The Hindu-Review-January-March-2024-english Obituaries Current Affairs

  • Kapildev Prasad, a renowned artisan and Padma awardee for his contributions to the handloom industry and the revival of Bababuti sarees, passed away in Basavanbigha village, Bihar Sharif. His demise has left the local community and handloom enthusiasts mourning the loss of a true pioneer.
  • Paul Alexander, who spent much of his life in an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, has passed away at the age of 78. Despite being paralyzed from the neck down, Alexander’s resilience and determination led him to become an inspirational figure, achieving milestones that defied his physical limitations.
  • Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas, the former Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy (1990-1993), breathed his last peacefully at the age of 90 on March 15 morning, at the Military Hospital, Secunderabad, Telangana.
  • Sadi Mohammad, a legendary Rabindra Sangeet singer, has passed away at the age of $\mathrm{7 0}$. His death has cast a grim shadow in the cultural sphere of the country.
  • The former member of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and prominent Buddhist Monk of Ladakh, popularly known as Lama Lobzang, passed away this morning at his residence in New Delhi. He was 94 years old.
  • Lakshmi Narayanan Seshu, a beloved figure in the Tamil entertainment industry, breathed his last on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at a private hospital in Chennai. The versatile actor, affectionately known as Lollu Sabha Seshu, was 60 years old at the time of his unfortunate demise.
  • Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, has sadly passed away at the age of 87. His cousin, Neal L Gossett, confirmed his demise on March 29, stating that he died at a rehabilitation center in Santa Monica, California.
  • Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who never studied economics but pioneered the field of behavioural economics, has passed away at the age of 90 . Despite not having formal training in economics, Kahneman’s groundbreaking work exploring the psychology of decisionmaking earned him the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002.


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