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<mask> (formerly known under the mononym Charice; born May 10, 1992) is a Filipino singer and television personality. In 2007, after some appearances on Philippine television, Zyrus sang on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and the following year, he made several international television appearances, including on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He then began performing in concerts with David Foster and Andrea Bocelli, among others. Zyrus released the studio album Charice in 2010; it entered the Billboard 200 at number eight, making it the first album of an Asian solo singer ever to land in the Top 10. The single "Pyramid" from that album, featuring singer Iyaz, is <mask>'s most successful single to date, charting within the Top 40 in a number of countries after its debut live performance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He released further albums Chapter 10 in 2013 and Catharsis in 2016. Crossing over to acting on television, he joined the cast of TV series Glee later in 2010 as Sunshine Corazon.In 2011, "Before It Explodes", written by Bruno Mars, was released as the lead single from Zyrus's second international studio album, Infinity. Zyrus was one of the four judges of the Philippine version of The X Factor, on ABS-CBN, in 2012. Zyrus came out as a gay woman in 2013. In 2017, he came out as a transgender male after having male chest reconstruction and beginning testosterone treatment. He adopted the name <mask>, and discontinued the use of the name "Charice Pempengco". Early life
Zyrus was born as Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco in Cabuyao, Laguna province, Philippines and was raised by single mother Racquel. To help support the family, Zyrus began to enter singing contests at the age of seven, from town fiestas in various provinces to singing competitions on TV, eventually competing in almost a hundred such contests.In 2005, Zyrus joined Little Big Star, a talent show in the Philippines loosely patterned after American Idol. Eliminated after the first performance, Zyrus was called back as a wildcard contender and eventually became one of the finalists. Although a consistent top scorer in the final rounds, Zyrus did not win the title in the finale, placing third. Zyrus made some minor appearances on local television shows and commercials, but essentially fell off the radar after Little Big Star. Only in 2007 did Zyrus gain worldwide recognition after an avid supporter, FalseVoice, started posting a series of performances on YouTube. These videos received over 15 million hits, making Zyrus an internet sensation. Career

2007–2008: Discovery and early work
In June 2007, producers at Ten Songs/Productions, a music publishing company in Sweden, invited Zyrus to a demo-recording seeing online videos.Zyrus recorded seven songs—six covers and an original song called "Amazing", and was next invited to the South Korean talent show Star King on October 13, 2007, singing "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" and a duet of "A Whole New World" with Kyuhyun from Super Junior. Having seen online videos, Ellen DeGeneres invited Zyrus to appear on her show. He flew to the United States for the first time and performed two songs on the December 19, 2007 episode: "I Will Always Love You" and "And I Am Telling You". Following this American debut, <mask> made a second appearance on Star King on December 28 as the "Most Requested Foreign Act", performing Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and singing a duet with Lena Park. In January 2008, Zyrus was invited to Malacañan Palace to perform for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Returning to the international scene, <mask> next guested on the April 8 episode of The Paul O'Grady Show in London, England. The Philippine debut EP Charice was released in May 2008; this mini album, consisting of six songs and six backing tracks, was awarded gold certification in the Philippines in October 2008, and reached platinum status in 2009.Zyrus appeared on the edition of May 12 of The Oprah Winfrey Show in the episode "World's Smartest Kids", where performing Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing". After the show, Oprah Winfrey contacted David Foster to see what the music producer could do for Pempengco. Zyrus performed with Foster for the first time as one of the entertainers on the May 17 opening of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. This was followed by a debut on the international concert stage in Foster's May 23 tribute concert, Hitman: David Foster and Friends, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, performing a medley of songs from The Bodyguard as well as the standard, "And I Am Telling You". A CD/DVD of this concert, including Zyrus' The Bodyguard medley, was released on November 11, 2008. The show was aired several times on PBS and other public television networks starting in December 2008 under the Great Performances banner. One of the singers at the concert was Pempengco's idol, Andrea Bocelli.Bocelli subsequently expressed interest in performing a duet with Pempengco with an invitation to be a guest on his birthday concert "The Cinema Tribute" held on July 20 at the Teatro del Silenzio in his hometown of Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy. Aside from the solo performance, Zyrus sang a duet of "The Prayer" with the famous tenor in front of more than 8,000 people. Zyrus was invited to perform for the Feyenoord's Centennial Anniversary in the Netherlands held on September 26 of the same year, singing the team's anthem, "You'll Never Walk Alone" in front of a crowd of about 50,000 football (soccer) fans In a guest appearance on the "Dreams Come True" episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 9, Oprah referred to Zyrus as "The Most Talented Girl in the World". After singing Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" with David Foster on piano, Zyrus was surprised by Celine Dion's appearance via satellite, at Oprah's invitation, inviting Pempengco to sing a special duet at New York City's Madison Square Garden as part of Dion's Taking Chances Tour. The promised duet took place on September 15, dedicating "Because You Loved Me" to Pempengco's mother. The performance received rave reviews in the New York Post and The New York Times, and was eventually featured on the September 19 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Zyrus would then perform at the Andre Agassi Grand Slam for Children Benefit Concert at the Wynn Las Vegas casino resort.In November, Pempengco and David Foster appeared on Good Morning America to promote Foster's tribute album, Hitman: David Foster and Friends, performing The Bodyguard medley and "I Will Survive". 2009–2010: First major performances

In January 2009, Zyrus performed at two pre-inauguration events in Washington, D.C., in the lead up to the first inauguration of Barack Obama: the "Realizing the Dream" gala at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and the "Pearl Presidential Inaugural Gala" at the Mandarin Hotel. February performances at two post-Oscar award events followed: Oscar Night at Mr. Chow's and Oprah's Oscar After Party, held in the Kodak Theatre. Zyrus then debuted a new original song, "Fingerprint", composed by Robbie Nevil and produced by David Foster, and then appeared in April in the season premiere of Ti lascio una canzone, an Italian musical variety show televised from Teatro Ariston in the city of Sanremo. Zyrus performed "I Will Always Love You", "I Have Nothing", "The Prayer", and "Listen", and went on to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in front of 57,000 baseball fans during the Los Angeles Dodgers 52nd season home opener at Dodger Stadium. In May, Zyrus released a second Philippine album, My Inspiration. The album consists of 12 tracks, including "Always You" and a cover of Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World" performed as a duet with Pempengco's mother.The album was certified gold in the Philippines within two months after release, and then platinum in December 2009. Also in May, Zyrus would again perform at a David Foster and Friends concert held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the May 18 episode "Finale: Oprah's Search for the World's Most Talented Kids" of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Zyrus debuted a first internationally released single, "Note to God", written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster. The single was made available for digital download on the same day and debuted at #24 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, #44 on the Billboard Hot 100, #9 on the Hot Canadian Digital Singles chart and #35 on the Canadian Hot 100. Later that same month, Zyrus was again invited to sing at the Ti lascio una canzone show as a special guest. The first major concert for Zyrus was called Charice: The Journey Begins, presented to a sold-out crowd on June 27 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia in the Philippines. Guests included Christian Bautista, Kuh Ledesma and Little Big Star finalists.On June 28, 2009, in concert, Zyrus revealed a planned duet with legendary pop singer Michael Jackson, explaining that Jackson's lawyer said that Michael had chosen Zyrus to be his special guest on his tour, but Jackson died before the tour could begin. Zyrus contributed to two Christmas albums in 2009, first as David Archuleta's duet partner for the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" on his Christmas album, Christmas from the Heart, then contributing a rendition of "The Christmas Song" to the compilation album, A Very Special Christmas 7. Zyrus was one of the headlining acts on the David Foster and Friends 10-city North American Tour that ran during the fall of 2009, and made a cameo appearance in the feature film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, released in North America on December 23. The official movie soundtrack includes Zyrus' rendition of "No One" by Alicia Keys, accompanied by The Chipettes. Later in the month, Zyrus appeared on the grand finale of Singapore Idol as a guest, performing two signature songs, The Bodyguard medley and "Note to God". 2010–2012: Charice and Infinity

On January 23, 2010, Zyrus appeared on Io Canto, a renowned singing competition in Italy, performing international standards and an Italian favorite called "Adagio" (made popular by Lara Fabian), in Italian. On January 31 Zyrus was featured as one of the musical acts on the NBC Sports program Silk Soy Milk Skate for the Heart, raising awareness of heart disease.Zyrus performed "Note to God" and debuted two new songs included in the debut album, "In This Song" and "Breathe Out" (later retitled as "Breathe You Out"). The album version and club remixes of a second single from the international debut album, "Pyramid" (featuring Iyaz), were released on February 23, 2010 and March 2, 2010, while Reprise Records dropped the album itself on May 11, 2010. On the same day the launch, he made another guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show along with Justin Bieber. Pempengco's worldwide promotion of the album was the subject of a 12-part mini-documentary 30 Days with Charice, filmed by Alloy TV and published at Teen.com. On June 22, Pempengco confirmed joining the cast of the hit US television series Glee for its second

