List of Famous people who died in 2020
Eileen Pollock
Eileen Pollock was a Northern Irish actress whose work included political theatre, pantomime, and the role of Lilo Lil in television series Bread.
Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer
Aleksandra Kornhauser Frazer was a Slovenian chemist. She was a Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering and Director at the International Centre for Chemical Studies, of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Haldun Boysan
Haldun Boysan was a Turkish actor. One of his most notable works was in Valley of the Wolves as Tombalacı Mehmet.
Jimmy Thunder
Ti'a James Senio Peau, known professionally as Jimmy Thunder, was a Samoan-born New Zealand professional boxer who held the IBO heavyweight title from 1994 to 1995. He held multiple regional heavyweight titles, including the OPBF title from 1989 to 1991 and the Australian title twice between 1992 and 1994.
Sergio Onofre Jarpa
Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes was a Chilean politician who served as a member of the cabinet during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Víctor Víctor
Víctor Víctor was a Dominican guitarist, singer and composer. He was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. He was the founder of the Nueva Forma musical group in the 1970s.
Astad Deboo
Astad Deboo was an Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer. He was considered a pioneer of modern dance in India. Through his career he collaborated with artists including Pina Bausch, Alison Becker Chase and Pink Floyd, and performed across the world.
Lady Red Couture
Kareemia Baines, known professionally as Lady Red Couture, was an American drag queen and singer best known as the co-host of Hey Qween! with Jonny McGovern. Born in Park City, Utah, she relocated to Los Angeles, where she became a fixture of the local drag scene. She released an album, #Stuntqueen, in 2018, and she was featured in a number of other drag queens' singles and music videos throughout the 2010s. She also starred in Judge Lady Red, another web series produced by McGovern. Baines died on July 25, 2020, after a flare-up of cyclic vomiting syndrome, a chronic affliction that affected her throughout her life.
B. Santosh Babu
Colonel Bikkumalla Santosh Babu MVC was an Indian Army officer and the commanding officer of 16 Bihar Regiment. He was martyred in action during the 2020 China–India skirmishes, the first Indian Armed Forces commissioned officer since 1967 and among the first Indian soldiers to have been killed in action against the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) since 1975. He was awarded India's second-highest gallantry award, the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously.
Elsa Dorfman
Elsa Dorfman was an American portrait photographer. She worked in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was known for her use of a large-format instant Polaroid camera.