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Sonny Venkatrathnam was born on 27 July, 1935 in Durban, Natal, is an activist. Discover Sonny Venkatrathnam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

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Occupation Human rights activist
Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 27 July 1935
Birthday 27 July
Birthplace Durban, Natal
Date of death (2019-03-15) Durban, Natal
Died Place Durban, Natal
Nationality South Africa

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2019

Venkatrathnam died on 15 March 2019. He was aged 84.

1990

Venkatrathnam lived in Durban for most of his life. He taught at the University of Durban-Westville through the 1990s.

1983

He worked with Amnesty International after his ban was lifted in April 1983. As a human rights activist he organized the Human Rights Now! concerts in 1988 to spread awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on its 40th anniversary. The worldwide concert tour had featured singers including Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, and Youssou N'Dour.

1935

Sonny Venkatrathnam (27 July 1935 – 15 March 2019) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and human rights activist who was imprisoned in the Robben Island Maximum Security Prison along with other anti-apartheid activists including Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, and Mac Maharaj. He was most famously known for smuggling an edition of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare into the prison. The book was shared with many of the high-profile prisoners in the prison and was called the Robben Island Bible.

Venkatrathnam was born in Sea View in Durban in the province of Natal, on 27 July 1935, in a family with 12 siblings. His grandparents were bonded laborers who had come in from India. His parents were flower sellers in the Durban cemetery, and later farmers in Cliffdale near Pietermaritzburg. He grew up in the family with modest means, with no electricity or running water at home.