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 season. Later the same week, Charice released a promotional single called "Crescent Moon" in Japan, an English rendition of the Japanese song "Mikazuki" by Ayaka. During the inauguration of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on June 30, 2010, Zyrus sang the Philippine national anthem in front of a crowd estimated at more than half a million.July's promotional tour for the album took Zyrus to Thailand, the Philippines, Japan and South Korea, including a third appearance on Star King. On September 7 the premiere of Glee'''s second season was held in Hollywood with Zyrus in attendance. Zyrus' character Sunshine Corazon, an exchange student from the Philippines, presents lead character Rachel Berry (played by Lea Michele) with serious competition. On November 30, Zyrus appeared on NBC's Christmas in Rockefeller Center, performing two songs from the Christmas EP, "Grown-Up Christmas List" and "Jingle Bell Rock", with producer and mentor David Foster. Zyrus also performed "The Prayer" with the Canadian Tenors and David Foster on the piano for a Christmas special on CBC Television. In December of that year, Zyrus became Operation Smile's official Smile Ambassador, joining such celebrities as Jessica Simpson, Billy Bush, and Zachary Levi in the organization's global efforts to provide free surgeries to children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities. On January 8, 2011, Zyrus was launched as the new endorser of Aficionado Germany Perfume; this event, at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds, titled 1@11, gathered an audience of 85,000.On February 13, 2011, <mask>'s music special Charice: Home for Valentine's was broadcast on the GMA 7 television network in the Philippines. From February 21 to 25, Zyrus embarked on a solo tour to Japan, performing in four shows held at three Zepp music halls, in Nagoya, Tokyo dates and Osaka. It was announced that Zyrus had begun to record new material for an upcoming second international album. The comeback single, "Before It Explodes", written by Bruno Mars, was released on April 18, 2011. The day after its release, another single, "One Day" was released on iTunes, co-written and co-produced with Nick Jonas. "Louder", the third single, was released on May 20 bundled with another song, "Lost The Best Thing". On September 14, 2011, it was revealed in a Japanese broadcast that Zyrus would be singing the theme song to the video game Final Fantasy XIII-2, "New World".The second studio album, Infinity, was released exclusively in Japan on October 5, 2011. On January 18, 2012, Zyrus launched a ten-city tour across Asia to promote the official release of the studio album, Infinity, due later in 2012; the tour began in March. 2013–2015: Chapter 10 and Power of Two
On June 8, 2013, Zyrus revealed plans to release his third album in the Philippines entitled Chapter 10, containing covers of a few favorite modern songs, before heading back to Los Angeles to record more a new international album. The album was released on September 6, 2013 through Star Records; the lead single was a cover of "Titanium". On August 3, 2013, it was announced that on August 10 GMA Network's drama anthology series Magpakailanman would air an episode titled "The Charice Pempengco Story", in which Zyrus reenacted scenes based on real life. A joint concert with Aiza Seguerra followed on September 28 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum, dubbed the "Power of Two". Zyrus sang "Right Where I Belong" for the direct-to-DVD movie The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale (2014).In interviews, Zyrus reported almost losing the role after publicly coming out as lesbian in 2013. Zyrus appeared on the October 19, 2014 episode of Oprah: Where Are They Now?. In 2015, Zyrus reunited with Foster to perform a version of Sam Smith's "Lay Me Down" on Asia's Got Talent. Artistry
Influences
In 2010, Zyrus said that his mother, a former pop vocalist, served as a primary musical influence; He begged her for singing lessons beginning at the age of four. Growing up, the family listened to many types of music, especially artists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and Destiny's Child. Zyrus has also expressed admiration for Lady Gaga and Beyoncé for attitude, fashion, and vocal style, and stated a wish to work with both of them someday. Zyrus was also a fan of Michael Jackson, and Justin Timberlake and wished to work with Eminem, Dr. Dre, Chris Brown and Ne-Yo.Zyrus performed "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson with Ne-Yo at the David Foster and Friends Special in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas in October 2010. Voice
Prior to his transition, when he was known as Charice, Zyrus received positive recognition for his vocal talents. In an ABC News interview, David Foster mentioned Zyrus' ability to mimic other people's voices, which, according to him, is a characteristic of good singers. In a separate interview, Josh Groban stated that Zyrus' voice is one of the most beautiful he had heard in a long time. Ryan Murphy, the executive music producer of the hit US television series Glee, said, "When that girl  opens her mouth, angels fly out." Oprah's bookazine, Oprah's Farewell Celebration: Inside 25 Extraordinary Years of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show, mentioned Zyrus' "soaring soprano voice". However, since his transition from female to male, Zyrus has been known for his "increasingly confident tenor".Personal life
Raised in the Iglesia ni Cristo faith, Zyrus and younger brother Carl were baptized and confirmed into their mother's Roman Catholic faith on May 22, 2010, 12 days after Zyrus's 18th birthday, at the Pasig Cathedral in Pasig,  Metro Manila, Philippines. The more than 40 godparents included ABS-CBN network president Charo Santos-Concio, producer Laurenti Dyogi, The Buzz hosts Boy Abunda and Kris Aquino, segment host and radio personality Jobert Sucaldito, TV Patrol news anchors Karen Davila and Julius Babao, and Star Records head Annabelle Regalado-Borja. Philippine Daily Inquirer columnists Emmie Velarde and Pocholo Concepcion were also included. Oprah Winfrey and David Foster, two principal sponsors who played a major role in Zyrus's ascent to international stardom, were unable to attend and instead sent their own representatives to the ceremony. In October 2011, Zyrus' estranged father, 40-year-old construction worker Ricky Pempengco, was stabbed to death in the Philippines, forcing the cancellation of a concert in Singapore. Ricky had been at a small grocery store in San Pedro, Laguna, a city south of Metro Manila, when he brushed against a drunk man who became angry and stabbed him with an ice pick in the chest and back, according to the Laguna province police chief. Zyrus responded to the stabbing on Twitter:  "I want to thank my fans from around the world for their support and love at this very difficult time for my family and I.""We are all very sad about this terrible tragedy" and "I loved him and I will still love him"; "He's still my Dad after all." Zyrus' exploration of his gender identity was a subject of public interest. In March 2012, Zyrus faced harsh criticism from the Internet and the media after changing his hairstyle and fashion into a self-described "edgy and rock" look, responding: "I know some people think that this is very rebellious but it's not. It's just me evolving." On April 16, 2013, questions were raised after pictures surfaced online of Zyrus in masculine dress. In an interview, mother Raquel Pempengco said that she would respect her child's decision about his own identity. On May 28, The Philippine Star newspaper ran a story about Zyrus' 21st birthday party which was described as a "coming out of sorts".On June 2, 2013, Zyrus said that he identified as lesbian at that time during an interview with Boy Abunda at The Buzz in the Philippines, mentioning past relationships with other women in the industry. Nine months later, in March 2014, <mask> debuted a new "boyish" look with much shorter hair cut and more tattoos. In a 2014 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Zyrus mentioned being attracted to girls since childhood and said "basically, my soul is male", but denied plans to pursue gender transition at that time. In April 2017, <mask> broke up with Alyssa Quijano, after four years of living together. In June 2017, <mask> announced the adopting of his current name and stopped the use of Charice, a name he previously went by, on Twitter and Instagram. Subsequently, Zyrus disclosed that he had undergone removal of both breasts in March, and had begun testosterone shots in April. In an interview with Papermag, he said "I am always thankful for the life of Charice that I experienced and the music that I shared, but that obviously belongs to her, it's not for me.I'm letting her go and be free." 's 2010 Most Irresistible Lyrics for "Pyramid" – Yahoo!, 2010
Number 7 in Reader's Choice Favorite Album of 2010: ChariceBest New Artist – J-Wave Tokio Hot 100 Awards 2011 (Japan)
Female Concert Performer of the Year – 42nd Box Office Entertainment Awards, 2011, Philippines
Number 11 in US Weeklys Hottest Glee Guests List: February 2011 (USA)
Number 79 in Entertainment Weekly (USA, 2011)
2011 GMMSF Box-Office Entertainment Awards - Female Concert Performer of the Year
BPinoy Award – Philippines
Womanity Award Winner – Entertainment: Female Network's Womanity Awards
Number 2 in Hottest Girl Chart: August 2011 issue of J-14 MagazineCoolest Female Singer Award: Yahoo! OMG Awards Philippines
Best Major Concert (Female Category) – 24th Aliw Awards, 2011, Philippines
Entertainer of the Year – 24th Aliw Awards, 2011, Philippines
Favorite Asian Act – Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2012, [USA]

Discography

Studio albumsMy Inspiration (2009)Charice (2010)Infinity (2011)Chapter 10 (2013)Catharsis (2016)

Extended playsCharice (2008)Grown-Up Christmas List (2010)Evolution (2019)

Filmography
Note: Prior to his appearance on Tonight with Boy Abunda'' in 2017, Zyrus' gender identity as a trans man was not known to the wider public. He was credited as his pre-transition name "Charice" prior to this television appearance. References

External links

 Official MySpace
 Official YouTube Channel

 [ Charice] at Billboard.com

1992 births
Living people
21st-century Filipino male actors
21st-century Filipino  male singers
ABS-CBN personalities
GMA Network personalities
TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities
Converts to Roman Catholicism from Unitarianism
Filipino child singers

English-language singers from the Philippines
Filipino male film actors
Filipino male television actors
Filipino pop singers
Filipino Roman Catholics
Filipino YouTubers
Former members of Iglesia ni Cristo
LGBT musicians from the Philippines
LGBT singers
LGBT songwriters
LGBT Roman Catholics
Male actors from Laguna (province)
Male YouTubers
YouTube channels launched in 2005
Participants in Philippine reality television series
People from Cabuyao
Singers from Laguna (province)
Star Magic
Star Music artists
Tagalog people
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Transgender and transsexual male actors
Transgender and transsexual men musicians
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Sir <mask> (7 August 186816 October 1946) was a British composer of classical music. Biography

