In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Mónica Miguel
Mexican actress (1939-2020).
Born March 13th, 1939 in Tepic.
Died August 12th, 2020 at 81 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Toshinori Kondo
Japanese trumpeter, music producer (1948-2020).
Born December 15th, 1948 in Imabari.
Died October 17th, 2020 at 71 years old [ref]
Maud Hansson
Swedish actress (1937–2020).
Born December 5th, 1937 in Stockholm.
Died October 1st, 2020 at 82 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Isgandar Hamidov
Azerbaijani politician (1948–2020).
Born April 10th, 1948 in Bağlıpəyə.
Died February 26th, 2020 at 71 years old in Baku (stroke).
Yousef Saanei
Iranian grand ayatollah (1937-2020).
Born October 16th, 1937 in Nikabad.
Died September 12th, 2020 at 82 years old in Qom. [ref]
Hisham al-Hashimi
Iraqi historian and researcher (1973–2020).
Born May 9th, 1973 in Baghdad.
Died July 6th, 2020 at 47 years old in Zayouna (gunshot wound). [ref]
Bernardino Piñera
Catholic archbishop (1915–2020).
Born September 22nd, 1915 in Paris.
Died June 21st, 2020 at 104 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Anthony Soter Fernandez
Catholic archbishop (1932–2020).
Born April 22nd, 1932 in Sungai Petani.
Died October 28th, 2020 at 88 years old in Cheras. [ref]
Sarah Maldoror
French film director (1929-2020).
Born July 19th, 1929 in Condom. [ref]
Died April 13th, 2020 at 90 years old in Fontenay-lès-Briis (COVID-19). [ref]
James M. Beggs
Nasa administrator.
Born January 9th, 1926 in Pittsburgh.
Died April 23rd, 2020 at 94 years old in Bethesda (heart failure). [ref]
Michael Gwisdek
German actor and film director (1942–2020).
Born January 14th, 1942 in Weißensee.
Died September 22nd, 2020 at 78 years old in Schorfheide. [ref]
Peter Thomas
German film score composer, conductor and arranger (1925-2020).
Born December 1st, 1925 in Wrocław.
Died May 17th, 2020 at 94 years old in Lugano. [ref]
Vladimir Dolgikh
Soviet and russian statesman and politician.
Born December 5th, 1924 in Ilansky.
Died October 8th, 2020 at 95 years old in Moscow.
David Driskell
African american artist (1931-2020).
Born June 7th, 1931 in Eatonton. [ref]
Died April 1st, 2020 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C., Hyattsville (COVID-19). [ref]
Nicette Bruno
Brazilian actress (1933–2020).
Born January 7th, 1933 in Niterói.
Died December 20th, 2020 at 87 years old in Rio de Janeiro (COVID-19). [ref]
Rubem Fonseca
Brazilian writer and screenwriter (1925–2020).
Born May 11th, 1925 in Juiz de Fora.
Died April 15th, 2020 at 94 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Frederick Ballantyne
Vincentian cardiologist (1936-2020).
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 83 years old [ref]
Robert Herbin
French footballer (1939-2020).
Born March 30th, 1939 in 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 27th, 2020 at 81 years old in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez (respiratory failure, heart failure). [ref]
Jan D. Achenbach
Dutch-american scientist in engineering.
Born August 20th, 1935 in Leeuwarden. [ref]
Died August 22nd, 2020 at 85 years old [ref]
Jole Santelli
Italian politician (1968–2020).
Born December 28th, 1968 in Cosenza.
Died October 15th, 2020 at 51 years old in Cosenza (internal bleeding). [ref]
Dan Olweus
Swedish-norwegian psychologist (1931–2020).
Born April 18th, 1931 in Kalmar.
Died September 20th, 2020 at 89 years old in Bærum Municipality. [ref]
Akin Euba
Nigerian musician (1935-2020).
Born April 28th, 1935 in Lagos.
Died April 14th, 2020 at 84 years old [ref]
Miša Aleksić
Serbian musician (1953-2020).
Born August 16th, 1953 in Belgrade.
Died November 29th, 2020 at 67 years old in Belgrade (COVID-19). [ref]
Isabelle Weingarten
French actress (1950–2020).
Born April 18th, 1950 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2020 at 70 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Deaths 951 to 975 of 1795
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche