List of Famous people who died in 2020
Curly Neal
Frederick "Curly" Neal was an American basketball player who played with the Harlem Globetrotters. Following in the footsteps of Marques Haynes, Neal became the Trotters' featured ballhandler, a key role in the team's exhibition act.
Daniel Alvarado
Daniel Alvarado was a Venezuelan actor.
Inna Makarova
Inna Vladimirovna Makarova was a Soviet and Russian actress. She grew up in Novosibirsk. In 1948 she graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow and began to work as an actress at the National Film Actors' Theatre. In 1949, she was awarded the Stalin Prize for her role as Lyubov Shevtsova in Sergei Gerasimov's The Young Guard. In 1985, she was awarded the designation of People's Artist of the USSR. Inna Makarova was married to Sergei Bondarchuk and is the mother of Natalya Bondarchuk.
Shooting of Duncan Lemp
On March 12, 2020, Duncan Socrates Lemp was fatally shot at his home in Potomac, Maryland during a no-knock police raid by the Montgomery County Police Department's SWAT team. Police have said that Lemp was shot after "confronting" an officer during the execution of the raid. Lemp's family have said through their attorney that, based on an eyewitness, they believe Lemp was shot without warning while he was asleep. Lemp has since been described as a "martyr" for the far-right anti-government extremist boogaloo movement, some adherents to which believe Lemp was murdered by police because of his involvement with the movement and his anti-government beliefs.
Michael Angelis
Nicolas Michael Angelis was an English actor. He was best known for his television roles as Chrissie Todd in Boys from the Blackstuff, Martin Niarchos in G.B.H. and as a UK narrator of the British children's series Thomas & Friends from 1991 to 2012, as well as several other products and media related to the franchise.
Maeve Kennedy McKean
Maeve Fahey Kennedy McKean was an American public health official, human rights attorney, and academic. A member of the Kennedy family, she was the daughter of Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy.
Luis Eduardo Aute
Luis Eduardo Aute Gutiérrez was a Spanish musician, singer, composer, and film director.
La Parka
Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza was a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, better known as La Parka who worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion AAA from the mid-1990s until 2019. On January 11, 2020, Huerta died from complications arising from injuries that he sustained from a botched move during an October 2019 match.
Nicolas Portal
Nicolas Portal was a French directeur sportif and professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Auch, France.
Manuel Valdés
Fernando Manuel Alonso Gómez de Valdés y Castillo was a Mexican actor and comedian. A member of the Valdés family, he was the brother of Ramón Valdés, who portrayed "Don Ramón" on the sitcom El Chavo, and Germán Valdés. He was also the father of singers Cristian Castro and Marcos Valdés. He died of complications of cancer.