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In the year 2020
1,670 Notable deaths
Lee Kerslake
English drummer (1947–2020).
Born April 16th, 1947 in Winton.
Died September 19th, 2020 at 73 years old in London (prostate cancer). [ref]
Norman Hunter
English footballer (1943-2020).
Born October 29th, 1943 in Gateshead.
Died April 17th, 2020 at 76 years old in Leeds (COVID-19). [ref]
Jim Lehrer
American writer (1934-2020).
Born May 19th, 1934 in Wichita.
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 85 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Geert Hofstede
Dutch psychologist.
Born October 2nd, 1928 in Haarlem.
Died February 12th, 2020 at 91 years old in Ede. [ref]
Rosalind Knight
British actress (1933–2020).
Born December 3rd, 1933 in Marylebone.
Died December 19th, 2020 at 87 years old [ref]
Stuart Gordon
American filmmaker (1947-2020).
Born August 11th, 1947 in Chicago.
Died March 24th, 2020 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Phyllis Somerville
American stage, film and television actress (1943–2020).
Born December 12th, 1943 in Iowa City.
Died July 16th, 2020 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
Tony Rice
American guitarist and bluegrass musician.
Born June 8th, 1951 in Danville.
Died December 25th, 2020 at 69 years old in Reidsville. [ref]
Millie Small
Jamaican singer (1947–2020).
Born October 6th, 1947 in Clarendon Parish. [ref]
Died May 5th, 2020 at 72 years old in London. [ref]
Henri Richard
Canadian ice hockey player (1936-2020).
Born February 29th, 1936 in Montreal.
Died March 6th, 2020 at 84 years old in Laval. [ref]
Manu Dibango
Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist (1933–2020).
Born December 12th, 1933 in Douala.
Died March 24th, 2020 at 86 years old in Melun (COVID-19). [ref]
Bill Rieflin
American musician (1960–2020).
Born September 30th, 1960 in Seattle. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2020 at 59 years old in Seattle (cancer).
Andrew Weatherall
English dj, record producer, and remixer (1963-2020).
Born April 6th, 1963 in Windsor.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 56 years old in Whipps Cross University Hospital (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Lexii Alijai
American rapper.
Born February 19th, 1998 in Saint Paul.
Died January 1st, 2020 at 21 years old in Minneapolis. [ref]
Zindzi Mandela
South african diplomat and poet.
Born December 23rd, 1960 in Soweto.
Died July 13th, 2020 at 59 years old in Johannesburg (Coronavirus). [ref]
Abd al-Halim Khaddam
Syrian politician (1932–2020).
Born September 15th, 1932 in Baniyas.
Died March 31st, 2020 at 87 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Toots Hibbert
Jamaican musician, singer and songwriter (1942–2020).
Born December 8th, 1942 in May Pen.
Died September 11th, 2020 at 77 years old in University Hospital of the West Indies (COVID-19). [ref]
Mad Mike Hoare
Irish-born soldier.
Born March 17th, 1919 in Kolkata.
Died February 2nd, 2020 at 100 years old in Durban. [ref]
Pamela Tiffin
American actress and model (1942–2020).
Born October 13th, 1942 in Oklahoma City.
Died December 2nd, 2020 at 78 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Frankie Banali
American drummer (1951–2020).
Born November 14th, 1951 in Queens.
Died August 20th, 2020 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Rafer Johnson
American athlete and actor.
Born August 18th, 1935 in Hillsboro. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 2020 at 85 years old in Sherman Oaks (stroke). [ref]
Ajit Jogi
1st chief minister of chhattisgarh.
Born April 29th, 1946 in Bilaspur.
Died May 29th, 2020 at 74 years old in Raipur (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Allen Garfield
American actor (1939–2020).
Born November 22nd, 1939 in Newark.
Died April 7th, 2020 at 80 years old in Woodland Hills (COVID-19). [ref]
Ronald Bell
American musician (1951–2020).
Born November 1st, 1951 in Youngstown.
Died September 9th, 2020 at 68 years old in United States Virgin Islands. [ref]
Peter Bonetti
English association football player (1941-2020).
Born September 27th, 1941 in Putney.
Died April 12th, 2020 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 276 to 300 of 1670
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi