Fernando Botero, the Colombian whose voluptuous pictures and sculptures of overstuffed generals, bishops, prostitutes, housewives and other products of his whimsical imagination made him one of the world’s best-known artists, died Friday in Monaco. He was 91.
The International Coordinating Committee – Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) has announced the death of Leo Louchios, a “giant” of local politics in Chicago, Illinois.
There are two types of philanthropy: the kind that is merely a showcase, and the kind that carries real substance. Marianna Vardinoyannis, who passed away on Monday, epitomized the latter category.
Marianna Vardinogiannis, a prominent philanthropist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and wife of shipping magnate Vardis Vardinogiannis has died, it was announced on Monday.
Actress, theatrical producer, and translator Nonika Galinea passed away on Friday, just a few days shy of her 85th birthday.
Former chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), General (Ret) Michail Kostarakos, has passed away at the age of 67. After a prolonged battle with health issues, he passed away on Friday afternoon at the 424 Military Hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
Theodoros Pangalos, a former Greek foreign minister known for his undiplomatic outbursts and on whose watch Greece suffered one of its most embarrassing foreign policy debacles in 1999, has died. He was 84.
Theodoros Pangalos, a former foreign minister with Socialist PASOK in the 1990s, died on Wednesday, aged 84. The news was announced by his family on his Twitter account.
Sir Vasilios (Basil) Markezinis, a Greek-British barrister and legal scholar, has died in Oxford, United Kingdom, aged 79.
Myrsini Zorba, a former culture minister, has passed away at the age of 74.
Michel Demopoulos, the former Thessaloniki Film Festival Director credited with its wide revamp and success, died on Wednesday, aged 73. He had been suffering from an undisclosed illness recently, reports said.
Despina Geroulanou, member of the Benaki Museum Board of Trustees and, recently, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, has died at the age of 65.
A prominent businessman and former publisher, Giorgos Bobolas has died at the age of 95, it was announced on Tuesday.
A funeral will be held this weekend for former Democratic US Representative Nick Galifianakis, who represented central North Carolina for several years before two unsuccessful Senate bids – the first against archconservative Jesse Helms.
Spiros Simitis, a distinguished scholar and expert in the field of data protection, and brother of Greece’s former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, passed away on Saturday, March 18, at the age of 88.
Mimis Papaioannou, a legendary soccer star for AEK Athens and the club’s top scorer, died on Wednesday morning after struggling with health issues for years. He was 81.
