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Brian Urquhart, a foundational leader at the United Nations, dies at 101 Colum Lynch Brian E. Urquhart, who became the second official hired by the U.N. organization after its formation in 1945 and who helped shape and manage the international body through the final years of the Cold War, died Jan. 2 at his home in Tyringham, Mass. He was 101. His daughter Rachel Urquhart confirmed the death but did not provide a specific cause. A principal adviser to five U.N. secretaries general, Mr. Urquhart (pronounced Er-Kut) played a central role in translating the United Nations’ founding principles into action. He said his work at the U.N. was motivated by “idealism of a very practical kind” following his traumatic experiences in World War II.
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In 19th century Switzerland, Baron Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) is about to face the guillotine after being convicted of the death of his maid. He tells the visiting priest how he got there: he had ambitious plans in making a man out of several body parts using the knowledge gained from his former tutor and mentor Paul Krempe (Robert Urquhart). Paul wants no part of this new endeavor, but Victor forges on, determined to explore beyond the boundary that separates life and death. However, his pursuit of creating the prefect man instead unleashes a horrifying ripple effect in the form of the hideous creature (Christopher Lee) born from this experiment, one which will seal the Baron’s fate…