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<mask> (13 January 1784 – 16 December 1853) was a Scottish entertainer and showman, living in Newcastle upon Tyne. His life is very well documented; his act was regularly mentioned in newspaper articles, for instance a detailed account, including a brief biography, of his performance at Newcastle Races. An autobiography appeared in 1849. Although he could read and write, Purvis speaks in the biography of having a letter written for him by a stationer; so it is not surprising that his 'autobiography' was ghostwritten, by J.P. Robson. Another source is a posthumous biography published by T. Arthur, although the identity of the author is not stated. This states that the earlier autobiography is basically the work of Purvis himself. Although writing two decades after Purvis's death, the author was in contact with his widow, who was still alive.The author had other sources, for instance quoting from correspondence between Sam Bayliss, of <mask>' company, and "T.A. ", presumably the publisher. Another source is a detailed obituary of his widow. Early life
One of twins, Purvis was born in Auchendinny, Scotland on 13 January 1784. Besides his twin brother, he had three other siblings including another pair of twins. The family moved to The Close in Newcastle in 1786. He was still living in the same house in 1849, when his autobiography appeared.Although he travelled widely, "through the greater part of England and Scotland", this house remained his base. At the age of 10 he became a drummer for a militia regiment, "The Newcastle Loyal Independent Gentlemen Volunteers" despite the initial opposition of his parents, who feared he would be transferred to another unit and sent to fight. At the age of 16, he was apprenticed to John Chapman, a carpenter and joiner, and completed his term there. Shortly after beginning this, he also started working in the evenings as a "drummer extraordinaire", in the theatre. He "seldom" let this interfere with his work at Chapman's. He had also begun doing gymnastic tricks, such as standing on one leg on a tightrope, though he was beaten for performing such "mountebank capers" in the workshop. At the theatre, he was given the job of "call boy", and was encouraged in his dancing.He also started performing speeches from the plays, in his broad dialect. He later worked in the theatre as assistant carpenter, shifting scenes. On completion of his apprenticeship, he worked as a carpenter for some years. He married in 1805 - in the 1849 biography he stated "I have been a married man four and forty years". The couple had ten children, eight girls and two boys, but one girl and both boys died in infancy. Early stage career
He began his independent career as a comic actor, at first as an amateur, staging plays at "The George and Dragon", a public house in Gateshead, and in other venues. Even in straight plays, he would add comic business, for instance  once making his character refusing to die when the script required it; such antics got a good reaction, and his career as a clown developed from this.About the age of 24, he succeeded his father, as doorkeeper at the Assembly Rooms in Newcastle, where he learned the fashionable dances of the day. But among his friends, he was performing comic dances and hornpipes. Also about this time, he began working as a dancing master, first teaching a group of butchers, who planned to hold a ball, then subsequently running three classes a night, in a room attached to a public house. At this time he was still keeping on with his trade as a carpenter, though he believed he could by then have lived off his income from the dancing classes. He also began appearing more regularly at public events as a clown, actor, and showman. Some time after this, he became Drum-Major for the Hexham Local Militia, moving with his family to Hexham. He worked here too as a dancing master, and began learning the "Necromantic Art" of conjuring.In 1815, in celebration of the victory at Waterloo, he paraded an effigy of Napoleon, mounted on a galloway, around Hexham, Corbridge and Warden, before hanging him and burning him - "he was suen a' brunt to ashes". He did not get a pound he had been promised for this exhibition, however, and was also sacked from his job as a carpenter. Instead, he organised more dancing classes, at Allendale and elsewhere. Returning to Hexham, he reopened his dancing academy. At some point after this, was hired to play the drum, and find a clarinettist, for an equestrian performance given by a Mr. Powell, at Stagshawbank Fair, near Corbridge. Powell had heard of Purvis's performances as a clown, and when the usual clown in Powell's troupe left, Purvis was engaged to take over, having no regular job at the time. They toured around County Durham and returned to Newcastle - Purvis's family were still in Hexham.The tour continued through Northumberland, including Bedlington, where he became acquainted with Thomas Hair, and on to Edinburgh, and he returned to Hexham some four months after leaving. After this, he decided to move back to Newcastle. He reopened his dancing academy there, in "The Chancellor's Head". He also began to form his own company at this point. He became very well known throughout the region, at first for his clowning at open air events like Powell's equestrian show, later for more highly developed shows under cover - by 1834, when he was performing at Newcastle Races, he was referred to as "the king of the clan" of conjurors. His performance there took place in a "Grand Pagoda", decorated with Chinese figures. The entrance fee for his show was twopence, while many others charged just a penny.The show was an elaborate one - it included not just <mask>, but his own company of actors and his own band. Later career
At the end of 1836, he opened the Victoria Theatre. This was "It was none of your common concerns, it measured ninety feet in length by thirty in breadth." As it was built of timber, in less than a month, it cannot have been a permanent structure. He undertook not to compete with the Theatre Royal in Newcastle,  so the show closed in February 1837,  and the company then went on tour. He seems to have been very well liked by his company; on one occasion, when they were playing in Dundee, he was presented by his company with a silver snuff-box, inscribed
Presented to

WILLIAM PURVIS, ESQ.,

By the Actors of the Victoria Theatre, at Dundee, as a Token of Respect,

for his Perseverance and Benevolence

as a Manager. May 21st, 1842.Musical career
From his biography we know that he was also a respected player of the Union Pipes. The engraving above shows him playing this instrument. One detail apparent from this, is that the drones were not tuned solely in octaves like the modern instrument, but there were two drones in octaves, and another intermediate drone a fourth or fifth above the bass drone. This corresponds to the drone pattern of earlier "Pastoral pipes", and  there are surviving sets of Union pipes in the Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum by Robert Reid, with such drones. There seem to be two regulators, in contrast to modern Irish sets which have three, but he is playing with the chanter stopped on the knee, as with the modern instrument, so these are not Pastoral pipes. He visited Bedlington, where he played the closing part of an entertainment at the Northumbrian piper and fiddler Thomas Hair's public house, the Blue Bell. This was relatively early in his career, after 1815 but before 1818.It is stated that <mask> was made very welcome there, and that Hair "was much taken with my Union pipes and my manner of playing them", so it seems he was well respected as both a musician and an entertainer. Purvis says he spent 'many a happy night' there, so he must have been a regular visitor. He was welcome too; Hair gave him the best room free, which he would not normally let out to anyone. Purvis's act became very popular, so he would have brought a good, and no doubt thirsty, crowd to The Blue Bell. On another occasion, in Blanchland, on playing to the clergyman, Mr. Ireland,

"My union pipes delighted him very much, as I played several of his favourite airs with great effect. To this instrument I am greatly indebted ; not only for the harmony it is capable of producing mechanically,
but also to the chords of friendship which it has
been the means of awakening in the human heart, and to
the sympathies which its notes have engendered —
sympathies which I trust may always exist even after
the chanter of <mask> has ceased to sound." The pipes were an important part of his act:

"When we arrived at any place, and could procure a large room in the locality suited to our purposes, we played what we termed 'inside business', which comprised my wonderful exhibitions of conjurations, comic singing and recitations, hornpipe dancing ; together with the great attraction of my union pipes."His piping was also appreciated in Scotland - on one occasion he played for Mr. Forest, a musician and gunsmith in Jedburgh, who on seeing that he played this instrument, "his countenance brightened, and harmonious feelings seemed to be dancing about the corners of his lips, and sparkling in the dilating pupils of his eyes. He informed me, that he was a great admirer of the instrument.... My pipes were in beautiful tune, and I succeeded in making a favourable impression on the minds of my delighted and complimentary company. I have often been astonished to find that the Union Pipes were such strangers in Scotland. It is an instrument well suited for the performance of Scottish Melodies, especially those of the minor or plaintive description. The beautiful harmony produced; the sweet and melancholy appealings of the upper notes, and the subdued tones of the chanters, render the Union Pipes infinitely superior to the Scotch bagpipe; the screaming. screeching, tearaway yells of which, resemble the wild wailings of some angry hurricane or, to use a more humble figure, the caterwauling of a thousand ill-conditioned cats." On another occasion he played for a dinner party hosted by Sir Walter Scott - Scott had also engaged two Highland pipers, who "paraded up and down the room giving vent to their unearthly music, and screaming out their tunes in such a horrid way that put a stop to all familiar conversation".It is not known for sure who made his pipes, but he does state that he went to get them repaired by 'Mr. Reed of North Shields' who made Union pipes as well as Northumbrian pipes; it is likely he would have had them repaired by their maker. Given the apparent date of this, around 1840, "Mr. Reed" would have been James Reid, who continued the business of his father Robert. One indication of Purvis's fame at this late stage in his career, is that a horse named "<mask>urvis", owned by a Mr. Stebbings, ran in numerous races, for instance in 1846. End of his life and posthumous reputation
In 1849, as an old man, saying "my strength begins to fail", "he gave material into the hands of Mr. J. P. Robson to write his autobiography, paying him £20 for the undertaking. It was first issued in twopenny numbers, and went like wildfire, the first buyer being Mr. W. Campbell, bootmaker, Dean Street, who requested Purvis to write his autograph in it. Many buying the numbers were not particular whether they gave Purvis pennies or half-crowns for them, in such esteem he was held."Robson was careful to write in his subject's own voice; the style of Purvis's distinctive stage patter would have been very recognisable to his fans. The book is written, roughly in chronological order, though largely undated; <mask> is telling us, through Robson, the story of his own life, rather than Robson writing about <mask> in the third person. Also in this 1849, playing at Sunderland Fair, "in fine feather", "his terms were high", as he was charging the relatively large sum of 6d for admission to the pit of his theatre, but still attracting a good audience, in a year when trade at the fair was slack. He died on 16 December 1853, in Hartlepool, at the Angel Inn, with his family around him. He seems to have been in some poverty towards the end of his life; his company had struck for wages the previous month, and in consequence he got no income from the Fair at Newcastle, and his obituary  refers to him dying "with an empty pocket and heavy heart", and his widow's obituary refers to him being broken in "body, spirit and fortune". He was buried in St. Hilda's churchyard in Hartlepool, "in a stranger's grave". At his funeral, "his remains were followed to the grave by members of the Masonic and Oddfellows' lodges to which belonged, the company of his theatre, and a host of others".Six and a half years later, a stone was erected to mark the grave, the cost being met by the proceeds of a benefit performance given by Messrs. Sanger's company. An image of his gravestone is at the Houghton Le Spring website. His widow survived him by 27 years, at first living on in the house in The Close. A few years later she was admitted to the Holy Jesus Hospital, then an almshouse, in Newcastle. In 1875, the second biography, published by T. Arthur, appeared, stating "At this time (1875) Mrs. Purvis, in her 89th year, still lives, and is to be found at the Jesus Hospital, Manors, Newcastle. She is an interesting old lady, and ought not to be forgotten in her great age. Whoever publishes a life of Purvis ought to take care that <mask>'s widow shall share in the profits."This suggests that one motive for writing this second life was for the benefit of Mrs. Purvis. She died, still in the Jesus Hospital, on 9 November 1880, at the great age of 94. In a death notice, <mask> was still remembered as "the famous showman of the north". The same account was also printed in papers in London and in Dundee, indicating the extent of his fame, almost three decades after his death. A more detailed obituary appeared in  By this time only two of her family remained alive. One daughter was married, but Bella, the other, was single, and "attended to every want of her ancient parent". On her 94th birthday, 23 October, she appeared hale and well, but shortly afterwards, she fell ill, and died.Re-enactments
Purvis's act has been re-enacted by several people over the years. In 1886, in Tynemouth, there was a "Grand Revival of the Original BILLY PURVIS'S Show", featuring "20 Star Variety Artistes, Military Band, and Dancing." His name was clearly a strong selling point more than three decades after his death. Comedian Joe Ging recreated <mask> in the 1980s, and the costume is now held by the Tyne & Wear Museum Service. Since 2009, <mask> has been re-enacted at carnivals and fetes, including Houghton Feast in Houghton-le-Spring, by local historian Paul Lanagan. References

