Bowman is a city and county seat of Bowman County, North Dakota, United States. Its population was 1,650 at the 2010 census.
Amidon, North Dakota
Amidon ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of Slope County, North Dakota, United States.
Amidon was the smallest incorporated county seat in the 2000 census. When the 2010 census reported its population as 20.
Stuart Christie
Stuart Christie (10 July 1946 – 15 August 2020) was a Scottish anarchist writer and publisher.
When aged 18, Christie was arrested while carrying explosives to assassinate the Spanish caudillo, General Francisco Franco. He was later alleged to be a member of the Angry Brigade, but was acquitted of related charges.
He went on to found the "Cienfuegos Press" publishing house and in 2008 the online Anarchist Film Channel, which hosts movies and documentaries with anarchist and libertarian socialist themes. He was born in Glasgow.
Christie died aged 74, from cancer, on 15 August 2020.
Ruth Gavison
Ruth Gavison (; March 28, 1945 – August 15, 2020) was an Israeli Law professor. She was born in Jerusalem. She worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. In 2011, she won the Israel Prize.
Gavison was nominated for a position on Israel's Supreme Court in 2005 but failed to secure a majority for the appointment.
Gavison died on August 15, 2020 in Jerusalem at the age of 75.
Richard Gwyn
Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn, (May 26, 1934 – August 15, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, historian, and civil servant.
From 1957 to 1959, Gwyn was the parliamentary correspondent for United Press International, in Ottawa. Later in 1959 to 1960, he worked for Thomson Newspapers.
From 1960 to 1962, he was the Ottawa editor for Maclean-Hunter Business Publications. From 1962 to 1968, he worked for "Time Canada" as a parliamentary correspondent and contributing editor. From 1968 to 1970, he was the executive assistant to the Minister of Communications, Eric Kierans.
From 1970 to 1973, he was the director-general, socio-economic planning in the Department of Communications.
Gwyn died from Alzheimer's disease on August 15, 2020 at the age of 86.
Chilla Porter
Charles Michael "Chilla" Porter (11 January 1936 – 15 August 2020) was an Australian athlete and political figure. He won a silver medal in the high jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He later was general secretary of the Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) from 1978 to 1987. He was born in Brisbane.
Porter died on 15 August 2020, after a long battle with cancer near Perth. He was aged 84.
Henryk Wujec
Henryk Wujec (25 December 1940 – 15 August 2020) was a Polish politician. He was a member of the Sejm from 1989 to 2001.
Wujec was born in Podlesie, Biłgoraj County. Wujec was an activist in the Solidarity movement of the 1980s. In 1984, he was imprisoned at Białołęka for his political activities.
Henk Wullems
Henk Wullems (January 21, 1936 – August 15, 2020) was a Dutch association football manager.
In the early sixties he was a defender playing for Kooger Football Club () and Racing Club Heemstede. Wullems was the former manager of, among others, the eredivisie teams NAC Breda (1972–75), SBV Vitesse (1977–83), Go Ahead Eagles (1983–86), and AZ (1990–93).
From 1996 to 1998 he was manager of the Indonesia national football team, winning a silver medal with them at the 1997 Southeast Asian Games.
From 2000 to 2007 he managed a number of Indonesia Super League teams.
Wullems died on August 15, 2020 from problems caused by a cerebral infarction in Udenhout, Netherlands at the age of 84.
Mário de Araújo Cabral
Mário Veloso de Araújo Cabral (; 15 January 1934 – 17 August 2020), commonly known by the nickname "Nicha" Cabral (), was a Portuguese racing driver. He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix (four starts), debuting on 23 August 1959. He did not score any championship points. He was born in Cedofeita, Portugal.
Araújo Cabral died in Lisbon on 17 August 2020 at the age of 86.
Elsimar M. Coutinho
Elsimar Metzker Coutinho (May 18, 1930 – August 17, 2020) was a Brazilian scientist. He was a professor, gynecologist, and television personality. He was born in Pojuca, Bahia. His works helped create the first injectable contraceptive ciclofem.
Coutinho died on August 17, 2020 from COVID-19 at the age of 90.
Jasraj
Pandit Jasraj (28 January 1930  – 17 August 2020) was an Indian classical vocalist. His songs were related to "Mewati gharana". His musical career lasted for 75 years. He was born in present-day Fatehabad, Haryana.
He was also the founder of schools for Indian classical music in Atlanta, Tampa, Vancouver, Toronto, New York, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Mumbai, and Kerala. At age 90, he was teaching some of his international students through Skype.
Jasraj died of cardiac arrest on 17 August 2020 while visiting family in the United States in New Jersey, aged 90.
Nishikant Kamat
Nishikant Kamat (17 June 1970 – 17 August 2020) was an Indian filmmaker and actor. His first movie was "Dombivali Fast". His best known movie was "Evano Oruvan". An actor, he starred in "Saatchya Aat Gharat" and "Rocky Handsome". He was born in Mumbai.
Kamat died of cirrhosis on 17 August 2020 in Hyderabad at the age of 50.
Nina Kraft
Nina Kraft (December 31, 1968 – August 17, 2020) was a German professional triathlete. She was born in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. Kraft was banned by the German Triathlon Federation (DTU) for one year, after a positive drug test.
Following her win at Ironman Germany in July 2004 Kraft crossed the finish line in first place a few months later in October at the Ironman World Championship as the apparent Ironman World Champion.
Kraft died from an illness in Germany on August 17, 2020 at the age of 51.
Michael Diven
Michael B. Diven (March 27, 1970 – August 18, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 22nd District between 2001 to 2006. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Diven died on August 18, 2020 in Pittsburgh, aged 50.
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Madhav Prasad Ghimire () (23 September 1919 – 18 August 2020) was a Nepali poet and scholar. He was honored as the "Rashtra Kavi" (National Poet) by the Government of Nepal in 2003. Some of his best known works include "Gauri", "Malati Mangale, Shakuntala, and Himalwaari Himalpaari."
Ghimire died on 18 August 2020 of respiratory failure in Nepal at the age of 100.
Dale Hawerchuk
Dale Hawerchuk (April 4, 1963 – August 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.
Hawerchuk played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 16 seasons as a member of the Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. He won the NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's Rookie of the Year in 1982 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2001.
Hawerchuk was the head coach of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League from 2010 to 2019.
Hawerchuk was diagnosed with stomach cancer in September 2019. He died from the disease on August 18, 2020 in Barrie, Ontario at the age of 57.
Barrie
Barrie is a city and manifesting regional centre in Ontario, Canada, located on the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe.
Barrie is located north of Toronto, northeast of Detroit and west of Ottawa.
Sayeeda Khanam
Sayeeda Khanam (29 December 1937 – 18 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi photographer. She was the first female professional photographer of Bangladesh. She covered many important events of Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 through her photography.
She also did portraits of figures such as Queen Elizabeth, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Khanam died on 18 August 2020 in Dhaka from kidney disease, aged 82.
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