In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Diane di Prima
American poet (1934-2020).
Born August 6th, 1934 in Brooklyn.
Died October 25th, 2020 at 86 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Mahmoud Jibril
Libyan politician (1952-2020).
Born May 28th, 1952 in Al Bayda.
Died April 5th, 2020 at 67 years old in Cairo (COVID-19). [ref]
Phil May
British singer (1944-2020).
Born November 9th, 1944 in Dartford.
Died May 15th, 2020 at 75 years old in King's Lynn (surgical complications). [ref]
Joe Brown
English mountaineer and rock climber (1930–2020).
Born September 26th, 1930 in Manchester.
Died April 15th, 2020 at 89 years old [ref]
John Barrow
British physicist and mathematician (1952-2020).
Born November 29th, 1952 in London.
Died September 26th, 2020 at 67 years old in Cambridge (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Kim Nam-chun
South korean footballer.
Born April 19th, 1989 in Incheon.
Died October 30th, 2020 at 31 years old in Seoul. [ref]
Wallace Roney
American jazz trumpeter (1960–2020).
Born May 25th, 1960 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died March 31st, 2020 at 59 years old in Paterson (COVID-19). [ref]
Yi Hae-won
Korean royalty (1919-2020).
Born April 24th, 1919 in Seoul.
Died February 8th, 2020 at 100 years old in Hanam.
Sabiha Khanum
Pakistani actress.
Born October 16th, 1935 in Gujrat.
Died June 13th, 2020 at 84 years old in Leesburg.
Seamus Mallon
Irish politician (1936–2020).
Born August 17th, 1936 in Markethill. [ref]
Died January 24th, 2020 at 83 years old in Markethill. [ref]
Vaughan Jones
New zealand mathematician and fields medalist (1952–2020).
Born December 31st, 1952 in Gisborne.
Died September 6th, 2020 at 67 years old in Nashville (infection). [ref]
Miloš Jakeš
Czechoslovak politician (1922-2020).
Born August 12th, 1922 in České Chalupy. [ref]
Died July 10th, 2020 at 97 years old in Prague. [ref]
Robert W. Gore
American scientist and businessman (1937-2020).
Born April 15th, 1937 in Utah, Salt Lake City.
Died September 17th, 2020 at 83 years old in Newark. [ref]
José Mojica Marins
Brazilian filmmaker (1936-2020).
Born March 13th, 1936 in São Paulo.
Died February 19th, 2020 at 83 years old in São Paulo (bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Michael Jeffery
Australian governor-general and army officer (1937-2020).
Born December 12th, 1937 in Wiluna.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 83 years old in Canberra. [ref]
Jiří Menzel
Czech film director, actor, director, scriptwriter, writer and university educator (1938-2020).
Born February 23rd, 1938 in Prague. [ref]
Died September 5th, 2020 at 82 years old in Prague (COVID-19). [ref]
Gisèle Halimi
French-tunisian lawyer, feminist and politician (1927–2020).
Born July 27th, 1927 in La Goulette.
Died July 28th, 2020 at 93 years old in Paris, 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Louis Nirenberg
American mathematician of canadian origin (1925-2020).
Born February 28th, 1925 in Hamilton.
Died January 26th, 2020 at 94 years old in New York City. [ref]
Adin Steinsaltz
Israeli rabbi and educator (1937–2020).
Born July 11th, 1937 in Jerusalem.
Died August 7th, 2020 at 83 years old in Jerusalem (pneumonia).
Mamadou Tandja
President of niger from 1999 to 2010.
Born July 20th, 1938 in Maïné-Soroa.
Died November 24th, 2020 at 82 years old in Niamey. [ref]
Madhav Prasad Ghimire
Nepalese poet.
Born September 23rd, 1919 in Lamjung District.
Died August 18th, 2020 at 100 years old in Kathmandu (respiratory failure).
Didi Kempot
Indonesian singer-songwriter.
Born December 31st, 1966 in Surakarta.
Died May 5th, 2020 at 53 years old in Surakarta (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Patricia Bosworth
American journalist and actor (1933-2020).
Born April 24th, 1933 in Oakland. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2020 at 86 years old in Manhattan (COVID-19). [ref]
Anita Linda
Filipino actress (1924-2020).
Born November 23rd, 1924 in Pasay.
Died June 10th, 2020 at 95 years old in Metro Manila. [ref]
Deaths 551 to 575 of 1795
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