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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

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  1. Ajay says:

    Bill McKinney) was an American character actor but you have mentioned as Bollywood actor.

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