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In the year 2020

1,514 Notable deaths

Alison Lurie

American novelist and academic.

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

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

Momčilo Krajišnik

Bosnian serb former politician.

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]

Alfred Riedl

Austrian soccer player.

Born November 2nd, 1949 in Vienna.

Died September 8th, 2020 at 70 years old in Pottendorf. [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]

Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr.

Filipino politician.

Born January 27th, 1947 in Kidapawan. [ref]

Died June 12th, 2020 at 73 years old in San Juan (pneumonia). [ref]

Pau Donés

Spanish singer-songwriter and musician.

Born October 11th, 1966 in Montanuy.

Died June 9th, 2020 at 53 years old in Bagergue (colorectal cancer). [ref]

Ashley Cooper

Australian tennis player.

Born September 15th, 1936 in Melbourne.

Died May 22nd, 2020 at 83 years old (disease). [ref]

S. I. Padmavati

Indian medical academic.

Born June 20th, 1917 in Myanmar. [ref]

Died August 29th, 2020 at 103 years old in New Delhi (COVID-19).

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]

Roddam Narasimha

Indian scientist.

Born July 20th, 1933 in Bengaluru.

Died December 14th, 2020 at 87 years old in Bengaluru.

Deaths 541 to 550 of 1514

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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde