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July 13, 2020

On July 13, 2020, after a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned. The year's #1 song was "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.

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2020 (MMXX) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2020th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 20th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2020s decade.

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On July 13, 2020

  1. 2020 After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned.

    2020 drowning incident

    On July 8, 2020, American actress and singer Naya Rivera was declared missing after she failed to return from a boating excursion on Lake Piru near her home in California. Shortly afterwards, her rented boat with her unharmed four-year-old son was located. A search conducted by various authorities in southern California began, though Rivera was formally presumed dead the next day; the search lasted until the morning of July 13, 2020, when her body was recovered and she was pronounced dead from drowning at the age of 33.

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Grant Imahara American engineer and TV host (1970–2020)
Zindzi Mandela South African diplomat and poet (1960–2020)

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