1784 births
1853 deaths
Uilleann pipers from Scotland
Scottish entertainers
People from Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumbrian music
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<mask> is an Indian writer, television producer-director, documentary film maker, a personal student of the Dalai Lama for whom he manages as Trustee/Secretary The Foundation for Universal Responsibility (www.furhhdl.org) established with the Nobel Peace Prize. He is best known as the former acclaimed host of one of India's longest running talk shows on public television, "In Conversation", that has been through several incarnations over more than twenty years, aired on the India's National broadcaster, Doordarshan News Channel, Saturdays at 9.30 pm. As a documentary film maker, producer, and commissioning editor his 650 films have won 50 national awards from the president of India and more than 285 national and international awards. They have had more than 1500 film festival screenings around the world from Berlin, Chicago, and Rotterdam to Mumbai, Qatar, and Yamagata. Three of his documentary films have been archived by the Motion Picture Academy of America, well known for presenting the Oscars. He has authored nine books that have been published in 50 editions and languages. They are primarily on spirituality, most notably Conversations with The Dalai Lama, Thakur – a biography of Sri Ramakrishna and Mind of The Guru.He was a student of the late Swami Ranganathananda, president of The Ramakrishna Mission and of the iconic Yoga teacher BKS Iyengar. He serves as the founder and managing trustee of The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (www.psbt.org) and till recently chairman of The Media Foundation (www.thehoot.org)

<mask> <mask> has twice addressed plenary sessions of the World Economic Forum who elected him a Global Leader for Tomorrow. He was a judge of the Templeton Prize, typically presented by Prince Philip in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The monetary value of the prize is adjusted so that it exceeds that of the Nobel Prizes, as Templeton felt "spirituality was ignored" in the Nobel Prizes. He was educated at La Martiniere, Calcutta; St Stephen's College, Delhi and the Universities of Oxford & Columbia. Early life and education

<mask> <mask> did his schooling from La Martiniere Calcutta, and later studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Oxford University and received his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Film Direction from Columbia University in 1981. While in school he twice won the Best Speakers Award at the National Public Schools Debating Competition, was editor of the School Magazine and a lead actor in school productions; at Stephen's he was Secretary of The Shakespeare Society, The English Literary Society and the Cine Club and Acting President of the Students Union; at Oxford University he directed several plays including Othello, Shrivings (Peter Shaffer), The Shrew (Marowitz) and Tughlaq (Girish Karnad) as a director for the prestigious Oxford University Experimental Theatre Club at the professional Oxford Playhouse.At Columbia University he worked with the Oscar-winning film director Miloš Forman and won scholarships from the INLAKS Foundation & UNESCO. Career

Mehrotra today manages, as the honorary secretary/trustee, The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama,.<ref>Board of Trustees  The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama.</ref> and is the founder and managing trustee of The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (www.psbt.org)[ He was trustee of the Norbulingka Institute of Tibetan Culture, the Navdanya Trust. He was till recently chairman of The Media Foundation that administers the Chameli Devi Awards for Journalism and a media watch dog website The Hoot (www.hoot.com) He has been a close personal student of His Holiness The Dalai for nearly thirty years. Mehrotra has published several books, including The Mind of The Guru, Understanding The Dalai Lama, The Essential Dalai Lama, "Thakur" a biography of Sri Ramakrishna all by Penguin/ Viking, The Open Frame Reader – on the Indian documentary was published by Rupa. Recently published is a new revised and expanded edition of The Mind of The Guru by Hay House and due early next year, is a book on creativity: The Spirit of The Muse, 2009 also saw the publication of "In My Own Words" by the Dalai Lama edited by <mask> <mask> and "Conversations with The Dalai Lama on Life, Living & Happiness" both by Hay House, USA. He is working on a spiritual biography of His Holiness The Dalai Lama

From 2000, he has been managing trustee, executive producer and commissioning editor of The Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) that has produced more than 600  independent documentary films, largely by mentoring young starting out film makers, winning some 2800 awards from 1500 international film festival screenings. His films have won numerous international and more than 49 national awards from the president of India.He has directed films such as a ten-part series for television on Sri Ramakrishna (The Great Swan), Angkor Vat (Axis Mundi), the places of Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India (The Footsteps of the Buddha), the 'Krishnamurthi Schools' (Awakening of Intelligence), The Tabo Kye monastery (Sacral Legacy), on the Dalai Lama for PBS in the US (Ocean of Wisdom) etc. Three of his documentary films have been archived by the Motion Picture Academy of America, well known for presenting the Oscars. <mask> has twice addressed plenary sessions at 'The World Economic Forum' at Davos and was nominated a 'Global Leader for Tomorrow' by them. He has served as a judge for The Templeton Prize for Religion, on the governing council of the Sri Aurobindo Society, The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and as the chairman of the jury of the 50th anniversary Indian National Film Awards for Non-feature films. He started his career in broadcasting on All India Radio on its youth programme at age 12, on television as the anchor of 'Youth Forum' at age 17 in 1970 and as a television journalist with India's national broadcaster, Doordarshan in 1980s, where he also worked as a news anchor. Soon he switched to making television short films and documentaries, and started his in-depth talk show, In Conversation, which got him acclaim. According to TAM (Television Audience Meter) data it has had the highest viewership across all television news channels in India in its genre.The Programme also had the highest viewership across news channels when it was on air on the Doordarshan News Channel on Saturdays at 9.30 pm. It featured people ranging from several heads of state from George Bush and Václav Havel to numerous Nobel Laureates, Baba Amte, Pt. Ravi Shankar, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, and The Dalai Lama, BKS Iyengar to Richard Gere, Zubin Mehta and Mahashweta Devi. It had been through several incarnations over more than twenty years. The programme is currently taking a break. <mask> <mask> has extensive and pioneering experience in virtually all aspects of television and radio production, as director, cinematographer and editor. He has anchored a range of live and recorded programme genres in English from his early teens.He reported "live" as a news-anchor and served as a reporter for public television during the 1980s on assignments in India and abroad, in particular with Prime Minister <mask> Gandhi. <mask> <mask> has been on the steering committees of the Planning Commission of the Government of India to recommend policy & strategies for Information & Broadcasting, Information Technology etc., The committee on Bridging The Digital Divide, The Organising Committee of the Mumbai International Film Festival and is a nominated member of the Core Group of the Press Council of India etc. He served on the high powered committees set up by the Government of India on TRP's (Television Rating Points) and to advise the Government on restructuring the National Film Awards. Personal life
<mask> lives in Delhi with his wife, Dr. Meenakshi Gopinath, who recently retired as the principal of the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University. She serves on the boards of several not for profits and as director of Women in Security, Conflict Management & Peace, WISCOMP (www.wiscomp.org)

Bibliography
  The Mind of the Guru: Conversations with Spiritual Masters, 2004, Penguin. . The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachings, Penguin Books India. 2005. .
  Understanding the Dalai Lama.Viking. 2006. . The Open Frame Reader: Unreeling the Documentary Film, ed. by <mask> <mask>, Rupa & Co.; with the Public Service Broadcasting Trust, 2006. .
 Authorised Biography of Tenzin Gyatso: The 14th Dalai Lama, Penguin Books Canada, Ltd, 2006. .
 Thakur: A Life Of Sri Ramakrishna, Pbk. Penguin Books India. 2008. . In My Own Words by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ed.by <mask> <mask>. Hay House UK. 2008. .
 Swami Ranganathananda Reader. Rupa & Co., N. Delhi. 2008.  . Conversations with The Dalai Lama on Life, Living & Happiness'', Hay House, 2009. .

References

External links
 PSBT Official website
 Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH The Dalai Lama Official Website

Living people
St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni
Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
20th-century Indian biographers
Indian documentary filmmakers
Indian male television journalists
Indian television producers
Journalists from Delhi
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Indian television talk show hosts
Indian male journalists
Delhi University alumni
La Martiniere Calcutta alumni
Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Indian television presenters
20th-century Indian journalists
20th-century Indian male writers
Male biographers

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<mask> (née Ambroise; (1849 – April 1898) was a French opera singer who performed leading soprano roles in Europe and North America and later became a singing teacher. Born in French Algeria and trained at the Marseilles Conservatory, she was for several years the mistress of William III of the Netherlands. She had a son Robert by her next lover Gaston de Beauplan, but the relationship eventually foundered after their return from the financially disastrous 1880–1881 American tour de Beauplan had organized to showcase her talents. Following her retirement from the stage in 1890, Ambre opened a singing school in Paris with the composer Emile Bouichère and married him in 1894. As a singer, she was particularly known for her performances as Violetta, Manon, and Aida, but is primarily remembered today as the subject of Édouard Manet's portrait of her as Carmen. King's mistress: from Algeria to the stages of Paris
Ambre was born in Oran in French Algeria to a prosperous French family. After her father's death when she was sixteen, she went to France to study at the Marseilles Conservatory and made her debut in that city.She then went to Paris for further training with Gustave-Hippolyte Roger and first appeared there at the Opéra-Comique in La fille du régiment, after which she was engaged to sing in Geneva, Bruges, Brussels, The Hague, and Amsterdam. According to the French press at the time, she appeared in Amsterdam in the 1876/1877 season to great success in the title roles of Mignon, Carmen, and Ernest Guiraud's Piccolino, and a brilliant future was predicted for her. It was while singing in the Netherlands that she met King William III and became his mistress. He conferred the title "Comtesse d'Ambroise" on her and bought her extravagant jewels as well as a lavishly appointed country house in Meudon outside Paris where the couple often sojourned. After the death of his estranged wife Queen Sophie in June 1877, William installed Ambre in the late queen's chambers and announced that he was planning a morganatic marriage to her. As chronicled by August Willem Philip Weitzel, the opposition from his ministers and the Dutch press was intense. He was eventually persuaded to end the relationship and in 1879 married Princess Emma of Waldeck.During the conflict between the Dutch king and his ministers, Ambre returned to the French operatic stage. In 1878, she sang Violetta in La traviata at the Théâtre-Italien and the title role in Aida for its first performance by the Paris Opera. She also sang at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in November and December of that year as Violetta in La traviata, Marguerite in Faust and Gilda in Rigoletto. In 1879 she was back in Paris appearing as Juliette in Richard d'Ivry's Les amants de Vérone at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique. American tours and a "misalliance"

Colonel Mapleson, the impresario of Her Majesty's Theatre, recruited Ambre for his troupe's American tour which ran from November 1879 to March 1880. She appeared in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, and Cleveland with the company, reprising her roles in La traviata and Aida and also singing the title role in Carmen and Valentine in Les Huguenots. She was accompanied on the tour by her lover Gaston de Beauplan (1849–1890).Gaston de Beauplan, whose full name was Amédée Gaston Ludovic Rousseau de Beauplan, was the son of Arthur de Beauplan and the grandson of Amédée de Beauplan, both of whom were playwrights and composers active in the musical and theatrical life of Paris. Through the intervention of Jules Simon, the French Interior Minister, he was employed as a functionary in the Interior Ministry and later promoted to the post of Director of Theatre Companies. However, his family considered him an irresponsible spendthrift and strongly disapproved of his "misalliance" with Ambre. At one point they brought an unsuccessful court case to have him declared mentally incompetent. A few months after their return from the Mapleson tour, de Beauplan conceived the idea of forming his own French opera troupe with Ambre as its star soprano. They assembled a complete opera company consisting of 169 people—singers, actors, supernumeraries, a chorus, orchestra, corps de ballet, seamstresses, hairdressers, and stagehands—and set off for America in October 1880. The tour began with a successful repertory season in New Orleans.However, with severe rainstorms and flooding and competition from Sarah Bernhardt's theatre troupe who were also performing there, the box office receipts declined considerably by February 1881. After leaving New Orleans, the troupe toured to Cincinnati, Chicago, and Philadelphia, but the box office receipts in those cities did not even cover their expenses. By the time they had reached New York in May 1881, the five main singers refused to perform unless they were paid their back wages. The company collapsed. Ambre pawned some of her jewels to pay the most pressing debts and departed for France accompanied by the troupe's leading tenor, Gabriel Tournié. The hapless de Beauplan was left behind to sort out the repatriation of the company's remaining members. The New York press had portrayed her precipitous departure with Tournié, whose wife also sang with the company, as an "elopement".On her return to France, Ambre gave a lengthy interview to the Parisian journalist Louis Besson in Le Voleur. In the interview, which was also covered in the American press, she denied all rumours of an elopement and said that Tournie and his wife were now together in France. Nevertheless, she claimed that the intense publicity surrounding the faux scandal had prompted Mapleson to offer her a further engagement with his company. She also told Besson that she had no interest in singing in the French provinces and was considering a tour in Italy. As for de Beauplan, she said that after sorting out the company's problems in New York, he would be leaving for Colorado "to work in the mines". Instead, he returned to France and by October 1881 Ambre and de Beauplan were together at her house in Meudon. Singing in the provinces and later years

Ambre gave birth to a son, Robert, in Meudon on 10 February 1882.On his birth certificate, he was listed as the son of Gaston de Beauplan and an "unnamed mother" (mère non dénommée). She and de Beauplan were forced to sell many of the expensive furnishings in the Meudon house and much of its land to pay the remainder of their debts from the disastrous American tour. Despite her earlier comments to Louis Besson, Ambre left her son with de Beauplan in Meudon and began touring in French provincial opera houses, returning only in the summers. During that period she achieved particular success as the heroine in Massenet's Manon. In 1885 her autobiographical novel Une Diva was published by Paul Ollendorff. In it she mused on the role of women in the theatre, love, marriage, and the thinly-disguised people who had figured in her career. Paul Ginisty wrote in Gil Blas, that had she written a true autobiography, it would have been even more exciting than the novel.Eventually, de Beauplan grew tired of Ambre's frequent absences and their difficult relationship and left Meudon to settle in Montpellier. He died there in February 1890. He was 41 years old at the time of his death and addicted to morphine. In June of that year, Ambre formally recognized the eight-year-old Robert as her son. She retired from the stage and opened a singing school in Paris with Émile Bouichère. A handsome man twelve years her junior, Bouichère was an organist and composer who served as the maître de chapelle of Sainte-Trinité church. The couple married in 1894, but Bouichère died a year later at the age of 35.After Bouichère's death, Ambre continued with her singing school and musical soirees but led an increasingly lonely life. She died in Paris in April 1898. According to an article in Le Ménestrel published four years after her death, she had committed suicide with an overdose of morphine. Her friend  recalled that Ambre's funeral was even sadder than her death. When the carriage bearing her flower-covered coffin arrived at Père Lachaise Cemetery to be buried in Bouichère's tomb, the mourners were told that the requisite fees had not been paid. The coffin was placed on the pavement while the mourners gathered together the 200 francs requested. Checking the accounts again, the cemetery official requested an additional 100 francs.The mourners had exhausted their cash, and Ambre had to be temporarily interred in the common grave. Although it had been many years since she had last performed in the United States, her death was reported in several newspapers there. The magazine Brooklyn Life wrote in August 1898:
The ephemeral qualities of operatic success are once more exemplified by the case of Emilie <mask>. In the early days of the Mapleson regime she made something of a sensation in New York, particularly as Aida, a role to which her very dark complexion was well suited. Now she is dead. Not long ago her effects were auctioned off at the Hotel Drouot. The whole civilized world heard the news, but there was scarcely a sigh from the public, for the singer had been absolutely forgotten.Ambre's son  became a journalist, critic, and essayist. A fervent collaborator and propagandist for the Vichy government during Germany's occupation of France, he was sentenced to death as a traitor immediately after the war. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment partly through the intervention of his daughter Claude who had been a member of the Free French Forces in London. When his health deteriorated in 1950, he was released from prison on medical grounds and died in 1951. Manet's portrait

