Dean Jones (September 24, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nA well-known name in international cricket history, Dean Jones left the world at the age of 59. Former test and one-day batsman died at a hotel in India after suffering a cardiac arrest. The global cricket community affectionately call him Deano. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nSean Connery (October 31, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nBond, James Bond. The most popular character he played became the image trap which stayed with Sean Connery as long as he lived and in his death. The man with the baritone that could leave aflutter a thousand hearts with the first word died on October 31, 2020, at the age of 90. In his seven decades as an actor, the once-bodybuilder defined aura and style. He won an Oscar in 1988 for his role in The Untouchables, and remains in popular cinema as the more refined Henry Jones Sr from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nJohn le Carr\u00e9 (December 12, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSmiley and Laemas’s creator. A spook who wrote elegant prose of the Circus, the Cold War and Checkpoint Charlie. David Cornwell aka Le Carr\u00e9 left the world at the age of 89. The characters of Le Carr\u00e9 were ordinary men who ran the world, unlike the very macho, licensed to kill corner that popular fiction painted spies into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nAstad Deboo (December 10, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn a world where politics has unmasked itself into a majoritarian drug, a man who stayed mute through his dance performances bid bye with cancer taking him into its stronger embrace. A pioneer of modern dance in a land of jhumka and thumkas of the popular silver screen, Astad Deboo and his passion left behind memories of performances and his well-wishers and admirers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nSoumitra Chatterjee (November 15, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAmong the many deaths caused by the coronavirus, Ray’s hero Soumitra Chatterjee’s passing was saddening. Yes, all deaths are sad but it took a disease of this magnitude to snatch a talent like Soumitra Chatterjee at 85. He died a month after he tested positive for coronavirus, and reports noted the yo-yo nature of the illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nS. P. Balasubrahmanyam (September 25, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe voice of several south Indian superstars and the man who gave voice to Salman Khan’s character in his debut Maine Pyar Kiya, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam was the colossus in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh (and Telangana) and Karnataka, who was as humble to his visitors as to his craft. Balu saar died on September 25, 2020, after his long fight with severe health issues due to the coronavirus infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nBhanu Athaiya (October 15, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIndia\u2019s first Oscar winner and celebrated costume designer Bhanu Athaiya died at the age of 91. She got the look for Attenborough’s Gandhi spot-on, making the film itself a tour de force. Though often recalled as the first Oscar winner from India, Athaiya designed costumes for over 100 Indian films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nChetan Chauhan (August 16, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIn his second innings, Chetan Chauhan served as a cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh. The former India opener had a cricketing career of 12 years, playing 40 Tests, 7 ODIs and was awarded the Arjuna honour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2020 has been seen the demise of many a popular personality. 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