December 20th
153 Notable deaths
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.
Karl Rolvaag
American diplomat (1913-1990).
Born July 18th, 1913 in Northfield.
Died December 20th, 1990 at 77 years old in Northfield.
Amata Kabua
Former president of the marshall islands (1928-1996).
Born November 17th, 1928 in Jaluit Atoll.
Died December 20th, 1996 at 68 years old in Honolulu (disease). [ref]
Hans von Obstfelder
German general.
Born September 6th, 1886 in Steinbach-Hallenberg.
Died December 20th, 1976 at 90 years old in Wiesbaden.
Olga Lepeshinskaya
Soviet ballet dancer.
Born September 28th, 1916 in Kyiv.
Died December 20th, 2008 at 92 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 153
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot