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In the year 2020

1,652 Notable deaths

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.

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.

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.

Born September 3rd, 1926 in Chicago. [ref]

Died December 3rd, 2020 at 94 years old in Ithaca. [ref]

Deaths 561 to 570 of 1652

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