"In 2024, these deaths were etched into memory."

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Important figures in politics, art, and science around the world passed away in 2024.

In 2024, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and French actor Alain Delon were among the notable figures who passed away. Former Minister of Justice Robert Badinter, who was instrumental in abolishing the death penalty in France in 1981, died on February 9 at the age of 95.

DEATHS THAT SHOCKED IRAN

Pilot Richard Glenn Rutan, who successfully completed the first nonstop round-the-world flight in history, passed away on May 3 at the age of 85. Rutan, along with Jeanna Yeager, set a record in 1986 by flying 40,204 kilometers around the world without stopping in the "Voyager" aircraft.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian lost their lives in a helicopter crash on May 19.

Here are the notable figures who passed away in 2024:

JANUARY

- Former director of Israel's foreign intelligence agency Mossad, Zvi Zamir, passed away on January 2 at the age of 98.

- Dexter Scott King, son of prominent human rights advocate Martin Luther King Jr., passed away on January 22 at the age of 62.

- N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet, educator, and folklorist, who is considered the starting point of contemporary Native American literature with his book "House Made of Dawn," passed away on January 24 at the age of 89.

FEBRUARY

- Namibian President Hage Geingob passed away on February 4 at the age of 82 at Lady Pohamba Hospital in the capital Windhoek, where he was undergoing cancer treatment.

- Former Irish Prime Minister John Bruton, who had been battling cancer for some time, died on February 6 at the age of 76 at Mater Private Hospital in Dublin.

- Former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera lost his life on February 6 when the "Robinson R 66" helicopter he was in crashed into Lake Ranco in the Los Rios region, as he was unable to unbuckle his seatbelt.

- Former Minister of Justice Robert Badinter, who was instrumental in abolishing the death penalty in France in 1981, passed away on February 9 at the age of 95.

- Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny died in prison in Russia on February 16.

MARCH

- Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, known for the Dragon Ball series, passed away at the age of 68.

- David Harris, one of the first black pilots in the United States, passed away on March 8 at the age of 89.

- Paul Alexander, who lived his entire life in an iron lung due to polio he contracted as a child, died on March 11 at the age of 78.

- Famous actor Emmet Walsh, known for films like "Blade Runner" and "Blood Simple," passed away on March 19 at the age of 88.

APRIL

- Lou Conter, the last surviving member of the USS Arizona battleship, passed away on April 1 at the age of 102.

- Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who discovered the concept of the "God particle," also known as the "Higgs boson," which helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, died on April 8 at the age of 94.

- Abd al-Majid al-Zindani, chairman of the Yemeni Scholars Council and one of the founders of the World Muslim Scholars Union, passed away on April 22.

MAY

- Pilot Rutan, who successfully completed the first nonstop round-the-world flight in history, passed away on May 3 at the age of 85. Rutan set a record in 1986 by flying 40,204 kilometers around the world without stopping in the "Voyager" aircraft with Jeanna Yeager.

- Bernard Hill, known for films like "Titanic" and "Lord of the Rings," passed away on May 5 at the age of 79.

- Environmentalist politician and one of the founders of "Earth Day" on April 22, Pete McCloskey, passed away on May 8 at the age of 96.

- Iranian President Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian lost their lives in a helicopter crash on May 19.

JUNE

- Austria's first female chancellor, Brigitte Bierlein, passed away on June 3 at the age of 74.

JULY

- Shelley Duvall, the famous star of the cult horror film "The Shining," adapted from Stephen King's book, passed away on July 11 at the age of 75.

- Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), passed away on July 19 at the age of 80 due to ongoing health issues.

- Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an assassination attempt at his residence in Tehran on July 31.

AUGUST

- Former YouTube CEO and one of Google's first employees, Susan Wojcicki, passed away on August 9 at the age of 56.

- World-renowned French actor Alain Delon, known for films like "Plein Soleil," "Notre histoire," and "L'Eclisse," passed away on August 18 at the age of 88.

- Sudanese researcher and writer Dr. Fatih Ali Hasaneyn died at the age of 78 in a hospital in Istanbul due to pneumonia.

- Former Lebanese Prime Minister Selim al-Hoss passed away on August 25 at the age of 94.

SEPTEMBER

- James Earl Jones, known as the voice of Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" film, passed away on September 9 at the age of 93.

- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who was sentenced to prison for corruption and abuse of power, passed away on September 11 at the age of 86.

- The Lebanese Hezbollah announced that their leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in Israeli airstrikes on September 27.

- English actress Maggie Smith, who portrayed Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series, passed away at the age of 89 in a hospital in London where she was receiving treatment.

OCTOBER

- Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy, passed away on October 10 at the age of 96.

- Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in an attack by Israeli forces on October 16 at the age of 61.

NOVEMBER

- Former Liberian senator Prince Johnson passed away on November 28 at the age of 72.