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In the year 2020
1,669 Notable deaths
Stanley Ho
Macau gambling magnate (1921–2020).
Born November 25th, 1921 in British Hong Kong.
Died May 26th, 2020 at 98 years old in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital (stroke). [ref]
Genesis P-Orridge
British artist, musician and writer (1950–2020).
Born February 22nd, 1950 in Victoria Park.
Died March 14th, 2020 at 70 years old in Lower East Side (chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, leukemia). [ref]
Jill Gascoine
British actress and novelist (1937-2020).
Born April 11th, 1937 in Lambeth.
Died April 28th, 2020 at 83 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Alexi Laiho
Finnish musician (1979–2020).
Born April 8th, 1979 in Espoo. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2020 at 41 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Buck Henry
American actor (1930–2020).
Born December 9th, 1930 in New York City.
Died January 8th, 2020 at 89 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pierre Cardin
French-italian fashion designer (1922-2020).
Born July 2nd, 1922 in Sant'Andrea di Barbarana. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2020 at 98 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Soumitra Chatterjee
Indian actor (1935–2020).
Born January 19th, 1935 in Krishnanagar.
Died November 15th, 2020 at 85 years old in Kolkata (COVID-19). [ref]
Shirley Knight
American actress (1936-2020).
Born July 5th, 1936 in Goessel.
Died April 22nd, 2020 at 83 years old in San Marcos. [ref]
Li Wenliang
Chinese ophthalmologist known for warning about the coronavirus in december 2019 (1986-2020).
Born October 12th, 1985 in Beizhen City. [ref]
Died February 7th, 2020 at 34 years old in Wuhan (COVID-19). [ref]
Jerry Rawlings
Fourth president of the republic of ghana (1947-2020).
Born June 22nd, 1947 in Accra. [ref]
Died November 12th, 2020 at 73 years old in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (COVID-19). [ref]
Ja'Net DuBois
American actress (d. 2020).
Born August 5th, 1932 in Philadelphia.
Died February 17th, 2020 at 87 years old in Glendale (peripheral artery disease, chronic renal insufficiency). [ref]
Wes Unseld
American basketball player and coach (1946–2020).
Born March 14th, 1946 in Louisville. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 2020 at 74 years old in Catonsville (pneumonia). [ref]
Leslie West
American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (1945–2020).
Born October 22nd, 1945 in New York City.
Died December 23rd, 2020 at 75 years old in Palm Coast (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Roberta McCain
Mother of john mccain.
Born February 7th, 1912 in Muskogee.
Died October 12th, 2020 at 108 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov
Soviet wrestling coach (1962-2020).
Born December 10th, 1962 in Sildi.
Died July 3rd, 2020 at 57 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).
Alan Parker
British filmmaker (1944–2020).
Born February 14th, 1944 in Islington.
Died July 31st, 2020 at 76 years old in London. [ref]
Hutton Gibson
American writer (1918–2020).
Born August 26th, 1918 in New York City.
Died May 11th, 2020 at 101 years old in Thousand Oaks. [ref]
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Emir of kuwait.
Born June 16th, 1929 in Kuwait City.
Died September 29th, 2020 at 91 years old in Rochester. [ref]
Johnny Nash
American pop singer-songwriter.
Born August 19th, 1940 in Houston.
Died October 6th, 2020 at 80 years old in Houston. [ref]
Derek Fowlds
British actor (1937-2020).
Born September 2nd, 1937 in Wandsworth.
Died January 17th, 2020 at 82 years old in Bath (infectious disease). [ref]
John Sessions
British comedian (1953-2020).
Born January 11th, 1953 in Largs.
Died November 2nd, 2020 at 67 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jerry Jeff Walker
American country singer (1942–2020).
Born March 16th, 1942 in Oneonta.
Died October 23rd, 2020 at 78 years old in Austin (head and neck cancer). [ref]
Larry Kramer
American screenwriter, novelist, essayist, playwright, lgbt-rights and aids activist.
Born June 25th, 1935 in Bridgeport.
Died May 27th, 2020 at 84 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Joe Morgan
Major league baseball second baseman (1943–2020).
Born September 19th, 1943 in Bonham.
Died October 11th, 2020 at 77 years old in Danville. [ref]
Linda Cristal
Argentine-american actress (1931-2020).
Born February 25th, 1934 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died June 27th, 2020 at 86 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Deaths 126 to 150 of 1669
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel