Obituary: Archbishop Chrysostomos II: A life spent in the church
By Jean Christou and Kyriacos Iacovides If there was a way to sum up Archbishop Chrysostomos II, almost everyone would probably agree that he could...
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‘Murder, She Wrote’ Actress Angela Lansbury dead at age 96
Angela Lansbury, the British-born actress whose career spanned eight decades and produced indelible portraits of a wide range of characters from villainesses to sleuths and...
Former Cyprus Olympic Committee president Dinos Michaelides dies at 78
The former president of the Cyprus Olympic Committee (KOE), Dinos Michaelides, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 78. “The family of Cypriot sport...
Obituary, Chris Drake: a journalist with charm and the common touch
By Michael Theodoulou Like many other leading journalists at the time Chris Drake, who died in Limassol on Wednesday aged 76, left school at 16,...
Obituary: Alexis Galanos was not your average Cypriot politician
Alexis Galanos, who died aged 78 on Monday, was not the average Cypriot politician. A truly public-spirited, generous and honest man, he liked to joke...
Businessman Photos Photiades dies
Renowned businessman Photos Photiades, who secured the first licence to produce Carlsberg beer outside Denmark, died early on Friday morning at the age of 98....
Cyprus Mail writer who brought Paphos alive
Obituary: Jill Campbell Mackay Irreverent, loud, funny, caring and fearless, you always knew when writer Jill Campbell Mackay was in the room. Born on April...
OBITUARY-Winnie Mandela, “mother”, then “mugger”, of new South Africa
By Ed Cropley Hailed as mother of the ‘new’ South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to...
Obituary: University of Cyprus professor Caesar Mavratsas
Beneath Caesar Mavratsas’ rumpled tweed jacket beat a big, brave and generous heart. These qualities, together with his keen intellect and good sense of humour,...
OBITUARY-Kohl triumphed over sceptics to deliver German reunification and the euro
By Noah Barkin A towering figure of post-war European politics, Helmut Kohl pushed through German reunification and was a driving force behind the creation of...