<mask> was born in London. His father was an eminent Scottish surgeon. His younger brother was the dramatist and film director <mask>. <mask> was intended by his parents for the Indian Civil Service but he suffered poor health and initially turned to chemical engineering. At the age of 20, when he began studying composers' manuscripts, at South Kensington Museum Library, he was drawn into the musical world. His first teacher was Dr Gordon Saunders at Trinity College of Music.In 1888 he entered the Royal Academy of Music where he studied harmony and composition with Frederick Corder winning the Macfarren Prize in the first year it was awarded. Early conducting engagements took him around the world with a musical comedy troupe. With his brother Leedham <mask> he wrote a couple of music hall songs which met with some success. He founded a music magazine, The New Quarterly Music Review, but this lasted only a few years. In 1897, he became conductor at the New Brighton Tower concerts, where he promoted the works of Joseph Holbrooke, Frederic Hymen Cowen, Charles Steggall, Edward German, Hubert Parry, Charles Villiers Stanford, Corder and others, frequently devoting whole concerts to a single composer. He was also conductor of the Liverpool Orchestral Society with which he premiered Delius's Brigg Fair on 18 January 1908. He became the principal of the Birmingham and Midland Institute school of music in 1900.He was a close friend of fellow composer Havergal Brian. He was Peyton Professor of Music at the University of Birmingham from 1908 to 1934 (in which post he succeeded Sir Edward Elgar). In 1934, he was elected Chairman of the Corporation of Trinity College of Music in London. He was knighted in 1930. His students included the conductor and composer Anthony Bernard and the composer Eric Fogg. In 1898 he married Helena von Schweitzer (1868–1961) who acted as a librettist for him. He was influential in the founding of the City of Birmingham orchestra (later the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), whose first performance in September 1920 was of his overture Saul.<mask>'s Hebridean Symphony was recorded by the CBO on 28 January 1925 at Riley Hall, Constitution Hill, Birmingham. This acoustic version, conducted by Adrian Boult, was never released. His music was influenced by folk song of the Hebrides (as in his 1915 Hebridean Symphony) and the works of Richard Wagner. Many of his works have an "exotic" element, including the choral epic Omar Khayyám (1906–09). Among his other better-known works are the overture The Pierrot of the Minute (1908) and the Pagan Symphony (1928). Many of his works have been commercially recorded since the early 1990s. From 1926 to 1933 his Birmingham home was Metchley Lodge (now Metchley Abbey; despite the name, the building has no religious connection), which a Birmingham Civic Society blue plaque on the building records.Shortly after the composer's death in London, in 1946, a Bantock Society was established. Its first president was Jean Sibelius, whose music <mask> championed during the early years of the century. Sibelius dedicated his Third Symphony to <mask>. Edward Elgar dedicated the second of his Pomp and Circumstance Marches to <mask>. <mask> <mask> was also the father-in-law of the composer Margaret More (1903-1966) via her marriage to Granville's son, <mask>. Their son, <mask> <mask>'s grandson, is <mask>, a poet. Bibliography
Four books have been published on <mask> <mask>.The first was authored by his long-time (and long-suffering) friend and 'secretary', 'Colonel' H. O. Anderton for the Living Masters of Music series in 1915. A brief pamphlet (with a portrait) by King Palmer, part of the Paxton Miniature Biographies series, appeared in 1947. A 'personal portrait' of <mask> by his daughter was published by Dent in 1972. It is an engaging read and contains a number of photographs. An Introduction to the Life and Work of Sir <mask> <mask> by Vincent Budd, was published in 2000 by Gnosis Press. It is also illustrated and contains a discographical guide. A larger volume is in progress.The Bantock Society published a Journal between 1996 and 1999 and its issues contain a number of articles on the composer. There are also numerous other published pieces scattered in various magazines and journals. A Doctoral thesis by Trevor Bray, written in 1972, is a record of <mask>'s musical output. A collection of the composer's letters to Muriel Mann, with whom he had an affair between 1936 and 1940, was published in May 2013 by her granddaughter Katherine de Marne Werner, with the title "My Dear Rogue". This contains prefaces by two of <mask>'s grandchildren and a long Afterword by Vincent Budd which helps to put these letters into historical perspective and includes previously unpublished material. Discography
A broad selection of <mask>'s orchestral output, including all the symphonies, has been recorded in an edition by the Hyperion label in performances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley, now available also as a box set. Handley also recorded a largely complete performance of Omar Khayyám with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on the Chandos label.However, the only complete recording is available on the Lyrita Recorded Edition label. An alternative recording of the Hebridean Symphony (together with the Old English Suite and Russian Scenes) is available on the Naxos label, with the Czechoslovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice) conducted by Adrian Leaper. Historic recordings of miniatures and songs have appeared on the Dutton label. The Cameo Classics label has re-issued its Granville Bantock recordings made with conductor Geoffrey Heald-Smith from 1978 to 1982 on a double CD set, which includes the Hebridean Symphony (in the presence of <mask>), the Pagan Symphony and Witch of Atlas (the first digital recordings), and the Sapphic Poem (solo cello, Gillian Thoday). i.e. Helena F. <mask>, dedicated to Herbert Brewer);
Sea Wanderers, poem for chorus and orchestra (text H.F.B. i.e.Carnegie Trust Award, Glasgow 17 January 1916, Queen's Hall, London Symphony Orchestra/Hamilton Harty, March 1917);
Pagan Symphony (motto: et ego in Arcadia vixi, dedicated to <mask>, Paris 3 September 1927, BBC SO/Sir Adrian Boult, 8 May 1936)
The Cyprian Goddess: Symphony No. 3 (1938/39)
Celtic Symphony for strings and six harps (1940, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Raybould, Home Service 24 July 1942 and Birmingham, 25 November 1967)

Concertos
Elegiac Poem for cello and orchestra (1898)
Sapphic Poem for cello and orchestra (1906, dedicated to Willi Lehmann)
Celtic Poem for cello and orchestra (1914, arrangement of the piece for cello and piano, dedicated to Herbert Withers);
Hamabdil for cello, harp and strings (1919, part of the Judith incidental music, dedicated to Percy Hall)
Dramatic Poem for cello and orchestra (1941)

Tone poems
Tone Poem No. 1, Thalaba, The Destroyer (1900, after Robert Southey)
Tone Poem No. 2, Dante and Beatrice (1901, revised 1910, Scottish Orchestra/composer, Glasgow, 24 May 1911, revised version of Dante, London Musical Festival, 1911)
Tone Poem No. 3, later dubbed Orchestral Drama: Fifine at the Fair (1901, after Browning's Pippa Passes, Birmingham Festival, 1912, conducted by the composer, then Eighth Balfour Gardiner Concert, Queen's Hall, first performance in London, New SO/Gardiner, 18 March 1913; this was to have been given at an RPS concert in the 1911–12 season but was cancelled due to a dispute over fees. Fifine was finally given by the Society on 26 November 1917 conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham). A classic recording of Fifine was made by Beecham conducting the RPO for EMI in 1947.This recording was made under the auspices of the British Council and the Bantock Society
Tone Poem No. 4, Hudibras (1902, after Samuel Butler)
Tone Poem No. 5, The Witch of Atlas (1902, after Percy Bysshe Shelley, Worcester Festival)
Tone Poem No. 6, Lalla Rookh (1902, after Thomas Moore, dedicated to Joseph Holbrooke)

Other orchestral works
Two Orchestral Scenes from The Curse of Kehama: (1) Processional, (2) Jaga-Naut (1894, after Robert Southey, Philharmonic Society concert, 1897. The Two Scenes are all that was achieved of a project to complete a cycle of 24 tone poems based on Southey's poem)
Symphonic Overture with organ, Saul (1894, Chester Cathedral, 1897)
Russian Scenes, Suite of five pieces for small orchestra (1899)
Helena: Orchestral Variations on the Theme HFB (The Helena Variations) (1899, dedicated to Helena F<mask>. "Thoughts and reflections on some of your moods written during a wearisome absence. ", Liverpool Orchestral Society, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool)
English Scenes, Suite of five pieces for small orchestra (1900)
Comedy Overture, Pierrot of the Minute (1908, after Ernest Dowson)
Three Dramatic Dances (1909)
Old English Suite for small orchestra (1909)
Overture to a Greek Tragedy (1911, after Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus)
From the Far West for strings (1912)
In the Far East, Serenade for strings (1912)
Scottish Rhapsody (1913)
Scenes from the Scottish Highlands, Suite for strings (1913)
The Land of the Gael, Suite for strings (1915)
Coronach for strings, harp and organ (1918)
Suite from Judith (1918)
Festal Hymn of Judith (1918)
The Sea Reivers, an Orchestral Ballad (1920, a discarded scherzo from the Hebridean Symphony)
Caristiona, A Hebridean Seascape (1920, revised in 1943–44 with The Sea Reivers and published as Two Hebridean Sea Poems)
Comedy Overture, The Frogs (1935, Aristophanes, Proms, Queen's Hall, 1936)
Two Marches for the Ceylon Police (1930s?)Four Chinese Landscapes (1936)
Aphrodite in Cyprus, Symphonic Ode (1938–39)
Macbeth Overture (1940, utilising material from the incidental music)
Comedy Overture, Circus Life (1941, adapted from the overture to the incidental music for A Marionette Show)
Overture to a Greek Comedy, The Women's Festival (1941, Aristophanes)
Two Heroic Ballads. 1: Cuchullan's Lament, 2: Kishmul's Galley (November 1944)
Comedy Overture, The Birds (1946, after Aristophanes, Birmingham Town Hall, conducted by Dr Christopher Edmunds)
The Funeral (1946)

