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Jugjet Singh Randhawa: A Loss For Malaysian Sports
Malaysian sports lost one of its colourful characters with the demise of writer Jugjet Singh Randhawa. In his…
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Lucy Lee Yee See: Aunty Tidbits
Lucy Lee Yee See, 72, never married but was known for always being a favourite among her nephews…
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Gerald Miranda: A Don Of Malaysia’s Ad Industry
Gerald Miranda, 72,was dedicated to his work at Invictus Blue ad agency (formerly Zenith Media) that he founded…
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Khaldon Abo Shakra: He Gained Life From Dance
Seeing the bright smiles on Khaldon Abo Shakra, 25, when he danced merrily as a regular with the…
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Thayalan Balakrishnan: Leaving A Sounding Impact On The World … In His Own Quiet Way
Introversion is the behavior of focusing on inner thoughts and ideas, rather than expressing them openly. Introverts enjoy…
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Devaki Krishnan: First woman elected to public office in Malaysia
Tan Sri Devaki Krishnan, the first Malaysian woman elected to public service (an honour recognised in the Malaysia…
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Chandramalar Chelliah: Matriarch of Malaysian police force
THE send-off was remarkable. Dressed in their full uniforms, the police officers reverently lifted the coffin onto their…
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Franz Beckenbauer: The German Footballer Who Made Maradona Weep
It was epic football theater: Diego Maradona, the Argentine hailed as the game’s greatest, was weeping uncontrollably. The…
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Lewis Pragasam: The Drum God Who Was Too Human
Macaques, the most brilliant of monkeys, have a habit of intimidating uninvited guests by beating the trees they…
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Tony Bennett: The Crooner Who Left His Heart With You, Not San Francisco
Twenty Grammy awards over nearly a century of living. Tony Bennett, the singer loved not just in America…
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Malaysia’s Mother Mangalam: New World Care in Old-School World
The 15-year-old was about to put the buttered slice of bread into her mouth, when it was yanked…
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Tina Turner: “Simply The Best” Female Rocker We Knew
The limo was headed to the Hilton Statler Hotel in downtown Dallas. Seated at the back was one…
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Elyse Bree Nantha: A Go-Getter Extraordinaire
It is rare for undergraduates to be awarded honours in competition with tenured staff. The University of Nottingham…
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Harry Belafonte: The Man Who Married Pop With Politics
Music has often intertwined with politics, sometimes striking the right chord with it and sometimes being not so…
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Vani Jairam: The Indian Nightingale Who Never Sung About Herself
The year was 1971. The Hindustani music world — the epicenter of what the world calls Bollywood —…
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Benedict: He Who Showed Popes They Can Resign, Apologize For Their Faults
What measures the greatness of a pope? A Time magazine cover? Millions of Twitter followers? Pope Benedict XVI,…
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Pele: If Football Had A Face, This Had To Be The One
He was named Edson Arantes do Nascimento, after Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb. If his…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Grace Audrey McDonnell (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
Grace Audrey McDonnell was the love and light of her family's lives. Every year on November 4th, balloons…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: James Radley Mattioli (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
James Radley Mattioli used to be first in his family to wake up each morning, ready to go…
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‘Remembering America’s Gun Victims’: Ana Marquez-Greene (Sandy Hook, Connecticut)
Ana Grace Marquez-Greene’s love for singing was evident before she was even able to talk. “In a musical…