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In the year 2020
1,584 Notable deaths
Edmund M. Clarke
American computer scientist.
Born July 27th, 1945 in Newport News.
Died December 22nd, 2020 at 75 years old in Pittsburgh (COVID-19). [ref]
Daniel Alvarado
Venezuelan actor (1949-2020).
Born August 12th, 1949 in Maracaibo.
Died July 8th, 2020 at 70 years old in Caracas (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Stuart Christie
British anarchist.
Born July 10th, 1946 in Glasgow.
Died August 15th, 2020 at 74 years old (lung cancer). [ref]
Hawa Abdi
Somalian physician, activist (1947-2020).
Born May 17th, 1947 in Mogadishu. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2020 at 73 years old in Mogadishu. [ref]
Ilija Petković
Serbian footballer (1945-2020).
Born September 22nd, 1945 in Knin.
Died June 27th, 2020 at 74 years old in Belgrade (COVID-19). [ref]
André Gagnon
Canadian pianist.
Born August 2nd, 1936 in Saint-Pacôme. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 2020 at 84 years old (dementia with Lewy bodies). [ref]
Jonathan Sacks
British rabbi.
Born March 8th, 1948 in Lambeth.
Died November 7th, 2020 at 72 years old in London (cancer).
Willigis Jäger
German buddhist teacher (1925-2020).
Born March 7th, 1925 in Hösbach.
Died March 20th, 2020 at 95 years old in Holzkirchen. [ref]
Kumiko Okae
Japanese actress, voice actress and television presenter.
Born August 23rd, 1956 in Setagaya-ku.
Died April 23rd, 2020 at 63 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia, COVID-19). [ref]
Sonja Ziemann
German actress.
Born February 8th, 1926 in Eichwalde.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 94 years old in Munich. [ref]
Deaths 691 to 700 of 1584
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel