Obituaries of Important Personalities
Name | Date of Death | Profession | Known for /Famous for |
Hargovind Khorana | November 9, 2011 | Indian American Biochemist | Pioneering work in DNA chemistry and won the 1968 Nobel Prize for Medicine |
Joe Frazier | November 7, 2011 | World Heavyweight Boxing Champion | First man to beat Muhammad Ali in 1970 |
Evelyn Lauder | November 12, 2011 | Member of the Estee Lauder cosmetics Gamily of USA | Created the pink ribbon symbol for breast cancer awareness |
John Francis Burke | November 2, 2011 | American Skin Doctor | Created synthetic skin in 1981 |
Lee Pockriss | November 14, 2011 | American Music Composor | Wrote the music for Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini |
Bhupen Hazarika | November 5, 2011 | Singer, Composer, Filmmaker | Created national integration by bringing together North-east India, Bangladesh and Eastern India on the world Map |
Arvind Mafatlal | October 30, 2011 | Prominent Indian Industrialist | Contribution to the Industry and Society |
Gopala Desika Mahadesikan (Sri Paravakkottai Andavan) | November 12, 2011 | 8th head of the Poundarikapuram Ashramam at Srirangam | scholar, writer, also known for his discourses on traditional Vedanta |
Kumar Vimal | November 26, 2011 | VC of Nalanda Open University | Poems were Translated in any Languages |
Ustad Sultan Khan (90) | November 27, 2011 | Sarangi maestro and classical singer | Soulful voice behind hits like Piya basanti and Albela sajan aayo re |
Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand (Dev Anand) (88) | December 3, 2011 | Bollywood Star | Directed and acted in cult hit hare rama hare Krishna and many more |
Indra Goswami | November 29, 2011 | Literature | India’s first Principal prince claus laureate popularly known as mamoni raisom goawami |
Kim Jong –Il | December 17, 2011 | North Korean leader | Dream of turning his starving country into a minor nuclear-weapons power even as the isolated |
Mario De Miranda | December 11, 2011 | Indian cartoonist | Eminent Indian cartoonist |
Vaclav Havel | December 18, 2011 | First President of non-Communist Czechoslovakia in 1989 | Steered his country through a heart wrenching partition-described by many as “a velvet divorce” |
Howard Tate | December 1, 2011 | US Soul Singer | Worked with the likes of Aretha Franklin before falling into drug- taking |
Ken Russell | November 27, 2011 | Filmmakers | Who hailed for his raucous 1969 adaptation of D.H Lawrence’s novel Women in Love |
Socrates | December 4, 2011 | Brazil soccer legend Socrates | Skipper of the 1982 World Cup squad |
Bill Mckinney | December 2, 2011 | Bollywood actor | Bollywood acting |
Zdenek Miler | November 30, 2011 | Cartoonist | Idea for an animated cartoon character that enchanted millions of children around the world |
Harry Morgan | December 7, 2011 | US character actor | Known for television roles |
P.k. Iyengar | December 21, 2011 | Indian scientist | India’s first Peaceful Nuclear Explosion (PNE |
Satyadev Dubey | December 25, 2011 | Renowed director | screenplay writer |
Sarekoppa Bangarappa | December 26, 2011 | Karnataka Chief Minister | whose career was marked by frequent party-hopping |