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Monday, 9 January 2017 DUBAI: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sunday at the age of 82, a big blow to moderates and reformists deprived now of their most influential supporter in the Islamic establishment. He had been described as “a pillar of the Islamic revolution”. His pragmatic …

  The family member said Puri was “found dead” in his bed at his home in the western city of Mumbai early on Friday. Media reports said that the actor had died of a heart attack. Om Puri acted in both mainstream and art films in Bollywood. He also appeared …

 Scientists believe “Granny,” the world’s oldest known orca, has passed away after living in the Pacific, off the shores of Washington, for what may have been as long as a century. The Center for Whale Research, which has monitored Granny’s pod in the Puget Sound region for the past four …

The director, who convinced the actress to reprise her role as General Leia Organa in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is in mourning after E! News confirmed Fisher died Tuesday. The 60-year-old actress suffered a heart attack Friday, just minutes before her plane landed in L.A. “You didn’t need …

George Michael has died at the age of 53. The pop legend passed away at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, South East England, on Christmas Day (25.12.16). George’s publicist confirmed the sad news, saying in a statement: “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother …

Tuesday, 20 December 2016 LOS ANGELES: Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Hungarian-born Hollywood siren perhaps better known for her prodigious love life than her movie credits, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack, her husband Frederic von Anhalt said. She was 99. Gabor had passed away at home surrounded by friends and …

Louis’ stepfather Dan Deakin announced in a statement: “It is with immeasurable sadness that Johannah Deakin’s family said goodbye to Johannah in the early hours of Wednesday 7th December 2016. “Earlier this year Johannah was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of leukaemia that required immediate and continuous treatment. “We …

Saturday, 10 September 2016   ALOR SETAR: Datuk Yusoff Abu Bakar, a former national goalkeeper in the 1950s, nicknamed the ‘Iron Gate’, died at 6.15pm today at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (HSB) here due to old age. He was 81. Confirming the matter, his son Yuzaily, 49, said his father had been …

Saturday, 30 September 2017 :  Two Navy personnel died after complaining of exhaustion while carrying out physical training in Setiawan, Perak on Friday afternoon. Laskar Kelas 1 (Able Rate) Mohd Baihaqi Nik Mat, 28, and Laskar Kelas 1 (Able Rate) Muhammad Lailatulman Mohd Sukri, 26, of the Sungai Wangi unit were …

Thursday, 28 September 2017 :  Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who helped usher in the 1960s sexual revolution with his groundbreaking men’s magazine and built a business empire around his libertine lifestyle, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, Playboy Enterprises said. Hefner, once called the “prophet of pop hedonism” by Time …