Paid Notice: Deaths FUNSCHELLE, SYLVIA
FUNSCHELLE-Sylvia. On October 25, 2001. Beloved aunt, grand aunt and great aunt, dear friend. Graveside services were held.
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FUNSCHELLE-Sylvia. On October 25, 2001. Beloved aunt, grand aunt and great aunt, dear friend. Graveside services were held.
Anxiety has increased about safety of Hamid Qarzai, potential post-Taliban leader, who is believed to have traveled to Afghanistan to incite uprising among his tribesmen; Qarzai, who is favored by some Washington strategists as best bet for leading alliance of southern Afghans against Taliban, is reported by his associates to be in countryside around Kandahar, Taliban capital and home of his tribe; Quetta, Pakistan, has been his base (M)
James R Oestreich Critic's Notebook article on likelihood that James Levine will take over Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2004; discusses impact on orchestra and on Metropolitan Opera, where he is artistic director (M)
OBENZINGER-Nathan, 94. October 24, 2001. Beloved husband of Romana, loving father of Ronald, Mark and Hilton and generous grandfather to Rachel, Isaac and Eric. A good man, a good husband and a good father. Our love for him goes on.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 24, 2001, covering October 28, 2001.
Ja Rule
Enya
Bubba Sparxxx
Jay-Z
Nickelback
2001Sonay Kartal, British tennis player[†]
Sonay Kartal is a British tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 50 in singles, achieved 9 June 2025. She has won one WTA Tour title and 14 ITF titles, all in singles.
2001Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910)[†]
Gerard Hengeveld was a Dutch classical pianist, music composer and educationalist. He is especially known for his compositions of study material for piano. Other compositions include two piano concertos, a violin sonata, and a sonata for cello. Hengeveld was an able interpreter and performer of the music of Bach for piano and harpsichord. He gave regular concerts in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Some of his concerts were captured on record. Hengeveld was a professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. Amongst his students was Dutch pianist and musicologist Frans Bouwman.
In 2001, the world population was approximately 6,254,936,459 people[†]