2020 Deaths: Part 2

 2020 Deaths:

July

1^st: Hugh Downs, 99, American broadcaster and television host (20/20, Today, Concentration), heart failure.

3^rd: Emily Howell Warner, 80, American airline pilot.

8^th: Amadou Gon Coulibaly, 61, Ivorian politician, Prime Minister (since 2017).

8^th: Liliane Klein-Lieber, 96, French resistance member (Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs israélites de France).

8^th: Naya Rivera, 33, American actress (Glee, The Royal Family, Step Up), model and singer, drowned.

10^th: Miloš Jakeš, 97, Czech politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party (1987–1989).

12^th: Kelly Preston, 57, American actress (Jerry Maguire, Twins, Sky High), breast cancer.

15^th: Sayed Haider, 95, Bangladeshi language movement activist, pneumonia.

19^th: Denise Domenach-Lallich, 95, French resistance member.

19^th: Joan Moriarty, 97, British military nurse, Matron-in-chief of Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (1977–1981).

19^th: Nikolai Tanayev, 74, Kyrgyz politician, Prime Minister (2002–2005).

20^th: Victor Chizhikov, 84, Russian children's book illustrator, designer of Misha.

21^st: Jean-Noël de Bouillane de Lacoste, 85, French ambassador and diplomat.

21^st: François Amoudruz, 93, French resistance member and Holocaust survivor.

22^nd: Luzius Wildhaber, 83, Swiss jurist, President of the European Court of Human Rights (1998–2007).

24^th: Henk van Gelderen, 98, Dutch Jewish resistance member.

24^th: Benjamin Mkapa, 81, Tanzanian politician, President (1995–2005), heart attack as a complication of malaria.

24^th: Regis Philbin, 88, American entertainer and television personality (The Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire), heart attack.

24^th: Wil Rieken, 85, Dutch war grave maintainer.

26^th: Dame Olivia de Havilland, 104, French-British-American actress (Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, To Each His Own), Oscar winner (1947, 1950).

27^th: Owen Arthur, 70, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister (1994–2008), heart failure.

30^th: Lee Teng-hui, 97, Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978–1981), multiple organ failure.

August

1^st: Wilford Brimley, 85, American actor (The Natural, The Thing, Cocoon) and singer, kidney disease.

5^th: María Victoria Morera, 64, Spanish diplomat, Ambassador to Belgium (2004–2007) and Germany (2017–2018), cancer.

6^th: Paul Schaffer, 95, Austrian-born French Holocaust survivor.

6^th: Lottie Louise Riekehof, 99, American ASL interpreter and author.

11^th: Prince Waldemar of Schaumburg-Lippe, 79, German-born Danish royal.

11^th: Dhammika Ganganath Dissanayake, 62, Sri Lankan diplomat, ambassador to Japan (since 2015).

11^th: Walter Carrington, 90, American diplomat, ambassador to Senegal (1980–1981) and Nigeria (1993–1997).

11^th: Trini Lopez, 83, American singer ("If I Had a Hammer", "Lemon Tree") and actor (The Dirty Dozen), COVID-19.

12^th: Ivan Tymchenko, 81, Ukrainian jurist, chairman of the Constitutional Court (1996–1999).

15^th: Ruth Gavison, 75, Israeli law professor, Israel Prize recipient (2011).

16^th: Gershon Shafat, 92, Austrian-born Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1992).

18^th: Ben Cross, 72, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek, First Knight), cancer.

18^th: Wojciech Karpiński, 77, Polish writer and historian of ideas.

19^th: Durbin Feeling, 74, American Cherokee linguist.

26^th: Ronald E. Rosser, 90, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.

28^th: Chadwick Boseman, 43, American actor (Black Panther, 42, Get on Up), complications from colon cancer.

30^th: Virginia Bosler, 93, American actress and dancer (Oklahoma!, Brigadoon, Out of This World).

 

September

1^st: Boris Klyuyev, 76, Russian actor (D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, TASS Is Authorized to Declare...), People's Artist (2002), lung cancer.

