In the year 2020
1,795 Notable deaths
Filippos Petsalnikos
Greek politician (1950-2020).
Born December 1st, 1950 in Mavrochori.
Died March 13th, 2020 at 69 years old in Athens (leukemia). [ref]
Silva Batuta
Brazilian footballer (1940-2020).
Born January 2nd, 1940 in Ribeirão Preto.
Died September 29th, 2020 at 80 years old in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Mónica Echeverría
Chilean writer and feminist (1920-2020).
Born September 2nd, 1920 in Santiago.
Died January 3rd, 2020 at 99 years old in La Reina. [ref]
Sergio Bassi
Italian singer-songwriter (1951-2020).
Born June 23rd, 1951 in Codogno.
Died March 16th, 2020 at 68 years old in Crema (COVID-19). [ref]
Irena Veisaitė
Lithuanian academic (1928-2020).
Born February 9th, 1928 in Kaunas.
Died December 11th, 2020 at 92 years old in Vilnius (COVID-19). [ref]
Arnold Sowinski
French association football player (1931-2020).
Born March 17th, 1931 in Liévin.
Died April 2nd, 2020 at 89 years old in Lens (COVID-19). [ref]
Jan Liberda
Polish footballer (1936-2020).
Born November 26th, 1936 in Bytom.
Died February 6th, 2020 at 83 years old in Bytom. [ref]
Günter Sawitzki
German footballer (1932-2020).
Born November 22nd, 1932 in Herne.
Died December 14th, 2020 at 88 years old [ref]
Fernando Atzori
Italian boxer (1942–2020).
Died November 9th, 2020 at 78 years old in Florence. [ref]
Yves Pouliquen
French ophthalmologist (1931–2020).
Born February 17th, 1931 in Mortain. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2020 at 88 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Anne-Marie Berglund
Swedish writer.
Born January 31st, 1952 in Espoo.
Died March 6th, 2020 at 68 years old in Högalid (disease). [ref]
Gennady Kuzmin
Ukrainian chess player (1946–2020).
Born January 19th, 1946 in Mariinsk.
Died February 28th, 2020 at 74 years old in Luhansk. [ref]
Žarko Knežević
Basketball player (1947-2020).
Born July 17th, 1947 in Podgorica.
Died October 30th, 2020 at 73 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Isabel-Clara Simó
Valencian journalist.
Born April 4th, 1943 in Alcoy. [ref]
Died January 13th, 2020 at 76 years old in Barcelona (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Aleksandr Gusev
Soviet ice hockey player (1947–2020).
Born January 21st, 1947 in Moscow.
Died July 22nd, 2020 at 73 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Maarten Biesheuvel
Dutch writer (1939-2020).
Born May 23rd, 1939 in Schiedam. [ref]
Died July 30th, 2020 at 81 years old in Leiden. [ref]
Henrique Soares da Costa
Brazilian roman catholic bishop.
Born April 11th, 1963 in Penedo.
Died July 18th, 2020 at 57 years old in Recife (COVID-19). [ref]
Tatyana Prorochenko
Ukrainian athlete (1952-2020).
Born March 15th, 1952 in Berdiansk.
Died March 11th, 2020 at 67 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Edmond Baraffe
French footballer (1942-2020).
Born October 19th, 1942 in Annœullin.
Died April 19th, 2020 at 77 years old in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. [ref]
Jean-Claude Pecker
French astronomer and astrophysicist (1923–2020).
Died February 20th, 2020 at 96 years old in Port-Joinville.
Aleksandr Ivanitsky
Olympic wrestler (1937-2020).
Born December 10th, 1937 in Yarova.
Died July 22nd, 2020 at 82 years old in Moscow Oblast. [ref]
Mario Bergamaschi
Italian footballer (1929-2020).
Born January 7th, 1929 in Crema.
Died January 18th, 2020 at 91 years old in Crema. [ref]
Lorenzo Acquarone
Italian politician and lawyer (1931–2020).
Born February 25th, 1931 in Ventimiglia.
Died March 24th, 2020 at 89 years old in Genoa (COVID-19). [ref]
Roberto Moya
Cuban athletics competitor (1965-2020).
Born February 11th, 1965 in Havana.
Died May 21st, 2020 at 55 years old in Valencia. [ref]
Robert Poujade
French politician (1928-2020).
Born May 6th, 1928 in Moulins.
Died April 8th, 2020 at 91 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 1426 to 1450 of 1795
It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it’s called Life. Terry Pratchett