One annual tradition that catches my eye every year is the review of what influential people died since the new calendar flipped over.
Like most of the year-in-review articles, this one comes out before the actual end of the year because, to be honest, news departments find them handy to fill slow news days during the holidays.
The Associated Press published its list before Christmas: “Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020.”
It’s an impressive list, giving a nugget of information on each person. I recommend scrolling through it, but if you need a nudge, here are some I noticed:
Government
Hosni Mubarak, 91
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 100
William S. Sessions, 90
John Lewis, 80
Herman Cain, 74
Brent Scowcroft, 95
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87
David Dinkins, 93
Entertainment
Kirk Douglas, 103
Orson Bean, 91
Robert Conrad, 84
Max von Sydow, 90
Lyle Waggoner, 84
Kenny Rogers, 81
Bill Withers, 81
Ellis Marsaliss Jr., 85
John Prine, 73
Brian Dennehy, 81
Little Richard, 87
Jerry Stiller, 92
Ken Osmond, 76
Carl Reiner, 98
Hugh Downs, 99
Charlie Daniels, 83
Regis Philbin, 88
Olivia de Havilland, 104
Wilford Brimley, 85
Chadwick Boseman, 43
Diana Rigg, 82
Helen Reddy, 78
Mac Davis, 78
Eddie Van Halen, 65
Sean Connery, 90
Alex Trebek, 80
Dave Prowse, 85
Charley Pride, 86
Sports
David Stern, 77
Don Larsen, 90
Kobe Bryant, 41
Fred “Curly” Neal, 77
Tom Dempsey, 73
Don Shula, 90
Phyllis George, 70
Jerry Sloan, 78
Eddie Sutton, 84
John Thompson, 78
Tom Seaver, 75
Gale Sayers, 77
Bob Gibson, 84
Whitey Ford, 91
Joe Morgan, 77
Paul Hornung, 84
Rafer Johnson, 86
Literary
Jim Lehrer, 85
Mary Higgins Clark, 92
Clive Cussler, 88
Charles Webb, 81
Rudolfo Anaya, 82
Beyond Categories
Katherine Johnson, 101
Jack Welch, 84
The Rev. Darius L. Swann, 95
Christo, 84
Charles “Chuck” Yeager, 97
And now Dawn Wells, 82, of COVID. Yep, I was a member of Team Mary Ann.
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Then today(12/29)–Pierre Cardin
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