I.G. Patel
K.V. Subbanna, 74, Karnataka theatre doyen and Magsaysay award winner, dies. He founded ‘Ninasam’, a pulsating rural theatre movement.
CPI(M) leader, RS member and editor of the party’s literary organ Nandan, Biplab Dasgupta, 65, dies. He was also consultant to many UN groups.
Edward Heath, 89, Eurocentric British PM from ’70-74, dies. A House of Commons member for 50 years, he was eased out by the Iron Lady.
Gen William Westmoreland, 91, who led US troops in the disastrous Vietnam War, dies an unrepentant man.
James Aparo, 72, DC Comics illustrator who gave us Batman, Green Arrow, Aquaman etc, dies.
Taiwan’s Opposition Kuomintang has the first party Elections in its 111-year history.
