The well-known Burmese journalist Kyemon U Thaung, who wrote under the name Aung Bala, has died in hospital in the United States, at the age of 82. (more…)

Sai Htee Saing, one of the most celebrated singers in Burma, died early Monday morning in Rangoon General Hospital. He was 58.
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Veteran journalist Ralph Bachoe, 63, a native of Burma, died on Wednesday at Theptarin Hospital in Bangkok after a long illness.
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One-time drug warlord Khun Sa, variously described as among the world’s most wanted men and a great liberation fighter, has died in Burma at the age of 74, an associate said Tuesday.
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Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Soe Win died Friday in a military hospital after a long illness, state media announced. He was 59.
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Burma’s ailing Prime Minister Lt Gen Soe Win has died at the military hospital in Mingalardon, Rangoon on Tuesday, sources said.
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Maran Zau Nan, Chairman of the Kachin Nationals Consultative Assembly (KNCA) died of cancer on Friday at a private clinic in Rangoon, former capital of Burma.
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Khun Kya Nu, prominent ethnic Shan leader and pro-democracy fighter, died in exile on Monday in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, at the age of 72.
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Celebrated Burmese novelist Tayar Min Wai, who wrote under the names Shwe Phone Lu and Maung Yaw, died on Saturday at North Okkalapa Hospital in Rangoon. He was 41.
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Myanmar People Aung San Suu Kyi’s 101-year-old aunt dies Yangon Khin Saw, the 101-year-old aunt of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has died, family sources said.
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Hla Pe, a lifelong literati scholar and former professor of Burmese at the University of London, died at his home in Moulmein, the capital of Mon State, on Tuesday, at the age of 93.
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Dwe, one of the finest and most famous actors Burma has produced died on Wednesday evening in a Rangoon hospital.
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Thakin Khin Nyunt, a veteran Burmese politician and member of the parliament-elect in the 1990 elections, died of natural causes Sunday evening in Rangoon at the age of 94.
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June 18, Dora Than-E, the veteran Burmese singer and close friend of Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, died at his home in Oxford, England, o­n Sunday at age 99. (more…)

“Saya Tin Moe passed away,” read a text message on my phone this morning. The news made me tremble, and I knew that the day would bring grief to Burmese communities across the world and throughout Burma. The death of such a man moves beyond grief. Burma has lost one of its brightest sons, both literally and politically.
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October 5: Minthuwun: Poet. Born Kunchangoan, Burma, February10, 1909. Died Rangoon, August 15, aged 95.
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