THREAD: A Supreme Court justice. A ballroom dancer. An NBA legend. A new mom. Here are some of the notable figures we lost in 2020 and other people whose deaths left behind great sorrow.http://apne.ws/LCeQc7a
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Margaret Holloway never made it to Broadway or Hollywood. Instead, the 68-year-old’s stage was the New Haven, Connecticut, streets where she lived and became known as “The Shakespeare Lady” for her intense performances of the bard’s “Macbeth” and “Hamlet.”http://apne.ws/1f5ihML
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Mary Higgins Clark was the tireless and long-reigning “Queen of Suspense” whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world’s most popular writers. MORE: http://apne.ws/6zlbE3E pic.twitter.com/mSJiAIpFN7
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Laneeka Barksdale was well known in Detroit’s vibrant ballroom dance and social scene. With long, flowing hair and a smile that could light up a room, some friends called Laneeka “the queen” of Detroit-style ballroom dancing.http://apne.ws/KmIEybz
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Hosni Mubarak was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in Egypt in an Arab Spring uprising. MORE: http://apne.ws/0whCoOB pic.twitter.com/6kMsttnV05
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"Everybody wanted to be around her." A week after giving birth and a year away from achieving her teaching degree, Rafaela de Jesus Silva died of complications related to the coronavirus.http://apne.ws/bpcLeTM
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Mathematician Katherine Johnson calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering Black female aerospace workers. MORE: http://apne.ws/kdi2qea pic.twitter.com/yPXO1nyCJk
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John Lewis’ bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation. The lion of the Civil Rights movement went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress. MORE: http://apne.ws/qEODbfC pic.twitter.com/Y695heTVN2
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For more than three decades, Viviane Bouculat, 65, was the owner, impresario, cook and bottle washer at l’Annexe, a bistro in a Paris suburb. She had a way of turning customers into friends, and friends into confidants.http://apne.ws/ieX5N6w
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Chadwick Boseman played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel’s blockbuster movie franchise. MORE: http://apne.ws/4N3cUUJ pic.twitter.com/NfeA3haZjT
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As much as Isaiah Kuperstein was marked by humanity’s darkness, he emanated light. Kuperstein was an encyclopedic Holocaust scholar who helped transform how children were taught a subject many thought too gruesome to broach. MORE: http://apne.ws/uva7U3W http://apne.ws/GAZBTRh
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg developed a cultlike following over her more than 27 years on the bench, especially among young women who appreciated her lifelong, fierce defense of women’s rights. MORE: http://apne.ws/FMRZyYp pic.twitter.com/eGSOzfVxgA
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"He was the backbone of our family.” Dr. Ahmed el-Lawah liked to gather the whole family every week at his home in the Egyptian city of Port Said — his parents, his wife and children, all his siblings, their kids and their kids’ kids.http://apne.ws/DAMdqzp
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Sean Connery rose to international superstardom as the suave secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an Oscar-winning career in other rugged roles. MORE: http://apne.ws/0y6H9Ab pic.twitter.com/uUjrdJxeOd
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