CARLOS MENEM (1930-2021) Menem buried with military honours at ceremony in capital 16-02-2021 11:46 Former president Carlos Menem was laid to rest on Monday, granted military honours at a small ceremony on the outskirts of the capital.
Death of ex-president Former president Carlos Menem passes away aged 90 14-02-2021 13:57 Peronist leader, who led the nation for a decade between 1989 and 1999, passes away at a hospital in Buenos Aires.
OBITUARY Menem, ex-president who led Argentina for 10 years, dies at 90 14-02-2021 13:17 Former president, whose economic policies quashed hyperinflation during the 1990s but sowed the seeds for what became the largest debt default in history, has died. He was 90.
OBITUARY Former Albiceleste coach Alejandro Sabella dies from cancer aged 66 09-12-2020 09:53 Former national team coach Alejandro Sabella has died at the age of 66 from cancer, local media said on Tuesday.
OBITUARY Filmmaker and politician Fernando ‘Pino’ Solanas dies in Paris aged 84 07-11-2020 09:19 Legendary filmmaker, politician and activist passes away after being infected with Covid-19 in France, where he was serving as as Argentina’s ambassador to UNESCO.
Obituary Tributes flood in for late Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond 01-11-2020 07:44 Tributes pour in for late Scottish actor Sean Connery – considered by many to have been the best James Bond – following his death aged 90.
OBITUARY Joaquín 'Quino' Salvador Lavado, the creator of Mafalda, dies at 88 30-09-2020 15:44 Legendary cartoonist Joaquín 'Quino' Salvador Lavado, the creator of the iconic comic strip Mafalda and its eponymous character, has died aged 88, his publisher confirmed on Wednesday.
REGGAE PIONEER Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dies aged 77 12-09-2020 07:55 Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars, passes away aged 77 after having been hospitalised earlier this month. The singer was awaiting results of Covid-19 test.
OBITUARY Former Santa Fe governor Hermes Binner dies aged 77 26-06-2020 19:01 Argentina’s first socialist provincial governor and runner-up in the 2011 presidential elections dies of acute pneumonia.
FOOTBALLER SLAIN Fans mourn ex-footballer 'Trinche' Carlovich, revered by Maradona as 'world best' 09-05-2020 23:34 Hundreds of supporters paid their respects on Saturday to former Central Córdoba star Tomás 'Trinche' Carlovich, a player Diego Maradona called the best in the world, at an open-air wake at a stadium in Rosario.
OBITUARY Farewell to Marcos Mundstock, the voice and soul of Les Luthiers 23-04-2020 07:58 Humourist Marcos Mundstock, the icon of the Les Luthiers musical ensemble, died on Wednesday at the age of 77.
OBITUARY 'La Nación' director Bartolomé Mitre dies aged 79 26-03-2020 17:04 Bartolomé Mitre took charge of influential Argentine daily in 1982, leading it during the transition to democracy up until the modern-day era. He was the fourth generation of the family to lead the newspaper.
OBITUARY Award-winning journalist Marcelo Zlotogwiazda dies aged 61 15-10-2019 23:56 Tributes pour in from fellow journalists and politicians from across the spectrum, after writer, economist and reporter dies after losing battle against colon cancer.
obituary Ex-Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe dies in Singapore aged 95 06-09-2019 09:31 Mugabe enjoyed strong support after taking over as prime minister and Zimbabwe's first post-colonial leader. But he was reviled in later years as the economy collapsed and human rights violations increased.
FOOTBALL 1986 World Cup winner 'Tata' Brown dead aged 62 13-08-2019 09:39 Known to his friends as 'Tata,' Brown made 36 appearances for Argentina and scored the first goal in their 3-2 World Cup final victory over West Germany in 1986.
MORRISON Pioneering US writer Toni Morrison dies at 88 06-08-2019 14:00 Morrison, a Nobel laureate and author of "Beloved" and "Sula," died Monday night in New York after a brief illness.
María Auxiliadora Delgado Uruguayan First Lady María Auxiliadora Delgado dies aged 82 31-07-2019 14:03 María Auxiliadora Delgado and Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez had been married since 1964.
OBITUARY Former president Fernando De la Rúa dies at 81 09-07-2019 10:58 Former president, who served from 1999 to December 2001 and infamously fled office from the Casa Rosada by helicopter, dies of cardiac arrest and other complications in Buenos Aires.
OBITUARY History, humour and humility: Remembering Andrew Graham-Yooll 06-07-2019 22:07 Respected, influential and talented writer and journalist, whose experiences with Argentina’s brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship he shared with the world, has died in London aged 75. by James Grainger