Paulette Wilson (1956 – 23 July 2020) was a British immigrant rights activist. She fought her own deportation to Jamaica and brought media attention to the human rights violations of the Windrush scandal. Under the terms of the British Nationality Act 1948, Wilson had arrived in England as citizens of the British Empire.
In 2015, Wilson received notification from the government that she was an illegal immigrant and was required to leave the UK. Her housing and health care benefits were stopped. She became homeless and was denied the right to seek work.
By 2017, Wilson was facing deportation. She had not returned to Jamaica for 50 years, but was arrested twice, detained in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre and then sent to the deportation centre at Heathrow Airport in October 2017.
The Refugee and Migrant Centre of Wolverhampton persuaded her MP, Emma Reynolds, to stop the deportation at the last minute to allow Wilson more time to appeal to the Home Office. In 2018, she was officially granted leave to remain.
Wilson died on 23 July 2020 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England at the age of 64.
Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan
The Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the Azerbaijani national ice hockey federation.
The Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan was founded in 1991 as a part of the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation. After the Soviet Union had disintegrated, the Federation joined the International Ice Hockey Federation on May 6, 1992. There is no organized national hockey league in Azerbaijan, and the country has not played in any IIHF tournaments.
Zheng Shouren
Zheng Shouren (; January 30, 1940 – July 24, 2020) was a Chinese engineer. He was the chief designer of the Three Gorges Dam. He had been a key person in the planning and design of the Yangtze River Basin for a long time. He had published more than 60 papers and 4 books. He was a member of the Communist Party of China.
Dick Bond (Kansas politician)
Richard Lee Bond (September 18, 1935 – July 23, 2020) was an American banker, lawyer and Republican politician. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He was a member of the Kansas State Senate from 1987 to 2000. He was president of the senate between 1996 and 2000.
Bond died on July 23, 2020 in Overland Park, Kansas at the age of 84.
Rene Carpenter
Rene Carpenter (April 12, 1928July 24, 2020) was an American newspaper columnist and television personality. She was the wife of Scott Carpenter, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts. She was part of the Astronaut Wives Club and was its last living member. She was born in Clinton, Iowa.
In 1968, she campaigned for Robert Kennedy. She had a syndicated women's page column, "A Woman, Still", and from 1972 to 1976, a television presenter, first with "Everywoman", and then with "Nine in the Morning". She worked for Committee for National Health Insurance.
Carpenter died on July 24, 2020, at a hospital in Denver from congestive heart failure, aged 92. She was the last surviving member of the Astronaut Wives Club, after Annie Glenn died two months earlier.
Roberto Draghetti
Roberto Draghetti (24 August 1960 – 24 July 2020) was an Italian actor. He was born in Rome. He was known for being the official dubber of actors Jamie Foxx, Terry Crews and Idris Elba. He dubbed the voice of Maurice in the "Madagascar" franchise and Eddy in "Ed, Edd n Eddy".
Draghetti died on 24 July 2020 after having suffered a heart attack. He was 59.
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing, mixing or re-recording, is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production in which more recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production sound to create the finished soundtrack.
These are often used to translate movies, television shows and video games into different languages using different voice actors.
Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League
Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League is the premier futsal league in Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1994. Organized by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan and is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 8 teams.
Araz Naxçivan is very dominant in Azeri futsal, winning Premier League ten times in a row.
David Hagen
David James Hagen (5 May 1973 – 24 July 2020) was a Scottish professional footballer. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hagen began his career with Rangers, where he played 20 competitive games, before moving to Hearts.
Hagen joined Peterhead in 2004. This was to be his last senior club, before he joined junior side Bo'ness United in 2006, where he played for a year before retiring.
In July 2018, it was reported that Hagen was suffering from motor neuron disease. He died of the illness on 24 July 2020.
Ben Jipcho
Benjamin Wabura Jipcho (1 March 1943 – 24 July 2020) was a Kenyan track and field athlete. He won the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Mount Elgon District, Western Province in Kenya.
Jipcho died on 24 July 2020 from prostate cancer at a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, aged 77.
Nejib Ben Khalfallah
Nejib Ben Khalfallah () (1967 – 24 July 2020) was a Tunisian dancer and choreographer. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia. From 1993 to 2020, he directed and staged choreographic shows. His best known works were "Mnema" (2012), "Jardin d'amour" (2014), "Thala mon amour" (2016), and "Fausse couche" (2017).
Khalfallah died on 24 July 2020 in Tunis.
National Assembly (Angola)
The National Assembly () is the legislative branch of the government of Angola. The National Assembly is a unicameral body. It is made up with 220 members: 130 members elected by representation and 90 members elected by provincial districts.
Kundi Paihama
Kundi Paihama (9 December 1944 – 24 July 2020) was an Angolan politician. He was Angola's Minister of Defense from 2002 to 2010. He was also a member of the National Assembly between 2018 to 2020.
Paihama died in a private hospital in Luanda, Angola on 24 July 2020, aged 75.
Lotty Rosenfeld
Carlota Eugenia Rosenfeld Villarreal (20 June 1943 – 24 July 2020), known as Lotty Rosenfeld, was a Chile artist. She was born in Santiago, Chile. She was active during the late 1970s during the time of the Chilean military coup d'etat. She carried out public art interventions in urban areas. She would use traffic signs in order to challenge viewers to rethink notions of public space and political agency. Her work has been seen in many countries throughout Latin America, and Internationally in places such as Europe, Japan, and Australia.
Rosenfeld died on 24 July 2020 in Santiago from lung cancer, aged 77.
Paul Van Roy
Paul Van Roy (1931/1932 – July 2020) was a Belgian basketball player and journalist. He was born in Niel, Belgium. He played for the Belgium men's national basketball team. He scored 75 points in 1 match.
Van Roy was for over 50 years a local news and sport journalist and correspondent for "Gazet van Antwerpen". He wrote articles for the news agency until his death.
Van Roy died in July 2020, aged 88, from pancreatic cancer. His death was announced on 24 July 2020.
John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 18 December 1934 – disappeared 8 November 1974, declared dead 3 February 2016), commonly known as Lord Lucan, was a British peer. He disappeared after being suspected of murder.
He was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, the eldest son of George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan by his mother Kaitlin Dawson. He was born in London.
He was a known gambler and became skilled at backgammon and bridge, and was an early member of the Clermont Club. Lucan's losses often were more than his winnings, yet he left his job at a London-based merchant bank and became a professional gambler. He was known as Lord Bingham from April 1949 until January 1964, during his father's lifetime.
Lucan was thought for the role of James Bond in the movie versions of Ian Fleming's novels. He was known for his expensive tastes