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In Memoriam: 15 People, Places, and Things Washington Said Goodbye to in 2020
A trailblazing justice, a basketball coach, an elephant, a dive bar, an NFL name and what they meant to our city.
December 22, 2020 Share
In a grim year, it’s hard to keep track of the people and places we lost much less remember the quirky reasons we loved so many of them. Here’s a sampling of farewells worth remembering.
Ambika the Elephant
born c 1948
She’d lived at the National Zoo since 1961 a pachyderm pal for generations of elephant-loving Washingtonians. Ambika was fascinating to watch, whether swinging her trunk around the yard, giving herself a mud bath, or hanging with Mr. Rogers. She was estimated to be 72 quite old for an Asian elephant in captivity and finally had to be euthanized in March.-