In memory of those who 'died suddenly,' in India, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand, August 15-August 22
BJP leader/actress Sonali Phogat (43); Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, "India's Warren Buffett" (62); Kazakh theater director Berik Zhamenov (58); New Zealand actor Ioane "John" King (49); and many more
INDIA
BJP leader and actress Sonali Phogat dies of heart attack in Goa
August 23, 2022
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and actress Sonali Phogat died after suffering a heart attack on Monday night in Goa, a family member said. Phogat had gone to Goa with a few of her staff members. She died at Grand Leoney Resort, Anjuna, where she had gone to attend a function. She was 43.
Phogat was born and brought up in a middle-class family in Bhuthan village in Haryana's Fatehabad. She contested the 2019 assembly election from Haryana from the Adampur constituency on a BJP ticket against Kuldeep Bishnoi, who recently switched over to the BJP from the Congress. After resigning as the Adampur legislator, Bishnoi broke the ice with his arch-rival Sonali Phogat.
The 43-year-old actor made her electoral debut in 2019, when she was locked in a direct contest against Kuldeep Bishnoi – a three-time MLA and son of former two-time chief minister Bhajan Lal – in one of the most keenly watched contests in Haryana. Despite losing the election, Phogat's popularity – primarily as an internet sensation – maintained her following as a politician not just in Adampur but also in other parts of the state.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Known as India’s Warren Buffett, Has Died at Age 62
August 20, 2022
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala had the equivalent of about $420 to invest when he began his career as a value hunter in the Indian stock market in 1985. Over time, he honed his skills at making long-term investments in well-managed companies, an approach that earned him the unofficial title of India’s Warren Buffett. Forbes magazine recently estimated his net worth at $5.8 billion.
Millions of small investors mimicked his trades. He gave speeches to groups including the Millennium Mams, an organization for housewives eager to learn about business. His office décor included images of Hindu deities as well as sketches of Mr. Buffett and George Soros.
Mr. Jhunjhunwala studied “the people behind the business” rather than basing his investment decisions only on current performance, said Deven Choksey, managing director of KRChoksey Shares & Securities Pvt. Ltd. Among his most successful investments was a stake in Titan, a maker of watches and jewelry.
Mr. Jhunjhunwala died Aug. 14 at the age of 62. A nephew, Vishal Gupta, said the cause of death was cardiac arrest.
Film Critic Kaushik LM Passes Away
August 16, 2022
Popular film critic, entertainment tracker, and movie reviewer Kaushik LM passed away due to cardiac arrest on Monday, 15 August 2022. He is known to have written several movie reviews, box office reports, trending news stories and more. The movie reviewer’s death came out as a shock to the entire Tamil entertainment industry which led to many celebrities taking to social media and grieving the loss of the critic.
Kaushik LM advocated for mass vaccination, April 21, 2021:
“Died suddenly” of a heart attack after a booster dose of “vaccine”:
Indore: Deputy GM of Indian Oil dies after exercising in the gym, heart attack came while returning home
August 16, 2022
Virendrasinh Raghuvanshi, Deputy General Manager (GM) of Indian Isle in Mangalia, Indore, died after exercising in the gym. It is being told that the Deputy GM was returning home after a workout from the gym on Saturday evening, during which he suffered a heart attack and lost his life.
According to Lasudia police station ASI Ram Parmar, 54-year-old Virendrasinh Raghuvanshi, resident of Shalimar Township (Premium Tower-1) located on AB Road, had got a booster dose of Corona on Saturday morning, after which he went to the gym in the evening. He was returning after exercising in the gym at 8:30 pm, during which he felt dizzy and fell. He suffered a minor injury near his eye due to the fall. His son Aman took him to a private hospital, but the doctor declared the deputy GM brought dead. Virendra Singh Raghuvanshi was originally a resident of Ashok Nagar in Madhya Pradesh. He was completely healthy but suddenly died of a heart attack.
