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Barbara Bernard Smith celebrates her 100th birthday via video conference. (Photo: Linda Adamson) Long respected as a champion for the study of music and dance from Hawaiʻi, Asia and the Pacific, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Professor Emerita Barbara Barnard Smith, who founded the university’s ethnomusicology program died on the evening of July 3. Colleagues and former students gathered to virtually celebrate the veteran professor’s 101st birthday on June 10. Loved ones released this statement: “She was a beloved colleague, teacher, mentor, and friend. Although we are saddened by her passing, we honor and celebrate a life well lived. One of her requests (instructions!) was ‘…and be sure to emphasize my long and amazingly wonderful life.’” ....
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The Greensburg resident served as executive director of the Humane Society of Westmoreland County, the organization’s first and only leader until her death Oct. 19. She was 72. In addition to her role with the Humane Society, Burkley also formerly served on the Greensburg Salem school board and Greensburg city council. Ronald L. Echard His first term as mayor of New Stanton was cut short Sept. 5 when he died suddenly. He was 68. He and his wife, Linda, who serves on borough council, are credited as a driving force behind the borough’s holiday display and local farmers market. This spring, as a way to keep up community morale during the coronavirus pandemic, he challenged residents to create rainbow-themed yard displays and take part in a statewide bell-ringing event to recognize first responders and frontline workers. ....
FILE - In this June 29, 1986, file photo, Diego Maradona holds up his team s trophy after Argentina s 3-2 victory over West Germany at the World Cup final soccer match at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title died from a heart attack on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 60. (AP Photo/Carlo Fumagalli, File) Carlo Fumagalli Victoria Will associated press file photos Lawrence Jackson ....
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