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Robert Packwood
Sep 11th, 1932 - Jun 6th, 2026
Robert William "Bob" Packwood was born on September 11, 1932, in Portland, Oregon, the son of Frederick William Packwood and Gladys Taft. He came from deep Oregon roots: his great-grandfather was the youngest delegate to Oregon's Constitutional Convention of 1857 and designed the state seal — a...
Salim Kumar
Oct 10th, 1969 - Jun 6th, 2026
Salim Kumar was born on October 10, 1969, in Chittatukara, North Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, the youngest son of Gangadharan and Kausalya. His father, an atheist and devoted follower of social reformer Sahodaran Ayyappan, gave him the name Salim deliberately — a secular gesture that spoke volumes...
Joyce Fracasso
Feb 21st, 1936 - May 13th, 2026
JAMAL "Jamal" Mohammed Al shilaby, Jm
30th Aug, 1965 - 21st Jul, 2009
القاضي والمحامي جمال محمد محمد الشلابي بعيو مسيرة عطاء في خدمة العدالة (1965 – 2009) وُلد القاضي والمحامي جمال محمد محمد الشلابي بعيو في 30 أغسطس 1965 بمدينة Misrata، ليبيا، ونشأ على قيم النزاهة والاجتهاد وحب العلم. اختار طريق القانون والقضاء ليجعل من العدالة رسالةً سامية يسعى لتحقيقها بكل إخلاص...
Victoria Anne Sinclair, Dr
10th Oct, 1983 - 30th May, 2026
René Groebli
Oct 9th, 1927 - Jun 5th, 2026
René Groebli was born on October 9, 1927, in Zurich, Switzerland, and became one of the twentieth century's most innovative and experimental photographers. Across more than seventy years of artistic practice, he moved restlessly between documentary impulse and poetic expression, always drawn by his...
Dante Arevalo Ang Sr.
Jun 27th, 1942 - Jun 5th, 2026
Dante Arevalo Ang Sr. was a visionary journalist, publisher, and public servant whose life traced one of the most remarkable arcs in Philippine media history — from a "poor boy" without shoes in elementary school to the chairman emeritus of one of his country's most storied newspapers. Born on June...
Bernadette Chirac
May 18th, 1933 - Jun 5th, 2026
Bernadette Thérèse Marie Chirac, née Chodron de Courcel, was born on May 18, 1933, in Paris, into one of France's oldest aristocratic families — a household shaped by Catholic tradition, public service, and quiet steel. The eldest of three children, she navigated the upheaval of World War II as a...
Lee Hong-koo
May 9th, 1934 - Jun 5th, 2026
Lee Hong-koo was one of South Korea's most distinguished scholar-statesmen — a political scientist who crossed seamlessly from the lecture hall to the highest corridors of power, and whose steady hand helped shape the arc of Korean democracy, diplomacy, and national identity over more than six...
Lady Pamela Hicks
Apr 19th, 1929 - Jun 5th, 2026
Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks — known affectionately as "Pammy" to those who loved her — was born prematurely on 19 April 1929 at the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona, to Lord Louis Mountbatten and Edwina Ashley. Through her father, she was a first cousin of Prince Philip, a great-great-granddaughter of...
Crystal Emery
Feb 25th, 1961 - Jun 5th, 2026
Crystal Renee Emery was a force of nature — a filmmaker, playwright, author, activist, comedian, and visionary whose refusal to be confined by any label or limitation shaped everything she touched. Born on February 25, 1961, in the Brookside neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, she discovered...
José Rafael "Piculín" Ortiz Rijos
Oct 25th, 1963 - Jun 5th, 2026
José Rafael "Piculín" Ortiz Rijos was born on October 25, 1963, in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, and grew up in Cayey in a household shaped by education — both of his parents, German Ortiz and Elba Ríjos, were school teachers. The nickname "Piculín" came early, a nod to a Wizard of Oz character and, more...
Santhosh Kesavan Nayar
Nov 12th, 1960 - Jun 5th, 2026
Santhosh Kesavan Nayar was a force in Malayalam cinema — a versatile, physically commanding actor whose more than four decades on screen left an indelible mark on the industry he loved. Born on November 12, 1960, in Pettah, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to retired headmaster C. N. Kesavan Nair and...
Kyle Loftis
Sep 21st, 1982 - Jun 5th, 2026
Kyle A. Loftis was born on September 21, 1982, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Steve and Linda (Draper) Loftis. He grew up attending Rousseau Elementary School, Pound Middle School, and Lincoln Southeast High School — where his curiosity, entrepreneurial spark, and love of cars were already evident to...
Ratanlal Bhagatram Choudary
Apr 18th, 1949 - Jun 5th, 2026
Ratanlal Bhagatram Choudary — known across the film world simply as R. B. Choudary, or "RBC" to those closest to him — was one of South Indian cinema's most beloved and visionary producers. Born on 18 April 1949 in Madras to a Rajasthani family, he first built a thriving career in the steel,...
Jake Maguire
May 25th, 2004 - May 26th, 2026
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