page_title: Deaths in 2020
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: Deaths in 2020 / August
caption_attribution_description: On March 2, 2012, legislators and MTA officials announced plans for the installation of ADA-compliant elevators at the Flushing-Main Street LIRR station. In this photo: Claire Shulman, former Queens Borough President and current President and CEO of the Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation; Senator Toby Ann Stavisky; Assembly Member Grace Meng; LIRR President Helena Williams. Photo by Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
context_page_description: The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in August 2020. Individuals listed must have notability. Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
  Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death and a source.
caption: Claire Shulman
  1926 – 2020
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