In memory of those who "died suddenly" in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Israel, Kuwait and Russia, June 7-June 13
Musicians in Ghana and Nigeria, a South African boxer, a Kuwaiti artist, an Israeli medical intern (dead at 34), and, in Russia, two strange accidents, and all too many other "sudden deaths"
GHANA
Ghanaian artistes mourn Sonni Balli, 40
June 9, 2022
Artiste from across Ghana are mourning the death of fellow artiste Sonni Balli. The pioneer dancehall artiste, born Sonny Kwabena Akoanor, died on Thursday, June 9 after a suspected case of cardiac arrest. He celebrated his 40th birthday just three days ago.
Sonni Balli teamed up with popular music producer Nana King in producing albums like ‘Kotoho’ and ‘Abrabo’, starting a wave which charted courses for the likes of Samini, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale to succeed. Samini could not hide his feelings after hearing of the death.
https://3news.com/ghanaian-artistes-mourn-sonni-balli/
NIGERIA
Highlife musician, Osayomore Joseph, is dead, Obaseki mourns
June 11, 2022
Popular Highlife musician, Amb Osayomore Joseph, is dead.
Joseph, an indigene of Edo State, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Until his death, he was a prolific singer and one of Edo State’s prominent sons.
No cause of death reported. Other press reports give Joseph’s age as 69.
https://punchng.com/highlife-musician-osayomore-joseph-is-dead-obaseki-mourns/
Jigawa APC Delegate Dies In Abuja
June 7, 2022
Alhaji Isa Baba Buji, one of the delegates of Jigawa State at the ongoing special convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is dead. Daily Trust gathered Buji died at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday. Until his sudden death, Buji was the APC vice chairman in charge of Jigawa Southwest.
He reportedly slumped in the morning at the State Liaison Office at FCT, while getting ready to go to the venue of the convention. Confirming the development, the Jigawa State APC Public Relations Officer, Bashir Kundu, told Daily Trust, “Of course, he died this morning”.
The public relations officer added that “he slumped at Jigawa state liaison office in Abuja and he was rushed to hospital and died before arriving the hospital. When we arrived the hospital, he was confirmed dead.”
No age or cause of death reported.
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-jigawa-apc-delegate-dies-in-abuja
SOUTH AFRICA
Simiso Buthelezi died at 24 of brain damage: the boxer was crazy in the ring, he threw punches in the void
June 8, 2022
It was immediately clear that his condition was serious: the first to notice was the referee, who was good at immediately interrupting the match and triggering help. The cerebral hemorrhage, however, caused irreversible damage: the South African boxer Simiso Buthelezi died at the age of 24. The images of his last match against Siphesihle Mntungwa last weekend had gone around the world: Buthelezi suddenly appeared absent and started punching in the void, as if to hit an imaginary opponent .
The match, valid for the World Boxing Federation All Africa Lightweight, was immediately interrupted. Buthelezi was admitted to the ICU in an induced coma. The exams revealed a cerebral hemorrhage, even if nothing during the match had suggested such serious damage: on the tenth round, when he started throwing punches towards the corner of the ring where there was no one, Buthelezi seemed in check of the match and had just forced his opponent to the ropes. Then the strange behavior of him, ended in fact by passing out in the arms of the referee. The boxing federation of South Africa in a statement confirmed the death, which occurred on the night of June 7 at the hospital in Durban: "Boxing South Africa will conduct an independent medical review of the injury and make the results public," it reads.
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/06/08/simiso-buthelezi-morto-a-24-anni-per-danni-cerebrali-il-pugile-era-impazzito-sul-ring-tirava-pugni-nel-vuoto-video/6620006/
ISRAEL
Medical intern dies of a heart attack while working at hospital in Haifa
June 7, 2022
Dr. Shadi Aslan, 34, collapsed and died of a heart attack while working at Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa on Saturday.
Medical staff at the hospital performed lengthy resuscitation operations on him, but were eventually forced to determine his death. Aslan, who specializes in surgery by profession, left behind a child and a pregnant woman.
