Famous people who died in 2020.

A list of 14 celebrities and other famous people who passed away in the year 2020.

Roughly 2 years have passed since these people died.

This list is ordered by the person's date of death.

Derek Acorah

British spiritual medium. Deceased
Died on January 4th, 2020
Died at the age of 69
Sepsis.

Kobe Bryant

Basketball player. Deceased
Died on January 26th, 2020
Died at the age of 41
Helicopter crash.

Caroline Flack

English TV presenter. Deceased
Died on February 15th, 2020
Died at the age of 40
Suicide by hanging.

Pop Smoke

Rapper. Deceased
Died on February 19th, 2020
Died at the age of 20
Shot dead during a home invasion.

Hosni Mubarak

Egyptian President. Deceased
Died on February 25th, 2020
Died at the age of 91

Kenny Rogers

Singer. Deceased
Died on March 20th, 2020
Died at the age of 81
Natural causes.

Little Richard

Musician. Deceased
Died on May 9th, 2020
Died at the age of 87
Bone cancer.

Naya Rivera

Actress. Deceased
Died on July 8th, 2020
Died at the age of 33
Drowning.

Herman Cain

Businessman and Tea Party activist. Deceased
Died on July 30th, 2020
Died at the age of 74
COVID-19.

Chadwick Boseman

Actor. Deceased
Died on August 28th, 2020
Died at the age of 43
Colon cancer.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Supreme Court judge. Deceased
Died on September 18th, 2020
Died at the age of 87
Pancreatic cancer.

Sean Connery

Actor. Deceased
Died on October 31st, 2020
Died at the age of 90
Pneumonia and heart failure.

Diego Maradona

Soccer player. Deceased
Died on November 25th, 2020
Died at the age of 60
Heart attack.

Samuel Little

American serial killer. Deceased
Died on December 30th, 2020
Died at the age of 80
Diabetes and heart problems.

Statistics about celebrity deaths in 2020.

Statistics about the 14 celebrity deaths above.

Men made up the majority of celebrity deaths in 2020. 78% were male, whereas only 21% were female.
7% of the people in this list were either murdered or assassinated.
7% of the celebrity deaths in 2020 were from suicide.
14% of these celebrities died in accidents.
21% of them passed away due to cancer.
7% in the list above passed away due to pneumonia.
7% of them died from a heart attack.