Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat died in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonor town in December. His wife and 12 other officers were also killed. Political leaders and people across the country mourned the deaths. (Image credit: AFP)
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Legendary actor Mohammed Yousuf Khan, professionally known as Dilip Kumar, died in July after a prolonged illness. With a career spanning five decades, he was one of the last surviving stars of the Hindi film industry's “Golden Age”. (File photo)
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Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar, 46, died in October after suffering a cardiac arrest. Lakhs of fans of the actor had gathered in Bengaluru to pay tributes to him. (Image credit: Facebook)
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Journalist Vinod Dua, a pioneer in broadcast journalism, died in December. He had been unwell since May -- when he was hospitalised for Covid-19. (Image credit: Twitter)
Feminist icon and author Kamla Bhasin died in September. The 75-year-old had been battling liver cancer. (Image credit: Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Human rights activist and author Gail Omvedt died at the age of 81 in August. Omvedt had written extensively on gender and caste-based discrimination. (Image tweeted by @Prksh_Ambedkar)
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South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu died on December 26. World leaders and millions of people across the world mourned his death. . (John Stillwell, Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, died in April this year. He was the longest-reigning consort in the history of the British royal family. (Image credit: AP)
Joan Didian, an acclaimed American and journalist writer, died on December 23. She is known for works like 'The Year of Magical Thinking' and 'Slouching Towards Bethlehem'. (Image: AP)
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American feminist author and social activist Gloria Jean Watkins, known by her pen name bell hooks, died on December 15. She wrote several books on politics, race, gender. (Image credit: bell hooks Institute)
