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Susan Maree Ryan (10 October 1942 – 27 September 2020) was an Australian public servant and politician. She was the Age Discrimination Commissioner from 2011 to 2016, within the Australian Human Rights Commission. She was a member of the Labor Party. She served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory between 1975 and 1987. Ryan also served as a minister in the Hawke Government. In 1983, she became the first female Labor minister when she became the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women and Minister for Education and Youth Affairs. She was involved in the creation of the and the . She was also Special Minister of State from 1987 to 1988. Ryan was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She was married to government official Richard Butler from 1963 to 1972. The couple had two children. On 25 September 2020, Ryan was hospitalized in intensive care at a hospital near Sydney after swimming. She died two days later on 27 September, aged 77.
Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934) is an American author, journalist, and historian. His works focused in American history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1993. He was born in Atlanta. Wills has written nearly forty books and, since 1973. He has been a reviewer for "The New York Review of Books". He became a faculty member of the history department at Northwestern University in 1980, where he is currently an Emeritus Professor of History.
Joseph Shabalala (28 August 1940 – 11 February 2020), born Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala, was a South African singer and musician. He was the founder and musical director of the choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Shabalala was born in Ladysmith, South Africa. On 11 February 2020, Shabalala died at a hospital in Pretoria from back surgery-related problems at the age of 78.
Jean-Pierre Kalfon, known professionally as Hector (20 October 1946 – 19 February 2020) was a French singer. He was born in Paris. Hector started his career with a group called "les Médiators". He separated from this group in 1964 and began his solo career. Hector wrote many of his songs alongside Jean Yanne and Gérard Sire. Hector died of cancer on 19 February 2020, aged 73.
Peter Dreher (26 August 1932 – 20 February 2020) was a German artist and academic teacher. He painted series of landscapes, interiors, flowers and skulls, beginning his series "Tag um Tag guter Tag" in 1974.  Dreher was a lecturer of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe from 1965 at the Freiburg location, and from 1968 a professor there. He retired from his position as a professor in 1997. Dreher died in February 2020 at the age of 87.
Boris Leskin (January 5, 1923 – February 21, 2020) was a Romanian-born Russian-American actor. He was born in Chişinău, Bessarabia, Romania He was known for his roles in "Heavenly Swallows", "Vampire's Kiss" and "Men in Black". His last known role was in "Everything Is Illuminated. Leskin died in New York City on February 21, 2020 at the age of 97.
Tao Porchon-Lynch (born Täo Andrée Porchon, August 13, 1918 — February 21, 2020) was an American yoga master and author. She discovered yoga in 1926 when she was eight years old in India.  At age 101, she taught a weekly class in New York, and led programs across the globe. She was the author of two books, including her autobiography, "Dancing Light: The Spiritual Side of Being Through the Eyes of a Modern Yoga Master", which won a 2016 IPPY Award and three 2016 International Book Awards.  Deepak Chopra said: "One of the most acclaimed yoga teachers of our century, Tao Porchon-Lynch... is a mentor to me who embodies the spirit of yoga and is an example of Ageless Body, Timeless Mind. Like yoga, she teaches us to let go and to have exquisite awareness in every moment." She was the recipient of India's Padma Shri in 2019 for her excellent work in the field of Yoga.
Krishna Bose (26 December 1930 – 22 February 2020) was an Indian politician, educator and social worker. She as a Member of Parliament elected from the Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate. She was a MP from 1996 to 2004. Bose was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bose died on 22 February 2020 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India of stroke-related problems at the age of 89.
June Marie Dally-Watkins (13 June 1927 – 22 February 2020) was an Australian businesswoman and fashion model. She was born in Sydney.  Life. In 1950 she started the Southern Hemisphere's first personal development school in Sydney to train young women in etiquette and deportment. A year later, she started Australia's first model agency and modelling school and later established a Business Finishing College. She was featured on the popular Australian television show "Bogan Hunters" on 7mate in 2014. In 2019, she was teaching etiquette to women in China. Watkins died on 22 February 2020 in Sydney, aged 92.
Mike Hughes (February 9, 1956 – February 22, 2020), popularly known as "Mad" Mike Hughes, was an American limousine driver, daredevil, and flat Earth conspiracy theorist. He was known for flying in self-built steam rockets.  Hughes planned to launch himself in a rocket on August 10, 2019, but mechanical troubles postponed the launch. The following weekend, the launch was again postponed and Hughes was treated for heat exhaustion. Hughes was killed while filming a rocket stunt for an upcoming Science Channel television series on February 22, 2020. He was riding a rocket near Barstow, California when the rocket’s parachute appeared to deploy early and detach from the craft. He was 64 years old.
Barbara Elaine Smith (August 24, 1949 – February 22, 2020), professionally known as B. Smith, was an American restaurateur, model, author, businesswoman and television host. She was born in Everson, Pennsylvania. Smith made two appearances on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", once as a model for Queen Sara's wedding dress, and once giving a tour of her restaurant, B. Smith, and making raspberry custard with Fred Rogers and her head chef, Henry. Smith appeared as herself on "Prelude to a Kiss", a 1999 episode of the sitcom "Sabrina the Teenage Witch". In 2014, Smith was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She died from the disease on February 22, 2020 at the age of 70.
Usman Ullah Khan (29 September 1974 – 20 February 2020) was a Pakistani boxer. He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Khan was born in Faisalabad. On 20 February 2020, he died of cancer in Canada. He was 45.
David Gold (9 September 1936 – 4 January 2023) was a British businessman. From 2010 to his death in 2023, he was joint chairman of Premier League club West Ham United with David Sullivan. He also served as chairman of Birmingham City Football Club until 2009. Gold owned Gold Group International (GGI), the parent company of the retailer Ann Summers and lingerie chain Knickerbox. Gold was born in Stepney, East London. He was Jewish. He had two daughters, Jacqueline and Vanessa. Gold died on 4 January 2023, at the age of 86.
“Don’t Start Now” is a song performed by English singer Dua Lipa. It was released on 31 October 2019, as the first single from her second studio album, "Future Nostalgia" (2020). The song was written by Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Emily Warren, and its producer, Ian Kirkpatrick. The song has been successful on record charts, reaching number two in the UK and the US, where it outperformed her previous single, “New Rules”, which reached number six there.
"N+" is the news division of Grupo Televisa, which Produces National, Local and International News for Televisa's TV channels and local stations across Mexico. It is headed by Leopoldo Gómez, the Vice President of News for Televisa. History. After the last broadcast of "24 Horas" with Jacobo Zabludovsky on January 20, 1998, Televisa restructured its news division. From 1998 to 2000, Jacobo's son Abraham Zabludovsky hosted its 10 p.m. successor, simply titled "Las Noticias"; Joaquín López-Dóriga took over from 2000 to 2016. Other notable personalities who have hosted Televisa newscasts include Lolita Ayala, Guillermo Ortega, Adela Micha, Carlos Loret de Mola and Víctor Trujillo ("Brozo"). Programs. National newscasts. Most of Televisa's national newscasts air on its Las Estrellas network, covering key dayparts. Since 2016, Televisa's flagship 10 p.m. newscast, known as "10 En Punto", has been helmed by Denise Maerker. Its other weekday programs include "Despierta" (Wake Up), hosted by Danielle Dithurbide, and "Al Aire" with Paola Rojas in the mornings. The afternoon newscast "El Noticiero con Karla Iberia Sánchez" was moved from Las Estrellas to Nu9ve in 2018; it is that channel's only regular news program. The move left Las Estrellas without an afternoon newscast for the first time in decades. N+ FORO. In 2010, Televisa launched N+ FORO, a channel devoted exclusively to news, analysis and documentary programming. N+ FORO airs in Mexico City on XHTV-TDT (Channel 4) and as a subchannel of 21 additional Televisa transmitters in large cities. Regional newscasts. Outside of its national news output, Televisa produces local news at each of its Televisa Regional stations; local newscasts, under such titles as El Noticiero, Las Noticias and Notivisa.
Thích Quảng Độ (; 27 November 1928 – 22 February 2020) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and scholar. He was the patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) from 2008 until his death. He was detained repeatedly by the communist authorities in the last 45 years of his life. In 2002, he was awarded the Homo Homini Award for human rights activism. He was also awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He died on 22 February 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City of diabetes-related problems at the age of 91.
Washtenaw County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 372,258. The county seat is Ann Arbor.  The county is home to the University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, Washtenaw Community College, and Concordia University Ann Arbor.
Naimthullah Khan (‎; 1 October 1930 – 25 February 2020) was a Pakistani politician. He was a member of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). He served as mayor of Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, from 2001 to 2005. He was born in Karachi. He was a graduate of Punjab University and the University of Karachi. Khan died on 25 February 2020 at the age of 89.
Long Division is the second album by the Rustic Overtones. It was originally released on November 17, 1995. The albumn is the band longest till now and the length is an hour and seven minutes.  History. It remains a fan favorite after a decade despite it being not widely available. It is deemed as the band breakthrough albumn. Until early 2008, the albumn is almost impossible to find. There are copies still found occasionally on websites such as eBay and Amazon.com.  The band posted a teaser trailer on their MySpace that they were to re-release the album on November 15, 2007. At a show at Portland club The Asylum on November 24, 2007, the band announced the album will be re-released. Due to delays, the re-released album was finally released on the March 19,2008. There are some bonus tracks in the albumn.  Track listing. Reference:
Jahn Teigen (born Jan Teigen; 27 September 1949 – 24 February 2020) was a Norwegian singer, musician and comedian. He represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983. He became known due to the result of his 1978 performance in the contest, which won "nul points" (a zero score) for Norway. He was also the lead singer of Popol Ace, before leaving the band to start a solo career. Teigen was born in Tønsberg. He lived in Sweden later in life. He died on 24 February, 2020 in Ystad, southern Sweden, at the age of 70.
Jan Kowalczyk (18 December 1941 – 24 February 2020) was a Polish show jumping competitor. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won an individual gold and a team silver medal. He also competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Kowalczyk was born in Drogomyśl. He died on 24 February 2020 in Warsaw, at the age of 78.
Dame Margaret Georgina Constance Guilfoyle ("née" McCartney; 15 May 1926 – 11 November 2020) was an Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party. She served as a Senator for Victoria from 1971 to 1987. She was the first woman minister to administer a government department. She served as a minister for in the Fraser Government as Minister for Education (1975), Minister for Social Security (1975–1980) and Minister for Finance (1980–1983). Guilfoyle was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her family moved to Australia in 1928, settling in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1952, she married Stanley Guilfoyle. The couple had three children. Guilfoyle died on 11 November 2020, aged 94.
Martin Bruce Cameron (born 24 August 1935) is an Australian politician. As a member of the Liberal Party, he served as a Senator for South Australia from May to October 1969. He was later a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1971 to 1990.  Career. During his time in the Parliament of South Australia, he served as a Liberal except from during 1973–76, when he represented the splinter Liberal Movement. Personal life. Cameron was born in Millicent, South Australia. In 1960, he married Barbara Hensley. The couple had five children.
Peter Erne Baume (born 30 January 1935) is an Australian politician and doctor. He is a member of the Liberal Party. He was a Senator for New South Wales from 1974 to 1991. He also served as Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1980–1982) and Minister for Education (1982–1983) in the Fraser Government. Baume was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He is the cousin of fellow Liberal Senator Michael Baume. He married Jennifer Broughton Tuson in 1958. The couple had two children.
Kathryn Jean Martin Sullivan (born 8 March 1942) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Liberal Party. She served as a Senator for Queensland from 1974 to 1984. She was also a member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Moncrieff from 1984 to 2001. She was the longest serving woman in the Australian Parliament. Her record was beaten by Bronwyn Bishop. She was also the first woman member of the parliament to have served in both houses. Sullivan was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She was married to Donald Maher from 1965 to 1969. In 1983, she married American Robert Sullivan.
