Film & Entertainment 'Argentina, 1985' actor dies one day after film receives Oscar nomination 25-01-2023 15:09 Actor Claudio Da Passano has died at 65 years old, just a day after the film 'Argentina, 1985' – in which he stars – was nominated for an Oscar.
OBITUARY Adolfo Kaminsky, Argentine-born hero of French Resistance, dies at 97 12-01-2023 02:26 Photographer Adolfo Kaminsky, hero of the French Resistance and anti-colonial movements after World War II, has died at the age of 97.
OBITUARY Vatican confirms death of former pope Benedict XVI aged 95 31-12-2022 09:19 Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on New Year's Eve, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries.
OBITUARY Editorial Perfil co-founder Alberto Fontevecchia dies aged 93 15-09-2022 01:42 Alberto Guido Fontevecchia, who died last Saturday at the age of 93, was variously described in his obituaries as a man of action, a man of the world and a man of the street and all three things were true of the founder of Editorial Perfil.
OBITUARY Queen Elizabeth II: A constant in a world of bewildering change 08-09-2022 23:38 Buckingham Palace confirms death of Queen Elizabeth II, triggering 10 days of national mourning and an outpouring of tributes to her long life and record-breaking reign. The eldest of her four children, 73-year-old Charles, formerly the Prince of Wales, becomes king immediately, opening the door to a new era.
OBITUARY Argentina mourns loss of journalist Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú 07-09-2022 02:48 Iconic broadcaster passes away at the age of 91.
OBITUARY Gorbachev, Soviet leader who ended Cold War, dead at 91 01-09-2022 15:45 Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union whose attempts to shake up his country’s political and economic system led to the collapse of the Communist superpower and the end of the Cold War, dies at 91.
OBITUARY Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dead at 91 30-08-2022 20:16 The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has died at the age of 91 in Russia.
OBITUARY Shinzo Abe, Japan’s long-Serving prime minister, dies at 67 08-07-2022 13:51 Shinzo Abe, the 67-year old former prime minister fatally shot on Friday, built a legacy during a record-breaking tenure as a foreign policy hawk, but will likely be most remembered for an aggressive economic-growth strategy that bore his name.
OBITUARY Miguel Etchecolatz, unrepentant dictatorship-era torturer and killer, dies at 93 03-07-2022 15:06 Former Buenos Aires provincial police chief, recipient of nine life sentences for crimes against humanity dating back to Argentina’s brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship, dies aged 93.
OBITUARY Comedian and actor Enrique Pinti dies aged 82 28-03-2022 13:50 Enrique Pinti, the actor rose to fame as a comedian delivering sharp monologues about the idiosyncrasies of his fellow countrymen before embarking on an extensive career in film, theatre and television, has died at the age of 82.
Former US secretary of state Former US top diplomat Madeleine Albright dead at 84 23-03-2022 15:56 Madeleine Albright, the first female US secretary of state and one of the most influential stateswomen of her generation, has died of cancer at age 84.
GOLF Top Argentine golfer Eduardo 'El Gato' Romero dies aged 67 14-02-2022 10:56 Local golfing legend Eduardo Romero died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 67, local media reported, citing a statement from authorities in his hometown.
Ex-FIRST LADY DIES Lucia Hiriart, widow of Chile's Pinochet, dead at 98 17-12-2021 02:31 Lucia Hiriart, 98, widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, died on December 16 at the residence where she lived in the company of all her children and grandchildren.
OBITUARY Norberto Oyarbide, controversial former judge, dies aged 70 03-09-2021 03:13 Norberto Oyarbide was one of the most controversial judges in Argentina’s history. He died last Wednesday at the age of 70, after spending two months in hospital with double pneumonia produced by coronavirus.
OBITUARY Charlie Watts: the heartbeat of the Rolling Stones 24-08-2021 14:08 Charlie Watts was known as the quiet man of the scandal-soaked Rolling Stones, keeping the beat for the legendary rock group in his own steady style.
MUSIC Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80 24-08-2021 13:44 Charlie Watts, drummer with legendary British rock'n'roll band The Rolling Stones, has at the age of 80, according to a statement from his publicist.
world Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88 30-06-2021 17:06 Donald Rumsfeld, the cocksure and unrepentant defence secretary who led the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 88.
OBITUARY Former Santa Fe socialist governor Miguel Lifschitz dies from Covid-19 11-05-2021 14:43 Former socialist governor of Santa Fe Province Miguel Lifschitz passes away at private clinic in Rosario, three weeks after being admitted to intensive care with virus.
CARLOS TIMOTEO GRIGUOL (1934-2021) Griguol may have departed, but El Viejo’s teachings will live on 08-05-2021 00:22 Carlos Timoteo Griguol, legendary coach of Ferro Carril Oeste, River Plate, Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, died Thursday aged 86, after a month-long struggle with coronavirus. by Dan Edwards
HUMAN RIGHTS Mercedes 'Porota' Meroño, vice-president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95 22-04-2021 10:32 Mercedes 'Porota' Colás de Meroño, the vice-president of the Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, passed away at the age of 95 in Villa Devoto.
Obituary Bernard Madoff, mastermind of giant Ponzi scheme, dies at 82 14-04-2021 12:37 Bernard Madoff, the Manhattan investment adviser who promised stellar returns to his A-list clients and instead defrauded them of more than US$19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme, has died in jail at 82 years old.
CARLOS MENEM (1930-2021) Menem buried with military honours at ceremony in capital 16-02-2021 11:46 Former president Carlos Menem was laid to rest on Monday, granted military honours at a small ceremony on the outskirts of the capital.
Death of ex-president Former president Carlos Menem passes away aged 90 14-02-2021 13:57 Peronist leader, who led the nation for a decade between 1989 and 1999, passes away at a hospital in Buenos Aires.
OBITUARY Menem, ex-president who led Argentina for 10 years, dies at 90 14-02-2021 13:17 Former president, whose economic policies quashed hyperinflation during the 1990s but sowed the seeds for what became the largest debt default in history, has died. He was 90.