Obituary

Rob Reiner, actor who went on to direct classic films, dies at 78

Rob Reiner attends the Los Angeles premiere of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues in Los Angeles on Sept 9.

Peter Greene, Pulp Fiction and The Mask actor, dies at 60

Peter Greene was a character actor who made a career of playing villains.

Veteran Singapore singer Ling Xiao dies aged 75

The singer, whose real name is Mr Tan Choon Huat, suffered a stroke in 2022.

British ‘Aga saga’ author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82

Joanna Trollope was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her services to literature in 2019.

Frank Benjamin, founder of FJ Benjamin, is remembered as a tough but caring leader

Mr Frank Benjamin, founder of FJ Benjamin, died of old age on Dec 10. He was 90 years old.

Sophie Kinsella, author of Confessions Of A Shopaholic, dies at 55

FILE — The author Sophie Kinsella at an event at a Waterstones bookstore in London, June 30, 2024. Madeleine Wickham, the British author whose “Confessions of a Shopaholic” novels under the pen name Sophie Kinsella were an international sensation, died on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. She was 55. (Sandra Mickiewicz/The New York Times)

FJ Benjamin founder dies at 90

Mr Frank Benjamin was known for his knack for sniffing out new, in-vogue fashion brands each time older labels went out of style.

Save the Elephants founder Iain Douglas-Hamilton dies at 83

Scottish elephant conservationist Iain Douglas-Hamilton died at the age of 83, on Dec 8.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Dec 6, 2025

FILE Ñ President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Nov. 10, 2025. Trump has made no secret of his disdain for the political leadership in Europe. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

American superstar architect Frank Gehry dies at age 96

Frank Gehry at his architecture studio in Los Angeles in April 2021. He died at his US home in Santa Monica, California, on Dec 5.

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