NANA KONADU AGYEMAN-RAWLINGS, aged 76
The longest serving First Lady of Ghana, she made a significant improvement to the lives of women in the country, despite facing significant opposition.
VADIM BAKATIN, aged 84
A Soviet businessman turned politician, he was appointed the last ever head of the KGB, reforming it – and making himself unpopular with the authorities.
PRINCESS FAZILE, aged 83
From a rich royal lineage, she was just a teenager when she got engaged to a king – but an assassination and a military coup thwarted her plans.
IRMA CAPECE MINUTOLO, aged 87?
A beauty queen who had a controversial relationship with an exiled monarch and playboy. She became a failed – then ultimately, a highly successful opera singer.
JOAN JARA, aged 96
A British ballet dancer who lived in Chile, she married a famous folk singer. He was murdered in the 1973 coup, so she spent the rest of her life searching for justice.
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