Notable People We Have Lost In 2020

Published on 12/29/2020
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John Lewis

John Lewis (February 21, 1940-July 17, 2020) Grew up poor in rural, segregated Alabama. As an acolyte of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he pursued “good trouble” to combat Jim Crow laws and push for a more equitable society. During the 1970s, before winning a seat on the Atlanta City Council in 1981, he served as director of the Voter Education Project and then in the Carter Administration.

John Lewis

John Lewis

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Kelly Preston

In a richly diverse roster of films, actress Kelly Preston (October 13, 1962-July 12, 2020) starred alongside such Hollywood heavyweights as Tom Cruise (“Jerry Maguire”), Arnold Schwarzenegger (“Twins”), and Kevin Costner (“For the Love of the Game”). But it was a dance floor encounter, a movie dance floor, that is, which led to her marriage to John Travolta, another movie star.

Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston

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