Complete List of Obituary 2018

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January 2018

Name of the PersonalityField
Anwar JalalpuriUrdu poet
Radha ViswanathanCarnatic singer,
Peter SutherlandFormer World Trade Organization Director-General
Saksham YadavPowerlifting world champion
John YoungLegendary American astronaut
Shrivallabh VyasBollywood actor
Baldev RajAtomic scientist and NIAS Director
Gnani SankaranVeteran Tamil writer, journalist and theatre personality
Raghunath JhaFormer Union minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise
Jo Jo whiteAmerican Basketball player
KashinathVeteran Kannada actor
Chandi LahiriFamous Cartoonist
Major FKK SircarLongest living Indian Army veteran
Hugh Masekela ,Legendary jazz musician and activist also known as ‘Father of South African jazz’,
Ursula K Le GuinScience fiction and fantasy author
Supriya DeviFamous actress from West Bengal
Chandrashekhar known as ‘Edakallu Guddada Mele’Noted Kannada actor
Billionaire IKEAFounder of Swedish multinational group
Kalamandalam GeethanandanOttanthulal artist

February 2018   

Name of the PersonalityField
Chintaman WanagaSenior BJP MP and a member of the 11th and the 13th Lok Sabha
Francisco Nunez Oliveraworld’s oldest man
Hukum SinghBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Western Uttar Pradesh’s Kairana
Madavoor Vasudevan NairKathakali maestro
Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu.presently member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
John MahoneyHollywood Actor
Chandrasekhar RathThe doyen of Odia literature
Asma JahangirPakistan’s well known human rights lawyer , social activist, co-founder and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
Johann Johannsson,Icelandic composer and producer
Didier LockwoodFrench jazz violinist
Gundu Hanumantha RaoTelugu actor
Ruud LubbersThe youngest and longest-serving prime minister of the Netherlands,
Billy GrahamChristian evangelist
Dr BK GoyalEminent cardiologist
Kunhiraman Panoor popularly known as K PanoorRenowned writer and social activist
M.S. Anantharaman,Noted violinist
Neelabh MishraSenior journalist and editor-in-chief of National Herald
SrideviVeteran Bollywood actress
TSR SubramanianFormer Cabinet secretary
Kanakalata MohantyNoted Odia author

March 2018

Name of the PersonalityField
Penny VincenziBritish Novelist
S Ratnavel PandianFormer Supreme Court Judge
Arabinda MuduliOdia Bhajan singer
Khagendra JamatiaTripura Fisheries Minister
Prafulla DasVeteran Literateur
Davide AstoriFiorentina captain and Italy international
Javed AbidiNoted Disability rights activist
SaratMohantyOdia actor
ShammiVeteran Bollywood actor
Justice D SreedeviFormer Kerala high court judge and chairperson of Kerala Women’s Commission,
M K BhargavFormer Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) chairman
Patangrao KadamFormer Maharashtra minister
Stephen HawkingWorld famous British scientist
Narendra JhaActor
M SukumaranMalayalam writer
Kedarnath SinghVeteran Hindi Poet
Peter PetersonBlackstone Co-Founder
Les PayneA Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, columnist and editor of Newsday
Bruno BobanFootballer
Pyarelal WadaliVeteran Sufi Singer

April 2018

Name of the PersonalityField
C.V. RajendranTamil film director
R K Dorendra SinghFormer Manipur Chief Minister
S Nihal SinghVeteran journalist
Barbara BushFormer US first lady
Rajinder SacharFormer Delhi High Court Chief Justice
TVR ShenoyVeteran journalist and columnist
Bhimsain KhuranaIndian animation pioneer and multiple National Award winner
Nabi TajimaThe world's oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman named
Efraín Ríos MonttGuatemalan general and politician
Ray WilkinsEnglish football player and coach
E.N. RammohanFormer BSF Director-General (DG)
Niranjan Thomas Alvathe husband of former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva
Munin BaruaIndian film director in Assamese cinematography
M S RaviVeteran journalist

May 2018

Name of the PersonalityField
Ashok MitraThe first Finance Minister in the Left Front government in West Bengal
Ankit ChadhaIndian story-teller
P P LakshamanFormer AIFF President
Kottayam PushpanathPopular Malayalam detective novelist
Keyur BhushanFreedom fighter, writer
Dave Michenerveteran Disney animator
Dr Nirmal HirawatFormer Madhya Pradesh minister and senior Congress leader
Ravinder SharmaArtist-Philosopher,called Guruji, the founder of Adilabad's Kala Ashram
Tom Wolfebest-selling author and journalist
Yamunabai WaikarLavani singer and Padma Shri recipient
BalakumaranIndian Tamil writer, author
Dr Bansidhar PandaOdia industrialist
Yaddanapudi Sulochana Ranipopular Indian Telugu novelist
Arun DateMarathi singer.
Anne V. CoatesOscar-Winning British film editor
Balkavi BairagiNoted Lyricist, Poet, Politician
Margot KidderActor Who Played Lois Lane In Superman
Yaddanapudi Sulochana RaniVeteran writer, novelist
Alan BeanFormer US astronaut, who was the fourth man to walk on the Moon
Vinod BhattGujarati humour essayist and biographer

