List of Famous people who died in 2020
Sy Rogers
Sinclair Rogers II was an American Christian pastor who was part of the ex-gay movement. In the late 1980s, Rogers was a President of Exodus International, and became one of the earliest noted personalities associated with the ex-gay movement during the early 1980s. He wrote a life-story testimony entitled "The Man in the Mirror," which was published in pamphlet form by Last Days Ministries.
Cecilia Chiang
Cecilia Sun Yun Chiang was a Chinese-American restaurateur and chef, best known for founding and managing the Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco, California.
Ben Cooper
Ben Cooper was an American actor of film and television, who won a Golden Boot Award in 2005 for his work in westerns.
Tim Smith
Timothy Charles Smith was an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and music video director, best known as the frontman of the cult English band Cardiacs, which he formed with his brother Jim Smith.
Nimmi
Nawab Bano, better known by her stage name Nimmi, was an Indian screen actress who achieved stardom in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi films. She was one of the leading actresses of the “golden era” of Hindi cinema.
Morgan Wootten
Morgan Bayard Wootten was an American high school basketball coach for 46 seasons at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. He led the Stags to five national championships and 33 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) titles. In 2000, he was the third high school coach to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the first high school only coach to be inducted.
Irene Triplett
Irene Triplett was the last recipient of an American Civil War pension. Her father had fought for both the Confederacy and later the Union in the Civil War. The last living wife of a Civil War veteran was Helen Viola Jackson who died on December 16, 2020.
Jack Van Impe
Jack Leo Van Impe was an American televangelist known for his half-hour weekly television series Jack Van Impe Presents, an eschatological commentary on the news of the week through an interpretation of the Bible. The program airs around the world through both religious broadcasters and the purchase of paid programming time on commercial television stations. He was known as the "Walking Bible", having memorized most of the King James Version of the Bible. His wife, Rexella, shared his television ministry as co-host.
John Kennedy
John Kennedy Sr. was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and coached Hawthorn and the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He coached Hawthorn to premierships in 1961, 1971 and 1976.
Luo Pei-ying
Luo Pei-ying, formerly known as Luo Pi-ling, was a Taiwanese television personality, actress and businesswoman.