Beni Prasad Verma, a founding member of Samajwadi Party, dies at 79

Verma, a former Union minister, had been suffering from age-related illnesses for a while.

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· Mar 27, 2020 · 08:59 pm

Painter and architect Satish Gujral dies at 94

The artist was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award in 1999.

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· Mar 27, 2020 · 08:44 am

Albert Uderzo, the illustrator of Asterix comics, dies in France at 92

The French comic book artist reportedly died from a heart attack at his home in Neuilly.

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· Mar 24, 2020 · 07:08 pm

DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan dies in Chennai at 97

He had been appointed general secretary of the party nine times consecutively since 1977.

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· Mar 07, 2020 · 01:17 pm

‘Inside the Actors Studio’ host James Lipton dies in New York at 93

The cause of his death was bladder cancer, said his wife.

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· Mar 03, 2020 · 10:49 am

Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies at 91 in Cairo

Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was forced by the military to resign after 18-day nationwide protests that were part of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising.

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· Feb 25, 2020 · 05:40 pm

Kolkata: Krishna Bose, three-time Lok Sabha MP and Trinamool leader, dies at 89

She was suffering from heart-related ailments.

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· Feb 22, 2020 · 03:06 pm

Bengali actor, former MP Tapas Pal dies at 61

Pal, who was in Mumbai to visit his daughter, had a cardiac arrest.

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· Feb 18, 2020 · 09:19 am

Environmentalist RK Pachauri dies at 79

The former TERI chief was the chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change when it won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

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· Feb 13, 2020 · 10:29 pm

Goa: Fashion designer Wendell Rodricks dies at 59

He had been awarded the Padma Shri in 2014.

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· Feb 12, 2020 · 09:02 pm

Kirk Douglas, star from Hollywood’s ‘golden age’, dies at 103

The theatre and movie star was known for playing several characters, including the titular role in the 1960 film ‘Spartacus’.

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· Feb 06, 2020 · 11:40 am

India to observe one-day state mourning for Oman’s Sultan Qaboos

The sultan died on Friday and was laid to rest in the Royal Family Cemetery in the city of Bausha the next day.

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· Jan 12, 2020 · 12:44 pm