Former Bihar minister Subhash Singh passes away
August 16, 2022
Former Bihar minister Subhash Singh passed away on Tuesday morning. The BJP MLA had a kidney transplant earlier. According to sources, Subhash Singh was not well and was admitted to Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Singh, 59, had been admitted to AIIMS, New Delhi where he breathed his last in the morning.
Headmaster dies of cardiac arrest while delivering I-Day speech
August 17, 2022
The headmaster of a private school died after falling sick while delivering a speech on the occasion of Independence Day at Vidyasagar Sishu Niketan in north Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Monday. According to a schoolteacher, speaking at the Independence Day event at the school, Lakshman Das (55) suddenly fell unconscious and was rushed to a local hospital where doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival. According to doctors, Das died of cardiac arrest.
“The headmaster was feeling unwell in the morning, but he insisted that he would participate in the school event. He participated in a students’ procession, and later, he was delivering a lecture when he fell sick again. We took him to a hospital but he could not be revived,” said schoolteacher Pinki Das.
Shibani Das, the principal’s wife, said her husband had a heart problem and was unwell for some days. “The doctor had advised him to take rest and talk less. But, on Sunday, he spent long hours at the school overseeing preparations for the Independence Day event,” said Shibani.
Class 4 Girl Student Collapses in School, Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances
August 22, 2022
Gurugram - In a tragic incident, a Class 4 girl student of a private school in Gurugram died under mysterious circumstances on Monday morning, reported news agency IANS quoting officials. The deceased has been identified as Amyra Walia, a resident of Sector 65. A video of the incident has also surfaced on social media in which the 11-year-old girl can be seen stumbling near the stairs inside the school and then falling due to dizziness. The school authority immediately rushed her to the nearest hospital, where doctors declared her dead. “The exact cause behind the death of the student will be known after an autopsy. The parents did not file any complaint against anyone. We have launched a probe into the incident,” Deepak Kumar, SHO of Sector 65 police station, told IANS.
KAZAKHSTAN
The director of the regional drama theater died
August 22, 2022
On August 21, the director of the Academic Kazakh Drama Theater named after Makhambet, Berik Zhamenov, 58, suddenly passed away. From 1992 to 2000, he worked as deputy director of the regional philharmonic society, from 2000 to 2002 - deputy director of the Neftyanik Palace of Culture, since 2006 - director of the Kazakh Drama Theater named after Makhambet.
Together with his wife, the famous actress Sharipa Zhamenova, they raised two children. For merits in the development of Kazakhstani culture, B. Zhamenov was awarded the medal "20 Years of Independence", the National Theater Award "Sakhnager-2018" in the nomination "Best Manager", the order "Kurmet", the Makhambet Prize.
No cause of death reported.
https://azh.kz/ru/news/view/86356
"The forehead turned blue": the baby suddenly died in Pavlodar 17 days after birth
August 19, 2022
The boy died on the 17th day of life from bilateral pneumonia in Pavlodar. According to the mother of the child, a day before his death she went to a private doctor, but the doctor did not notice anything serious in her cough, sending them home.
Yulia Katsubko says that she gave birth to a healthy child. She herself is a citizen of Russia, but lives in Pavlodar. “So that there were no problems with the documents, I went to the Omsk maternity hospital. A week after the birth of her first child, she returned home to Pavlodar. My son noticed a cough a week later. I did not have time to attach the baby to any of the clinics, and therefore I decided to turn to a private doctor.”
At the reception, the child was examined. Analyzes, according to my mother, were not prescribed. They assured me there was nothing to worry about. But a day later, the boy suddenly became ill. “At 4 in the morning I woke up, breastfed my son, everything was fine. After that, he began to cry a lot, I took him in my arms, he began to breathe heavily. His forehead turned blue, I realized that something was wrong. Everything was fine, but then the state of health changed dramatically," said Yulia Katsubko. The young woman herself took her son to the hospital. Doctors tried to resuscitate the child for an hour, but to no avail. According to the mother, the examination found that the baby died from bilateral pneumonia.
