In the year 2020
1,627 Notable deaths
Lucille Eichengreen
German-born american holocaust survivor, memoirist, speaker and insurance agent (1925-2020).
Born February 1st, 1925 in Hamburg.
Died February 7th, 2020 at 95 years old in Oakland.
Yona Friedman
Hungarian-born french architect.
Born June 5th, 1923 in Budapest. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2020 at 96 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Mario Corso
Italian football player and manager (1941-2020).
Born August 25th, 1941 in Verona.
Died June 20th, 2020 at 78 years old in Milan. [ref]
Chilla Porter
Australian high jumper (1936–2020).
Born January 11th, 1936 in Brisbane.
Died August 15th, 2020 at 84 years old in Innaloo (bone cancer). [ref]
Maurice Berger
American art historian.
Born May 22nd, 1956 in Lower East Side. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2020 at 63 years old in Copake (COVID-19). [ref]
Rahşan Ecevit
Turkish politician (1923–2020).
Born December 17th, 1923 in Bursa.
Died January 17th, 2020 at 96 years old in Ankara (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Peter Lamont
Art director (1929-2020).
Born November 12th, 1929 in London.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 91 years old in Slough. [ref]
Robert Byron Bird
American chemical engineer (1924–2020).
Born February 5th, 1924 in Bryan.
Died November 13th, 2020 at 96 years old [ref]
Dirk Mudge
Namibian politician (1928–2020).
Born January 16th, 1928 in Otjiwarongo.
Died August 26th, 2020 at 92 years old in Windhoek (COVID-19). [ref]
Rika Zaraï
Israeli singer (1938–2020).
Born February 19th, 1938 in Jerusalem.
Died December 23rd, 2020 at 82 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 791 to 800 of 1627
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