Simon Wiesenthal
Malayalam playwright and freedom fighter S.L. Puram Sadanandan, 82, dies. His Agniputri, Kattukuthira etc made for fine cinema too.
Virtuoso Kathakali singer venmani haridas, 59, dies. The Margi and Darpana school doyen also acted in the films, Swam and Vaanaprastham.
Hermann Bondi, 85, astrophysicist who gave the world the steady state theory of the universe—which made out that it has always existed—dies.
Kashmiri folk singer Ghulam Ahmad Sofi, 68, of Chakri folk and Shash Rang rendition fame, dies.
Songwriter Joel Hirschhorn, 67, who got Oscars for the The Morning After etc, dies.
Robert Wise, 91, Oscar-winning director of Sound of Music and West Side Story among other classics, dies.
