(1) Steve Jobs, who showed us that the marriage of 'artistic-design' and 'consumer-IT-product-design' is indeed possible,
(2) Dennis Ritchie, a Turing Award winner and more popularly recognized by the 'R' in the K&R book, and,
(3) Jagjit Singh, who with his golden voice redefined and revitalized Ghazal in the Indian music industry.
Not surprisingly, people have reacted to their death with sorrow and grief. Facebook is replete with R.I.P. messages. This outpouring of emotions reminded me of the famous doha by Kabir,
कबीरा जब पैदा हुए तो, जग हंसा हम रोये,which roughly translates to
ऐसी करनी कर चलो, हम हँसे जग रोये
When we were born, the world smiled and you cried,
You should live your life in such a way that when you die, you smile and people cry.
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