1. Russy Mody: Management guru Russy Mody who was known for his man management
while he headed Tata Steel and was awarded Padma Bushan died
2. Capt. C. P. Krishnan Nair, Founder Chairman of The Leela Palaces,
Hotels and Resorts, passed away
3. N Janardhan Reddy: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister died.
4. Elena Baltacha: Ex‐tennis player
dies of cancer
5. Khaled Chowdhury: Noted theatre personality died
6. Bob Hoskins: British actor dies
7. Tito Vilanova, Former Barcelona coach Vilanova dies.
8. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anja Niedringhaus shot dead in
Afghanistan.
9. Khushwant Singh: Famous writer and journalist passed away
10. Former President of Guinea Kumba Yala died
11. Nanda: Veteran Bollywood actress passes away.
12. DK Jain : Luxor Group Chairman passes away
13. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel laureate whose intoxicating
novels and short stories exposed millions outside Latin America passes away.
14. Former Sierra Leone President, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah died
15. British socialist stalwart Tony Benn dies
16. Noted economist and academician G.K. Chadha passed away
17. P Ramdas : Malayalam director passes away
18. K. Suryanarayana Raja, former international basketball player
passed away.
19. Joe McGinniss, author of Fatal Vision died
20. William Clay Ford passes away
21. Jagat Singh Mehta : Former Foreign Secretary died
22. J.S. Sarma: Former TRAI Chairman passes away
23. Hanumath Shastry, the eminent Telugu litterateur died
24. Bangaru Laxman : Former BJP president dies.
25. Legendary Guitarist: Paco de Lucia passed away
26. Prokash Karmakar: Eminent painter died
27. Balu Mahendra : Veteran filmmaker passed away.
28. Karl Slym: MD of Tata Motors died after falling from
hotel building in Bangkok
29. Sudhir Mahato: the former Deputy Chief Minister of
Jharkhand died
30. Akkineni Nageswara Rao: Padma Vibhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke
awardee passed away. ANR is fondly called the Tragedy King of Telugu cinema.
31. Suchitra Sen: Legendary Bengali actor passed away
32. Namdeo Dhasal Renowned Marathi poet and activist passed
away
33. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddi: The spiritual leader of the Dawoodi
Bohra community passed away
34. Silverine Swer, Meghalaya's first Padma Shri Awardee died
35. Adhip Chaudhuri, an international economist who taught at
Georgetown University, died in Vienna,
36. Ariel Sharon: Former Israeli Prime
Minister Dies
37. IIa Pathak social activist died
38. Vishwanath Bondre: Former Mumbai Ranji Trophy cricketer died
39. Farooq Sheikh: veteran Hindi actor died
40. Mikhail Kalashnikov: the designer of fabled AK‐47
automatic rifle, died in Russia. AK‐47's name
stands for "Kalashnikov's Automatic" and the year it was designed,
1947.
41. Ishrat Ali Siddiqui: Freedom fighter, veteran Journalist and
Padm Shree awardee died
42. Anjali Devi: Veteran South Indian film actress died
43. Michiaki Takahashi: developed Chickenpox vaccine died in
Japan.
44. Pran Chopra : Veteran journalist died
45. G.S. Shivarudrappa: Distinguished Kannada poet, writer and
researcher G.S. Shivarudrappa (87) passed away. The writer, was awarded with
the title of Rashtrakavi by the Government of Karnataka in 2006.
46. Sis Ram
Ola dead Union Labour and
Employment Minister Sis Ram Ola died at a Gurgaon hospital after a prolonged
illness.
47. Joan Fontaine: Oscar‐winning actor
has died at the age of 96
48. Babul Phukan: Former footballer died in Guwahati
49. Nelson Mandela, the anti‐apartheid
revolutionary of South Africa died
50. Sandeep Acharya: Indian Idol winner passes away.
51. Ronnie Biggs: known for his role in the 1963 Great Train
Robbery, died.
52. Narayan Sahu: Former Odisha MLA and freedom fighter
passes away
53. Philip Seymour: Oscar‐winning actor
Hoffman died.
