First cabaret dancer of Kolkata Arati Das, also known by her stage name Miss Shefali, passed away.
Legendary Actor Kirk Douglas, whose Hollywood career spanned seven decades, passed away at 103.
Alice Mayhew, the celebrated and influential editor of political and historical works whose authors included Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Taylor Branch and Doris Kearns Goodwin, has left us at age of 87.
Former Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly and sitting Congress MLA Pranab Kumar Gogoi is no more with us.
Former MP of Nizamabad and one of the protagonists of the Telangana statehood movement M Narayana Reddy passed away.He was 89 year old.
Former President of Kenya Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country for 24 years, has passed away. Moi was 95 year old.
Punjabi novelist Dalip Kaur Tiwana known for ”Teeli da Nishaan” and ”Sooraj te Samandar” passed away after a brief illness at the age of 84.
Veteran Odia poet Rabi Singh passed away at 89. He was awarded with Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman in the year 2017
An ace basketball player, Matthew Satya Babu passed away after prolonged illness. He led the country in the 6th Asian Games in Bangkok in 1970.
Eminent Assamese scholar, linguist and litterateur Dr Golok Chandra Goswami passed away at his residence in Guwahati. He was 96. He was honoured with the Asam Sahitya Sabha’s ‘Sahityacharya’ title, ‘Bhashacharya’ title by Asom Bhasha Bikash Samiti and ‘Anundoram Borooah Award’ by the Anundoram Barooah Institute of Language, Art and Culture. Dr Goswami was the founder president of Assam Bhasha Bigyan Samiti.