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Important People who died in 2018 Name

Age

Ajit Wadekar

77, 1941 to 2018

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

93, 1924 to 2018

Balramji Das Tandon

90, 1927 to 2018

Chandrasekhar Rath

89, 1929 to 2018

Efrain Rios Montt

91, 1926 to 2018

Gopal Das Neeraj

94, 1925 to 2018

Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal

82, 1935 to 2018

JP Vaswani (Dada Vaswani)

99, 1918 to 2018

Work Former Indian Cricket Team Captain. Under his captaincy Indian was able to register overseas victories for the first time. Former Prime Minister of India. He was the first non-Congress PM to complete a 5-year term. He was elected to Lok Sabha for 10 times Governor of Chhattisgarh. He was a long time BJP and erstwhile Jan Sangh Member. He had also served as the Deputy CM of Punjab in the past. Renowned Odia litterateur. His famous works included Yantrarudha (The Instrumented), Asurya Upanivesh (The Sunless Colony) and Nav Jatak (Regenesis). Former Military Dictator of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. During his short reign he was accused of genocide against the indigenous Ixil-Maya people. World renowned Hindi Poet. His is known for his poetic works like Asawari, Lahar Pukare and Paran Geet. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1991 and Padma Bhushan in 2007. He was the Shankaracharya at the Kanchi Mutt. he was the 70th Shankaracharya of Kamakoti Peetam (Kamakshi). Chief of Sadhu Vaswani Mission. Through the mission he used to promote the message of Peace, Vegetarianism and Animal Rights.


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Kofi Annan

80, 1938 to 2018

Kuldip Nayar

95, 1923 to 2018

M Karunanidhi

94, 1924 to 2018

Nandram Das Bairagi

87, 1931 to 2018

Narayan Prasad Singh

85, 1933 to 2018

Parbati Ghose

85, 1933 to 2018

Rajinder Kumar Dhawan

81, 1937 to 2018

Rita Bhaduri

62, 1955 to 2018

Work former UN Secretary General. He was the first African national to appointed to the post of Secretory General in the United Nations. Eminent Indian writer and journalist. He was a strong voice of dissent against the Government during emergency period. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and founder member of DMK. He served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for 5 terms. Noted Hindi film lyricist, also known as Balkavi Bairagi. "Jhar gaye paat, bisar gayi tehni" is one of his most famous poems. Odisha's most popular lyricist, popularly known as 'Rasaraj'. several popular melodious songs in Odia cinema are credited to him. first female filmmaker of Odisha. She was also the winner of 3 National awards during his illustrious acting career. Veteran Congress Leader. He was the personal assistant to Indira Gandhi from 1962 till her death in 1984. He was also a Minister of State during Narsimha Rao's tenure as PM Veteran Film and TV actress. She is well known for her performances in films like 'Sawan Ko Aane Do' and 'Raja' and TV shows like Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, Khichdi, etc.


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Somnath Chatterjee

89, 1929 to 2018

Sridevi

54, 1963 to 2018

Stephen Hawking

76, 1942 to 2018

Swapan Sarkar

67, 1950 to 2018

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul

85, 1932 to 2018

Work Former Speaker of Lok Sabha. He was Central Committee Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) and 10 Time MP of the Lok Sabha. Famous Film Actress. She had worked in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada language films over her long career. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013. Renowned physicist and modern cosmologist. His work related to Big Bang and Black holes has brought new insights into the field of study. "A "Brief History of Time" is one of his most famous book. Veteran Sports Journalist. He had worked in the Ananda Bazaar Patrika as Sports Correspondent. He had covered international sports events like 1982 Asian Games, 2010 Commonwealth games, etc. Famous Writer, He has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. His works include 'A Bend in the River', 'A House for Mr. Biswas', 'India: A Million Mutinies Now', etc.


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Tarun Sagar

51 years old

Tran Dai Quang Anna Rajam Malhotra

61 years old 91 years old

Bhagwati Kumar Sharma

84 years old

Natwar Thakkar

86 years old

M N Paloor

86 years old

Annapurna Devi

92 years old

Paul Allen

65 years old

N.D. Tiwari

93 years old

GD Agarwal

86 years old

Yashwant Dev

91 years old

Pandit Tulsidas Borkar

83 years old

Work He was a Jain Monk, known for his 'Kadve Parvachan' which spread the message of peace and nonviolence in the society. He was Vietnam's President She was Independent India's First Women IAS Officer He was a noted Gujarati author, journalist and poet. He had also won prestigious awards like Sahitya Academy award for his Gujarati novel Ashuryalok Popularly known as Nagaland’s Gandhi. He was a Padma Shri Award Winner originally from Maharashtra Famous Sahitya Akademi Award winning Malayalam poet. Legendary Hindustani classical musician. Played the classical music instrument – Surbahar He was the co-founder of Microsoft. He was a veteran politician from the Congress party. He is the only person to be the chief minister of 2 states – Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand popularly known as Swami Gyanswarup Sanand, a Clean Ganga Activist and Environmentalist. He was on a hunger strike demanding a law to protect the Ganga River. He was a prominent Music Composer and Lyricist He was a great harmonium player. In 2005, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.


Name Osamu Shimomura

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Age 90 years old

Malti Sharma

89 years old

Will Vinton

70 years old

Kishor Giri

63 years old

Pradip Chowdhury 64 years old Pankaj Bandyopadhyay

72 years old

Madan Lal Khurana

82 years old

Ananth Kumar

59 years old

Stan Lee

95 years old

T.N. Srinivasan

85 years old

Work He was a marine biologist and 2008 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner. She was a former parliamentarian from UP belonging to the BJP. He was a famous Animator and also won an Oscar Award. A Famous Music Director and Assamese Singer He was a Senior Journalist. He was also a former News Editor of Press Trust of India (PTI) He was a famous Politician from West Bengal. He was also a founding member of the Trinamool Congress He was a veteran Politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi. He was the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister and also the union minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers. He was the legendary writer, editor and publisher of Marvel Comics. He was a Distinguished Economist and a strong votary of free trade and multilateralism. He was also awarded with Padma Bhushan.


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Ambareesh

66 years old

Ustad Imrat Khan

83 years old

Mohammed Aziz

64 years old

Manohar Prahlad Awati

91 years old

Iravatham Mahadevan

88 years old

Work He was a Famous Kannada Actor and Politician. He had acted in over 200 films and was also a three-time Lok Sabha member and a former State minister. He was a stalwart of Indian Classical Music, who dedicated his life for propagating the sitar & the surbahar He was a well-known singer who sung more than 20,000 songs in Hindi, Bengali and Odia Films in a 3 decade long career. He was retired Vice Admiral of Indian Navy. He was known as the father of Indian Navy’s circumnavigation adventures. He was the commanding officer of INS Kamorta during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. He was an IAS officer and also one of the world’s leading scholars on the Indus Valley Script, a scholar on the Tamil Brahmi script.


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Dipali Borthakur

77 years old

Nana Chudasama

85 years old

Mushirul Hasan

71 years old

George HW Bush

94 years old

Tulsi Ramsay

74 years old

Dr Geeta S. Iyengar

74 years old

Sulagitti Narasamma

98 years old

Mrinal Sen

95 years old

Work She was a popular Assamese singer also known as “Asomiya Lata Mangeshkar.” She had received the Padma Shri Award in 1998. He was a Social Activist and a former Mayor of Mumbai city. He was the founder of the NGO - Giants International. He was a renowned historian and former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Milia of Islamia University. He was also awarded the Padma Shri. He was the 41st president of the United States and was in the office from 1989 to 1993. He presided over the end of the Cold War and defeated Saddam Hussein and his army in Iraq He was popular Hindi Film Director. He is well known for his for series of low-budget horror films down to the 1990s. She was the eldest daughter of legendary Yoga guru, B.K.S. Iyengar and herself a yogic science expert. Her book ‘Yoga: A gem for women’ became the primer for women across the world. She was a renowned social worker and Padma Shri awardee. She is best known for extending free of cost midwife services to women. He was a legendry filmmaker. A Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee, Sen paved the way for parallel cinema in India.

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