Obit

It was perhaps inevitable that Henry Kissinger would be as controversial in his death as he was during his life. His obits reflect the extremities of passion he, his work, and his writings generated across the world and across segments of opinion.

The Oscar-winning actor will always be associated with his smooth, Scottish-accented portrayal of the suave spy

Al Baghdadi Death: The Washington Post, one of the most respected newspapers in the world, woke up to a barrage of posts on Twitter mocking the publication over the headline it chose for an obituary notice for ISIS commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Madhubala was introduced to the readers as: "A Bollywood legend whose tragic life mirrored Marilyn Monroe's."

"There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose."

Jayalalitha Jayaram, a former film actress who became the powerful four-term leader of one of India's largest states, died Dec. 5, apparently of a heart attack. She was 68.

Guerrilla revolutionary and communist idol, Fidel Castro was a holdout against history who turned tiny Cuba into a thorn in the paw of the mighty capitalist United States.

Noted Indian-American Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Braj B Kachru has passed away in Urbana.

The family of an American woman who died recently put out an obituary that said she passed away to avoid the spectre of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the upcoming presidential election.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi on Thursday morning. He was 79.

Ellsworth Kelly died on Sunday. He was 92. Over the seven decades of his career, Kelly influenced abstract impressionism, was a key figure in American postwar art, revolutionised color theory, and provided immense joy to those of us who number among his admirers.

Nearly a third of the stars in our own galaxy have dramatically changed their obits, say scientists who have created a new map of the Milky Way.

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, one of India's best known contemporary musicians, died after a long illness in a San Diego hospital at the age of 92.

It's been a rough 15 months for MS Dhoni. The knives are out, captaincy obits have been penned and the character assassinations are ubiquitous. Not the ideal way to begin the sixth year of your stint as captain. 'Mute spectator', 'poor leader', 'negative tactician', 'detached', 'confused', 'unaffected' - just some of the rhetoric in the newspap...

At 32, Sally Ride burst onto the public stage when NASA chose her to be America's first woman in space. Ride inspired women the world over with her historic shuttle flight into space in 1983 and for blazing into NASA's exclusively male astronaut club.

It was perhaps inevitable that Henry Kissinger would be as controversial in his death as he was during his life. His obits reflect the extremities of passion he, his work, and his writings generated across the world and across segments of opinion.

The Oscar-winning actor will always be associated with his smooth, Scottish-accented portrayal of the suave spy

Al Baghdadi Death: The Washington Post, one of the most respected newspapers in the world, woke up to a barrage of posts on Twitter mocking the publication over the headline it chose for an obituary notice for ISIS commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Madhubala was introduced to the readers as: "A Bollywood legend whose tragic life mirrored Marilyn Monroe's."

"There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose."

Jayalalitha Jayaram, a former film actress who became the powerful four-term leader of one of India's largest states, died Dec. 5, apparently of a heart attack. She was 68.

Guerrilla revolutionary and communist idol, Fidel Castro was a holdout against history who turned tiny Cuba into a thorn in the paw of the mighty capitalist United States.

Noted Indian-American Professor Emeritus of Linguistics Braj B Kachru has passed away in Urbana.

The family of an American woman who died recently put out an obituary that said she passed away to avoid the spectre of voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the upcoming presidential election.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi on Thursday morning. He was 79.

Ellsworth Kelly died on Sunday. He was 92. Over the seven decades of his career, Kelly influenced abstract impressionism, was a key figure in American postwar art, revolutionised color theory, and provided immense joy to those of us who number among his admirers.

Nearly a third of the stars in our own galaxy have dramatically changed their obits, say scientists who have created a new map of the Milky Way.

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, one of India's best known contemporary musicians, died after a long illness in a San Diego hospital at the age of 92.

It's been a rough 15 months for MS Dhoni. The knives are out, captaincy obits have been penned and the character assassinations are ubiquitous. Not the ideal way to begin the sixth year of your stint as captain. 'Mute spectator', 'poor leader', 'negative tactician', 'detached', 'confused', 'unaffected' - just some of the rhetoric in the newspap...

At 32, Sally Ride burst onto the public stage when NASA chose her to be America's first woman in space. Ride inspired women the world over with her historic shuttle flight into space in 1983 and for blazing into NASA's exclusively male astronaut club.