Obituaries [April to October] - by Smartkeeda
“October-2020” (up-to 14th)
Abhilash or Om Prakash –– a Lyricist G. S. Amur –– Author Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah –– Emir (Ruler) of Kuwait M Gopalakrishnan –– former CMD of Indian Bank K C Sivasankar –– an Artist Pradeep Maharathy –– a Politician (MLA from Odisha - Biju Janata Dal) Haji Hussain Ansari –– a Politician (Minority Welfare Minister-Jharkhand | Party - JMM) Naseeb Pathan –– a Politician (Congress – Uttar Pradesh) Najeeb Tarakai (Afghanistan) –– a Cricketer Vishal Anand –– Actor & Filmmaker Ashwani Kumar –– Former governor of Manipur & Nagaland and CBI chief Mario Molina (Mexico) –– a Scientist (winner of - “Nobel Prize for Chemistry”) Ram Vilas Paswan –– a Politician (Mini. of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Dist. | Consti. – Hajipur, Bihar) Anantkumar Surendraray Dave –– Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court Avinash Kharshikar –– Marathi actor Justice K K Usha –– the 1st women Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Eddie Van Halen –– Rock legend and Guitarist (Musician) B Vijay Reddy –– Kannada Director Carlton Chapman (India) –– a Football Player C M Chang –– a Politician (Nagaland’s Environment Minister & former Member of Parliament) Vinod Kumar Singh –– a Politician (Bihar’s Backward Classes Welfare Minister | Party – BJP) Charlie Moore (USA) –– an Athlete (400-meter Hurdles Champion at Helsinki Olympics-1952) Shobha Naidu –– Kuchipudi Dancer (Padma Shri-2001 & Sangeet Natak Akademi award-1991) Rajan (Karnataka) –– Music Composer
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“September-2020”
David Capel (UK) –– a Cricketer Jiri Menzel (Czech Republic) –– A Film Director Johnny Bakshi –– Director, Producer & Actor Jaya Prakash Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) –– Tollywood Actor Dame Diana Rigg (UK) –– British Actress Govind Swarup –– Radio Astronomer (Father of Indian Radio Astronomy) Jayaprakash Reddy –– Telugu Actor Jiri Menzel –– Czech film Director (Oscar winner) Swami Agnivesh –– Social activist & Politician (former MLA from Haryana) Aditya Paudwal –– Music Composer Raghuvansh Prasad Singh –– Politician (Former Union minister & Bihar leader) P R Krishnakumar –– Indian physician (awarded Padma Shri in ‘Medicine’) Balli Durga Prasad Rao –– Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) MP & YSRCP leader Ashok Gasti –– a Politician (BJP) Chanesh Ram Rathiya –– a Politician (Party: Congress | From: Chhattisgarh) Sadashiv Raoji Patil –– a Former Cricketer Kapila Vatsyayan –– Scholar, Author & connoisseur (Padma Vibhushan – 2011 – in Arts) Moussa Traore –– former President of Mali Purba Dam –– RabindraSangeet exponent Amitabha Ghosh –– 16th governor of RBI (for 21 days) John Turner –– served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada Ruth Bader Ginsburg –– U.S. Supreme Court Justice Winston Groom (USA) –– Novelist & Journalist Suresh Angadi –– Minister of State for Railways Dr Sekhar Basu –– Nuclear Scientist (conferred with “Indian Nuclear Society Award-2002”) SP Balasubramaniam –– a Singer Dean Jones (Australia) –– a Cricketer Ashalata Wabgaonkar –– Marathi Actor Ang Rita Sherpa (Nepal) –– a Mountaineer Bibhuranjan Choudhury (Assam) –– Musician Isher Judge Ahluwalia –– Economist (Former chairperson of ICRIER) Jaswant Singh (Rajasthan - BJP) –– Former Defence Minister Syeda Anwara Taimur –– a Politician (The first & only woman CM of Assam) Bhupesh Pandya –– Actor
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“August-2020”
William English (USA) –– an Engineer (The co-creator of the computer mouse) Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar –– Politician (Former CM of Maharashtra) Ebrahim Alkazi –– Indian theatre Director Amar Singh –– Politician (Samajwadi Party) Nusrat Zaheer –– Urdu Writer and Translator P Manikyala Rao –– Politician (Former BJP leader of Andhra Pradesh) Kamal Rani Varun –– Politician (Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh) John Hume (UK + Northern Ireland) –– a Politician (Nobel Peace Prize winner) Laishram Manitombi Singh –– a Football Player (Mohun Bagan Club) Shyamal Chakraborty –– a Politician (CPI-M Party & 3-time transport minister of West Bengal) Mukund Lath –– Scholar, Philosopher, Musicologist & “Cultural Historian” Nandi Yellaiah –– a Politician (Party - Indian National Congress) Ram D Pradhan –– a Politician (Former CS of Maharashtra & Governor of Arunachal Pradesh) Sadia Dehlvi (New Delhi) –– a Writer & an Activist (edited 'Bano' - an Urdu women's journal) Shirley Ann Grau (USA) –– a Writer (1965 Pulitzer Prize winner for “The Keepers of the House”) Rahat Indori (Madhya Pradesh) –– Urdu Poet G K Menon –– a Sports Journalist P Sambasiva Raju (Andhra Pradesh) –– a Politician (Party – YSRC | 8 time MLA) Rajiv Tyagi –– a Congress Leader (Politician) Chunakkara Ramankutty (Kerala) –– Malayalam Poet & lyricist Nishikant Kamat –– Actor & Director Angela Buxton (UK) –– a Tennis Player (2-time Grand Slam doubles champion) Pandit Jasraj –– Indian classical Vocalist (Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan& Padma Vibhushan) Russell Kirsch (USA) –– a Computer Scientist (Inventor of 'Pixel') Chetan Chauhan –– Former Cricketer & a Politician (2-time LokSabha MP from – Amroha, UP) Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan –– a Cricketer Bhaskar Maity –– a Football Player - Goalkeeper (1978 Bangkok Asian Games squad) Pascal Lissouba –– Former President of Congo H. Vasanthakumar –– Politician & Businessman (Congress MP from Kanyakumari, TN) Purushotham Rai –– Athletics Coach Chadwick Boseman (USA) –– An Actor Gail Sheehy (USA) –– a Journalist & Author Pranab Mukherjee –– 13th President of India (Bharat Ratna) Dr. S. Padmavati –– India's first female Cardiologist (Padma Bhushan & Padma Vibhushan) Arnold Spielberg (USA) –– an Engineer or Computer Designer Archana Mahanta –– Assamese Singer
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Joe Ruby (USA) –– Animator (Co-creator of ‘Scooby Doo’ cartoon series) A R Lakshmanan –– a Judge of the Supreme Court (Chairman of the 18th Law Commission of India) Katyayani Shankar Bajpai –– a former Diplomat / Ambassador (Ambassador to China, US & Pakistan)
“July-2020”
Carl Reiner (USA) –– Comedian, Writer, Producer, Director & Actor Upa Rokamlova –– Former Mizoram Assembly speaker Sanjay Dobal –– Cricketer Everton Weekes (Barbados) –– Cricket Saroj Khan –– Bollywood Choreographer (3 time National Award winner) Ennio Morricone (Italy) –– Composer Earl Cameron (Bermuda) –– Actor Nagindas Sanghvi –– Journalist and Writer (Padma Shri in 2019) Amadou Gon Coulibaly –– PM of “Ivory Coast” or “Cote d'Ivoire” Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri (Jagdeep) –– Actor Susheel Gowda –– Actor Charlie Daniels (USA) –– Musician Jack Charlton (UK) –– Football Player (1966 World Cup winner) Dr Suresh Amonkar –– Former Health Minister of Goa Brahm Vasudeva –– Businessman (Chairman of Hawkins Cookers Ltd) Ramesh Tikaram –– Para-Badminton (Arjuna Award) C S Seshadri –– Mathematician and Padma Bhushan awardee Neela Satyanarayan –– Author, Poet & first woman chief election commissioner of Maharashtra Jyotsna Bhatt (Baroda) –– Ceramic Artists Cordy Tindell Vivian –– Social Worker John Lewis (USA) –– US lawmaker & a pioneer of the civil rights movement Shree Purushottam Priyadasji Swamishree Maharaj (P P Swami) –– Priest Lalji Tandon –– served as the Governor of Bihar & Madhya Pradesh (22nd) Barry Jarman (Australia) –– Cricket Bijay Mohanty –– Odia Actor Viktor Chizhikov (Russia) –– illustrator (designed “Misha” - the mascot of 1980 Moscow Olympics) John Saxon (USA) –– Actor Benjamin Mkapa (Tanzania) –– Former President of Tanzania
