List of Famous people who died in 2020

Penny Morrell was a British actress. She was married to the actor George Cole until his death in 2015.

Morishige was the penname of a husband-and-wife manga artist duo. Under the name Rondoberu, they made his debut in 1996 with Osawagase Debirun , published in the Tsukasa Shobō magazine Comic Ichiban. Morishige is most well known as the creator of Hanaukyo Maid Team and Koi Koi Seven, both of which have been adapted into various anime series.

William Henry Brian Hogg, better known by his stage name BJ Hogg, was a Northern Irish actor best known for playing Big Mervyn in the BBC sitcom Give My Head Peace. He also played the title role in the Oscar-nominated short film Dance Lexie Dance and appeared as Addam Marbrand in Game of Thrones.

William Vernell Wood Sr. was an American professional football player and coach. He played as a safety with the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL). Wood was an eight-time Pro Bowler and a nine-time All-Pro. In 1989, Wood was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Maria Carla Mercader was an American journalist and news producer who worked for CBS News for over three decades. For her work producing a CBS feature report about computer spam, Mercader won a business Emmy Award in 2004. In 2020, she died of COVID-19 during its pandemic in New York City.

Victor Alexandrovich Chizhikov was a Russian children's book illustrator and the designer of the Olympic mascot, Misha, of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.

Sofia Ivanovna Zhukova was a Russian serial killer who committed three murders between 2005 and 2019. At the time of her last crime, she was 80 years old, making her the oldest serial killer in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union. Some sources claim that Zhukova partially ate her victims. She died of coronavirus before trial and was found guilty posthumously.

Pere Casaldàliga i Pla, known in Portuguese as Pedro Casaldáliga, was a Catalan-born Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who led the Territorial Prelature of São Félix, Brazil, from 1970 to 2005. A bishop since 1971, Casaldàliga was one of the best-known exponents of liberation theology. He received numerous awards, including the Catalonia International Prize in 2006. He was a forceful advocate in support of indigenous peoples and published several volumes of poetry.

Zororo Makamba was a Zimbabwean journalist and the son of Irene and James Makamba.

Giuseppe Rizza was an Italian footballer.