In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Søren Spanning
Danish actor (1951–2020).
Born May 30th, 1951 in Frederiksberg.
Died February 12th, 2020 at 68 years old in Frederiksberg. [ref]
Rosanna Carteri
Singer (1930-2020).
Born December 14th, 1930 in Verona.
Died October 25th, 2020 at 89 years old in Monte Carlo. [ref]
Renée Claude
Canadian actress and singer (1939–2020).
Born July 3rd, 1939 in Montreal.
Died May 12th, 2020 at 80 years old in Montreal (COVID-19). [ref]
Jean-Loup Dabadie
French writer, screenwriter, songwriter, dialog writer, translator, theater and movie director, member of the académie française (1938-2020).
Born September 27th, 1938 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 24th, 2020 at 81 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Georgina M. Mace
British ecologist (1953–2020).
Born July 12th, 1953 in London.
Died September 19th, 2020 at 67 years old [ref]
Herbert Feuerstein
Austrian-born german journalist, comedian and entertainer (1937–2020).
Born June 15th, 1937 in Zell am See.
Died October 6th, 2020 at 83 years old in Erftstadt. [ref]
Rossana Rossanda
Italian journalist and politician (1924-2020).
Born April 23rd, 1924 in Pula.
Died September 20th, 2020 at 96 years old in Rome. [ref]
Tengiz Sigua
Prime minister of georgia.
Born November 9th, 1934 in Lentekhi.
Died January 21st, 2020 at 85 years old in Tbilisi.
Doug Rogers
Canadian judoka (1941-2020).
Born January 26th, 1941 in Truro.
Died July 20th, 2020 at 79 years old in Vancouver. [ref]
Du Wei
Ambassador of china to israel, ambassador of china to ukraine.
Born October 2nd, 1962 in Shandong.
Died May 17th, 2020 at 57 years old in Herzliya (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Dick Garmaker
American basketball player (1932-2020).
Born October 29th, 1932 in Hibbing.
Died June 13th, 2020 at 87 years old in Tulsa. [ref]
Pedro Iturralde
Spanish musician (1929–2020).
Born July 13th, 1929 in Falces. [ref]
Died November 1st, 2020 at 91 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Bird Averitt
American basketball player (1952–2020).
Born July 22nd, 1952 in Hopkinsville.
Died December 12th, 2020 at 68 years old in Hopkinsville. [ref]
Joe Williams
Cook islands doctor and politician.
Born October 4th, 1934 in Aitutaki.
Died September 4th, 2020 at 85 years old in Auckland (COVID-19). [ref]
Adrianus Johannes Simonis
Catholic cardinal (1931-2020).
Born November 26th, 1931 in Lisse.
Died September 2nd, 2020 at 88 years old in Sassenheim. [ref]
Idir
Algerian kabyle singer-songwriter and musician (1945-2020).
Born October 25th, 1949 in Larbaâ Nath Irathen. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 2020 at 70 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (lung disease). [ref]
Bob Lazier
American race car driver (1938–2020).
Born December 22nd, 1938 in Minneapolis.
Died April 18th, 2020 at 81 years old in Denver (COVID-19). [ref]
Jules Sedney
Prime minister of suriname (1922-2020).
Born September 28th, 1922 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2020 at 97 years old in Paramaribo. [ref]
Arnold Wolfendale
British physicist (1927–2020).
Born June 25th, 1927 in Rugby.
Died December 21st, 2020 at 93 years old in Durham. [ref]
Jennifer Clack
English paleontologist (1947-2020).
Born November 3rd, 1947 in Manchester.
Died March 26th, 2020 at 72 years old [ref]
Hugo Arana
Argentine actor.
Born July 23rd, 1943 in Buenos Aires.
Died October 11th, 2020 at 77 years old in Buenos Aires (cardiac arrest).
Emil Karewicz
Polish actor (1923–2020).
Born March 13th, 1923 in Vilnius.
Died March 18th, 2020 at 97 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Ofer Bar-Yosef
Israeli prehistorian (1937–2020).
Born August 29th, 1937 in Jerusalem. [ref]
Died March 14th, 2020 at 82 years old in Kfar Saba. [ref]
Montserrat Carulla
Spanish actress.
Born September 19th, 1930 in Barcelona.
Died November 24th, 2020 at 90 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Yuri Bondarev
Soviet and russian writer, screenwriter (1924–2020).
Born March 15th, 1924 in Orsk.
Died March 29th, 2020 at 96 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan