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In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Richard K. Guy
British mathematician (1916-2020).
Born September 30th, 1916 in Nuneaton.
Died March 9th, 2020 at 103 years old in Calgary. [ref]
Mike Resnick
American writer (1942-2020).
Born March 5th, 1942 in Chicago.
Died January 9th, 2020 at 77 years old in Cincinnati (cancer). [ref]
Keith Tippett
British jazz pianist and composer (1947–2020).
Born August 25th, 1947 in Bristol.
Died June 14th, 2020 at 72 years old [ref]
Tim Severin
British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020).
Born September 25th, 1940 in Jorhat.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 80 years old in County Cork. [ref]
Ramadan Shalah
Founder of pij (1958-2020).
Born January 1st, 1958 in Shuja'iyya. [ref]
Died June 6th, 2020 at 62 years old in Beirut (disease). [ref]
William Link
American screenwriter and producer (1933–2020).
Born December 15th, 1933 in Philadelphia.
Died December 27th, 2020 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Kamau Brathwaite
Barbadian poet (1930–2020).
Born May 11th, 1930 in Bridgetown. [ref]
Died February 4th, 2020 at 89 years old in Barbados. [ref]
Donald Kennedy
American biologist (1931-2020).
Born August 18th, 1931 in New York City.
Died April 21st, 2020 at 88 years old in Redwood City (COVID-19). [ref]
Joanna Cole
American children's books author (1944-2020).
Born August 11th, 1944 in Newark.
Died July 12th, 2020 at 75 years old in Sioux City (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis). [ref]
Momčilo Krajišnik
Bosnian serb former politician (1945–2020).
Born January 20th, 1945 in Sarajevo.
Died September 15th, 2020 at 75 years old in University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska (COVID-19). [ref]
Mary Twala
South african actress (1939-2020).
Born September 14th, 1939 in Soweto.
Died July 4th, 2020 at 80 years old in Johannesburg.
Flossie Wong-Staal
American virologist.
Born August 27th, 1947 in Zhongshan. [ref]
Died July 8th, 2020 at 72 years old in La Jolla (pneumonia). [ref]
Claude Brasseur
French actor (1936-2020).
Born June 15th, 1936 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 2020 at 84 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Albert Memmi
French writer of tunisian-jewish origin.
Born December 15th, 1920 in Tunis.
Died May 22nd, 2020 at 99 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Alison Lurie
American novelist and academic (1926-2020).
Born September 3rd, 1926 in Chicago.
Died December 3rd, 2020 at 94 years old in Ithaca. [ref]
Oscar Benton
Dutch artist (1949–2020).
Born February 3rd, 1949 in Haarlem.
Died November 8th, 2020 at 71 years old in IJmuiden (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Bennie G. Adkins
United states army medal of honor recipient (1934-2020).
Born February 1st, 1934 in Waurika.
Died April 17th, 2020 at 86 years old in East Alabama Medical Center (COVID-19). [ref]
Ruhollah Zam
Iranian activist and journalist (1978-2020).
Born July 27th, 1978 in Tehran.
Died December 12th, 2020 at 42 years old in Tehran (hanging to death). [ref]
Nicolas Portal
French road bicycle racer (1979–2020).
Born April 23rd, 1979 in Auch. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 2020 at 40 years old in Andorra la Vella (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Philip W. Anderson
American physicist (1923-2020).
Born December 13th, 1923 in Indianapolis. [ref]
Died March 29th, 2020 at 96 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Stanley Cohen
American biochemist.
Born November 17th, 1922 in Brooklyn.
Died February 5th, 2020 at 97 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Pascal Lissouba
First president of the republic of the congo (1931–2020).
Born November 15th, 1931 in Tsiguindi.
Died August 24th, 2020 at 88 years old in Perpignan (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Alfred Riedl
Austrian soccer player (1949–2020).
Born November 2nd, 1949 in Vienna.
Died September 8th, 2020 at 70 years old in Pottendorf. [ref]
Park Ji-sun
South korean comedian and actress.
Born November 3rd, 1984 in Incheon.
Died November 2nd, 2020 at 35 years old in Seoul. [ref]
Ron Cobb
American cartoonist (1937-2020).
Born September 21st, 1937 in Los Angeles.
Died September 21st, 2020 at 83 years old in Sydney (Lewy body dementia). [ref]
Deaths 576 to 600 of 1795
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