"The death of Indian actress Sridevi occurred due to drowning in her hotel apartment's bathtub following loss of consciousness," the Dubai police tweeted, citing a post-mortem. Initial reports had cited a heart attack as the cause of her death. Police have now referred the case to the public prosecutor. ADVERTISEMENT
Her body was due to be flown back to Mumbai on Monday on a charter flight. Born Shree Amma Yanger Ayappan in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Sridevi appeared in around 300 films and was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, for her service to the film industry. Read More...
Famous Zimbabweans in History - On This Day List of Zimbabwean People 1917-06-19 Joshua Nkomo, Zimbabwean revolutionary (ZAPU), and Matabeleland politician (Vice-President of Zimbabwe, 1990-99), born in Matopos, Southern Rhodesia (d. 1999) 1921-08-24 Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver, born in Manchester, England (d. 2008) 1922-10-28 Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe), born in Gutu district, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2003) 1924-02-21 Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean revolutionary, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-87) and 1st black President of Zimbabwe (1988-2017), born in Harare, Zimbabwe (d. Read More...
TIME
August 2, 1982 12:00 AM EDT
Taxes and babies dog two pols
Into the gap between words and actions has fallen many a politician, as two more discovered to their sorrow last week.
In Iowa, Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Roxanne Conlin, 38, attacked the G.O.P. for seeking to monopolize “the American dream” by such elitist devices as tax shelters. Conlin was the clear favorite over her Republican opponent, Lieutenant Governor Terry Branstad, until she released a financial statement disclosing that she and her husband James, a millionaire real estate broker, had paid no state income taxes last year and only $2,995 in federal taxes, largely because of paper losses suffered on real estate investments. Read More...
