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Ahmed Al-Qadri (1956 – 3 September 2020) was a Syrian agricultural engineer and politician. He was born in Al-Hasakah, Syria. He was a member of Bashar al-Assad's cabinet. He was Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform from February 2013 to August 2020.  Al-Qadri died of COVID-19 on 3 September 2020 at a hospital in Damascus at the age of 64.
André Lespagnol (26 July 1943 – 13 September 2020) was a French politician and professor. He was a professor at the University of Rennes 2, focusing on the history of Saint-Malo. He was President of the University of Rennes 2 from 1991 to 1996. In 2004, he was elected Vice-President of the Regional Council of Brittany, serving until 2010. He was born in Crozon, France. Lespagnol died on 13 September 2020 at the age of 77.
Edward Russell Meekins Jr. (1949 – September 13, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives between 1973 to 1975 and again from 1977 to 1983. His father Russ Meekins Sr. was also a politician. Meekins was a member of the Democratic Party. He was born in Anchorage, Alaska. Meekins Jr. died on September 13, 2020 in Massachusetts at the age of 71.
Vital Alsar Ramírez (August 7, 1933 – September 15, 2020) was a Spanish-born Mexican sailor and scientist. He made several extremely long sailing expeditions. He was born in Santander, Cantabria. He was known for having sailed . Between 1966 and 1973, Alsar led three expeditions by raft across the Pacific Ocean, from Ecuador and Australia. The first expedition failed, but the second and third succeeded, both setting the record for the longest known raft voyages in history— and . Vital later replaced the rafts with galleons to carry out the project "Mar, hombre y paz", which was begun in 1980. This expedition took the "trapo blanco" (white rag), around the world on board the "La Marigalante". Alsar died on September 15, 2020 in Mexico City at the age of 87.
The Parliament of Uganda is the country's unicameral legislative body. The most significant of the Ugandan parliament's job is to pass laws. The fiscal issues of the government, such as taxation and loans need the sanction of the parliament, after appropriate debate.
Faith Alupo (9 October 1983 – 15 September 2020) was a Ugandan politician. She was a Member of Parliament, representing the Pallisa District. She was elected to that position in June 2018. She was a member of the National Resistance Movement. Alupo died on 15 September 2020 in Kampala, Uganda from COVID-19 at the age of 36.
John Edward Ferris (July 24, 1949 – September 13, 2020) was an American competition swimmer and former world record-holder. He was born in Sacramento, California. Ferris won two bronze medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He received a gold medal in the 200-meter butterfly at the 1967 World University Games, where he set a new world-record time of 2:06.0.  Ferris died in Walnut Creek, California on September 13, 2020 from lung cancer, aged 71.
Ahmed Ben Salah () (13 January 1926 – 16 September 2020) was a Tunisian politician and trades union leader. His ideas for a planned economy were important for Tunisia's economic development between 1957 to 1969. He was born in Moknine, Tunisia. Ben Salah was the Minister of Finance between 1961 to 1969. Ben Salah died on 16 September 2020 in Tunis at the age of 94.
Stanley Lawrence Crouch (December 14, 1945 – September 16, 2020) was an American poet, music, and cultural critic. He was best known for his jazz criticism and his 2000 novel "Don't the Moon Look Lonesome?" Crouch was born in Los Angeles. He was also a known critic of jazz in New York City and worked with "The New York Times". Crouch died on September 16, 2020 at a hospital in New York City at the age of 74.
Núria Gispert y Feliu (6 June 1936 – 16 September 2020) was a Spanish politician, Catholic activist and social worker. She was born in Barcelona. She was a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia. Between 1979 to 1995, she was a member of the City Council of Barcelona. Feliu died on 16 September 2020 in Barcelona of colon cancer at the age of 84.
Enrique Irazoqui (5 July 1944 – 16 September 2020) was a Spanish actor and political activist. He was born in Barcelona. Irazoqui was best known for his role as Jesus Christ in the 1964 movie "The Gospel According to St. Matthew". Irazoqui died on 16 September 2020 in Barcelona at the age of 76.
