Ellena left Torrey penniless. Driven on the one hand by the predominantly Chinese investors, unlike Charles Lee Moses who was still waiting for the payment of the purchase price, he tried to continue selling his rights profitably. However, only nine years later, just before the ten-year term expired, Torrey succeeded in selling all rights to Baron von Overbeck from Germany in January 1876 in Hong Kong.The purchase price of $15,000 was linked to the condition that within nine months it was necessary to obtain an extension of the concessions from the ruler of Brunei. Diplomatic service
From 1877 to 1880, Torrey was a vice-consul at the U.S. Consulate in Siam (present-day Thailand). In his capacity as a vice-consul, he also belonged to the American delegation who accompanied ex-President Ulysses S. Grant during his visit to meet Chulalongkorn, the king of Siam. It seems, however, that Torrey presence was not well-liked by all, as he could not arrange with his superior. After his resignation as vice-consul, he remained a member of the American Legation in Bangkok. Later life and death
Torrey returned to America in 1883. A few days before his death, the news from the King of Siam reached him, telling that he should be appointed as the king's chief adviser.Before he decided whether to take office or not, <mask> died suddenly on June 22, 1885, at his home on Wabon Street in Roxbury. Although he already died, he still recognized by the government for representing his lost kingdom as his body was dressed in the uniform of a high oriental dignitary for three days before his black coffin of walnut wood was taken to the St. James Episcopal Church. A large crown of flowers in the colors of the flag of Ellenas-yellow and red-formed the central view, a half-moon with thirteen stripes on a blue background, and thirteen stars which testified the American origin of the rajah. He was buried at the Torrey Family Cemetery of the Forest Hills Cemetery. Miscellaneous
<mask>ley's Believe It or Not! in the year of 1950. Notes

Literature
 <mask> Torrey: American Trading Company of Borneo Organized Under Special Concession from His Highness the Sultan of Borneo, and the General Laws of the State of New York.1868

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<mask> is a British children's writer and illustrator. She won both the Costa Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal for Maggot Moon (Hot Key Books, 2012). Under her pseudonym Wray Delaney she has also written adult novels. Life
<mask> is the daughter of two lawyers, raised in Birmingham, her parents separated and later divorced when she was five. Her mother, Nina Lowry was a barrister and judge at the Old Bailey. <mask> recalls being badly bullied in school, even being nicknamed 'Silly <mask>' on account of her then undiagnosed dyslexia. She was formally diagnosed with severe dyslexia at 12 and didn't learn to read until she was 14, with the first book she read in full being Wuthering Heights.Noticed by teachers for her creative flair, she did very well in art college and then in drama college, and worked as a theatre set designer before turning to illustration and writing. She lives in London. In 2019 <mask> became an Ambassador for audiobook charity Listening Books. Writer
Her first book as a writer was published by Orion Books in 1993: The Little Nut Tree, a children's picture book that she also illustrated. Her first full-length novel was a breakthrough, as I, Coriander won the Smarties Prize in 2005 (reader category 9–11 years). It is set in Cromwellian London and tells the story of Coriander, the unhappy daughter of a silk merchant. The Red Necklace: A story of the French Revolution and its sequel The Silver Blade are set primarily in France during the Revolution and the Reign of Terror, also in contemporary London.They feature an aristocratic girl and a gypsy boy who are 12 and 14 years old when the story opens. The boy Yann has been trained to assist a stage magician but has or develops genuine magic powers; a starred review (unusually good) by the American service Kirkus Reviews labels even The Red Necklace fantasy. The Double Shadow is historical fantasy that opens in 1937 Britain. Tinder (2013) is a historical novel set during the Thirty Years War. Maggot Moon (2012) won the Carnegie Medal from the British librarians, which annually recognises the best new book for children or young adults published in the UK. The alternate history is set in 1950s England during the space race, under the thumb of the so-called Motherland. Kirkus says the unnamed "Motherland's distinguishing features scream "Nazi Germany"" and suggests that we "call it Auschwitz lite".Its reviewer judged that the book must fail between younger and older readers: on the one hand, "short chapters and simple vocabulary and syntax ... oversimplified characters, a feeble setting and inauthentic science"; on the other hand, brutal content. Three months later it was recommended for ages 11+ by the panel of British librarians that named it to the Carnegie Medal shortlist with the comment: "A stunning book with an underdog hero, Maggot Moon offers a powerful depiction of an utterly convincing and frightening dystopia. With clever plotting, conspiracy theory and a truly original concept at the heart of it, this is a real tour de force without a hint of sentimentality." The inspiration for Maggot Moon comes from moon landing conspiracies and her research on "what if histories". In 2016 she wrote her first adult novel entitled An Almond for a Parrot which The Guardian called 'an irresistible erotic fairytale'

Children's Books

As writer and illustrator
 The Little Nut Tree (Orion Books, 1993)
 My Little Princess (1994)
 A Book of Princesses (Orion, 1997) – classic fairy tales retold
 The Strongest Girl in the World (1999)
 The Fairy Catalogue: everything you need to make a fairy tale (2000)
 The Smallest Girl Ever (2000)
 The Boy Who Could Fly (2001)
 The Glass Heart: a tale of three princesses (2001)
 Mama, Don't Go Out Tonight (2002)
 The Invisible Boy (2002)
 Boolar's Big Day Out (2003)
 Fairy Shopping (2003)
 The Boy with the Magic Numbers (2003)
The Countess's Calamity (2003)
 I, Coriander (2005)
 A Hoof in the Door (2005)
 The Boy with the Lightning Feet (2006)
 The Red Necklace (2007)

() Five classic fairy tales retold and illustrated by Gardner in A Book of Princesses (1997) were reissued by Orion in 2011, singly, as the Magical Princesses series: Cinderella; The Frog Prince; The Princess and the Pea; Sleeping Beauty; Snow White. () The Magical Children series, originally published by Dolphin Paperbacks, comprises "stories about ordinary children who suddenly develop magical powers". As writer only
 I, Coriander (2005)
 Lucy Willow (2006)
 The Red Necklace: A Story of the French Revolution (2007)
 The Silver Blade (2008) (sequel to The Red Necklace)
 The Double Shadow (2011)
 Maggot Moon (2012), illus.Julian Crouch
 Tinder (2013), illus. David Roberts
 The Door That Led to Where (2015)
 My Side of the Diamond (2017), illus. Nat Barlex
  The Snow Song (2020)

Wings & Co: The Fairy Detective Agency
illustrated by David Roberts and published by Orion
Operation Bunny (2012)
 Three Pickled Herrings (2012)
 The Vanishing of Billy Buckle (2013)
 The Matchbox Mysteries (2014)
 The Flying Carpet Thief (2017)
 Murder of Mrs Mop (forthcoming)

As illustrator only
 Robert and the Giant (Hamish Hamilton, 1990), by Marjorie Newman
 Suzi, Sam, George & Alice (1993), Beverley Birch
 Playtime Rhymes (1995)
 Gynormous! : The Ultimate Book of Giants (1996), Adrian Mitchell
 Hello? Is Anybody There? (1997), Jostein Gaarder, 144 pp. – orig.Hallo? Er det noen her? , 1996
 The Real Fairy Storybook (1998), Georgie Adams
 Polly's Running Away Book (2000), Frances Thomas
 Polly's Absolutely Worst Birthday Ever (2001), Thomas
 Polly's Really Secret Diary (2002), Thomas

Adult novels under pseudonym of Wray Delaney
 An Almond for a Parrot (2016)
 The Beauty of the Wolf (2019)

Awards and nominations
 2003 The Countess's Calamity, Nestlé Children's Book Prize bronze runner-up and Kids' Club Award winner, ages 6–8 years
 2005 I, Coriander, Nestlé Children's Book Prize winner, ages 9–11 years
 2006 I, Coriander, shortlisted for the British Children's Book of the Year
 2007 I, Coriander, shortlisted for the Stockton Children's Book of the Year
 2012 Maggot Moon, Costa Book Awards, children's category
 2013 Maggot Moon, Carnegie Medal