Works for brass band
Festival March (1914, written for Keir Hardie for the Twenty-first International Labour Party Conference, Bradford)
Oriental Rhapsody (1930, founded on the Tone Poem, Lalla Rookh, Open Championship, Eccles Borough Band/J. 1 in G major (1929, dedicated to Albert Sammons)
Pagan Poem for flute and piano (1930)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major (1932, dedicated to Arthur Caterall)
A Chinese Mirror for string quartet (1933, arrangements from the Chinese Poems, first set)
Viola Sonata in B minor
Cello Sonata No. 1 in B minor (1940)
Violin Sonata No. 3 (1940)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor (1945)
Dramatic Poem for cello and piano (1945)

Piano music
Suite, a Marionette Show (1918)
Three Scottish Scenes (1919)
Lalla Rookh, Tales and Dances (1919)
The Cloisters at Midnight (New College, Oxford, 1920)
Arabian Nights (1920, seven pieces, dedicated to Gustav Holst)
Miniatures (twelve pieces)
Phantoms (1934)
Nine Dramatic Poems (1935, Browning)
Memories of Sapphire (1938) dedicated to Muriel Mann

Songs
Songs from the Chinese Poets (Bantock)
A feast of lanterns (after 1700s Chinese poet Yuan Mei)
Songs of the East (Helena Bantock) and many others

A selective list of his compositions is to be found in Grove 5.Archives
Original autograph scores of most of <mask> <mask>'s compositions are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. Further collections of letters from <mask> <mask> mainly to his son <mask>,  and from <mask> <mask> to Ernest Newman, are also held at the Cadbury Research Library. References

External links

Sir <mask> <mask> a new (2017) website (replacing the Bantock Society website which no longer exists). Aims to link to musical sources, published music and recordings and concert performances of works by Sir <mask> <mask>. Bantock on Hyperion Records
 Searchable archive of articles and reviews in the Gramophone magazine

 National Library of Australia

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title: Gustav Koerner

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<mask>, also spelled <mask> or <mask> (20 November 1809 – 9 April 1896) was a German-American revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, politician, judge, and statesman in Illinois and Germany and a Colonel of the U.S. Army who was a confessed enemy of slavery. He married on 17 June 1836 in Belleville Sophia Dorothea Engelmann (16 November 1815 – 1 March  1888), they had 9 children. He belonged to the co-founders and was one of the first members of the Grand Old Party; and he was a close confidant of Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd and had an essential role in his nomination and election for president in 1860. Life

Early life and education
<mask> was the son of the Frankfurt publisher, bookseller and art dealer Bernhard Körner (1776–1829) and his wife Maria Magdalena Kämpfe (1776–1847), daughter of another Frankfurt bookseller. He graduated with Abitur from the Gymnasium Francofurtanum. Then he studied law at the universities in Jena, Munich and Heidelberg and graduated 1832 from the University of Heidelberg as Dr. iuris utriusque, doctor as well as German and Roman law. Escape from Persecution in Germany
On Christmas Eve 1830 in Munich, Koerner was involved in a somewhat drunken snowball fight that led to a confrontation with the Gendarmerie of that city in royal Bavaria where an officer was knocked down and wounded.Because of his participation in these so-called "Christmas riots," he was taken into custody for four months, later recalling that during the time of his captivity he learned more about the law than during the whole of his two-years of study at the University of Jena. Owing to this event the University of Munich was temporarily closed and after his custody, Koerner changed to the university in Heidelberg. Koerner was one of the participants at the Hambach Festival in the spring of 1832 which was held to prepare a free, democratic, and unified state in Germany. The German Confederation's legation of sovereigns, the Bundestag (officially called the Bundesversammlung, Federal Assembly), was located in the Palais Thurn und Taxis in the center of Frankfurt, Koerner's native city. During the Frankfurter Wachensturm in 1833, a failed attempt by students to start a revolution in all states of the German Confederation, Koerner was injured and, to avoid being prosecuted by the authorities and held captive for high treason which would threaten capital punishment, he escaped in female dress to France. A warrant was out for him. He is counted as one of the Dreissiger.The Central Federal Bureau for Investigations () in Frankfurt was set up after the revolt against the reign of the President of the German Confederation, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, his chancellor Prince Metternich and his other vassals including King Frederick William III of Prussia. These authorities assigned him number 908 with the name <mask> <mask> in their infamous "black book" of revolutionary suspects. The Free City of Frankfurt was occupied by federal troops from Austria and Prussia which meant a de facto total loss of its independence. Rescued by "Angels"
On 1 May 1833, Koerner boarded a ship in Le Havre sailing to North America with a group of emigrants headed by the patriarch of the Engelmann family, whose son Theodor was an old friend of his from college. On the passage he became engaged to his future wife Sophie, a daughter of Engelmann's who was born in the Electorate of the Palatinate (), a historic region of Germany. A year earlier, as a vanguard for the family, her cousin George Engelmann had explored the region of the Midwestern United States. George was also from Frankfurt, about the same age as <mask>, and had attended the same school, receiving a degree as M.D.and later becoming a famous expert in the botany of North America. They reached the Port of New York City on 17 June and went next to St. Louis in Missouri, a slave state that Koerner deeply abhorred. Shortly after, having departed that city, he and the Engelmanns settled down in the Shiloh Valley near Belleville, Illinois. (Demonstrating the sincerity and earnestness of Koerner's attitude toward the abolition of slavery, the 50th anniversary edition of the "Belleviller Zeitung" printed this example from "those memorable days of the anti-slavery movement: A large crowd was gathered in great excitement in Belleville's public square. Koerner, inquiring for the cause of this unusual gathering and learning that a slave was being offered for sale, rose from his horse, went to the auction stand, bought the slave, and immediately gave him freedom.") Koerner continued his legal studies in American law. at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky during 1834-1835.While at the University, he got to know Mary Todd who a few years later married Abraham Lincoln. From 1835 he practiced in Belleville as a lawyer in his own firm, then practiced in the office of Adam W. Snyder in Belleville and from 1837 worked in the office of James Shields. In 1838 he received American citizenship. Elected
<mask> was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1842, served on the Illinois Supreme Court from 1845 to 1848, and as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois from 1853 to 1857. Originally a Democrat, he became a member of the Republican Party after its formation, and helped develop its anti-slavery platform. As a friend, he took over some of Abraham Lincoln's cases when Lincoln was elected president. Koerner was the first citizen of German extraction ever elected to the Illinois or Missouri legislatures.In 1851, in a clash with the editor of Anzeiger des Westens Henry Boernstein, he called the Forty-Eighters Greens in his Belleviller Zeitung newspaper and Boernstein, in a published reply, insultingly called him <mask>. Service for the Country
In 1861, Koerner was instrumental in raising the 43rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment but before its organization had been completed, he was appointed Colonel of Volunteers and assigned as aide to Gen. John C. Frémont, upon whose removal he was assigned to Gen. Henry W. Halleck's staff as Brigadier General. He resigned in April 1862 due to impaired health. Shortly thereafter, he succeeded Carl Schurz as United States Ambassador to Spain. The expectation was that Koerner would prevent Spain from entering into the American Civil War on the side of the Southern slave states. Although Koerner, the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America (his precise titles as ambassador) managed to accomplish this objective, he was discontented in Spain and asked the president several times for a replacement. An important reason prompting his request was that the stipend for his ambassadorship did not nearly cover the huge financial obligations expected of him at the Spanish court.Koerner had to provide such funds from his private accounts. In 1864, he left the diplomatic service and returned to the United States. Pallbearer
After the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln a special honour was granted him. Koerner was one of the pallbearers who carried the corpse of the president in the state funeral. The other men, all of them Lincoln's friends from his time in Springfield, Illinois, who conducted the coffin were:

Jesse K. Dubois
Stephen T. Logan
James L. Lamb
Samuel Hubbel Treat, Jr.
John Williams
Erastus White
J. M. Brown
Jacob Bunn
Charles Matheny
Elisha Iles
John T. Stuart

Last years

In 1867 Koerner was appointed president of the board of trustees that organized the Illinois Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Bloomington, and in 1870 he became president of the first board of railroad commissioners of Illinois. A supporter of Ulysses S. Grant's successful 1868 presidential election bid, in 1872 he became a supporter of the Liberal Republican Party, belonging to the nominating committee which chose Horace Greeley as its (unsuccessful) US presidential candidate. In the same year Koerner ran for election (→ Illinois gubernatorial election, 1872) to the office of Governor of Illinois, though the Republican Richard James Oglesby (1824–1899) won the election.He then backed the Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden for the U.S. presidency in a contentious election of 1876 (Tilden won the absolute majority and was not elected due to a political deal between the two dominant parties) and remained with this party afterwards. In 1874, Koerner's wife Sophia, together with Henry Raab (1837–1901), a German immigrant (1854) from Wetzlar, a librarian in Belleville and later a well-known educator, established, with others, one of the first kindergartens. She became the first president of the Belleville Kindergarten Association which received $2,100 in contributions from 70 shareholders and, supported by 150 other women, one year later was serving 201 pupils taught by three educators. This institute followed the Julius Fröbel system of primary education for training children effortlessly. The building was finished in April 1875 for $5,000 but it was sold in 1892 to the Belleville Philharmonic Society. Reminiscences

