The following is a report on notable persons who passed away in Kuwait in 2021:
Jan 10: Writer, researcher and historian Khaled Al-Ansari passed away at the age of 81. He was one of the pioneers of Kuwait’s literature and history.
Jan 24: Former Arabi SC and Kuwait national football team member Mohammad Al-Khatib passes away at 77.
Feb 11: Former chairman of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry and founding member of Kuwait Red Crescent Society Saad Al-Nahedh passes away at 96.
Feb 20: Former MP Basel Al-Rashed passes away at 54.
Feb 25: Actor Meshari Al-Ballam passes away at 48.
Feb 26: Renowned car racer Salah Al-Eidan passes away at 51.
March 12: Interior ministry assistant undersecretary for services’ affairs Khaled Al-Deyain passes away due to COVID-19.
April 13: Former Kazma Club and Kuwaiti national team player Jamal Yaqoub passed away at the age of 62.
April 26: Writer and poet Abdulrazaq Al-Adsani passed away at the age of 85.
May 21: Salmiya Fire Station Officer Major Abdulaziz Saud Al-Dawas died after evacuating a burning house.
June 10: Sheikh Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah passed away at the age of 79.
June 12: Kuwaiti cartoonist Abdulsalam Maqboul passed away at the age of 68.
July 1: Muneera Khaled Al-Mutawwa, a leading philanthropist, passed away.
July 5: Poet Ali Hussain Al-Sabti passed away.
July 22: Jawad Ashor, former Al-Arabi SC and Kuwait national team football player and referee, passed away.
July 31: Actress Intisar Al-Sharrah passed away at the age of 59.
Aug 2: Former Information Ministry Undersecretary Mubarak Al-Adwani passed away.
Aug 4: Kuwaiti female teacher Latifa Al-Barrak passed away.
Aug 23: Sheikha Badriya Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah passed away.
Aug 25: Sheikh Ali Fahad Al-Salem Al-Sabah passed away at the age of 73.
Sept 5: Professor and diplomat Dr Shafiq Al-Ghabra passed away at 68.
Sept 18: Former Oil Minister Abdulmuttaleb Al-Kadhemi passed away at 85.
Sept 22: Composer Mohammad Al-Ruwaished passed away at 65.
Oct 8: Faisal Al-Hajji Bu Khadhoor, an advisor at the Prime Minister’s Diwan, former ambassador and minister, passed away at 74.
Oct 14: Historian and writer Saif Marzouq Al-Shamlan, who contributed to documenting Kuwait’s history, passed away at 94.
Oct 14: Cinema director Khaled Al-Siddeeq passed away at 74.
Nov 10: Mohammad Al-Asousi, former NCCAL Assistant Secretary General, passed away.
Nov 17: Marzouq Saeed, former Al-Arabi SC and national football team player, passed away.
Nov 29: Abdulaziz Al-Dousari, founder of Kuwait Credit Bank, passed away.
Dec 11: Contemporary Kuwaiti poet Sheikh Duaij Khalifa Al-Sabah passed away at the age of 50.
Dec 20: Former Kuwaiti national team member and footballer for Jahra SC Saad Waleed passed away. — KUNA