In Atyrau Region, a Criminal Case Was Opened on the Fact of the Sudden Death of a Border Guard Conscript
August 19, 2022
In the Atyrau region, investigators opened a criminal case after conscript Nurbek Yergaliyev died suddenly while patrolling the state border on August 17. According to the publication "Ak zhaiyk", the incident occurred at the outpost "Zhanbay" on the shore of the Caspian Sea. The young border guard, together with his comrades, went to patrol the state border. On the way, the car broke down, and the soldiers had to spend a long time in unbearable heat. At that moment, Nurbek Yergaliev suddenly died. According to the results of a forensic medical examination, doctors stated "sudden cardiac death."
No age reported.
KYRGYZSTAN
Serviceman dies while on duty in Osh
August 18, 2022
The office of the Ombudsman reported that a soldier died in the 703rd military unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Osh. His term of service was due to end in a month. According to them, yesterday, August 17, at about 5 am, the serviceman was at the checkpoint, where he "suddenly lost consciousness and fell." Then, soldiers who were nearby took him to the first-aid post, 20-30 meters from the checkpoint. However, upon arrival, doctors pronounced him dead.
“During the initial examination of the soldier, no signs of violence were found on the body of the deceased, and the soldier’s father was present at the autopsy. A forensic biological examination was carried out, which showed that death could have occurred due to a heart attack. The results of the study of other internal organs will be studied and made public within a month,” the head of the department of forensic examination Kylychbek Nasirov told the representative of the Ombudsman.
No age reported.
https://kloop.kg/blog/2022/08/18/v-oshe-vo-vremya-neseniya-sluzhby-skonchalsya-voennosluzhashhij/
CHINA
51-year-old Filipino domestic helper found dead by employer in Rose Court in Happy Valley
August 20, 2022
Hong Kong - At around 12.07 pm today, a resident at Rose Court, 115-117 Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley, reported to police, saying that his 51-year-old Filipino domestic helper had fainted in the room. Paramedics arrived at the scene and certified that she was dead. Police did not seize a suicide note at the scene. The cause of death is to be determined after an autopsy.
THAILAND
Dead man found guarded by dog in Chonburi
August 20, 2022
Residents of Pornthep Village 7 said they could smell a stench wafting from house number 99/5. Police and rescue workers then broke open the door and tracked the smell into the bedroom to find a human corpse lying face down in a bed. The male body was naked and would have died about a week ago. Heartbreakingly, police officers also found a small dog sitting next to the body, apparently guarding its owner. The dog was protective and barked at rescue teams who eventually managed to get the dog away safely with no injuries to the animal or rescue personnel.
After searching the room, the police found a pillbox named Mr. Somkid Wannasud, 48. However, it was still unclear whether Mr. Somkid was or wasn't. At this time, the body was being cared for by Banglamung Hospital pending an identification process. The dog is safe, according to rescuers, although the exact location was not immediately made clear to the media.
No age or cause of death reported.
AUSTRALIA
Husband's heartbreak after his wife, 29, dies from a stroke just six weeks after they welcomed their first child as her selfless final act is revealed
August 17, 2022
The Gold Coast - A shattered husband has shared his heartache following the death of his young wife to a stroke, just six weeks after the birth of their first child. Shannon Sime, a 29-year-old hairdresser from the UK who had been living on the Gold Coast, suffered a stroke on August 5 and sadly lost her life three days later. In a final act of selflessness Ms Sime donated her organs, potentially saving the lives of five people....A close friend of the couple, Daniel O'Hara, said Ms Sime's stroke was 'out of the blue' and she hadn't been ill at the time.