Edwin Cole Bearss (; June 26, 1923 – September 15, 2020) was an American military historian and writer. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II.  He was known for his work on the American Civil War and World War II eras. He was a tour guide of historic battlefields for The Smithsonian Associates and was Chief Historian of the National Park Service from 1981 to 1994. He was born in Billings, Montana. Bearss died at his home in Arlington, Virginia on September 15, 2020 at the age of 97.
John Henry "Jack" Kelley (July 10, 1927 – September 15, 2020) was an American ice hockey coach. He was a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Kelley was the first general manager and head coach of the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association (WHA).  He was head coach at Boston University. He was born in Medford, Massachusetts. Kelley died on September 15, 2020 at the age of 93.
William Henry Danforth II (April 10, 1926 – September 16, 2020) was an American physician, professor of medicine, and academic administrator. He was chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1971 until 1995. He was the brother of former U.S. Senator John Danforth. Danforth was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Danford died on September 16, 2020 in St. Louis from problems caused by a fall at the age of 94.
Maxim Sergeyevich Martsinkevich (, 8 May 1984 – 16 September 2020), better known as Tesak ("Cleaver", "Hatchet", "Hand Axe", "Machete"), was a Russian neo-Nazi activist, media personality, vlogger, and the leader and co-founder of the Restruct movement. Political activities. He was known for his white power skinhead and the leader of the far-right youth group Format 18. He was also a key member of Occupy Pedophilia. Prison sentences. Martsinkevich received three prison sentences for inciting racial or ethnic hatred. Tesak was first indicted in 2007, after disrupting political debates by performing the Nazi salute and yelling "Sieg Heil!" at a book club in Moscow. In 2009, he was sentenced to three years for making a video with racist content.  In the autumn of 2013, Tesak was indicted again for releasing new videos featuring racist remarks. As a result, on 15 August 2014, he was sentenced to five years in prison. On 11 November 2014, the court reduced the sentence to two years and 10 months. On 27 June 2017, the Babushkinsky district court of Moscow sentenced Martsinkevich to ten years in a strict regimen corrective labor colony for his involvement in attacks targeting synthetic cannabinoids dealers.  Death. He got killed in prison on 16 September 2020 at the age of 36.
Balli Durga Prasad Rao (15 June 1956 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India in the 2019 Indian general election. He was a member of the YSR Congress Party. Rao was also a member of the Andhra Pradesh MLA from 1985 to 1989, 1994 to 1999, and 2009 to 2014. Rao died at a medical center in New Delhi on 16 September 2020 from COVID-19, aged 64.
Main's water-holding frog, Main's frog, the sheep frog or western collared frog ("Ranoidea maini") is a frog from Australia. It lives in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. This frog can live on flood plains, claypans, grassland and wetlands that dry up. It lays eggs whenever there is enough water, and the tadpoles grow into frogs quickly. This frog is 5.0 cm long with a round body. The skin on its back is gray or brown with darker marks. Some frogs can change the color of their skin, making it much lighter in color in a few hours. Their front feet are not webbed, and their hind feet are webbed about halfway. This frog is named after frog scientist Albert Main.
Saefullah (11 February 1964 – 16 September 2020) was an Indonesian politician and educator. He was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. He was the Mayor of Central Jakarta from 2010 to 2014. He was also Regional Secretary of Jakarta from 2014 until his death.  Saefullah died on 16 September 2020 at a hospital in Jakarta from COVID-19, aged 56.
Tony Tanner (27 July 1932 – 8 September 2020) was a British actor, theatre director and choreographer. He was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex. His career began in 1953. He directed "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in the West End production in 1970. He also starred as Terry in "Strictly for the Birds" (1964) and as Littlechap in "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off" (1966). Tanner died at his home in Los Angeles on 8 September 2020, at the age of 87.
Edwin Monroe Cronk (May 20, 1918 – September 1, 2020) was an American politician. He was the third United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1972 to 1975 during the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford presidencies. He was born in Minneapolis. He was Dean and Director of Deep Springs College from 1976 to 1980. Cronk died on September 1, 2020 at the age of 102.
Michael John Kricfalusi (; born September 9, 1955), known professionally as John K., is a Canadian blogger, former animator and voice actor. He is best known for creating the Nickelodeon animated television series "The Ren &amp; Stimpy Show", voicing Ren and being the original singer for the song Happy Happy Joy Joy on the show and for voicing Dr. Theopolis in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and in the 1979 film of the same name. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. In 2018, Kricfalusi was accused of sexually abusing underage girls in the late 1990s. Kricfalusi released an apology for his behavior, blaming his bipolar disorder.
Liladhar Vaghela (17 February 1935 – 16 September 2020) was an Indian politician. He was born in Gujarat, Indian. He was a member of Lok Sabha between 2014 to 2019 as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was also a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly betweem 1975 to 1980, 1985 to 1995, 1998 to 2002 and lastly from 2007 to 2014. Vaghela died on 16 September 2020 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from acute respiratory failure, aged 85.
In 2020, the Western United States experienced a series of major wildfires.  Intense August thunderstorms lit many wildfires across California, Oregon, and Washington, followed in early September by additional ignitions across the West Coast.  Fanned by strong, gusty winds and fueled by hot, dry terrains, many of the fires exploded and coalesced into record-breaking, fire cloud producing, megafires, burning more than of land. It has killed at least 35 people, with many more still missing.  Climate change and poor forest management practices led to the severity of the wildfires.
Bapu Chandrasen Kamble (born 15 July 1919), commonly known as B. C. Kamble, is an Indian politician, writer, editor, jurist, and social activist. He was born in Maharashtra, India. He is a member of the Republican Party. Between 1957 to 1962 and again from 1977 to 1979, he was a member of the Lok Sabha. He was also a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1957. In 1984, he unsuccessfully ran for Vice-President of India losing to R. Venkataraman. During 1956 to 1957, he was a Professor of Constitutional Law in Siddharth College of Law, Mumbai.
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde (born 4 September 1941) is an Indian politician. He was the Minister of Home Affairs and Power in the Manmohan Singh government.  He was also the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until 26 May 2014.  He was the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra during 18 January 2003 to October 2004. Shinde unsuccessfully ran for Vice-President of India in 2002, but lost the election to Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
Pinner is an area in Greater London, in the London Borough of Harrow. It is 12 miles (19 km) northwest from Charing Cross. Previously it was in Middlesex, as that county used to be. Pinner is close to the northern border of the London Borough of Hillingdon.
René Marqués (October 4, 1919 – March 22, 1979) was a Puerto Rican short story writer and playwright. Life. He studied at the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. He earned a degree in agronomy in 1942. He studied drama at the University of Madrid in 1946 and Columbia University in New York in 1949. Family. He married Serena Velasco in 1942. They divorced in 1957. He had two sons and one daughter.  He had many jobs. He worked as an agronomist for the Department of Agriculture (1943-46). He managed a department store from 1946 to 1949. He was also a college teacher and a journalist in San Juan in the 1950s. He founded the Experimental Theater of the Atheneum in 1951.  He won a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1949. He also won many literary prizes in Puerto Rico.  Theatrical works. He wrote theater plays, short stories, and essays.   His most famous play is "The Oxcart (1956)" or "La Carreta" (which means "The Wagon"). It is the story of a Puerto Rican family who move from Puerto Rican countryside to New York City for a better life. The family has a hard time becoming like their neighbors. They go back home to live on a farm in Puerto Rico, but they find it is hard to go back to the way they were.  In 1959, he published three plays in one book. The book was called "Teatro" ("Theater"). The first play was "La muerte no entrará en palacio" ("Death Will Not Enter the Palace"). This play was about a governor who betrays his ideals. The second play was called "Un niño azul para esa sombra" ("A Blue Child for That Shadow"). The third play was the most successful, "Los soles truncos" ("Maimed Suns"). "Los soles truncos" tells the story of three sisters who do not like modern life. He influenced later Puerto Rican playwrights, such as Luis Rafael Sanchez (author of "Antigone"), Pedro Pietri (author of "The Masses are Asses"), and Lin-Manuel Miranda (author of "Hamilton"). He influenced the Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi (author of Yo-Yo Boing!).
