On December 7, 2020, Austin was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to be Secretary of Defense. His nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 22, 2021 which made him the first Black Secretary of Defense in American history.
Sayak Chakraborty
Sayak Chakraborty (born: 27 September 1994) is a Bengali actor who works in Bengali cinema. He is known for his portrayal as Krishna in the TV serial "Mahaprabhu Sri Chaitanya", a mythological show and "Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni" a historical drama show which airs on Zee Bangla.
Alfred Kucharczyk
Alfred Kucharczyk (2 November 1937 – 2 December 2020) was a Polish gymnast. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Radlin, Poland.
Kucharczyk died on 2 December 2020 at the age of 83.
Cliff Green
Cliff Green OAM (6 December 1934 – 4 December 2020) was an Australian screenwriter. He was best known for his work in "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1975). In 2009, he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal. He was born in Melbourne.
Green died on 4 December 2020, aged 85.
Dejan Dabović
Dejan Dabović (3 August 1944 – 6 December 2020) was a Yugoslav water polo player. He was known for winning a gold medal in Mexico City in 1968, with the Yugoslavian water polo team. He was born in Herceg Novi.
Dabović died on 6 December 2020 in Belgrade at the age of 76.
The Chronicles of Narnia (movies)
The Chronicles of Narnia films series is based on a books by Clive Staples Lewis, "The Chronicles of Narnia". Of the seven books, three were made into movies: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in 2005, "Prince Caspian" in 2008 and "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" in 2010. Those movies have grossed more than $1.5 billion worldwide.
Jaromír Kohlíček
Jaromír Kohlíček (February 23, 1953 – December 6, 2020) was a Czech politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia from 2004 to 2019. He was born in Teplice. From 1998 to 2004, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic.
Kohlíček died on December 6, 2020 at the age of 67.
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Serial (Bad) Weddings (French: "Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu?") is a French movied comedy of 2014, directed by Philippe de Chauveron.
A happy couple with many children, Claude and Maria Vernay, are raising four beautiful daughters. They are true Catholics who represent an old France. They are respected in society, as they have a good job, four children and a big house. The parents did not expect that their three daughters would find husbands so quickly and get married. The only thing that confuses them is their sons-in-law, who are a little different from them: a Jew, a Chinese and an Arab. For parents, this is a serious problem. Their only hope is for their last daughter. Soon they learn the good news, their fourth daughter marries a true Catholic. But it turns out that the groom is a black West African from the Ivory Coast.
The movie as partly filmed in Chinon and mainly in Paris and in Normandy.
Philippe de Chauveron
Philippe de Chauveron (born 15 November 1965) is a French movie director, and screenwriter. He is a director of 2014 movie "Serial (Bad) Weddings".
Philippe de Chauveron was born on November 15, 1965 in Paris. In 1986 he received a diploma from the Higher School of Cinematographic Research. He began his career in cinema as a screenwriter. He has written 10 screenplays and directed 5 films. In 2014, Philippe staged his most famous film about multicultural marriages, "Serial (Bad) Weddings", which was a great success in France. The movie was watched by more than 12.2 million viewers. Box office in France reached 131 million dollars with a budget of 13 million euros. Box office in all countries was near $ 200 million.
Soedardjat Nataatmadja
Soedardjat Nataatmadja (30 June 19386 December 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was the Regent of Bogor from 1983 until 1988, the Vice Governor of Irian Jaya from 1989 until 1993, Inspector General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1993 until 1997, and as the member of the People's Representative Council from 1997 until 1999.
Nataatmadja died at a hospital in Jakarta on 6 December 2020 at the age of 82.
Fred Akers
Fred Akers (March 17, 1938 – December 7, 2020) was an American football player and coach. He was head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1975 to 1976, the University of Texas at Austin from 1977 to 1986 and Purdue University from 1987 to 1990. Akers was born in Blytheville, Arkansas.
Akers died on December 7, 2020 at the age of 82.
Dick Allen
Richard Anthony Allen (March 8, 1942 – December 7, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. During his 15-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he appeared as a first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox. Allen was born in Wampum, Pennsylvania.
Allen died on December 7, 2020 in Wampum from cancer at the age of 78.
Wampum, Pennsylvania
Wampum is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 717 at the 2010 census.
Tihomir Arsić
Tihomir Arsić (21 July 1957 – 7 December 2020) was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than forty movies from 1975 until his death. He was born in Zemun, Serbia. Arsić was known for his roles in "The Promising Boy", "Great Transport", "Battle of Kosovo" and "The Optimists".
Arsić died on 7 December 2020 in Belgrade at the age of 63.
Natalie Desselle-Reid
Natalie Desselle Reid (July 12, 1967 – December 7, 2020) was an American actress. She was known for her roles in "B.A.P.S.", "Def Jam's How to Be a Player", "Set It Off" and "Cinderella".
She also starred in the television series "Built to Last", "For Your Love", and "Eve."
Reid died of colon cancer on December 7, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 53.
İrfan Gürpınar
İrfan Gürpınar (1943 – 7 December 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was born in Kırklareli, Turkey. He was Minister of Tourism from 1995 to 1996.
Gürpınar died of COVID-19 on 7 December 2020 in Ankara at the age of 77.
Roger Moret
Rogelio "Roger" Moret Torres (September 16, 1949 – December 7, 2020) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1970 to 1976 and in 1978 for the Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves and the Texas Rangers. He was born in Guayama, Puerto Rico.
Moret died on December 7, 2020 in Guayama from cancer at the age of 71.
Vadim Petrov
Vadim Petrov (24 May 1932 – 7 December 2020) was a Czech composer. He was of Russian-Czech descent. He was born in Prague. Petrov taught music at the Prague Conservatory and at Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory.
Petrov died on 7 December 2020 in Prague at the age of 88.
Janusz Sanocki
Janusz Antoni Sanocki (5 March 1954 – 7 December 2020) was a Polish politician and journalist. He was born in Nysa, Poland. Sanocki was a member of the Liga Nyska party. He was Mayor of Nysa from 1998 to 2001. Sanocki was a member of the Sejm from 2015 to 2019.
Sanocki died on 7 December 2020 in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland from COVID-19 at the age of 66.
Eduardo Galvão
Eduardo Galvão (19 April 1962 – 7 December 2020) was a Brazilian actor. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. His career began in 1989. He was known for his roles as Otacilio in "Porto dos Milagres", Armando in "O Beijo do Vampiro" and as Dr. Roger in "Bom Sucesso".
Galvão died of COVID-19 on 7 December 2020 in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 58.
Aleksandr Gordon
Aleksandr Vitalievich Gordon (26 December 1931 – 7 December 2020) was a Russian actor and movie director. He was born in Moscow. His career began in 1956. His best known role as George in "The Killers" (1956). He directed and wrote the 1957 student movie "There Will Be No Leave Today".
Gordon died on 7 December 2020 in Moscow, just a few weeks before his 89th birthday.
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