Tag: Passed Away

Geneva: Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Prize Laureate Kofi Annan died on Saturday at the age of 80, his family said. Annan passed away after a short illness, with his wife and three children by his side, a statement shared on Twitter by the UN Migration Agency (IOM) said. He died in the Swiss city […]

Mumbai: Veteran film writer Brij Katyal, who penned the story of the Shashi Kapoor and Nanda starrer “Jab Jab Phool Khile”, passed away here on Thursday evening. Sharing the news, writer-director-media strategist and a close associate, Anusha Srinivasan Iyer, told IANS that he was suffering from cancer. Katyal was admitted to the Shanti Avedana Ashram […]

Mumbai: Former India cricket captain Ajit Wadekar passed away here on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 77. Wadekar, who played 37 Tests, led India to historic triumphs in the West Indies and England in the 1970s. Under him, India won five matches in the West Indies in the early 1970s before beating England […]

Washington: The Former First Lady of the US, Barbara Bush, died on Tuesday at the age of 92 after having been in failing health for some time, a family spokesperson said. “A former First Lady of the US and relentless proponent of family literacy, Barbara Pierce Bush passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at the […]