Dietrich Mateschitz, the owner of Red Bull and a titan in the energy drink industry who also founded a sports empire and a Formula One team, passed away on Saturday at the age of 78, the firm announced.

Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz passes away at 78

Louise Fletcher, the US actress who won an Oscar in 1976 for her performance as villain Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," has died, her family said in a statement to AFP Saturday.

Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher dies at 88

The bestselling author of the "Wolf Hall" trilogy of historical books, Hilary Mantel, who won the Booker Prize, has passed away, according to her publisher. Her work transformed Tudor power dynamics into engrossing fiction.

Hilary Mantel, author of ‘Wolf Hall’ Tudor saga, dies at 70

Ken Starr, who headed the investigation that led to the impeachment of US president Bill Clinton, died on Tuesday, his family announced. Starr, 76, died in Houston, Texas, of complications from surgery, his family said in a statement.

Ken Starr, who investigated Clinton, dies at 76

Award-winning Spanish author Javier Marias passed away on Sunday at the age of 70, according to his publisher Alfaguara. Marias, who had been battling pneumonia for a month, wrote 16 books, including the "Your Face Tomorrow" trilogy, which was published from 2002 to 2007.

Spanish novelist Javier Marias dies at 70

Marsha Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s, has passed away. During her career, which was briefly interrupted by the McCarthy era blacklist, Hunt worked with actors such as Laurence Olivier and Andy Griffith.

Marsha Hunt: A 1940s actress and blacklist victim passes away at 104

Paolo Maino, the mother of Sonia Gandhi, the leader of India's main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, passed away in Italy. According to a PTI report, Maino, who was in her 90s, passed away at her home in Italy on August 27.

INC chief Sonia Gandhi's mother Paolo Maino passes away; PM Narendra Modi offers condolences

After a four-year struggle with breast cancer, track legend Lydia de Vega, once regarded as Asia's fastest woman and one of the Philippines' most accomplished and adored athletes passed away at 57.

Asian 'track queen' and P.T. Usha's fierce rival on track, Lydia de Vega loses battle to cancer

He died earlier in June but was made official in obituary by the jihadist outfit only yesterday

al-Shabaab confirms commander, who allegedly organised university attack killing 148, dead

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