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Category: Obituaries

Ex-health minister of Goa Suresh Amonkar dies of COVID-19

July 10, 2020
Suresh Amonkar
  • Former Goa health minister Suresh Amonkar died of COVID-19 infection. He was 68.
  • He had served as a minister of Health, Social Welfare, and Labour and Employment in then Fransisco Sardinha government.

Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Amadou Gon Coulibaly passed away

July 10, 2020
Amadou Gon Coulibaly
  • Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Amadou Gon Coulibaly passed away due to illness.

Amadou Gon Coulibaly served at many positions which includes technical advisor, senior civil servant, deputy and mayor of Korhogo, agriculture minister, cabinet minister

Veteran Bollywood actor Jagdeep passes away

July 9, 2020
Jagdeep
  • Veteran Actor-comedian Jagdeep, famous for his role as Soorma Bhopali in “Sholay”, passed away on 8th July at his home. He was 81. The actor, original name Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jafri, was not keeping well.

Kannada actor Susheel Gowda passes away by suicide

July 9, 2020
Susheel Gowda
  • Actor and fitness trainer Susheel Gowda has passed away by suicide in his hometown Mandya in Karnataka. An investigation is now underway, K Parashuram, Mandya Superintendent of Police.

Oscar-winning Italian film composer Ennio Morricone dies

July 7, 2020
Ennio Morricone
  • Oscar-awardee Italian film composer, Ennio Morricone passed away. He was born in Rome in 1928. He scored more than 500 films.

Saroj Khan, choreographer of famous Bollywood numbers, passes away at 71

July 3, 2020
Saroj Khan
  • Famous choreographer Saroj Khan passed away of a cardiac arrest in a Mumbai hospital on 3rd June. She was 71 years old.

West Indies cricket legend Everton Weekes passes away

July 2, 2020
Everton Weekes
  • Famous West Indies batsman Sir Everton Weekes has passed away at the age of 95. Weekes, who scored 4,455 runs at an average of 58.61 in 48 Tests, is the only man to make centuries in five back-to-back Test innings

1971 war hero Sqn Ldr Parvez Jamasji passes away

June 27, 2020
Sqn Ldr Parvez Jamasji
  • Sqn Ldr Parvez Jamasji (retd), who was honored with the Vir Chakra for gallantry during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war, has passed away. He was 77.

Director Joel Schumacher passes away at 80

June 23, 2020
Joel Schumacher
  • Joel Schumacher, the eclectic and brazen filmmaker who covered New York department store windows before shepherding the Brat Pack to the big screen in St. Elmo’s Fire and directing the Batman franchise into its most baroque territory in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, has passed away. He was 80.

Padma Shri winner Vidyaben passes away

June 22, 2020
Vidyaben Shah
  • Social worker and National Award winner Vidyaben Shah passed away on 20th June at her home in the national capital, New Delhi. She was 98.