Thursday, January 7, 2021

Some More 2020 Deaths: Wright, Johnson, Mubarak, Welch and McNally

FEBRUARY

MICKEY WRIGHT, 85

Golf great who won 13 majors among her 82 victories and gave the new LPGA a crucial lift.  Died Feb. 17.

KATHERINE JOHNSON, 101

A mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and Earth orbits for NASA's early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film "Hidden Figures."  Feb. 24.

HOSNI MUBARAK, 91

The Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years being being forced from power.  Feb. 25.

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MARCH

JACK WELCH, 84

He transformed General Electric Co. into a highly profitable multinational conglomerate.  March 1.

TERRENCE McNALLY, 81

One of America's great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtime" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman."  Died March 24


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