At the suggestion of farmer Dr. Anton Schott, a graduate in Theology and Philosophy, Koerner, together with other Latin Farmers, in 1836 founded the public library in Belleville, probably the first in Illinois. Although he had never pursued agriculture as a profession, he is counted among the group of Latin farmers, which was a half-satirical, half-respectful designation for people like him, German immigrants in the United States who had received an advanced academic education.Koerner was an active lawyer, and also wrote articles for several newspapers, among others the "Belleviller Zeitung" and the "Anzeiger des Westens" (published in St. Louis), American newspapers in the German language. He had great influence on the growing German community in North America in the second half of the 19th century. On the recommendation of his friend and biographer Heinrich Rattermann (1832–1923), he began at the end of 1886 to record his memoirs. Koerner did not consider publicationhe wrote down the detailed retrospective of his life as a recollection for his numerous descendants. His memoirs were published in two volumes in 1909, 13 years after his death and in the year of his 100th birthday, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Today Koerner's former home is registered in the National Register of Historic Places. It was acquired in 2001 by the City of Belleville and is being restored by the historical society of St. Clair County, Illinois (St. Clair County Historical Society) as a museum dedicated to the well-known German-American.It will illuminate Koerner's friendship with Abraham Lincoln. In 2009, Belleville celebrated Koerner's 200th birthday with a festive dinner attended by Koerner and Engelmann descendants. The following day, they planted an American white oak tree (the state tree of Illinois) at Koerner's Walnut Hill grave and presented a valuable exhibit for the planned Koerner Museum: a heavy silver tablet, given by Queen Isabella II of Spain in 1864 to <mask> for his farewell as a US ambassador to Spain. Do right and fear no one

The historical society of St. Clair County, Illinois, in which Belleville is located, will restore the former home of <mask> to a museum under the motto "Do right and fear no one," which in 2009 was also the motto of his 200th birthday celebration. "Act properly and fear no one" was, however, not quite his personal motto. Rather, in his memoirs he described this phrase as the "religion" of most Burschenschafter (fraternity students) during his student years at Jena – though he still may have made it his own basic position as an active Burschenschafter. One of his personal leitmotivs was pointed out by the "Belleviller Zeitung" (the local German language newspaper) on 11 January 1899, nearly three years after his death, in a biography in the jubilee edition at the 50th anniversary of their first appearance:

See also

 <mask> Koerner House
 Illinois gubernatorial election, 1852
 List of governors of Illinois
 List of lieutenant governors of Illinois

External
Belleville Zeitung

Works

Collections of the Important General Laws of Illinois, with Comments (St. Louis, 1838)

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References

External links
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title: Roberto Carlos

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<mask> (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as <mask>, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left-back and has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game". A free kick specialist throughout his career, his bending shots have measured at over . In 1997, he was runner-up in the FIFA World Player of the Year. Widely considered one of the greatest left backs in history, he was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in a 2002 FIFA poll, and in 2004 was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. At club level, <mask> joined Real Madrid from Inter Milan in 1996 to spend 11 highly successful seasons, playing 584 matches in all competitions and scoring 71 goals. At Real, he won four La Liga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times.In April 2013, Marca named him in their "Best Foreign Eleven in Real Madrid's History". He is one of the few players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances at club and international level. <mask> made his debut for the Brazil national team in 1992. He played in three World Cups, helping the team reach the final in 1998 in France, and win the 2002 tournament in Korea/Japan. He was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 1998 and 2002. With Brazil he is especially known for a bending 40-yard free kick against France in the inaugural match of Tournoi de France 1997. With 125 caps he has made the second most appearances for his national team.He took up management and was named as the manager of Sivasspor in the Turkish Süper Lig in June 2013. He resigned as head coach in December 2014. From January to June 2015, he was manager of Akhisarspor. Although <mask> announced his retirement from playing at the age of 39 in 2012, in July 2015 he was appointed player/manager of Indian Super League club Odisha FC, with whom he would make three appearances. In 2022 he is to make a one-off appearance for Sunday league pub team The Bull in The Barne United. Club career

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<mask> began his professional career playing for União São João, a football club based in Araras in the state of São Paulo. In 1992, despite playing at what was seen as a lesser club and only being 19 years old, he was called up for the Brazil national team.In August 1992, aged 19, he joined Atlético Mineiro on loan and went on the club's tour of Europe. The tour consisted of the B team, as the club was prioritising the first Copa CONMEBOL in South America at the same time. The tour served as a test for many players, and those who stood out could be integrated definitively to the main group. <mask> did not participate in the first two games in Italy but played the full match against Lleida in Spain on 27 August in a match for the Ciutat de Lleida Trophy. He remained in the team for the next two games, held in Logroño, against Logroñés and Athletic Bilbao. Before retiring from football in 2014, <mask> thanked Atlético Mineiro for the opportunity. In 1993, <mask> joined Palmeiras, where he played for two seasons, winning two consecutive Brazilian league titles.After almost signing for Aston Villa side in 1995, <mask> chose a move to Inter Milan, in the Serie A, playing one season for the Nerazzurri. He scored a 30-yard free-kick on his debut in a 1–0 win over Vicenza but his season at Inter was unsuccessful, with the club finishing seventh in Serie A. In an interview with FourFourTwo in a May 2005 issue, <mask> said that the then-coach of Inter, Roy Hodgson, wanted him to play as a winger, but <mask> wanted to play as a left back. <mask> spoke to Inter owner Massimo Moratti "to see if he could sort things out and it soon became clear that the only solution was to leave". Real Madrid
<mask> joined Real Madrid in the year 1996 close season. When newly appointed manager Fabio Capello learned that <mask> had become transferable he barely could believe it, and he asked chairman Lorenzo Sanz to travel to Milan immediately. An agreement had been reached 24 hours later.<mask> was given the number 3 shirt and held the position as the team's first choice left-back from the 1996–97 season until the 2006–07 season. During his 11 seasons with Madrid, he appeared in 584 matches in all competitions, scoring 71 goals. He is Real Madrid's most capped foreign-born player in La Liga with 370 appearances, after breaking the previous record of 329 held by Alfredo Di Stéfano in January 2006. During his Real Madrid career, <mask> was, alongside Milan and Italy legend Paolo Maldini, considered the greatest left-back in the world. As a high-profile player and one of the most influential members of the team, <mask> was considered one of Madrid's Galácticos (which included Zinedine Zidane, Luís Figo, Ronaldo and David Beckham) during Florentino Pérez's first tenure as club president. He won four La Liga titles with Madrid, and played in the 1998, 2000 and 2002 UEFA Champions League finals, assisting Zinedine Zidane's winning goal in 2002, considered one of the greatest goals in Champions League history. <mask> was named as Club Defender of the Year and included in the UEFA Team of the Year in 2002 and 2003.In the later part of his Real Madrid career, <mask> was named as one of the club's "three captains" alongside Raúl and Guti. Renowned for getting forward from his left-back position and scoring spectacular goals, in February 1998, he scored arguably his most memorable goal for Real Madrid with a bending volley struck with the outside of his left foot from near the sideline in a Copa del Rey match against Tenerife in what was described as an "impossible goal". On the final day of the 2002–03 season, with Madrid needing to beat Athletic Bilbao to overtake Real Sociedad and win their 29th La Liga title, <mask> scored from a free-kick in the second minute of first half stoppage time to put los Blancos 2–1 ahead. The team eventually ran out 3–1 winners to wrap up the title. On 6 December 2003, <mask> scored the opening goal for Madrid as they beat Barcelona in El Clásico at Camp Nou for the first time in a La Liga match in 20 years. In March 2007, in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Bayern Munich, <mask> failed to control the backpass when Madrid kicked off, allowing Bayern's Hasan Salihamidžić to steal the ball and feed to Roy Makaay, who scored the quickest goal in Champions League history at 10.12 seconds. <mask> bore the brunt of criticism for that mistake which led to the team's elimination from the Champions League, and, on 9 March 2007, he announced he would leave Real Madrid upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2006–07 season.His final goal for Real Madrid was a stoppage time winner against Recreativo de Huelva with three games remaining in the 2006–07 La Liga season. The goal proved to be crucial to Real Madrid winning its 30th league title as they eventually finished level on points with Barcelona, becoming champions via the head-to-head rule. Madrid clinched La Liga in <mask>'s final match, a 3–1 win over Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Fenerbahçe
On 19 June 2007, <mask> signed a two-year contract (with one year optional) with the Turkish Süper Lig champions Fenerbahçe; he was presented at club's home ground, the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, in front of thousands of fans. In the first official match he played with the team, Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Super Cup against Beşiktaş by a score of 2–1. During a league match against Sivasspor, he scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe on 25 August 2007 from a diving header, which was only the third headed goal of his career. He was injured during the final period of the same season and missed the title race between Fenerbahçe and rivals Galatasaray.His team eventually lost the title to their rivals, while guaranteeing a place for themselves in Champions League knockouts for the next season. He announced that he was unhappy about the final result and would do his best to carry the domestic trophy back to the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. On 7 October 2009, <mask> announced that he would leave Fenerbahçe when his contract expired in December 2009. He offered to return to Real Madrid and play for free, though he also said return to the Brazilian domestic leagues was a possibility, and announced his departure on 25 November. He made his last appearance for Fenerbahçe on 17 December, as a late substitute against Sheriff Tiraspol in the UEFA Europa League. Corinthians

