Famous people who died in 2024

The helicopter was carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

Others who were on the plane included Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Al-e Hashem – the imam of the Friday mosque in Tabriz and General Malek Rahmati, the governor of the eastern province of Azerbaijan.

The commander of the security forces of the president, Sardar Seyed Mehdi Mousavi, and other security officers were among those who crashed in the helicopter.

Mr. Raisi’s death shocked Iran and its allies, and led to the preparation of elections in the country to elect a new president.

Since the beginning of the year, Mr. Geingob, who is 82 years old, was hospitalized after doctors announced that he was suffering from cancer.

At first it was thought that he would go to America for treatment.

The president – who became president in 2015 – was in his second term in office when he died.

Alexei Navalny died in a prison in a very cold region as reported by news agencies.

The United Nations Human Rights Commission has blamed the country’s authorities for his death.

He is seen as an opposition figure who often criticizes President Vladimir Putin.

He is in prison for nineteen years because of crimes that are considered to be strictly political.

At the end of 2023, he was transferred to the prison in the Arctic region, which is seen as the most torture.

The Cameroonian has been the head of the Commission for 29 years, which started in 1988 to 2017.

He is also a senior member of FIFA.

He became a member of the Fifa committee in Switzerland from 1990 to 2017.

When Sepp Blatter was suspended, Hayatou became Fifa’s interim president from 2015 to 2016.

In the month of October, the former prime minister of Niger, Hamma Amadou died at the age of 74.

Hama Amadou is a former opposition leader and leader of the Modern FA Lumana party.

The former prime minister was a key figure in Niger’s politics, holding several positions, including serving as prime minister twice – from February 21, 1995 to January 27, 1996 under the leadership of Mahamane Ousmane.

Then for the second time from December 31, 1999 to June 7, 2007 under Mamadou Tandja.

In 2011, he was elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly, a position he held until 2013.

After more than a year, Israel carried out retaliatory attacks against the Hamas group that attacked it on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and kidnapping many others.

Israel has carried out attacks that have resulted in the death of senior leaders of Hamas and its allies.

Then in the middle of October, the Israeli army confirmed the death of the leader of the group that replaced Haniyeh, namely Yahya Sinwar.

Earlier on September 28, the Israeli army said it had killed the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah.

His death comes after a series of attacks in the night that Israel carried out on Beirut, which it said was targeting Nasrallah and other Hezbollah commanders.

The Nigerian government said he died after suffering from an undisclosed illness.

It has been a long time since the late Lagbaja was seen in the community, which has caused doubts about his health.

Although in the announcement of his death, the disease that caused his death was not revealed, but the president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu described the deceased as “one who played an important role in ensuring the security of the country”.

At the beginning of September this year, the mother of former Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua passed away.

Hajiya Fatima – better known as Dada – died at the age of 100.

Hajiya Dada was an elderly person whose worth was seen in the country, the reason why politicians in the country at different times rushed to greet her every time they entered Katsina town.

Her son Umaru Musa died on the throne of Nigeria in May 2010 after months of illness.

Before that, his brother Shehu Musa Yar A’dua who was the former vice president of military rule died in December 1992.

On the 21st of August, there were reports of the death of the chief of Gatawa, Alhaji Isa Bawa, where the gunmen killed him after kidnapping him.

The deceased spent three weeks in the hands of the gunmen who kidnapped him in Kwanar Maharba area when he was on his way back home after attending a meeting in Sokoto town.

On the 25th of August, God passed away the Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammad Danyaya.

In the announcement of his death issued by the kingdom, it said that the king died in a hospital in Kano, he was 88 years old.

According to reports, the king died after returning to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia where he went to check his health.

The late Alhaji Yunusa Danyaya was born in 1936, in Ningi town and became king in 1978, and spent 46 years on the throne.