Washington, July 21: Former senior UN official Raghava Menon has passed away. Menon, 93, who was suffering from pneumonia, breathed his last on Saturday night. He leaves behind his wife, daughter and two grandsons.
Born in Kozhikode, Menon was very active till two years ago. He was involved in non-governmental rural developmental and poverty alleviation programmes.
He never publicised his contributions as he believed that donations or other help, when given must be anonymous.
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