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-708721
Cult leader with 18 kids, in prison for sexual violations, dies suddenly
June 10, 2022
Cult leader Daniel Ambash, sentenced to 26 years in prison for a series of sexual violations, died suddenly on Friday morning, Israel Prison Service (IPS) Spokesperson's Unit announced.
According to IPS, he was a resident of Jerusalem, was married and had 18 children.
He was imprisoned in 2011 and was supposed to get out in July 2037.
The cause of his death is still unknown and is being investigated by Israel Police.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-709101
KUWAIT
Kuwaiti artist Tarek Al-Ghoussein dies aged 60 in New York
June 12, 2022
Kuwaiti artist and academic Tarek Al-Ghoussein has died aged 60 in New York.
The news was announced by Dubai’s Third Line Gallery on Sunday. "It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sudden passing of Tarek Al-Ghoussein yesterday in New York City," reads the statement, posted to Instagram.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. We will deeply miss our friend and artist, may his soul rest in eternal peace."
No cause of death has been announced.
New York University Abu Dhabi Arts Centre also released a statement on Twitter. As a professor of visual arts at NYU Abu Dhabi, Al-Ghoussein taught subjects such as photography and documentary photography.
“We're in shock," read the statement. "It’s a huge loss for the arts in the UAE, across the region and the world, but also personally for so many individuals at NYU AD."
RUSSIA
European wrestling champion Andrey Shumilin dies
June 10, 2022
European champion and world wrestling championship prize winner Andrey Shumilin has died at the age of 53. This was reported on the official website of the Russian Wrestling Federation.
Shumilin performed in the weight category up to 130 kg. In 1999 he became the winner of the European Championship in Minsk. He also has bronze medals at the 1990 and 1994 European Championships. In 1993 and 1998 he became world championship bronze medalist, and in 1999 he won world championship silver. In 1998, Shumilin won a gold medal at the New York Goodwill Games.
No cause of death reported.
https://eprimefeed.com/sports/european-wrestling-champion-andrey-shumilin-dies/107884/
Soviet journalist Igor Dudinsky, 75, has died
June 12, 2022
Famous Soviet journalist Igor Dudinsky died at the age of 75. His daughter, director Valeria Gai Germanika, in an interview with newspaper.Ru confirmed her father's death. "They say yes. Horror. I'm in shock, " said Guy Germanica. She added that the circumstances of his death are unknown to her, because they did not communicate with her father for a long time. In the last days of his life, Dudinsky was in the intensive care unit of a Moscow clinic with a diagnosis of "infectious and toxic shock", which he entered on June 8, 2022.
He was an active member of the dissident movement. Worked as a columnist in the newspaper " Says and shows Moscow", later worked as a correspondent with a number of central Soviet publications ("Ogonyok", "Soviet Culture"). In 2007, he became First Deputy Editor-in-chief of the Moskovsky Korrespondent newspaper.
https://lenta.ru/news/2022/06/12/dudinsky/?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop
Ex-State Duma deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party Mamonov, 64, found dead in Moscow
June 12, 2022
Russian businessman and former State Duma deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party Yuri Mamonov was found dead in Moscow. This became known on Sunday, June 12. The body of the former deputy was found in the apartment of a residential building on Sadovo-Kudrinskaya Street. According to preliminary data, Mamonov died of acute heart failure.
Mamonov was a deputy of the State Duma of the third convocation and was a member of the Duma Committee on Energy, Transport and Communications. He was 64 years old.
In Chelny, a pensioner died near the store
June 13, 2022
The day before, at 14:00, a passer-by called an ambulance to the store building in the ZYAB village of Naberezhnye Chelny. There, on the ground, lay a man who suddenly became ill. But he did not need the help of doctors - he died before their arrival.
According to the preliminary version, the cause of the sudden death of a 68-year-old pensioner is thromboembolism. A more accurate diagnosis will be given after the autopsy by the medical examiner. The police found that the man lived in the ZYAB village and went to the grocery store.
https://chelny-izvest.ru/news/criminal/v-chelnakh-u-magazina-umer-pensioner
In Bangladesh, a Russian citizen died at the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant
June 13, 2022
The body of Russian citizen Anton Ivanov (35), who worked at the Rooppur nuclear power plant under construction in the city of Ishvardi (Pabna district, Bangladesh), was discovered by police, Bangla news reported on June 13.
