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Obituary 2017(Jan - Sept)

January
Name of the person Profession Country
C. G. Weeramantry Jurists Sri Lanka
Mario Soares Former prime minister and president Portugal
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Former president Iran
Roman Herzog Former president German
Zygmunt Bauman Sociologists UK
John Berger Novelist and visionary writer France
Clare Hollingworth Veteran British war correspondent & Journalist UK
Zhou Youguang Father of Pinyin China
Alexander M Kadakin Russian Ambassador to India Russia
John Hurt British actor &Harry Porter actor Britain
Masaya Nakamura Father of Pac-Man Japan
Eugene Cernan Astronaut USA
William Christopher Actor USA
Jean Vuarnet Former French skier USA
Buddy Greco Jazz and pop singer and pianist USA
Oliver Smithies Eneticist and physical biochemist. USA
William Peter Blatty Author and Director USA
Mary Tyler Moore Actress USA
KM Philip Former MRF director India
Om Puri Actor India
K V Pusa Politician, Nagaland India
Saral Deb Politician, West Bengal India
H S Mahadeva Prasad Politician, Karnataka India
Tarun Prasad Politician, Chhattisgarh India
MangalNegi Political And Social Activist, Chhattisgarh India
Abdul HalimJaffer Khan Sitar maestro, Maharashtra India
C.V. Vishveshwara Scientist and black hole physicist. India
GangmumeiKabui Historian& Politician, Manipur India
Gita Sen Actress India
Deepak Roy Film director India
Former Chief Minister of Punjab&governor of
Surjit Singh Barnala
Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the India
Andaman and Nicobar islands.
ChandrakantChhajed Politician, Maharashtra India
Naqsh Lyallpuri Urdu poet and lyricist India
Devdutt Journalist India

February
Name of the person Profession Country
Kaci Kullmann Chair-woman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Norway
Kenneth J Arrow Nobel-winning economist, mathematician USA
Dick Bruna Author, artist, illustrator and graphic designer Netherland

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Al Jarreau Legendary jazz singer USA

Jiro Taniguchi Writer Japan
Vitaly Churkin Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations Russia
Piet Keizer Former professional football player Netherland
Sir Peter Mansfield Physicist and Nobel laureate UK
Alan Simpson Screenwriter UK
Bano Qudsia Urdu novelist and playwriter Pakistan
Suranjit Sengupta Das Awami League Leader Bangladesh
Ved Prakash Hindi novelist, Uttar Pradesh India
Former Union minister and Indian Union Muslim
E Ahamed India
League leader
Theatre personality, actor, director, artist, painter and
Asim Basu India
writer from Odisha
Joginder Singh Former CBI Director India
Pathani Patnaik Educationist and litterateur, Odisha India
Racharla Samrajyam Freedom Fighter, Andhra Pradesh India
Nizamuddin Indian National Army veteran India
Pandit Dharmsheel Chaturvedi Writer and journalist, UP India
T V Parasuram Journalist India
Yudhisthir Joshi Marathi journalist , Maharashtra India
Jambuwantrao Dhote Former Nagpur MP and firebrand leader India
Gangadayal Awasthi Social worker and RSS activist, Maharashtra India
Altamas Kabir Former Chief Justice of India(39th CJI) India
Banasree Sengupta Bengali singer , West Bengal India
Shibaji Banerjee Former Mohun Bagan goalkeeper , West Bengal India
V. K. Srinivasan Noted bureaucrat, columnist , Telangana India
P. Shiv Shankar Former Union Minister , Telangana India

March
Name of the person Profession Country
Dr. Thomas Starzl Father of modern transplantation USA
George Olah Chemistry Nobel laureate USA
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Filmmaker and Children’s Author USA
Chuck Berry Guitarist, singer and songwriter USA
David Rockefeller Philanthropis USA
Raymond Kopa Former Football player France
Rene Preval Former President Haiti
Ronald Drever Physicist UK
John Surtees F1 Legend UK
Ronnie Moran Former Football player UK
Derek Walcott Poet and playwrighter Saint Lucia
Ahmed Kathrada South African anti-apartheid activist South Africa
Dr N M Namboodiri Historian and writer India
Rabi Ray Politician, Puri parliamentary constituency, Odisha India
Syed Shahabuddin Former Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer India
Taarak Mehta Gujarati Writer India
Politician(Wabagai assembly constituency
Haji Abdul Salam India
), Manipur
Yumnam Yaima Singh Politician(Oinam Constituency), Manipur India
Kalikaprasad Bhattarcharya Bengali folk music singer India

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Arvind Padmanabhan Journalist India

M Chandrakasu Former Puducherry Minister India
Umesh Sood Former football player India
Diphan Malayalam film director India
Ashwin Sundar Former Car Racer India
Dev Raj Sikka Meteorologist India
Pyarimohan Mohapatra Politician, Odisha India
Chinu Modi Gujarati poet, novelist, story-writer India
Asokamitran Tamil Writer India
TR Andhyarujina Eminent Jurist and Senior Advocate India
Arun Sarma Playwrighter India
Gurdev Singh Badal Politician, Panjgrain constituency India

April
Name of the person Profession Country
James Rosenquist Pop art pioneer USA
Gilbert Baker LGBT rainbow flag creator USA
Don Rickles Comedian USA
Robert W. Taylor Computer pioneer USA
Allan Holdsworth Guitar Pioneer USA
Jonathan Demme Oscar-winning director USA
Ikutaro Kakehashi Roland founder and music pioneer Japan
Carme Chacon Former Defence Minister Spain
Mark Wainberg HIV/AIDS researcher Canada
Emma Morano Last known survivor of 19th Century dies Italy
Germaine Mason Olympic silver medallist Britain
Rasa Popov Legendary writer for children Serbia
Narayan Sanyal Top Maoist Leader India
Ajey Jhankar Author and filmmaker India
Kishori Amonkar Hindustani classical vocalis India
Ex-Union minister and Badminton Association of
Akhilesh Das Gupta India
India chief, UP
Munshi Venu Malayalam actor India
Girish Chandra Saxena Former J&K Governor India
Narsingh Baitha Former Bihar Minister India
Devineni Rajashekhar Former Andhra Pradesh minister India
Ali Mohammad Naika Former speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative
India
Assembly
Vinod Khanna Bollywood actor and politician India
Nora Chopra Journalist India
Begum Yaman K. Khan Sufi legend India
Vinu Chakravarthy Actor-director of Tamil Films India

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May
Name of the person Profession Country
A.R. Penck Artist German
MaunoKoivisto First leftist president Finland
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall Former junta Chief Mauritania
Ueli Steck Climber Switzerland
Min Bahadur Sherchan Mountaineer Nepal
Stanley Weston ACTV Founder & GI Joe Inventor USA
Stanley Greene Photojournalist USA
Chris Cornel Musician, singer and songwriter USA
Sir Roger Moore James Bond actor UK
Manuel Noriega Former Panamanian dictator Panama
Constantine Mitsotakis Former Prime Minister Greece
Lura Biagiotti Fashion designer Italy
Matthunny Mathews Indian Businessman Kuwait
Ustad Raees Khan Sitar player Pakistan
Wajahat Attre Music director Pakistan
First woman chief justice of a Delhi high court
Leila Seth India
Justice (retd)
Pratap Singh Baghel Former Madhya Pradesh minister - Dhar India
Capt. Chand Roop Dronacharya awardee and wrestler India
R. Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha Chairman of Ramco Group India
Karan Singh Himachal Pradesh Cabinet Minister India
Subrahmanyan Ramaswamy Former Puducherry Chief Minister India
Arjun Tulshiram Pawar Former Maharashtra Minister, Kalwan India
Anil Madhav Dave Union environment minister, Madhya Pradesh India
Reema Lagoo Actress India
Rammohan Rao Former Principal Information Officer (PIO) India
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill Former Punjab Director General of Police India
Kiran Ashar Former cricketer India
Dasari Narayana Rao Veteran Filmmaker India
Paravathamma Rajkumar Film producer India

June
Name of the person Profession Country
Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann Former President of the UN General Assembly USA
Adam West TV's Batman actor USA
John Avildsen Director USA
National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang,
S S Khaplang Myanmar
NSCN(K)leader
Sam Beazley Harry Potter's actor UK
Helmut Kohl Father of German reunification German

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Carla Fendi Fashion legend Italy

Baldwin Lonsdale Former President Vanuatu
Michael Nyqvist Actor Sweden
Juan Goytisolo Writer Spain
Adnan Khashoggi Arms dealer Saudi Arabia
T.S.V. Hari Journalist India
‘Kavikko’ Abdul Rahman Tamil poet India
Shivraj Character actor, Hindi India
Mehrunnisa Dalwai Prominent Muslim activist India
Era Sezhiyan Tamil politician India
C Narayana Reddy Telugu poet and writer India
Ajmer Singh Aulakh Punjabi playwrighter India
P N Bhagwati Former Chief Justice of India India
Amrit Pal Bollywood actor India
Atmasthanandaji Maharaj President of Ramakrishna Mission India
Scientist P K Kaw Plasma physicist India
Desh Bandhu Gupta Founder and chairman of Lupin Limited India
K.R. Mohanan Filmmaker India
O N Dhar Former bureaucrat India
Sabita Chowdhury Bengali and Hindi films Singer India
Former CPI legislator N Gurusamy
Palvai Govardhan Politician, Telangana
India
Reddy
Basudev Chatterji Historian, former ICHR chairman India

