List of Famous people who died at 47
Shahrum Kashani
Shahram Kashani was an Iranian pop singer. He had released eight albums with notable hits before his death in Istanbul due to COVID-19 and liver problems.
Robert Dunlop
Stephen Robert Dunlop was a Northern Irish motorcycle racer, the younger brother of fellow road racer, the late Joey Dunlop, and like Joey he died after a crash while racing. His son William sustained fatal injuries as a result of a crash during practice at the Skerries 100 in Dublin on 7 July 2018.
Vasyl Stus
Vasyl Semenovych Stus was a Ukrainian poet, translator, literary critic, journalist, and an active member of the Ukrainian dissident movement. For his political convictions, his works were banned by the Soviet regime and he spent 13 years in detention, until his death in Perm-36—then a Soviet forced labor camp for political prisoners, subsequently The Museum of the History of Political Repression—after having declared a hunger strike on September 4, 1985. On November 26, 2005, the Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko posthumously awarded him the highest national title: Hero of Ukraine. Stus is widely regarded as one of Ukraine's foremost poets.
Ihor Yeremeyev
Ihor Myronovych Yeremeyev was a Ukrainian politician. He is a co-owner of a Ukrainian fuel station network WOG.
Hisham al-Hashimi
Hisham al-Hashimi was an Iraqi historian and researcher in security and strategic affairs and extremist groups, and a specialist on the subject of the Islamic state and its supporters. He also was an advisor to the Iraqi government on counter-terrorism.
Brijgopal Harkishan Loya
Brijgopal Harkishan Loya (1966-2014) was an Indian judge who served in a special court which deals with matters relating to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He was presiding over the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case, and died on 1 December 2014 in Nagpur. A bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, on April 19, 2018, dismissed the public interest petition (PIL), and stated the death to be natural and such petitions to be an attack on the Judiciary. Al.
Charlotte Dawson
Charlotte Dawson was a New Zealand–Australian television personality. She was known in New Zealand for her roles as host of Getaway, and in Australia as a host on The Contender Australia and as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model. In 2014, her death by suicide attracted Australian-wide news coverage.
Fernand Raynaud
André Gustave Fernand Raynaud, best known as Fernand Raynaud, was a French stand-up comic star, an actor and a singer.
Caio Fernando Abreu
Caio Fernando Loureiro de Abreu, best known as Caio Fernando Abreu, was one of the most influential and original Brazilian writers of the 1970s and 1980s. Caio F., as he habitually signed his letters, was born in Santiago do Boqueirão in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in 1948, and died in Porto Alegre in 1996.
Kuzgun Acar
Abdülahet Kuzgun Çetin Acar was a Turkish sculptor from Kuzguncuk in Üsküdar, Istanbul well known for his works in metal. He is best known for his abstract sculptures and is considered one of the pioneers of modern sculptures in Turkey. One of his famous sculptures is Kuşlar, which he created in 1967.