Paul Leduc (11 March 1942 – 21 October 2020) was a Mexican movie director. He was born in Mexico City. His career began in 1968. Leduc was known for directing "" (1973) and "Frida Still Life" (1983).
Leduc died on 21 October 2020 from problems caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Mexico City, aged 78.
Jackson L. Kiser
Jackson L. Kiser (June 24, 1929 – October 21, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was born in Welch, West Virginia. From 1981 until his death, he was a Judge on the District Court for the Western District of Virginia. From 1993 to 1997, he was Chief Judge. He was nominated to the court by President Ronald Reagan.
Kiser died on October 21, 2020 in Danville, Virginia at the age of 91.
Welch, West Virginia
Welch is a city located in McDowell County in the U.S. state of West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,406 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of McDowell County.
Healy, Alaska
Healy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Alaska. It is the borough seat of Denali Borough. 1,021 people lived there in 2010.
Gordon Riots
The Gordon Riots were mass rioting in London, England in 1780.
The riots started as a non-violent protest. In 1778 Parliament had passed the Catholic Relief Act, which stopped some oppression of people who practiced the Roman Catholic Christian religion. For example, it said Catholics could join the army without saying an oath that was against their religion. British people who practiced the Protestant Catholic religion did not like that. In 1980, Lord Gordon said Parliament should repeal, or take back, that law.
People who agreed with Gordon put blue cockade decorations in their hats and marched across London Bridge. Then they saw some Lords and called them names and attacked their carriages. Then they found some Roman Catholic churches and set them on fire.
Frank Horvat
Frank Horvat (28 April 1928 – 21 October 2020) was an Croatian-French photographer. He was best known for his fashion photography, published between the mid 1950s and the late 1980s.
Horvat's photographic opus includes photojournalism, portraiture, landscape, nature, and sculpture.
In 1988, he produced a book of interviews with fellow photographers such as Don McCullin, Robert Doisneau, Sarah Moon, Helmut Newton, and Marc Riboud.
Horvat died in October 2020 at the age of 92.
Mario Henderson
Mario Henderson (October 29, 1984 – October 21, 2020) was an American football offensive tackle. He spent the first four years of his career with the Oakland Raiders between 2007 to 2010. He also played for the San Diego Chargers in 2012. Henderson was born in Fort Myers, Florida.
Henderson died on October 21, 2020 at the age of 35.
Aldo Zargani
Aldo Zargani (7 August 1933 – 18 October 2020) was an Italian Jewish writer and educator. He was born in Turin, Italy. He started writing in his early sixties: his first and best-known book, "Per violino solo" ("For Solo Violin"), appeared in 1995. He wrote about Italian Jews with essays, lectures, and school visits. He was a Holocaust survivor.
Zargani died on 18 October 2020 in Rome, aged 87.
Deanna Demuzio
Deanna Demuzio (February 23, 1943 – October 20, 2020) was a Democratic politician. She was a member of the Illinois Senate between 2004 to 2011. From 2013 until her death, she was Mayor of Carlinville, Illinois.
Demuzio died on October 20, 2020 in Carlinville at the age of 77.
Järvsöfaks
Järvsöfaks (23 June 1994 – 19 October 2020) was a Swedish trotter. He held the current coldblood trotter's world record in wins, consecutive wins (42), and the coldblood trotter world record time, 1:17.9 per kilometre.
Järvsöfaks was driven and trained by Jan-Olov Persson.
Järvsöfaks died on 19 October 2020 in Hudiksvall, Sweden, aged 26.
Chet &quot;JR&quot; White
Chet "JR" White (1979/1980 – October 18, 2020) was an American record producer, rock musician and mix engineer. He was a member of the indie rock band Girls until their disbandment in 2012. He produced the album "Goon" by Tobias Jesso Jr. and "Sob Story" by the Spectrals. White was born in Santa Cruz, California.
White died of a heart attack on October 18, 2020 in Santa Cruz, aged 40.
Agostino Giuseppe Delfino
Agostino Giuseppe Delfino (17 June 1935 – 18 October 2020) was an Italian-born Central African Republic Roman Catholic bishop. Delfino was born in Arenzano, Italy. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1959. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Berbérati, Central African Republic from 1991 to 2010.
Delfino died on 18 October 2020 in Savona, Italy at the age of 85.
Arenzano
Arenzano is a coastal town and "comune" in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy, facing the Ligurian Sea. , it has a population of 11,445.
Metropolitan City of Genoa
The Metropolitan City of Genoa () is one of the fourteen Metropolitan cities of Italy, located in the region of Liguria. Its capital is the city of Genoa. It replaced the Province of Genoa.
Savona
Savona () is a seaport and "comune "in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.
OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) is a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission.
The mission's main goal is to get a sample of at least from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid, and return the sample to Earth for a detailed analysis.
The material returned is expected to enable scientists to learn more about the formation and evolution of the Solar System, its initial stages of planet formation, and the source of organic compounds that led to the formation of life on Earth.
If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first United States spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid.
Pan-Slavism
Pan-Slavism is a political idea. It came in the 19th century. Pan-Slavism is about the separatism and nationalism in the Slavic countries, for example Ukraine.
Louise Renaud
Louise Renaud (August 3, 1922 – October 21, 2020) was a Canadian artist. She was born in Montreal. She worked with Les Automatistes. Renaud was also a governess for the children of art dealer Pierre Matisse, the son of Henri Matisse.
She was one of the signatories on Paul-Émile Borduas's Refus Global.
Renaud died on October 21, 2020 in Berkeley, California at the age of 98.
Girl (Beatles song)
"Girl" is a song by English rock band the Beatles. It was first released on the band's 1965 album "Rubber Soul". It was written by John Lennon, but listed as Lennon–McCartney. It is a sad love song.
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Jeanne Renaud
Jeanne Renaud (born August 27, 1928) is a Canadian dancer, choreographer and artistic director. She is thought to be one of the founders of modern dance in Quebec. She was born in Montreal.
She went on to study with Merce Cunningham, Hanya Holm and Mary Anthony in New York City. In 1948, she gave a recital with Françoise Sullivan in Montreal. She taught dance in Paris from 1949 to 1954. In 1952, she joined with Les Automatistes.
From 1959 to 1965, she was associated with Françoise Riopelle at the École de Danse Moderne de Montréal as dancer, teacher and choreographer. In 1966, she founded Le Groupe de la Place Royale.
She was awarded the Prix Denise-Pelletier in 1989 and, in 1995, the Governor General's Award for the Performing Arts.
In 1998, she was named to the Order of Canada.
Dariusz Gnatowski
Dariusz Gnatowski (24 May 1961 – 20 October 2020) was a Polish actor. He was born in Ruda Śląska, Poland. His career began in 1983. He was known for his roles in "Demons of War" (1998), "With Fire and Sword" (1999) but mostly for his role as Boczek in the sitcom "Świat według Kiepskich".
Gnatowski died on 20 October 2020 in Krakow, Poland, aged 59.
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