June 2018

Name of the PersonalityField
Timothy Pereiraformer football international who represented Tata FC.
Narayan Prasad SinghOdisha's most popular lyricist, also popularly known as 'Rasaraj'.
Nerella VenumadhavHe was a Mimicry Artist.
legend Peter ThomsonHe was an Australian golfer and won five British Open titles.
Charles KrauthammerHe was a political commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner.
Donald HallHe was an Award-winning American poet and writer.
Laxman Patil–BhosleHe was a Socialist leader.
Senior Cong leader L P ShahiSenior Congress Leader.
Maria BuenoHe was a Legendary Brazilian tennis player.
Shantaram NaikHe was a Veteran Goa Congress leader.
Xavier RutsaHe was a journalist.
Bhaiyyu MaharajSpiritual guru
Mulubha JadejaFormer Saurashtra batsman
Shahzahan BachchuBangladeshi writer and publisher
Mushtaq Ahmad YousufiHe was a Renowned Urdu satirist and humour writer.
Prabhakar ChoubeyVeteran journalist

July 2018

Name of the PersonalityField
Chiyo Miyako117 years old world's oldest Japanese woman,
Ramapada Chowdhury,Bengali writer, also conferred the Sahitya Academy award for 'Bari badle jay'
Swapan SarkarSports journalist of Ananda Bazaar Patrika (ABP)
Jonathan GoldLos Angeles Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic
Ramchandra SinghdeoFormer and first Finance Minister of Chhattisgarh
Gopal Das NeerajHindi poet and His famous poetic works include Asawari, Lahar Pukare and Paran Geet.
Rita BhaduriActor
M.N. Vyasa Rao  
  • Kannada poet and film song lyricist.
  • Recipient of the Karnataka Rajya Sahitya Academy award
Dada VaswaniSpiritual leader and was chief of Sadhu Vaswani Mission. Also her birthday (August 2), is celebrated as an International Forgiveness Day.
Liliane MontevecchiThe Paris-born dancer, actor, and singer also Tony Award winner
JG NadkarniFormer chief of naval staff Admiral
Kabutari DeviKumaoni folk singer
J N SadhuJournalist worked with The Indian Express
Kanu GohainFormer Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
Kalpesh YagnikSenior journalist, and group editor of popular Hindi daily ‘Dainik Bhaskar’.
M.N. Vyasa RaoKannada poet and film lyricist

August 2018

Name of the PersonalityField
John McCain  US Senator, also a Republican presidential nominee in 2008. 
Kuldip NayarIndian writer and journalist. autobiography was "Beyond The Lines"
Uri AvneryIsraeli journalist and peace activist
Kofi AnnanFormer United Nations Secretary-General, also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the UN in 2001 "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world"
Aretha FranklinUS singer, also known as “Queen of Soul” and received the Grammy Award 18 times.
Atal Bihari VajpayeeThree times Prime Minister of India
Ajit WadekarFormer India cricket captain
Balramji Das TandonChhattisgarh Governor
Somnath ChatterjeeFormer Lok Sabha speaker
V S NaipaulNobel Prize-winning British author, won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2001
Jarrod LyleAustralian professional golfer
Minister M. KarunanidhiDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief and former Tamil Nadu Chief
Krishna Shripadrao DeshpandeLibrary scientist Prof
Rajinder Kumar DhawanVeteran Congress leader
Mony K. MathewFormer The Hindu BusinessLine journalist

September 2018

NAME OF THE PERSONALITYFIELD
Tarun SagarJain Monk
Arthur PereiraFormer Maharashtra Football Player
Dr. Rita JitendraWriter
Goura Chandra MohapatraFreedom Fighter
Satya Prakash MalviyaFormer Union Petroleum minister
Dolagobind PradhanFormer Odisha Minister
Anna Rajam MalhotraIndia’s First woman IAS officer post-independence
Kondapalli KoteswarammaA revolutionary leader, writer
Tran Dai QuanVietnam President
Randhir SinghFormer Air Marshal
Kalpana LajmiFilmmaker
BN DuttFormer BCCI President
Jasdev SinghSports Commentator
Kavita MahajanMarathi Writer
Manoharsinh JadejaFormer Finance minister of Gujarat
Tulsidas BorkarHarmonium Player

October 2018

Name of PersonalityField
Malti SharmaFormer Up Minister
Montserrat CaballeSpanish Opera Singer
Natwar ThakkarProminent Gandhian(Also Called Gandhi Of Nagaland)
Girish PatelHuman Rights Lawer , Gujrat
Pradip ChowdharySenior Journalist
Mn PaloorMalayali Poet
Sarvagya KatiyarFormer Kanpur University Vice-Chancellor
Santosh Singh JainFilm Trade Expert
Kishore GiriAssamese Singer
Gd AggarwalClean Ganga Activist
Annapurna DeviHindustani Classical Musician
Paul G.AllenMicrosoft Co-Founder
Nd TiwariFormer Up And Uttrakhand Chief Minister
Siddalinga SwamijiKarnataka’s Popular Lingayat Leader
Osamu Shimomura2008 Nobel Prize Winner
Na. MuthuswamyTheatre Personality
Pankaj BandyopadhyayFounder Member, Trinamool Congress
Madan Lal KhuranaFormer Delhi Chief Minister
Qazi AbdusattarUrdu Writer
Ntozake ShangeAfrican American Playwriter
Yashwant DevSenior Composer And Lyricist