2020 In Review Fast Facts

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Updated 1849 GMT (0249 HKT) December 31, 2020

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<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/politics/dick-thornburgh-dead/index.html" target="_blank">Richard "Dick" Thornburgh</a>, a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania who went on to serve as US attorney general under two presidents, died December 31 at the age of 88.
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Richard "Dick" Thornburgh, a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania who went on to serve as US attorney general under two presidents, died December 31 at the age of 88.
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<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/30/entertainment/dawn-wells-obit/index.html" target="_blank">Dawn Wells</a>, who played the lovable castaway Mary Ann Summers on "Gilligan's Island," died from Covid-19 complications on December 30, her publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to CNN. She was 82.
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Dawn Wells, who played the lovable castaway Mary Ann Summers on "Gilligan's Island," died from Covid-19 complications on December 30, her publicist Harlan Boll confirmed to CNN. She was 82.
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