He played for many clubs in Scotland and England during the 1950s and 1960s as well as coaching in Aviemore and Solihull. He was a member of the British Ice Hockey Association. She was added into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991.
Thomas Imrie
Thomas "Red" Imrie (15 July 1937 – 24 August 2020) was a British ice hockey defender. He played in the United Kingdom during the 1950s and 1960s. He also played for the Great Britain national team between 1961 and 1966.
Imrie was honored into the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987.
Imrie died on 24 August 2020 at the age of 83.
Douglas MacDiarmid
Douglas Kerr MacDiarmid (14 November 1922 – August 26, 2020) was a New Zealand painter. He was known for his diversity and use of colour, and involved with key movements in twentieth-century art. He was born in Taihape, New Zealand.
MacDiarmid painted the portraits of Rita Angus and Theo Schoon among others.
In 2016, two of his paintings sold through Art+Object for a record price (for the artist) of more than $27,000 each as part of the Tim and Sherrah Francis Collection, the highest grossing art auction in New Zealand history.
Joe Ruby
Joseph Clemens Ruby (March 30, 1933 – August 26, 2020) was an American animator, television editor, writer, and producer. He was the co-founder with Ken Spears of television animation production company Ruby-Spears Productions. He was born in Los Angeles. He helped create "Scooby-Doo", "Dynomutt, Dog Wonder", and "Jabberjaw".
Ruby died of natural causes on August 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, aged 87.
David Bryant (bowls)
David John Bryant (27 October 1931 – 27 August 2020) was a British three-time World (outdoors) singles bowls champion (in 1966, 1980 and 1988). He was also a three-time World indoors singles champion (in 1979, 1980 and 1981) and a four time Commonwealth Games singles gold medalist. He was born in Clevedon, North Somerset, England.
He was thought to be the greatest bowler of all time, winning 19 World and Commonwealth gold medals in total.
Bryant died on 27 August 2020, aged 88.
László Kamuti
László Kamuti (13 January 1940 – 27 August 2020) was a Hungarian fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972. He was born in Budapest.
Kamuti died on 27 August 2020 in Budapest, aged 80.
Eugene McCabe
Eugene McCabe (7 July 1930 – 27 August 2020) was a Scottish-born Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright, and television screenwriter. He was born in Glasgow. He was known for his written works Cancer trilogy ("Cancer", "Heritage", "Siege") "Tales from the Poorhouse" and "King Of The Castle".
His 1992 novel "Death and Nightingales" has been called by Irish writer Colm Tóibín "one of the great Irish masterpieces of the century"
McCabe died on 27 August 2020 in London, aged 90.
The Drones (Australian band)
The Drones were an Australian rock band, formed in Perth by mainstay lead vocalist and guitarist, Gareth Liddiard in 1997.
Their second album, "Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By" (April 2005), won the inaugural Australian Music Prize.
In October 2010 their third studio album, "Gala Mill" (September 2006) was listed at No. 21 in the book, "100 Best Australian Albums". Two of their albums have reached the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart, "I See Seaweed" (March 2013) and "Feelin Kinda Free" (March 2016).
The group went on hiatus in December 2016 with Kitschin and Liddiard forming a new group, Tropical Fuck Storm, in the following year.
Arnaldo Saccomani
Arnaldo Saccomani (August 24, 1949 – August 27, 2020) was a Brazilian music producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil. A television personality, he was known for judging the reality shows "Ídolos" and "Qual é o Seu Talento?".
Saccomani died on August 27, 2020 from renal failure caused by diabetes at a hospital in Indaiatuba, Brazil at the age of 71.
Indaiatuba
Indaiatuba is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas. The population is 251.600 (2019 est.) in an area of 311.55 km².
Shooting of Jacob Blake
Jacob S. Blake is a 29-year-old African-American man who was shot by police in August 2020. He was hit by four of seven shots fired at his back during an arrest by police officer Rusten Sheskey.
The shooting happened in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2020, as officers were attempting to arrest Blake. There was an arrest warrant against Blake for criminal trespass, domestic abuse, and sexual assault.
During the encounter, Blake was tasered and scuffled with officers. He was shot as he opened the driver's door to his SUV and leaned in. Three of Blake's sons were in the backseat.
The shooting was followed by protests, property damage, arson, and shooting deaths in downtown Kenosha.
Kenosha protests
In the aftermath of the Jacob Blake shooting, protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States and elsewhere occurred as part of the larger Black Lives Matter movement and reactions to other high-profile police killings of unarmed Black people in 2020.
Armed civilian counter-protesters also came. One of them, by the name of Kyle Rittenhouse, shot and killed two protesters and shot and wounded one other allegedly in self defense.
On August 24, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers activated the Wisconsin National Guard to protect fire fighters and critical infrastructure in Kenosha.
On August 25, one of the armed civilians shot three people, two of whom were later pronounced dead. The shooter later walked towards police vehicles with his hands up and still armed with a semi-automatic rifle, but the police vehicles drove by while.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a first-person shooter video game developed by Treyarch and Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the sixth installment of the "Black Ops" series, and the seventeenth installment in the overall "Call of Duty" series.
It is a sequel to "", "Black Ops Cold War" was released on November 13, 2020.
The game's campaign reveal took place on August 26, 2020, and its multiplayer mode is set to be revealed on September 9.
"Black Ops Cold War" is set during the early 1980s of the Cold War during the Ronald Reagan presidency. The campaign follows CIA operative Russell Adler as he looks for an alleged Soviet spy, Perseus, whose stated goal is to subvert the United States and tilt the balance of power toward the Soviet Union.
Bob Armstrong
Joseph Melton James (October 3, 1939 – August 27, 2020) was an American professional wrestler. In 2011, he was honored into the WWE Hall of Fame. He wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance.
In his 50 year career, Armstrong held many championships throughout the Southeastern United States. He was born in Marietta, Georgia.
His four sons, Joseph, Robert Bradley, Steve and Brian, all became wrestlers.
Armstrong died on August 27, 2020 in Pensacola, Florida from bone cancer at the age of 80.
Jay, Florida
Jay is a town in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 533 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pensacola–Ferry Pass–Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Brent, Florida
Brent is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida, United States. The population was 21,804 at the 2010 census. It is a principal city of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Ferry Pass, Florida
Ferry Pass is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida. It is a community in Pensacola. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 28,921. The University of West Florida, located in Ferry Pass.
University of West Florida
The University of West Florida (West Florida or UWF) is a public university in Pensacola, Florida. It was opened in 1963 as a member institution of the State University System of Florida.