obituaries

Francis Kunjappan Chakkungal will be immortalized as the man who gave life to deadwood. More specifically he was a sculptor, artist, actor and story teller from Kerala, South-West India, who carved out a livelihood through carving hardwood…

Dublin : The Indian community will pay their last respects to Jitha Mohanan, a Keralite of Dublin who passed away prematurely. Jitha's body will be laid for public viewing tomorrow (Sunday) from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Massey Bros Funeral…

Dublin: Karthik (6 years old), son of Arun native of Monipally (Kerala) (Beacon Hospital, Dublin), and Sreejitha Arun native of Kottayam Manarkad (Kerala) (Dunlery Glenageary Altadore Nursing Home), living in Cherrywood, Cabinteely,…

Galway/Kurrummann (Kerala, India): Thankamma Joseph (83), mother of Peace Commissioner of Ireland Dr. Renjith Joseph and wife of late KK Joseph Kallarackal, passed away. He is the managing director of Irish Samachar Media Limited. The…

Earl Boen, 81, the busy character actor best remembered for playing criminal psychologist Peter Silberman in the Terminator film franchise, died Thursday in Hawaii, according to his daughter. Ruby Harbin stated her father was diagnosed…

VATICAN CITY – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope to resign in 600 years, has died, according to the Vatican.He was 95."With great sadness, I inform you that Pope Emeritus Benedict…

Sao Paulo: Football legend Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento 1940-2022) is bid farewell by tens of thousands around the world. The all-time sports world's pride and three-time World Cup winner, Brazil's star king, has died at the age of…

Kirstie Alley, a two-time Emmy winner whose appearances on the TV megahit "Cheers" and in the "Look Who's Talking" movie catapulted her to the top of the American comedy scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died on December 5th. She…

Dominique Lapierre, a French author with a love for India whose novels sold tens of millions of copies, has died, his wife announced. He died of old age. Dominique Lapierre was born in the French town of Châtelaillon-Plage,…

Jiang died at 12:13 p.m. in his hometown of Shanghai, according to the official Xinhua news agency, which published a statement to the Chinese people announcing his death from the ruling Communist Party, parliament, Cabinet, and military. …