The departed: Heroes, celebrities and rogues, from Oregon an

The departed: Heroes, celebrities and rogues, from Oregon and beyond, who died in 2020
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Among those we lost in 2020 (clockwise): Retired Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant, Sisters of the Road co-founder Genny Nelson, former Trail Blazers executive Harry Glickman and sexuality expert Shere Hite.
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2020 has been a rough year, and we’ve lost far too many people along the way.
Below The Oregonian/OregonLive offers up a list, far from exhaustive, of notable Oregonians and other Americans who died in the past 12 months, from the beloved to the notorious. (We also include a few dearly departed from foreign locales who made an impact in the United States).

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