Édouard Manet first met Ambre in the summer of 1879 when he was taking treatment at a spa near her estate in Meudon. She and de Beauplan, who were planning to leave for Mapleson's American tour in November of that year, offered to take Manet's The Execution of Emperor Maximilian with them and arrange its exhibition in New York and Boston. Although painted in 1869, it had never been exhibited before.In the summer and early autumn of 1880, as she and de Beauplan were planning their second American tour, Manet and his family stayed in a house in Meudon rented from Ambre. There he painted a portrait of her as the Spanish gypsy heroine of Bizet's opera Carmen. Ambre had sung Carmen in the Netherlands early in her career and during the 1879–1880 Mapleson tour, but she had never sung it in France. The opera had not been seen in Paris since its world premiere at the Opéra-Comique in 1875, although it had several subsequent stagings in the French provinces. Keen to perform it in Paris, she asked Manet to write his friend Antonin Proust and urge him to pressure the Opéra-Comique to revive it for her. A Paris revival with Ambre never happened, but she did sing the role again on her 1880–1881 American tour. Scholars differ as to whether the portrait was done at Ambre's request or as a thank-you gesture from Manet for having organized the exhibition of The Execution of Emperor Maximilian the previous year.During the late summer of 1880 Manet wrote to Eva Gonzalès that he would be working on the painting every day as <mask> was leaving for America that October. However, the portrait remained in the artist's possession. It was in the inventory of works inherited by Manet's widow Suzanne on his death in 1883. The portrait reflects Manet's affinity for Spanish subjects which was most pronounced in his early career, but a theme he occasionally returned to in his final years. In addition to the 1880 portrait of <mask>, he painted several Goyaesque tambourines in 1878–1879, including Spanish Dancers and Dancer and Majo, some of which were shown in an exhibition at La Vie Moderne in April 1880. Ambre's pose and costume in Manet's three-quarter portrait are very similar to that of Nadar's photograph of Célestine Galli-Marié, the original singer of Carmen. The brush strokes are very broad, especially for the dress and the hand holding the fan.The most detailed area is the singer's face which is outlined in white with one half noticeably brighter than the other giving the appearance of her standing before stage-lights. The same effect can be seen in Manet's 1877 portrait of Jean-Baptiste Faure as Hamlet. Emilie <mask> as Carmen was bought from the Manet estate in 1883 by the widow of Thomas A. Scott and remained in the Scott family until 1964 when their collection was donated to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It remains on permanent display there and has also been shown at several international exhibitions. It was seen in New York and Paris in 2002–2003 as part of Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting, a major exhibition organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and then travelled to the Museo del Prado in October 2003 for the museum's first retrospective of Manet's work. In 2012–2013 it was shown at the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio and the Royal Academy of Art in London as part of Manet: Portraying Life, an exhibition devoted entirely to Manet's portraits. Notes

References

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Louis Besson's complete interview with Émilie <mask> published in Le Voleur on 3 June 1881 under the title "Envers du roman comique" ("Behind the comic novel")

1849 births
1898 deaths
French operatic sopranos
People from Oran
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
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<mask>. (December 14, 1938 – January 27, 2008) was an American starting pitcher who played one full Major League Baseball season for the  Cincinnati Reds. Listed at  tall and , <mask> batted and threw right-handed. He overcame control problems to reach the major leagues with the Reds in 1961, starting games for the National League champions. He won The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award and appeared in the World Series, which the Reds lost in five games to the New York Yankees. However, his control problems resurfaced in the minor leagues after that, and he never appeared in another major league game. Following his career, he coached baseball and basketball at Morgan High School in Utah for 20 years. Early life
<mask> was born to <mask>. and <mask> in Ogden, Utah.He grew up in that city, getting named to the All-State baseball and basketball teams while attending Ogden High School. After high school, he received baseball and basketball scholarships to Brigham Young University but only went to the institution for a year at the time before starting his professional baseball career. He would later become the first Cougar to make it to the major leagues. Career
<mask> signed a contract with the Cincinnati Redlegs before the 1958 season after getting spotted by one of the scouts for Redlegs' general manager Gabe Paul. He began his minor league career that year with the Class C Visalia Redlegs of the California League. <mask> struggled with control, prompting Visalia manager Dave Bristol to phone the Redlegs' front office and ask, "Do I really have to pitch this guy that often? They're gonna run me out of town."The front office told him to keep it up, believing the solution to <mask>'s control problems was experience. He spent the whole year with Visalia but did not stick in the starting rotation, only starting seven of his 21 games. 75 walks in 54 innings pitched contributed to a 2–5 record and an earned run average (ERA) of 9.00. Next season, <mask> remained with Visalia. Once again, he had more walks (185) than innings pitched (150), and his record was 4–14. However, he lowered his ERA to 6.66 and struck out 160 batters. Sometime in 1959, he married Carol Nelson; later, the couple had their marriage solemnized at the Salt Lake Temple.The repeated use began to pay off with the Columbia Reds of the Class A South Atlantic League in 1960. <mask> shoved his walk total down to 134, even as his innings pitched rose to 211, in 30 starts. He spent the whole year in Columbia's rotation, winning 16 games (to only six losses) and striking out 221. This earned him a spot at spring training for the Reds in 1961. Despite his improvement, <mask> was not expected to make the Reds' roster in 1961. Fred Hutchinson, the manager, did not even bother to mention <mask> in a pre-season news release where he discussed rookies to watch. However, <mask>'s improved control helped him win a spot in the Reds' starting rotation.His first game actually was not a start, but a relief outing in which he filled in for Reds' ace Jim O'Toole, in a 5–3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on April 16. Three days later, he made his first start and got his first career win, giving up two runs (one earned) in eight innings in a 4–2 victory over the San Francisco Giants. On May 23, despite allowing five hits and six walks in  innings, he held the Los Angeles Dodgers scoreless, beating Don Drysdale in a 2–0 victory. <mask> got off to a fast start, sporting an 8–3 record and a 2.73 ERA through his first 14 games (13 as a starter). However, after that, he struggled to a 1–7 record and a 6.27 ERA over the rest of the season (though he only walked 22 in  innings over that time). He started only one game after August 5 as the Reds went to a four-man rotation down the stretch. Despite his late fade, <mask> won The Sporting News Rookie Pitcher of the Year Award after going 9–10 with 75 strikeouts in 136⅓ innings of work.The Reds surprised experts (Sports Illustrated said they had 25–1 odds of winning the pennant before the season) by finishing in first place in the National League, earning a trip to the World Series against the New York Yankees. Not needed as a starter, <mask> made only one appearance, striking out one and walking one in the ninth inning of the fifth and final game, a blowout 13–5 loss. <mask> was mentioned in Sports Illustrated's preview of the 1962 Reds as a backup for the Big Three starters of Joey Jay, O'Toole, and Bob Purkey. However, he did not pitch for the Reds that year. In fact, he never pitched in the major leagues again. <mask> did throw in the minor leagues, pitching 16 games (14 starts) between the Reds' Class A affiliate (now the Macon Peaches) and the San Diego Padres of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. He had a 2–8 record between those teams, with a 7.67 ERA, and his control problems returned, as he walked 80 in 61 innings.Strangely, he gave up fewer earned runs per game at San Diego (3.46 ERA) than at Macon (10.80 ERA). In 1963, <mask> again split the season between Macon (now a Class AA affiliate) and San Diego, though he only pitched two games for the Padres. In 19 games (18 starts), he had a 7–9 record, a 4.50 ERA, 56 strikeouts, and 89 walks in 88 innings. He spent all of 1964 with Macon, which switched to the Southern League. In 25 games (14 starts), he had a 7–6 record, a 4.59 ERA, 69 strikeouts, and 63 walks in 98 innings. Cincinnati switched its AA affiliate to the Knoxville Smokies of the Southern League in 1965, and <mask> pitched one final season for them, losing two games and posting a 6.92 ERA in 12 games (four starts). He also got spent time with the Baltimore Orioles' organization that season, giving up five runs in three innings of three games for the Class AAA Rochester Red Wings of the International League that year.His career ended at the age of 26, with him having pitched one season in the major leagues. Later life
Following his baseball career, <mask> earned his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University, then taught English and coached basketball and baseball at Morgan High School in Utah from 1983 through 2003. As a basketball coach, he was twice named Utah's 2A coach of the year. In 2004, he was grateful to be inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame. He and his wife had three children: <mask>, Jennifer, and Adam. An avid sportsman, he liked to fish, hunt and camp. <mask> also was an enthusiastic Utah Jazz fan who would shout at the TV while watching their games.<mask> died in Morgan at age 69 while in hospice. References

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Retrosheet
Utah Sports Hall of Fame
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1938 births
2008 deaths
Baseball players from Utah
Brigham Young University alumni
Cincinnati Reds players
Columbia Reds players
Knoxville Smokies players
Macon Peaches players
Major League Baseball pitchers
People from Morgan, Utah
Rochester Red Wings players
San Diego Padres (minor league) players
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Visalia Redlegs players

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Folarin Falana (born October 27, 1990), better known by his stage name Falz, is a Nigerian rapper, songwriter and actor who began his career while in secondary school after forming a group called "The School Boys" with his friend before his professional career as a music artist began in 2009. Falz became more well-known after releasing the song "Marry Me" featuring vocals from Poe and Yemi Alade. He currently owns an independent record label called Bahd Guys Records. He released his debut album Wazup Guy in 2014. His second album Stories That Touch was released in 2015. He released 27 in 2017, and his fourth studio album Moral Instruction in 2019. Early life
Falz was born in the local government area of Mushin, Lagos State, to renowned lawyers and human right activists Funmi and Femi Falana.He was called to the bar in 2012 after graduating from the Nigeria Law School in Abuja. Education
Falz completed his basic and secondary school education at St. Leo's Catholic Primary School, Ikeja and Olashore International School, Osun State respectively. He is an alumnus of the University of Reading England, having graduated with an LLB honors degree in Law. Career

