Obituary

PROMINENT Australian music promoter Michael Gudinski, best known for helping globalise some of the country’s biggest stars, including Kylie Minogue, died in his sleep on Tuesday, his…
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FORMER Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati is dead. The jurist, who retired on July 25, 2019 on attaining the mandatory statutory retirement age of…
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LAWRENCE Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, bookseller and activist who helped launch the Beat movement in the 1950s and embodied its curious and rebellious spirit well into the 21st…
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A FORMER Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Simon Imuekemhe, is dead. Imuekemhe, who also served as Head of Service (HOS) in Edo State, reportedly died of an…
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THE vice-president of Tanzania's semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar has died, nearly three weeks after his party said he had contracted Covid-19. No official reason has been given…
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THE conservative media icon, Rush Limbaugh, who for decades used his perch as the king of talk-radio to shape the politics of both the Republican Party and nation, died Wednesday after…
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FLAMBOYANT Argentine ex-President Carlos Menem died on Sunday at age 90 after battling long-term health problems, the country’s current President Alberto Fernandez announced in a…
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ONE of the original members of the Supremes, Mary Wilson, the 1960s group that helped establish the Motown sound and propelled Diana Ross to superstardom, has died. She was 76. …
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US Republican congressman Ron Wright has died aged 67 after testing positive for Covid-19 last month, officials say. The Texas lawmaker "passed away peacefully" with his wife Susan…
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THE Boxing legend, Leon Spinks, who unexpectedly defeated Muhammad Ali to win the world heavyweight boxing championship in 1978, only to lose his title seven months later and become…
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