French DJ and musician Kavinsky, known for his electronic classic “Nightcall”, has been found dead at his home in Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The self-taught pianist, whose real name is Vincent Belorgey, would have turned 51 on Friday. It was not immediately clear how he died, but emergency crews late on Tuesday noted nothing suspicious, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. “Nightcall” became a global hit after hit was featured in the soundtrack of 2011 movie Drive starring Ryan...
Sulemana Abdul Samed, who was diagnosed with gigantism several years ago, has died at the age of 33.
A regular presence in most press-boxes across India and overseas, Sidhu always kept the travelling press-corps in good humour
A regular presence in most press-boxes across India and overseas, Sidhu always kept the travelling press-corps in good humour
A prominent leader from western Odisha, Susant Singh represented the Bhatli assembly constituency for three consecutive terms after winning the elections in 2009, 2014 and 2019 on a BJD ticket
A respected Sunni religious leader, he served as the qazi of several mahals, including Kasaragod
Punj had a long career in public life — in politics and policy circles, and in the media
Kevin Keegan, the iconic striker for Liverpool, Newcastle and England, was diagnosed with stage four cancer last year.
Former England captain and manager Kevin Keegan dies at the age of 75, seven weeks after he revealed he had been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
Veteran Hong Kong actor, film director and producer Patrick Tse Yin has died at the age of 89. His daughter Jennifer announced the star’s death in a Facebook post, writing: “With profound sadness, our family announces the passing of our beloved father, Patrick Tse. “He passed away peacefully at the hospital, surrounded by the love of his family, after a period of declining health. “Our father lived a remarkable and accomplished life, not only as an actor and artist, but as someone who brought...
Chennamma, 89, died at a private hospital in Bengaluru following a cardiac arrest on Saturday.
Mr Kenneth Jeyaretnam, secretary general of the Reform Party (RP), has died, his wife said on Sunday. He was 67 years old. Jeyaretnam died in his sleep, surrounded by family, on Saturday, said Amanda Jeyaretnam in a post on her husband’s social media. “He was my beloved husband and a loving and devoted father to his son, Jared. He filled our lives with joy and wonder and we miss him so much,” she said. She added that funeral details for a small family service were currently being finalised and a...
His son, actor Jason Donovan, posted to social media that his father died on Saturday night peacefully in Melbourne, Australia
She had been admitted to Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru with breathing complications, chest congestion and other age-related complications
Leading Chinese scientist Sun Fanglin, whose work on how cells age and form tumours helped pave the way for the development of new cancer treatments, has died aged 58. Sun was director of the Advanced Institute of Translational Medicine at Tongji University in Shanghai and former dean of its School of Life Sciences and Technology. He had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness and died on July 10, the institute said in an obituary posted on its website. The noted biologist...
Arguably the greatest all-rounder of the game, Sobers led the West Indies at his peak, breaking Test cricket records.
The pioneering scholar, who died on July 15, challenged Orientalist orthodoxies and reshaped the study of Islam.
Mary Jo Campbell was featured on multiple episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians over the years.
Georgetown scholar and author spent decades building bridges between the Islamic and Western worlds.
The veteran folk artist who revived and popularised Nokkuvidya Pavakali was undergoing treatment for age-related ailments
Mustafa Kamal would blame the Congress for embroiling the Kashmir issue by arresting his father and party founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah in 1953
An astute politician, Padmanabham had led Andhra Pradesh’s longest social movement to restore the Backward Class status for Kapus
Sheikh Hamad, who ruled the country from 1995 to 2013 and revolutionised modern-day Qatar, died on Thursday aged 74.
Ajit Pawar entered the Maharashtra Assembly in 1991, went on to become the Baramati MLA for multiple terms, and served as the State’s Deputy Chief Minister on several occasions
He started his career in Jan Sangh, the predecessor to the BJP
The death of US Senator Lindsey Graham has removed one of Washington’s most influential advocates of a hardline approach towards China at a moment when Republicans are debating how aggressively the United States should confront Beijing and project military power overseas. Attention is now turning to whom South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appoints to fill the vacant Senate seat – and whether Graham’s successor will inherit the late lawmaker’s unusually prominent role as both a congressional...
Veteran Hong Kong film producer Shi Nan-sun, one of the most influential figures of the city’s golden age of cinema, has died at the age of 75 after suffering multiple organ failure caused by a bacterial infection. Film Workshop, the company she co-founded with her former husband, acclaimed director Tsui Hark, said Shi died peacefully at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital at 8.51pm on Monday, surrounded by loved ones. “Ms Shi had been in declining health since 2022 due to complications...
Graham, an ex-Trump critic, had turned into staunch supporter of the US president’s domestic and international policies.
The actor, who has died aged 78, built up a long string of screen credits over a five-decade career.
Friends, politicians and fellow film stars remember Neill following his "sudden and unexpected" death.
Al Jazeera bids farewell to founder Sheikh Hamad
Graham, a close Republican ally of Donald Trump, died at the age of 71 on Saturday evening.
The beloved actor's career ranged from box office blockbusters to thrillers and award-winning dramas.
Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in Jurassic Park to playing Holly Hunter’s husband in The Piano, has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in Sydney, according to a statement posted to the actor’s social media page. His death was “sudden and unexpected,” the statement said, adding...
Death of New Zealand actor in Sydney was 'sudden and unexpected', according to a family statement.
Poomani received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his monumental novel Agnaadi, an epic narrative set against the backdrop of the Sivakasi (1899) and Kazhugumalai (1895) communal riots; Chief Minister Vijay announces State honours
US senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of Israel and one of Washington’s most prominent foreign policy hawks, has died.
Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74.
Former Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani has died
He took power in 1996 after staging a bloodless coup against his father, and went on to transform Qatar into the gas-rich power it is today.
Willey is best known for covering the Vatican, and reported on five popes during his long career.
The longtime US senator, an ally of President Trump, was an advocate for using US military force overseas.
If music is an art that enriches the aesthetic zone, S. Janaki was the undisputed queen
The mortal remains are placed at Mysuru's Maharaja’s College Ground for the public to pay their last respects; last rites to be held this evening (July 12, 2026)
Sheikh Hamad, who ruled Qatar from 1995 to 2013 and stepped aside to make his son Sheikh Tamim emir, dies aged 74.
The playback singer, who hailed from Repalle in Bapatla district and won four National Awards, will be cremated in Mysuru with full official honours; leaders across parties paid tributes
After Sheikh Hamad's death, global leaders offer condolences, praise his legacy and Qatar’s growth.
The influential politician has just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
S. Janaki won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for “Senthoora Poove” from 16 Vayathinile, the debut directorial venture of Bharathiraja, who passed away last month
US Senator Lindsey Graham passed away on Saturday evening after a brief and sudden illness, the communications director for his office said in a social media post early on Sunday. Graham, 71, was a prominent Republican senator from South Carolina. Earlier in his career, he was a vocal critic of US President Donald Trump before becoming one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly...
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S. Janaki won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for “Senthoora Poove” from Bharathiraja’s 16 Vayathinile; had a celebrated collaboration with maestro Ilaiyaraaja
She was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Mysuru in the early hours of Saturday after she developed health complications.
With her passing, Kerala mourns not merely a legendary playback singer from Andhra Pradesh, but an artiste whose songs dissolved linguistic boundaries and became woven into the emotional fabric of the State’s cultural life.
Chief Minister says the ‘Nightingale of South India’ built an unparalleled musical legacy spanning over six decades; Deputy Chief Minister and Cinematography Minister describe her death as an irreparable loss to Indian music.
Residents recall the legendary singer’s childhood in the village as tributes pour in, with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu saying her timeless voice touched generations
Legendary playback singer S. Janaki has passed away at the age of 88 in Mysuru after battling age-related ailments. Fondly known as the “Nightingale of South India”, Janaki recorded over 20,000 songs across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi during a remarkable career spanning more than six decades.
South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams dies at the age of 25, just weeks after featuring for his country at the World Cup.
Chezhiyan’s minimalist approach to filmmaking was evident in To Let, in which he deliberately chose not to use background score, despite music being an integral element of Tamil cinema
Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in 1983 and seeing new generations succumb to its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She was 75. Tyler died “unexpectedly” in a hospital in Portugal where she was being treated for an illness, her family said on Thursday in a statement on her website. She was hospitalised in May in Faro, where she had a home, for emergency...
Teejan Bai, who passed away recently, challenged patriarchy to take Pandavani from Chhattisgarh’s villages to the world stage.
Discovered by Ebrahim Alkazi and mentored by Adi Marzban, the thespian leaves behind a legacy of actors — Nana Patekar, Ashok Saraf, Neena Kulkarni, Vikram Gokhale, Reema Lagoo and Bharati Achrekar — all shaped by her vision.
Teejan Bai was widely regarded as the foremost exponent of Pandavani, the traditional folk art form of Chhattisgarh that narrates episodes from the Indian epic Mahabharata
Lam Wing-kee, who defied China by selling material critical of Beijing, passed away after suffering from lung cancer.
Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, who publicly recounted being abducted and detained by mainland Chinese authorities in 2015, has died at the age of 70 after a years-long battle with lung cancer, according to Taiwanese media. Local media reported that Lam, who moved to Taiwan in 2019, was admitted to Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei on Tuesday, but his condition worsened and he fell into a coma. He was pronounced dead on Thursday evening. Last year, he disclosed that his lung adenocarcinoma...
Victor Willis, lead singer of the disco group Village People whose hit Y.M.C.A. became a fixture at rallies for US President Donald Trump, has died, his spouse said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. “It is with profound sadness that I must announce the death of my husband, VICTOR WILLIS. Victor passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, as a result of a short, but aggressive illness,” the post on Willis’s official page said. The Texas-born musician, who was 74, was a co-founder of the Village People...
Veteran Congress leader was 80; represented Manalur constituency from 2011 to 2016
Mr. Shivaprasad was widely known for his artistic practice, his work as an architect and photographer, and his steadfast support for the farmers' movement and the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti Karnataka.
Substance abuse was listed as another significant condition the former child star was experiencing.