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Enrique Múgica was a Spanish lawyer and politician. An opponent of Francoist Spain, he spent three years in prison. He was one of the leaders of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE), in Franco’s time. He managed the establishment of diplomatic relations between Spain and Israel. He was a member of the PSOE, Justice Minister (1988–1991),…
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Frits Flinkevleugel was a Dutch footballer who played as a right back. Born in Amsterdam, Flinkevleugel played for DWS and FC Amsterdam. He won the Dutch championship in 1964 with DWS. He died of the coronavirus on April 10, 2020.

Dmitri Smirnov was a Russian-British composer and academic teacher, who also published as Dmitri N. Smirnov and D. Smirnov-Sadovsky. He wrote operas, symphonies, string quartets and other chamber music, and vocal music from song to oratorio. Many of his works were inspired by the art of William Blake. He died of COVID-related complications on April…
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Floyd Cardoz was an Indian-born American chef. He was born in Mumbai. He is noted for his respective ownership and executive chef tenures at the New York City eateries Paowalla and Tabla, as well as his victory on Top Chef Masters in 2011. His New York restaurants were known for food melding Indian flavours and…
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Jacques Oudin was a French politician. He was member of the Senate of France from 1986 to 2004, representing the department of Vendée. He died of COVID-19 on March 21, 2020.

José Folgado was a Spanish businessman, economist and politician. He was a member of the People’s Party. He served as president of Red Eléctrica de España from 2012 to 2018; as Deputy of Congress in 2000 and from 2004 to 2008, representing Zamora; as mayor of Tres Cantos from 2007 to 2012. Folgado also was…
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Maurice Berger was an American cultural historian, curator, and art critic, who served as a Research Professor and Chief Curator at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Berger was recognized for his interdisciplinary scholarship on race and visual culture in the United States. He died from the coronavirus…
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Terrence McNally was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1996 for his work. He passed of complications from COVID-19 on March 24, 2020.

Manu Dibango was a Cameroonian musician and songwriter. He enjoyed playing the saxophone and vibraphone. He was best known for his hit single “Soul Makossa”. He died from the coronavirus on March 24, 2020.

Lorenzo Sanz was a Spanish businessman and the president of Real Madrid football club from 1995 through 2000. He passed of coronavirus complications on March 21, 2020.