In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Paik Sun-yup
South korean military officer (1920–2020).
Born November 23rd, 1920 in Kangso.
Died July 10th, 2020 at 99 years old in Seoul.
Yuri Orlov
Soviet physicist and dissident (1924–2020).
Born August 13th, 1924 in Moscow.
Died September 27th, 2020 at 96 years old in Ithaca. [ref]
Lee Fierro
American actress.
Born February 13th, 1929 in New York City. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2020 at 91 years old in Aurora (COVID-19). [ref]
Robert Archibald
Scottish basketball player (1980–2020).
Born March 29th, 1980 in Paisley.
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 39 years old in Barrington (gunshot wound). [ref]
Allan Rich
American actor (1926–2020).
Born February 8th, 1926 in The Bronx.
Died August 22nd, 2020 at 94 years old in Englewood (dementia). [ref]
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan priest and politician (1925-2020).
Born January 20th, 1925 in Argentina, Granada.
Died March 1st, 2020 at 95 years old in Managua (chronic renal insufficiency, cardiac arrest). [ref]
Amadou Toumani Touré
Malian soldier and politician.
Born November 4th, 1948 in Mopti.
Died November 9th, 2020 at 72 years old in Istanbul. [ref]
Jean Erdman
American dancer and choreographer (1916-2020).
Born February 20th, 1916 in Honolulu.
Died May 4th, 2020 at 104 years old in Honolulu. [ref]
Rachel Caine
American author.
Born April 27th, 1962 in United States.
Died November 1st, 2020 at 58 years old in United States, Texas (soft-tissue sarcoma). [ref]
Ezio Bosso
Italian composer, pianist and conductor (1971–2020).
Born September 13th, 1971 in Turin.
Died May 15th, 2020 at 48 years old in Bologna (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
P. K. Banerjee
Indian footballer (1936-2020).
Born October 15th, 1936 in Jalpaiguri.
Died March 20th, 2020 at 83 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
James Flynn
New zealand political scientist (1934–2020).
Born April 28th, 1934 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2020 at 86 years old in Dunedin. [ref]
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
Australian scientist who has been chief scientific adviser to the uk government (1936-2020).
Born January 8th, 1936 in Sydney.
Died April 28th, 2020 at 84 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Navid Afkari
Iranian wrestler.
Born July 22nd, 1993 in Shiraz. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2020 at 27 years old in Shiraz (hanging). [ref]
Armelia McQueen
American actress (1952-2020).
Born January 6th, 1952 in Southern Pines.
Died October 3rd, 2020 at 68 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Moussa Traoré
Malian former dictator (1936-2020).
Born September 25th, 1936 in Kayes.
Died September 15th, 2020 at 83 years old in Bamako. [ref]
Manolis Glezos
Greek politician (1922-2020).
Born September 9th, 1922 in Apeiranthos.
Died March 30th, 2020 at 97 years old in Athens (heart failure). [ref]
Trevor Cherry
English footballer and manager (1948-2020).
Born February 23rd, 1948 in Huddersfield.
Died April 29th, 2020 at 72 years old in Leeds. [ref]
Eugene Wright
American jazz musician (1923–2020).
Born May 29th, 1923 in Chicago.
Died December 30th, 2020 at 97 years old in Valley Glen. [ref]
Pau Donés
Spanish singer-songwriter and musician.
Born October 11th, 1966 in Barcelona.
Died June 9th, 2020 at 53 years old in Bagergue (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Prince Abdul Azim of Brunei
Bruneian royal (1982–2020).
Born July 29th, 1982 in Bandar Seri Begawan. [ref]
Died October 24th, 2020 at 38 years old in Jerudong Park Medical Centre (systemic vasculitis). [ref]
James Dunn
British new testament scholar and theologian (1939-2020).
Born October 21st, 1939 in Birmingham.
Died June 26th, 2020 at 80 years old in Chichester. [ref]
Cristina
American singer (1956-2020).
Born January 2nd, 1959 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 31st, 2020 at 61 years old in New York City (COVID-19). [ref]
Annie Cordy
Belgian actress and singer (1928–2020).
Born June 16th, 1928 in Laeken.
Died September 4th, 2020 at 92 years old in Vallauris (cardiac arrest). [ref]
George Bizos
Greek-south african lawyer.
Born November 14th, 1928 in Vasilitsi. [ref]
Died September 9th, 2020 at 91 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Deaths 526 to 550 of 1795
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t. Richard Bach