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In the 1930 and 1940s, Hong Kong funeral services used to gather in Wan Chai Road and Tin Lok Lane as the area is closed to the cemeteries in Happy Valley.The first funeral parlour in Hong Kong, named Hong Kong Funeral Home, was founded on 216 Wan Chai Road in the early 1930s, opposite a cemetery carving workshop.
Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2025. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. January 2025 1 Viktor Alksnis, 74, Russian politician ...
Huang Qingyun, 98, Hong Kong-Chinese children's author. [378] Jacob Israelachvili, 74, Israeli-born American professor, cancer. [379] Joseph Hoo Kim, 76, Jamaican record producer, liver cancer. [380] K-Run's Park Me In First, 13, American beagle show dog, winner of the 2008 Westminster Best in Show, cancer. [381]
Lam Pou-chuen, 63, Hong Kong dubbing artist , diabetes. [34] Abu Anas al-Libi, 50, Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custody, liver cancer. [35] John McQuilten, 65, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat (1999–2006). [36] Derek Minter, 82, British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer.
Benny Chan, 58, Hong Kong film director (What a Hero!, Gen-X Cops, New Police Story), nasopharyngeal carcinoma. [644] Eugene A. Cook, 82, American lawyer and jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (1988–1992). [645] Sir Neil Douglas, 71, Scottish physician, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (2004–2010). [646]
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2011.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Corey Hill, 36, American mixed martial artist , collapsed lung and heart attack. [243] Bob Hopkins, 80, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals) and coach (Seattle SuperSonics), heart and kidney failure. [244] John Jarvis-Smith, 93, British World War II naval officer and shipbroker. [245] Jacob Jensen, 89, Danish industrial designer. [246]