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• Rudolf Koertzen was a South African international cricket umpire.
• Rudolf Koertzen died in a car crash on 9 August 2022 at the age of 73.

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Bengali movie actor Soumitra Chhatterjee, globally applauded for his work with Satyajit Ray and many other legends of Bengali cinema died in Kolkata on November 15, 2020.

The 85-year-old thespian was admitted in a city hospital on Oct 6, after he tested positive for Covid-19.

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Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran on 31 July 2024.

Ismail Haniyeh was killed hours after he attended a swearing-in ceremony for the Iran’s new president.

Hamas is a group based in Palestine. 

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About Mircea Snegur 

Born: 17 January 1940

Died: 13 September 2023

Profession: Politician 

Mircea Snegur served as the first president of Moldova from 1990 to 1997. 

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Darcelle XV born: 1930

Died: March 23, 2023

Darcelle XV: American drag queen

Guinness World Records had certified her as the oldest drag queen performer in 2016.

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Brazilian football icon Pele died on 29 December 2022 at the age of 82.

Pele was named athlete of the century by the International Olympic Committee in 1999.

Pele is the only footballer in history to win three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970)

Pele retired in 1977.

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• Know everything about Queen Elizabeth II
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• Queen Elizabeth died on 8 September 2022 in Scotland.
  
• Queen Elizabeth II was born in Mayfair, London on 21 April 1926.
  
• Elizabeth became Queen on 6 February 1952 after the death of her father King George.

• Elizabeth became Queen at the age of 25.

• Elizabeth administrated oath to the 15th Prime minister of UK Liz Truss on 6 September 2022 (2 days before death).

• Elizabeth II is the first female monarch to have the longest reign in British history.

• Elizabeth reigned over 70 years and 214, longest of any British monarch.

• Elizabeth II was also the queen of 14 other commonwealth realms in addition to the UK.

• Elizabeth visited Pakistan in 1961 & 1997.

• Elizabeth II also remained monarch of Pakistan from 6 February 1952 to 23 March 1956.
• Her eldest son Charles, automatically became king of the United Kingdom and the head of state of 14 other realms including Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

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Nobel laureate and Theoretical physicist  Peter Higgs died at the age of 94

Nationality: British

Born: 29 May 1929

Died: 8 April 2024

Aged: 94

Note: Peter Higgs was awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 2013

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Arrata Isozaki was a Japanese architect.

He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2019.

Arata Isozaki died in December 2022.