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Italy's Emma Bonino, champion of battles to legalise abortion and divorce, dies at 78

Europe

Gloria Steinem, feminist trailblazer and award-winning journalist, dies at 92

Culture

Paradox of Balladur's legacy: 'Highly popular' innovative Gaullist gradually became irrelevant

France

Uganda's King of Tooro, once world's youngest reigning monarch, dies at 34

Africa

Norway's King Haakon VIII, the new face of a monarchy beset by woe and scandal

Europe

Norway's King Harald V dies at 89, his son becomes King Haakon VIII

Europe

Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97

Asia / Pacific

Tim Curry, star of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and 'It', dies at 80

Culture

Beloved US country music icon Dolly Parton dies at 80

Beloved US country music icon Dolly Parton dies at 80

Americas

American actress Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

Americas

Actor Sam Neill, star of 'Jurassic Park', dies at 78

Culture

US Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden death linked to cardiac issue

Americas

UK pop singer Bonnie Tyler dies aged 75

Culture

Victor Willis, Village People frontman and 'Y.M.C.A' co-writer, dies aged 74

Culture

Former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan dies at 100

Americas

American musician Oliver Tree killed in mid-air helicopter collision in Brazil

Americas

Celebrated British contemporary artist David Hockney dies at 88

Culture

French Vendée Globe champion Charlie Dalin dies at 42

France

Bernadette Chirac, widow of former French president, dies at 93

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France

Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian author of 'Persepolis', dies of 'sadness' at 56

Culture

French intellectual and inventor of 'cinema verité' Edgar Morin dies at 104

France

Sonny Rollins, towering jazz innovator known as 'Saxophone Colossus,' dies at 95

Culture

CNN’s pioneering founder Ted Turner dies at 87

Americas

Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at 68

Culture

Former French Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin dies aged 88

France

'Grey's Anatomy' star Eric Dane dies at 53 after ALS battle

Culture

Former Palestinian delegate to France Leïla Shahid dies age 76

Middle East

US civil rights activist and African American icon Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

Americas

Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning star of 'The Godfather', dies at 95

Culture

‘Dawson’s Creek’ actor James Van Der Beek dies at 48

Culture

Son of Libya's late dictator Gaddafi killed in Zintan city

Africa

Son of Libya's late dictator Gaddafi killed in Zintan city

Africa

Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt's Creek' and 'Home Alone' star, dies at 71

Culture

Rifaat al-Assad, Syria’s ‘butcher of Hama’, dies aged 88

Middle East

US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies at 86

Americas

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96

Europe

Bangladesh's first female prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80

Asia / Pacific

French cinema legend Brigitte Bardot dies at 91

France

Call of Duty co-creator Vince Zampella dies aged 55 in car crash

Culture

British photographer Martin Parr dies at 73, studio announces

Culture
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Remembering Jamaican reggae star Jimmy Cliff

Culture

James Watson, Nobel laureate who co-discovered the structure of DNA, dies at 97

Science

Former US vice president Dick Cheney, architect of 2003 Iraq invasion, dies at 84

Americas

North Korea's former symbolic head of state Kim Yong Nam dies

Asia / Pacific

D’Angelo, trailblazing neo-soul singer and Grammy winner, dies at 51

Culture

Jane Goodall, pioneering primatologist, conservationist and activist, dies at 91

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Africa
arts24

Remembering Claudia Cardinale: Europe's timeless cinema icon

Culture

Italian screen queen Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87

Culture

Italian screen queen Claudia Cardinale dies aged 87

Culture

Celebrating Robert Redford: Stephen Galloway reflects on life, legacy of the golden boy of Hollywood

Culture

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning icon of Hollywood, dies at 89

Culture

'Grand monsieur': Legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani stayed true to his vision, never wavered

Culture

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies aged 91

Europe

Legendary Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at age 97

Americas

Austrian space diver Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident in Italy

Europe
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Former Nigerian president Muhammad Buhari dies aged 82

Africa

Nigeria's former president Muhammadu Buhari dies in London at 82

Africa

Lalo Schifrin, composer of 'Mission: Impossible' score, dies aged 93

Culture

Brian Wilson, leader of the Beach Boys and writer of summertime anthems, dies at 82

Culture

Frederick Forsyth, bestselling author of 'The Day of The Jackal', dies age 86

Culture

Oscar winning French documentary filmmaker Marcel Ophuls dies at 97

Culture

Latin America pays tribute to Uruguay's Mujica, world's 'poorest president'

Americas

Latin America pays tribute to Uruguay's Mujica, world's 'poorest president'

Vatican announces nine days of mourning for Pope Francis starting Saturday

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Europe

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff and champion of the forgotten

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Europe

Pope Francis to lie in state until Saturday funeral attended by world leaders

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Europe

Peruvian Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies

Peruvian Nobel literature prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies

Americas

Malian music legend Amadou Bagayoko of blind duo Amadou & Mariam dies aged 70

Culture

Actor Val Kilmer, known for Top Gun and Batman, dies at 65

Americas

TV's award-winning 'king of the miniseries' Richard Chamberlain dies at 90

Culture