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Lassaad Jamoussi

لسعد الجموسي

Tunisia

1953 – 2020 (67 years old)

Acclaimed theater director, actor, and academic who spearheaded alternative stage arts in Sfax and directed the Carthage Theatre Days (JTC).

Sfax, Tunisia

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Rifat Chadirji

رفعت الجادرجي

Iraq

6 December 2026 – 10 April 2020 (93 years old)

Pioneering Iraqi architect and theorist who formulated 'regionalism' and designed over one hundred landmark modernist buildings across Iraq.

Woking, United Kingdom

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Mohamed Aram

محمد عرام

Algeria

1934 – 2020 (86 years old)

The founding father of Algerian comic book art and animation, creator of Algeria's first superhero comic 'Naar, l'Invincible' in 1964.

Algiers, Algeria

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Rezki Zérarti

رزقي زيرارتي

Algeria

1938 – 2020 (81 years old)

Pioneering expressionist painter, co-founder of the influential 'Aouchem' (Tattoo) modern art movement in 1967 alongside Baya Mahieddine and Mustapha Adane.

Algiers, Algeria

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Walter Learning

Canada

c. 1939 – 2020 (81 years old)

Walter John Learning was a Canadian theatre director, actor, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Ottawa, Canada

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Galia Yishai

Switzerland

c. 1951 – 2020 (69 years old)

Galia Yishai was an Israeli actress of film, stage and television and singer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Tom Long

United States

c. 1969 – 2020 (51 years old)

Thomas Andrew Long was an Australian film and television actor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Junko Hirotani

Japan

c. 1957 – 2020 (63 years old)

Junko Kido , better known by her birth name, Junko Hirotani , was a Japanese singer.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Tokyo, Japan

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Gugum Gumbira

Switzerland

c. 1946 – 2020 (74 years old)

Gugum Gumbira Tirasondjaja, often known just as Gugum Gumbira, was a Sundanese composer, orchestra leader, choreographer, and entrepreneur from Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Károly Gesztesi

Switzerland

c. 1964 – 2020 (56 years old)

Károly Gesztesi was a Hungarian actor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Bo Winberg

Sweden

c. 1940 – 2020 (80 years old)

Bo Fredrik Winberg was a Swedish singer and guitarist in the band The Spotnicks.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Stockholm, Sweden

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Penny Morrell

Great Britain

c. 1939 – 2020 (81 years old)

Penny Morrell was a British actress. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

London, United Kingdom

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Mónica Echeverría

Chile

c. 1921 – 2020 (99 years old)

Monica Echeverría Yáñez was a Chilean journalist, writer, actress and a Literature professor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Santiago, Chile

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