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Phnom Penh, Sep 2 (EFE/EPA).- Kaing Guek Eav, or Duch, died Wednesday aged 77 in Cambodia, where in 2010 he became the first person convicted of crimes during the Khmer Rouge rule tried in an international court.Duch, the head of the Pol Pot regime's S-21 security prison, passed away at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh at 12:52 p.m. (17.52 GMT Tuesday) while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. Neth Pheaktra, a court spokesman, reported on Twitter. (Camera: KITH SEREY). SHOT LIST: THE KHMER SOVIET FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL WHERE THE KHMER ROUGE COMMANDER KNOWN AS 'COMRADE DUCH' DIED, IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA.
Israel has declared a day of national mourning after Former President Shimon Peres, the country's longest serving politician, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Tel Aviv following complications after being hospitalised for a stroke on Tuesday, September 13. Condolences have begun pouring in from politicians from all over the world including President Obama. The 93-year-old’s political career spanned seven decades in which he held nearly every senior political post in Israel, including serving two terms as Israel's president and one as prime minister. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation Organisation Chairman Yasser Arafat In 1994 for his role in negotiating the Oslo Accords. He is survived by three children - a daughter and two sons. His wife Sonya died in 2011. Peres remained politically and publicly active up until his death, being particularly focused on his non-governmental organisation, the 'Peres Centre for Peace,' which promotes closer ties between Israelis and Palestinians. His funeral is scheduled to take place Friday and many world leaders are expected to attend.
Director Michael Cimino, most famous for his work on 1978's"Deer Hunter" has died at aged 77. Rough cut (no reporter narration)
The world's oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City, leaving an Italian woman, also 116, with the title. Linda So reports.
Former FC Barcelona and Ajax legend Johan Cruyff has died at his home in Barcelona Thursday aged 68. The football legend was diagnosed cancer in October last year.
Veteran BBC broadcaster Terry Wogan dies of cancer at age 77. Edward Baran reports.
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