1^st: Edwin M. Cronk, 102, American diplomat, Ambassador to Singapore (1972–1975).

2^nd: David Evans, 95, Australian RAAF Air Marshal, Chief of the Air Staff (1982–1985).

2^nd: Rinat Ibragimov, 59, Russian double bass player, COVID-19.

2^nd: Kang Kek Iew, 77, Cambodian internal security leader (Tuol Sleng, Santebal) and convicted war criminal, lung disease.

2^nd: Esther McCready, 89, American nurse who desegregated the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1950.

3^rd: Kathleen Byerly, 76, American U.S Navy captain. She was one of the twelve women named by Time magazine as Time Person of the Year in 1975, representing American women. Cancer.

4^th: Annie Cordy, 92, Belgian actress (Victor and Victoria, Ces dames s'en mêlent, Souvenir of Gibraltar) and singer, cardiac arrest.

4^th: Andrzej Gawroński, 85, Polish actor (Everything for Sale, How I Unleashed World War II, A Short Film About Killing).

4^th: Joe Williams, 85, Cook Islands politician, Prime Minister (1999), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1999) and MP (1994–2004), COVID-19.

5^th: Abu Osman Chowdhury, 85, Bangladeshi resistance fighter (Mukti Bahini).

5^th: Marian Jaworski, 94, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins (1991–2008).

5^th: Jiří Menzel, 82, Czech director, actor and screenwriter (Closely Watched Trains, My Sweet Little Village, Larks on a String), Oscar winner (1967).

5^th: Steve Merrill, 74, American politician, Governor (1993–1997) and Attorney General of New Hampshire (1985–1989).

6^th: Kevin Dobson, 77, American actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Midway), heart attack.

6^th: Dragoljub Ojdanić, 79, Serbian military officer and convicted war criminal, Chief of the General Staff (1998–2000) and Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (2000).

7^th: Abdul Qadir Bajamal, 74, Yemeni politician, Prime Minister (2001–2007) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1998–2001), complications from multiple strokes.

7^th: Sergey Koltakov, 64, Russian actor (Mirror for a Hero, New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Life of Klim Samgin).

7^th: André Reichling, 64, Luxembourgian conductor and composer ("The NATO Hymn").

9^th: Amos Luzzatto, 92, Italian writer and essayist, President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (1998–2006).

9^th: Edgard Tupët-Thomé, 100, French Resistance fighter.

10^th: Gerald Blidstein, 82, Israeli academic (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities).

11^th: Dame Diana Rigg, 82, English actress (The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Game of Thrones), Tony winner (1994), cancer.

12^th: Navid Afkari, 27, Iranian wrestler, protester (2018 Iranian protests), and convicted murderer, execution by hanging.

12^th: Aline Chrétien, 84, Canadian socialite, Spouse of the Prime Minister (1993–2003).

12^th: John Fahey, 75, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1992–1995), Minister for Finance (1996–2001), and President of WADA (2008–2013), leukaemia.

13^th: Severo Bueno, 53, Spanish jurist and state lawyer (2017 Catalan independence referendum), ALS.

13^th: György Keleti, 74, Hungarian military officer and politician, Minister of Defence (1994–1998) and MP (1992–2010).

14^th: Herman Th. Verstappen, 95, Dutch geographer, president of the International Geographical Union (1992−1996).

15^th: Ed Bearss, 97, American military historian and author.

15^th: Nigel Te Hiko, 54, New Zealand Māori historian (Ngāti Raukawa), COVID-19.

15^th: Moussa Traoré, 83, Malian military officer and politician, President (1968–1991).

16^th: Núria Gispert i Feliu, 84, Spanish politician, Catholic activist and social worker, City Councillor of Barcelona (1979–1995), colon cancer.

17^th: Winston Groom, 77, American novelist (Forrest Gump).

18^th: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (since 1993) and judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1980–1993), complications from pancreatic cancer.

19^th: Andrzej Pitynski, 73, Polish-American monumental sculptor (Katyń Memorial, The Partisans).

19^th: John Turner, 91, Canadian politician, Prime Minister (1984), Minister of Justice (1968–1972) and Finance (1972–1975), and MP (1962–1976, 1984–1993).

20^th: Ken Blaiklock, 92, British Antarctic explorer.

20^th: Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, 82, Scottish herald, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland (1981–2001), cancer.

20^th: Knut Kloster, 91, Norwegian shipping magnate, co-founder of Norwegian Cruise Line.

21^st: Arthur Ashkin, 98, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (2018).

21^st: Tommy DeVito, 92, American Hall of Fame musician and singer (The Four Seasons), COVID-19.

21^st: Claude Moisy, 93, French journalist and writer, President of the Agence France-Presse (1990–1993).

22^nd: Volodymyr Yachminskyi, 84, Ukrainian actor, People's Artist of Ukraine (1996.)

27^th: Susan Ryan, 77, Australian politician and public servant, Senator (1975–1987), Minister for Education (1983–1987) and Age Discrimination Commissioner (2011–2016).

27^th: John Waddy, 100, British Army officer, Colonel SAS (1964–1967).

28^th: Bonni Lou Kern, 79, American television personality (The Mickey Mouse Club).

29^th: Timothy Ray Brown, 54, American considered the first person cured of HIV/AIDS, leukemia.

29^th: Helen Reddy, 78, Australian-American singer ("I Am Woman", "Delta Dawn") and actress (Pete's Dragon), Grammy winner (1973).

29^th: Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 91, Kuwaiti royal, Emir (since 2006) and Prime Minister (2003–2006).

29^th: Carlisle Trost, 90, American Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (1986–1990).

 

October

1^st: Hans J. Eriksen, 84, Norwegian Saami politician and teacher.

1^st: Hilari Raguer, 92, Spanish monk, historian and anti-Francoist activist.

2^nd: Mukaramma Qosimova, 87, Tajik linguist and academic.

2^nd: Irina Slavina, 47, Russian news editor (Open Russia), suicide by self-immolation.

3^rd: Shmaryahu Biran, 78, Israeli educator, mayor of Acre (1998–2003).

4^th: Clark Middleton, 63, American actor (Sin City, Snowpiercer, Twin Peaks), West Nile virus.

4^th: Richard Schifter, 97, American attorney and diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (1985–1992).

6^th: Folker Bohnet, 83, German actor (The Bridge, Ludwig).

6^th: Ruth Klüger, 88, Austrian-born American Holocaust survivor and memoirist.

6^th: Johnny Nash, 80, American singer-songwriter ("I Can See Clearly Now", "Hold Me Tight", "Tears on My Pillow").

6^th: Tommy Rall, 90, American actor (Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, World in My Corner) and dancer, heart failure.

6^th: Eddie Van Halen, 65, Dutch-born American Hall of Fame musician (Van Halen) and songwriter ("Eruption", "Jump"), Grammy winner (1992), throat cancer.

8^th: Shlomo Gazit, 93, Israeli general, president of Ben-Gurion University (1982–1985) and general director of the Jewish Agency (1985–1987).

12^th: Bernard S. Cohen, 86, American attorney (Loving v. Virginia), complications from Parkinson's disease

12^th: Conchata Ferrell, 77, American actress (Two and a Half Men, Edward Scissorhands, Network), complications from cardiac arrest.

12^th: Carlos M. Rivera, 86, American firefighter, FDNY Commissioner (1990–1993.)

12^th: Litokwa Tomeing, 80, Marshallese politician, President (2008–2009.)

13^th: Edward C. Meyer, 91, American military officer, Army Chief of Staff (1979–1983), pneumonia.

14^th: William Keir Carr, 97, Canadian military officer, Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force (1975–1978.)

14^th: Rhonda Fleming, 97, American actress (Spellbound, Serpent of the Nile, The Buster Keaton Story), aspiration pneumonia.

14^th: Kuniwo Nakamura, 76, Palauan politician, President (1993–2001) and Vice President (1989–1993).

16^th: Sir Roy Beldam, 95, British judge, Lord Justice of Appeal (1989–2000).

18^th: François-Yves Guillin, 99, French resistant, doctor, and historian.

18^th: Stanisław Kogut, 66, Polish politician and trade union activist, Senator (2005–2019), COVID-19.

19^th: Sir John Margetson, 93, British diplomat, Ambassador to Vietnam (1978–1980) and the Netherlands (1984–1988), Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod (1992–2002).

20^th: Joshua Blau, 101, Romanian-born Israeli literary scholar.

20^th: Vladimir Chudaykin, 95, Russian World War II veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union.

20^th: Irina Skobtseva, 93, Russian actress (War and Peace, Othello, Walking the Streets of Moscow), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1974).

20^th: Aldo Zargani, 87, Italian writer and Holocaust survivor.

21^st: Marge Champion, 101, American actress (Show Boat, Give a Girl a Break), choreographer and model (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Emmy winner (1975).

21^st: Peter F. Secchia, 83, American building material executive and diplomat, Ambassador to Italy and San Marino (1989–1993), CEO of Universal Forest Products, COVID-19.

24^th: Prince Azim of Brunei, 38, Bruneian royal and film producer (You're Not You).

24^th: Joan Hocquard, 112, British supercentenarian, oldest person in the United Kingdom.

25^th: Johnny Leeze, 78, English actor (Emmerdale, Coronation Street, The League of Gentlemen), COVID-19.

29^th: Valentin Pokrovsky, 91, Russian epidemiologist and infectionist, President of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (1987–2006).

29^th: Alexander Vedernikov, 56, Russian conductor (Bolshoi Theatre, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Royal Danish Opera), COVID-19.

30^th: Mesut Yılmaz, 72, Turkish politician, Prime Minister (1991, 1996, 1997–1999), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1987–1990) and MP (1983–2002, 2007–2011), lung cancer.

31^st: Sir Sean Connery, 90, Scottish actor (Dr. No, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Oscar winner (1988).

November

1^st: Carol Arthur, 85, American actress (Blazing Saddles), Alzheimer's disease.

1^st: Nikolay Maksyuta, 73, Russian politician, Governor of Volgograd Oblast (1997–2010), COVID-19.

1^st: Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy, 96, Indian anti-Apartheid activist.

3^rd: Henry Brind, 93, British diplomat, ambassador to Somalia (1977–1980) and high commissioner to Malawi (1983–1987).

3^rd: Elsa Raven, 91, American actress (Back to the Future, Amen, Titanic).

5^th: Jim Marurai, 73, Cook Island politician, Prime Minister (2004–2010), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009) and MP (1994–2017).

6^th: Patrick Chokala, 72, Tanzanian diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (2002–2004), heart attack.

6^th: Dovid Feinstein, 91, Belarusian-born American Orthodox rabbi, rosh yeshiva of the Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem (since 1986).

7^th: Norm Crosby, 93, American comedian and actor (Eight Crazy Nights).

7^th: Edward J. Perkins, 92, American diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations, South Africa and Liberia.

7^th: Jonathan Sacks, 72, British Orthodox rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogue (1991–2013) and member of the House of Lords (since 2013), cancer.

8^th: Alex Trebek, 80, Canadian-American game show host (Jeopardy!, High Rollers, Classic Concentration), seven-time Emmy winner, pancreatic cancer.

10^th: Amadou Toumani Touré, 72, Malian politician, President (1991–1992, 2002–2012).

10^th: Lucille Bridges, 86, American civil rights activist, mother of Ruby Bridges.

11^th: Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, 84, Bahraini royal and politician, Prime Minister (since 1970).

12^th: Jerry Rawlings, 73, Ghanaian politician, President (1979, 1981–2001), COVID-19.

12^th: Lynn Kellogg, 77, American singer and actress (Hair, Charro!), COVID-19.

13^th: Sir John Meurig Thomas, 87, Welsh chemist and academic administrator, Director of the Royal Institution (1986–1991).

13^th: Kjartan Jóhannsson, 80, Icelandic diplomat and politician.

14^th: Hasan Muratović, 80, Bosnian politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997) and Minister of Foreign Trade (1997–1999), COVID-19.

15^th: Victor Popa, 71, Moldovan jurist and politician, Deputy (2010–2013) and Justice of the Constitutional Court (since 2013).

18^th: Lyubov Rumyantseva, 77, Belarusian actress (Lullaby, Alpine Ballad, Annychka).

18^th: Mridula Sinha, 77, Indian politician, Governor of Goa (2014–2019).

18^th: Firsat Sofi, 42, Iraqi politician, Governor of Erbil (since 2019), COVID-19.

20^th: Rita Sargsyan, 58, Armenian socialite, First Lady (2008–2018), COVID-19.

20^th: Jan Morris, 94, Welsh historian (Pax Britannica Trilogy), novelist (Last Letters from Hav) and travel writer.

20^th: Daniel Cordier, 100, French militant, historian, and art dealer.

22^nd: Patrick Quinn, 37, American disability activist, co-creator of the Ice Bucket Challenge, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

23^rd: Hal Ketchum, 67, American country singer-songwriter ("Small Town Saturday Night", "Past the Point of Rescue", "Hearts Are Gonna Roll"), complications from dementia.

23^rd: David Dinkins, 93, American politician, mayor of New York City (1990–1993), borough president of Manhattan (1986–1989) and member of the New York State Assembly (1966).

24^th: Mamadou Tandja, 82, Nigerien politician, President (1999–2010).

26^th: Sadiq al-Mahdi, 84, Sudanese politician and religious leader, Prime Minister (1966–1967, 1986–1989), COVID-19.

26^th: Hafez Abu Seada, 55, Egyptian human rights activist, Chairman of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (since 2004), COVID-19.

28^th: Roger Mandle, 79, American art curator and academic administrator, President of the Rhode Island School of Design (1993–2008).

28^th: David Prowse, 85, English actor (Star Wars, A Clockwork Orange, Jabberwocky) and bodybuilder, COVID-19.

29^th: Peg Murray, 96, American actress (Cabaret), Tony winner (1967.)

30^th: Irina Antonova, 98, Russian art historian, complications from COVID-19.

30^th: Eddie Benton-Banai, 89, American civil rights activist (American Indian Movement).

30^th: Betty Bobbitt, 81, American-born Australian actress (Prisoner, Crocodile Dundee II, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles), stroke.

December

1^st:  Norman Abramson, 88, American engineer and computer scientist.

1^st: Hanna Stadnik, 91, Polish World War II combatant (Warsaw Uprising), acting chairman of World Association of Home Army Soldiers (2020).

2^nd: Warren Berlinger, 83, American actor (The Joey Bishop Show, The Cannonball Run, The World According to Garp).

2^nd: Frank Carney, 82, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Pizza Hut, pneumonia.

2^nd: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 94, French politician, President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra (1974–1981), Minister of the Economy and Finance (1962–1966, 1969–1974), COVID-19.

2^nd: Boris Plotnikov, 71, Russian actor (The Ascent, The Cold Summer of 1953, Heart of a Dog), COVID-19.

2^nd: Pamela Tiffin, 78, American actress (One, Two, Three, Harper, Summer and Smoke) and model.

4^th: Marie Rút Křížková, 84, Czech literary historian and poet, Charter 77 spokesperson.

4^th: David Lander, 73, American actor (Laverne & Shirley, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down), complications from multiple sclerosis.

5^th: Dolf de Vries, 83, Dutch actor (Turkish Delight, Soldier of Orange, Black Book).

5^th: Ron Irwin, 84, Canadian politician and diplomat, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs (1993–1997), Ambassador to Ireland (1998–2001), MP (1980–1984, 1993–1997).

