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Academia 1 year ago

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Farewell Atmakusumah, press freedom prodigy

In his Magsaysay Award acceptance speech in Manila on Aug. 31, 2000, Atma stated that despite press bans carried out by presidents Sukarno and Soeharto, “the spirit of press freedom and freedom of expression never dies.”

Americas 1 year ago

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

Carter had been in hospice care since mid-February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia -- the same small town where he was born and once ran a peanut farm before becoming governor of the Peach State and running for the White House.

People 1 year ago

Indian tabla drum maestro Zakir Hussain dies aged 73

Hussain collaborated with musicians including George Harrison from The Beatles, Mickey Hart from The Grateful Dead and jazz musician John Handy in a career spanning decades.

Society 1 year ago

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Former UGM rector, Press Council chair Ichlasul Amal dies at 82

His body was taken to the university’s Balairung Hall in Yogyakarta on Thursday afternoon for mourners to pay their last respects before he was laid to rest at the Sawitsari cemetery in the city on the same day.

Entertainment 1 year ago

Producer Quincy Jones, who worked with Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, dies aged 91

Jones died on Sunday at the age of 91, his publicist said.

Americas 2 years ago

Peru's polarizing ex-president Alberto Fujimori dies at 86

One of the most dramatic episodes of his presidency was a four-month hostage ordeal at the Japanese embassy in Lima in late 1996 and early 1997.

People 2 years ago

James Earl Jones: stage legend, voice of Darth Vader

From the works of Shakespeare and August Wilson, to his indelible voiceovers in the blockbuster space saga and as Mufasa in the Disney classic "The Lion King," Jones earned fans with his ability to play both the everyman and the otherworldly.

Society 2 years ago

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Senior economist, govt critic Faisal Basri dies at 65

Faisal, who was well known for his vocal opposition of the government's recent economic policies from nickel downstreaming to deindustrialization, died at 3:50 a.m. on Thursday at Mayapada Hospital and was laid to rest at the Menteng Pulo Cemetery in South Jakarta.

People 2 years ago

Alain Delon, France's flawed screen god

To some he was the sexiest man of the 20th century who played the impeccably tailored, ice-cold killers popularised by 1960s New Wave films to perfection.

Politics 2 years ago

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Former vice president Hamzah Haz dies at 84

Hamzah Haz, the country’s ninth vice president and a prominent member of the United Development Party (PPP), died in Jakarta on Wednesday morning. He was 84.

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