In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Borys Paton
Soviet and ukrainian scientist (1918–2020).
Born November 14th, 1918 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 19th, 2020 at 101 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Sadia Dehlvi
Author and columnist.
Born June 16th, 1957 in Delhi.
Died August 5th, 2020 at 63 years old
Lina Ben Mhenni
Tunisian internet activist and blogger (1983–2020).
Born May 22nd, 1983 in Tunis. [ref]
Died January 27th, 2020 at 36 years old in Tunis (kidney failure). [ref]
Russell A. Kirsch
American computer scientist (1929-2020).
Born June 20th, 1929 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2020 at 91 years old in Portland (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Cleveland Eaton
American musician.
Born August 31st, 1939 in Fairfield. [ref]
Died July 5th, 2020 at 80 years old in Birmingham. [ref]
Lisel Mueller
German-american poet and translator (1924-2020).
Born February 8th, 1924 in Hamburg.
Died February 21st, 2020 at 96 years old in Chicago (pneumonia). [ref]
Don Candy
Australian tennis player.
Born March 31st, 1929 in Adelaide.
Died June 14th, 2020 at 91 years old in Adelaide. [ref]
Marcelino dos Santos
Mozambican politician (1929-2020).
Died February 11th, 2020 at 90 years old in Maputo. [ref]
Joaquín Peiró
Spanish footballer (1936-2020).
Born January 29th, 1936 in Madrid.
Died March 18th, 2020 at 84 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Bruno Nettl
American ethnomusicologist (1930–2020).
Born March 14th, 1930 in Prague.
Died January 15th, 2020 at 89 years old in Champaign. [ref]
Cándido Camero
Cuban percussionist (1921-2020).
Born April 22nd, 1921 in Havana.
Died November 7th, 2020 at 99 years old in New York City. [ref]
Germano Celant
Italian art critic and curator (1940–2020).
Born September 11th, 1940 in Genoa.
Died April 29th, 2020 at 79 years old in Milan (COVID-19). [ref]
Terry Hands
English theatre director (1941–2020).
Born January 9th, 1941 in Aldershot.
Died February 4th, 2020 at 79 years old in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. [ref]
Tolulope Arotile
Nigerian combat helicopter pilot.
Born December 13th, 1995 in Kaduna. [ref]
Died July 14th, 2020 at 24 years old in Kaduna.
Rafael Leonardo Callejas Romero
President of honduras (1990-1994).
Born November 14th, 1943 in Tegucigalpa.
Died April 4th, 2020 at 76 years old in Atlanta (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Tun Tin
Prime minister of burma for a few months in 1988.
Born October 2nd, 1920 in Myitkyina.
Died May 1st, 2020 at 99 years old in Yangon. [ref]
Aarón Hernán
Mexican actor (1930–2020).
Born November 20th, 1930 in Santa Rosalía de Camargo.
Died April 26th, 2020 at 89 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jaroslav Kubera
Czech politician (1947–2020).
Born February 16th, 1947 in Louny. [ref]
Died January 20th, 2020 at 72 years old in Ústí nad Labem (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Emanuele Severino
Italian philosopher (1929-2020).
Born February 26th, 1929 in Brescia.
Died January 17th, 2020 at 90 years old in Brescia. [ref]
Tom Forsyth
Scottish footballer (1949-2020).
Born January 23rd, 1949 in Glasgow.
Died August 14th, 2020 at 71 years old in Strathaven. [ref]
Hyun Soong-jong
South korean politician (1919-2020).
Born January 26th, 1919 in South Pyongan Province.
Died May 25th, 2020 at 101 years old in Seoul.
Angelika Amon
Austrian american molecular and cell biologist and academic.
Born January 10th, 1967 in Vienna.
Died October 29th, 2020 at 53 years old (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Berni Alder
American physicist (1925–2020).
Born September 9th, 1925 in Duisburg.
Died September 7th, 2020 at 94 years old (heart failure). [ref]
John Lyons
English linguist (1932-2020).
Born May 23rd, 1932 in Manchester, Stretford.
Died March 12th, 2020 at 87 years old in Vichy. [ref]
Luchita Hurtado
Venezuelan-american artist (1920-2020).
Born November 28th, 1920 in Maiquetía. [ref]
Died August 13th, 2020 at 99 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Deaths 901 to 925 of 1795
Take nothing for granted. Keep in mind that it can come at anytime. Even today. Maxime Lagacé