After 15 years away from Brazil, <mask> returned to his country in 2010 to play for Corinthians, joining his friend and former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo. On 4 June 2010, <mask> scored a goal against Internacional and helped Corinthians to move to the top of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A table.The Timão won the game 2–0. On 16 January 2011, <mask>uesa. Concerned with his safety after being threatened by fans after the Copa Libertadores da América defeat to Colombian club Tolima, <mask> requested his release by the club, which was promptly facilitated by Corinthians. Anzhi Makhachkala

On 12 February 2011, <mask> signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Russian Premier League club Anzhi Makhachkala, worth approximately €10 million. Playing in a defensive midfield position, <mask> was named captain of Anzhi on 8 March. On 25 April, he scored his first goal for Anzhi in a 2–2 draw with Dynamo Moscow, converting a 58th minute penalty. On 30 April, he scored his second goal, converting a penalty in a 1–0 win over Rostov, and on 10 June, he then scored his third goal on a 20th minute in a 2–0 win over Spartak Nalchik.On 11 September 2011, <mask> scored his fourth goal in a 2–1 win over Volga Nizhny Novgorod. As of his first season for Anzhi, <mask> made 28 appearances and scored five goals. On 30 September, he became the caretaker coach of Anzhi following the sacking of Gadzhi Gadzhiyev, before Andrei Gordeyev assumed the role also in a caretaker capacity. <mask> announced his plans to retire at the end of 2012, but continued to work behind the scenes at Anzhi. In August 2012, Anzhi coach Guus Hiddink confirmed his retirement at a news conference in Moscow, also stating, "<mask> was a world class football player. Every master's career ends at some point." Racism in Russia
In March 2011, during a game away at Zenit Saint Petersburg, a banana was held near <mask> by one of the fans as the footballer was taking part in a flag-raising ceremony.In June, in a match away at Krylia Sovetov Samara,

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title: Roberto Carlos

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 <mask> received a pass from the goalkeeper and was about to pass it when a banana was thrown onto the pitch, landing nearby. <mask> picked it up and threw it by the sidelines, walking off the field before the final whistle and raising two fingers at the stands, indicating this was the second such incident since March. India and England

In the 2015/16 season, he accumulated the dual role of player and manager in Indian football (see more information in the manager tab). In 2022 he was hired through a promotional event to perform for a pub team. International career

<mask> amassed 125 caps, scoring 11 goals for the Brazilian national team. He represented Brazil at three FIFA World Cups, four Copa América tournaments, the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 1996 Olympic Games. He is especially famous for a bending 40-yard free kick against France in the inaugural match of Tournoi de France 1997 on 3 June 1997.The ball curled so much that the ball boy ten yards to the right ducked instinctively, thinking that the ball would hit him. Instead, it curled back on target, much to the surprise of goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, who just stood in place. This particular attempt has been considered to be the greatest free kick of all time. In 2010, a team of French scientists produced a paper explaining the trajectory of the ball. At the 1998 World Cup, he played seven matches, including the final loss to France. After a qualifying game for the 2002 World Cup which was held in South Korea/Japan, Paraguay goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert spat on <mask>, an action which caused FIFA to give Chilavert a three-match suspension and forced him to watch the first game of the World Cup from the stands. <mask> played six matches in the finals, scoring a goal from a free kick against China, and was a starter in the final against Germany, with Brazil winning 2–0.After the tournament, he was also included in the World Cup All-Star Team. <mask>'s next international tournament was the 2006 World Cup. In July 2006, after Brazil's 1–0 defeat to France in the quarter-finals, he announced his retirement from the national team, saying, "I've stopped with the national team. It was my last game." He said he no longer wanted to play for Brazil because of the criticism he faced from fans and Brazilian media for his failure to mark goalscorer Thierry Henry on France's winning goal. Upon signing with Corinthians in January 2010, <mask> told TV Globo that he hoped to play at the 2010 World Cup and believed his return to Brazilian football may help him return to the national team, as manager Dunga had yet to settle on a left back. However, he was left off the 30-man provisional squad that was submitted to FIFA on 11 May 2010, along with Ronaldinho and Ronaldo.Despite his deep desire to do so, <mask> was ultimately not named in Dunga's final squad of 23 for the Brazilian squad for the World Cup. Instead, Brazil newcomer Michel Bastos earned a spot for the left back position. Style of play

Tactically, <mask> started out playing football in Brazil as a forward – usually as a centre-forward or outside forward – but spent most of his career as defender, usually as a left-sided full-back or wing-back. In 2006, he was described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game", by John Carlin of The New York Times; indeed, he was known for his forward surging runs throughout his career. <mask> is also widely considered by several pundits as one of the best left backs in the history of the sport. During his time at Inter, he was also used out of position as a winger in a 4–4–2 formation on occasion by manager Roy Hodgson, which had a negative impact on his performances, and often saw him caught out defensively; in his later career with Anzhi Makhachkala, he was instead deployed as a defensive midfielder in a three-man midfield, in order to compensate for his loss of pace and physical decline due to his advancing age. <mask> was nicknamed El Hombre Bala ("The Bullet Man") throughout his career, due to his powerful bending shots and free kicks, which have been measured at over , and for which he became renowned.A set-piece specialist, he is regarded as one of the foremost free kick takers of his generation, and was known for being capable of striking the ball powerfully – in particular from long range – and of producing curling shots with the outside of his left boot in dead ball situations. A talented and consistent player, with good dribbling skills at speed, as well as precise passing and crossing ability, he also possessed significant strength and excellent physical qualities, which along with his pace, work-rate, and energy, allowed him to cover the left flank effectively and assist at both ends of the pitch. While he earned a reputation as a hard-tackler, he was also known for being a clean player throughout his career. In addition to his stamina, running speed, technical skills, and crossing ability, he was also known for his long throw ins, as well as his strong  thighs, despite his small stature, which allowed him to accelerate quickly and strike the ball powerfully. Media

<mask> has appeared in commercials for the sportswear company Nike. In 1998, he starred in a Nike commercial set in an airport in the buildup to the 1998 World Cup alongside a number of stars from the Brazil national team, including Ronaldo and Romário. In a Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, <mask> starred in a "Secret Tournament" commercial (branded "Scopion KO") directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing alongside other star footballers, including Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo and the Japanese Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona the tournament's "referee".<mask> has also starred in Pepsi commercials, including a 2002 World Cup Pepsi advertisement where he lined up alongside David Beckham, Raúl and Gianluigi Buffon in taking on a team of Sumo players. <mask> features in EA Sports' FIFA video game series, and was selected to appear on the cover of FIFA Football 2003 alongside Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs and Juventus midfielder Edgar Davids. He was named in the Ultimate Team Legends in FIFA 15. In 2015, the arcade game company Konami announced that <mask> would feature in their football video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 as one of the new myClub Legends. In 2016, <mask> launched a software called Ginga Scout that connects players with coaches across the globe. In April 2018, <mask> was announced as ambassador of Morocco's candidature of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Charity
On 16 June 2019, <mask> took part in Soccer Aid at Stamford Bridge, London.He played for the World XI team which was captained by Usain Bolt and they beat the England XI on penalties. In 2019, <mask> became the global ambassador of the international children's social programme Football for Friendship. <mask> attended programme's Forum and awarded the winners. In January 2022, Bull In The Barne United, a Sunday League pub team, won a raffle meaning that <mask> would play for them in a one-off league game. The Shrewsbury-based side play in Division One of the Shrewsbury & District Sunday League and paid just £5 to enter the Ebay raffle. Managerial career

Anzhi Makhachkala

<mask> had a brief spell as interim manager at Anzhi Makhachkala in early 2012. He later criticised the club upon resigning alongside manager Guus Hiddink.Sivasspor
<mask> was appointed manager of Turkish Süper Lig team Sivasspor in June 2013. On 21 December 2014, he left the club following a defeat to İstanbul BB. Akhisarspor
On 2 January 2015, <mask> was appointed as manager of Akhisarspor. Delhi Dynamos
After finishing his season in Turkey, <mask> signed for Al-Arabi of the Qatari Stars League, but due to talks breaking down, he did not join the Qatari club. Then, on 5 July 2015, it was announced that he had signed to be the head coach of the Delhi Dynamos of the Indian Super League for the 2015 season. At the end of the season, it was announced that he would not return to Delhi Dynamos in 2016. Doping accusations
In 2017, a report of investigative journalists of German broadcasting station ARD revealed doping practices in Brazil, including physician Júlio César Alves who claims to have treated <mask> for many years.<mask> denies the allegations. Personal life

On 24 June 2005, <mask> was robbed by two gunmen while doing a live radio interview. He was not hurt but they took his watch and the interviewer's cellular phone. On 2 August 2005, he was naturalised as a Spanish citizen. This proved important for Real Madrid, as it meant that he now counted as a European Union player, opening up one of the club's allowed three slots for non-EU players and enabling Real Madrid to sign fellow Brazilian Robinho. For his 38th birthday, it was reported that Anzhi Makhachkala owner Suleyman Kerimov bought him a Bugatti Veyron. <mask> has 11 children with 7 women.In October 2017, he became a grandfather when his daughter Giovanna gave birth to a son. Career statistics

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title: Pamela McGee

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<mask> (born December 1, 1962) is an American former professional women's basketball player, 2012 Women's Basketball Hall of Famer, and mother of two professional basketball players. She is the first WNBA mom to have a son and daughter drafted in the NBA and the WNBA. She is the only Olympic Gold Medalist to give birth to an Olympian in basketball. Her son JaVale received a gold medal in the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. This was 37 years after his mother won hers in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles California. This would be the first of many first in her illustrious Basketball career. A pioneer in Women’s Basketball is featured in a HBO documentary,”Women of Troy”.<mask> was the second overall pick in the 1997 WNBA Draft. She played in the league for two seasons with the Sacramento Monarchs and Los Angeles Sparks. <mask> grew up in Flint, Michigan, where she attended Flint Southwestern Academy before graduating from Flint Northern High School. At Northern Highschool she was both an Academic All American and won two back to back state championships in Women's Basketball and Women's Track. She set the state record in the Shot putt in track and field. She was the MVP of the Parade All American game which hosted the top players in the nation. <mask> won back-to-back NCAA Championships as an All-American at the University of Southern California, where she was a teammate of twin sister Paula, Cynthia Cooper and Cheryl Miller.In 1984, she won Olympic gold in Los Angeles before embarking on a professional career that included stints in Brazil, France, Italy and Spain. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. She has been noted as one of the few women basketball players who has won on every level. Two State Championships in Michigan with a still standing record of 75-0 wins;  She then won two National Championships at the University of Southern California in the eighties. That same year she graduated as student-athlete in 4 years with a BA in Economics and Social Science with an emphasis on Finance. That same year she was the first to win a Gold-Medal at the LA Olympics in Women's Basketball. She then won World Championships in Barcelona Spain, Brazilian World Championships, and the European Ronchetti Cup with 4-time WNBA MVP Cynthia Cooper.Professional career
<mask> started her professional career with the Dallas Diamonds in the Women's American Basketball Association where she played alongside her sister Paula. She later played in Brazil, Spain and Italy and was a four-time Italian League All-Star. <mask> was a first round draft pick in the inaugural season of the WNBA and played there for two seasons. USA Basketball
<mask> was selected to be a member of the team representing the US at the 1983 Pan American Games held in Caracas, Venezuela. The team won all five games to earn the gold medal for the event. <mask> averaged 3.4 points per game. <mask> played for the USA National team in the 1983 World Championships, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.The team won six games, but lost two against the Soviet Union. In an opening round game, the USA team had a nine-point lead at halftime, but the Soviets came back to take the lead, and a final shot by the USA failed to drop, leaving the USSR team with a one-point victory 85–84. The USA team won their next four games, setting up the gold medal game against USSR. This game was also close, and was tied at 82 points each with six seconds to go in the game. The Soviets Elena Chausova received the inbounds pass and hit the game winning shot in the final seconds, giving the USSR team the gold medal with a score of 84–82. The USA team earned the silver medal. <mask> averaged 4.2 points per game.In 1984, the USA sent its national team to the 1984 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan, for pre-Olympic practice. The team easily beat each of the eight teams they played, winning by an average of just under 50 points per game. <mask> averaged 6.5 points per game. She continued with the national team to represent the US at the 1984 Olympics. The team won all six games to claim the gold medal. <mask> averaged 6.2 points per game. Statistics

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Personal life
<mask> has a daughter, WNBA player Imani <mask> and a son, NBA player and NBA champion JaVale <mask>, currently with the Phoenix Suns.<mask> is the first WNBA player to have a child play in the NBA and WNBA. In 2012, she was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. She lives in Annandale, Virginia. The consecutive NCAA championships followed two Michigan state championships at Flint Northern High School. Besides playing in France, Italy and Brazil, she was drafted #2 at 34 years old, into the WNBA. She starred for the Los Angeles Sparks and Sacramento Monarchs. JaVale <mask> is the first son of a WNBA player to ever play in the NBA.<mask>'s husband George Montgomery was drafted to the NBA with the 35th pick in the 1985 NBA draft although he never played there. <mask>, with a degree in economics, balanced her international basketball career with raising both children, home schooling, coaching and teaching school in the off season, though the formidable tasks were not without controversy. In 2013, it was announced that <mask> and her son JaVale would be starring in their own reality television show, Mom's Got Game. In 2021, her son JaVale won an Olympic gold medal for USA Basketball, making them the first mother-and-son duo to win Olympic gold. References

External links

 https://web.archive.org/web/20110224011311/http://www.wnba.com/coachfile/pamela_mcgee/index.html?nav=page
 WNBA Statistics at basketball-reference.com

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title: William McIlvanney

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<mask> (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and acquaintances. McIlvanney was a champion of gritty yet poetic literature; his works Laidlaw, The Papers of Tony Veitch, and Walking Wounded are all known for their portrayal of Glasgow in the 1970s. He is regarded as "the father of Tartan Noir" and as Scotland's Camus. Biography
<mask> was born in Kilmarnock on 25 November 1936, the youngest of four children of a former miner, and attended school at Kilmarnock Academy. He went on to study English at the University of Glasgow and graduated with an MA in 1960. McIlvanney then worked as an English teacher until 1975, when he left the position of assistant headmaster at Greenwood Academy to pursue his writing career.The writer's elder brother was the sports journalist <mask>. His son, Liam McIlvanney, is also a crime writer. In addition to his literary career, McIlvanney wrote regularly for newspapers, and was a writer and narrator of the BBC Scotland football documentary Only a Game? in 1986. McIlvanney held onto his strong socialist views throughout his life. In common with many from his background in Scotland, he was strongly opposed to Thatcherism. Later he became disappointed by the shift of Labour under Tony Blair and by 2014 he had come to feel, hesitantly, that Scottish independence might be the best political solution.<mask> died on 5 December 2015 at the age of 79, after a short illness. On hearing of his death, a number of public figures, including Nicola Sturgeon, Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh, paid tribute noting both his inspirational writing and his likeable and gentlemanly personality. The Telegraph obituary noted: "Many authors are admired. Many are respected. Few are loved as he was, for what they are as well as for what they have written." Writing
His first book, Remedy is None, was published in 1966  and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1967. Docherty (1975), a portrait of a miner whose courage and endurance is tested during the depression, won the Whitbread Novel Award.The Big Man (1985) is the story of Dan Scoular, an unemployed man who turns to bare-knuckle fighting to make a living. Both novels feature typical McIlvanney characters – tough, often violent, men locked in a struggle with their own nature and background. The novel was adapted into a film in 1990 directed by David Leland, starring Liam Neeson, and featuring Billy Connolly. His novel, The Kiln (1996), is the story of Tam Docherty, the grandson of the hero of Docherty. It won the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award. Laidlaw (1977), The Papers of Tony Veitch (1983) and Strange Loyalties (1991) are crime novels featuring Inspector Jack Laidlaw. Laidlaw is considered to be the first book of Tartan Noir, despite the author's calling the term Tartan Noire.<mask> was also a poet, and wrote The Longships in Harbour: Poems (1970) and Surviving the Shipwreck (1991), which also contains pieces of journalism, including an essay about T. S. Eliot. <mask> wrote a screenplay based on his short story "Dreaming" (published in Walking Wounded in 1989) which was filmed by BBC Scotland in 1990 and won a BAFTA. From April 2013, <mask>'s writing was regularly published on his own website, which features personal, reflective and topical writing, as well as examples of his journalism. His final novel, The Dark Remains, was completed by Ian Rankin and released in September 2021. Reviews
 Gifford, Douglas (1976), review of Docherty, in Burnett, Ray (ed. ), Calgagus No. 3, pp.58 & 59,
 Aitchison, James (1983), review of The Papers of Tony Veitch, in Lindsay, Maurice (ed. ), The Scottish Review: Arts and Environment 31, August 1983, pp. 60 - 62,

Prizes and awards
 1967 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for Remedy is None
 1968 Scottish Arts Council Book Award for A Gift from Nessus
 1975 Scottish Arts Council Book Award for Docherty
 1975 Whitbread Award, for Best Novel for Docherty
 1977 Crime Writers' Association Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction for Laidlaw
 1983 Crime Writers' Association Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction for The Papers of Tony Veitch
 1990 Glasgow Herald People's Prize for Walking Wounded
 1990 BAFTA (screen adaptation): "Dreaming"
 1992 Glasgow Herald People's Prize for Strange Loyalties
 1992 Scottish Arts Council awards for Surviving the Shipwreck and Strange Loyalties
 1996 Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award for The Kiln
 2013 Saltire Society Fletcher of Saltoun Award 2013 for "outstanding contribution to Scotland's life and culture"
 2013 Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award for writing
 2016 University of Glasgow posthumously awarded him with an honorary doctorate. References

External links
Writer's website at www.williammcilvanney.com
profile on Canongate Publishing website
Natural Loyalties: The Work of <mask>vanney: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
<mask>vanney’s Laidlaw Novels: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
<mask>vanney: The Write Stuff, National Library of Scotland

