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December 20th
163 Notable deaths
Mignon McLaughlin
American journalist (1913-1983).
Born June 6th, 1913 in United States of America.
Died December 20th, 1983 at 70 years old
Rajani Palme Dutt
British communist and journalist (1896-1974).
Born June 19th, 1896 in Cambridge.
Died December 20th, 1974 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Gustaf Kossinna
German archaeologist (1858–1931).
Born September 28th, 1858 in Sovetsk.
Died December 20th, 1931 at 73 years old in Berlin.
Roland Matthes
German swimmer (1950–2019).
Born November 17th, 1950 in Pößneck.
Died December 20th, 2019 at 69 years old in Wertheim (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Albin Planinc
Slovenian chess grandmaster.
Born April 18th, 1944 in Briše.
Died December 20th, 2008 at 64 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Peter Norbeck
American politician (1870-1936).
Born August 27th, 1870 in Vermillion.
Died December 20th, 1936 at 66 years old in Redfield (cancer).
Irving Rapper
English-american film director.
Born January 16th, 1898 in London.
Died December 20th, 1999 at 101 years old in Motion Picture & Television Fund (disease). [ref]
Arkady Raikin
Soviet actor (1911-1987).
Born October 24th, 1911 in Riga. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1987 at 76 years old in Moscow (disease). [ref]
Nicette Bruno
Brazilian actress.
Born January 7th, 1933 in Niterói.
Died December 20th, 2020 at 87 years old in Rio de Janeiro (COVID-19). [ref]
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Physiologist and biophysicist (1914-1998).
Born February 5th, 1914 in Banbury.
Died December 20th, 1998 at 84 years old in Cambridge.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris