Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has died in New York according to US media.
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, and one of the world’s most beloved leaders, has died.
The death of Lou Reed yesterday, aged 71, is unquestionably a sad day for popular music.
Masao Yoshida, the former chief of the Fukushima nuclear plant, who stayed behind to avoid an even greater tragedy, has died of cancer of the esophagus at the age of 58.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has died at the age of 58 “after battling a tough illness for nearly two years”, his vice-president Nicolas Maduro has announced in a televised address.