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Gene Hackman obit: How the everyman actor became a reluctant Hollywood icon

Nawaid Anjum
28 Feb 2025 4:21 AM

When Gene Hackman (1930-2025) left Hollywood at the age of 74 in 2004, he was content to let the door close behind him, and reinvented himself by becoming a writer

Gene Hackman obit: How the everyman actor became a reluctant Hollywood icon
Films
Know about Aga Khan, who just passed away at age 88
International

Know about Aga Khan, who just passed away at age 88

5 Feb 2025 9:12 AM
Dr KM Cherian, Chennai-based heart surgery pioneer, dies at 82
Obituary

Dr KM Cherian, Chennai-based heart surgery pioneer, dies at 82

26 Jan 2025 6:49 AM
Pritish Nandy
Features

Pritish Nandy obit: The ‘nowhere’ man who donned many hats with singular grace

9 Jan 2025 7:15 AM
How Osamu Suzukis vision drove Maruti Suzuki to revolutionise Indian mobility

How Osamu Suzuki's vision drove Maruti Suzuki to revolutionise Indian mobility

27 Dec 2024 2:19 PM
Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh: Wronged in the popular narrative of a nation he served right

27 Dec 2024 8:29 AM
Manmohan Singh

Go well, Dr Manmohan Singh; not just history but the present is kinder to you

27 Dec 2024 1:56 AM
Manmohan Singh obit: Father of liberalisation, MGNREGA, and Aadhaar

Manmohan Singh obit: Father of liberalisation, MGNREGA, and Aadhaar

27 Dec 2024 1:16 AM
MT Vasudevan Nair obit: The great chronicler of the Malayalis soul

MT Vasudevan Nair obit: The great chronicler of the Malayali's soul

25 Dec 2024 4:51 PM
Shyam Benegal obit: Cartographer of Indian psyche whose frames mapped our stories

Shyam Benegal obit: Cartographer of Indian psyche whose frames mapped our stories

24 Dec 2024 5:25 AM
Om Prakash Chautala obit | Haryanas farming community will feel the void

Om Prakash Chautala obit | Haryana's farming community will feel the void

20 Dec 2024 10:55 AM
Zakir Hussain

Zakir Hussain obit: The maestro who made the tabla sing and do all the talking

16 Dec 2024 8:12 AM
A father figure for students, Zakir Hussain liked jokes, had no star tantrums

A father figure for students, Zakir Hussain liked jokes, had no star tantrums

16 Dec 2024 7:49 AM
SM Krishna was to Karnataka, what Manmohan Singh was to India

SM Krishna was to Karnataka, what Manmohan Singh was to India

10 Dec 2024 6:08 AM
SM Krishna obit: A high-tech’ CM’s lessons on living and dying with dignity

SM Krishna obit: A 'high-tech’ CM’s lessons on living and dying with dignity

Naveen Ammembala
10 Dec 2024 4:12 AM

His legacy is a mix of commendable achievements and notable criticisms; he made strides in economic development, but governance and corruption issues...

Delhi ganesh

Delhi Ganesh obit | His restrained presence quietly enriched Tamil cinema

10 Nov 2024 2:09 PM
Underrated, versatile; Delhi Ganesh will be remembered for long

Underrated, versatile; Delhi Ganesh will be remembered for long

10 Nov 2024 7:41 AM
Rohit Bal

Rohit Bal, the designer who created a new lexicon of fashion in India

4 Nov 2024 2:30 AM
Bibek Debroy obituary | An economist and a provocateur

Bibek Debroy obituary | An economist and a provocateur

1 Nov 2024 1:05 PM
Bibek Debroy

Bibek Debroy: A scholar, economist, master in classical Sanskrit texts

1 Nov 2024 11:28 AM
Paul DiAnno

Paul Di’Anno (1958-2024): The voice that lit the fuse for heavy metal band Iron Maiden

25 Oct 2024 10:30 AM
Liam Payne (1993-2024): A pop sensation’s tragedy, a life lived too fast

Liam Payne (1993-2024): A pop sensation’s tragedy, a life lived too fast

19 Oct 2024 3:25 AM
GN Saibaba obituary: Voice that never stopped defending Dalit-Adivasi rights

GN Saibaba obituary: Voice that never stopped defending Dalit-Adivasi rights

13 Oct 2024 12:16 PM
David Page obit: A media rights champion, passionate South Asia watcher

David Page obit: A media rights champion, passionate South Asia watcher

12 Oct 2024 6:09 AM
Ratan tata

Ratan Tata thought big, bought big, with a keen eye on business integrity

10 Oct 2024 10:06 AM
ratan tata

Ratan Tata obit: Industry trailblazer, corporate adventurer, boardroom patriarch

9 Oct 2024 6:45 PM
Kei N. Daruwalla

Keki N. Daruwalla (1937-2024): The poet who mapped geographies of history, memory

27 Sept 2024 3:40 PM
Elias Khoury

Elias Khoury (1948-2024): Chronicler of fragmented souls, keeper of forgotten histories

17 Sept 2024 7:07 AM
Sitaram Yechury

Sitaram Yechury obituary: The Leftist who always stood on the right side

12 Sept 2024 10:30 AM
Nari Hira

Nari Hira: The maverick media mogul, who turned entertainment journalism on its head

28 Aug 2024 1:00 AM
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