2009–2013: Beginnings and Shakara: The Mixtape
Falz started music as a hobby while in secondary school. He formed a music group with a friend called "The School Boys". In 2009, he released a compilation of some of his recordings as a mixtape titled Shakara: The Mixtape. In 2011, Falz released a single titled "Wahz Up Guy", then released "High Class" and "Currency", which gained him grounds in the Nigerian music industry.2014–2016: Wazzup Guy, Stories That Touch and Chemistry EP
On January 2, 2014, Falz was listed in tooXclusive's "Artistes To Watch in 2014". On 30 May 2014, <mask> released his debut studio album titled Wazup Guy, the album featured productions from the likes of Studio Magic, DJ Woske, Tin Tin and Spellz, among  others. Wazzup Guy houses18 tracks with guest appearances from Olamide, Show Dem Camp, Phenom and Yemi Alade. Some of the tracks are: See Me, Toyin Tomato, Senator, Right Now, Jessica,  High Class, Marry Me, Oh God, The Advice and Cool Parry. which was critically acclaimed by music critics. On 31st January, 2015, <mask> returned with an official single titled ‘Ello Bae’. Actually, it was his first solo effort after the release, of Wats up Guy and it won him several awards.Falz was strategic, about the launch of the music as it was launched just before the valentine season. In 2015, <mask> was nominated in the "Best Collaboration of The Year" category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards for his chart-topping single "Marry Me". It won him a nomination in the "Best Collaboration of The Year" category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. He was also nominated in the "Best Rap Act of The Year" and "Best New Act to Watch" categories. On 31 January 2015, he released a single titled "Ello Bae", which won him a nomination in the "Best Street Hop Artiste of The Year" category at The Headies 2015. On 3 November 2015, he announced the release of his second studio album, titled Stories That Touch, which was released on 17 November. In 2016, <mask> won "Best Actor in a Comedy Movie/Series" at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for his role as Segun in Funke Akindele's TV series Jenifa's Diary.In June 2016, <mask> was voted the winner of the "Viewer's Choice Best New International Act" category at the 2016 BET Awards. On October 27, 2016, <mask> collaborated with Simi to release Chemistry, a seven-track EP solely produced by Sess. <mask> had previously worked with Simi on the singles "Jamb Question" and "Soldier". 2017–Present: 27 and acting career
On 27 October 2017, his 27th birthday, Falz released a new album titled 27 to celebrate the day. This was a surprise album, as it was not promoted before its release. It contained 17 tracks including hit singles like "Bhad Baddo Baddest", "Wehdone sir", and "Something light". It featured prominent music acts like Davido, Olamide, Burna Boy, Wande Coal, Maleek Berry, Sir Dauda, Medikal, Terry Apala, and Ycee.The album was majorly produced by Sess as in-house producer, withand some tracks were done by Maleek Berry, and studio magic. The album did very well and it gained several awards and nominations, including a nomination for The Headies Award for Rap Album of the Year. In May 2018, <mask> released a music video titled "This Is Nigeria" which was inspired by Childish Gambino's "This is America". It highlighted Nigerian issues including corruption and bribery. Months later, the song was banned by the NBC (National Broadcasting Commission) claiming it was a vulgar song. When <mask> was asked, he said: “If they ban this song, then I do not understand them because that song is definitely not a vulgar song,”. However, Falz sues NBC for N100 Million.On September 1, 2018, <mask> won "Best Supporting Actor" at the 2018 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards for his role as Quam in Tope Oshin Ogun's movie New Money, becoming the first Nigerian musician to have won the Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards twice. In August 2020, Falz unveiled his film production company with name House21TV. While unveiling the new film production company Falz also took to Instagram to unveil an all new comedy series, ‘Therapy’, to air exclusively on YouTube

Artistry
Falz describes his style of music as "Wahzup music". It is the fusion of comic lyrics with contemporary hip-hop in a faux Yoruba accent. On 18 November 2014, <mask> was ranked #9 on notJustOk's list of "The 10 Most Gifted Rappers In Nigeria 2014", stating that, “Falz’s ability to maintain a thought and get his point across in 16 barz while switching accents, infusing funny punchlines and delivering all of it in a way that makes the listener follow along is nothing short of impressive”. EndSars Protest
In October 2020, Falz called on Runtown and other Nigerian celebrities to join the #Endsars protests in Lagos, South West Nigeria, calling on the government to end police brutality. The singer is  vocal about issues bordering on social justice across the country.Paying tribute to the victims of police brutality, he released a music video for "Johnny," the first single off his last album, Moral Instruction. He wrote in a post introducing the song, "We will never forget the heroes that have been unlawfully slain. This is for them. For every single Nigerian life snatched away unlawfully, we must make sure we get justice.”“Almost two years since I released the audio. Even more disturbing to think that as time passed, the message became more relevant. "''In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, in 2020, <mask> said President Buhari's promise to reform the Nigerian police was infuriating and fraustrating as he claimed Buhari has been making same promise since 2017. Discography

Studio albumsWazup Guy (2014)Stories that Touch (2015)27 (2017)Moral Instruction'' (2019)

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Living people
End SARS activists
Yoruba musicians
21st-century Nigerian male singers
People from Lagos State
Nigerian hip hop musicians
Alumni of the University of Reading
Rappers from Lagos
Falana family
Nigerian lawyers
Nigerian male actors
Nigerian Law School alumni
Yoruba male actors
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<mask> (July 6, 1938 – April 22, 2019) was an American operatic soprano who had a prolific international opera career during the 1970s and 1980s. Her career was primarily focused in Germany where she lived from 1972 through 1985. However, she did travel extensively throughout Europe and in the United States, performing in operas, concerts, recitals, and recording for radio productions. A gifted coloratura soprano, <mask> sang a wide repertoire that encompassed English, German, French, and Italian opera from a variety of musical periods. She notably sang in a number of world premieres including Hans Werner Henze's We Come to the River at the Royal Opera, London in 1976. Career
<mask> was born in Philadelphia, where she studied singing privately with Irene Williams, soprano. She sang in a number of student opera productions at Temple University during the early 1960s, beginning with the role of Adele in Die Fledermaus in 1963.She married Philadelphia psychiatrist, Robert L. Kashoff, who died December 29, 1964 shortly after the couple had married. <mask> made her professional opera debut on October 31, 1965 at the Academy of Music with the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company singing the title role in a concert version of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with Frank Guarrera as Enrico. However, this performance did not excite the attention that <mask> was hoping for and she was forced to take work outside of music for the next several years while continuing with further studies with Williams, and Nicola Palumbo in New York City. She appeared in many concerts and performances in the Philadelphia area during the late 1960s including portraying Galatea in Handel's Acis and Galatea with John Darrenkamp as Damon at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1967 and returning there in 1968 to sing Vespina in Haydn's L'infedeltà delusa, both with the Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. It wasn't until the early 1970s when <mask> won a prize in an important singing competition in Chicago, that she drew the attentiont of the opera world. She made her international opera debut in 1971 singing Zerbinetta in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos touring with the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In 1972 she joined the roster at the Theater Bremen as one of their principal sopranos, where she remained until 1975 and continued to perform as a guest until 1980.She appeared there and in other German opera houses in roles such as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Constanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Despina in his Così fan tutte, the title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Olympia in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, Philine in Mignon by Ambroise Thomas, the Queen in Die Verurteilung des Lukullus, the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, and Zerbinetta. In 1976 <mask> made her debut with the Royal Opera at Covent Garden as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, and that same year returned to that house to appear as Rachel in the world premiere of Henze's We Come to the River. She also was the Fiakermilli in a new production of Arabella by Richard Strauss, with Kiri te Kanawa in the title role. In 1978 she became a member of the Bavarian State Opera where she sang regularly through 1981, when she moved to the Hamburg State Opera. She was a frequent performer with the Oper Frankfurt. During this time she added to her repertoire such roles as Catherine in L'étoile du nord, Giulietta in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Leila in Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles. <mask> continued to remain active in opera houses throughout Germany until 1985 when she moved back to the United States after marrying pianist Ronald Marlowe.During the thirteen years that she was in Germany she was highly active as a guest artist, making guest appearances with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Bavarian State Opera, the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, and with opera houses in Augsberg, Bern, Geneva, Hanover, Kassel, Leipzig, Nuremberg, and Stuttgart. In 1982 she sang the role of Angel of Bright Future in the world premiere of George Rochberg's The Confidence Man at the Santa Fe Opera. She also notably sang the role of The Soprano in the world premiere of Anton Ruppert's ...die Siebte at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Germany, and portrayed Tania in Luigi Nono's Al gran sole carico d'amore at the Frankfurt Opera. <mask>'s other international opera credits during the 1970s and 1980s include performances with the Berlin State Opera, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma among others. She also had an active concert career during these years, appearing with such orchestras as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Dresden Philharmonic, and with the Australian Broadcasting Orchestra in concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart and Launceston. She also portrayed Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi with the Gewandhaus Orchester. <mask> has sung under many renowned conductors during her career, including Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson Thomas, David Atherton, Nello Santi, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Michael Gielen, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Georg Solti, Charles Mackerras, Sir Charles Groves, Hans Vonk, and Jesús López-Cobos and others.After returning the United States in 1984, <mask>'s focus switched primarily away from performing to teaching. She  taught voice at Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College and at Westtown School, as well as teaching masterclasses in Germany. She has sung as a Cantor in several synagogues in Philadelphia, and Maine. Beginning in October 2004, <mask> sang frequently in concert at the University of Maine in Orono. One of these concerts featured <mask> singing the world premiere of a work by Paul Ben-Haim. She traveled to Leipzig, Germany, in November 2005 to hold master classes in lieder. The soprano resided with her husband in Liberty, Maine, where she taught privately and concertized.A lieder concert was held in Waterville, Maine, where she sang repertoire by Scarlatti, Giordani, Bizet, Brahms, R.Strauss, among others. She died on April 22, 2019. Recordings
<mask> has recorded the title role in Meyerbeer's Dinorah with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Opera Rara, London; the role of Prascovia in Meyerbeer's L'étoile du nord, Opera Rara, London; and the role of the Naiad in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos with conductor Sir Georg Solti and the London Symphony Orchestra. References