References

External links

 Blog

<mask> at Book Browse – short biography, interview, etc. (plus at least 3 early works by another <mask>)

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English historical novelists
English illustrators
British children's book illustrators
British women illustrators
Carnegie Medal in Literature winners
Costa Book Award winners
20th-century illustrators of fairy tales
21st-century illustrators of fairy tales
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<mask> (January 14, 1895 – August 27, 1984) was a Brazilian rapist and serial killer. Biography

Childhood
Febrônio was born in the city of São Miguel de Jequitinhonha (present-day Jequitinhonha), probably on January 14, 1895. He was the second of fourteen children born to couple <mask> and Reginalda Ferreira de Mattos. His probable true name was Febrônio Ferreira de Mattos, but he gained fame as <mask>, the "Son of Light", as he presented himself to police officers, journalists, judicial authorities and forensic psychiatrists. His father, <mask>, as he was best known, worked as a farmer, but for some time he had been a butcher. He was an alcoholic, and very often violently attacked his wife. On several occasions, Febrônio witnessed his mother's beatings.<mask>on was also violent towards his children. Probably in 1907, at the age of 12, Febrônio fled his home in the company of a travelling salesman. He wandered around the localities around his hometown, until he arrived in Diamantina, where he learned to read and earned his living as a butler. Later, he moved to Belo Horizonte, surviving as a shoe shiner and a domestic servant. Probably in 1909, Febrônio, aged 14, went to Rio de Janeiro, then the Federal Capital. He returned to the state capital of Minas Gerais in 1916, under the name of Pedro de Souza, but soon returned to Rio de Janeiro. Criminal life and mystical revelations
Since returning to Rio de Janeiro, Febrônio began to commit crimes, and between 1916 and 1929, dozens of passages were recorded by police for fraud, blackmail, bribery, theft, robbery and loitering.During one of these arrests in 1920 at the Dois Rios Correctional Facility on Ilha Grande, Febrônio, who was reading a Bible in the intervals of praxitherapy during the night, had a vision in which a woman with long blond hair chose him as the Son of Light, a title that was his responsibility to declare to all that God had not died. According to the vision, he was to tattoo boys, albeit with the use of physical force, with the symbol of DCVXVI, which meant "God, Charity, Virtue, Holiness, Life, Magnet of Life". The tattoo would serve as a talisman for those who exhibited it on their body. Acting accordingly to what had been commanded to him in the vision, Febrônio tattooed the phrase "Behold the Son of Light" on his chest and, throughout the circumference of his torso, the letters DCVXVI I. Febrônio then began to write a book titled The revelations of the Prince of Fire, published in 1926, which brings incomprehensible messages, taken from the mysterious dreams that were transmitted to him. In 1921, when he left the correctional colony, Febrônio set up a medical consumers' co-operative named The Auxiliadora Médica, announcing it in a classified ad of the newspaper Correio da Manhã. The ad was read by a dentist, Dr. Bruno Ferreira Gabina, who joined the co-operative. Febrônio, presenting himself as Joaquim Índio do Brasil, rented an office for the dentist and then went on to assist him with the appointments, but the two left the premises a month later, without paying the rent.In 1922, after taking Dr. Gabina's diploma, Febrônio opened his own dental practice on Rua Visconde do Rio Branco, in Centro, where he demonstrated sadistic behavior by subsequently extracting several healthy teeth from those who sought his assistance. Due to his bad reputation, he turned his office into a job agency, which deceived people who, looking for work, deposited money for Febrônio. Pursued by the police, he moved to Bahia in 1925, where he pretended to be a dentist under the name of Febrônio Simões de Melo Índio do Brasil. From there he settled in Mimoso do Sul, in the state of Espírito Santo, where he pretended to be Dr. Gabina, but soon left following the deaths of two children whom he had prescribed drugs to. Later, in the mining town of Rio Casca, presenting himself as Dr. Uzeda Filho, he continued to act as a fake doctor, even causing the death of a woman in childbirth. Back in Rio de Janeiro, Febrônio was arrested on October 8, 1926, caught for acting suspiciously on a hill at the Sugarloaf Mountain. As he presented delusional ideas and lied compulsively, he was admitted to the National Psychopath Hospital, which he left a few weeks later.During this hospitalization, he was examined by distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Adauto Botelho, who first diagnosed Febrônio with a mental disorder. First sexual crimes
In January 1927, once again being arrested, Febrônio sexually subjugated two cellmates in the 4th Auxiliary Police Station in Rio de Janeiro. When he tried to rape a third, Djalma Rosa, Rosa resisted and was beaten to death. On February 21, 1927, he was arrested again on the Corcovado hill while dancing, completely naked and with his body all painted yellow, in front of a terrified child who was tied to the trunk of a tree. As he heard from witnesses that Febrônio had earlier been spotted cooking a stolen human head from the Caju Cemetery in the house where he was a tenant, the deputy sent him back to the National Psychopath Hospital. At the time, he was examined by eminent physician Dr. Juliano Moreira, who, assisted by Dr. Henrique Roxo, confirmed that Febrônio suffered from a mental illness. In April 1927, Febrônio was admitted to the National Hospice of the Insane, at Praia Vermelha.When he was discharged, he took with him another inmate who was also discharged, 17-year-old Jacob Edelman, to whom he promised employment in his dental office. On the way, they sought 17-year-old Octávio de Bernardi, a young man who had been offered a job by Febrônio, this time in a slaughterhouse. At night, in a deserted place in Mangaratiba, he tattooed the inscription DCVXVI on Jacob's chest, before the terrified Octávio. A few days later in Praia das Flecheiras, a wasteland situated at the western end of Governador Island, an area that was later landed for construction of the Galeão Airport, Febrônio violated Jacob sexually; soon, he did the same with Octávio, not without tattooing him beforehand. A few days later the two boys were released, very terrified, but alive. Febrônio again tattooed another victim, 18-year-old Manoel Alves, at the beginning of August 1927, deceiving him with a false promise of employment. When detained at the House of Detention, Febrônio committed sexual crimes against cellmates again.On August 8, 1927, he was released, after he had been acquitted of the murder of Rosa on July 27 the same year. When he left, he wore a navy blue uniform and a cap, stolen from a cellmate. Murders
On August 13, 1927, Febrônio, wearing the same uniform and cap from the House of Detention, persuaded the family of Alamiro José Ribeiro that the 20-year-old should accompany him to accept employment in his bus driving company. While they were in a forest on Ribeiro Island, near Jacarepaguá, Febrônio began arguing with Alamiro on account of the young man denying his libidious advances. Febrônio ended up strangling him with a green vine he found on the spot, until he died of suffocation. The body of Alamiro, dressed only with a shirt and the former's clothes, was found two days later. On the same day that Alamiro's corpse was found on August 15, Febrônio, again resorting to a misleading promise of employment, tattooed a 16-year-old boy named Joaquim, whom managed to evade his would-be killer.Perhaps aware of the social commotion generated by Alamiro's murder, Febrônio traveled to Petrópolis, staying in room 3 of Hotel Rio Branco under the name of Dr. Gabina. In that city, Febrônio bought a suit from a tailor and left behind the navy uniform he wore during Alamiro's murder. When the tailor went to the hotel to receive the second part of his payment, Febrônio noticed a cyst on his neck and proposed to treat it, applying a tincture of iodine followed by a sudden blow with a knife, causing a painful hemorrhage that precipitated the tailor's escape without the other part of the money. A few days later, Febrônio returned to Rio de Janeiro. On August 29, he approached 10-year-old João Ferreira, best known among his friends and relatives as "Jonjoca". Febrônio deceived the boy's parents by offering him a butler's job and, counting on their permission, left with him. When they found themselves in the woods of Largo do França, Febrônio promised Jonjoca a suit as a gift, in the case the boy accepted to get the same tattoo as the one on his companion's chest.Frightened, he consented, and Febrônio performed the procedure with a needle, thread and red paint. Later, they went to the forest of Ribeiro Island, where Jonjoca was strangled with a rope. The boy's corpse was found only on September 7 that same year, naked, lying about 300 meters from the body of Alamiro, Febrônio's previous victim, had been discovered. Indictment and judgment
On August 16, police were warned that a corpse had been found on Ribeiro Island the day before. The body was recognized as that of Alamiro José Ribeiro, next to which there was a cap. One of the investigators recalled that, a few days ago, a detainee had been released from prison wearing that cap. In the House of Detention, the investigator obtained information that the cap had been stolen by Febrônio Índio <mask>, the day that he had been released.The mugshot from Febrônio's police file was shown to Alamiro's father, who identified him as the man who, by offering the boy a job at his bus company, left with him on the day of his disappearance. Febrônio was finally located on August 31 of the same year, while entering a train on the Leopoldina Railroad at Leopoldina Station. When led to the 4th Auxiliary Police Station in Rio de Janeiro, he was recognized by Jonjoca's father as the one who proposed for him to work as a butler and took his son on the day of the boy's disappearance. Two days later, on September 2, delegate Dr. Oliveira Ribeiro was able to obtain Febrônio's confession regarding Alamiro's murder, but only assumed responsibility for the murder of Jonjoca on September 8, when he declared that he had committed both crimes in a sacrifice to the living god, symbol of his religion. On September 19, 1927, Febrônio was denounced by the Public Prosecutor's Office for the murder of Ribeiro and Jonjoca, and two days later he was transferred from the 4th Auxiliary Police Station in Rio de Janeiro to the House of Detention, where he received the prison number 194. Several cases of children who were reported by the press as possible victims of Febrônio were excluded from the case for a lack of concrete evidence. It was also not possible to prove that Febrônio had assassinated Dr. Bruno Ferreira Gabina in order to take possession of his diploma, although since 1922 the whereabouts of the dentist have remained unknown, even by his own mother, Maria Ferreira Gabina.On September 21, the printed newspaper O Jornal began a series of reports entitled "The criminal Febrônio before Psychiatry". The first interviewee was Dr. Faustino Espozel, professor of Neurology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rio de Janeiro, currently the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. The next day it was the turn of Dr. Pedro Pernambuco Filho, assistant professor at the same faculty. The series ended on October 2 with the interview by Dr. Henrique Roxo, who had examined Febrônio earlier that year, where he had recommended that the criminal be transferred to the National Hospice of the Insane.

