Obituary Events in 1999

Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec

Jan. 15

Mi. Pa. Somasundaram (79), writer, poet, litterateur and associate of Rajaji, in Chennai.

Jan. 25

G. G. Swell (75), veteran parliamentarian and former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker, in Shillong.

Feb. 8

Gen. K. Sundarji (69), former Chief of Army Staff, in New Delhi.

Feb. 9

Iris Murdoch (79), grand dame of English letters, at Oxfordshire.

Mar. 6

The Amir of Bahrain, Sheikha Isa bin Salman al Khalifa (66).

Mar. 27

Michael Aris, husband of Myanmar's pro- democracy leader, Ms. Aung San Suu-kyi, in London.

Apr. 10

Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (87), patriarch of Malayalam fiction, at his ancestral village at Sankaramangalam in Thakazhi village.

Apr. 11

A.K.A. Abdul Samad (72), general secretary of IUML and State unit president, in Chennai.

Apr. 13

Sheikh Chinna Moulana (75), nagaswaram exponent, at Srirangam.

May 23

G. Ramaswamy (69), former Attorney- General, in Chennai.

Jun. 12

Jalagam Vengal Rao, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, in Hyderabad.

Jul. 1

K. N. Singh (70), former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, in Lucknow.

Joshva Nkomo (83), Zimbabwe's Vice-President in Harare.

Jul. 3

Mario Puzo (78), Best selling author and winner of two Oscars for his screen adoptations of his book ``The Godfather'', in Bayshare on Long Island.

Jul. 9

Ashok Mitra (82), noted writer, academician and former bureaucrat, in Calcutta.

Jul. 12

Rajendra Kumar (71), legendary actor who acted in over 150 Hindi films, in Mumbai.

Jul. 17

Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (85), the former Lt. Governor of Pondicherry, in Allahabad.

Jul. 23

King Hassan II of Moracco (70), in Rabat, Moracco.

Jul. 24

Vimala Ranadive (84), senior CPI(M) leader, in Mumbai.

Aug. 6

Kalpnath Rai (58), the former Union Minister, in New Delhi.

Aug. 10

The United States film actor Victor Mature, in Southern California.

Sep. 1

Dr. S. Srinivasan (58), Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Thiruvananthapuram.

Sep. 20

Ms. Raisa Gorbachev in Germany.

Ms. T. R. Rajakumari (78), the dream girl of the Tamil silver screen for over two decades in Chennai

Sep. 27

Dr. Mabel Arole (64) Magasaysay awardee.

Oct. 26

S. Rajeswara Rao (82) well-known music director, in Chennai.

Oct. 31

L. Krishnaswamy Bharathi (97) freedom fighter and a former member of Constituent Assembly in Chennai.

Nov. 8

T. Chengalvarayan (91) freedom fighter in Chennai.

Nov. 20

The six time Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Amintore Fanfani (91) in Rome.

Nov. 30

Prof. M. N. Sromovas (83) well-known Socialogist in Bangalore.

Dec. 21

Desmond Llewelyn (85) who played gadgetry expert `Q' in a sting of James Bond Films, in London.

Dec. 22

Robert Bresson (98) the greatest French film makers of all times, in Paris.

Dec. 26

Shankar Dayal Sharma (81), former President of India, in New Delhi.

Events 1999