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In the year 2020
1,582 Notable deaths
James Flynn
New zealand political scientist (1934–2020).
Born April 28th, 1934 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2020 at 86 years old in Dunedin. [ref]
Jiří Menzel
Czech film director, actor, director, scriptwriter, writer and university educator (1938-2020).
Born February 23rd, 1938 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 5th, 2020 at 82 years old in Prague (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]
Park Ji-sun
South korean comedian and actress.
Born November 3rd, 1984 in Incheon.
Died November 2nd, 2020 at 35 years old in Seoul. [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]
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Nepalese poet.
Born September 23rd, 1919 in Lamjung District.
Died August 18th, 2020 at 100 years old in Kathmandu (respiratory failure).
Diane di Prima
American poet (1934-2020).
Born August 6th, 1934 in Brooklyn.
Died October 25th, 2020 at 86 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Yūko Takeuchi
Japanese actress (1980-2020).
Born April 1st, 1980 in Saitama.
Died September 27th, 2020 at 40 years old in Shibuya-ku.
Ruhollah Zam
Iranian activist and journalist (1978-2020).
Born July 27th, 1978 in Tehran.
Died December 12th, 2020 at 42 years old in Tehran (hanging). [ref]
Mamadou Tandja
President of niger.
Born July 20th, 1938 in Maïné-Soroa.
Died November 24th, 2020 at 82 years old in Niamey. [ref]
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte