Franck Balandier (11 July 1952 – 17 December 2020) was a French writer. He was a member of the Société des gens de lettres. Balandier wrote his first novel in 1988.
Balandier died on 17 December 2020 in Paris at the age of 68.
Lorraine Monk
Lorraine Althea Constance Monk (née Spurrell; May 26, 1922 – December 17, 2020) was a Canadian photographer and executive producer. She worked with National Film Board of Canada. Many of her works were seen at the National Gallery of Canada.
She was first made Member of the Order of Canada (1973) and later made Officer of the Order of Canada (1983). She was also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002), and Order of Ontario (2007).
Monk died on December 17, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario at aged 98.
Yvonne Sandberg-Fries
Yvonne Sandberg-Fries (14 October 1950 – 20 December 2020) was a Swedish politician. She was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party until 2014, when she joined the Green Party. She was a member of the Riksdag from 1982 to 1996. She was also in the European Parliament from 2003 to 2004. She was born in Umeå, Sweden.
Sandberg-Fries died on 20 December 2020 in Blekinge, Sweden at aged 70.
Arnold Wolfendale
Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale FRS (25 June 1927 – 21 December, 2020) was a British astronomer. He was Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Emeritus Professor in the Department of Physics at Durham University and was president of the European Physical Society (1999–2001). He was President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 1981 to 1983.
Ernst Schütz
Ernst Schütz (5 October 1935 – 22 December 2020) was an Austrian singer and actor. He made his debut from 1962 to 1964 at the Graz Opera. In 1966, he moved to Vienna and sang operettas at the Raimund Theater until 1972. He was known for his movie role as Fenton in the 1965 comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor".
Schütz died on 22 December 2020 at the age of 85.
George Spriggs (baseball)
George Herman Spriggs (May 22, 1937 – December 22, 2020) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Kansas City Royals in parts of four seasons from 1965 to 1970. Spriggs was born on a highway in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Spriggs died on December 22, 2020 in Prince Frederick, Maryland at the age of 83.
Irani Barbosa
Irani Barbosa (1950 – 23 December 2020) was a Brazilian politician. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 1995. He was elected as a member of the Democratic Movement. Barbosa was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
Barbosa died on 23 December 2020 from COVID-19 in Belo Horizonte at the age of 70.
Issaka Assane Karanta
Issaka Assane Karanta (January 1, 1945 – December 23, 2020) was a Nigerien academic and politician. He was the Mayor of Niamey from 1996 to 1999 and from 2010 to 2011. Karanta also was the Governor of Niamey Capital District from 2018 until his death.
Karanta died of COVID-19 on December 23, 2020, during the pandemic in Niger at the age of 75.
Djalma Bastos de Morais
Djalma Bastos de Morais (16 March 1937 – 25 December 2020) was a Brazilian politician and businessman. He was Minister of Communications from 1993 to 1995. Bastos de Morais was President of CEMIG. He was born in Maceió, Alagoas.
Bastos de Morais died of problems caused by COVID-19 on 25 December 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, aged 83.
Deputy Prime Minister of India
The Deputy Prime Minister of India (IAST: "Bhārat kē Uppradhānamantrī") is the deputy head of the Government of India. It is the second highest ranking member of the Union Council of Ministers. A deputy prime minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as the home minister, defence minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the prime minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government or in times of national emergency, when a proper chain of command is necessary.
The office is having been occupied for a little more than 11 years out of the 73 years since its establisment.
The first deputy prime minister was Vallabhbhai Patel. He occupied the post for 3 years until his death in 1950. The post was empty until Morarji Desai became the second deputy prime minister in 1967.
L. K. Advani served as the seventh deputy prime minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet from 2002 to 2004.
List of Deputy Prime Ministers of India excluding exodus incumbent Kamaljit Das.
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George Robert Carruthers
George Robert Carruthers (October 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020) was an American inventor, physicist, engineer and space scientist. He helped create the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA and they used it on Apollo 16 in 1972. He designed it so astronauts could use it on the lunar surface.
Rocco Petrone
Rocco Anthony Petrone (March 31, 1926 – August 24, 2006) was an American mechanical engineer, U.S. Army officer and NASA official. He was director of launch operations at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) from 1966 to 1969. He was third director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center from 1973 to 1974. He retired from NASA in 1975.
Palos Verdes Estates, California
Palos Verdes Estates () is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. 13,438 lived here at the 2010 census.
James Bordas
James Bordas (20 August 1929 – 28 December 2020) was a French politician. He was Mayor of Chambray-lès-Tours from 1981 to 2011. From 1992 to 2001, Bordas was a member of the French Senate.
Bordas died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 91.
Chambray-lès-Tours
Chambray-lès-Tours is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France.
Paul Heller
Paul Heller (also known as Paul M. Heller; 25 September 1927 – 28 December 2020) was an American movie producer. His best known movies include "Enter the Dragon", "The Wilby Conspiracy", "Withnail and I", "My Left Foot", "The Annihilation of Fish", "Skin Games", "Hot Potato", "The Promise", "Black Belt Jones", and "David and Lisa".
Heller died on 28 December 2020, aged 93.
John Fulton Reid
John Fulton Reid (3 March 1956 – 28 December 2020) was a New Zealand cricketer. He was born in Auckland. Reid played in 19 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals between 1979 and 1986. From 1975 to 1988, he played for the Auckland cricket team.
Reid died of cancer in Christchurch on 28 December 2020, aged 64.
Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and actor. He was born in Cannes, France. He was known as the composer of the "Lucky Luke" animated movies "Daisy Town" (1971) and "La Ballade des Dalton" (1978).
Bolling died on 29 December 2020 in Saint-Cloud, France at the age of 90.
Agitu Ideo Gudeta
Agitu Ideo Gudeta (; January 1, 1978 − December 29, 2020), was an Ethiopian farmer, businesswoman, and environmentalist. She created a goat farming system using the indigenous breed Pezzata Mòchena to create dairy and beauty products.
On December 29, 2020, Gudeta was beaten to death with a hammer and raped in her apartment in Frassilongo, Italy at the age of 42.
Gregory Ochiagha
Gregory Obinna Ochiagha (31 August 1931 – 29 December 2020) was a Nigerian Roman Catholic bishop. Ochiagha was born in Orlu, Nigeria. He became a priest in 1960. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlu, Nigeria, from 1981 until 2008.
Ochiagha died on 29 December 2020 in Orlu at the age of 89.
John Paul Jr. (racing driver)
John Lee Paul Jr. (February 19, 1960 – December 29, 2020) was an American racing driver. He competed in CART and the Indy Racing League competitions. He was born in Muncie, Indiana. Paul won the 24 Hours of Daytona twice.
He also was known for drug smuggling. In May 1986, Paul Jr. received a five-year sentence for racketeering, with the drug charges dropped.
Paul Jr. died on December 29, 2020 in Los Angeles from problems caused by Huntington's disease, aged 60.