UK’s King Charles III praises Schloss for her lifelong work on ‘overcoming hatred and prejudice’ around the world. Eva Schloss, the Auschwitz survivor who dedicated decades to educating people about the Holocaust, and who was the stepsister of diarist Anne Frank, has died aged 96, according to her foundation. The Anne Frank Trust UK, of…
A flood of questions drowned Jeanette in thought after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Would she be unable to conceive a child? Would she have to enter menopause at the early age of 31? “I felt betrayed by my body,” she told the World Health Organization (WHO) as part of an initiative to eliminate…
Tatiana Schlossberg, the granddaughter of former US President John F Kennedy, has died aged 35. Her family announced her death in a social media post shared by the John F Kennedy Library Foundation, writing: “Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning. She will always be in our hearts.” In November, Schlossberg, a climate journalist, announced…
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Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from a prolonged illness. “Our favourite leader is no longer with us. She left us at 6am this morning,” Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) announced on Facebook. Physicians had said on Monday night that Zia’s condition was “extremely critical”….
Lou Gerstner speaking in 1998/Reuters Louis Gerstner, the former CEO and chairman of IBM, died on Saturday, aged 83. IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna announced Gerstner’s death in an e-mail on Sunday to employees, but did not provide a cause of death. “Lou arrived at IBM at a moment when the company’s future was…
Former IBM chief executive officer and chairman Lou Gerstner. Former IBM chief executive officer and chairman Lou Gerstner has died at the age of 83. Current IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna informed employees of Gerstner’s death in an e-mail circulated yesterday. “I am saddened to share that Lou Gerstner, IBM’s chairman and CEO from…
Screen siren Brigitte Bardot, whose portrayals of free-spirited ingenues made her an international sex symbol and the pride of France, and who turned her back on movie stardom in 1973 to become an animal rights activist, has died, according to French media and Associated Press. She was 91. Bruno Jacquelin, of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation…
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and a series of millions-selling sequels, has died, her family said on social media. Kinsella, whose real name was Madeleine Wickham, had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in late 2022. She announced the diagnosis in April 2024. She said at the…
Sakshi Venkatraman,US reporterand Harry Sekulich REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Frank Gehry, one of the most influential architects of the last century, has died aged 96. Gehry was acclaimed for his avant garde, experimental style of architecture. His titanium-covered design of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, catapulted him to fame in 1997. His breakthrough in the…