The report says that the body was removed on June 12 from the elevator of the Green City multi-storey building in the city of Ishvardi, where foreigners working on the construction of a nuclear power plant live.
According to police and local sources, Ivanov suddenly became ill on Sunday night. He vomited in front of the elevator on the 12th floor of the building. Here he was discovered by a colleague lying unconscious in front of the elevator. A doctor who arrived at the scene, also from among the staff of the station project, recognized the man as dead.
The body of a citizen of the Russian Federation was sent to the morgue for an autopsy. In connection with this incident, a case of unnatural death was registered at the Ishwardi police station. According to the report, Ivanov only arrived in the country a few days ago.
https://rossaprimavera.ru/news/e1ec949a
30-year-old programmer died at work
June 11, 2022
The labor inspectorate of the Nizhny Novgorod region checks the circumstances of the death of a man at the workplace. The tragedy occurred on June 7 at an electronics manufacturing facility where the deceased worked as an information technology tester.
While working, a 30-year-old man suddenly lost consciousness. The shop workers called the doctors and tried to provide emergency first aid. An ambulance arrived at the scene, carried out resuscitation, but failed to save the man.
No cause of death reported.
https://progorodnn.ru/news/103203
On the plane flying from Sochi to Izhevsk, a passenger died suddenly
June 12, 2022
Krasnodar - A passenger died suddenly on a plane flying from Sochi to Izhevsk, the Central Local Self-Government Service for Transport of the RF IC reported on June 12. The flying man, born in 1955, could not be saved. As a result, he died. The passenger's cause of death is being investigated.
The Central Interregional Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is conducting an inspection, establishing all the circumstances of the incident.
https://regnum.ru/news/society/3617065.html
Two mysterious accidents:
Fatal trial: Almaty City Court judge dies after court session
June 8, 2022
Almaty residents are shocked by the sudden death of the judge of the Almaty city court Birzhan Karibzhanov, who died suddenly on June 7, barely finishing the court session, Tengrinews.kz reports. The sad news was announced by a colleague and friend of Karibzhanov, the deputy head of the department for ensuring the activities of courts at the Supreme Court, Yeldos Zhumaksanov.
"Tonight, after leaving the process, my friend and colleague Birzhan Karibzhanov lost consciousness. Unfortunately, the doctors could no longer save him," Zhumaksanov wrote in his account on the social network.
It is noted that Birzhan Karibzhanov was only 50 years old. He was a professional in his field of activity and a fan of the great Kazakh thinker and poet Abay Kunanbayev. His friend accompanied his post with a video in which Karibzhanov reads Abai's poems.
No cause of death reported.
In the Rostov region, a minibus with a dead driver rammed a foreign car
June 7, 2022
In the city of Azov, Rostov region, the driver of a shuttle bus died right at the wheel and provoked an accident. The incident took place on the morning of June 5. The minibus ran according to the established scheme and schedule. When the vehicle was moving along Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, the driver suddenly felt unwell and lost consciousness.
The passengers sitting in front took control of the car, and turning the steering wheel to Privokzalnaya Street, tried to stop the minibus, but it rammed a parked Volkswagen Passat. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident. Subsequently, it turned out that the driver died in a matter of seconds of biological death due to a detached blood clot.
Businessman died under a barbell in Serpukhov
June 8, 2022
A 44-year-old man died while doing powerlifting in Serpukhov. The athlete's heart could not withstand the stress. The incident took place the other day in the fitness center of the B-class center. According to eyewitnesses, Serpukhovich was lifting the bar, but suddenly dropped it and stopped moving. Medics were called to the scene, but upon arrival they could only state death.
According to preliminary data, the cause of death was problems with the heart and blood vessels. The deceased was 44 years old, he was engaged in business.
https://chehov-vid.ru/news/incidents/30873/biznesmen-skonchalsya-pod-shtangoy-v-serpukhove/