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Category: Obituaries

Former CM Of Sikkim Sanchaman Limboo passes away

November 13, 2020
Sanchaman Limboo
  • Former Sikkim chief minister Sanchaman Limboo passed away at 73.
  • He was the fourth Chief Minister of Sikkim from 17 June 1994 – 12 December 1994 from Sikkim Sangram Parishad Party.

Bahrain’s long-serving PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa passes away

November 12, 2020
Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
  • Bahrain’s Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa has passed away at 84.
  • He was not only the longest-serving PM of Bahrain, but he was the world’s longest-serving prime minister. He had taken the post since independence in 1971.

‘Scooby-Doo’ Co-creator Ken Spears passes away

November 11, 2020
Ken Spears
  • American television editor, writer and producer Ken Spears, who co-created the popular animated series “Scooby-Doo” passed away.
  • He was also the co-founder of television animation production company, Ruby-Spears Productions, along with the late Joe Ruby.

Renowned Gujarati columnist Carlos Gonzalez Valles SJ passes away

November 11, 2020
Carlos Gonzalez Valles SJ
  • Author & Gujarati columnist, Father Carlos Gonzalez Valles SJ passed away.
  • A Jesuit priest born in Spain, he was a Mathematics teacher. He wrote in Gujarati, English & Spanish.

Filmmaker Sudarshan Rattan passes away

November 9, 2020
Sudarshan Rattan
  • Bollywood filmmaker Sudarshan Rattan passed away due to COVID-19. He was identified for his 1986 film Manav Hatya, starring Madhuri Dixit and Shekhar Suman.

TN Krishnan has passed away

November 4, 2020
TN Krishnan
  • TN Krishnan noted violin maestro and Padma awardee passed away.
  • His full name was Tripunithura Narayanaiyer Krishnan.

Bollywood Actor Faraaz Khan passes away

November 4, 2020
Faraaz Khan
  • Bollywood actor Faraaz Khan passed away. He had acted in several popular Bollywood films in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Ashish Kakkad passes away

November 3, 2020
Ashish Kakkad
  • Ashish Kakkad, noted actor, filmmaker and voiceover artist passed away.
  • He was one of the most prominent artists from the Gujarati film industry.

Author and Editor Daniel Menaker passes away

October 30, 2020
Daniel Menaker
  • Daniel Menaker, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction and a longtime editor at The New Yorker and Random House who worked with Alice Munro, Salman Rushdie, Colum McCann and many others, passed away.

Former Gujarat CM Keshubhai Patel passes away

October 29, 2020
Keshubhai Patel
  • Former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel passed away at an age of 92.