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 All three doctors were unanimous in stating that Febrônio suffered from mental illness, which motivated his crimes, and that he, by virtue of his dangerousness, should be hospitalized in a psychiatric asylum colony to undergo treatment. On October 4, the jurist Dr. Evaristo de Moraes, in an interview with O Jornal, considering the fact that Febrônio had improper treatment at the National Hospice, recommended that he be transferred to a mental asylum. In 1928, Febrônio was taken before a jury, presided over by Judge Dr. Ary <mask>.His defense was executed by the lawyer Dr. Létacio Jansen, who sustained criminal incomputability in the face of his manifest madness. It was then that Febrônio was examined by forensic psychiatrist Dr. Heitor Carrilho. Data collected from the interview appeared to indicate an imaginary mystic-delirious extravaganza by the inculturation of Febrônio, exemplified by the fixation in the maternal figure that, according to him, was called Estrella do Oriente Índio do Brasil. This data was compared with the information obtained by Agenor Ferreira de Mattos, Febrônio's brother who lived in Jequié and had come to visit him, later proving that the defendant falsified his testimony, either on purpose or due to pathological lying. On February 20, 1928, Dr. Carrilho, aided by Dr. Manoel Clemente Reyio, finally issued an extensive expert report which became famous later on, from which the following conclusions were drawn:

1. Febrônio Índio <mask>, is a bearer of a constitutional psychopathy, characterized by ethical deviations, covering the form of moral madness and instinctive perversions, expressed in homosexuality with sadistic impulses, a state that is joined by delirious ideas of the imaginary, mystical character. 2.His antisocial reactions or the criminal acts of which he is accused result from this morbid condition which prevents him from the normal use of his will

3. Consequently, their imputation capacity is impaired or terminated. 4. It should be borne in mind, however, that the abnormal manifestations of his mentality are elements that define his inescapable fear and that he must therefore be segregated ad vitam for the salutary and elevated effects of social defense, establishment appropriate to delinquent psychopaths. Armed with the powerful scientific arguments of this report, Dr. Jansen obtained Febrônio's acquittal, and Judge De Azevedo determined his recollection, and as of June 6, 1929, he became the first inmate of the Judiciary Nursery of Rio de Janeiro, renamed in 1954 as Heitor Carrilho Judicial Asylum, in honor of its first director, who had died that same year. Escape, recapture and death
On February 8, 1935, Febrônio, taking advantage of the distracted guards caused by the arrival of morning shift employees, climbed the 4-meter high wall of the Judicial Asylum thanks to the use of a rope made of laced sheets, whose end had a hook made with bucket handles. His escape, however, lasted until the following day, since Bernadino Barbosa went to the police station to report that Febrônio was hiding at his house in the Rio neighborhood of Honório Gurgel.Bernadino said that he had been lodged at the request of a friend, Agenor, brother of Febrônio, and that he decided to look for the police since he had been horrified to know, through newspapers that reported the escape, of the crimes committed by his guest. Febrônio, found totally naked, was returned to the Judicial Asylum, where he remained until his death on August 27, 1984, at the age of 89, caused by pulmonary emphysema. His body was discreetly buried on September 5, 1984, at the Caju Cemetery. Legacy

