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In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Valentyna Shevchenko
Ukrainian politician (1935-2020).
Born March 12th, 1935 in Kryvyi Rih.
Died February 3rd, 2020 at 84 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Edmund M. Clarke
American computer scientist (1945–2020).
Born July 27th, 1945 in Newport News.
Died December 22nd, 2020 at 75 years old in Pittsburgh (COVID-19). [ref]
Amar Singh
Indian politician (1956–2020).
Born January 27th, 1956 in Azamgarh.
Died August 1st, 2020 at 64 years old in Singapore (kidney failure). [ref]
Otto Barić
Yugoslavian football player and manager, later croatian (1932-2020).
Born June 19th, 1933 in Blasnitzen. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2020 at 87 years old in Zagreb (COVID-19). [ref]
Sonja Ziemann
German actress (1926–2020).
Born February 8th, 1926 in Eichwalde.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 94 years old in Munich. [ref]
Lucille Starr
Canadian singer (1938-2020).
Born May 13th, 1938 in Saint Boniface.
Died September 4th, 2020 at 82 years old in Las Vegas.
Tomisaku Kawasaki
Japanese pediatrician (1925-2020).
Born February 7th, 1925 in Tokyo.
Died June 5th, 2020 at 95 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Thomas Oppermann
German politician (1954–2020).
Born April 27th, 1954 in Freckenhorst.
Died October 25th, 2020 at 66 years old in Göttingen. [ref]
Dana Zátopková
Czech javelin thrower.
Born September 19th, 1922 in Karviná, Fryštát.
Died March 13th, 2020 at 97 years old in Central Military Hospital Prague. [ref]
Leo Panitch
Canadian writer (1945-2020).
Born May 3rd, 1945 in Winnipeg.
Died December 19th, 2020 at 75 years old in Toronto (COVID-19).
Hawa Abdi
Somalian physician, activist (1947-2020).
Born May 17th, 1947 in Mogadishu. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2020 at 73 years old in Mogadishu. [ref]
Dennis Ralston
Us tennis player (1942–2020).
Born July 27th, 1942 in Bakersfield.
Died December 6th, 2020 at 78 years old in Austin (cancer). [ref]
Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Russian writer (1934-2020).
Born March 6th, 1934 in Odesa.
Died November 6th, 2020 at 86 years old in Moscow (prostate cancer). [ref]
Anisuzzaman
Bangladeshi academic of bengali literature.
Born February 18th, 1937 in Kolkata.
Died May 14th, 2020 at 83 years old in Combined Military Hospital (COVID-19).
Irina Slavina
Russian journalist.
Born January 8th, 1973 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2020 at 47 years old in Nizhny Novgorod (self-immolation). [ref]
Juan Giménez
Argentine comic book artist (1943-2020).
Born November 26th, 1943 in Mendoza. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2020 at 76 years old in Mendoza (COVID-19). [ref]
Pete Rademacher
American boxer (1928-2020).
Born November 20th, 1928 in Tieton.
Died June 4th, 2020 at 91 years old in Sandusky (dementia). [ref]
Pim Doesburg
Dutch footballer (1943–2020).
Born October 28th, 1943 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died November 18th, 2020 at 77 years old in Berkel en Rodenrijs. [ref]
Branko Kostić
Montenegrin politician (1939–2020).
Born August 28th, 1939 in Cetinje.
Died August 20th, 2020 at 80 years old in Podgorica. [ref]
Stanley Cowell
American musician (1941–2020).
Died December 17th, 2020 at 79 years old in Dover. [ref]
George Coyne
American astronomer (1933–2020).
Born January 19th, 1933 in Baltimore.
Died February 11th, 2020 at 87 years old in Syracuse (cancer). [ref]
Daniel Alvarado
Venezuelan actor (1949-2020).
Born August 12th, 1949 in Maracaibo.
Died July 8th, 2020 at 70 years old in Caracas (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Amadeo Carrizo
Argentine footballer (1926-2020).
Born June 12th, 1926 in Rufino.
Died March 20th, 2020 at 93 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Rolf Hochhuth
German writer (1931-2020).
Born April 1st, 1931 in Eschwege.
Died May 13th, 2020 at 89 years old in Berlin. [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid