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Obituaries

f Padma Shri awardee dance historian and critic, Sunil Kothari has passed away. He was qualified as a
Chartered Accountant, before turning to the study of Indian dance forms. He authored more than 20
books on the subject of Indian dance forms.
f Former professional wrestler Jon Huber, who was popularly known by his ring name Luke Harper' in the
WWE has passed away, due to a non-COVID-19 related lung illness.
f Veteran broadcaster, Indira Joseph Venniyoor passed away. She was a renowned broadcaster, All India
Radio veteran & first English news announcer of Travancore Radio when its English service began in 1949.

f Legendary Odia musician, Shantanu Mohapatra passed away. He was the first Odia music composer to
work with legends like Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey and Md Rafi and also the first to work in Hindi,
Bengali, Assamese and Telugu film industries.

f Veteran Congress leader Madhavsinh Solanki, who served as former External Affairs Minister of India and
the Chief Minister of Gujarat, has passed away. He had served as External Affairs Minister of India from
June 1991 to March 1992. He had been the Chief Minister of Gujarat for three times between 1976 to
1990. He was the longest-serving chief minister of the state before Narendra Modi.

f Veteran journalist and orator (public speaker) Sri Turlapati Kutumba Rao has passed away. He is known
for his service to journalism in the Telugu language.

f Pulitzer Prize-winning author & journalist Neil Sheehan passed away. He covered the Vietnam War for
United Press International and the Times from 1962 to 1966. He won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book
Award in 1989 for ―A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam.
f Indian American writer Ved Mehta passed away. The Indian-American novelist overcame blindness &
was widely known as the 20th-century writer most responsible for introducing American readers to India.
f Noted social activist and Padma Shri winner, D Prakash Rao has passed away. He was conferred with the
prestigious Padma Shri award in 2019 for his contribution towards boosting the value of education among
slum kids in Cuttack. Apart from this, Rao was also a well-known blood donor.
f Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Vibhushan awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passed
away. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhusan in 2006, and the Padma Vibhushan in
2018. Former Union minister and noted industrialist Kamal Morarka has passed away. He served as the
Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office under
f Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar from 1990 to 1991. Padma Award winning renowned oncologist Dr V
Shanta has passed away. She was the chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai, which she joined
in 1954. The institute is known for providing state-ofthe-art healthcare to all patients.
f Former Arunachal Governor Mata Prasad has passed away at the age of 95. He served as minister in the
Congress government in Uttar Pradesh in 1988- 89 and appointed as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh in
1993.

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