Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film “Chariots of Fire” became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79.
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Vangelis Odysseas Papathanassiou, better known to international audiences simply as Vangelis, passed away at the age of 79 on Tuesday night in a hospital in France, where he was recently treated for Covid-19.
Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning “Chariots of Fire” was one of the best-known film scores of the 1980s, has died at the age of 79, the Athens News Agency said on Thursday.
The death has been announced of Corfu-based writer Maria Strani-Potts, whose book included “The Cat of Portovecchio: Corfu Tales” and “When The Sun Goes Down: Island Stories.”
A book of condolences will be opened in Athens for Al-Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot while reporting from the field on Wednesday, the Diplomatic Representation of Palestine announced on Thursday.
The death has been announced of legendary 1970s and 1980s Greek porn actor Kostas Gousgounis, at the age of 92.
Professor Theodore Couloumbis was, along with a few other academics, the man who established the study of international relations in Greece.
Professor Theodore Couloumbis, a renowned political scientist and international relations scholar, has died. He was 87.
The death has been announced in Paris of the death of Greek filmmaker, writer and poet Roviros Manthoulis.
Maureen Howard, who first drew wide attention in 1965 with her novel “Bridgeport Bus,” which came to be regarded as a precursor to second-wave feminism, and went on to write ambitious, well-regarded books for 45 more years, died Sunday in the New York City borough of Manhattan. She was 91.
Costa Carras embodied so many virtues, combined such knowledge with great passion, took on so many problems that it was as if he was inspired by a benevolent God to be constantly striving.
Marietta Giannakou, a former education minister and a veteran lawmaker with the country’s ruling conservative New Democracy party, has died at 70.
Poet, novelist, professor and a great friend of Greece, Edmund Keeley died on Wednesday at the age of 94. The son of an American diplomat, he was born in Damascus and lived in Greece for a few years before settling in the United States.
Greek officials on Thursday reacted to the passing of former president Christos Sartzetakis in an Athens hospital aged 92.
Former president Christos Sartzetakis passed away early Thursday morning in a hospital in Athens. He was 93.
Demetrios G. Papademetriou, a Greek-American scholar and activist on migration, died on January 26 in Washington DC. He was 75.
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