Obituaries in the news
Duygu Asena
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Duygu Asena, a best-selling writer and crusader for women's rights in Turkey, died Sunday after a two-year battle with a brain tumor. She was 60.
Asena, author of the book "Woman Has No Name," died in Istanbul's American Hospital after being admitted July 27 with a high temperature and respiratory problems, the hospital said.
In 1978, she founded the first women's magazine in Turkey. Ignoring taboos, Asena was the first Turkish writer to explore such topics as women's rights, sexuality and wife-beating.
"Woman Has No Name" broke sales records when it was printed in 1987, but was soon banned by the government, which deemed it lewd and obscene. The ban was lifted after a two-year court battle. A film adaptation of the book broke box office records in Turkey.
Asena wrote eight other feminist novels, including "There Is No Love" -- a sequel to "Woman Has No Name" -- and wrote weekly newspaper columns.
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Harold Enarson
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Harold Enarson, the former Ohio State president who fired Woody Hayes after the football coach slugged an opposing player in a 1978 bowl game, died Friday in Port Townsend, Wash. He was 87.
Enarson had been in good health until the past few months, said his wife, Audrey.
He was Ohio State's president from September 1972 until September 1981. During his tenure, the university grew in enrollment and increased its hiring of women and minorities.
He presided over two universities during tumultuous times on American campuses and wrestled with anti-war demonstrations in addition to labor and fundraising problems. Still, he was forever linked to the downfall of Hayes, Ohio State's volatile and successful coach for 28 years.
With 1:59 left in the Buckeyes' Gator Bowl loss against Clemson on Dec. 29, 1978, middle guard Charlie Bauman intercepted a pass thrown by Ohio State quarterback Art Schlichter. Bauman ran out of bounds at the Ohio State bench. When Bauman got up after being tackled, Hayes hit him and had to be pulled away by Buckeyes players.
Enarson and then-Ohio State athletic director Hugh Hindman met late into the night and decided that Hayes would be relieved of his duties. Hindman went to Hayes' hotel room the next morning to tell him he was fired.
Enarson served two terms and more than 20 years as a director of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, before and after his years in Ohio.
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James R. Olin
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- James R. Olin, a former congressman and
The Democrat served in the House from 1982 to 1992. Before running for Congress, Olin worked for GE for 35 years, serving as corporate vice president and general manager of the company's industrial electronics division.
In 1992, Olin was one of 11 Democrats who signed on as co-sponsors of a popular balanced-budget amendment backed by former President Bush. He later reversed himself and voted against the measure.
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Johnny Weissmuller Jr.
SAN FRANCICSO (AP) -- Johnny Weissmuller Jr., the son of Tarzan film star and five-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, died Thursday of liver cancer. He was 65.
Weissmuller Jr. died in a San Francisco hospital after being diagnosed in September with an inoperable tumor, Diane Weissmuller, his wife of 27 years, said Monday.
Weissmuller Jr. was an underwater demolition specialist in the Navy who went on to work as a stage actor and longshoreman in San Francisco in the 1970s.
He also penned a memoir about life with his father, who died in 1984 of pulmonary edema. "Tarzan, My Father" was published in 2002.