July
Name of the person Profession Country
Simone Veil Feminist politician France
Minaketan Das Actor India
Ravinder Randev Journalist India
Madhukar Toradmal Actor-writer India
John Blackwell Drummer USA
Gour Ghosh Former Bengal and Jharkhand First-Class cricketer India
Nelsan Ellis Actor USA
Sumita Sanyal Actress India
Naresh Chandra Former Indian Ambassador to U.S. India
Water expert and former Cauvery Technical Cell
A. Mohanakrishnan India
Chairman
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi IS supreme leader Iraq
Elsa Martinelli Actress Italy
Mangesh Tendulkar Cartoonist India
P Chandra Sekharan Forensic expert India
Ray Phiri Jazz musician South Africa
Liu Xiaobo Writer (Nobel laureate) China
Iran
Maryam Mirzakhani Mathematician
Nar Bahadur Bhandari Politician(Former Sikkim CM) India

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Martin Landau Actor USA

Red West Actor-song writer USA
Shivajirao Patil Politician India
Uzhavoor Vijayan Politician India
Chester Bennington Singer USA
UR Rao Space scientist ( Former ISRO Chief) India
Sudripta Roy IAS(Former Himachal Pradesh chief secretary) India
Yash Pal Scientist India
Mervyn Rose Tennis Player (Former Grand Slam champion) Australia
Kubersingh Saklecha Freedom fighter & Social worker India
K.E. Mammen Freedom fighter India
Dharam Singh Politician(Former Karnataka CM) India
Inder Kumar Actor India

August
Name of the person Profession Country
Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Rajasthan,Indi
Eminent Dhrupad singer
Dagar a
Santosh Mohan Dev Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Assam,India
Sam Shepard Actor and Pulitzer-Winning Playwright U.S
Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Veteran Molecular biologist India
Jyoti Gupta Woman hockey player India
Robert Hardy Harry Potter actor UK
Vishvjit P Singh Rajya Sabha Ex-MP India
Ajmer Sanwar Lal Jat Former Union minister and BJP MP India
Gyan Singh Sohanpal Former West Bengal minister India
Sitaram Panchal Acclaimed Bollywood actor India
Vijay Nambisan Poet, Writer India
Ted Corbett Veteran sports journalist UK
SifisoThabete Bodybuilder South Africa
Yisrael Kristal World’s oldest man Israel
Joe Bologna Actor-screenwriter Newyork
Shanmuga sundaram Actor India
MK Damodaran Former Advocate General of Kerala India
S Paul Veteran photographer India
Dick Gregory Comedian, civil rights activist USA
Jerry Lewis US comedian USA
Rishang Keishing Former Manipur CM India
Tom Pritchard New Zealand’s oldest cricketer NZ
Brian Aldiss Science fiction author UK
Ramananda Sengupta India’s oldest cinematographer India
Jay Thomas ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Cheers’ Actor US
Tony de Brum Politician Marshal Lands
Ahmed Khan Legendary footballer and Olympian India

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September
Name of the person Profession Country
Sumiteru Taniguchi Nagasaki Survivor and Nuclear Arms Foe Japan
John Ashbery Poet USA
ShirishPai Marathi poet India
Sultan Ahmed Politician India
Politician (Arunachal Pradesh Health
JomdeKena India
Minister )
R.N. Sudarshan Kannada Actor India
Syed Mustafiz Ahmed Politician India
Edith Windsor LGBT rights activist USA
PP Rao Constitutional law expert and Advocate India
Frank Vincent Actor USA
Violet Mosse Brown World’s Oldest Person Jamaica
Arjan Singh Marshal of the IAF India
Rajasthan ,
MahantChandnath Politician
India
Dr.K.S.Chugh, Doctor(Father of nephrology in India) India
Mohammed Taslimuddin Politician (RJD leader ) India
Qamarul Islam Politician (Ex-Karnataka minister) India
StanislavPetrov, Former Soviet military officer Russia
Liliane Bettencourt world’s richest woman France
Jake LaMotta Boxing USA
Arun Sadhu Marathi writer, journalist India
Charles Bradley Charles Bradley USA
Eman Ahmed Former world’s heaviest woman Egypt
DwijenBandyopadhyay Bengali actor India
KiyaniliePeseyie Nagaland Politician India
Suryamani Panda Freedom fighter India
Hugh Hefner Playboy magazine founder USA
MakhanLalFotedar Politician India
Tom Alter Actor India
RM Bhagawati Journalist India

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