Cultural legacy
The life and crimes of Febrônio generated repercussions in the culture and influenced several artists. Theater
The first cultural manifestation about the anti-juridical acts committed by Febrônio was the painting The Son of the Light, that was showcased in 1927 in the revue "I do not want to know more of her", by the company Ra-Ta-Plan. The director Paulo Biscaia Filho produced the play DCVXVI - this is the Son of Light, with actor Clóvis Inocêncio in the role of Febrônio. Literature
During the period of the year 1927, when Febrônio was showcased in the newspapers, an unknown author who signed as M. Splayne, possibly a pseudonym, wrote The crimes of the monster Febrônio, a collection of information obtained in the press and that barely disguised his condemnatory impetus.In the same year, the Swiss poet Blaise Cendrars collected data on Febrônio during his stay in Brazil and obtained authoritzation to speak to him personally in the House of Detention. The material served for the publication of a series of critical articles in the French newspaper Paris Soir, compiled in 1938 in the chapter Febrônio (magic sexualis) of his book La vie dangereuse, in which he tried to correlate the crimes of Febrônio with his mixed race of African descent and the Brazilian tropical climate, in addition to describing the sensations he experienced when interviewing him. Brazilian modernist authors, such as Antônio Castilho de Alcântara <mask>, Aníbal <mask>, Pedro Nava, Rubem Fonseca and Ruy Castro, also made references to Febrônio in their works. More recently, the company administrator Ilana Casoy wrote a chapter on Febrônio in her book Serial Killers: Made in Brazil and Carlos Augusto <mask> Calil, a film professor at the University of São Paulo, gave out a booklet titled The Book of Febrônio. Music
Between 1928 and 1935, Febrônio was the theme of some carnival marches. One of them, "I went in the bush, Creole", authored by Gomes Júnior, has the following excerpt: "I went in the bush, / creole, / look for cipó, / Creole! / I saw an animal, / Creole, / with one eye!/ It was not a bug, / it was nothing, / was the Febrón / of wide pants ". Language and collective imagination
Febrônio was used in the 1930s as a bogeyman by parents who had the intention of frightening their disobedient children, with phrases such as "Be careful that Febrônio comes to get you!" Cinema
In 1981, José Sette directed the feature film "Febrônio Índio do Brasil". In 1984, Silvio Da-Rin showcased an 11-minute duration reel, winning the best prize assembly at the Festival de Gramado in 1985 for AIDA Marques, with the 1985 winner for best photography going to Walter Carvalho. Television
The program Linha Direta, on Rede Globo, dedicated their November 25, 2004 broadcast to the crimes committed by Febrônio, played in skits by actor Flavio Bauraqui. The episode included comments from specialists in Law and Medicine, among them Dr. Talvane Marins de Moraes, a forensic psychiatrist who accompanied Febrônio in his last years as an intern of the Heitor Carrilho Custody Hospital. Legal legacy
The judgment of Febrônio Índio do Brasil was recognized as the triumph of scientific arguments about the cold letter of the law.It was the first Brazilian case in which medical science influenced a judicial decision in proving that the defendant was completely incapable of understanding the unlawful nature of the fact committed by him and should not therefore be penalized, since the agent nor would he understand the intimidatory and corrective intent of the repressive measure. Prevailing in the judgment of Febrônio the distinction between criminal and sick, something that occurred in France almost a century before, in 1835, in the case Piérre Rivière, who until then reigned a classical legal school, who judged the crime committed by someone equipped with free will, gave way to the positivist school, aimed at the man as an individual immersed in a socio-cultural environment, which allowed to inaugurate in the country the measure of security for criminals that are criminally incapable and endowed with lasting danger, aiming at the treatment of morbid condition and the prevention of recidivism, a principle definitively established in Brazilian legislation by the Penal Code of 1940. Febrônio was also the first case in which science legitimized a perpetual social segregation in Brazil, since the mental illness that held the criminal understanding was permanent and progressive, with a low probability of cure. Unlike the Pierre Rivière case, whose diagnosis of monomania was enough just to commute his death penalty into life imprisonment, fulfilled in Beulieu Prison next to offenders without mental illness, which never received new psychiatric evaluations to her suicide by hanging, Febrônio was, during the entire period of his hospitalization in the custody hospital, regularly submitted to medical treatment and electroconvulsive therapy, aiming, always after periodic psychiatric exams, to prepare a medical report attesting his cure or the absence of dangerousness, which would enable him to be discharged from hospital and returned to normal life in society, or a medical report that would confirm the maintenance or aggravation of his mental illness, which would keep him, at least until the next examination, in the Judicial Asylum in the name of social defense. Scientific legacy
Febrônio stimulated many academic productions, discussions in conferences and articles in scientific journals in the fields of Anthropology, Criminology, History, Literature, Psychology, Psychopathology and Sociology. Medicine, especially psychiatry, has evolved, benefited in part by the interest aroused by the mystic-delirious ideas of Febrônio. At the time, it was routine to deal with people with mental illness using a strait jacket and thermal shock by bathing with water of different temperatures, with poor results for the rehabilitation of sanity.Thanks to the progress of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, currently patients with even more severe conditions are treated in an efficient way, which allows the extinction of dangerousness and the return to social life. This scientific development was only achieved in Brazil due to the seminal studies of psychiatrists Dr. Leonidio Ribeiro, Dr. Murillo Campos and Dr. Waldemar Berardinelli, who show that crime may be a clinical sign, sometimes the first and even the only one, of potentially curable mental illness. The initial diagnosis of moral madness given to Febrônio by Dr. Heitor Carrilho, based on theories of Ernst Kretschmer, Sigmund Freud and James Pritchard, innovative for the first decades of the twentieth century, was reformed by forensic psychiatrist Dr. Talvane Marins de Moraes, who had the opportunity to study his psychic picture in private and in person. Thus, equipped with the most advanced diagnostic resources and modern psychopathological concepts, Dr. Moraes found that Febrônio suffered from hebephrenic-paranoid schizophrenia. Filmography
 The Prince of Fire, a documentary by Silvio Da-Rin

See also
List of serial killers by country

References

External links
 Podcast (Audio program) about the life of Febrônio Índio do Brasil (in Portuguese)
 Podcast (Audio program): AntiCast 274 - The First Brazilian Serial Killer: Febrônio Indio do Brasil (in Portuguese)
 Febrônio, Blaise & Heitor. Phatos, violence and power
 Criminology, Anthropology and Legal Medicine. A central character: Leonídio Ribeiro

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<mask> (b. in Budapest, Hungary June 5, 1891; d. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 9, 1980). He was the son of Lajos Lóczy, probably the most famous Hungarian geologist. <mask>y was the first western geologist to describe the structure, geomorphology and stratigraphy of mountain chains bordering the Tibetan Plateau that links the Kunlun Mountains with the north-south-oriented belt of mountains and gorges in central China. Early career
Inspired by his father's work, <mask> pursued eagerly his undergraduate course of geology in the University of Zurich, the famous E.T.H. (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule) where he also got his Ph.D. in 1919. He studied further with the famous tectonicist Maurice Lugeon at the University of Lausanne. <mask> joined in 1920 the Geological Survey of Hungary.He was assigned the mission of geological mapping in parts of his country. From 1922 onwards he worked under contract with Royal Dutch Shell, when he carried out geological exploration in Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Timor and Celebes (presently Indonesia); and also in Ecuador, Peru, Romania, Yugoslavia, Polonia and Hungary. In 1926 he followed in his father's footsteps by becoming the chair of Geology at the University of Budapest. On September 14, 1926 he married <mask>. They had a son, Lajos, born in 1929 in Budapest. <mask> was Director of the Geological Institute of Hungary until 1933. During this time he devoted himself to education and training of Hungarian students of geology and with this team discovered the oil fields as well as the deposits of bauxite, iron and manganese ores, and coal.His group in the Institute under his direction helped to launch the projects of irrigation of the Hungarian plains and location of dam sites in the valley of Wagg, then part of Czechoslovakia. Post World War II
After World War II  by the suggestion of Professor Martonne he executed geological exploration in the French Morocco for the Societé Chérifiennne des Petroles. He worked during 3 years for the Maden Tetkikvo Arama Enstitusu, at Ankara. During this time he did geological explorations in the Adama Basin and in the southeast of Anatolia and contributed significantly for the development of the oil field of Raman Dagh. While <mask>y was working abroad the Hungarian Communist revolution began and he was urged to return immediately to his country under the threat of confiscation of his estates, money assets and even his nationality. Since <mask> was not formally warned about these threats, he continued his work abroad. However, the threats soon became a reality.Even after these losses, <mask>y carried on with his research in numerous parts of the world. From 1950 to 1951 as a consultant to the Institute of Soil Research of the Ministry of Coordination of Greece, Loczy carried out geological mapping and oil exploration in West Tratia, Epyrus. About this time he gave an advanced course in geological sciences for the Hellenic geologists. He was a delegate of the Institute of Soil Research of Greece in the 1951 Petroleum World Congress. By the end of 1951 he was hired by the Government of Paraguay to execute geological work in Asuncion aimed at solving hydrogeological problems in that country. Career in Brazil
Also in 1951, the Conselho Nacional de Petroleo do Brasil (CNP) hired him to start an exploration geological program in the Paraná Basin. With the creation of PETROBRÁS, the Brazilian State Petroleum Company, he became a consultant geologist and in 1954 he took charge of the geological exploration program in the states of Santa Catarina and Paraná.In 1957 he was invited to teach historical geology in the Geological Course of Petrobrás in a covenant with the University of Bahia (UFBa). In 1958 he proceeded with the geological exploration study in the Paraná Basin and starts a similar one in the large Amazon Basin. In the end of 1958 his contract with PETROBRÁS ends and he soon gets a position for 1959 with the National Iranian Oil Company. He was able to combine this function with the one of professor of Advanced Geology with emphasis in petroleum exploration at the University of Tehran. In the meantime, the Brazilian Commission of Nuclear Research and the School of Geology of the University of Rio de Janeiro succeeded in attracting him to come to Brazil to teach Structural Geology and Tectonics in the cited institutions. <mask>y became a naturalized Brazilian and established his residence in Rio de Janeiro. As a professor of the School of Geology he used his university holidays for field work, always taking with him students and collaborators.In the School of Geology hundreds of students passed through his lectures both in classes and the field. He was an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, USA; Academy of Sciences of Saint Estevan of Budapest;  Finnish Geographic Society, Helsinki; Geologische Vereinigung of Stuttgart; Brazilian Geological Society, and Brazilian Society of Paleontology. He was a full member of the Academia Brasileira de Ciências to which he was elected and took oath on May 14, 1968. He participated actively with papers and talks in the geological congresses of Madrid(1926), London, England(1948), Mexico City(1956), India (1964) and in nearly all the Brazilian geological congresses. His numerous publications deal with structural geology, tectonics and petroleum geology practically on every country he worked. He had an outstanding interest in the building processes of mountain chains particularly the Himalayas, the Alps and the North and South America cordilleras. During the sixties he published most of his synthesis on the geological evolution on the Brazilian Paleozoic sedimentary basins.He also made a major contribution to the first Tectonic Map of South America. He was one of the first geologists to introduce and publish on Plate Tectonics in Brazil and thus caused many polemics during debates with the geosynclinal theory-oriented geologists. In November 1974, <mask>y retired and was honored with a silver plate inscribed with words of gratitude by the faculty, former students and young students in the Institute of Geosciences of UFRJ (which succeeded the former School of Geology). During 1973 and 1974 he was an invited visiting professor to some universities particularly to the Universidade de Brasilia (Unb), during which he created new friends and scientific ties with the faculty of this university. His last work was the preparation of a book he was working on for many years in co-authorship with Professor Eduardo A<mask> and published in 1976 Geologia Estrutural e Introdução à Geotectônica (Structural Geology and Introduction to Geotectonics). Selected publications
Loczy, L., 1969. "Tectonismo transversal na América do Sul e suas Relações Genéticas com as Zonas de Fratura das Cadeias Meio-Oceânicas."Na. Acad. Bras. Ciênc., v. 42, 185-205. <mask> Loczy 1970, "Role of transcurrent faulting in South American tectonic framework; Evidence for separation of South American and African continents before Ordovician time." American Associagion of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin. November; v. 54; no.11; p. 2111-2119. <mask>, L., 1971. "Gondwana Problems in the Light of Recent Paleontologic and Tectonic Recognitions." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 43, suplemento, 363-386. <mask>, L., 1973. "Some problems of the tectonic framework of the Guiana Shield with special regard for the Roraima Formation." Geologische Rundschau, Band.62,Heft 2, p. 318-342. <mask>, L., 1974. "Possibilidades de petróleo e mineralização na Amazônica." Mineração e , n.º 354, Ano XXXVII, p. 6-13. References
 Biography of Professor <mask> Loczy Yearbook of the Institute of Geosciences, Volume 20, 1997 (Portuguese)

