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Saturday, 13 July 2013

Obituaries / Deaths of Famous People in Last Six Months

 Obituaries / Deaths of Famous People in Last Six Months


  • AnandShetty  -  Former international sprinter
  • Anthony Lewis - Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis
  • Asghar Ali Engineer  - Noted Islamic scholar
  • Chinua Achebe - father of African literature
  • Douglas Engelbar - Creator of the Mouse
  • Dr Hilary Koprowski - Polish researcher (inventor of the first successful oral vaccination for polio)
  • Ganesh Pyne -  legendary painter
  • Hugo Chavez  - Venezuelan President
  • J.S. Verma - former Chief Justice of India
  • James Gandolfini - Three time Emmy Award winner
  • Jetti Veera Raghavulu - Telugu music director
  • Jiroemon Kimura - World's oldest ever man (Japan) aged 116
  • Justice JS Verma - Former Chief Justice of India
  • Kallam Anji Reddy - Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL)
  • Lalgudi Jayaraman -  Renowned violinist and composer
  • Lonappan Nambadan - former MP (Kerala)
  • Mahasundari Devi –Madhubani painting artist & Padma Shree Awardee
  • Margaret Thatcher - British Politician (Iron Lady)
  • Mary Thom - American Journalist and feminist
  • Michael Henry Denness - former England captain
  • Pran – Bollywood Actor (Villian)
  • Prof Veer Bhadra Mishra - Noted Environmentalist
  • Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee -  The renowned historian, Padma Shri Awardee, and an epigraphy expert
  • Profulla Borua - The veteran Indian journalist (Assam)
  • R.P. Goenka -  Rama Prasad Goenka, one of the country’s biggest industrialists and the architect of RPG Enterprises, died
  • Ramankutty Nair -  Kathakali exponent (Padma Bhushan award winner)
  • Ray Harryhausen - Master of visual effects and stop-motion animation
  • RayManzarek - Veteran singer-song writer and The Doors band member
  • Rituparno Ghosh---- Noted filmmaker of Bengal
  • Robert Edwards - British scientist
  • Roger Ebert - American film critic
  • Ruma Chatterjee - National Cycling Coach
  • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Oscar and Booker Prize winner
    famous people deaths in last 6 months
  • Satya Pal Dange -  Veteran CPI leader
  • Shakuntala Devi - Indian Mathematician (Human Computer)
  • Shamshad Begum -  Legendary singer (one of the first few play back singers of bollywood)
  • Surendra Tiwari - Hindi story writer
  • T M Soundararajan - Tamil playback singer
  • Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar---- Dhrupad vocalist
  • V C Shukla - Veteran Congress leader
  • V.S. Ramadevi - Former Governor of Karnataka
  • Zia Khan – Bollywood Actress
  • Zillur Rahman - The President of Bangladesh
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