Kou Voravong
The political crisis caused by his assassination, barely two months after the Geneva Agreements which prepared to restore peace in Indochina, contributed to bring down the current neutralist government (pro-French) which was replaced by a progressive one (pro-American) in extremely tense atmosphere of the Cold War between Russia and the United States. From 1955 indeed, the political history of this small landlocked country fell trapped inexorably in the ideological confrontation between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union, annihilating any hope of national unification.
Ron Porambo
Porambo died on October 22, 2006, by choking on an orange. He was 67 years old. Porambo had been estranged from his family for so long that officials at New Jersey State Prison looking to notify next of kin were unable to find them. Journalist Bill Taylor, who worked with Porambo at the "Toronto Star", wrote Porambo's obituary, which appeared in the "Star" on November 8.