Kim Bok-dong, South Korean women's rights activist, Died at 93

Kim Bok-dong was born on April 19, 1926 and died on January 28, 2019.

She was one of twenty-six "comfort women" still alive in 2019 in South Korea.

Kim Bok-dong was one of numerous young ladies who were constrained into sexual subjection by the Japanese military; a military that methodicallly enrolled ladies from colonized and involved nations amid World War II.

At age 14, she was kept in solace stations, for a long time, crosswise over various nations in Asia.

Kim Bok-dong's encounters have evoked in her a women's activist cognizance and have driven her to end up a solid lobbyist, upholding to stop brutality against ladies, and for a formal statement of regret from the Japanese government just as remuneration.

Likewise, Kim Bok-dong herself additionally helped other 'comfort ladies' and has made works of art as a type of activism.

She experienced her last days in an emergency clinic bed in Seoul, South Korea, where on 4 January 2018 she was visited by the South Korean President, Moon Jae-in.

Kim Bok-dong passed away at 93 years old.

Susan Hiller, American artist, Died at 78

Susan Hiller was born in 1940, in Tallahassee, Florida and died on January 28, 2019.

She was a American-born artist.

Hiller resided in London, United Kingdom.

Hiller's craft practice included establishment, video, photography, execution and composing.

She went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and got a B.A. in 1961.

In the wake of going through a year in New York City considering photography, film, drawing and semantics, HIller proceeded to seek after a post-advanced education at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana with a National Science Foundation Fellowship in Anthropology. She finished a Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1965.

In the wake of doing hands on work in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, with a give from the Middle American Research Institute (1962-5), Hiller wound up incredulous of scholastic human studies; she didn't need her examination to be a piece of the "typification of the oppositeness of lived occasions bound to end up another complicit string woven into the texture of 'proof' that would enable human studies to wind up a science".

Hiller addressed at the Slade School of Fine Art, London and has filled in as 'Recognized Visiting Professor' at California State University (1988) and as 'Visiting Professor' at the Department of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles (1992).

Susan Hiller passed away at 78 years old.

Humberto Ak'ab'al, Guatemalan poet, Died at 66

Humberto Ak'ab'al also Ak'abal or Akabal wasborn in 1952 and died on January 28, 2019.

He was a K'iche' Maya poet from Guatemala.

He wrote in his local dialect of K'iche', and afterward made an interpretation of his verse into Spanish.

Along with the interpretations of his works into various dialects and worldwide acknowledgment, Ak'ab'al is viewed as "the most prestigious Maya Ki'che' writer" on the planet.

Humberto Ak'ab'al passed away at 66 years old.

Per Jorsett, Norwegian freelance sports reporter, Died at 98

Per Jorsett was born on May 11, 1920 and died on January 30, 2019.

He was a Norwegian freelance sports reporter, sport historian and sports shooter.

Jorsett reported for Sportsmanden from 1945 to 1961, and for the newspapers Dagbladet and Nationen.

From 1947 to 1991, Jorsett had commissions for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation , often along with fellow reporter Knut Bjørnsen.

In addition to his writings, there are Norges skytterkonger, Hvem er hvem i norsk idrett and books on the Olympic Games.

Per Jorsett passed away at 98 years old.

Dara Dotiwalla, Indian cricket umpire, Died at 85

Dara Dotiwalla  was born on October 30, 1933 and died on January 30, 2019.

He was a former Indian cricket umpire.

Between 1982 and 1987, Dotiwalla participated in six Test matches, including the second ever Tied Test, and eight ODI games between 1982 and 1988.

Dara Dotiwalla passed away at 85 years old.

Egisto Pandolfini, Italian footballer, Died at 92

Egisto Pandolfini was born on February 17, 1926, in Lastra a Signa and died on January 29, 2019.

He was an Italian retired footballer.

He played as a midfielder.

He played for 12 seasons (316 amusements, 75 objectives) in the Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, A.S. Roma, F.C. Internazionale Milano and SPAL 1907.

Pandolfini got 21 tops and scored 9 objectives for the Italian national group, showing up in both the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups, just as the 1948 and 1952 releases of the Summer Olympic Games Football Tournament.

Egisto Pandolfini passed away at 92 years old.

Mohammad Nabi Habibi, Iranian politician, Died at 73

Mohammad Nabi Habibi was born on December 19, 1945 and died on January 29, 2019.

He was an Iranian politician and sociologist.

Habibi was appointed the Secretary-General of the Islamic Coalition Party from 2004 until his death in 2019.

Habibi was Mayor of Tehran from 1983 until 1987, for a span lasting 44 months.

He passed away at 73 years old.