michael evans

LOS ANGELES --British-born actor Michael Evans, who wooed Audrey Hepburn on Broadway in "Gigi" and was the best friend to a billionaire on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless," has died. He was 87.Evans died Sept. 4 from age-related complications, said his son Nick Evans.

From 1980 to 1995, Evans played Col. Douglas Austin, the friend of billionaire Victor Newman, on CBS's long-running "The Young and the Restless." Newman is played by Eric Braeden, who hailed Evans as "a total professional from the old English school, a gentleman through and through." -- associated press

Kurt Julius Goldstein, fought racism

BERLIN -- Kurt Julius Goldstein, who survived the Auschwitz death camp and played a large role in fighting racism and anti-Semitism, died Monday. He was 93.

Goldstein died in Berlin after a brief illness, said the International Auschwitz Committee, of which he was an honorary chairman. It did not elaborate.

After World War II, Goldstein settled in East Germany, where he worked for the International Auschwitz Committee, maintaining contact with survivors on both sides of the Iron Curtain and reaching out to young people. In 2005, Goldstein was awarded Germany's highest honor, the Federal Cross of Merit, in recognition of his role in promoting tolerance and fighting racism and anti-Semitism. -- associated press

Gary Primich, blues musician

AUSTIN, Texas -- Harmonica player Gary Primich, whose soulful and proficient playing developed a strong following among blues fans in the United States and Europe, died Sunday. He was 49.The death was confirmed by his ex-wife, Tina Rosenzwieg. The cause of death has not been released.

Primich moved to Austin in the mid-1980s after growing up in Gary, Ind. His Web site touted his experience learning from blues players in Chicago in the late 1970s and early 1980s. -- associated press

Haidar Abdel Shafi, Palestinian nationalist

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Haidar Abdel Shafi, a former Palestinian negotiator, leading Palestinian nationalist and physician, died Tuesday. He was 88. Shafi died at his home in Gaza City of stomach cancer, said his son Khaled.

Abdel Shafi was known as a die-hard critic of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his concessions to the Israelis in peace talks. He resigned from the Palestinian legislature in 1998, saying it did not have enough teeth to effect real change. -- associated press


-beating of a jailed detainee by sheriff's deputies in the booking area of the downtown Multnomah County Detention Center and has forwarded its findings to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington, DC.

The attorney general's office is now likely to take 60-90 days to decide whether to take any action against the sheriff's deputies involved in the beating of Michael Evans. At this stage, the FBI says it cannot discuss its findings and that the decision to proceed is now out of its hands―although the DOJ may request additional investigation by the local FBI office before reaching a decision.

Evans was shown on closed-circuit video being beaten, apparently without provocation, by six sheriff's deputies and Portland Police Bureau officers. He complained to the FBI in July, and was interviewed in jail by the Feds early in September.

Despite losing consciousness during the beating, Evans was initially denied medical attention and had to reset his own broken nose. He also had to stop his facial bleeding with a T-shirt and was thereafter placed in solitary confinement for his first 60 days in jail.

Evans launched a $60,000 lawsuit on September 12―the same day two more victims of alleged jail beatings, Frank Coleman and Mitchell Elliott, filed tort claims against the county.

Asked whether the FBI is investigating a systemic problem with prisoner abuse at the jail, FBI spokesman Mike Sweeney says: "We are always interested in any specific, credible, articulable allegations, and take those seriously. We count on LOS ANGELES - Michael Evans, who starred on Broadway with Audrey Hepburn in "Gigi" but was perhaps best known as Col. Douglas Austin on TV's long-running soap opera "The Young and the Restless," has died. He was 87.
Evans, who lived in North Hollywood for many years, died from age-related complications on Sept. 4 at an assisted-living center in Woodland Hills, said his son, Nick Evans.

From 1980 to 1995, Evans played the best friend of billionaire Victor Newman, who was played by Eric Braeden on CBS's "The Young and the Restless."

"Michael Evans was a total professional from the old English school, a gentleman through and through," Braeden told the Los Angeles Times in a statement Tuesday.

John Michael Evans was born on July 27, 1920, in Sittingbourne, England. His mother, Mary Galbraith, was an Irish concert violinist and his father, A.J. Evans, was a World War I flyer who twice escaped prisoner-of-war camps and later wrote an adventure book about it called "The Escaping Club."

Evans decided at 12 to become an actor after seeing John Gielgud perform on stage in "Richard II," he told the Toronto Star in 1992.

He was a Royal Air Force navigator during World War II and flew during the German bombing of London.

He made his London stage debut in 1948. A few years later, he came to Broadway for the show "Ring Round The Moon." He went on to a starring role in the 1951 production of "Gigi" opposite a young Hepburn.

In the late 1950s he



played Henry Higgins in a touring production of "My Fair Lady," performing in the United States and abroad, including in Russia at the height of the Cold War.
Evans also appeared on numerous TV shows, including "Dr. Kildare," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," "Hunter" and "I Spy," as well as in such films as "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Time After Time."

In addition to his son, Evans is survived by another son, Christopher, of Westport, Calif.; and two sisters, Rosemarie and Bridget.