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Category: Obituaries

Joe Ruby, the co-creator of the cartoon series Scooby-Doo passes away

August 31, 2020
  • Joe Ruby, the co-creator of the cartoon series Scooby-Doo, has passed away due to natural causes at the age of 87.
  • He was an American animator, television editor, writer, and producer, created the much-loved characters of beloved kids show Scooby-Doo.

Chadwick Boseman, ‘Black Panther’ star passes away due to colon cancer at 43

August 31, 2020
Chadwick Boseman
  • The Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman, best known for his work in ‘Black Panther’ passed away on August 28, 2020, after a four-year-long battle with colon cancer. He was 43.

Athletics coach Purshottam Rai passes away

August 30, 2020
Purshottam Rai
  • The veteran athletics coach Purshottam Rai has passed away due to a cardiac arrest on 28 August 2020. He was 79. He was to be conferred the prestigious Dronacharya Award in the lifetime category on National Sports day this year.

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice A.R. Lakshmanan passed away

August 29, 2020
A.R. Lakshmanan
  • Former Supreme Court judge Justice, A.R. Lakshmanan(full name- Arunachalam Lakshmanan), died at the age of 78 in a private hospital in Trichy(Tiruchirappalli or Tiruchi), TamilNadu following a heart attack.

Veteran Assamese Folk Singer Archana Mahanta passed away

August 29, 2020
Archana Mahanta
  • Veteran Assamese folk singer Archana Mahanta passed away at the age of 72  in Health City hospital, Guwahati, Assam following a brain stroke. She was also a reputed artist of All India Radio(Guwahati).

Arnold Meyer Spielberg, a pioneered computer designer passes away

August 28, 2020
Arnold Meyer Spielberg
  • Arnold Meyer Spielberg, a pioneered computer designer & an innovative engineer passed away at the age of 103.

Urdu poet Ashok Sahil passes away

August 27, 2020
Ashok Sahil
  • Urdu poet Ashok Sahil passed away at a Meerut hospital after prolonged illness. He was 64.

British Tennis legend Angela Buxton passes away

August 20, 2020
Angela Buxton
  • Former British tennis player, two-time Grand Slam doubles champion and equal rights pioneer Angela Buxton has passed away. Buxton won the women’s doubles alongside Althea Gibson at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 1956.

Computer scientist Russell Kirsch passes away

August 19, 2020
Russell Kirsch
  • Computer scientist Russell Kirsch who invented the “pixel” and scanned the world’s first digital photograph, passed away. Russell Kirsch also developed a technique to smooth out images with the help of pixels with variable shapes instead of the squares. He also developed the world’s first programmable computer, SEAC (Standards Eastern Automatic Computer). He worked as a research scientist at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards for five decades.

Indian classical vocalist, Pandit Jasraj passes away

August 18, 2020
Pandit Jasraj
  • Indian classical vocalist, Pandit Jasraj passed away who was born in Haryana in 1930.
  • He was a recipient of Padma Shri in 1975; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987 and Padma Bhushan in 1999.