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Veteran Telugu playback singer V Ramakrishna passes away

Veteran Telugu playback singer Vissamraju Ramakrishna passed away due to cancer. He was 68. He had sung many memorable songs for legendary south Indian actor turned politician N...

July 18, 2015

Prince Saud al-Faisal, World's longest serving Foreign Minister passes away

Prince Saud al-Faisal, former foreign minister of Saudi Arabia passed away in United States. He was 75. He was the Saudi kingdom’s foreign minister for 4 decades (from...

July 11, 2015

Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif passes away

Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif passed away due to a heart attack in Cairo. He was 83. He was best known for his roles in classic films Lawrence...

July 10, 2015

Notable Urdu poet Bashar Navaaz passes away

Notable Urdu poet, critic and orator Bashar Navaaz passed away in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He was 80 years old. He was known as an Indo Pak shayar as his...

July 9, 2015

Acclaimed Pakistani Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain passes away

Acclaimed Pakistani Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain passed away in Lahore due to blood cancer. He was 84. He had received worldwide fame after the publication of his masterpiece...

July 6, 2015

Renowned US actress Diana Douglas passes away

Renowned US actress and model Diana Douglas passed away in Los Angeles due to cancer. She was 92. Diana Douglas was born as Diana Love Dill on 22...

July 6, 2015

Russia's former PM Yevgeny Primakov passes away

Former Prime minister Yevgeny Primakov passed away in Moscow after a prolonged illness. He was 85. He had served as PM for just eight months between September 1998...

June 29, 2015

Veteran journalist Praful Bidwai passes away

Veteran journalist, author, political analyst and anti-nuclear activist Praful Bidwai passed away in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was 64. He died due to cardiac arrest after he had choked...

June 24, 2015

BJP MP Dileep Singh Bhuria passes away

Senior Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader and Lok Sabha MP Dileep Singh Bhuria passed away in Gurgaon, Haryana after a brief illness. He was 71. He was Lok...

June 24, 2015

Sister Nirmala Joshi, successor of Mother Teresa passes away

Sister Nirmala Joshi, former Superior General of Missionaries of Charity passed away in Kolkata after brief illness. She was 81. She had taken over as Superior General in...

June 23, 2015

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