Person Died

v Rock Band Yes Guitarist Chris Squire died

Squire formed Yes band in 1968 with Jon Anderson and their debut single titled Sweetness and first album titled Yes were released in 1968.

v Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers, died

He was born as Daniel Patrick Macnee on 6 February 1922 in London and grew up in Lambourn.

v Veteran Journalist Praful Bidwai passed away

He was also an anti-nuclear activist and a founding member of Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace that was set up after the 1998 pokhran nuclear tests.

v Titanic composer James Horner died

In 1997, Horner won two Oscars (Academy Awards) for Best Original Score and along with Best Original Song for My Heart Will Go On in the movie Titanic.

v Sister Nirmala Joshi, former head of Missionaries of Charity, died

Sister Nirmala was born in Ranchi on 23 July 1934 to a Brahmin soldier who came from Nepal.

v Former Indian women's hockey captain Shashi Bala died

Bala who made her international debut in 1987 was captain of the national team during the 1997 FIH Women World Cup Qualifier held in Harare, Zimbabwe.

v Former Turkey President Suleyman Demirel died

Demirel launched his political career in the aftermath of the 1960 military coup that deposed the Government of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes.

v Renowned architect Charles Correa passed away

He was the Chief Architect behind the development of Navi Mumbai along with Shirish Patel and Pravina Mehta.

v Las Vegas casino tycoon Kirk Kerkorian died

Kerkorian founded MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) and was its largest shareholder.

v Sheila Kaul, former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, died

Kaul, sister-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru, was the oldest surviving former Parliamentarian was a Member of Parliament (MP) for five times.

v Veteran actor Sir Christopher Lee died at the age of 93

Lee was knitted in 2009 for services to drama and charity. In 2011 and 2013, he was awarded with the Bafta fellowship and BFI Fellowship, respectively.

v Chandigarh's Rock Garden creator Nek Chand died

Chand’s creation the Rock Garden of Chandigarh was opened for public on 24 January 1976 and at present is maintained by the Nek Chand Foundation, formed in 1996.

v Big Band Leader James Last passed away

James was born as Hans Last in the northern city of Bremen in 1929 and was originally a piano player.

v Former Indian Cricketer Hemant Kanitkar died

Kanitkar, a stalwart of domestic cricket, played two Tests as a wicketkeeper-batsman in the home series against Clive Lloyd’s West Indies in 1974-75.

v Telugu writer Dasaradhi Rangacharya died at 87

Inspired by Marxism and socialism, Rangacharya wrote several books that highlighted the life and agony of the people at the grass roots level especially in the then Telangana region.

v Hollywood actor Hiroshi Koizumi died

Making debut in 1951 on silver screen, Koizumi appeared in a string of monster films including Mothra vs Godzilla, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and Dogara, the Space Monster.

v Wrestler Prem Nath passed away

Prem Nath, a President’s Medal-winning retired Delhi Police official, was known for his efforts to popularise wrestling in Delhi.

v Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry Irwin Rose passed away

Rose won the Nobel Prize for discovering a way that cells destroy unwanted proteins for developing new therapies for diseases such as cervical cancer and cystic fibrosis.

v Hollywood actress Betsy Palmer passed away

Betsy was famously known for playing the character of Jason Voorhees' mother in Friday the 13th movie in 1980.

v Hemant Sonawala, the pioneer of India’s IT industry, died

Sonawala the chairman of Hinditron was also the founder of Digital Equipment India (DEI), which was the first technology IPO in India.

v Doris Hart, winner of three Wimbledon titles in a day, died at 89

She retired from professional tennis in 1955 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1969.