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<mask> (born 1 June 1986; ) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and YouTuber. <mask> is known for rewriting lyrics to the tune of existing well-known songs as satirical political commentary during the 2014 Hong Kong protests and the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests. <mask> first received attention when he wrote and sang satirical songs during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. He used to work in a marketing position but quit his job in March 2019 to start an independent recording studio. During the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, <mask> satirised the Hong Kong Police Force and supporters of the government by writing and performing additional rewritten songs. In addition to rewriting 50 existing songs by May 2020, he has written original songs about heartbreak, love, wage earners' state of mind, and brown sugar bubble tea. <mask> publishes his music videos to YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and LIHKG.Early life and career
<mask> was born on 1 June 1986. He is introverted and describes himself as having a bit of a Buddha-like mindset. When he was a youth, he learned how to play the piano, make music arrangements, and sing. He participated in singing competitions that he lost. After graduation, <mask> sent a sample of his music to record companies and received some replies though ultimately his music was not used. For seven to eight years, while he was working at his full-time marketing job, he sent one or two samples per year of his music to record companies. Before the 2014 Hong Kong protests, he was apolitical and did not think much about societal matters.He wrote social movement songs during the 2014 protests. When he was nearly 30 years old, he resigned from his marketing job in March 2019 to set up an independent recording studio. He planned to find another job if he could not make a living with the independent studio. <mask>'s intent was to give a platform to amateur musicians who might not have the money to purchase a microphone worth tens of thousands. He would help them with recording and arranging songs to cultivate their interest in music. <mask> did not plan to quit his job to become an online singer but transitioned to that career path after the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests began. Owing to the protests and the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, his recording studio had no business so he transformed it into his workplace to make songs.<mask> started a YouTube channel where he initially uploaded primarily original songs about the topics of love, going to work, and wage earners' state of mind. Those songs received several thousand views. To attract a wider audience, he began uploading his covers of others' songs in which he rewrote those songs' lyrics with a focus on social themes. The covers received tens of thousands of views. <mask>'s songs have received attention owing to social movements in Hong Kong. This has allowed his music videos to attract hundreds of thousands of views, which Radio Free Asia said is a larger number of views than many traditional popular singers get. He releases a song about every two weeks.<mask> used to want to be a mainstream singer-songwriter but no longer has an interest because he said mainstream singers are controlled by record companies and are unable to speak freely without fear of losing work when doing so. By May 2020, he had created over 50covers of songs for he rewrote the lyrics. Some of the songs he is able to rewrite within an hour, while others take several days. After writing a song, he spends two to three hours to record it in his studio, one to two hours to film a music video, and two to three hours to do the editing. Most of his YouTube videos do not have advertising revenue since he is singing other people's songs. He did not make much from money from his YouTube uploads which he considered to be a side job. He received income by servicing requests from people to arrange music including one from Apple Daily.<mask> began uploading his songs to the music streaming service KKBox and sharing them on Facebook. <mask> does YouTube live streams to sing to his fans. He started a Facebook page in 2010. By May 2020, he had almost 100,000 followers on Facebook and YouTube. The am730 columnist Fong Kit said that some people think that <mask> is not a real singer since <mask> has not released any discs, has not sent promotional recordings to radio stations, has not sung the theme songs for any TV series, and his performances are all on Facebook, YouTube, and LIHKG. Fong noted that <mask>'s output is higher than many professional singers, compared <mask> to well-known singers who have sung rewritten songs, and argued that <mask> should be considered a real singer. In December 2019, <mask> was a guest along with three other LIHKG users on the ViuTV talk show "Talker: Helmet Intercom" ().<mask> began busking two or three times a month after the 2019 Hong Kong protests began. He chose to perform near housing estates as considered them to be close to the people. He insisted on not going to hotspots like the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront where there would be tourists. During one of his performances, an elderly man knocked over his piano, leading to the audience's scolding the man, who left. He supports yellow shops and writes songs for them. In 2020, the lyricist Albert Leung uploaded online a 30-year-old manuscript titled "Children's Song" (), a song filled with lyrics of children criticising their parents. It was meant for Leslie Cheung to sing but it was never recorded.Leung asked <mask>, who had rewritten the lyrics of many of Leung's songs, to perform "Children's Song". <mask> did the song's arrangement and used a fairy tale theme to balance out the lyrics' unhappy tone. According to Metro Pop, "the song's melody plus his childish voice represented the innocence that has always been buried in the hearts of adults, longing to be loved in the real world". That Leung selected <mask> substantially raised <mask>'s profile and led to many media reports about him. Owing to the national security law, <mask> said he changed his behaviour. He was fearful of being taken into custody for having written and performed two songs about the 2019 Prince Edward station attack. He did not sing songs on some topics that some people wanted him to sing because he deemed those topics to be too sensitive.When <mask> wrote lyrics for a song such as one about the police, he needed to replace some words with codenames and refrain from using profanity. He would avoid using slogans like "Free Hong Kong, revolution now. Netizens who had contributed lyrics to some of his songs informed him they were scared and would no longer contribute. Owing to his creation of songs in support of the protests, <mask> has lost numerous opportunities to perform at the mall. <mask> has had disagreements with family members over his political activism so tries his best to avoid engaging in political discussion with them. After the national security law was enacted on 30 June 2020, his parents urged him to cease making political songs as they feared he would be arrested for breaching the law. <mask> said, "I am scared, but I won't stop doing it" and said that writing songs was a good way to get the public interested in political issues since "Music can repackage news by adding different styles to it such as a sense of humour".Songs
On 16 May 2019, <mask> to YouTube and Facebook uploaded a cover of Fish Leong and Andy Hui's song "It Will Pass" () in which he performed the love song with the virtual assistant Siri. After thinking of the song and realising he had no one to perform it with, he saw his iPad and thought of Siri. He spent five to six hours producing the song, first recording Siri's speech and then using arranger software to fix the pitch and tempo. The cover received praise from netizens who liked its originality and hilarity. He wrote songs about relationship breakups and brown sugar bubble tea. According to the Apple Daily, "under society's watch, <mask> tries hard to plant extinct flowers, using black humor to face the chaotic world". He created numerous political pieces beginning in June 2019.When the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests began against the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill, he wrote the song "Hong Kong Song Medley" () in June 2019 to represent Hong Kong and to encourage the protesters. <mask>'s satirical songs criticised the alleged police misconduct during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests including their use of force and indiscriminate arrests. He wrote a song mocking the police's actions during the 2019 Prince Edward station attack. Titled "Police, you have worked hard" () and based on the Jay Chou song "Dad, I'm Coming Back" (), the song has the opening lyrics, "On 31 August I returned to my house, watched the news, and saw a group of police officers at Prince Edward station indiscriminately hitting people to vent their anger. Everyone is a Hongkonger. Where is your conscience?" Next TV commented that "the entire song uses a realistic style to accuse the Hong Kong police of improper law enforcement", received a lot of attention, and resonated with netizens.<mask> wrote a song titled "Lennon Wall" () inspired by the anger he said he felt after seeing news about an elder's attack on a student who was posting fliers on the "Lennon Wall". The song received substantial attention and popularised <mask>. In the past, he occasionally wrote songs when he saw something he wanted to comment on. Once he grew in popularity, he felt an obligation to write the songs to satiate his audience after his viewers started sending him stories to ask him to compose songs about them. In a song called "National Products City 2019 Recovery Album" about the anti-extradition law, he parodied an Aaron Kwok song. It received a large amount of Internet attention with over 1million views in three days. He also sang about other protest-related topics like the Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation, tear gas, the 2019 Yuen Long attack, and the San Uk Ling Holding Centre.He produced a music video titled "Investiture of the Communist Courtiers" () that rewrites the lyrics of the TV series Gods of Honours theme song and had a similar presentation to the satirical television program Headliner. <mask>'s video discussed the 9 June 2019 protest, the 12 June berating of a Commercial Radio Hong Kong by the Hong Kong police, the 30 June addresses at a pro-police gathering from singers Alan Tam and Kenny Bee, and the storming of the Legislative Council Complex on 1 July. He created a song titled "Black Coloured Christmas Medley 2019" () that changed the lyrics of well-known Christmas songs such as "Joy to the World". It had opening lyrics that called the Hong Kong police "Asia's first-rate garbage". Additional songs were "This Group of Black Police Is Garbage" to the tune of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Chris Tang Is Coming to Town" to the tune of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", "Junius Ho Licked a Goose" to the tune of "Jingle Bells", "Peace, Rationality, and Valiance" to the tune of "O Christmas Tree", and "Cover Station Lights" to the tune of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". The song concluded with the verse "Glory to Hong Kong".<mask> wrote a song called "Total Prohibition" () that he uploaded to YouTube on 26 March 2020. It modified the lyrics of Lowell Lo's song "Walk With You"  and satirised the Chief Executive of Hong Kong's plan to ban alcohol sales in restaurants at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The song's copyright holder, EMI Music Publishing Hong Kong, reported it as copyright infringement and YouTube took it down, after which <mask> uploaded a new video with him just reading the lyrics as a protest against the removal. In August 2020, <mask> created a song called "Mat Yeung Standup Ten Thousand Medley" () mocking Mat Yeung after Yeung was detained for suspected drunken driving. <mask> rewrote the lyrics of six songs from Eason Chan, Leo Ku, Joey Yung, and Ekin Cheng. He called the songs "Shall We Crash", "Drunk Driving Lose Friends" (), "Love and Light (), "Mat Yeung Distance" (), "Lonely YeungMing", and "Car Crash" (). The song received over 150,000 views about 12hours after <mask> uploaded it.The singer and actor Joseph Tay praised the song, calling <mask> a "musician with true talent who is especially fascinating". References

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<mask> (born <mask>, July 18, 1942 – September 15, 2020), and also known as <mask>, was an American songwriter, record producer, and performer, best known for his young children's music. Among some of his several honors, he is the recipient of the "Distinguished Alumni Award" for his life's work, awarded from Teachers College, Columbia University. <mask> has sold over 5 million children's albums. Biography

Early life

Born in New York City, to middle class Jewish American parents, (His father, of German descent, was a factory supervisor, while his mother, of Hungarian descent, was a housewife), in the borough of Manhattan, <mask> grew up in the borough of Queens, and attended Jamaica High School. He was a baseball pitcher and was honored by New York City as its "Most Valuable Player" within The New York City Baseball Federation League, 1957. During his high school years, he wrote songs for some of his favorite artists, such as Dion and The Drifters. But, at the time, all of his attempts to reach these artists were unsuccessful.Four decades later, in 1998, Ben E. King, lead singer of the Drifters, recorded a collection of <mask>'s children's songs titled, "I Have Songs In My Pocket". <mask> graduated from Queens College, City University of New York, Magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. He received a Master's degree in communications in early childhood education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where he studied with Canadian scholar, and communication theorist, Marshall McLuhan. In 1961 he received an honorable discharge for serving in the United States Army. 1960s and 1970s
After producing four singles in 1961, and 1962 with his childhood friend Paul Simon, for the group Tico and The Triumphs, which included <mask>'s first Billboard Hot 100 chart record "Motorcycle," on Amy Records, he concentrated on writing and producing rhythm and blues songs. He spent most of his days in New York's Brill Building, attempting to place his songs with music publishers, and receive advance monies, with the hope his songs would be recorded by popular artists. In 1963, he wrote, produced, and sold the master recording of the song "Kiss Me Now", sung by Florence DeVore, to Phil Spector.The record was the first release on Spector's new Philles Records subsidiary label, Phi-Dan Records. Soon <mask> began recording his songs with Panama Francis, Bernard Purdie, Paul Griffin, Bob Bushnell, Al Gorgoni, and Horace Ott. From 1965 through 1973, he continued to write and produce songs for Florence DeVore, as well as for Sharon Redd, Lily Fields, Mamie Lee, Morgana King, Robert John, and Trini Lopez. While he published most of his new songs, the older ones that he had placed with other music publishers were beginning to get recorded. In 1971 he wrote and produced the controversial song "Once You Understand" on Laurie Records, sung by his own studio group, Think. After being banned from radio stations in several major cities, the anti-drug, novelty song sold 1.4 million records in the United States. The song later was sampled and covered by artists Biz Markie, Acen, 4 Hero, and De La Soul.<mask> received letters from churches, synagogues, and schools inviting him to play his song and talk with teenagers about its anti-drug message. He started to write and produce songs and activities for children, ages 4 through 8. He registered the name, <mask> Songs For Children, and the series began. Titles from the early 1970s include "Learning Basic Awareness Through Music," "Pre-Physical Education Through Music," "Pre-Square Dance," "Let's Act As Consumers," and his series for young pre-readers, Doctor Alphabet. In 1976, Diana Ross recorded "Kiss Me Now", on her second, self-titled album. 1980s and 1990s

During the 1980s, he visited schools with his young children's songs. At that same time he also wrote and produced songs for his own pop, studio group, The <mask> Generation.But he returned to writing and producing young children's music, and continued to appear in schools with songs and activities for his early childhood audiences. In 1991, he formed a new record company, "New Hope Records", in order to administer the distribution, sales, and license rights of his recordings. He wrote and produced songs for thematic albums, and by 1996 they had become some of the most popular young children's songs and recordings  used in day care centers, schools, churches, synagogues, and homes. He created "The <mask> Susser Singers", "The Bobby Susser Children's Chorus", and a logo caricature of himself, drawn from a photograph, for his series, "Bobby Susser Songs For Children", ages 2 through 8. Michael Green was often the lead male vocalist, and Deanna Jones was often the lead female vocalist on several of the early recordings within this series. By 1998, <mask> broadened his guest list of vocalists, and began working with a greater variety of adult and children singers, and made guest appearances on his song series for young children. He continued to make changes in his personnel of singers and players depending upon the song, style, and subject matter.In the year of 1999, he went back to visit young children's classrooms and lectured on the subject of young children's songs. 2000s

From 2002 through 2004, he wrote, recorded, and added four new collections to his young children's series (I Need You and You Need Me, Respect and Confidence, Early Learning Sing-Along, and My Day/In Motion and Play), and received a Parents' Choice Award for the first three. In June 2008, <mask> released the collection of original young children's songs All Roads Leads To Home. One review stated, "All Roads Lead To Home is a very solid choice to use with preschoolers, and its additional song, '70 (Bringin' It Home To You)', for all ages, makes for a wider family appeal" and another said, "All Roads Lead To Home" is headed for the group of classic and standard young children's recordings." In February 2009, <mask>'s children's series surpassed 5 million albums sold. In September 2009, <mask> released AMERICA: An Album For All Ages. By December, the new album received Dr.Toy's Best Audio-Video-CD Product Award for 2009, and was cited as "An American Treasure Of Songs."2010–2015

On April 22, 2010, AMERICA: An Album For All Ages, was designated a 2010 Parents' Choice Award winner. In the spring of 2011 <mask> embarked on a library tour, visiting children's libraries throughout The United States. <mask> said he planned to make it "somewhat of an 'ongoing tour', and I will continue to write songs, and record them." But in an interview with edplay he stated that as of July 2011 he had to cancel touring indefinitely due to a neck and back injury. He returned to the recording studio, and at the end of December 2011 <mask> completed his 25th album for children of all ages. He titled the collection of 12 new songs, WO! The new album was released on April 3, 2012, to favorable reviews; " WO!is a magnificent collection of songs for children of all ages, from a magnificent children's song man", and, "In the past forty years, <mask> has recorded some of the best children's albums, and his work gets better with each one. WO! is no exception. It is his 25th children's album, and his finest to date. WO! should be a favorite, and a sure classic, for children of all ages." School Library Journal wrote that <mask> "has outdone himself."On April 13, 2013, at Teachers College, Columbia University, <mask> was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award, for his life's work, and his name was  engraved in the main hallway of the college. In <mask>'s acceptance speech, he stated, "Teaching children through songs, in addition to entertaining, always appealed to me. This incredible honor, reinforces my commitment to educating, and entertaining children through music and songs." In June 2014, <mask>, along with producers Kevin Mackie and Krista Wallinger, won the 13th annual Independent Music Awards in the Best Spoken Word (with music accompaniment) Category for "ACTION MOVES PEOPLE." The album's proceeds go to benefit MOVE THIS WORLD charity, which is a global nonprofit that uses creative movement to address and transform conflict and violence in communities worldwide. On June 12, 2015 <mask> was honored at the Josephine Foundation's annual gala dinner, for his lifetime of work. The Foundation supports children in the arts, and sports locally and globally.At the gala, <mask> also received official commendations for his work from the New York City Council, the New York State Senate, and United States Congress. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2016–2017

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, whose mission includes preserving and disseminating music from all over the world, acquired Susser's New Hope Records catalog of music for young children. ‘<mask> Songs for Children,’ a 12-album set was released direct-to-digital September 9, 2016 features <mask>'s music, originally issued between 1994 and 2012. Paul Simon said, “I’ve known <mask> most of my life. It turned out he was not only a gold glove shortstop but a masterful creator of children’s songs.”
“<mask>’s dozen albums have an engaging sound, a positive vision, and timeless messages,” says Atesh Sonneborn, Associate Director of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. The focus of ‘<mask> Songs for Children’ is on developmentally appropriate childhood milestones. <mask> plans to continue his series of albums while recovering from surgery, and said, "I'll be writing new songs, recording them, and visiting young children with my work.What else would I do." On July 18, 2017, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings celebrated <mask>'s 75th birthday, and announced that they will be running a campaign sale on all of his music. <mask> celebrated his birthday by finishing his 26th children's album. 2018-2020
On June 19, 2018,  <mask> released his 27th album, titled "Green Light." Educational Dealer magazine stated, “The 12 songs that <mask> has written for his new album Green Light are all sprinkled with positive thoughts. He emphasizes courtesy, kindness, laughter, and happiness. He has the ability to write the most catchy, melodic lines that children can easily sing along with, and lyrics that teach in a most friendly and fun-like manner.He uses a number of instruments like cowbells, shakers, several guitars, bass, pianos, a  section of horns and violins, and several percussive instruments, to convey his messages. On September 20, 2018, it was announced that "Green Light" received the Parents' Choice Award. On November 23, 2018, <mask> became the recipient of Dr. Toy's international “Best Pick” for his album “Green Light” for 2018. In May 2019, <mask> was ready to start recording a collection of songs that he kept to himself for six years. When asked by an interviewer, "Why did it take so long?". <mask> replied, "I'm not baking a cake". He's expecting to complete
the children's collection sometime in 2020.<mask> says that he's not sure how many songs will be on this collection, but has said that he believes it will be unquestionably his finest work. It will be his 28th children's album. Other contributions and accolades
<mask> has written, produced, performed, and contributed the official theme song "Bikewell Bear And St. Jude," for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Billboard Magazine said that "<mask> is unusually prolific and consistently does excellent work.Manhattan School of Music has stated, "<mask> has the rare ability to return to childhood at will. He is a master at communicating, teaching, entertaining, and stimulating young children through his believable and original songs." Early Childhood News says, "<mask> is unlike other children's musical artists in that he writes for them (the children), not for himself. He knows what catches their imaginations, and he brings that sensitive awareness to his very enjoyable songs."<mask> has written:

 The educational papers, "Implications of Rearing and Educating Children," 1975 and 1976; (Columbia University Press)
 "The Lollipop Music Theory," 2003
 "Choosing Songs for Children," 2004
 Activities, purpose and parent/teacher notes for every title in the series <mask>sser Songs for Children. Personal life
<mask> was a longtime resident of Long Island and lived by the bay with his wife, Jan, a teacher. They had three children. He enjoyed baseball and watched the New York Yankees. <mask> died on September 15, 2020, aged 78, after several weeks of ill health. Discography

Selected children's albums

 We Are Better Together (Produced And Written, 1994)
 The Album For All Seasons (Produced And Written, 1995)
 Wiggle Wiggle and Other Exercises (Produced And Written, 1996)
 Animals At The Zoo (Produced And Written, 1997)
 I Have Songs In My Pocket (Produced And Written, 1998)
 I Need You And You Need Me (Produced And Written, 2002)
 Respect And Confidence (Produced And Written, 2002)
 Early Learning Sing-Along (Produced And Written, 2003)
 My Day/In Motion And Play (Produced And Written, 2004)
 All Roads Lead To Home (Produced And Written, 2008). Includes the song, "70 (Bringin' It Home To You)."AMERICA: An Album For All Ages (Produced And Written, 2009). Includes the singles, "America", and "Dancing In The USA." WO! (Produced And Written, 2012). Includes the singles, "Any Time Of Day", and "The Wo Wo Song."

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<mask> (born May 15, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player who played 21 seasons, primarily as a third baseman, in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals. <mask>'s 3,154 career hits are second most by any third baseman in major league history (after Adrian Beltre's 3,166) and rank 18th all-time. He is one of four players in MLB history to accumulate 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and a career .300 batting average (the others being Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Stan Musial). He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 on the first ballot and is the only player in MLB history to win a batting title in three different decades. He was also a member of the Royals' 1985 World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. <mask> was named the Royals' interim hitting coach in 2013 on May 30, but stepped down from the position on July 25 in order to resume his position of vice president of baseball operations. Early life
Born in Glen Dale, West Virginia, <mask> was the youngest of four sons of a sports-minded family which included Ken, the second oldest, a major league pitcher who pitched in the 1967 World Series at age 19.Brothers John (eldest) and Bobby had brief careers in the minor leagues. Although his three older brothers were born in Brooklyn, <mask> was born in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. Jack and <mask> then moved the family to the Midwest and three years later to El Segundo, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, just south of Los Angeles International Airport. <mask> grew up hoping to follow in the footsteps of his three older brothers. He graduated from El Segundo High School in 1971 and was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the second round (29th overall) of the  baseball draft. He was high school teammates with pitcher Scott McGregor. He lived in Mission Hills, Kansas when he moved to the Midwest.Playing career

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<mask> began his professional baseball career as a shortstop, but had trouble going to his right defensively and was soon shifted to third base. As a third baseman, his powerful arm remained an asset, and he remained at that spot for more than 15 years. <mask>'s minor league stops were with the Billings Mustangs for the Rookie-level Pioneer League in 1971, the San Jose Bees of the Class A California League  in 1972, and the Omaha Royals of the Class AAA American Association in 1973, batting .291, .274, and .284, respectively. Kansas City Royals (1973–1993)

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The Royals promoted <mask> to the major leagues on August 2, 1973, when he played in 13 games and was 5 for 40 (.125) at age 20. 1974
<mask> won the starting third base job in 1974, but struggled at the plate until he asked for help from Charley Lau, the Royals' batting coach. Spending the All-Star break working together, Lau taught <mask> how to protect the entire plate and cover up some holes in his swing that experienced big-league pitchers were exploiting. Armed with this knowledge, <mask> developed rapidly as a hitter, and finished the year with a .282 batting average in 113 games.1975–1979
<mask> topped the .300 mark for the first time in 1975, hitting .308 and leading the league in hits and triples. He then won his first batting title in 1976 with a .333 average. The four contenders for the batting title that year were <mask> and Royals teammate Hal McRae, and Minnesota Twins teammates Rod Carew and Lyman Bostock. In dramatic fashion, <mask> went 2 for 4 in the final game of the season against the Twins, beating out his three rivals, all playing in the same game. His lead over second-place McRae was less than .001. <mask> won the title when a fly ball dropped in front of Twins left fielder Steve Brye, bounced on the Royals Stadium AstroTurf and over Brye's head to the wall; <mask> circled the bases for an inside-the-park home run. McRae, batting just behind <mask> in the line up, grounded out and <mask> won his first batting title.From May 8 through May 13, 1976, <mask> had three or more hits in six consecutive games, a major league record. A month later, he was on the cover of Sports Illustrated for a feature article, and made his first of 13 All-Star teams. The Royals won the first of three straight American League West Division titles, beginning a great rivalry with the New York Yankees—whom they faced in the American League Championship Series each of those three years. In the fifth and final game of the 1976 ALCS, <mask> hit a three-run homer in the top of the eighth inning to tie the score at six—only to see the Yankees' Chris Chambliss launch a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth to give the Yankees a 7–6 win. <mask> finished second in American League MVP voting to Thurman Munson. A year later, <mask> emerged as a power hitter, clubbing 22 home runs, as the Royals headed to another ALCS. He is shown in archive footage batting against the New York Yankees in Game Two of those playoffs in the 2007 television miniseries The Bronx is Burning.In Game 5 of the 1977 ALCS, following an RBI triple, <mask> got into an altercation with Graig Nettles which ignited a bench-clearing brawl. In , <mask> batted .294 (the only time between 1976 and  in which he did not bat at least .300) in helping the Royals win a third consecutive AL West title. However, Kansas City once again lost to the Yankees in the ALCS, but not before <mask> hit three home runs off Catfish Hunter in Game Three, becoming the second player to hit three home runs in an LCS game (Bob Robertson was the first, having done so in Game two of the 1971 NLCS). <mask> followed with a successful 1979 season, in which he finished third in AL MVP voting. He became the sixth player in league history to have at least 20 doubles, triples and homers all in one season (42–20–23) and led the league in hits, doubles and triples while batting .329, with an on-base percentage of .376 and a slugging percentage of .563. 1980
All these impressive statistics were just a prelude to , when <mask> won the American League MVP and batted .390, a modern record for a third baseman. <mask>'s batting average was at or above .400 as late in the season as September 19, and the country closely followed his quest to bat .400 for an entire season, a feat which has not been accomplished since Ted Williams in .<mask>'s 1980 batting average of .390 is second only to Tony Gwynn's  average of .394 (Gwynn played in 110 games and had 419 at-bats in the strike-shortened season, compared to <mask>'s 449 at bats in 1980) for the highest single season batting average since 1941. <mask> also recorded 118 runs batted in, while appearing in just 117 games; it was the first instance of a player averaging one RBI per game (in more than 100 games) since Walt Dropo thirty seasons prior. He led the American League in both slugging and on-base percentage. <mask> started out slowly, hitting only .259 in April. In May, he hit .329 to get his season average to .301. In June, the 27-year-old third baseman hit .472 (17–36) to raise his season average to .337, but played his last game for a month on June 10, not returning to the lineup until after the All-Star Break on July 10. In July, after being off for a month, he played in 21 games and hit .494 (42–85), raising his season average to .390.<mask> started a 30-game hitting streak on July 18, which lasted until he went 0–3 on August 19 (the following night he went 3-for-3). During those 30 games, <mask> hit .467 (57–122). His high mark for the season came a week later, when <mask>'s batting average was at .407 on August 26, after he went 5-for-5 on a Tuesday night in Milwaukee. He batted .430 for the month of August (30 games), and his season average was at .403 with five weeks to go. For the three hot months of June, July, and August 1980, <mask> played in 60 American League games and hit .459 (111–242), most of it after a return from a monthlong injury. For these 60 games he had 69 RBIs and 14 home runs. <mask> missed another 10 days in early September and hit just .290 for the month.His average was at .400 as late as September 19, but he then had a 4 for 27 slump, and the average dipped to .384 on September 27, with a week to play. For the final week, <mask> went 10-for-19, which included going 2 for 4 in the final regular season game on October 4. His season average ended up at .390 (175 hits in 449 at-bats = .389755), and he averaged more than one RBI per game. <mask> led the league in both on-base percentage (.454) and slugging percentage (.664) on his way to capturing 17 of 28 possible first-place votes in the MVP race. Since Al Simmons also batted .390 in 1931 for the Philadelphia Athletics, the only higher averages subsequent to 1931 were by Ted Williams of the Red Sox (.406 in 1941) and Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres (.394 in the strike-shortened 1994 season). More importantly, the Royals won the American League West, and would face the Eastern champion Yankees in the ALCS. 1980 postseason
During the 1980 post-season, <mask> led the Royals to their first American League pennant, sweeping the playoffs in three games from the rival Yankees who had beaten K.C.in the 1976, 1977 and 1978 playoffs. During Game 2 of the 1980 ALCS, Willie Randolph was on second base in the top of the eighth with two outs and the Royals up by just one run. Bob Watson hit a ball to the left field corner of Royals Stadium. The ball bounced right to Willie Wilson, but Wilson was not known for having a great arm, and third base coach Mike Ferraro waved Randolph home. Wilson overthrew U L Washington, the cut-off man, but <mask> was in position behind him to catch the ball, then throw to Darrell Porter, who tagged out Randolph in a slide. TV cameras captured a furious <mask>nner fuming immediately after the play. The Royals won 3–2.<mask> claimed after the game that he had deliberately positioned himself to cut off the throw in case Washington missed it, but Tommy John of the Yankees disagreed, thinking that if <mask> had been backing up Washington, he would have been between shortstop and home plate, not over behind third base. Either way, he was in the perfect position to throw out Randolph. In Game 3, <mask> hit a ball well into the third deck

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