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In the year 2020
1,652 Notable deaths
Adin Steinsaltz
Israeli rabbi and educator.
Born July 11th, 1937 in Jerusalem.
Died August 7th, 2020 at 83 years old in Jerusalem (pneumonia).
Mamadou Tandja
President of niger.
Born July 20th, 1938 in Maïné-Soroa.
Died November 24th, 2020 at 82 years old in Niamey. [ref]
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Nepalese poet.
Born September 23rd, 1919 in Lamjung District.
Died August 18th, 2020 at 100 years old in Kathmandu (respiratory failure).
Didi Kempot
Indonesian singer-songwriter.
Born December 31st, 1966 in Surakarta.
Died May 5th, 2020 at 53 years old in Surakarta (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Patricia Bosworth
American journalist (1933-2020).
Born April 24th, 1933 in Oakland.
Died April 2nd, 2020 at 86 years old in Manhattan (COVID-19). [ref]
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 pianist.
Born August 25th, 1947 in Bristol. [ref]
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]
Deaths 551 to 560 of 1652
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