Palestinianveteran negotiator Saeb Erekat died on November 10, 2020 of coronavirus complications at age 65.
Saeb Erekat was a long-time architect of plans to end the conflict with Israel through the creation of an independent Palestinian state, a goal he would not live to see achieved.
Mahmud Abbas is the current president of Palestine.
Veteran journalist Robert Fisk, one of the best-known Middle East correspondents who spent his career reporting from the troubled region and won accolades for challenging mainstream narratives, has died after a short illness on November 2, 2020. He was 74.
Former Kirkuk governor Najmeddin Karim, who was forced to quit for organizing a referendum in defiance of Iraq’s federal government and wanted for corruption, died on October 31, 2020.
Lee Kun-Hee, the ailing Samsung Electronics chairman who transformed the small television maker into a global giant of consumer electronics died on October 25, 2020.
Kenzo Takada, the iconic Franco-Japanese fashion designer famed for his jungle-infused designs and free-spirited aesthetic that channeled global travel, has died. He was 81.
Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation's top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War and solutions to other regional crises, died on September 28, 2020. He was 91.
