Famous Celebrities Who Died in 2020

• Blackman, Honor

  Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger

• Boseman, Chadwick

  The star of the superhero movie Black Panther

• Cain, Herman

  Former Godfather's Pizza CEO and 2012 presidential candidate

• Conrad, Robert

  The star of TV's The Wild Wild West

• Daniels, Charlie

  The fiddle player who did "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"

• De Havilland, Olivia

  Melanie in Gone With the Wind

• Douglas, Kirk

  Dimple-chinned star of Spartacus

• Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

  The second woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court

• Hotchner, A.E.

  The writer who befriended Ernest Hemingway and Paul Newman

• Jones, Terry

  A founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus

• Le Carré, John

  The author of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold

• Lewis, John

  The civil rights leader who served in Congress for 33 years

• Maradona, Diego

  The hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup win

• Morricone, Ennio

  The film composer famous for spaghetti westerns

• Philbin, Regis

  Host of the TV morning show Live With Regis And..., 1988-2011

• Preston, Kelly

  The Jerry Maguire actress who was married to John Travolta

• Prowse, David

  The actor who played Darth Vader in Star Wars

• Reiner, Carl

  Creator of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show

• Reinking, Ann

  Fosse-influenced choreographer and star of Chicago

• Rogers, Kenny

  The country star who sang "The Gambler"

• Schumacher, Joel

  The director of St. Elmo's Fire and Batman Forever

• Siegfried and Roy

  The tiger-loving Las Vegas magicians of the 1990s

• Trebek, Alex

  Host of the TV quiz show Jeopardy!

• Yeager, Chuck

  The pilot who broke the sound barrier

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