Nunchaku, also called "Shuang Jie Gun" is a weapon made up of two sticks connected by a short chain or rope. The two sections are mostly made out of wood and the middle part that links them is cord or metal chain. It is mostly used in martial arts, and have the ability for both long and short range attacks.  It is a traditional Chinese weapon developed during the Song Dynasty by the Emperor Taizu of Song (赵匡胤).  The term nunchaku "ヌンチャク" comes from the Japanese Ryukyuan languages. The word is derived from the Hokkien dialect "nng-chat-kun", which means two-body-stick. In the early thirteenth century, many Chinese migrated to Okinawa, a Japanese island and brought their martial art culture over. Okinawans that learned this martial art then changed the connecting chain from metal to rope, and called it "Nunchaku".  In more modern times, the nunchaku was popularized by the martial arts icon Bruce Lee. It is later used in Southern Chinese Kung Fu, Karate, Okinawan kobudō martial arts, and Filipino Tabak-Toyok.
Donald James Grimes (born 4 October 1937) is an Australian politician, diplomat and doctor. He is a member of the Labor Party. He was a Senator for Tasmania from 1974 to 1987. He served as a minister in the Hawke Government as Minister for Social Security (1983–1984) and Minister for Community Services (1984–1987). He also served as Australian Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1987 to 1991. Grimes was born in Albury, New South Wales. He married Margaret Schofield in 1960. The couple had four children.
Stanley James Collard (born 25 March 1936) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the National Party. From 1975 to 1987, he served as a Senator for Queensland. He was also leader of the National Party in the Senate from 1985 to 1987. Collard was born in Maleny, Queensland. He married Gloria Pearl Auld in 1958. The couple had three children.
Grant Ernest John Tambling (20 June 1943 – 24 January 2025) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Country Liberal Party. From 1974 to 1977, he was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Northern Territory from 1980 to 1983. He also served as a Senator for the Northern Territory from 1987 to 2001. He later served as Administrator of Norfolk Island from 2003 to 2007. Tambling was born in Wondai, Queensland, and grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory. He married Sandra McDowall in 1969. The couple have children. Tambling died on 24 January 2025, at the age of 81.
Pamela Frances O'Neil (born 20 September 1945) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Labor Party. She was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Fannie Bay from 1977 to 1983. In the Hawke Government, she served as the first Sex Discrimination Commissioner from 1984 to 1988. O'Neil was born in Brisbane, Queensland.
Ronald Charles Elstob (born 29 November 1924) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Labor Party. He served as a Senator for South Australia from 1978 to 1987. He was a waterside worker in Adelaide, South Australia. Elstob was born in Toowoomba, Queensland. He married Angela Elizabeth Smerla in 1949. The couple had two daughters.
Anthony John Messner (born 24 September 1939) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party. He was a Senator for South Australia from 1975 to 1990. He also served as Minister for Veterans' Affairs (1980–1983) and as Administrator of Norfolk Island (1997–2003). Messner was born in Melbourne, Victoria. From 1963 to 1983, he was married to Louise Ahrendt. They had two sons. In 1983, he married Robyn Rooke.
Kerry Walter Sibraa (born 12 October 1937) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Labor Party. He was a Senator for New South Wales from December 1975 to June 1978, and then again from August 1978 to February 1994. He also served as President of the Senate from 1987 to 1994. After leaving Parliament, Sibraa served as Australian High Commissioner to Zimbabwe from 1994 to 1998. Sibraa was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He was married to Yvonne Margaret Melvin from 1957 to 1992. They had two children. In 1993, Sibraa married Julie Louise Hatcher.
Austin William Russell Lewis (born 5 December 1932) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party. He served as a Senator for Victoria from 1976 to 1993. Lewis was born in Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He married Wilma Lawrey in 1956. The couple had four children.
Colin Victor James Mason (born 28 October 1926) is a New Zealand-born Australian journalist, author and politician. He worked as a journalist for "The Sydney Morning Herald" and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Mason's notable books include "Dragon Army" (1968), "A Short History of Asia" (2000) and "The 2030 Spike: Countdown to Global Catastrophe" (2003). As a member of the Australian Democrats, he served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1978 to 1987. Mason was born in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1950, he moved to Australia. He married Nancy Williamson in 1952. The couple had three children.
Wylie Talbot Gibbs (born 26 July 1922) is an Australian politician and surgeon. He is a member of the Liberal Party. He served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Bowman from 1963 to 1969.  Gibbs grew up in Ipswich, Queensland. His brother, Harry, was Chief Justice of Australia from 1981 to 1987. From 1947 until her death in 2015, he was married to Audrey Wald. The couple had eight children.
Bruce Thomas George (1 June 1942 – 24 February 2020) was a British politician. He was a member of the Labour Party. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall South from 1974 to 2010. George was born in Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales. He married Lisa Toelle in 1992. On 24 February 2020, George died due to Alzheimer's disease in London. He was 77.
Sir James Milne Wilson (29 February 1812 – 29 February 1880) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He served as premier of Tasmania from 1869 to 1872. He was also president of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1872 until his death in 1880. Wilson was born in Banff, Scotland. He married Deborah Hope in 1847. In 1880, he died on his 68th birthday in Hobart Town, Tasmania. Wilson was born on 29 February, making him a leapling, and died on the same date.
Alline Dawn Lawrie (born 3 November 1938) is an Australian politician. She served as a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1983 for Nightcliff. In the first assembly of the Northern Territory, she and fellow independent Ron Withnall were the only non-Country Liberal Party members. From 1988 to 1990, she served as administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Lawrie was born in Melbourne, Victoria. In the 1950s, she moved to Alice Springs, Northern Territory. She moved to Darwin in 1960. Her daughter, Delia Lawrie was the leader of the Labor Party and Opposition in the Northern Territory.
Cecilia Noel Padgham-Purich (born 25 December 1927) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Country Liberal Party before becoming an independent. She served as a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1997. During her time in the assembly, she represented Tiwi (1977–1983), Koolpinyah (1983–1990) and Nelson (1990–1997). She also served as Minister for Housing and Conservation from 1983 to 1984 under Paul Everingham and Ian Tuxworth. Padgham-Purich was born in Quairading, Western Australia. She has six children, including Kezia Purick.
David John MacGibbon (born 13 May 1934) is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party. He served as a Senator for Queensland from 1978 to 1999. MacGibbon was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and grew up in Maryborough. He married Pamela Beak in 1958. The couple had four children.
Kostas Voutsas (; 31 December 1931 – 26 February 2020) was a Greek actor, director, and writer. He was born in Athens. He made his stage and screen debut in 1953. In 1961 his breakthrough came when the Greek film director Giannis Dalianidis gave him a leading role in his melodrama "O Katiforos". He soon became one of the best and most popular comic in Greece during the 1960s and 1970s. He also starred in like Aristophanes' "The Wasps" and Molière's "Le bourgeois gentilhomme". He was the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the Disney-Pixar's Greek dub version of "Up". Voutsas died of a respiratory tract infection on 26 February 2020 at an Athens hospital, aged 88.
Horst Paulmann Kemna (22 March 1935 – 11 March 2025) was a German-Chilean billionaire entrepreneur. He is founder and chairman of Cencosud, the largest retail chain in Chile and the third largest in Latin America. According to "Forbes", his fortune is estimated at US$4.8 billion, and the second richest man in Chile.
Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar (28 April 1935 – 21 November 2024) was a Swedish businessman. He was mainly known for his 24 years as CEO and chairman of Volvo, between 1970 and 1994. In the early 1980s he took the initiative for the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT). Gyllenhammar was Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe. Gyllenhammar was made Commander of the "Ordre National du Mérite" in France in 1980 and he was made Commander of the Legion of Honour in France in 1987. Gyllenhammer died on 21 November 2024 at the age of 89.