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In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Agitu Ideo Gudeta
Ethiopian farmer, entrepreneur, and environmentalist.
Born January 1st, 1978 in Addis Ababa. [ref]
Died December 28th, 2020 at 42 years old in Frassilongo. [ref]
Wolfgang Dauner
German musician (1935-2020).
Born December 30th, 1935 in Stuttgart.
Died January 10th, 2020 at 84 years old in Stuttgart (disease). [ref]
Volker Spengler
German actor (1939-2020).
Born February 16th, 1939 in Bremen.
Died February 8th, 2020 at 80 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Graeme Allwright
French singer-songwriter of new zealand origin.
Born November 7th, 1926 in Lyall Bay.
Died February 16th, 2020 at 93 years old in Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames. [ref]
Inna Makarova
Soviet and russian actress (1926–2020).
Born July 28th, 1926 in Tayga.
Died March 25th, 2020 at 93 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Marcello Abbado
Italian composer, conductor and pianist (1926-2020).
Born October 7th, 1926 in Milan.
Died June 4th, 2020 at 93 years old in Stresa. [ref]
Frank Horvat
Italian photographer (1928-2020).
Born April 28th, 1928 in Opatija.
Died October 21st, 2020 at 92 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Marián Čišovský
Slovak footballer (1979-2020).
Born November 2nd, 1979 in Humenné.
Died June 28th, 2020 at 40 years old (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Raymundo Capetilo
Mexican actor (1945–2020).
Born September 1st, 1945 in Mexico City.
Died July 12th, 2020 at 74 years old in Mexico City (COVID-19). [ref]
Alberto Carpani
Italian singer (1956-2020).
Born April 23rd, 1956 in Pavia.
Died May 11th, 2020 at 64 years old in Pavia (pneumonia, COVID-19). [ref]
José Luis Cuerda
Spanish film director (1947–2020).
Born February 18th, 1947 in Albacete.
Died February 4th, 2020 at 72 years old in Madrid (arterial embolism). [ref]
Nelly Kaplan
French filmmaker and writer (1931–2020).
Born April 11th, 1931 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2020 at 89 years old in Geneva (COVID-19). [ref]
Bram van der Vlugt
Dutch actor (1934-2020).
Born May 28th, 1934 in The Hague. [ref]
Died December 19th, 2020 at 86 years old in Zegveld, Meije (COVID-19). [ref]
Irina Antonova
Russian art historian, director of the pushkin museum of fine arts (1922–2020).
Born March 20th, 1922 in Moscow.
Died November 30th, 2020 at 98 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).
Draga Olteanu Matei
Romanian actress.
Born October 24th, 1933 in Bucharest.
Died November 18th, 2020 at 87 years old in Iași. [ref]
Assar Lindbeck
Swedish economist (1930–2020).
Born January 26th, 1930 in Luleå.
Died August 28th, 2020 at 90 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Antonio González Pacheco
Spanish police officer and torturer.
Born October 10th, 1946 in Aldea del Cano.
Died May 7th, 2020 at 73 years old in Madrid (COVID-19). [ref]
Juan Marsé
Spanish writer (1933–2020).
Born January 8th, 1933 in Barcelona.
Died July 18th, 2020 at 87 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Wolfgang Uhlmann
German chess player (1935-2020).
Born March 29th, 1935 in Dresden.
Died August 24th, 2020 at 85 years old in Dresden. [ref]
Lorenza Mazzetti
Italian writer and film director (1927-2020).
Born July 26th, 1927 in Florence.
Died January 4th, 2020 at 92 years old in Rome. [ref]
Gudrun Pausewang
German writer (1928–2020).
Born March 3rd, 1928 in Mladkov.
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 91 years old in Bamberg. [ref]
Vsevolod Chaplin
Russian priest (1968–2020).
Born March 31st, 1968 in Moscow.
Died January 26th, 2020 at 51 years old in Moscow (arteriosclerotic heart disease). [ref]
Muhamed Filipović
Bosnia and herzegovina philosopher (1929-2020).
Born August 3rd, 1929 in Banja Luka.
Died February 25th, 2020 at 90 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Mady Mesplé
French soprano (1931-2020).
Born March 7th, 1931 in Toulouse.
Died May 30th, 2020 at 89 years old in Toulouse. [ref]
Teruyuki Okazaki
Okinawan martial artist.
Born June 22nd, 1931 in Fukuoka.
Died April 21st, 2020 at 88 years old in Philadelphia (COVID-19). [ref]
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson