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Kool & the Gang co-founder Dennis Thomas dies aged 70

Kool & the Gang co-founder dies aged 70

USA

Slipknot founding drummer Joey Jordison dies at 46

Slipknot would become one of the bands credited with keeping hard rock alive and vital in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with grunge-era bands aging and fading.

Denmark

Dane who drew controversial Muhammad caricature dies at 86

Political observers in the Nordic countries have described the cartoon incident as one of the most severe foreign policy crises for both Denmark and Norway in their recent histories.

Egypt

Widow of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat dies in Egypt

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's office said she had been a role model for Egyptian women and granted her a national award posthumously.

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Germany

Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98

As a young Red Army soldier, David Dushman flattened the forbidding electric fence around the notorious Nazi death camp with his T-34 tank on Jan. 27, 1945.

USA

'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies at 91

'The Very Hungry Caterpillar', which introduces colours and animals to young readers, came out in 1967 and became a perennial bestseller.

USA

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Columbia command module in the historic 1969 moon landing mission, has died at the age of 90.

USA

Former US vice-president Walter Mondale dies at 93

Jimmy Carter said in a statement on Monday night that he considered Mondale "the best vice president in our country's history."

United Kingdom

'Peaky Blinders' actress Helen McCrory dies of cancer at 52

Her husband, actor Damian Lewis, said McCrory died "peacefully at home" after a "heroic battle with cancer."

USA

G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate mastermind, dead at 90

Liddy, a former FBI agent and Army veteran, was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate burglary.

Tanzania

Tanzania's President John Magufuli dies aged 61

President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic in Africa whose populist rule often cast his East African country in a harsh international spotlight, has died.

United Kingdom

Military honours and flypast mark funeral of Captain Tom Moore

A flypast and military guard marked the funeral of the 100-year-old veteran who was recently knighted by the Queen for his charity work.

World News

Chick Corea, Grammy-winning jazz pianist, dies aged 79

The jazz musician won a staggering 23 Grammy Awards and could posthumously win this year.

World News

Oscar winner, ‘Sound of Music’ star Christopher Plummer dies

Christopher Plummer, the award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” has died.

World News

Brian Urquhart, early leader of United Nations, dies at 101

British diplomat Brian Urquhart, an early leader of the United Nations who played a central role in developing the UN practice of peacekeeping, has died.

World News

Final goodbye: Recalling influential figures lost in 2020

From Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Sean Connery, Euronews recalls some influential figures lost in 2020 and the legacies they left behind.

United Kingdom

Jeremy Bulloch, Boba Fett in first 'Star Wars' trilogy, dies

Bulloch died at a London hospital from health complications after years of living with Parkinson’s disease, his agents at Brown, Simcocks & Andrews said in a statement. He was 75.

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EU chiefs hold minute's silence for former French PM Giscard d'Estaing

EU heads of state and government observed a minute of silence in honour of late French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing at Thursday's EU summit.

France

Ex-French leader Valery Giscard d'Estaing dies at 94

Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, died on Wednesday.

Serbia

Serbian Orthodox Church leader dies from COVID-19, aged 90

Patriarch Irinej was taken to hospital earlier in November after going to the funeral of the head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Bishop Amfilohije.