A. H. M. Ashoka Premlal Wadigamangawa also spelt as Asoka Wadigamangawa () () (7 January 1952 – 5 July 2020) was a Sri Lankan politician. He represented the United National Party, Sri Lanka Freedom Party and United People's Freedom Alliance during his political career. He was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka between 1989 to 1994.
Wadigamangawa died in a car crash on 5 July 2020, aged 68.
Tong Binggang
Tong Binggang (; September 28, 1927 – July 9, 2020) was a Chinese physicist. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was born in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu. In 1961, he was transferred to the University of Science and Technology of China, where he was promoted to full professor in 1981.
Tong died on 9 July 2020 in Beijing, aged 92.
Ed Wild
Leonard Edwin Wild (22 January 1935 – 10 July 2020) was a Canadian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Wild died on 10 July 2020 in Vancouver, aged 85.
Dick Williams (magician)
Dick Williams (17 July 1927 – 10 July 2020) was an American television and radio presenter and magician. He held the Guinness World Record for hosting the longest-running television magic show in the world. He was known under the name "Mr Magic" he presented the show "Magicland" on WMC-TV in Tennessee from 1966 until his retirement in 1989. He was born in Kansas.
Williams died on 10 July 2020, aged 92.
Elizabeth Harrower (writer)
Elizabeth Harrower (8 February 1928 – 7 July 2020) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was known as "one of the great novelists of Sydney". She was born in Sydney. Her best known works were "Down in the City", "The Watch Tower" and "In Certain Circles".
Harrower died on 7 July 2020 in Sydney, aged 92.
Luis Arias Graziani
Luis Alfonso Arias Graziani (21 April 1926 – 13 July 2020) was a Peruvian military official and politician. He was born in the Yungay Province, Peru. He was an Air Force general in Peru.
He was a key member of the Francisco Morales-Bermúdez cabinet. He was the Minister of Commerce between 1974 to 1977 and Minister of Defence between 1978 to 1980. In 1979, he was Chief of the Joint Command.
Arias Graziani died on 13 July 2020 in Lima from COVID-19, aged 94.
Santiago Manuin Valera
Santiago Manuin Valera (1 January 1957 – 1 July 2020) was a Peruvian human rights activist and indigenous leader. He was born in Condorcanqui Province, Peru. He was a key leader of the Aguaruna people in Peru. He was President of the Committee for the Struggle for Respect for Indigenous Peoples of the Condorcanqui.
He was a critic of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.
Manuin Valera died on 1 July 2020 from COVID-19 in Chiclayo, Peru at the age of 63.
Seyfi Dursunoğlu
Seyfi Dursunoğlu (1 October 1932 – 17 July 2020), also known by his stage name Huysuz Virjin ("Grumpy Virgin"), was a Turkish comedian and television presenter. He was born in Trabzon, Turkey. He was known for hosting "Huysuz'la Dans Eder misin?" on Show TV. He also was a judge on "Benzemez Kimse Sana".
Dursunoğlu died of pneumonia caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 17 July 2020 in Istanbul, aged 87.
Marian Więckowski
Marian Więckowski (8 September 1933 – 17 July 2020) was a Polish racing cyclist. He won the Tour de Pologne in 1954, 1955 and 1956. He was born in Warsaw.
Więckowski died on 17 July 2020 in Warsaw, aged 86.
Huey Lewis
Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), better known as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter and actor. For his band, Huey Lewis and the News, he is the lead singer and plays harmonica. The group is known for their third best-selling album "Sports" and work on the soundtrack of the movie "Back to the Future" (1985). He was also a member of the band Clover from 1972 to 1979.
Lewis was born in New York City. He grew up in Marin County, California. His Irish-American father, Hugh Anthony Cregg Jr., was from Boston. His Polish mother, Maria Magdalena Barcinski, was from Warsaw. His grandfather, Hugh Cregg, was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician.
Lewis has two children with Sidney Conroy. The couple's marriage ended in divorce. He has Ménière's disease. Lewis lives in Stevensville, Montana.
Stevensville, Montana
Stevensville is a town in Ravalli County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,809.
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya
Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya (; 1 January 2000 – 17 July 2020) was a Russian-Australian pair skater. With skating partner, Harley Windsor, she was the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medallist, the 2018 CS U.S. Classic bronze medallist and a two-time Australian national champion (2016 and 2018).
Alexandrovskaya was born in Moscow. She became an Australian citizen in October 2017. On 17 July 2020, she killed herself in Moscow at the age of 20.
Henrik Ripa
Henrik Ripa (14 May 1968 – 12 July 2020) was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Swedish Parliament from 2010 to 2014. Ripa represented the northern constituency of Västra Götaland. Between 1998 and 2010 he was chairman of the municipality of Lerum.
Ripa died on 12 July 2020, aged 52.
Roger Côté
Roger Côté (December 22, 1939 – July 16, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 155 games in the World Hockey Association for the Edmonton Oilers and Indianapolis Racers. Côté was born in Belleterre, Quebec.
He died on 16 July 2020, aged 80.
Derek Ho
Derek Ho (September 26, 1964 — July 17, 2020) was an American surfer. He won the World Surf League championship in 1993. Ho was born in Kailua, Hawaii.
On July 17, 2020, Derek Ho suffered a heart attack and died at a Honolulu hospital, aged 55.
Alefoso Yalayalatabua
Alefoso Yalayalatabua (22 January 1977 – 18 July 2020) was a Fijian rugby union player. He played as a prop. He played for Fiji Warriors. He was born in Suva, Fiji. Yalayalatabua was first capped for Fiji. He was in his country's squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, playing a single game.
Yalayalatabua died on 18 July 2020, aged 43.
Ashraf Hossain
Ashraf Hossain ( – 18 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad between 1991 to 1996 and again from 2006 to 2008. Hossain was born in Dhaka.
Hossain died on 18 July 2020 at a hospital in Dhaka from cancer, aged 79.
Haruma Miura
Miura was found dead at his home in Tokyo on July 18, 2020 at the age of 30. The cause of death was suicide by hanging.
Manuel C. Sobreviñas
Manuel Cruz Sobreviñas (7 April 1924 – 18 July 2020) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church. He was born in Dinalupihan, Philippines. He was ordained a priest on March 10, 1955. Sobreviñas was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Manila on April 7, 1979. On February 25, 1993 he was appointed bishop to the Diocese of Imus until retirement on October 22, 2001.
Sobreviñas died on 18 July 2020 at a hospital in Manila, aged 96.
West Hazleton, Pennsylvania
West Hazleton is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, south of Wilkes Barre. The population was 4,594 as of the 2010 census.
Donnie Brasco (movie)
Donnie Brasco is a 1997 American crime drama movie directed by Mike Newell. It stars Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, and Anne Heche appeared in supporting roles. It is based on the 1988 nonfiction book "" by Joseph D. Pistone.
It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Joseph D. Pistone
Joseph Dominick Pistone (born September 17, 1939), also known by his undercover alias Donnie Brasco, is an American former FBI agent.
He worked undercover between September 1976 and July 1981 as part of an undercover job into the Bonanno crime family and the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Families of the Mafia in New York City.