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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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