In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Joan Micklin Silver
American film director (1935-2020).
Died December 31st, 2020 at 85 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Viola Smith
American musician (1912-2020).
Born November 29th, 1912 in Mount Calvary.
Died October 21st, 2020 at 107 years old in Costa Mesa (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Nexhmije Pagarusha
Albanian singer and actress (1933-2020).
Born May 7th, 1933 in Pagarushë.
Died February 7th, 2020 at 86 years old in Pristina.
Ashley Cooper
Australian tennis player (1936–2020).
Born September 15th, 1936 in Melbourne.
Died May 22nd, 2020 at 83 years old (disease). [ref]
Neda Arnerić
Serbian actress (1953–2020).
Born July 15th, 1953 in Knjaževac.
Died January 10th, 2020 at 66 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Bryan Sykes
British geneticist and science writer (1947–2020).
Born September 9th, 1947 in London. [ref]
Died December 10th, 2020 at 73 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Margaret Burbidge
British-born american astronomer (1919–2020).
Born August 12th, 1919 in Davenport.
Died April 5th, 2020 at 100 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr.
Filipino politician (1947–2020).
Born January 27th, 1947 in Kidapawan. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2020 at 73 years old in San Juan (pneumonia). [ref]
Walid Muallem
Syrian politician, foreign minister (1941-2020).
Born July 17th, 1941 in Damascus.
Died November 16th, 2020 at 79 years old in Damascus. [ref]
Allen Daviau
American cinematographer (1942-2020).
Born June 14th, 1942 in New Orleans.
Died April 15th, 2020 at 77 years old in Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital (COVID-19). [ref]
George Robert Carruthers
American physicist (1939-2020).
Born October 1st, 1939 in Cincinnati.
Died December 26th, 2020 at 81 years old [ref]
Fou Ts'ong
Chinese-british pianist (1934-2020).
Born March 10th, 1934 in Shanghai.
Died December 28th, 2020 at 86 years old in London (COVID-19). [ref]
Bobby Morrow
American sprinter (1935–2020).
Born October 15th, 1935 in Harlingen.
Died May 30th, 2020 at 84 years old in San Benito. [ref]
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Armenian, soviet, russian actor (1935-2020).
Born October 3rd, 1935 in Yerevan.
Died November 14th, 2020 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Murphy J. Foster
American politician (1930-2020).
Born July 11th, 1930 in Franklin.
Died October 4th, 2020 at 90 years old in Franklin. [ref]
Tomás Carlovich
Argentine footballer (1946-2020).
Born April 19th, 1946 in Rosario. [ref]
Died May 8th, 2020 at 74 years old in Santa Fe (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Ricardo Blume
Peruvian actor (1933-2020).
Born August 16th, 1933 in Lima.
Died October 30th, 2020 at 87 years old in Santiago de Querétaro (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Irm Hermann
German actress (1942–2020).
Born October 4th, 1942 in Munich.
Died May 26th, 2020 at 77 years old in Berlin (disease). [ref]
Amfilohije Radović
Montenegrin bishop (1938-2020).
Born January 7th, 1938 in Bare.
Died October 30th, 2020 at 82 years old in Podgorica (COVID-19). [ref]
Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929–2020).
Born June 1st, 1929 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2020 at 90 years old in Redlands. [ref]
Hans Tilkowski
German association football player and manager (1935–2020).
Born July 12th, 1935 in Dortmund.
Died January 5th, 2020 at 84 years old [ref]
Claude Bolling
French jazz musician, composer and pianist (1930–2020).
Born April 10th, 1930 in Cannes.
Died December 29th, 2020 at 90 years old in Saint-Cloud. [ref]
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
German diplomat.
Born July 6th, 1931 in Aschaffenburg.
Died January 12th, 2020 at 88 years old in Bonn (disease). [ref]
Benny Chan
Hong kong filmmaker (1961–2020).
Born October 24th, 1961 in Kowloon. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2020 at 58 years old in Wan Chai (nasopharynx carcinoma). [ref]
Borislav Stanković
Serbian basketball player and coach.
Died March 20th, 2020 at 94 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Deaths 626 to 650 of 1795
Death is never an apology. Soul King