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Géza Szőcs was an ethnic Hungarian poet and politician from Transylvania, Romania, who served as Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of National Resources in Hungary from 2 June 2010 to 13 June 2012. From 1986 to 1989, after working in the scientific literature seminar of the Babeș-Bolyai University, Géza Szőcs went into…
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Arolde de Oliveira was a Brazilian soldier, economist and politician. Although born in Rio Grande do Sul, he had spent his political career representing Rio de Janeiro, having served as federal deputy for nine consecutive terms from 1986 to 2019 and federal senator since 2019. Oliveira died of COVID-19 on October 21, 2020.

Nayini Narsimha Reddy was an Indian politician. He served as the first Home Minister of Telangana from 2014 to 2018. He also took charge of portfolios including Prisons, Fire Services, Sainik Welfare, Labour and Employment. He was the Member of Legislative Council (MLC) of Telangana. He was the Senior Labour Leader in Telangana. A senior…
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Yehuda Barkan (Hebrew: יהודה בארקן‎) was an Israeli actor, film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was noted for his appearance in Israeli comedy cult classics of the 1970s, and for producing and directing candid camera “prank films” in the 1980s. During the 1970s and 1980s Barkan participated in many Israeli “Bourekas films”, among them…
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Ernesto Antonio Contreras Vásquez was an Argentine cyclist. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and the 1968 Summer Olympics. He also won the Argentine National Road Race Championships in 1959, 1970 and 1971, as well as eight consecutive national pursuit championships from 1956 to 1963. Contreras died on October 25, 2020 at the age of…
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Bishop Jan Niemiec (Ukrainian: Ян Нємєц; Polish: Jan Niemiec) was a Polish-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as an Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and the Titular Bishop of Decoriana since 21 October 2006 until his death on 27 October 2020 from COVID-19.

Robert Harper, known professionally as Bobby Ball, was an English comic, actor and singer. He was best known as a member of the comic double act Cannon and Ball, with Tommy Cannon (real name Thomas Derbyshire). They hosted their own ITV show, The Cannon and Ball Show, for nine years between 1979 and 1988. Ball…
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Gurgen Ambartsumovich Egiazaryan (Armenian: Գուրգեն Համբարձումի Եղիազարյան) was an Armenian politician and civil servant. Egiazaryan was born in Yerevan. He studied Economics at the Yerevan State University from 1967 to 1973, graduating in 1973, and Law at the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs Academy from 1987 to 1990. Starting from 1976, he held various offices…
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Felix Vasilyevich Malyarenko was a Russian Army officer, poet and prose writer, author of works for children and youth. More than two dozen board games based on his books have been created for children and adults. Saratov singer Vladislava Oksyuta performed songs to the verses of Malyarenko. In 2014 and 2017 he was among the…
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Stanisław Kogut was a Polish politician, member of the Polish Senate from 2005-2019 and member of the Law and Justice party. He died of the coronavirus on October 18, 2020.