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19 Jan 2021

Pioneer in Cancer care Dr. V Shanta passes away at 93

Some of the breakthroughs that she had brought about to improve cancer care in the country are said to be- duty exemption for cancer drugs, free travel for cancer patients in buses and trains, making cancer a notifiable disease in Tamil Nadu, first cobalt machine in India, first super speciality course in oncology in India, first cancer registry in India among others.

19 Oct 2020

My party is over: Chennai man’s self-written 'emotional' obituary goes viral

The self-written obituary of Chennai man has gone viral on social media with many people sharing it and saying that they cannot stop getting emotional after reading it. Ejji, who died on October 16, wrote his own obituary and gave the piece to his family members to put up after his death. Ejji died following high-risk heart surgery at the age of 72.

15 Aug 2019

Obituary: Rest In Peace, Vidya Sinha

Vidya Sinha was an exception in Hindi commercial cinema for more than just that. She was unconventional in her choices in life as well as career, and the way she balanced both.

15 Oct 2017

India's first Olympic swimmer Shamsher Khan passes away

Shamsher was the first swimmer from the country to participate in the Olympics in 1956.

20 Sep 2017

Jake LaMotta, real-life 'Raging Bull' boxer, dies aged 95

Jake LaMotta, the former boxing champion whose life of violence in and out of the ring was portrayed in the movie "Raging Bull," died at the age of 95 on Tuesday.

03 Mar 2017

Obituary: French football legend Raymond Kopa dies aged 85

Winner of the Ballon d`Or in 1958, the attacking midfielder, whose real name was Kopaszewski.

24 Dec 2016

Miruts Yifter, Ethiopian running legend, dies at 72

His 5,000 and 10,000 metres double at the 1980 Moscow Olympics inspired a generation of runners, most notably Haile Gebrselassie.

16 Nov 2016

Demonetisatinon; Lok Sabha adjourned after obituary references

Lok Sabha adjourned for the day after paying tributes to

09 Aug 2016

Kalikho Pul (1969-2016): A born leader who changed his 'watchman' destiny to become Arunachal Pradesh CM

Ex-Arunachal Governor JP Rajkhowa had described Kalikho Pul as the undisputed leader when the latter was sworn-in as the eighth chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh on February 19.

02 Jun 2016

UK physicist who worked on Higgs boson dies, says university

In 1964, Kibble worked on one of the three earliest research papers theorising the existence of a sub-atomic particle believed to explain how matter acquires mass.

Sadhana Shivdesani Sadhana Shivdesani death

26 Dec 2015

Sadhana: End of an era of style, versatility and panache

Sadhana passed away on Friday morning in Mumbai after a long battle with cancer

20 Dec 2015

Telugu actor Ranganath dead, police probing cause

Veteran Telugu actor Ranganath died on Saturday

Raymond van Schoor

21 Nov 2015

Namibian cricketer Raymond van Schoor passes away aged 25

Namibian batsman Raymond van Schoor passed away on Friday, five days after he collapsed whilst playing for Namibia in Windhoek. He was 25.

17 Nov 2015

VHP founder Ashok Singhal: Engineer turned Hindutva warrior

09 Oct 2015

Ravindra Jain obituary: Geet Gaata Chal, you are still alive in our hearts!

The creator of many soulful song Ravindra Jain has paased away. Even though we don't have the composer with us anymore, his music will live on

21 Sep 2015

My mother is hale, hearty: Raveena Tandon

Actress Raveena Tandon has laughed off an "obituary" that a newspaper carried of her mother, whom she says is "hale and hearty".

13 Sep 2015

Three-time MVP, Hall of Famer Moses Malone dead at 60

Moses Malone, an American basketball Hall of Famer and three-time NBA Most Valuable Player who played for nine professional teams in a 21-year career, died Sunday at age 60.

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