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SD Compostela

SD Compostela is a football club which plays in Spain.

History

Founded in 1928, Compostela spent the better part of that and the following decades playing professional football. On October 28, 1962, the newly formed SD Compostela merged with the Club Arenal. The decade of the 1970s was irregular. The team played in the Tercera División, in the Regional category and in the new Segunda División B. Its first promotion to a semi-national stage occurred in 1977, with a promotion to Segunda División B (Group 1), which lasted just one season; Compos promoted again in 1980, this time lasting six years.

Relegation in 1986 was compounded by off-field controversy surrounding the actions of then president Francisco Steppe. He resigned amid allegations of receipt of payments to throw a game against Pontevedra CF, which would assure the opposition's maintenance in the category. The late 1980s saw a significant restructuring of the club both at board and management levels and, in 1990, Compostela regained third-level status.

The following campaign was to prove the club's most successful to date. On 23 June 1991, a capacity crowd of 8,000 at the Estadio Municipal Santa Isabel, saw goals from Juanito and Ochoa (two) clinch a 3–1 victory in the final play-off match against CD Badajoz, for a first-ever Segunda División visit.

The move to Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro coincided with the continuing rise in the team's fortunes and, at the end of 1993–94, following a 3–1 play-off victory against Rayo Vallecano, Compostela reached La Liga. Compostela did remarkably well, and reached a best finish of 10th in 1995–96, mainly courtesy of strikers Christopher Ohen and Bent Christensen, whom totalled 23 league goals.

After four seasons at the top, Compostela was relegated after losing a relegation play-off match to Villarreal CF on the away goals rule, despite playing overall attractive football. The club was also about to start a downward spiral; after a relegation to the third level in 2001 the team returned the following year but, in the following campaign, played to a backdrop of off-field distractions, with the players and staff going unpaid for months – a final ninth place was not enough to prevent another relegation, as the club failed to meet the 31 July deadline to settle all wage debts.

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20th-century establishments in Spain
1962 establishments in Europe
Spanish football clubs
Santiago de Compostela
Teleostomi

Teleostomi is a grouping of fish in the Gnathostomata ('jawed fish'). It contains the extinct Acanthodii ('spiny sharks'), and the Osteichthyes ('bony fish'). Teleostomi have two adaptations which relate to their respiration: First, they had some kind of operculum (a set of bones which cover the gills). The also developed a primitive lung. As of 2020, there is no agreement, as to the level of the grouping. Some people see it as a clade, others say it is a crown group.

Fish
Georgie Glen

Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her stage and television work. Her most notable role is as Hannah More in the 2006 film Amazing Grace. Other roles she's played include John Ruskin's mother in the TV mini-series Desperate Romantics about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and a recurring role in Heartbeat as Sgt Jennifer Noakes. She also played History teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road, a role she played from 2012 to 2015. More recently, Glen's had large roles in the TV shows Hetty Feather, Call the Midwife and The Crown.

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1956 births
Living people
Scottish stage actors
Scottish television actors
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TeamTO

TeamTO is an independent French animation studio that produces TV series and movie projects. It is in Paris. It has a second production facility in Bourg-les-Valence, with offices in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Beijing, China and London, England, United Kingdom.[2] The studio was founded in 2005 by Guillaume Hellouin, Corinne Kouper and Caroline Souris.[1]

 2007: Zoé Kézako (Season 2)
 2009: Hareport
 2010: The Numtums
 2010: Babar and the Adventures of Badou (Season 1-3)
 2010: Angelo Rules (Season 1-4)[3]
 2010: Oscar's Oasis
 2011: Plankton Invasion
 2013: Rabbids Invasion (Season 1-3)
 2015: Sofia the First (Season 3-4)
 2016: Skylanders Academy (Season 1–3)[4]
 2016: Elena of Avalor
 2016: My Knight and Me
 2018: PJ Masks (Season 2-4)
 2019: Mighty Mike
 2019: Ricky Zoom
 2014: SOS Fairy Manu
 2016: Papaya Bull
 2019: Gigablaster

2005 establishments in France
Animation studios
Pampas cat

The pampas cat or gato de las pampas (Leopardus pajeros or Leopardus colocolo) is a small wild cat that lives in the Andes mountain range.  They live in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia.  Some scientists think this cat is really three species, L. colocolo, L. braccatus, and L. pajeros. Other scientists think they are all one species.

This cat lives in many kinds of habitats: cloud forests, swamps, scrublands, and grasslands.

This cat mostly eats small rodents such as guinea pigs and mice, but they also catch birds, for example flamingoes.  Scientists saw pampas cats going to penguin nests to eat eggs and baby penguins.  Farmers say that this cat can kill goats and chickens.

In most of the countries where the pampas cat lives, it is illegal to kill one.  The pampas cat is in danger of dying out because humans are using or want to use the land that it lives on for farms.   Indigenous people of the South America like the pampas cat because it is a sign of fertility and they believe killing a pampas cat brings bad luck.  But the same people also like to have a dead pampas cat's skin or whole body for ceremonies.

This cat's body is 42 to 79 cm long and its tail is another 22 to 33 cm long.  It can weigh 3 to 4 kg.  Its fur is thick and long.  It can be pale yellow to dark gray-brown or dark dull red in color.  It can have stripes or spots or not.  It almost always has rings on its legs and tail.

