List of Famous people who died in 2020
Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri
Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri was an Iranian cleric and diplomat. During the 1980s, Taskhiri served as the Iranian representative to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and was involved in promoting Iranian interests during the height of the Iran–Iraq War.
Richard Teitelbaum
Richard Lowe Teitelbaum was an American composer, keyboardist, and improvisor. A student of Allen Forte, Mel Powell, and Luigi Nono, he was known for his live electronic music and synthesizer performances. He was a pioneer of brain-wave music. He was also involved with world music and used Japanese, Indian, and western classical instruments and notation in both composition and improvisational settings.
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont
Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, was a British Army officer, a British politician and a historian.
Carlos Contreras
Carlos Raúl Contreras Guillén was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Club Universidad de Chile.
Michelle Rossignol
Michelle Rossignol, was a Canadian film actress. She appeared in fifteen films between 1956 and 2010. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2001.
Philippe Redon
Philippe Redon was a French football player and manager.
Justus Dahinden
Justus Dahinden was a Swiss architect, teacher and writer about architecture.
Paul Sobol
Paul Sobol was a Belgian survivor of the Holocaust who was active in Holocaust education in Belgium. He was widely known as one of the country's foremost "passeurs de mémoire" who spoke widely at schools. Born into a family of Polish-Jewish origin, Sobol spent several years in hiding with his family during the German occupation in Belgium before being denounced and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on 31 July 1944 in the final convoy to leave the country. He was subsequently involved in the death marches to Gross-Rosen concentration camp and escaped on 25 April 1945 during a transfer to another camp. His parents and younger brother were killed during the same period.
Ken Farnum
Kenneth Aubrey Farnum was a Jamaican cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint and 1,000 metres time trial events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He died on 4 April 2020 in New York City due to complications from COVID-19.
Anthony Galindo
Anthony Galindo, popularly known as El Papijoe, was a Venezuelan singer, model and entertainer.