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Amala Shankar (West Bengal) –– Dancer & Choreographer Annabella Allan or ‘Annie Ross’ (British-American) –– Jazz Vocalist (Singer) & Actress Olivia de Havilland (British-American) –– Actress Anil Murali (Kerala) –– Malayalam Actor Kumkum or Zaibunnissa –– An Actress Sonam Tshering Lepcha (West Bengal) –– Folk Musician (Padma Shri awardee) Sa Kandasamy (Tamil Nadu) –– Tamil Writer & Documentary Filmmaker Parvez Khan –– Action Director Lee Teng-hui (Taiwan) –– Former President of Taiwan Somendra Nath Mitra (West Bengal) –– Politician (Congress Committee President)
“June-2020”
Jayantilal Nanoma –– Archery P Namgyal –– Politician (MP from Ladakh) Riaz Sheikh (Pakistan) –– Cricket Basu Chatterjee –– Film Director Wajid Khan –– Music Composer, Director & Singer K N Lakshmanan –– Politician (BJP – Tamil Nadu) Bobby Joe Morrow (USA) –– Athlete (Sprinter) Anwar Sagar – Lyricist Rupert Hine (UK) –– Producer, Songwriter & Advocate Anil Suri –– Film Producer Hamza Koya (Kerala) –– Football Player Ved Prakash Marwah –– Indian police officer & a Politician Kurt Thomas (USA) –– Gymnast Chiranjeevi Sarja –– Kannada Actor Arjun Charan Sethi –– Politician (MP from Odisha) Dr A Vaidyanathan –– Professor (former member of India's Planning Commission) Pierre Nkurunziza (Burundi) –– Former President of Burundi J Anbazhagan (Tamil Nadu) –– Politician [Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Party] Tony Dunne (Ireland) –– Football Player (Manchester United’s European Cup-winner) Jagesh Mukati –– TV Actor Pritam Singh –– Management Trainer (Former IIM-Lucknow director)
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Leut. Gen. Raj Mohan Vohra –– Army Personnel (MahaVir Chakra awardee) Samir Bangara –– Co-Founder & Chief Executive of “Qyuki” Digital Media Company Achyut Kashinath Sinai Usgaonkar –– Politician (Minister of Goa, Damna& Diu) Sushant Singh Rajput –– Actor Heera Singh Rana (Uttarakhand) –– Folk Singer Matt Poore (New Zealand) –– Cricketer Atul Srivastava –– Director of SAIL Pandit Anand Mohan Zutshi ‘Gulzar’ Dehlavi –– Urdu Poet Vasant Raiji –– Cricketer Vidyaben Shah –– Social Worker (Padma Shri in 1992) Dinu Randive (Maharashtra) –– Journalist + Freedom fighter Madhavrao Patil (Maharashtra) –– Lok Sabha MP & Founder of Janalaxmi Cooperative Bank B P R Vithal –– Economist + Member of the 10th Finance Commission K R Sachidanandan –– Malayalam Screenwriter & Director Major Gen. Lachhman Singh Lehl –– Army Personnel Joel Schumacher (USA) –– Filmmaker K Raghunath (Pappachi) –– Basketball Pournima Zanane (Maharashtra) –– Rifle Shooter Rajinder Goel (Kolkata) –– Cricket Vishwa Bandhu Gupta (Balloon Man) –– Politician + Journalist Steve Bing (USA) –– Movies Producer Tamonash Ghosh –– Politician (Congress & 3-time MLA from Falta) Parvez Jamasji –– Army Personnel (Vir Chakra – in 1971) Geetha Nagabhushan –– Veteran Novelist
“May-2020”
Michael Robinson (Spain) –– Football Denis Goldberg (South Africa) –– An anti-apartheid Activist K S Nissar Ahmed (Karnataka) –– Kannad Poet Justice AK Tripathi –– Indian Judge (Lokpal Member) Dalit Ezhilmalai (Tamil Nadu) –– Politician Rob Gibbs (USA) –– Director, Story Artist & Writer Pandanda Kuttappa (Karnataka) –– Founder of the famous “Kodava Hockey Festival”
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Ronald Vivian Smith –– Writer and columnist Betty Wright (USA) –– Singer & Songwriter Kulmeet Makkar (Himachal Pradesh) –– CEO of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India Little Richard (USA) –– Singer, Songwriter & Musician Manmeet Singh –– Table Tennis Hari Shankar Vasudevan –– Historian Jerry Stiller (USA) –– an Actor & a Comedian Chuni Goswami –– Football & Cricket Sai Gundewar –– An Actor Raja Rangappa Naik –– Politician (JDS party) Anisuzzaman (Bangladesh) –– Educator, Writer & National Professor Debesh Roy –– Bengali Author (SahityaAkademi winner) Bob Watson (USA) –– Basketball Ratnakar Matkari –– Marathi writer & playwright Hossein Kazempour Ardebili –– OPEC Governor of Iran Balbir Singh Dosanjh –– Hockey (3-time Olympic champion & Padma Shri awardee) Gigi Simoni (Italy) –– Football Coach Mohit Baghel –– Actor Shyamala G Bhave –– Vocalist Dr. Nepal Singh –– Politician (Lok Sabha Member – UP) R. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu) –– Football Ashley Cooper (Australia) –– Tennis Mujtaba Hussain (Hyderabad) –– Urdu Author M P Veerendra Kumar –– Politician (RS MP from Kerala) Stanley Ho (Hong Kong) –– Businessman Hana Kimura (Japan) –– Wrestling Ajit Jogi – Politician –– 1st CM of Chhattisgarh Bobby Morrow (USA) –– Athlete (Sprinter) Yogesh Gaur –– lyricist Bejan Daruwalla –– Astrologer & English Professor
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“April-2020”
Bhai Nirmal Singh –– Spiritual Singer (Padma Shree) Paravai Muniyamma –– a Tamil Actress Gita Ramjee –– Virologist (India origin South African) Tony Lewis –– Cricket (DLS method) Arjun Dev –– Historian Chandan Singh Rathore –– Air Vice Marshall (Maha Vir Chakra - Participated in: Sino-India 1962 war and the 1971 Indo-Pak war) Adam Schlesinger –– Musician & Emmy award-winner Princess Maria Teresa (Spain) –– a Politician Azam Khan (Squash) –– Pakistan Philip Warren Anderson (America) –– a Physicist (Nobel Laureate in Physics) Bullet Prakash –– Kannad Actor Mahmoud Jibril –– PM of Libiya M. K. Arjunan (Kerala) –– a Musician (Malayalam Cinema) Kalinga Sasi (Kerala) –– Malyalam Actor Bill Withers (America) –– Singer Shirley Douglas (Canada) –– an Actress Jock Edwards (New Zealand) –– Cricket Honor Blackman (UK) –– An Actress Radomir Antic (Serbia) –– Football Coach Brahm Kanchibotla –– Journalist Hiphei –– a Politician & Former Speaker of Mizoram legislative assembly Donato Sabia (Italy) –– a Runner from John Prine (USA) –– a folk Singer Walter D’Souza (Gujarat) –– Cricketer Shanti Hiranand –– Classical Singer & Padma Shri Awardee Jackie du Preez (Zimbabwe + South Africa) –– Cricket M V Rajasekharan (Karnataka) –– Politician (Congress) Nobuhiko Obayashi (Japan) –– a Film Maker Sir Stirling Moss (UK) –– F1 Motor-Sports Tim Brooke-Taylor (Britain) –– Comedian Rifat Chadirji (Iraq) – an Architect (Father of modern architecture) Ashok H Desai –– Former Attorney General and Senior Advocate of SC Peter Bonetti (UK) –– Former Chelsea Football Goalkeeper Willie Davis (America) –– Football Ranjit Chowdary –– an Actor
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Doug Sanders (America) –– Golf Player Zafar Sarfaraz (Pakistan) –– 1st class Cricketer Luis Sepulveda Calfucura (Chile) –– Author/Writer Saharai Oram (Odisha) –– Former Minister & Veteran tribal leader Samir Goswami (Kolkata) –– Journalist (Sports Journalist) Abba Kyari (Nigeria) –– Chief of Staff to the president of Nigeria Rudratej Singh –– Businessman (CEO of BMW Group) Laisenia Qarase –– PM of Fiji Gene Deitch (America) –– Animator, film director and producer (“Tom & Jerry” Cartoon series) Usha Ganguly –– Director-Actor & Activist Roger Chappot (Switzerland) –– Former Ice hockey player Graeme Watson (Australia) –– Cricketer Basanta Das (Odisha) –– Politician (Former Rajya Sabha member) R V Bhuskute (Maharashtra) –– Freedom Fighter Troy Sneed (USA) –– Singer + Musician Devanand Konwar (Assam) –– Politician Bijay Mishra (Odisha) –– Noted playwright and lyricist Hema Bharali (Assam) –– Freedom fighter Irrfan Khan –– Actor Rishi Kapoor –– An Actor James M. Beggs (USA) –– Businessman (Former administrator of NASA) Zarina Hashmi (Indian-American) –– An Artist
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