₦airaland Forum

As much as humans die, they tend to reproduce.A lot of people had died this year but below is a list of well known people whom we have lost this outgoing year 2013.
NOTE- They are popular for what they are or have done so it could be negative or positive.
1. Ronnie Biggs - Ronald Arthur "Ronnie" Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013)
was an English thief, known for his role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, for his escape from prison in 1965, for living as a fugitive for 36
years and for his various publicity stunts while in exile. In 2001, he returned to the United Kingdom and
spent several years in prison, where
his health rapidly declined. Biggs
was released from prison on compassionate grounds on 6 August 2009[1] and died in a nursing home in December 2013.
2. Hugo Chavez - Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was the President of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013.
He was the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement from its foundation in 1997 until 2007,
when it merged with several other
parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012.
3. Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Russian: 10
November 1919 – 23 December
2013) was a Russian general and small arms designer, most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle, as well as the AKM and AK-74 assault rifles.
4. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness(née Roberts, 13 October 1925 – 8 April
2013), was a British politician who
was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the
longest-serving British Prime
Minister of the 20th century and is
the only woman to have held the
office. A Soviet journalist called her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her
uncompromising politics and
leadership style. As Prime Minister,
she implemented policies that have
come to be known as Thatcherism.
5. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu (16 February 1948 – 13 September
2013) was a Nigerian politician who
was Governor of Ondo State in Nigeria from 29 May 2003 until February 2009, when a court voided
his re-election as governor on
account of electoral irregularities. He
was replaced as Governor of Ondo
State by Olusegun Mimiko, his political rival, based on a court injunction. His name, Olusegun, means "God is victorious".He was a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP).
6. Chinua Achebe, born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He was best known for his first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely
read book in modern African literature. Raised by his parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria, Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for
undergraduate studies. He became
fascinated with world religions and
traditional African cultures, and
began writing stories as a university
student. After graduation, he worked for the Nigerian
Broadcasting Service (NBS) and
soon moved to the metropolis of Lagos. He gained worldwide attention for Things Fall Apart in the late 1950s; his later novels include No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Achebe wrote his novels in
English and defended the use of
English, a "language of colonisers",
in African literature. In 1975, his
lecture An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" featured a famous criticism of Joseph Conrad as "a thoroughgoing racist"; it was later published in The Massachusetts Review amid some controversy.
7. Paul William Walker IV [4] (September 12, 1973 – November
30, 2013) was an American actor
and the founder of Reach Out
Worldwide. He became famous in
1999 after his role in the hit film Varsity Blues, but later garnered fame as Brian O'Conner in The Fast and the Furious film series. His other well known works are Eight Below, Running Scared, The Lazarus Project, Into the Blue, Joy Ride, She's All That, Takers, and Hours.
8. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mæn ˈdɛlə/;[4] Xhosa pronunciation: [xo ˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South
African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was South
Africa's first black chief executive,
and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised
racism, poverty and inequality, and
fostering racial reconciliation.
Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National
Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was
Secretary General of the Non- Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.
The list is long.MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE.AMEN
You can also add yours.

Illuminatus: Where I Belong by Unknown male artist

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abeloureal: With Barca, victory is guaranteed.

now am confused.

With Barca, victory is guaranteed.

I still have d strong feeling dat it will help study d side effects of some drugs as well as diseases like ALZHEIMER disease nd d likes.
Am so appalled!

What about FABRICE MUAMBA?