References to reviews of work
 McLuckie, Craig. "Researching McIlvanney. A Critical and Bibliographic Introduction", Scottish Studies International 28 (Scottish Studies Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in Germersheim), 1999. Newton, Ken."<mask>ney": Literary Encyclopedia

 McLuckie, Craig. "Postcolonial Resistance: Class, Gender and Race in McIlvanney's The Big Man," Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses (RCEI) 2002; 45: 151–67. McLuckie, Craig. "<mask> and the Provocative Witness: Resistance in the 'Laidlaw' Trilogy," Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses (RCEI) 2000 Nov; 41: 87-101. 1936 births
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title: John Kassir

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<mask> (born October 24, 1957) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's Tales from the Crypt franchise. He is also known for his role as Ralph in the Off-Broadway show Reefer Madness and its 2005 film adaptation. Early life
<mask> was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 24, 1957. He is the son of an Iraqi father from Mosul and a Syrian mother. Career
Kassir first became known in 1985, when he defeated Sinbad for best stand-up comic on Star Search. As a stand-up comic, he has opened for the likes of Lou Rawls, Tom Jones, The Temptations and Four Tops on their TNT Tour, Bobby Vinton, Richard Belzer, U2, and Harry Blackstone, Jr. among others. <mask> has also appeared on stage performing improvisation with Robin Williams.In television, he played the Bulgarian kicker, Zagreb Shkenusky, for 7 years in the HBO comedy series 1st & Ten, about a fictional football team. His other live-action credits include sketch-acting on The Amanda Show and a portrayal of Shemp Howard in the 2000 TV biopic The Three Stooges, produced by Mel Gibson, and Ralph in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical. He was also able to get his own Pee-wee Herman style show in 1997 called Johnnytime, which aired for two seasons on the USA network. He also appeared as The Atom in the Justice League of America pilot episode, which, despite not being picked up, was released as a film in some markets. Kassir has appeared in over a dozen feature films, starred in eight TV pilots (six of which went to series and two of which lasted on air for over six years each) and guest-starred in dozens of TV series in both comic and dramatic roles. Kassir has specialized in voice-over work for animation, video games, and other productions, most notably as the voice of Crypt Keeper in Tales from the Crypt. He would later voice Ray "Raymundo" Rocket in Rocket Power.He also provided the voice for the mercenary Deadpool in the video games X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, as well as for Sauron and Pyro, two other well-known characters. He was also featured in the very first commercial for the Nintendo cornerstone video game series The Legend of Zelda in the United States in 1987. A few of his many theater credits include: originating the role of Kenny in Three Guys Naked From The Waist Down (also starring Scott Bakula), for which he was nominated for both a Drama Desk and an Outer Critics Circle award. <mask> also originated the role of Ralph in the musical Reefer Madness, on stage and in the film version. Kassir provided the vocal effects of the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Disney's 1995 animated feature Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. Also, he provided the voice of Buster Bunny in four Tiny Toon Adventures episodes (following Charlie Adler's departure from the role). He played the villainous Scuttlebutt in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island.He also made one voice appearance in an episode of Ben 10, (Last Laugh) as Zombozo. He voiced the character Adam MacIntyre and provided Additional voice over work in the video game Dead Rising. His voice is featured in the games Shadows of the Damned and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance as Hell demons and Desperado Enforcement captain Monsoon, respectively. In 2011, he voiced Crazy Smurf in the live-action/animated film The Smurfs, and in 2012, he voiced Jealousy as well as Gumball, Penny, Leslie, Carrie & Darwin when he possesses them in The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Flower". Kassir appeared in Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), along with Bill Nighy, as Fallon, the two-headed leader of the giants; Nighy played the big head while Kassir played the small head. Additionally, he voiced Buster Bunny (taking over from Charlie Adler late in the final season of Tiny Toon Adventures), Ray "Raymundo" Rocket on Rocket Power, the mischievous raccoon Meeko in Pocahontas and its direct-to-video sequel, Jibolba in the Tak and the Power of Juju video game series, Pete Puma in The Looney Tunes Show, and Deadpool in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series. Kassir even voiced Elliot the Dragon in Disney's 2016 live-action remake of the 1977 live-action/animated movie Pete's Dragon.<mask> also voiced Rizzo in the Spyro video game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, as well as Ghost Roaster in Skylanders: Giants, Short Cut in Skylanders: Trap Team, and Pit Boss in Skylanders: Imaginators. He is also known for his various roles in the first season of The Amanda Show. He voiced the Ice King in the original Adventure Time pilot, but was replaced by Tom Kenny for the series. He also provided additional voice over work for Eek! The Cat, The Brothers Flub, Sonic the Hedgehog, Dead Rising, Casper's Scare School, Spider-Man 3, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, The Princess and the Frog, Diablo III, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, Monsters University, The Prophet, Minions, Halo 5: Guardians, The Secret Life of Pets, Despicable Me 3, The Grinch and The Secret Life of Pets 2. Personal life
He married actress Julie Benz on May 30, 1998, the marriage lasted for nine years until Benz filed for divorce in December 2007. Voice, Additional Voices
 Chance Manifest – Ronnie
 Channels – Walter
 Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!– Additional Voices
 Cyber-Tracker 2 – Tripwire
 Despicable Me 3 – Additional voices
 Donner Pass – James Michael Epstein
 Dr. Rage – Moe Moebius
 Encino Woman – Jean Michel
 Felidae – Cult Member (unconfirmed)
 Flora & Ulysses - Ulysses
 George of the Jungle 2 – Voice of Rocky, Armando
 Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies – Voice Over Announcer
 Jack the Giant Slayer – General Fallon's Small Head
 Justice League of America – Atom/Ray Palmer
 McBride: Tune in for Murder – Danny Doyle
 Minions – Additional Voices
 Minkow – Jim Cowell
 Mockingbird Lane – Tim (uncredited)
 Monster Mash: The Movie – Igor
 Monster Mutt – Pet Shop Pete
 Monsters University – Additional Voices
 Nothing Special – Marty
 No York City –
 Pete's Dragon – Elliot's Vocals
 Pirate Camp – Blackbeard's Head
 Planes – Additional Voices
 Pocahontas – Meeko
 Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World – Meeko
 Race to Witch Mountain – Chuck
 Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood – The Voice of The Crypt Keeper
 Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight – The Crypt Keeper
 Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical – Ralph Wiley, Uncle Sam
 Tales from the Crypt Presents: Ritual – The Crypt Keeper
 Sing – Additional Voices
 Sing 2 - Additional Voices
 Smothered – Himself
 Soccer Dog: European Cup – Quint
 Spaced Out! – Himself
 Spy Hard – Rancor Guard at Intercom
 Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve – The Crypt Keeper
 The Dog Days of Winter - Coffee Shop Manager
 The Glass Jar – John
 The Gunrunner Billy Kane – Machinist
 The Horror Hall of Fame II – The Crypt Keeper
 The Midget Stays in the Picture – B List Director
 The Misunderstanding of Carl Jr. – Boots, Berko
 The Princess and the Frog – Additional Voices
 The Prophet – Additional Voices
 The Secret Life of Pets – Additional Voices
 The Secret Life of Pets 2 – Additional Voices
 The Smurfs – Crazy Smurf
 The Smurfs 2 – Crazy Smurf
 The Taker – John
 The Tale of Tillie's Dragon – Herman
 The Three Stooges – Shemp Howard
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 The Wild Thornberrys Movie – Squirrel #1
 Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery – Buster Bunny
 Tiny Toons Spring Break – Buster Bunny
 Vidiots – Lester Plotz

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 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters – Additional Voices
 Adventure Time – Additional Voices
 Afro Samurai – Soshun
 As Told by Ginger – Winston, Additional Voices
 Avatar: The Last Airbender – Chey
 Back at the Barnyard – Winky
 Ben 10 – Zombozo, Thief #1
 Bonkers – Additional Voices
 Breadwinners – Additional Voices
 Bunnicula – Ash
 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command – Marl, Evan Zarl, Snark, Zinko
 CatDog – Mervis, Dunglap, Additional Voices
 Danger Rangers – Fallbot
 DC Super Friends – Joker
 Dexter's Laboratory – Additional Voices
 Dota: Dragon's Blood - Vahdrak
 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man – Additional Voices
 Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special - Scrooge McDuck
 Earthworm Jim – Snott, Henchrat
 Eek! The Cat – Mittens, Additional Voices
 Hercules – Charon
 Johnny Bravo – Additional Voices
 Kim Possible – Additional Voices
 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness – Sai So, Sanzu
  Mickey Mouse (Holiday special) – Scrooge McDuck (replacing Alan Young)
 Mighty Ducks – Beldar
 My Life as a Teenage Robot – Additional Voices
 New Looney Tunes – Pete Puma
 Oh Yeah! Cartoons – Randy, Aunt Broth, Hobart, The Fisherman, Riot Man #1
 Problem Child – Yoji, Murph
 Random! Cartoons – Ice King, Fire Elemental, Bone, The Soldier Flies, Dugly Uckling, Kung Pao Bunny
 Rick and Morty – Blim Blam
Ren & Stimpy - Ren Höek ep.Mad Dog Höek
 Rocket Power – Ray "Raymundo" Rocket, Additional Voices
 Samurai Jack – Scissorsmith
 Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights – Haman
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