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Obituary: Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston passed away on 11th February 2012 at the age of 48. The singer had been staying at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, prior to the…

February 13, 2012No CommentRead More

Obituary: Kiro Gligorov – President Who Guided Macedonia to Independence

Kiro Gligorov passed away on 1st January 2012. The 94-year-old former President was at the helm of the Macedonian nation from 1991 until 1999 and oversaw the transition to independence…

January 3, 2012No CommentRead More

Obituary: Professor Maathai – First African Woman to Win a Nobel Prize

Professor Wangari Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011): Kenyan environmental scientist and activist. In trying to sum the life and times of the late Prof Wangari Maathai, Mr…

October 8, 2011No CommentRead More

Former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, Dies at 56

The former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, has died at 56 following a battle with ill health. The news comes just six weeks after the technology guru announced his retirement.…

October 6, 2011No CommentRead More

Obituary: Betty Ford

Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford: 8th April 1918 – 8th July 2011. Betty Ford was the wife of the former President of the United States, Gerald Ford, and served as…

July 9, 2011No CommentRead More

Obituary: Loleatta Holloway

Loleatta Holloway, the famed disco and soul singer from Chicago, has passed away age 64. Best known for the dancefloor fillers ”Hit and Run”, “Love Sensation” and the vocals for “Relight…

March 22, 2011No CommentRead More

Obituary: Major General Francis Nyangweso

Major General Francis Nyangweso (1939 – 2011), has died on 16th February 2011 at the age of 72. Born in Busia, near the eastern territorial boundary of Uganda with Kenya,…

February 16, 2011No CommentRead More

Poland Mourns Death of Archbishop Józefa Życińskiego

On 10th February 2011, Poland mourned the passing of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lublin, Józef Mirosław Życiński who died in Rome aged 63. Born in…

February 11, 2011No CommentRead More

Chair to be Created in Memory of Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa

One of the founding fathers of the Euro, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, died on 18th December 2010. The former Italian Minister of Finance was a member of the Executive Board of the…

January 17, 2011No CommentRead More

Obituary: Roque Napoleón Muñoz Peña

Roque Napoleón Muñoz Peña, an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee, has died at the age of 83. Elected to the IOC in 1983, he remained a member until…

January 17, 2011No CommentRead More