Here is a non-comprehensive list of other volunteer opportunities for engineers. 1  Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (www.aidg.org) 2  Architecture for Humanity (www.architectureforhumanity.org) 3  Bridges to Prosperity (www.bridgestoprosperity.org) 4  Bridging the Gap Africa (www.bridgingthegapafrica.org) 5  El Porvenir (www.elporvenir.org)
Two months later, Rick James died of heart failure. There were reports that he had nine drugs in his systemâone of them, ironically enough, cocaine. However, Jamesâ death was still a shocking blow. Most fans viewed him through the same indestructible lens as the Rolling Stonesâ Keith Richards.
This article was originally published in The Plain Dealer on Jan. 21, 1965. Alan Freed had died the previous day, Jan. 20. Alan J. Freed, who rose to prominence as king of the nation's rock 'n' roll disc jockeys in a short but spectacular radio career in Cleveland, died yesterday in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 43. He had been hospitalized for three weeks with a blood ailment caused by malfunctioning kidneys.