In Memoriam 2020
Some of the people we lost in 2020
January
Christopher Beeny – Actor & Dancer
3rd January
Aged 78
Derek Acorah – Medium
3rd January
Aged 69
Edd Byrnes – Actor
8th January
Aged 87
Stan Kirsch – Actor, screenwriter, director and acting coach
11th January
Aged 51
Derek Fowlds – Actor
17th January
Aged 82
Terry Jones – Actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, director, historian
21st January
Age 77
Nicholas Parsons CBE – Actor, straight man, radio and television presenter
28th January
Aged 96
Harry Sparks – My Grandad
31st January
Aged 95
February
Kirk Douglas – Actor, producer, director, philanthropist, and writer
5th February
Aged 103
Esther Denise Scott – Actor & Voice Actress
14th February
Aged 66
John Shrapnel – Actor
14th February
Aged 77
Orson Bean – Actor, comedian, writer, and producer
7th February
Aged 91
March
Max von Sydow – Actor & Director
8th March
Aged 90
Roy Hudd OBE – Comedian & Actor
15th March
Aged 83
Kenny Rogers – Singer, songwriter, musician, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur
20th March
Aged 81
Bill Withers – Singer & songwriter and musician
30th March
Aged 81
Andrew Jack – Dialect Coach & Actor
31st March
Aged 76
Julie Bennet – Actor& Voice Actress
31st march
aged 88
April
Adam Schlesinger – Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
1st April
Aged 52
Eddie Large – Comedian
2nd April
Aged 78
Logan Williams – Actor
2nd April
Aged 16
Honor Blackman – Actor
6th april
Aged 94
Sir Stirling Moss OBE – Motor Racing Legend
12th April
Aged 90
Tim Brooke-Taylor – Actor and comedian
12th April
Aged 79
Danny Goldman – Actor, voice actor, and casting director
12th April
Aged 80
Brian Dennehy – Actor
15th April
Aged 81
Howard Finkel – Wrestling Ring Announcer
16th April
Aged 69
Lynn Faulds Wood – Journalist & TV Presenter
24th April
Aged 72
Florian Schneider- Musician
30th April
Aged 73
May
Sam Lloyd – Actor, singer, and musician
1st May
Aged 56
Roy Horn – Illusionist
8th May
Aged 75
Little Richard – Musician, singer, and songwriter
9th May
Aged 87
Jerry Stiller – Comedian, actor, and author
11th May
Aged 92
Fred Willard – Actor, comedian and writer
15th May
Aged 86
Shad Gaspard – WWE Superstar and Cryme Tyme star
17thMay
Aged 39
Richard Herd – Actor
26th May
Aged 87
Tony Scannell – Actor
27th May
Aged 74
Michael Angelis – Actor & Narrator
30th May
Aged 68
June
Mary Pat Gleason – Actor
2nd June
Aged 70
Bonnie Pointer – Singer
8th June
Aged 69
Willie Thorne – Snooker player and commentator
17th June
Aged 66
Dame Vera Lynn CH DBE OStJ – Singer, songwriter and entertainer
18h June
Aged 103
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE -Actor
19th June
Aged 88
Joel Schumacher – Director
22nd June
Aged 80
Carl Reiner – Actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, and author
29th June
Aged 98
July
Jack Charlton OBE DL – Footballer
10th July
Aged 85
Kelly Preston – Actor
12th July
Aged 57
Grant Imahara – Electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor
13th July
Aged 49
Phyllis Somerville – Actor
16th July
Aged 76
Regis Philbin – Presenter, talk show host, game show host, actor and singer
24th July
aged 88
John Saxon – Actor
25th July
Aged 83
Peter Green – Singer & Songwriter & Guitarist
25th July
Aged 73
Olivia De Havilland – Actor
26th July
Aged 104
Alan Parker – Director
31st July
Aged 76
August
Reni Santoni – Actor
1st August
Aged 82
Wilford Brimley – Actor
1st August
Aged 85
James Harris aka Kamala – Wrestler
9th August
Aged 70
Trini Lopez- Actor & Singer & songwriter
11th august
Aged 83
Ben Cross – Actor
18th August
Aged 72
Chadwick Boseman- Actor
28th August
Aged 43
September
Bruce Williamson – Singer
6th September
Aged 49
Dame Diana Rigg – Actor
10th September
Aged 82
Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
18th September
Aged 87
Michael Lonsdale – Actor
21st September
Aged 89
Jackie Stallone – astrologer, dancer and Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling’s kayfabe promoter
21st September
Aged 98
Tommy Devito – Musician & Songwriter
21st September
Aged 92
Joe Laurinaitis aka Road Warrior Animal – Wrestler
25th September
Aged 60
October
Clark Middleton – Actor
4th October
Aged 63
Johnny Nash – Singer
6th October
Aged 80
Eddie Van Halen -Musician & Songwriter
October 6
Aged 65
Conchata Ferrell – Actor
12th October
Aged 77
James Randi – Magician and scientific skeptic
20th October
Aged 92
Frank Bough – TV Presenter
21st October
Aged 87
Bobby Ball – Comic, actor and singer
28th October
Aged 76
Sean Connery – Actor
31st October
Aged 90
November
John Sessions – Actor and comedian
2nd November
Aged 67
Geoffrey Palmer OBE – Actor
5th November
Aged 93
Alex Trebek – Game Show Host
8th November
Age 80
Des O’Connor – Comedian, singer and television presenter
14th November
Aged 88
Eric Hall – Show Business & Football agent
16th November
Aged 73
Kirby Morrow – Actor, Comedian & writer.
18th November
Aged 47
Diego Maradona – Football player and manager
25th November
Aged 60
David Prowse – Actor
28th November
Aged 85
December
Pat Patterson – WWE Hall of famer – Wrestler
2nd December
Aged 79
Dame Barbara Windsor – Actor
10th December
Aged 83
Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister – Actor and occasional professional wrestler
10th December
Aged 62
Jeremy Bulloch – Actor
17th December
Aged 75
John Huber aka Brodie Lee (AEW) aka Luke Harper (WWE) – Wrestler
26th December
Aged 41