British Politician Conrad Russell Dies
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Liberal historian and politician Conrad Russell, son of philosopher Bertrand Russell, has died. He was 67.
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Count Gottfried von Bismarck, whose life of privileged excess as a descendant of Germany's "Iron Chancellor" was clouded by two deaths at his decadent parties, has died at the age of 44.
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Edmund Hillary, who climbed to international fame as the first person to conquer Everest, the world's highest mountain, died Friday aged 88.
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New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died. He was 88.
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The top deputy chairman of Russia's Central Bank died Thursday morning after being gunned down by two assailants the night before near a Moscow football stadium, a medical source told Russia's state-run Interfax news agency.
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Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was apparently poisoned in London, has died.
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Former Tomorrow's World presenter Raymond Baxter dies in hospital at the age of 84.
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Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday. He was 88.
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Political author, Independent columnist and Nelson Mandela's biographer Anthony Sampson dies aged 78.
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Georgian businessman and opposition politician Badri Patarkatsishvili dies of a heart attack, aides say.
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Edmund Hillary, the modest New Zealand beekeeper who shot to global fame as the first person to climb Mount Everest, died Friday at age 88.
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Former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, who launched socialist India on the path of free-market reforms in the 1990s, died two weeks after suffering a heart attack.
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The top peace negotiator for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Anton Balasingham, died at his home in London after a battle with cancer, a close associate told AFP.
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The senior negotiator for the Tamil Tigers, Anton Balasingham, has died of cancer in London, the BBC  learns.
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Shirley Chisholm, the first black US congresswoman and also the first woman to seek presidency, dies aged 80.
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TBILISI/LONDON  - Wealthy Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, a leading opponent of President Mikhail Saakashvili, has died suddenly in London, his aides said on Wednesday.
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Nigel Nicolson, who spent his life at the pinnacle of British intellectual and political society, died Sept.