Oldest US Pearl Harbour veteran dies at 106
The oldest surviving US veteran of the Pearl Harbour attack that plunged the United States into World War II has died in California. Ray Chavez, 106, died in his sleep early on Wednesday in a […]
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Former world hurdles champion dies after returning from Nigeria
Kenya’s former 400m hurdles world champion Nicholas Bett has died aged 28, following a car crash on Wednesday. Bett had just returned from the Africa Championships in Delta State, Nigeria when he died in Nandi. […]
YCE president, Pa Idowu Sofola, dies at 84
The President, Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), Chief Idowu Sofola (SAN), is dead. He died in Lagos on Friday, aged 84, according to the Secretary General of the YCE, Dr Kunle Olajide. The prominent jurist, […]
Professor Stephen Hawking dies at age 76
Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. The iconic physicist is known as one of the greatest scientific minds in the history of the world, and worked to peer into the most mysterious […]
FLASH: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies at 91
The founder of popular Swedish furniture chain Ikea, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91 following a short illness, the company has announced. The business magnate was born in Pjatteryd in Smaland province, […]