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Robert Downey Sr., iconic filmmaker of breakthrough anti-establishment classic films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York City, his …
Soviet and Russian director Vladimir Menshov died at the age of 81 at a Moscow hospital due to COVID-19 complications on Monday, according to a statement released by the Mosfilm film studio. "The Mosfilm Cinema Concern and the …
One of the Soviet art world's most famous figures, Georgian theatre director Rezo Gabriadze, has passed away at 84 in Tbilisi. News of his death was announced by officials and confirmed by relatives. Gabriadze was known …
Two journalists and a local official died and four others were injured in a mine blast in Kalbajar region today, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Interior Ministry published said in a joint statement. The mine blast …
People's Artist of the USSR, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts Tair Salakhov passed away in Germany aged 92, his daughter Aidan Salakhova said. "People's Artist of the USSR Tair Salakhov died in a …
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov, a key figure in the launching of the first European Games in Baku in 2015, has died at the age of 56, it was announced tonight, Insidethegame reports. He died in New …
Georgian theatre and film actor Kakhi Kavsadze died of Covid-19 at age 85 on Tuesday after spending two months at a Tbilisi clinic struggling with the virus. An actor of the Rustaveli Theatre since 1959 and cast for more than 80 roles …
Georgian poet and artist Zurab Rtveliashvili, celebrated for his performances in Sweden where he had gained asylum in 2010, died in a Tbilisi clinic on Tuesday after a month-long illness at age 54. PEN Georgia, a union of Georgian …
Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale died on Monday at age 93, his family said. Mondale, the first major U.S. party presidential nominee to pick a woman running mate, believed in an activist government and worked for civil rights, …
Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth who played a leading figure in the British royal family for almost seven decades, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The Duke of Edinburgh, as he was officially known, had …
Writer Guram Dochanashvili passed away. He was taken to New Hospitals yesterday, where he was placed in the intensive care unit, InterPressNews reports. Guram Dochanashvili was born on March 26, 1939 in Tbilisi. He graduated from …
Famous Soviet and Russian actor Andrei Myagkov, holder of the People’s Artist of the RSFSR title, has died, the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater said. The theater said the date and time of the funeral will be announced later, TASS …
Jazz pianist and composer Chick Corea has died of cancer at age 79, according to a post on his Facebook page. The musician died from "a rare form of cancer which was only discovered very recently". The …
Director of the Baku Network Expert Council, Deputy General Director of Trend News Agency, Doctor of Philosophy Elkhan Alasgarov, has deceased of COVID-19. After the deterioration of his health condition as a result of contracting the …
French director and actor Robert Hossein has died after contracting Covid-19, just hours after he celebrated his 93rd birthday. The multi-talented star carved out a decades-long legacy in theater, cinema, and television. During his …
Dzhambulat Khatokhov, named the world's heaviest child by the Guinness Book of Records, died aged 21, President of Sumo and Mas-wrestling Federation in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, in Russia’s North Caucasus, Betal …
Star Wars actor Jeremy Bulloch, who played Boba Fett in the original films, has died aged 75, his agent said. According to the agent, the English actor died in hospital on Thursday from “health complications following his many …
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and led his country to that year’s World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine use and obesity, has died. He was 60, AP reports. …
One of the main executors of the occupation of the Azerbaijani territories, ex-chairman of Yerkrapah Volunteers Union, Lieutenant-General Manvel Grigoryan has died in Yerevan aged 65, former deputy of Republican party Karen Avagyan said. …
USSR People’s Artist Armen Dzhigarkhanyan died aged 85, actor’s representative and friend Artur Sogomonyan announced on Saturday, TASS reports. "He died at six hours in the morning today," Sogomonyan said. …