A 22-year-old gym employee “died suddenly”:
GoFundMe fundraiser launched for Ben Penrose
August 22, 2022
A fundraiser has been launched for a 22-year-old who has been described as a young man with a "full heart". Ben Penrose died of a suspected heart attack at his Engadine home, on August 16. A family friend who launched the fundraiser on behalf of Ben's mother, Kelly Maloney-Penrose, says Ben went to sleep and never woke up. He worked at Fitness First Sylvania and at Cronulla, alongside his mother at the gym. Described as a confident young man who always greeted gym members as they arrived with a smile, Ben studied at Lucas Heights Community School and Heathcote High School.
https://www.theleader.com.au/story/7870298/fundraiser-for-young-man-with-a-full-heart/?src=rss
Gold Coast man Matthew Mead mourned by family, community
August 23, 2022
The Gold Coast community has rushed in to help a local family after the sudden death of a beloved mechanic and car enthusiast. Hayley Mead said she was in shock following the death of her husband Matthew Mead, 33, of Coomera, on August 14. The couple fell in love at high school and were together for 18 years. Mr Mead worked locally as a plant mechanic and was involved in the car community, with a passion for doing up old cars. [paywall]
No cause of death reported.
Tributes for man who died after spear fishing tragedy at North Bondi
August 20, 2020
There have been tributes for a man who died after being pulled from the water while spear fishing at North Bondi on Thursday. Louis Touma, 29, had been in the water with friends when he failed to surface. He was pulled to shore amid efforts to revive him but he couldn't be saved. People on Facebook shared tributes on an announcement of his death.
Michael Stuart Jamieson, 54
August 23, 2022
Melbourne - Passed away unexpectedly at our beach house at Portsea, aged 54 years. Loving devoted father to Anika, Sasha and Portia, husband to Melina, brother of Peter Jamieson, son of Beverley and Joseph Jamieson. Adored by his family, words can't describe how greatly he will be missed. Mikey, we love you.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/death-notices/jamieson-michael-stuart/5965643/
Carmelina Marra
August 22, 2022
In loving memory of my sister, Melina. Passed away suddenly. When we last spoke you sounded so happy and content. We didn't know it would be the last. I will always remember you.
No age or cause of death reported.
https://www.westannouncements.com.au/browse/obituaries/view/marra-carmelina-1?set=obituaries-today
NEW ZEALAND
Ioane ‘John’ King Dies: Costar Of ‘Spartacus’ TV Series On Starz Was 49
August 20, 2022
Ioane ‘John’ King, one of the prominent cast members of the Starz drama Spartacus, has died at age 49 of adenocarcinoma cancer, which spread to his pancreas and other organs. He announced his condition in January. No information on where he died was available. The New Zealand actor played gladiator “Rhaskos” in the series. Manu Bennett, who played Crixus in the show, paid tribute to his co-star on Instagram.
“On Spartacus, John was hired as an extra. But with a powerful presence & ever positive attitude amongst the cast & crew, won himself the speaking role of Rhaskos. I remember John most fondly for his huge grin & sparkle in his eye when he would welcome me & others onto set each day, offering the Gladiatorial forearm handshake & acknowledging in his deep raspy voice, ‘Brother!’” His family said the actor “passed in the company of loving friends and family.”
Reported on August 11:
1:17 minute video: 92 new graves in a one New Zealand town in just several days
August 11, 2022
David Brown, 68
August 23, 2022
Auckland - Passed away suddenly at home on the 17th August 2022 at the age of 68. Loving husband of Prue, cherished father and father in law to Sarah and Macka, and Helen. Adored grandpa of Zoe. The family would like to extend their sincere thanks to the emergency services and all those who came to Dave's aid.
No cause of death reported.
https://www.legacy.com/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/david-brown-obituary?pid=202614141
Hi, that New Zealand report of graves numbering 92 was inaccurate. The people who filmed it later changed the numbers. They just got the ‘ wrong end of the stick’ . I can’t remember the details sorry. From NZ