The first visual recordings of the pampas cat, a movie and photos, were made in 2006.

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Felines
Mammals of South America
Tropicbird

Tropicbirds are pelagic seabirds that occur in tropical areas and seas of the world. There are three living species. Before they were put in their own group, they were thought to belong to the Pelicanformes (which also contains pelcans, cormorants and gannets).

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Birds
David Proval

David Aaron Proval (born May 20, 1942) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Tony DeVienazo in the Martin Scorsese movie Mean Streets (1973) and as Richie Aprile on the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos.

Proval's other movie credits include The Monster Squad (1987), UHF (1989), Innocent Blood (1992), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Four Rooms (1995), The Phantom (1996), Mob Queen (1998), The Siege (1998), Bookies (2003) and Balls of Fury. He has also had roles in television shows such as Picket Fences, Boomtown, Everybody Loves Raymond, Kojak, The Equalizer, Miami Vice, Friday the 13th: The Series and The West Wing.

Proval was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He is Jewish.

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1942 births
Living people
Actors from Brooklyn
American movie actors
American television actors
Jewish American actors
Brian Tyree Henry

Brian Tyree Henry (born March 31, 1982) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles in the FX comedy-drama series Atlanta.

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1982 births
Living people
American movie actors
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Grosse Ile (Michigan)

Grosse Ile  is the largest island in the Detroit River. It is the most populated island in the state of Michigan. It is on the American side of the river and is part of Wayne County.

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Islands of the United States
Geography of Michigan
Clem Eischen

Clem Eischen (December 24, 1926 – December 7, 2020) was an American middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Eischen was born in Adams County, Nebraska.

Eischen died on December 7, 2020 in Oregon at the age of 93.

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1926 births
2020 deaths
American track and field athletes
American Olympians
Sportspeople from Nebraska
Andrzej Tomaszewicz

Andrzej Tomaszewicz (11 March 1943 – 11 December 2020) was a Polish historian and politician. He was a member of the Polish Senate from 1989 to 1991. Tomaszewicz was born in Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland. He was a member of the Solidarity Citizens' Committee.

Tomaszewicz died on 11 December 2020 in Sieradz, Poland at the age of 77.

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1943 births
2020 deaths
Polish historians
Polish politicians
Bill Holm (art historian)

Bill Holm (24 March 1925 – 16 December 2020) was an American art historian and author. He was born in Roundup, Montana.

Many of his works focused on Indigenous Northwest Coast art. He was Professor Emeritus of Art History, and Curator Emeritus of Northwest Coast Indian Art at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. He was a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Holm died on 16 December 2020 at the age of 95.

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1925 births
2020 deaths
American historians
Writers from Montana
Trace radioisotope

A trace radioisotope is a radioactive isotope of an element which exists naturally in tiny amounts (i.e. traces). Generally speaking, trace radioisotopes have half-lives much shorter than the age of the Earth.

Trace radioisotopes occur in the atmosphere and the crust of the Earth. They are constantly produced by natural processes such as cosmic ray fission: high-energy cosmic ray striking atoms and causing them to split into smaller nuclei). 

Another mechanism is neutron capture in uranium ores causing the production of nuclei such as uranium-236 and plutonium-239, which are both radioactive isotopes. Spontaneous fission and alpha decay of heavy nuclei such as thorium and uranium also produce radioisotopes in traces as their intermediate decay products.

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Chemical elements
Radiometric dating
Bill Sveinson

William Martin Sveinson (July 7, 1946 – December 17, 2020) was a Canadian professional poker player and politician. Sveinson was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Saskatchewan from 1982 to 1986. He was a member of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party. Sveinson was born in Wadena, Saskatchewan.

Sveinson died on December 17, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta at the age of 74.

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1946 births
2020 deaths
Poker players
Sportspeople from Saskatchewan
Roger Berlind

Roger Stuart Berlind (June 27, 1930December 18, 2020) was an American theatre producer and businessman. Berlind was born in New York City. He worked for Lehman Brothers. Berlind won fifteen Tony Awards for many of his stage productions. He produced Amadeus, The Book of Mormon and Guys and Dolls.

Berlind died in New York City on December 18, 2020 of cardiopulmonary arrest at the age of 90.

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1930 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from cardiopulmonary arrest
Theatre producers
Businesspeople from New York City
Tony Award winners
Two Men in Manhattan

Two Men in Manhattan () is a 1959 French crime movie directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (who also stars) and also starring Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes, Monique Hennessy, Glenda Leigh.

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1959 movies
1950s crime movies
French crime movies
Movies directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
River Great Ouse

The River Great Ouse () is a river in the England. It is the longest of several British rivers called "Ouse". 

From Syresham in central England, the Great Ouse flows into East Anglia. It goes into the Wash, a bay of the North Sea. 

Its course is , mostly flowing north and east. It is the fifth longest river in the United Kingdom.  The Great Ouse was important for commercial navigation, and for draining the low-lying region through which it flows. 

Its best-known tributary is the Cam, which runs through Cambridge. Its lower course passes through drained wetlands and fens. It has been extensively modified to relieve flooding and provide a better route for barge traffic. It now enters the Wash after passing through the port of King's Lynn.