American operatic sopranos
1938 births
2019 deaths
Musicians from Philadelphia
Temple University alumni
American expatriates in Germany
20th-century American women opera singers
21st-century American women

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<mask> (; born August 2, 1931) is an American journalist, investigative reporter, author, and teacher. Aynesworth has been reported to have witnessed the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza, the capture and arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theater, and the shooting of Oswald by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters. In a 1976 Texas Monthly article, William Broyles, Jr. described <mask> as "one of the most respected authorities on the assassination of John F. Kennedy". Background
Aynesworth is a native of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Having grown up poor, his mother helped provide for the family by taking in laundry and his aunt cleaned houses, including one owned by a man who would later provide him with $100 so he could purchase books in college. <mask> graduated from Roosevelt-Wilson High School in Nutter Fort, West Virginia, then attended Salem College in Salem, West Virginia before dropping out after one semester to work in journalism full-time. Journalism
Aynesworth's started as a newspaperman in 1948.He first worked in his home state as a freelancer for the Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram. <mask>'s next two positions were with Donald W. Reynolds-owned newspapers in Fort Smith, Arkansas. From 1950 to 1954, he was a sports editor for the Fort Smith Times Record making $32/week. At the age of 23, he was then hired as managing editor of the Southwest American. According to <mask>, at that time he may have been the youngest managing editor of a daily newspaper in the United States. He also conducted his first interview with a murderer while working at the American. In 1957, <mask> left the American after a dispute with Reynolds regarding compensation.<mask> was a business writer for the Dallas Times Herald at 26, then was hired to work for United Press International in their Denver, Colorado news bureau in 1959. While in Denver, he was stabbed in the throat by an unknown man who broke down his apartment door one night. Those who speculated on the motivation for the attack believed <mask> may have been targeted in a case of mistaken identity or by a jealous husband. <mask> himself reported he thought that the Teamsters may have been involved due to a story on which the UPI was working at the time. While still bandaged from the attack, he interviewed and was hired by the Dallas Morning News in 1960. <mask> covered the United States space program for the Dallas Morning News as a space and aviation reporter, a position he held at the time of the Kennedy assassination in 1963. In 1967, he started for Newsweek in their Houston bureau, where he eventually succeeded Philip Carter as head of that bureau.Returning to the Dallas Times Herald where he first began working in the 1950s, <mask> was an investigative chief in 1975. At ABC News, <mask> was an investigator for 20/20. In the mid-1990s, he was the Dallas/Southwest bureau chief of The Washington Times. In 2007, <mask> was elected President of the 300-member Press Club of Dallas, an organization of which he had been a member since the early 1960s. He has served on the board of directors for The Texas Observer'''s MOLLY National Journalism Prize. <mask> has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize six times, and has been a finalist four times. 1963: the Kennedy assassination
According to <mask>, he was scheduled to interview a scientist at Southern Methodist University on November 22, 1963.He said that he saw Jack Ruby around 11:30 that morning in the employee's cafeteria of the Dallas Morning News before Ruby went upstairs to place an advertisement for his nightclub. <mask> said he decided to take a long lunch hour and walk over to watch Kennedy's motorcade from in front of the Dallas County Records Building. With the crowds two to three people deep on Main Street, he positioned himself in the middle of Elm Street on the corner of Elm and North Houston Street to obtain a clearer view. <mask> described hearing a first shot as possibly backfire from a motorcycle, and recognizing a second and a third shot as coming from a rifle. He described the scene immediately afterwards as "total chaos". <mask> reported that activity converged upon the Texas School Book Depository, and that he did not enter the building possibly for fear of running into a gunman. He said he started interviewing people and, as he was without paper, began taking notes on a "bunch of envelopes" he had in his pocket.According to <mask>, he interviewed people in the area and received information that turned out to be false or contradicted the statements of other witnesses. <mask> positioned himself near a three-wheeled police motorcycle in front of the Texas School Book Depository in order to listen to the voice traffic and find out what was happening. He stated that police radio transmissions, as well as the number of police entering the building, gave him the impression that a gunman was on the building's roof. <mask> described listening to the police radio and hearing what turned out to be the first report of the shooting of J. D. Tippit in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas by a citizen using the radio in Tippit's police car. He said he instructed another reporter to stay at the Texas School Book Depository and followed the police to the scene of the shooting in a WFAA mobile unit. He was with the police when they entered the Texas Theater searching for Oswald, and he saw Oswald's attempt to shoot Officer Nick McDonald. Two days later, <mask> was talked into going to the Dallas Police Headquarters by his wife and then saw Ruby lunge and shoot Oswald.In the aftermath of the events in November 1963, <mask> became an investigative reporter who was reported to have "broken almost every major assassination story". He worked on the story for some time after Kennedy was shot and became the lead reporter for the  Dallas Morning News regarding the assassination. Aynesworth broke the story of Oswald's escape route, and had the first major interview with Marina Oswald. Having not told it to the Warren Commission, Marina had told him that she persuaded Oswald not to assassinate Richard Nixon. <mask>, to the consternation of the Warren Commission, also obtained and published the Oswald diaries. <mask> has been reported to have spent much of his career attempting to refute conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination. He supports the official conclusion that Oswald acted alone and believes that conspiracy theories have been generated by people motivated by money and fame.In an interview in 1979 on KERA, the Dallas PBS affiliate, he said, "I'm not saying there wasn't a conspiracy. I know most people in this country believe there was a conspiracy. I just refuse to accept it and that's my life's work." 1967: the Jim Garrison investigation
In 1967, <mask> had just begun working in Newsweek's Houston bureau at the time of the Jim Garrison investigation. He said Garrison invited him to New Orleans to "compare notes". According to <mask>, "[Garrison] was paranoid as hell, but he was no fool." Described as Garrison's "nemesis", he worked openly with Clay Shaw's attorneys to defend Shaw against Jim Garrison.Irvin Dymond characterized <mask>'s help in the case as "crucial". In the May 15, 1967 issue of Newsweek, <mask> wrote: "Jim Garrison is right. There has been a conspiracy in New Orleans – but it is a plot of Garrison's own making." According to <mask>, Garrison fabricated conspiracy allegations for "politically opportunistic reasons" and had attempted to bribe potential witnesses. Garrison initially replied only that the article was "unworthy of comment", but later provided a more substantive reply in the October 1967 issue of Playboy. Garrison himself later responded to <mask>'s claims: "As for the $3,000 bribe, by the time I came across <mask>'s revelation, the witness our office had supposedly offered it to, Alvin Babeouf, had admitted to us that it never happened." <mask> has been very critical of Garrison throughout the years.Addressing a 1991 article written by Mark Seal that discussed Garrison's influence on Oliver Stone's JFK, Ayensworth said: "There is simply no way that a rational person – with any knowledge of Mr. Garrison and his background the assassination – could believe that he really knew anything about the assassination that he didn't read first in the very publications he now mocks." In a 1998 interview, <mask> said: "Garrison was one of the sickest people that I've ever known. There's no doubt in my mind that the man was insane! Despite being brilliant in many ways, he knew the arts, famous things in history, and he was learned. The man was a devious, nasty man who committed more crimes in his investigation than anybody that he ever accused." 1980: Ted Bundy
In 1980, Stephen Michaud, a former Business Week reporter, enlisted the help of <mask> in interviewing serial killer Ted Bundy, who initially claimed he was innocent and was interested in cooperating on a book. The two Newsweek colleagues conducted a series of interviews with Bundy and eventually authored two books about the killer.The New York Daily News called their portrait of Bundy, The Only Living Witness, one of the ten best true-crime books ever written. Their second book on the subject, Conversations with a Killer, contained edited transcripts of the interviews. 1986: Henry Lee Lucas
In 1986, <mask> and Jim Henderson, also of the Dallas Times Herald, were named as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting "[f]or their persistent and thorough investigation of self-proclaimed mass murderer Henry Lee Lucas, which exposed him as the perpetrator of a massive hoax." Their work showed that Lucas could not have killed more than a hundred people that the Texas Rangers claimed he had. <mask> and Henderson's work led to then-Governor George W. Bush commuting Lucas' death sentence. 1993: Waco siege
In 1993, <mask> covered the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, once referring to it as "[t]he Branch Davidian massacre". Commenting on the event in an interview, he said: "I couldn't believe I stood there and watched people burn in that.I couldn't believe what was happening." <mask> has been reported to have "interviewed John F. Kennedy in the shower [and] Lyndon B. Johnson in bed". According to one report: "He also tracked down the person who stole "most of" eccentric billionaire <mask>' money, chased James Earl Ray all over the South and into Canada after he shot the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr." According to <mask>, he was asked to serve as a pallbearer for Jack Ruby and played basketball with Fidel Castro. He said that he was playing outside of Havana: "And all of a sudden, this Jeep drives up and a bearded gentleman gets out and puts on his tennis shoes and joins us. I'd been having trouble getting an interview, and after that, it came a little easier. I told him that I would let him win."Recapping his career, <mask> stated in one interview: "I've been offered bribes and threatened and maligned and witnessed some of the most horrifying events of our lifetime." Author
<mask> co-authored seven books with Stephen G. Michaud. His 2003 book JFK: Breaking the News'' is "a companion piece to a documentary on the 40th anniversary of the event." Bibliography

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As of 2016, <mask> lived in Dallas. Notes

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External links
Official website
Linkedin profile

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American reporters and correspondents
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<mask> (March 6, 1846 – March 24, 1870) was an American thief, arsonist, murderer and self-confessed serial killer. He was hanged in 1870 for murdering 13-year-old Louisa Fox in Kirkwood Township, Belmont County, Ohio, and shortly before his execution, he confessed to murdering 14 men, including to participating in a famous 1867 murder that occurred in West Virginia. Biography

Upbringing and military service
<mask> was born on March 6, 1846, as the fourth son in a family of five boys and three girls. His father, <mask>, had been an abusive parent who treated him harshly throughout his childhood. Three years after his birth his family began moving frequently around West Virginia, living in Woods' Run, Fulton, Centre Wheeling and settling in North Wheeling. <mask> grew up as a troublesome child, who frequently fought with other kids in the street. He formed bad associations, and when he began work, he did jobs for river men, brickyard hands and colliers.In 1854, he was sent to prison for unknown reasons. <mask> claimed that he was intimate friends with a John H. Burns and his accomplice Oscar Myers, who had murdered a woman named Mary Montonie. Burns had been sentenced to death, while Myers to life imprisonment. While on a visit to the prison, <mask> had slipped poison for Burns to kill himself with, but the man was "too cowardly to do it". Shortly after, his family moved again, this time to Belmont County in Ohio. Soon after, the now 16-year-old <mask> was enlisted with the 16th Ohio Infantry and served 3 months in West Virginia. Following this, he enlisted for 3 years in the 18th Ohio Infantry, and when that term expired, he enlisted to another division yet again.During his military career, <mask> was frequently arrested due to misconduct, and twice sentenced to be shot for violating regulations. On one such occasion, he was forced to dig his own grave. Then-president Abraham Lincoln felt pity on the boy, and pardoned his sentence. Murders
The first murder <mask> confessed to took place near Virginia's Greenleaf Mountain. He had wandered away from his regiment so he could drink. While lying about in the woods, a citizen had tried to arrest him. As the man approached, <mask> took out his gun and shot him in the left breast before fleeing.The next day the man died from his injuries. Shortly after, while a prisoner in Columbia, South Carolina, <mask> had learned that a man named Edward Berringer was attempting to join the Confederate States Army. Along with two comrades from the 14th Ohio Infantry, the trio strangled Berringer. After his release, he rejoined the 18th Ohio Infantry and was discharged to Mississippi, where he shot two rebel soldiers, one of them while on picket duty. When his time expired in the 18th Regulars, <mask> turned towards the 4th Ohio Infantry, serving his duty without much trouble, except once, when he shot at an Annie Whalen in Clarksburg, a prostitute whom he had connections to. Enlisting afterwards in the 180th Ohio Infantry, <mask> was serving in Belmont County when he was allegedly prevented from arresting a deserter by a Dr. L. Voorhees (Voorhees claimed this never happened). While fighting in the Battle of Franklin, <mask> claimed that he had killed and then robbed two men.Following this, he fought in the city of Wilmington, North Carolina at a place called Wise's Forks, where he crouched behind a pine log and killed an unaware rebel sergeant, who had just passed by. He pilfered the man's clothes afterwards. His next murder was that of a soldier of the 84th Ohio Infantry, whom <mask> had been placed to guard, and then killed after the man had tried to escape. <mask> also claimed that he was one of a gang of 11 men who raided a sutler's shop in Petersburg, Virginia, stamping the owner to death in the process. While near Raleigh, North Carolina, a gang of 15 soldiers (including <mask>) had learned that a Federal soldier had been hung by the Confederates in the cellar of the house of a prominent southener. When they arrived at the house, they found a rich planter's residence. <mask> claimed that the soldiers searched all rooms of the residence, but found no men, only the women who were left by the rebels.Finally, the gang descended into the cellar, where they found a soldier hanging from the ceiling, clothed in "Union Blue". Enraged, the soldiers burned down the house, watching the women flee the burning residence. One of them, a beautiful 17-year-old girl, had her dress burning from the fire, but was extinguished by the men. However, they then gang raped and tortured the girl in a brutal way, leaving her for dead in a nearby orchard without any assistance. When he "learned" of the crime the following day, <mask> said that "the men that done that ought to be hung." After this, <mask> was guarding a house in Raleigh when he shot a man who was trying to break inside. He had also thrown a colored waiter who refused to give him any food overboard while on a steamer travelling from Morehead City to Fort Monroe.While in Baltimore, Maryland, <mask> attempted to ride on a street car without paying a fare. The conductor noticed this and, while trying to kick him off, had one of his ears nearly severed by the freeloader. The driver then tried to help his colleague, but was stabbed in the bowels by <mask> and died soon after. The killer then mingled with the crowd and shaved his mustache afterwards, successfully escaping. In Newark, Ohio, after finishing a bottle of whisky, <mask> threw it, hitting a random stranger who was standing on the platform, splitting the man's skull open. Just at that moment, a train full of soldiers was passing by and <mask> jumped on, escaping justice once again. Murder of Aloys Ulrich
After returning to Wheeling following his army service, <mask> began working again, first for a man named James Sweeney in a brickyard, then for a James Bodley, whom he worked for until May 1867.One night, he escaped from work. Early the following morning, while strolling around town, <mask> met a German traveller by the name of Joseph Eisele (alias John Schaefer). The man had just arrived from Parkersburg on a steamboat named "Express", and had left his baggage on the boat. Eisele told <mask> that he wanted him to help kill his companion, a fellow German named Aloys Ulrich. While the trio were travelling along the Hempfield Railroad, Eisele got behind Ulrich and struck with a hatchet (that same hatchet Eisele would later use for murdering another man in Parkersburg). <mask>, who was afraid to be the next victim, struck Ulrich with a rock, and then Eisele finished him off with the hatchet. After killing him, the duo rummaged through his pockets, finding a lot of francs and some paper money.They divided the money, with <mask> getting the bigger share, and parted ways. <mask> would later claim that he'd seen Eisele in Pemberton House, where he was having the time of his life. Following this murder, he felt very uneasy, even considering giving himself up, since <mask> was afraid that after the coroner's inquest, Eisele would implicate him. However, that never happened, and he never saw Eisele again. Following this, <mask> considered peddling the money, but this murder began haunting him and so he decided to join the Methodist Episcopal Church, headed by Reverend Ball. For some time, he felt better, with people encouraging him. Despite this, <mask> soon grew restless and began talking in his sleep due to fear of being found out.He decided to leave Wheeling, and to never return. Murder of Louisa Fox
<mask> soon moved back to Belmont County, where he was to be engaged to a 13-year-old girl named Louisa Catharine Fox in Sewellsville. He initially claimed to have her parents' consent, but they later had retracted it and refused to let the girl marry him. When Louisa told him that she had to break off the marriage, this infuriated <mask>, who then decided that he'd kill her. He stole a razor from the shoe shop of an Alexander Williams, and turned towards the house of a Mrs. Hunter, for whom Fox was working for as a servant girl. He lied to the girl that he had been to her parents' house and that they wanted her to visit them to their grandparents'. He then asked Louisa one last time, and she rejected him yet again.Following this, <mask> drank around four bottles of hard cider, which heavily intoxicated him. Learning that Fox was going to go to her grandparents', he got the stolen razor and went on to the road, deciding to wait by a large oak tree. He changed his mind and decided to get a gun and shoot Fox. He visited two separate houses to ask for one, but neither had a gun. After returning to the fields, <mask> noticed some tracks, and immediately realised they were Louisa's. He then ran up to the hill, and waited till he saw Louisa walking along the road with her little brother, Willie. <mask> hid behind a fence, before Louisa herself noticed him and began talking to him.The pair conversed for a long while, both of them eventually breaking down into tears. Louisa kept telling him that they couldn't get married due to her parents' disapproval. <mask> then told Willie to go down the road and that they would follow him soon after. After arguing for a bit, both began walking down the road, with Willie being about 10 yards ahead of them. By then, <mask> had decided to kill her when they reached the ravine, continuing their talk in the meantime. He asked her if it was enough for a man to commit a crime, with her crying out that she wished for death due all the problems she was facing. Upon hearing this, <mask> grabbed her by the arm and began walking towards the ravine, asking her if she was ready to die.The girl pleaded for her life, but to no avail. When he reached a gutter, <mask> pulled out the stolen razor and began slashing the right side of her neck, across the jugular vein, making a wound that was 10 inches long and 2 inches deep. Fox's last words were supposedly "Farewell, Tom! Oh! I didn't think you could serve me so." He then proceeded to make between 10 or 12 more cuts on her neck, one on the hand and a final on the breast. After letting some of her blood spill in the gutter, <mask> raised the now-deceased Louisa and kissed her three times.After leaving the body, <mask> started going up the hill, considering cutting his throat near a white oak tree, but then deciding to go back in Sewellsville with a gun and kill Mrs. Hunter. He saw that he was being chased, due to the fact that Willie had informed his father of the deed. <mask> began knocking on every door he came across, asking the owners politely if they had any guns so he could "kill a rabbit", before finally arriving at the house of a Mr. Young, whose wife finally gave <mask> a gun. After arming himself, cut through the woods and began walking on the same road on which he had followed Louisa, feeling weakened and walking slowly, as he had not eaten anything. He then saw a group of people surrounding the murder site and looking for him. <mask> noticed that a lot of people were coming in and out from the Fox residence, and decided to take a look. After passing by several of the posse, cocking his gun and preparing to shoot at any time, <mask> got lucky and each of them passed by him.When he finally got to the kitchen window, he saw Louisa's body being dressed up by the doctors. He immediately felt that he should go kiss her and shake her hand, but had to wait as there were still people inside. Continuing to observe the people entering and leaving, he saw Louisa's body, remarking that she was "looking very pale; but [he] thought her's [sic] was the most beautiful corpse [he] ever saw." However, despite feeling utterly miserable, <mask> decided to hide away in the nearby bank until the morning. Arrest
Around dawn of the following day, <mask> came out of the bank and returned to his hiding place, deciding to observe for a while. He contemplated going back to the house and seeing Louisa's body again, but was afraid that there would be too big of a crowd and that they would see him. So instead, he decided to get his handkerchief and tie up his gun, placing it on a rafter and putting the muzzle to his heart.He then arranged a string that, when pulled, would pull the gun toward him and kill him instantly. He jerked his hand and the bullet was lodged into his breast, to the left of his heart. <mask> fell on his back, and began checking if the bullet had come out of him or not, which it hadn't. After this, he got up and walked over to the spring 30-40 yards from there, and had a drink. Soon after, the heard somebody (the Foxes) screaming "Murder! Murder! Murder!", and immediately upon hearing this, <mask> grabbed the stolen razor and began cutting his throat, before jabbing it straight into his windpipe, almost severing it completely. Due to how fast the blood was flowing out, he fainted. He survived, however, and was immediately taken to court. Trial, sentence and death
In June 1869, <mask> was tried and found guilty of murdering Louisa Fox, being sentenced to death for the crime. His lawyer lodged an appeal, and during this time, <mask> tried to kill himself again by cutting one of his veins open. On the day of his execution, <mask> was ready to die. While waiting in his cell, he was visited by two girls who were enamored with him.He gave them a photograph and some silver rings, and asked them to remember him, which they promised would do. After being put on the scaffold, he began saying prayers and singing hymns, asking for God to receive him after he dies. He then made a long speech, telling his life story and how he was harshly disciplined as a child, and that the future generations should not be like him. He blamed most of his confessed murders on his heavy drinking, saying the following:

After finishing with a short prayer for the many crimes in his life, the trap door was opened. <mask>'s neck wasn't immediately broken, but he slowly strangled and soon died. After physicians pronounced him dead, his body was buried in the local pauper's lot in St. Clairsville. His execution was the first legal execution ever carried out in the county.Legitimacy of confessions
Some people expressed doubts about <mask>'s confessions about other murders prior to his execution. He declined to indicate any dates, and some of his statements had even been disproven. For instance, he claimed that he had somehow shown the police where John H. Burns was hiding after killing Montonie, but this was false, as many of Burns' workmen testified that he hadn't hid at all, and was arrested while at work. And concerning the Ulrich murder, he claimed that he had mashed the man's head with a stone, while Justice Johnson noted that the skull wasn't broken, except for the part where Eisele had struck it with the hatchet. See also
 List of serial killers in the United States

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Bibliography
 Michael Newton: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, 2000

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1860s murders in the United States
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19th-century executions of American people
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<mask> (born 23 March 1984), popularly known as "Zife", is a Zambian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Forest Rangers in the Zambia Super League. Club career

Chambishi and Power Dynamos
<mask> was born in Kitwe and began his professional club career at Chambishi, but he didn’t find his place in the first squad and later moved to Power Dynamos. With Dynamos, he appeared in 45 league matches, scoring 16 goals between 2002 and 2004. He was in Dynamos' 2003 Zambian Cup, 2003 Zambian Coca-Cola Cup and 2004 Zambian Charity Shield winning squad. He has also appeared in 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup. Orlando Pirates
From 2004 to 2007, he moved to South Africa and played for Premier Soccer League side Orlando Pirates, where he scored 7 goals in 43 league matches. He was in Pirates' Premier Soccer League 2004–05 and 2005–06 Runners-up squad.With Pirates, he won the friendly tournament Vodacom Challenge in 2005. In 2020, then Orlando manager Milutin Sredojevic, has identified Chansa as one of the best players he has ever coached, thanks to the player's big heart and true discipline. Helsingborgs
He later joined Swedish Superettan team Helsingborgs IF for the 2007–08 season to team up with former South Africa national team coach Stuart Baxter. Chansa played there until 2009. In late 2006, while still playing for Pirates, <mask> Cosmos. With Helsingborgs IF, he appeared in UEFA Cup matches in 2007 and UEFA Europa League qualifying matches in 2009. Second stint with Orlando
After the end of his contract in Sweden with Helsingborgs IF, he returned on 1 February 2010 to his former club Orlando Pirates.He signed a pre-contract with Pirates' Soweto rivals Kaizer Chiefs to join the club in July 2012. He played for the team, where he had already used to play earlier, a season and a half and featured in 41 matches, where he scored 12 goals. He also won the Premier Soccer League title in 2010 with Orlando and he is still considered as Pirates legend. Henan Jianye
In June 2012, Orlando Pirates confirmed that he moved to Chinese club Henan Jianye F.C. for a transfer fee of 700,000 US Dollars. <mask>, who scored a spectacular goal against Golden Arrows at Orlando Stadium to wrap up Pirates' league title on the final day of the season two years ago, joined the Henan Jianye, which is based in Zhengzhou in the province of Henan. The club was promoted to the Chinese Super League in 2006.They finished third in 2009. <mask> joined Zambia teammate and former Jomo Cosmos star Chris Katongo at Henan. It was not a suitable move for him and after an even more chaotic and the unsatisfying season of Chinese Super League in 2012, the club was relegated to the second division and he came back to Zambia. Zanaco F.C. In 2013, after the end of the Chinese Super League season, <mask> became a free agent after his Chinese club Henan Jianye offloaded him. He then came back to Zambia and hired by Zanaco until he get a new club. It was announced that, <mask> has joined FAZ/MTN Super league defending champions Zanaco as a guest player.He scored 5 goals in 25 Zambia Super League matches from 2013 to 2014. Shillong Lajong
On 8 August 2014, it was confirmd that, Indian I-League club Shillong Lajong FC have completed the signing of Zambian International and African Cup of Nations 2012 winner <mask> as their 3rd foreigner. On his new contract, <mask> said that "I am happy and look forward to this new challenge. I will do my best to contribute in the team’s success in any way I can and repay the faith shown in me by the team management." He played only few 2014–15 Indian Federation Cup matches for Lajong and have not appeared in any I-League match. NorthEast United
After signing a short term contract with Shillong Lajong, he loaned out to their affiliated Indian Super League side NorthEast United FC in 2014. He made his Indian Super League debut on 16 October against giants Atlético de Kolkata in a 2-0 loss match.With the NorthEast, he appeared in 8 league matches. Mitra Kukar
In 2015, he moved to Liga 2 (Indonesia) outfit PS Mitra Kukar and appeared in few league matches but lifted the General Sudirman Cup in 2015. Back to Zanaco
He returned to Zambia and signed with his previous club Zanaco F.C. for 2 seasons. He played there until 2017 and won the 2016 Zambian Super League. Royal Eagles
Chansa after his stint with Zambian champions Zanaco FC, returned to South Africa to reunite with Royal Eagles F.C. coach Kosta Papic.The Serbian manager was at the helm at Pirates during <mask>’s first stint with "the Bucaneers" from 2004 to 2007. "Chansa is already training with the club and has signed but is waiting the issuing of his work permit", Papic told to kickoff.com on 8 March 2017. Eagles were chasing promotion this season and feel the experience of the Zambian midfielder helped them with that target. International career
<mask> made gis senior international debut for Zambia on 1 May 2004 against Zimbabwe in a 1-1 draw match, where he scored a goal. <mask> was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team, which finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. Then he also represented his country in numerous FIFA World Cup qualification matches alongside the main rounds of later African Nations Cup. <mask>'s biggest achievement is winning the African Cup of Nations for his country in February 2012, defeating Ivory Coast.He was also part of the 2014 Zambian national team that took on Japan in the Pre-World Cup International Friendly in the USA. Between 2004 and 2016, he earned 69 international caps, representing Zambia and scoring 3 goals. Career statistics

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Africa Cup of Nations
 Champions (1): 2012

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Orlando Pirates
MTN 8 Cup
 Champions (1): 2010
Premier Soccer League
 Champions (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
Nedbank Cup
 Champions (1): 2011–12
Zanaco
Zambia Super League
 Champions (1): 2016

See also
 Zambia international footballers

References

External links

 <mask> transfers at aiscore.com

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Living people
People from Kitwe
Zambian footballers
Zambian expatriate footballers
Zambia international footballers
2006 Africa Cup of Nations players
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Zambian expatriate sportspeople in China
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Expatriate footballers in Iraq
I-League players
Indian Super League players
Helsingborgs IF players
Association football midfielders
Orlando Pirates F.C. players
Allsvenskan players
Henan Songshan Longmen F.C. players
2013 Africa Cup of Nations players
Zanaco F.C. players
Shillong Lajong FC players
NorthEast United FC players
Chinese Super League players
Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
Forest Rangers F.C.players

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Isaac Chansa
Chansa
Chansamo
Chansa
Chansa
Chansa
Chansa
Isaac Chansa
Chansa
Chansa
Chansa
Chansa
Chansa
Isaac Chansa