an iron fist for 42 years amassing wealth and picking up the strangest eccentricities along the way to earn the sobriquet mad dog of the middleeast protected usually by an allfemale amazonian guard gaddafi was overthrown in the arab spring of 2011 and captured and killed by rebel fighters in autumnshammi kapoor 80 bollywood legend aug 14 2011 an actor who was different from all his relatives in indian films first family shammi kapoor made sure that india shook with every shake of his limb and boy did he shake the elvis presley of the east his peculiar brand of physical acting won him legions of fans no surprise then that ignorant teenagers across india once thought he owned the internet search engine yahoomak pataudi 70 indian cricket captain sep 22 2011 tiger pataudis father iftikhar would make him practice fielding so hard that his mother would cry out in pain born to lead the nawab went on to become the indias greatest cricket captain he lost an eye in an accident but succeeded at the highest level despite the shortcoming he married sharmila tagore produced star kids and never lost his acerbic sense of humourbhupen hazarika 85 singer nov 5 2011 one of the most influential artists from indias northeastern states bhupen hazarika cut across the language barrier with haunting melodies that had whiffs of american concert folk influenced by paul robesons ole man riverduring their time together in new york hazarika created indias finest ode to a river o ganga tumi he wrote music for several hindi films including rudaaliin 1993joe frazier 67 world champion boxer nov 7 2011 if mohammad ali was the god of boxing smokin joe frazier put him in heaven the two fought bitterly inside and outside the ring ali making jibes about his ugliness and frazier playing the wronged gorilla they were 11 going into the thrilla in manila in 75 when ali won but said it was the closest he ever felt to death in a strange way one was incomplete without the otherpc alexander 90 politician aug 10 2011 known as the man for all seasons p c alexander was former prime minister indira gandhis mostvalued aide especially when it came to tackling tricky political situations he served as governor of maharashtra from 1993 to 2002jehangir sabavala 89 painter sep 2 2011 in a 60year career mumbai boy sabavala was best known for creating landscapes seascapes and figures mostly in oil his works have been shown in places such as the venice biennale the smithsonian and the fukuoka museumsocrates 57 brazilian footballer dec 4 2011 pele once said that socrates played backwards better than most could play facing forwards a playmaker and the captain of brazil at the 82 world cup there was a time when he was as famous as the ancient philosopher he shared his name withpete posthethwaite 64 actor jan 2 2011 a quintessential character actor best remembered for his role in the cult film the usual