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In the year 2020
1,649 Notable deaths
Nobby Stiles
English association football player (1942–2020).
Born May 18th, 1942 in Collyhurst.
Died October 30th, 2020 at 78 years old (prostate cancer). [ref]
Terry Goodkind
American novelist (1948-2020).
Born January 14th, 1948 in Omaha. [ref]
Died September 17th, 2020 at 72 years old in Boulder City. [ref]
Tom Heinsohn
American basketball player and coach.
Born August 26th, 1934 in Jersey City. [ref]
Died November 9th, 2020 at 86 years old in Newton. [ref]
Bobby Ball
English comedian (1944-2020).
Born January 28th, 1944 in Oldham.
Died October 28th, 2020 at 76 years old in Blackpool Victoria Hospital (COVID-19). [ref]
Paul Hornung
American football player (1935–2020).
Born December 23rd, 1935 in Louisville.
Died November 13th, 2020 at 84 years old in Louisville. [ref]
Olof Thunberg
Swedish actor.
Born May 21st, 1925 in Västerås Municipality. [ref]
Died February 24th, 2020 at 94 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Mary Higgins Clark
American author of suspense novels (1927–2020).
Born December 24th, 1927 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 31st, 2020 at 92 years old in Naples. [ref]
Kirby Morrow
Canadian actor (1973-2020).
Born August 28th, 1973 in Jasper.
Died November 18th, 2020 at 47 years old in Vancouver (substance abuse). [ref]
Papa Bouba Diop
Senegalese footballer (1978–2020).
Born January 28th, 1978 in Dakar, Rufisque.
Died November 29th, 2020 at 42 years old in Lens (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Phil Niekro
American baseball player.
Born April 1st, 1939 in Blaine.
Died December 26th, 2020 at 81 years old in Flowery Branch. [ref]
Deaths 171 to 180 of 1649
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