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In the year 2020
1,624 Notable deaths
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]
Oscar Benton
Dutch artist (1949–2020).
Born February 3rd, 1949 in Haarlem.
Died November 8th, 2020 at 71 years old in IJmuiden (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Bennie G. Adkins
United states army medal of honor recipient (1934-2020).
Born February 1st, 1934 in Waurika.
Died April 17th, 2020 at 86 years old in East Alabama Medical Center (COVID-19). [ref]
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]
Nicolas Portal
French road bicycle racer.
Born April 23rd, 1979 in Auch. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 2020 at 40 years old in Andorra la Vella (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Philip W. Anderson
American physicist (1923-2020).
Born December 13th, 1923 in Indianapolis. [ref]
Died March 29th, 2020 at 96 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Deaths 561 to 570 of 1624
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