She then competed in Miss Connecticut USA 2013, which she won, and subsequently participated in Miss USA 2013, where she finished first, becoming the first Connecticuter to win the title. During the finals, she was asked a question about a Supreme Court ruling regarding criminal justice, and Erin responded, "If someone is being prosecuted and committed a crime, it should happen. There are so many crimes that if that's one step closer to stopping them, then we should be able to do so." In the finals, Erin competed with Miss Alabama USA and won.
Erin is also a well-known actress, having performed in the following movies:
Reynaert
Reynaert (born Joseph Reynaerts; 24 July 1955 – 5 November 2020) was a Belgian pop singer-songwriter. He was best known for his participation in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Reynaert's song "Laissez briller le soleil" ("Let the Sun Shine") was chosen as the Belgian representative in the 33rd Eurovision contest. He was born in Seraing, Belgium.
On 5 November 2020, Reyneart died of COVID-19 in Brussels at the age of 65.
Henri Kichka
Henri Kichka (14 April 1926 – 25 April 2020) was a Belgian writer and Holocaust survivor. He was one of the leading figures in Holocaust education in Belgium.
Kichka was the only member of his family to have survived the deportation to camps in Central and Eastern Europe.
In 2005, published his autobiography, "Une adolescence perdue dans la nuit des camps", prefaced by Serge Klarsfeld. He is the father of cartoonist Michel Kichka.
Kichka died on 25 April 2020 at the age of 94 in Brussels of COVID-19 in Brussels.
Géza Szőcs
Géza Szőcs (21 August 1953 – 5 November 2020) was a Hungarian poet and politician. He was from Transylvania, Romania. He was Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of National Resources in Hungary from 2 June 2010 to 13 June 2012.
Szőcs was infected during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary in October 2020. He was hospitalized in Budapest and died on 5 November 2020 from the infection, aged 67.
Lawrence O'Donnell
Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. (born November 7, 1951) is an American television anchor, actor and political commentator. He is the host of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell", an MSNBC opinion and news program.
He was a producer and writer for the NBC series "The West Wing" (playing the role of the President's father in flashbacks) and creator/executive producer of the NBC series "Mister Sterling".
Lakhdar Bouregaa
Lakhdar Bouregaa (15 March 1933 – 4 November 2020) was an Algerian independentist militant. He was a Commander for the National Liberation Army from 1956 to 1962. He was against the Oujda Group following a clash in the summer of 1962. He was a co-founder of the Socialist Forces Front in 1963. He was a key figure during the 2019–20 Algerian protests.
Bouregaa died of COVID-19 in El Biar on 4 November 2020 at the age of 87.
Earshot (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
"Earshot" is an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season 3. It got delayed due to the Columbine High School massacre from April 27th to September 21st, 1999.
Buffy has touched a demon with has white fluid that can make her hear people’s thoughts. One of the thoughts she heard at the cafeteria was that someone is planning to kill someone else. The Scooby Gang have made a list of suspects on who would try to murder somebody at Sunnydale High. Buffy figured out that Jonathan Levinson is carrying a gun at the school bell. She told him not to hurt people. He explained that he wanted to kill himself. The real attempted murderer happens to be the lunch lady putting rat poison in food.
The episode was tastefully delayed due to Columbine and showing it then-recent would make it in poor taste given that one character uses a gun in a high school and that another character plans to start a massacre at the same high school.
Gordon Van Wylen
Gordon John Van Wylen (February 6, 1920 – November 5, 2020) was an American physicist and author. He wrote many textbooks on thermodynamics. He was chair of the physics department at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1972 and President of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, from 1972 to 1987. He was born in Grant, Michigan.
Van Wylen turned 100 in February 2020. Van Wylen died on November 5, 2020 from COVID-19.
Grant, Michigan
Grant is a city in Newaygo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 894 at the 2010 census.
White Cloud, Michigan
White Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, a small town on the bank of the White River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,408. It is the county seat of Newaygo County.
Joy Westmore
Joy Westmore (; 1932 — 5 November 2020) was an Australian actress. She was best known to international television viewers for her long-running role in "Prisoner" playing Joyce Barry Pringle. She played Mrs. Blanche White in an Australian TV game show version of "Cluedo". She also played Mrs. Forester in "Neighbours".
Westmore died on 5 November 2020 at the age of 88.
Sandra Harding
Sandra G. Harding (born March 29, 1935) is an American philosopher of feminist and postcolonial theory, epistemology, research methodology, and philosophy of science. Harding was born in New York City.
She taught for twenty years at the University of Delaware before moving to the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. She directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996 to 2000, and co-edited "" from 2000 to 2005.
Harding teaches at UCLA and a Distinguished Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University.
Mark Brown (Cook Islands)
Mark Brown is a Cook Islands politician. He has been the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands since 1 October 2020. He was Deputy Prime Minister under Henry Puna. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party.
Jim Marurai
Jim Marurai (9 July 1947 – 5 November 2020) was a Cook Islands politician. He was the 8th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from 2004 to 2010. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
In March 2020 Marurai went missing from his home but was found after two days.
Marurai died on 5 November 2020 in Mangaia, Cook Islands at the age of 73.
Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
Rabbit Hash is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States, with a population of 315 (2010 census).
The community is well-known for electing dogs as their mayor.
Nathan Zach
Nathan Zach (13 December 1930 – 6 November 2020; Hebrew: נתן זך) was a German-born Israeli poet and educator. He was born in Berlin, Germany.
In 1955, he published his first collection of poetry ("Shirim Rishonim", ), and also translated many German plays for the Hebrew stage.
He is well known in Israel also for his translations of the poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler and Allen Ginsberg.
He taught at Tel Aviv University and was appointed professor at the University of Haifa. He has been chairman of the repertoire board of both the Ohel and Cameri theaters.
Zach died on 6 November 2020 in Jerusalem from Alzheimer's disease-related problems, aged 89.
Irinej
Irinej (, , ; 28 August 1930 – 20 November 2020) was the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, from 22 January 2010 to 20 November 2020.
His full title was "His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch Irinej".
He was the Bishop of Niš between 1975 and 2010.
On 4 November 2020, Irinej tested positive to COVID-19. He died a few weeks later on 20 November from the infection in Belgrade, aged 90.
Peter Meijer
Peter James Meijer (born January 10, 1988) is an American politician and business analyst. He is the Republican U.S. representative for Michigan's 3rd congressional district since 2021.
He is a member of the Meijer family, the owners of the Meijer supermarket chain.
Maine's 2nd congressional district
Maine's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Maine.