6^th: Senta Wengraf, 96, Austrian actress (Two Times Lotte, Voices of Spring, Sissi – The Young Empress).

7^th: Natalie Desselle-Reid, 53, American actress (B.A.P.S., Eve, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella), colon cancer.

7^th: Chuck Yeager, 97, American Hall of Fame pilot, first person to exceed the speed of sound.

9^th: Vyacheslav Kebich, 84, Belarusian politician, Prime Minister (1991–1994), COVID-19.

9^th: Valeriu Turea, 69, Moldovan diplomat, Ambassador to Portugal (2010–2015).

10^th: Dame Barbara Windsor, 83, English actress (EastEnders, Carry On, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

11^th: Andrzej Tomaszewicz, 77, Polish historian and politician, Solidarity activist, Senator (1989–1991).

11^th: Irena Veisaitė, 92, Lithuanian theatre scholar and human rights activist, COVID-19.

15^th: Evgeniy Tyazhelnikov, 92, Russian diplomat and politician, Ambassador to Romania (1982–1990), COVID-19.

17^th: Jeremy Bulloch, 75, English actor (Star Wars, The Spy Who Loved Me, Mary, Queen of Scots).

18^th: Michael Jeffery, 83, Australian military officer, Governor of Western Australia (1993–2000) and Governor-General (2003–2008).

18^th: Òscar Ribas Reig, 84, Andorran politician, Prime Minister (1982–1984, 1990–1994).

19^th: Nedo Fiano, 95 Italian writer and Holocaust survivor.

19^th: Sir Mekere Morauta, 74, Papua New Guinean politician, Prime Minister (1999–2002), cancer.

19^th: Eileen Pollock, 73, Northern Irish actress (Bread, Far and Away, Angela's Ashes).

19^th: Bram van der Vlugt, 86, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Tropic of Emerald, Family), COVID-19.

20^th: Raymon Anning, 90, British police officer, Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong (1985–1989).

20^th: Rukhshana, 80, Afghan singer.

20^th: Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, 72, Kuwaiti royal, Minister of Defense (2017–2019).

20^th: Dame Fanny Waterman, 100, English pianist, founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition.

20^th: Ned Wynn, 79, American actor (The Bellboy, Bikini Beach, Beach Blanket Bingo), complications from Parkinson's disease.

21^st: Hank Adams, 77, American Native American rights activist.

22^nd: Wojciech Borowik, 64, Polish politician, Solidarity activist, Deputy (1993–1997), COVID-19.

22^nd: Lam Phương, 83, Vietnamese-American songwriter, complications from a stroke.

23^rd: Rebecca Luker, 59, American actress (Mary Poppins, Show Boat, Not Fade Away), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

23^rd: Kay Purcell, 57, English actress (Emmerdale, Tracy Beaker Returns, Waterloo Road), liver cancer.

24^th: John Cremona, 102, Maltese civil servant, Chief Justice (1971–1981) and Acting President (1976).

24^th: Freshta Kohistani, 29, Afghan women's rights activist, shot.

25^th: Ivan Bogdan, 92, Ukrainian wrestler, Olympic champion (1960).

26^th: George Blake, 98, British spy and double agent for the Soviets.

26^th: Govind Prasad Lohani, 93, Nepali diplomat and economist, respiratory failure.

27^th: Ladislav Mrkvička, 81, Czech actor (Atentát, Thirty Cases of Major Zeman), Thalia Award and Czech Lion winner.

27^th: Mohamed El Ouafa, 72, Moroccan diplomat and politician, Ambassador to India (2000–2004), Iran (2004–2006), and Brazil (2006–2012), Minister of Education (2012–2013), COVID-19.

28^th: Moshe Brawer, 101, Israeli geographer.

30^th: Dawn Wells, 82, American actress (Gilligan's Island, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Return to Boggy Creek), COVID-19.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2020#Previous_months