Puerto Rico has a vibrant literature. Puerto Rican poetry, novels, essays, and theater plays are mostly written in Spanish. However, Puerto Rican authors sometimes write in a mixture of Spanish and English and in English. The most important authors are René Marqués, Julia de Burgos, Rosario Ferrer, Luis Rafael Sanchez, Giannina Braschi, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Esmeralda Santiago. Puerto Rican women writers. Puerto Rican women novelists have been successful internationally. They have won many prizes. Their books have been translated into many languages. They write satires, humorous novels, poems, and political essays The island's storytellers include Rosario Ferrer ("Eccentric Neighborhoods"), Giannina Braschi ("United States of Banana"), Ana Lydia Vega ("Pollito Chicken"), Mayra Santos ("Sirena Selena"), and Esmeralda Santiago ("When I Was Puerto Rican"). The major female poets are Julia de Burgos (who wrote lyrical poems such as "Yo fui mi ruta") and Giannina Braschi (author the poetry epic "Empire of Dreams"). Nuyorican Literature. In the 20th century, many Puerto Ricans moved to New York City for a better life. They are called "Nuyorican." Nuyorican is a person of Puerto Rican birth or descent who lives in New York. Novels. The most famous Puerto Rican novels are "Down These Mean Streets" by Piri Thomas and "Yo-Yo Boing!" by Giannina Braschi. Both books talk of New York City life for immigrants. Their books discuss the harsh side of the American Dream. Both novels also use a mixture of Spanish and English called Spanglish. Poetry. The Nuyorican movement is a tradition of poets, writers, artists, and musicians who create works about Puerto Rican life in New York City. The male poets include Miguel Algarin, Tato Laviera, Pedro Pietri ("Masses are Asses"), and Miguel Pinero (Outlaw). The main Nuyorican women poets are Sandra Maria Esteves and Giannina Braschi (Empire of Dreams). Theater. The
Giannina Braschi (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 5 February 1953) is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, and scholar. Her best-known books are "Empire of Dreams", "Yo-Yo Boing!", and "United States of Banana". Life. Giannina Braschi was a model, singer, and tennis champion in her childhood. Her family imported cars to Puerto Rico. She studied literature and philosophy in Madrid, Rome, London, Paris, and New York. She has a Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature. She taught at Rutgers University. Her life's work is the subject of the book "Poets, Philosophers, Lovers: On the Writings of Giannina Braschi".  She is also an activist. She advocates for the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States.  She lives in New York City.  Works. Giannina Braschi writes in Spanish, Spanglish, and English. She writes about love, creativity, immigration, and liberty. She is "one of the most revolutionary" writers in Latin America today." The word "revolutionary" means to her style is very creative. She also writes about revolution. She wrote the poetry epic "Empire of Dreams" (1988) about New York City. Her poetry is humorours. She wrote the first Spanglish novel "Yo-Yo Boing!" (1998). Spanglish is a mix of the English and Spanish languages. She wrote the novel "United States of Banana" (2011) about terrorism and the collapse of the United States. The novel opens with the fall of the World Trade Center in 2001, and ends with the liberation of Puerto Rico.  Her books have been turned into art books, photography, painting, and sculpture. There is a comic book of United States of Banana (2017) by the Swedish cartoonist Joakim Lindengren. The same book was turned into a play. Awards. She has won awards from National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Ford Foundation, Danforth, and Reed Foundations, Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, and PEN American Center, among others.
Murdoc Faust Niccals (born Murdoc Alphonce Niccals; 6 June 1966) is the fictional bassist for the British animated rock band Gorillaz. He is voiced by Phil Cornwell and was created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Appearance. Murdoc is portrayed as a middle-aged man with a black mop top haircut, green skin and black eyes. In some cases, especially in phases 1 and 2, his left eye is a dark red or grey colour. The colour of Murdoc's skin has changed over the years from a dark greenish olive to a lime-green colour, however the cause of this is unknown.
Nicolette Poulos is a South African female national team water polo player and former national team captain. She represented South Africa in its first international competition in the Netherlands in 1997 and played until 2012. She competed at World Aquatics Championships in Rome in 2009 and Shanghai in 2011.
Hayley Duncan (born 20 May 1981) is a South African water polo player. She played at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
Laura Barrett (born 1986) is a South African water polo player. She played at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
Tammy Heydenrych (born 1980) is a South African water polo player. She played at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. and 2009 Women's Water Polo World League.
Sarah Lee Harris (born 11 November 1987 Cape Town) is a South African water polo player. She played at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. She played for University of the Pacific, and Arizona State University.
Christine Barretto (born 1980) is a South African water polo player. She played at the 2009 FINA Women’s Water Polo World League, 2009 World Aquatics Championships, and 2011 World Aquatics Championships.
Samantha Keet (born 15 July 1988) is a South African water polo player. She played at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships.
Mbali Mpofu (born 1990) is a South African water polo player. She played at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships. and 2009 Women's Water Polo World League.
Winston Francis Groom Jr. (March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020) was an American novelist and non-fiction writer. He was born in Washington, D.C. but raised near Mobile, Alabama. He was best known for writing "Forrest Gump", which was made into the popular 1994 movie "Forrest Gump". He published a sequel, "Gump and Co.", in 1995.  He also wrote many non-fiction works such as about the American Civil War and World War I. Groom died on September 17, 2020 in Fairhope, Alabama from a heart attack at the age of 77.
The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS, , abbr. AV ČR) was created in 1992 by the Czech National Council. It replaced the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The Academy is the leading non-university public research institution in the Czech Republic. It is located in the Czech capital of Prague. History. The establishment of the academy in 1992 follows several previous organizations: In 2010 the academy adopted an open access policy to make its research outputs free to read and reuse.
Luboš Perek (26 July 1919 – 17 September 2020) was a Czech astronomer. He was born in Prague. Perek was best known for his "Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae" co-written in 1967 with Luboš Kohoutek.  From 1967 to 1970, he was General-Secretariat of the International Astronomical Union. He worked on the mass in the galaxy, high-velocity stars, planetary nebulae, definition of outer space, geostationary orbit, space debris, and management of outer space. Perek turned 100 in July 2019. He died on 17 September 2020 in Prague, aged 101.
Ashok Gasti (1965 – 17 September 2020) was an Indian politician and a lawyer. He was born in Raichur, Karnataka. He represented Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha for less than 3 months until his death in 2020. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Gasti died of COVID-19 on 17 September 2020 at a hospital near Udupi, Karnataka at the age of 55.
Ricardo Manuel Ciciliano Bustillo (September 23, 1976 – September 17, 2020) was a Colombian football midfielder. Ciciliano was born in Barranquilla, Colombia. He mainly played for Millonarios F.C. with 65 appearances and with Juan Aurich with 58 appearances.  Ciciliano died on September 17, 2020 at a hospital in Barranquilla from pneumonia caused by COVID-19, aged 43.
Roy Charles Hammond (August 3, 1939 – September 16, 2020), better known as Roy C or Roy "C", was an American southern soul singer-songwriter and record executive. He was best known for his songs "Shotgun Wedding" and "Impeach the President". He was born in Newington, Georgia. Hammond died on September 16, 2020 in Allendale, South Carolina from liver cancer at the age of 81.
Wang Zhiliang (; 1941 – 15 September 2020) was a Chinese table tennis player and coach. At the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships, he and partner Zhang Xielin became the first Chinese duo to win the men's doubles gold medal in world championships. He was born in Xushui District, China. Wang died on 15 September 2020 from a stroke in Beijing at the age of 79.
Horace Edward "Steve" Carter Jr. (November 7, 1929 – September 15, 2020) was an American playwright. Carter was best known for his plays involving Caribbean immigrants living in the United States. He was born in New York City. He was known for writing the 1978 play "Nevis Mountain Dew". He was a playwright-in-residence at Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. Carter died on September 15, 2020 in Tomball, Texas at the age of 90.
Russell A. Anderson (May 28, 1942 – September 15, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. He was Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2006 to 2008. He was an Associate Justice of the court from September 1, 1998 until he was 2006. He was born in Bemidji, Minnesota Anderson died on September 15, 2020 at the age of 78.