Andrzej Tadeusz Strzelecki (4 February 1952 – 17 July 2020), was a Polish actor, satirist, theatre director and screenwriter. He was the rector of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw in the years 2008 to 2016. He was born in Warsaw. His best known roles were in "Klan", "Battle of Warsaw 1920" and "Barwy szczęścia".
Strzelecki died in Warsaw on 17 July 2020 from lung cancer, aged 68.
Franciszek Ziejka
Franciszek Ziejka (3 October 1940 – 19 July 2020) was a Polish scholar and historian. His works focused in Polish literature. He was born in Radłów, Poland. Ziejka became a member of the Polish Academy of Learning in 1997 in Kraków. He was also a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish PEN International Club.
Ziejka died on 19 July 2020 in Krakow, Poland at the age of 79.
Margaret McIver
Margaret Elizabeth McIver (7 August 1933 – 21 July 2020) was an Australian equestrian, dressage coach and judge. She was born in Gordon, Australia.
McIver was the first Australian to represent her country in dressage when she competed at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympics in the individual event.
IcIver was an honorary life member of Equestrian Australia.
In January 2000, she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal as the first Australian to compete at the Olympics in dressage.
She died on 21 July 2020 at the age of 86.
Charles Dewachtere
Charles Paul Dewachtere (22 December 1927 – 22 July 2020) was a Belgian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
In 1951 he became Belgian champion in a race over 35 km, between Waregem and Ghent. He was born in Ghent, Belgium.
Lunatic
Lunatic is an old term that was used to refer to a person with a mental illness, or a mental disability. The term goes back to the Latin word lunaticus, which means ' of the moon', or moonstruck. It was also used in English law until about 1930, when it was replaced by "person of unsound mind". Starting 1959, English law speaks about "mental illness".
The term "lunatic" was originally used to refer mainly to epilepsy and madness, as diseases thought to be caused by the moon. The King James Version of the Bible records "lunatick" in the Gospel of Matthew which has been interpreted as a reference to epilepsy. By the fourth and fifth centuries, astrologers were commonly using the term to refer to neurological and psychiatric diseases.Philosophers such as Aristotle and Pliny the Elder argued that the full moon induced insane individuals with bipolar disorder by providing light during nights which would otherwise have been dark, and affecting susceptible individuals through the well-known route of sleep deprivation. Until at least 1700, it was also a common belief that the moon influenced fevers, rheumatism, episodes of epilepsy and other diseases.
Luzius Wildhaber
Luzius Wildhaber (18 January 1937 – 22 July 2020) was a Swiss judge. He was born in Basel. He was the first President of the European Court of Human Rights. Wildhaber was elected on 24 July 1998, and was in the office from 1 November 1998 to 18 January 2007.
Wildhaber died on 22 July 2020, aged 83.
Bernard Ładysz
Bernard Ładysz (24 July 1922 – 25 July 2020) was a Polish opera singer and actor. His recordings include "Lucia di Lammermoor" (with Maria Callas) and "The Devils of Loudon" (with Tatiana Troyanos). He was born in Wilno, then Poland.
His best known roles were in "The Doll" (1968), "Ziemia obiecana" (1974), "The Quack" (1982), "Pierścień i róża" (1986) and "Ogniem i mieczem" (1999).
Ładysz died on 25 July 2020 in Warsaw, one day after his 98th birthday.
Emmanuel Farhi
Emmanuel Farhi (September 8, 1978 – July 23, 2020) was a French economist. He was a professor of economics at Harvard University. His research focused on macroeconomics and finance. He was a member of the French Economic Analysis Council to the French Prime Minister from 2010 to 2012.
Farhi died on July 23, 2020 at the age of 41.
Alan Garner (footballer)
Alan Henry Garner (2 February 1951 – 23 July 2020) was an English professional footballer. He was best known as a player for Watford.
Garner only made two league appearances before moving on to Luton Town in 1971. Garner played 88 times in the league and helped Luton to promotion in 1973–74.
At Watford, Garner became a key player, appearing 200 times in the league during his five years at Vicarage Road. His career later focused into non-League football with Barnet.
Tomas Joson III
Tomas Noriel Joson III (May 10, 1948 – July 23, 2020) was a Filipino politician, businessman and lawyer. He was a Governor of Nueva Ecija for one term from 1992 to 1995, and was re-elected for another three terms from 1998 to 2007. Joson was born in Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija.
In 2019, Joson was found guilty of three counts of graft and sentenced to between six and ten years' imprisonment for each count. Joson was acquitted in 2020.
Joson died on July 23, 2020 at the age of 72.
Paolo Sassone-Corsi
Paolo Sassone-Corsi (8 June 1956 – 23 July 2020) was an Italian researcher and molecular biologist. He was born in Naples, Italy. Sassone-Corsi's work largely focused on the implementation of molecular approaches for cell signaling, circadian rhythm, epigenetics, and the plasticity of the genome.
Sassone-Corsi died on 23 July 2020 in Irvine, California at the age of 64.
Azimzhan Askarov
Azimzhan Askarov (; 17 May 1951 – 25 July 2020) was an Uzbek Kyrgyzstani political activist. He founded the group "Vozduh" in 2002 to investigate police brutality. During the 2010 ethnic clashes.
He was arrested and prosecuted on charges of creating mass disturbances and complicity in murder. Following a trial protested by several international human rights groups for alleged torture and the courtroom intimidation of witnesses by police—Askarov was given a life sentence.
In November 2010, Askarov's health was reported to be rapidly in bad health as a result of his confinement. Amnesty International honored him as a prisoner of conscience.
In 2015, the U.S. gave the 2014 Human Rights Defender Award on Askarov. The Kyrgyz government protested this decision and formally terminated a 1993 agreement on cooperation between the U.S. and Kyrgyzstan.
On 12 July 2016, the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan revoked the life sentence against Askarov and sent his case to the Chui Oblast Court for review. He was resentenced for life on 24 January 2017.
Ivanitsky died on 25 July 2020 while serving his life sentence at a prison in Bishkek from pneumonia, aged 69.
Aleksandr Ivanitsky
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Ivanitsky (; 8 October 1937 – 22 July 2020) was a Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. He won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Ivanitsky died on 22 July 2020 from a possible drowning, aged 82.
Dominic Sonic
Dominic Sonic, stage name of Dominique Garreau (11 November 1964 – 23 July 2020) was a French singer. He released six albums from 1989 to 2015. He was born in Dinan, France. He stared his career by playing with Lamballe-based punk group Kalashnikov. He remained with the group for six years and performed in over 300 concerts.
In 1987, he began producing his first solo album, "Cold Tears", which was released two years later by the Belgian label Crammed Discs. Sonic took part in the Rencontres Trans Musicales in Rennes in 2002 as a surprise guest of The Stooges.
Sonic died on 23 July 2020 in Les Lilas, France at the age of 55.
Jerry Taft
Jerry Taft (March 14, 1943 – July 23, 2020) was an American meteorologist and weather presenter. He was chief meteorologist for WLS-TV in Chicago. He worked for 34 years with WLS, and for 42 years as a broadcast meteorologist in the Chicago area. He retired in January 2018.
Taft died on July 23, 2020 in Chicago, aged 77.
Paulette Wilson