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Rivers of England
Tank (movie)

Tank is a 1984 American action comedy movie directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and starring James Garner, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell, Mark Herrier, James Cromwell, Jenilee Harrison. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.

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1984 action movies
1984 comedy movies
American action movies
American comedy movies
Charlie Brooker (ice hockey)

Charles Brooker (March 25, 1932 – December 18, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. Brooker was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen. He won the bronze medal for Canada in 1956 Winter Olympics.

Brooker died on 18 December 2020 at the age of 88.

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Other websites

 Charlie Brooker's profile at Sports Reference.com

1932 births
2020 deaths
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Canadian Olympic bronze medalists
Joan Dougherty

Joan Dougherty (March 2, 1927 – December 18, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He was born in Montreal. He represented Jacques-Cartier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1981 to 1987. Dougherty was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Dougherty died on December 18, 2020 in Montreal from COVID-19 at the age of 93.

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1927 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
Politicians from Montreal
John Ahern (politician)

John Ahern (December 4, 1934 – December 19, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. Ahern was a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 6th district from 2001 to 2009 and 2011 to 2013. Ahern was born in Havre, Montana.

Ahern died on December 19, 2020 in Spokane, Washington at the age of 86.

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1934 births
2020 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Washington
Politicians from Montana
People from Havre, Montana
US Republican Party politicians
Christmas Oratorio

The Christmas Oratorio () is a musical composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach. It tells the story of the birth of Jesus, based on the gospels of Matthew and Luke.

History 
Before Bach wrote the Christmas Oratorio, he already wrote some cantatas for the Christmas season.
The oratorio was written in 1734. It was written for the Christmas season of that year. It was first performed in the Thomaskirche and Nikolaikirche, Leipzig.

Music 
The oratorio has 6 parts. Each part is performed for a certain day in the Christmas season. Some of the music is based from Bach's other works.

Chorales 
In his German-language church music, Bach uses Lutheran chorale melodies.

Parts

Part I 
Part I is written for Christmas Day (December 25). The words tell the story of the birth of Jesus.  
The instruments used in part I are 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (each player also plays an oboe d'amore), 2 violins, viola, and the basso continuo.

Part II 
Part II is written for the second day of Christmas (December 26). The words tell the story of the annunciation of the shepherds. 
The instruments used in part II are 2 flutes, 2 oboes d'amore, 2 oboes da caccia, 2 violins, viola, and the basso continuo.

Part III 
Part III is written for the third day of Christmas (December 27). The words tell the story of the arrival of the shepherds. 
The instruments used in part III are the same as part I.

Part IV 
Part IV is written for New Year's Day (January 1). The words tell the story of the circumcision of Jesus.
The instruments used in part II are 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, and the basso continuo.

Part V 
Part V is written for the Sunday after New Year's Day. The words tell the story of the Magi's arrival in Jerusalem.
The instruments used in part II are 2 oboes d'amore, 2 violins, viola, and the basso continuo.

Part VI 
Part VI is written for the holiday of Epiphany. The words tell the story of the Magi visiting Jesus.
The instruments used in part VI are the same as part I.

Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach
Oratorios
Christmas music
Net run rate

Net run rate (NRR) is a number used in cricket to decide which of two teams is better, if both teams are equal on points gotten from winning games during a competition (i.e. they may have won and lost an equal number of games during a World Cup). It is calculated using the difference between the number of runs scored by a team and its opponents, while dividing each of these by the number of legal deliveries (in batches of 6 i.e. the number of overs) that team and its opponents have each batted throughout all of the games involving that team in the competition. This calculation does not look at how many times each team's batsmen have gotten out, so it gives teams that score many runs very quickly an advantage even if they have more batsmen get out than their opponents.

As an example, if a team wins a game 300 runs to 200, with it having batted 200 legal deliveries (33.2 overs, meaning 33 overs and 2 deliveries, or 33 overs plus a third of an over) and its opponents having batted 185 legal deliveries (30.5 overs), then the team's Net Run Rate during that game is (6*((300/200)-(200/185)))= 2.51.

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Cricket
Sports words
Hermina Pipinić

Hermina Pipinić (1 May 1928 – 19 December 2020) was a Croatian actress. Her career began at the First Drama Theatre in Zagreb in 1948. She retired in 1997. She was born in Zagreb. Pipinić was known for her roles in Square of Violence, La steppa and Old Surehand.

Pipinić died in Zagreb on 19 December 2020 at the age of 92.

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1928 births
2020 deaths
Croatian actors
People from Zagreb
Eileen Pollock

Eileen Pollock (18 May 1947 – 19 December 2020) was a Northern Irish actress. She was known for her role as Lilo Lil in television series Bread. Pollock was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her career lasted from 1982 until her retirement in 2019.

Pollock died on 19 December 2020 in London at the age of 73.

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1947 births
2020 deaths
British movie actors
British television actors
British voice actors
British stage actors
People from Belfast
Raymon Anning

Raymon Harry Anning (Chinese: 顏理國, 22 July 1930 – 20 December 2020) was a British police officer and civil servant. He was the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong. In the early 1970s, he was a commander of the Metropolitan Police in Greater London. He was Hong Kong Police commissioner from 1985 to 1989.

Anning died on 20 December 2020 at the age of 90.

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1930 births
2020 deaths
People from Hong Kong
Police officers
People from London
Romolo Tavoni

Romolo Tavoni (30 January 1926 – 20 December 2020) was an Italian sports executive. He directed the racing team Scuderia Ferrari during the 1959 Formula One season. He was born in Formigine, Kingdom of Italy.

Tavoni died on 20 December 2020 at the age of 94.

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1926 births
2020 deaths
Italian businesspeople
Richard Vande Hoef

Richard Peter Vande Hoef (May 15, 1925 – December 20, 2020) was an American politician. Vande Hoef was born in Boyden, Iowa. He was a member of the Iowa Senate from 1981 to 1993 and State House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999. Vande Hoef was a member of the Republican Party.

Vande Hoef died on December 20, 2020 in Sibley, Iowa at the age of 95.

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1925 births
2020 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Iowa
US Republican Party politicians
Tadeusz Górczyk

Tadeusz Górczyk (16 October 1961 – 21 December 2020) was a Polish politician. He was a member of the Sejm from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the Centre Agreement. Górczyk was born in Jasło, Poland.

Górczyk died on 21 December 2020 at the age of 59.

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1961 births
2020 deaths
Polish politicians
Hamish McLachlan (rower)

Hamish McLachlan (27 July 1967 – 21 December 2020) was an Australian rower. He competed at the rowing event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth. He later worked in the stock market in Australia.

In 2004, McLachlan went to jail for nine years for stock market fraud.

McLachlan died on 21 December 2020 at the age of 53.

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1967 births
2020 deaths
Australian Olympians
Rowers
Australian businesspeople
Fraudsters
Australian criminals
Stockbrokers
Arkady Andreasyan

Arkady Georgievich Andreasyan (, ; 11 August 1947 – 23 December 2020) was a Soviet Armenian football player and manager. 

He played as midfielder for Ararat Yerevan in most of his club career and for the Soviet Union national football team. He won bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics with the national team.

He was the manager of Ararat Yerevan.

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1947 births
2020 deaths
Armenian sportspeople
Soviet sportspeople
Olympic bronze medalists
Footballers
Football managers
Pero Kvrgić

Pero Kvrgić (4 March 1927 − 23 December 2020) was a Croatian actor.

Kvrgić was born in Srpske Moravice. He co-founded the Gavella Drama Theatre in 1953. He retired in 1988. 

His play Stilske vježbe, a Croatian version of Exercises in Style, is well known and has been produced since 1970.

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1927 births
2020 deaths
Croatian actors
Lonnie Laffen

Lonnie Laffen (July 16, 1958 – December 23, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the North Dakota Senate from the 43rd District from 2010 to 2018. He was a member of the Republican party. Laffen was born in Wimbledon, North Dakota.

Laffen died of a heart attack on December 23, 2020, in Grand Forks, North Dakota at age 62.

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1958 births
2020 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from North Dakota
US Republican Party politicians
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Bijeljina

Bijeljina is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Republika Srpska. In 2013, about 107,715 people lived here.

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Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mićo Mićić

Mićo Mićić (6 September 1956 – 23 December 2020) was a Bosnian Serb politician. He was mayor of Bijeljina from 2004 until his death in 2020. He was a member of the Serb Democratic Party. Mićić was born in Bijeljina.

Mićić died on 23 December 2020 at a hospital in Bijeljina from COVID-19 at the age of 64.

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1956 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina politicians
Mayors
Frankie Randall

Frankie Billy Randall (September 25, 1961 – December 23, 2020) was an American professional boxer. He competed from 1983 to 2005. He was a three-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA, WBC, and lineal titles between 1994 and 1997. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Randall died on December 23, 2020 in Birmingham at the age of 59.

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1961 births
2020 deaths
American boxers
Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama
Sugathakumari

Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist. She was an important person in the environmentalist and feminist movements in Kerala, South India.

She was the founder secretary of the Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi, an organization for the protection of nature and a day-care center for the mentally ill. 

She chaired the Kerala State Women's Commission.

Sugathakumari died on 23 December 2020 from bronchopneumonia caused by COVID-19 at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 86.

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1934 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from bronchopneumonia
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Indian activists
Indian poets
Feminist writers
Environmentalists
People from Kerala
K. J. Yesudas

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born 10 January 1940) is an Indian playback singer, actor and musician. He sings Indian classical and cinematic songs. Yesudas has recorded more than 50,000 songs.

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1940 births
Living people
Indian composers
Indian musicians
Indian singers
Indian movie actors
Ron Widby

George Ronald Widby (March 9, 1945 – December 23, 2020) was an American football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers. Widby was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Widby won the Super Bowl in 1972.

Widby died on December 23, 2020 at the age of 75.

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1945 births
2020 deaths
American football punters
American basketball players
Dallas Cowboys players
Green Bay Packers players
Sportspeople from Tennessee
People from Knoxville, Tennessee
Rika Zaraï

Rika Zaraï (; 19 February 1938 – 23 December 2020) was an Israeli singer-songwriter. She was best known for making classic Israeli songs popular in Europe such as Hava Nagila, Yerushalayim shel zahav and Hallelujah.

Death
In June 2008, Zaraï suffered from a paralytic stroke. She died on 23 December 2020 in Paris, aged 82.

Songs
Chante Israël (1962)
Rika Zaraï (1964)
Un beau jour je partirai (1967)
Alors je chante (1969)
Moi le dimanche (1971)
Les Dessins animés (1973)
Chansons d'Israël (1973)
Ma poupée de France (1975)
Dad li di (1979)
Chante l'ami (1982)
L'Espoir (1983)
Sans rancune et sans regret (1985)
Story (1988)
Hava (2000)
Quand les hommes (2007)

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Other websites
 

1938 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from stroke
Israeli singers
Israeli writers
Songwriters
People from Jerusalem
Michael Alig

Michael Alig (April 29, 1966 – December 25, 2020) was an American nightclub promoter and convicted felon. He was one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids.

In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid Andre "Angel" Melendez over a drug debt. In October 1997, Alig pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Both men were sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison. Alig was released on May 5, 2014.

On December 25, 2020, Alig was found dead by his partner at their Manhattan, New York City home after overdosing on heroin, aged 54.

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1966 births
2020 deaths
American people convicted of manslaughter
Businesspeople from Indiana
Businesspeople from New York City
Criminals from Indiana
Criminals from New York City
Drug-related deaths in the United States
Gay men
LGBT businesspeople
LGBT criminals
LGBT people from Indiana
LGBT people from New York City
People from South Bend, Indiana
People with histrionic personality disorder
Fairport, New York

Fairport is a village located in the Town of Perinton, which is part of Monroe County, New York. Fairport is a suburb  east of Rochester. In 2005 it was named as one of the "Best Places to Live" by Money Magazine. About 5,353 people lived here since the 2010 census.

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Villages in New York
Perinton, New York

Perinton (originally Perrinton (in federal censuses) and sometimes Perrington when still part of Ontario County) is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. About 46,462 people lived here since the 2010 census.

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Towns in New York
Ivan Bogdan

Ivan Havrylovich Bogdan (; February 29, 1928 – December 25, 2020) was a Ukrainian wrestler. He was born in Dmytro-Bilivka, Ukrainian SSR. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1960. He won gold medals at the 1958 and 1961 World Wrestling Championships.

Bogdan died on December 25, 2020 at the age of 92.

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1928 births
2020 deaths
Ukrainian sportspeople
Olympic gold medalists
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi

Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (30 September 1935 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian poet and an Urdu critic and theorist. He used criticism found in Western literature and added them to Urdu literature.
 He was also editor of his literary magazine Shabkhoon and part-time professor at the South Asia Regional Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

Faruqi died on 25 December 2020 in Allahabad from Covid-19 at the age of 85.

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1935 births
2020 deaths
Indian poets
Indian educators
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India
Robin Jackman

Robin David Jackman (13 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian-born cricketer. He played in four Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1974 and 1983. He was a member of the Surrey side that won the County Championship in 1971, and also played for Western Province in South Africa in 1971–72, and for Rhodesia between 1972–73 and 1979–80.

Jackman died at his home in Cape Town on 25 December 2020 at the age of 75.

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1945 births
2020 deaths
Indian cricketers
English cricketers
Jamal Khwaja

Jamal Khwaja (12 August 1926 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian philosopher and politician. He was born in New Delhi. Khwaja was a member of the Indian National Congress. Khwaja was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1962.

Khwaja died on 25 December 2020 in New Delhi at the age of 94.

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1926 births
2020 deaths
Indian politicians
Indian philosophers
Anil Nedumangad

Anil Nedumangad (also known as P. Anil; 30 May 1972 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian actor and television news anchor. His career began in 2014. Nedumangad was born in Nedumangad, Kerala. He was known for his roles in Ayyappanum Koshiyum, Kammatipaadam, Kismath, Paavada and Porinju Mariam Jose.

Nedumangad drowned at a dam near Thodupuzha, Kerala on 25 December 2020 at the age of 48.

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1972 births
2020 deaths
Indian movie actors
Indian television actors
Television news anchors
Accidental deaths by drowning
Maksim Tsyhalka

Maksim Tsyhalka (, , Maksim Tsygalko; often spelled Maxim Tsigalko; 27 May 1983 – 25 December 2020) was a Belarusian footballer. He made two appearances for the national team in 2003. From 2001 to 2005, he was known for playing for FC Dinamo Minsk.

Tsyhalka died on 25 December 2020 at the age of 37.

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1983 births
2020 deaths
Belarusian footballers
Joyce Bulifant

Joyce Collins Bulifant (born December 16, 1937) is an American actress and author. She played  Marie Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

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1937 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Virginia
Writers from Virginia
People from Newport News, Virginia
Joachim Bäse

Joachim Bäse (2 September 1939 – 22 December 2020) was a German football player. He was born in Braunschweig. He played ten seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschweig.

He also played for Germany once in 1968.

Bäse died on 22 December 2020, aged 81.

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1939 births
2020 deaths
German footballers
Wojciech Borowik

Wojciech Borowik (24 June 1956 – 22 December 2020) was a Polish politician. He was a member of the Sejm from 1993 to 1997. Borowik was a member of the Labour Union Party.

Borowik died at age 64 on 22 December 2020, from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Poland.

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1956 births
2020 deaths
Polish politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
Claude Brasseur

Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor.

From the late 1950s until two years before his death, Brasseur appeared in 150 movies and television productions. He was known for his role as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (1964). Brasseur played the lead role in the early 1970s historical crime television series The New Adventures of Vidocq.

Brasseur died on 22 December 2020 in Paris, at the age of 84.

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1936 births
2020 deaths
French movie actors
French television actors
French stage actors
French voice actors
Actors from Paris
Norma Cappagli

Norma Gladys Cappagli (20 September 1939 – 22 December 2020) was an Argentine model and beauty queen. She won the 1960 Miss World contest, after being crowned Miss Argentina World 1960. She was the first model from Argentina to win the title. She was born in Buenos Aires.

On 17 December 2020, Cappagli was hospitalized under critical condition after being hit by a bus in Buenos Aires. She died from her injuries five days later on 22 December, aged 81.

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1939 births
2020 deaths
Road accident deaths
Argentine models
Miss World winners
People from Buenos Aires
Edmund M. Clarke

Edmund Melson Clarke, Jr. (July 27, 1945 – December 22, 2020) was an American  computer scientist and academic. He created model checking. He was the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University. He won the Turing Award in 2007. Clarke was born in Newport News, Virginia.

In 2005, he became a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2011, Clarke became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Clarke died of COVID-19 on December 22, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the age of 75.

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1945 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
American computer scientists
American academics
Scientists from Virginia
People from Newport News, Virginia
Turing Award winners
Educators from Virginia
Ed Gomes

Edwin A. Gomes (February 25, 1936 – December 22, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Connecticut State Senate from 2015 until 2019. Before that, he  was a member of the state senate from November 2005 to January 2013. Gomes was a member of the Democratic Party. Gomes was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Gomes died on December 22, 2020 in Bridgeport, Connecticut from injuries caused by a car crash, aged 84.

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1936 births
2020 deaths
Road accident deaths in the United States
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Massachusetts
Politicians from Connecticut
People from Bridgeport, Connecticut
US Democratic Party politicians
Darul Uloom Deoband

Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary in India. It is the birthplace of Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. It was founded in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi.

History 
Darul Uloom Deoband was established on 31 May 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanotawi and other scholars in his circle. The founders include Sayyid Muhammad Abid, Mehtab Ali and Nehal Ahmad (brother-in-law of Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi).
Mahmud Deobandi was appointed as the first teacher, and Mahmud Hasan Deobandi was the first student who enrolled in the seminary.

It played an important role in the Indian independence movement. It opposed the Two-state solution proposed by All-India Muslim League.

Vice-Chancellors 
 Sayyid Muhammad Abid (1866 - 1867)
 Rafiuddin Deobandi (1867 - 1868)
 Sayyid Muhammad Abid (1869 - 1871)
 Rafiuddin Deobandi (1872 - 1889
 Sayyid Muhammad Abid (1890 - 1892
 Fazl Haq (1893 - 1894)
 Muneer Ahmad Nanautawi (1894 - 1895)
 Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad (1895 - 1930)
 Habibur Rahman Usmani (1928 - 1929)
 Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi (1928 - 1980)
 Marghubur Rahman Bijnori (1982 - 2010
 Ghulam Muhammad Vastanvi (10 January 2011 - 24 July 2011)
 Abul Qasim Nomani Banarsi (2011 - present)

References

Other websites 

 
 Tabassum F. Deoband Ulema's Movement for the Freedom of India. Jamiat Ulama i-Hind, New Delhi, pdf at Attahawi blog, July 2007.
 Deobandi Islam Global security organisation website.
 Metcalf B.  Social Science Research Council, non-profit organisation, Brooklyn, New York.
 

1866 establishments
Islam in India
Colleges and universities in India
Paul Loridant

Paul Loridant (22 April 1948 – 22 December 2020) was a French politician. He was a member of the Socialist Party. From 1977 to 2008, he was Mayor of Les Ulis. From 1986 until 2004, Loridant was a member of the French Senate. Loridant was born in Ille-sur-Têt, France.

Loridant died on 22 December 2020 in Villejuif, France at the age of 72.

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1948 births
2020 deaths
French mayors
Les Ulis

Les Ulis () is a commune in the Essonne department located in the southwestern suburbs (banlieue) of Paris, France.

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Communes in Essonne
Ille-sur-Têt

Ille-sur-Têt (Catalan: Illa or Illa de Tet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France.

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Communes in Pyrénées-Orientales
Oppo Reno4 Lite

Oppo Reno4 Lite - smartphones, developed by the company Oppo, included in the Reno series and is a simplified version of the Oppo Reno4. It was presented on 28 September 2020. In the India the smartphone was introduced on September 2, 2020 under the name Oppo F17 Pro. 1 October 2020 was presented Oppo A93, which is a similar model to the Oppo Reno4 Lite in addition to battery capacity and charging speed. 10 October 2020 Oppo A93 was presented in Indonesia called Oppo Reno 4 F.

Oppo mobile phones
Mobile phones released in 2020
Ron Lurie

Ronald Philip Lurie (January 23, 1941 – December 22, 2020) was an American businessman and politician. He was the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1987 to 1991. Lurie was a member of the Democratic Party. Lurie was born in Los Angeles, California.

Lurie, who had blood cancer, died under hospice care in Las Vegas from COVID-19 on December 22, 2020 at the age of 79.

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1941 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Deaths from blood cancer
Mayors of Las Vegas
Politicians from Los Angeles
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Businesspeople from Las Vegas, Nevada
US Democratic Party politicians
Muhammad Mustafa Mero

Muhammad Mustafa Mero () (1941 – 22 December 2020) was a Syrian politician. He was Prime Minister of Syria from 7 March 2000 to 10 September 2003. Mero was a member of the Ba'ath Party. He was born in Al Tall, Syria.

Mero died in Al-Tall at age 79 on 22 December 2020, from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Syria.

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1941 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic
Prime Ministers of Syria
Özkan Sümer

Özkan Sümer (20 November 194022 December 2020) was a Turkish footballer and coach. He played as defender in Trabzonspor, Galatasaray SK, and the Turkey national football team. His playing career lasted from 1967 to 1970. His managing career lasted from 1978 to 2001. 

Sümer died on 22 December 2020 in Trabzon, Turkey at the age of 80.

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1940 births
2020 deaths
Turkish footballers
Turkish football managers
Galatasaray S.K. (football) managers
Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez

Rubén Tierrablanca González (24 August 1952 – 23 December 2020) was a Mexican-born Turkish Roman Catholic bishop. Tierrablanca González was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. He became a priest in 1978. He was titular bishop of Tubernuca and as Vicar Apostolic of Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul and Apostolic Administrator of Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Istanbul, from 2016 until his death in office in 2020.

Tierrablanca Gonzalez died in Istanbul, Turkey at age 68, from COVID-19 in Istanbul, Turkey.

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1952 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
Turkish people
Mexican people
Roman Catholic bishops
Roman Catholic priests
Magnon

A magnon in physics is a quasiparticle with magnetic properties. It is not a  thing which exists on its own   in free space but exists only within the structure being studied  usually a crystalline solid.

Each atom in a solid has a magnetic field generated by its electrons as they spin. If these  spins all align then the solid becomes magnetic at the bulk everyday level. Usually they do not align and the magnetic field of individual atoms cancel each other out. 

Individual atoms can have their spin reversed by interaction with energy from elsewhere. A spin reversal itself  can influence the spin of the electrons in neighbouring atoms.  A wave of change in electron spins can then move through the electrons in the crystal lattice as it dissipates like waves on a pool of water.  Since the electrons are very small and governed by quantum mechanics, this wave, can be treated as though it is a number of particle like entities. These are magnetic quasi particles or magnons. 

Quantum mechanics
Magnetism
Tuck Tucker

William Osborne "Tuck" Tucker III (August 20, 1961 – December 22, 2020) was an American writer, artist, animator, songwriter, and director. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was known for having worked on SpongeBob SquarePants, The Simpsons and Hey Arnold!.

Tucker died in California on December 22, 2020 at the age of 59.

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1961 births
2020 deaths
American animators
American songwriters
American television writers
American television directors
Writers from Virginia
People from Lynchburg, Virginia
Antonio Vacca

Antonio Vacca (8 August 1934 – 22 December 2020) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. He became a priest in 1957. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alghero-Bosa, Italy, from 1994 to 2006.

Vacca died of throat cancer on 22 December 2020 at the age of 86.

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1934 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from throat cancer
Italian Roman Catholics
Roman Catholic bishops
Mouloud Achour

Mouloud Achour (19 March 1944 – 24 December 2020) was an Algerian writer, professor, and journalist.

Achour was a member and then chairman of the executive council of the Public Establishment of Television. He also directed the cabinet for the Ministry of Communications. He was editorial director of Casbah Éditions in Algiers.

Achour died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 76.

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1944 births
2020 deaths
Academics
Journalists
Algerian people
National Assembly (Mali)

The National Assembly of Mali is the unicameral country's legislative body of 147 voting members.

Members of the National Assembly, called deputies, are elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year term.

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Mali
Mohamad Aziz

Mohamad bin Aziz (29 July 1940 – 24 December 2020) was a Malaysian politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sri Gading constituency in the state of Johor from 1999 to 2013. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party. Aziz was born in Batu Pahat, Johor.

Aziz died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 80.

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1940 births
2020 deaths
Malaysian politicians
Rosario Cordero

Maria Rosario Cordero Martin (13 August 1966 – 24 December 2020) was a Spanish politician. She was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Cordero was born in Cáceres, Spain. From 2015 until her death, she was President of the Province of Cáceres. From 2003 until her death, Cordero was Mayor of Romangordo.

Cordero died on 24 December 2020 in Romangordo, Spain from colorectal cancer, aged 54.

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1966 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from colorectal cancer
Spanish politicians
Mayors
Cancer deaths in Spain
Romangordo

Romangordo is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.

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Municipalities in Extremadura
Ivry Gitlis

Ivry Gitlis (;‎ 25 August 1922 – 24 December 2020) was an Israeli violinist. He performed with the world's top orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Gitlis was born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate.

Gitlis died on 24 December 2020 in Paris at the age of 98.

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1922 births
2020 deaths
Israeli musicians
Violinists
People from Haifa
Yehuda Henkin

Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin (1945 – December 24, 2020) was an Israeli rabbi and modern orthodox posek. He was born in Jerusalem. Henkin was the founder and head of Nishmat, the Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies for Women.

Henkin died in Jerusalem on December 24, 2020 at the age of 75.

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1945 births
2020 deaths
Israeli rabbis
Israeli Jews
People from Jerusalem
Thoriq Husler

Thoriq Husler (19 April 1963 – 24 December 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was born in Palopo, Indonesia. He was the Regent of the East Luwu Regency from 2016 until his death.

Husler died on 24 December 2020 in Makassar, Indonesia from COVID-19 at the age of 57.

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1963 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
Indonesian politicians
AKM Jahangir Hossain

AKM Jahangir Hossain (1954 – 24 December 2020) was a Bangladeshi Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from 1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2006 and from 2014 to 2018. From 1998 to 2001, he was Minister of Textiles and Jute.

Hossain died on 24 December 2020 at a Dhaka hospital from COVID-19 at the age of 66.

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1954 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
Indonesian politicians
Milorad Janković

Milorad Janković (10 August 1940 – 24 December 2020) was a Yugoslav footballer. He played at both professional and international levels as a striker. He played club football for Radnički Niš between 1964 and 1974, and made one appearance for Yugoslavia in 1966.

Janković died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 80.

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1940 births
2020 deaths
Serbian footballers
Aleksandar Ivoš

Aleksandar Ivoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Ивош; 28 June 1931 – 24 December 2020) was a Serbian footballer. In 1962, he made three appearances for the Yugoslavia national football team.

Ivoš started his football career in neighbouring FK Loznica before moving to FK Mačva Šabac in 1951. He played for FK Sloboda Tuzla before moving abroad to play in Austria and Belgium. He played with Wiener Sport-Club.

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1931 births
2020 deaths
Serbian footballers
B. J. Marsh

B.J. Marsh (February 21, 1940 – December 24, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and 1988 to 1992. He was a member of the Republican Party. Marsh was born in Dade County, Missouri.

Marsh died on December 24, 2020 in Springfield, Missouri from problems caused by COVID-19. He was 80 years old.

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1940 births
2020 deaths
State legislators of the United States
Politicians from Missouri
Businesspeople from Missouri
US Republican Party politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Greenfield, Missouri

Greenfield is a city in Dade County, Missouri, United States. 1,371 people lived here at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dade County.

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Cities in Missouri
County seats in Missouri
Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani

Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani (; 15 September 1951 – 24 December 2020) was a Pakistani politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 until his death. He was also a member of the assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. Jeelani was a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party.

Jeelani died in Karachi on 24 December 2020, at age 66, from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Pakistan.

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2020 deaths
1951 births
Pakistani politicians
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan
Irawaddy frog

The Irawaddy frog ("Hylarana" margariana) is a frog from Myanmar.

Scientists are not sure which genus this frog should be in. That is why they write "Hylarana" in quotation marks instead of just Hylarana margariana.

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Animals of Asia
Frogs
Benhur Salimbangon

Benhur L. Salimbangon (June 3, 1945 – December 24, 2020) was a Filipino politician. He was a member of KAMPI and the One Cebu party. Salimbangon was a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2007 until 2019. He was born in Cebu City.

Salimbangon died on 24 December 2020 in Cebu City from cancer, aged 75.

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1945 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from cancer
Filipino politicians
Mojmir Sepe

Mojmir Sepe (11 July 1930 – 24 December 2020) was a Slovenian composer, conductor, arranger and trumpeter. His career began in 1950. Sepe was born in Jazbina, Črna na Koroškem, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He composed two Eurovision songs: "Brez besed" (1966) and "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" (1970).

Sepe died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 90.

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1930 births
2020 deaths
Slovenian writers
Composers
Conductors
Trumpeters
Felis attica

Felis attica is a wild cat in the Felinae subfamily.  It is extinct.

Scientists say Felis attica lived about nine million years ago. It was about the size of a bobcat and looked a little like a lynx. It may have been the ancestor of the African wildcat and of dimestic cats today.

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Felines
Guy N. Smith

Guy Newman Smith (21 November 1939 – 24 December 2020) was an English writer. He wrote pulp fiction-style horror. He also wrote non-fiction, softcore pornography, and children's literature. Smith was born in Hopwas, Staffordshire. He wrote the novel versions of many Disney animated movies.

Smith died on December 24, 2020 at the age of 81.

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1939 births
2020 deaths
English novelists
People from Staffordshire
Davie Sneddon

David Sneddon MBE (24 April 1936 – 24 December 2020) was a Scottish football player and manager. He managed Kilmarnock to their 1979 Tennent Caledonian Cup victory. Sneddon played once for the Scotland national under-23 football team in 1958.

He was awarded an MBE in 2014. 

Sneddon died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 84.

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1936 births
2020 deaths
Scottish football managers
Scottish footballers