The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2020.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
August 2020
1 José Vicente Anaya, 73, Mexican writer, poet and cultural journalist.Fallece el poeta José Vicente Anaya a los 73 años Pablo Aranda, 52, Spanish writer, stomach cancer.Fallece el escritor malagueño Pablo Aranda Eduardo Arias, 64, Panamanian whistleblower, cancer.Murió Eduardo Arias, el panameño que alertó al mundo de una intoxicación a través de pastas de dientes Frank Barnaby, 92, British nuclear physicist. Wendy Blunsden, 77, Australian cricketer (national team).Wendy Blunsden Resurreccion Borra, 84, Filipino civil servant, Commissioner (2001–2008) and Chairman (2007–2008) of the Commission on Elections.Ex-Comelec commissioner Borra passes away at 84 Leonardo Bragaglia, 87, Italian theater actor, director and writer.E' morto il maestro Leonardo Bragaglia Wilford Brimley, 85, American actor (The Natural, The Thing, Cocoon) and singer, kidney disease.'Cocoon' Actor Wilford Brimley Dies At 85 Brenda Brown Canary, 74, American novelist.Brenda Canary Emil Ciocoiu, 71, Romanian painter and photographer.Emil Ciocoiu 13.09.1948 – 01.08.2020 David Darcy, 76, Australian football player (Western Bulldogs, South Adelaide) and coach.Vale David Darcy Julio Diamante, 89, Spanish film director (The Art of Living, Sex o no sex) and screenwriter.Fallece el director de cine gaditano Julio Diamante, autor de 'Los que no fuimos a la guerra' Rickey Dixon, 53, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Raiders, Oklahoma Sooners), Jim Thorpe Award winner (1987), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Former Oklahoma defensive back Rickey Dixon dead at 53 Alex Dupont, 66, French football player and manager (Dunkerque, Sedan, Ajaccio).Ancien entraîneur emblématique de Dunkerque, Alex Dupont est décédé Feri Horvat, 78, Slovenian politician, Speaker of the National Assembly (2004).Umrl je Feri Horvat Sally Jacobs, 87, British stage designer.Sally Jacobs obituary Alexandre Keresztessy, 81, Hungarian-born Belgian TV producer (RTBF).Alexandre Sandor Keresztessy nous a quittés Vitold Kreyer, 87, Russian triple jumper, Olympic bronze medallist (1956, 1960).Призер Олимпийских игр в тройном прыжке Витольд Креер умер в возрасте 87 лет Lawrence Laurent, 95, American television critic (The Washington Post).Lawrence Laurent Kartika Liotard, 49, Dutch politician, MEP (2004–2014).Kartika Tamara Liotard Armand Mauss, 92, American sociologist.Armand Lind Mauss Geoffrey P. Megargee, 60, American historian.Geoffrey Megargee (1959-2020) Stan Mellor, 83, British National Hunt jockey and horse trainer, Champion Jockey (1960–1962).Champion jockey and jumps pioneer Stan Mellor dies at the age of 83 Pydikondala Manikyala Rao, 58, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (2014–2019), COVID-19.Senior BJP leader and former Andhra minister P Manikyala Rao succumbs to COVID-19 Tony Morris, 57, British newsreader (ITV Granada), kidney cancer.Tributes to ITV Granada Reports presenter Tony Morris, who has died aged 57 Abdul Hay Mosallam Zarara, 87, Palestinian artist."الثقافة" تنعى الفنان المناضل عبد الحي مسلّم John Otto, 71, American politician, pancreatic cancer. Rodney H. Pardey, 75, American poker player, complications from a stroke.Two-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner & Stud Legend Rod Pardey Sr Passes Away Tom Pollock, 77, American studio executive (Universal Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company) and film producer (Hitchcock), heart attack.Tom Pollock, Former Universal Motion Picture Group Chairman, Dies at 77 Rosemary Radley-Smith, 81, British paediatric cardiologist, cancer.Rosemary Radley-Smith Harley Redin, 100, American basketball coach.WBU saddened by passing of Harley Redin Reni Santoni, 82, American actor (Dirty Harry, Enter Laughing, 28 Days).Reni Santoni, Actor in 'Enter Laughing' and 'Dirty Harry,' Dies at 82 Harold Scheraga, 98, American biophysicist.Harold A. Scheraga of Ithaca, New York, 1921–2020 M. S. Sellasamy, 93, Sri Lankan unionist and politician.M. S. Sellasamy passes away Khosrow Sinai, 79, Iranian film director (In the Alleys of Love), COVID-19.Iranian film director Khosrow Sinai dies of COVID-19 Amar Singh, 64, Indian politician, MP (since 1996), kidney failure.Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP, passes away at 64 Stan Statham, 81, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1976–1994), heart attack.'Last of an era': Former North State assemblyman, news anchor Stan Statham dies Ross Warner, 76, Australian rugby league player (North Sydney Bears, New South Wales).Vale Ross Warner Douglas Wiseman, 90, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1971–1990).Douglas Jack "Doug" Wiseman
2 Saïd Amara, 87, Algerian football player (Béziers, Bordeaux, national team) and manager.Football : décès de l'ancien joueur de l'équipe du FLN Saïd Amara Samia Amin, 75, Egyptian actress.بعد صراع مع المرض.. وفاة الفنانة سامية أمين Gregory Areshian, 71, Armenian archaeologist, COVID-19.Gregory Areshian, archaeologist who co-led discovery of world's oldest winery, dead at 71 Antony F. Campbell, 85, New Zealand-born Australian Old Testament scholar.Vale Fr Tony Campbell SJ Jerry Chipman, 79, American actor (21 Grams) and non-profit executive, spokesperson for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, complications from heart surgery.Jerry Chipman, actor and longtime St. Jude spokesman, has died Alan Cowley, 86, British-born American chemist.Alan Herbert Cowley Umesh Dastane, 63, Indian cricketer (Railways).कोरोना से क्रिकेटर की मौत, 16 रणजी ट्रॉफी खेलने वाले उमेश दास्ताने दो हफ्ते से चल रहे थे बीमार Marie-Hélène Descamps, 82, French politician, MEP (2002–2009).Indre-et-Loire : décès de l'ancienne députée européenne Marie-Hélène Descamps Bruno Dettori, 78, Italian politician, Senator (2001–2006).Addio a Bruno Dettori, il professore di Sassari che amava la politica. Fu sottosegretario con Prodi Leon Fleisher, 92, American pianist, cancer.Leon Fleisher, sublime pianist undaunted by mysterious hand malady, dies at 92 Syed Iftikhar Ul Hassan, 78, Pakistani politician, MP (since 2013).PML-N MNA Iftikhar-ul-Hassan passes away V. Krishnasamy, 72, Malaysian footballer (Penang, Perak, national team).V. Krishnasamy Douglas Latchford, 89, British art and antiques dealer.'Adventurer scholar' Douglas Latchford dies in Bangkok, aged 89 Jean-Louis Leonetti, 82, French football player (Marseille, Rouen, Angoulême) and manager.Décès de Jean-Louis Leonetti : le PSG présente ses condoléances Adriana Naghei Ostrowska, 12, Swedish murder victim. Larry Novak, 87, American jazz pianist.Pianist Larry Novak, ‘a giant’ of Chicago jazz, dies Mark Ormrod, 62, English historian, bowel cancer.Professor W. Mark Ormrod, 1 November 1957 – 2 August 2020 Suzanne Perlman, 97, Hungarian-Dutch painter.Suzanne Perlman obituary Keith Pontin, 64, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Barry Town, national team).Ex-Cardiff and Wales defender Keith Pontin dies Bobby Prescott, 89, Panamanian baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).Bobby Prescott, grandes ligas panameño, fallece a sus 89 años de edad Leslie Randall, 95, English actor (Billy Liar, Emmerdale, Goal!).Leslie Randall obituary (death announced on this date) Rip Van Winkle, 14, Irish racehorse and sire.Three-Time Group 1 Winner Rip Van Winkle Dies at 14 Tootie Robbins, 62, American football player (Arizona Cardinals, Green Bay Packers), COVID-19.Tootie Robbins Yael Renan, 72–73, Israeli writer and translator.ד"ר יעל רנן ז"ל Bob Ryland, 100, American tennis player.Bob Ryland, First Black Pro Tennis Player In U.S., Dies At 100 Anant Shet, 59, Indian politician, Goa MLA (2007–2017).Former Speaker of Goa Assembly Anant Shet dead Satyanarayan Singh, 77, Indian politician, Bihar MLA (1990–2000), COVID-19.Coronavirus Bihar State CPI secretary Satya Narain Singh succumbs to infection Albert Somit, 100, American political scientist.Albert Somit in Memoriam Ryōko Tateishi, 68, Japanese actress, lung cancer.立石涼子さん死去 ６８歳、肺がんで John Tilbury, 89, British Olympic rower.John Tilbury Carol A. Timmons, 62, American military general, Adjutant General of the Delaware National Guard (2017–2019).Carol Timmons, first woman to lead Delaware National Guard, dies at 62 Dick Trachok, 94, American college football coach and athletic director (Nevada Wolf Pack).Beloved Nevada icon and Wolf Pack's No. 21, Dick Trachok has died Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, 69, Kazakh wrestler, Olympic champion (1980).Olympic champion Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov passes away Kamal Rani Varun, 62, Indian politician, MP (1996–1999) and Uttar Pradesh MLA (since 2017), COVID-19.Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Kamala Rani Varun dies due to coronavirus Wang Hai, 94, Chinese fighter pilot, Commander of the PLA Air Force (1985–1992).空军原司令员王海上将逝世 曾在朝鲜击落击伤9架敌机
3 ATM Alamgir, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991–1996), COVID-19.Freedom Fighter ATM Alamgir dies of Covid-19 Goldie Alexander, 83, Australian author.Goldie Alexander Dani Anwar, 52, Indonesian politician, Senator (2009–2014), COVID-19.Legislator DKI Dani Anwar Meninggal Karena Covid-19 Homayoun Reza Atardi, 50, Iranian musician, composer and producer, COVID-19.همایون رضا عطاردی بر اثر کرونا درگذشت Ralph Barbieri, 74, American sports radio host (KNBR), Parkinson's disease.Ralph Barbieri, Bay Area radio legend, dead at 74 Mohammad Barkatullah, 76, Bangladeshi television personality, director and producer, COVID-19.Noted TV producer Md Barkatullah passes away with Covid-19 Carmine Benincasa, 72, Italian art historian.Eboli – Lutto per l’intera comunità M'hamed Benredouane, 69, Algerian politician.Décès de l'ancien ministre des Affaires religieuses M'hamed Benredouane David Bishop, 91, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983–2002).David T. Bishop Ernesto Brambilla, 86, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver.Monza motociclismo Tino Brambilla è morto Lorenzo Chiarinelli, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo (1983–1993), Aversa (1993–1997) and Viterbo (1997–2010).Lutto. Addio al vescovo Chiarinelli Odile Croissant, 96, French biologist, physicist, specialist in electron microscopy. Roger De Pauw, 99, Belgian Olympic cyclist (1948).Olympiër Roger De Pauw overleden Philippe Frémeaux, 70, French journalist.La mort de Philippe Frémeaux provoque une pluie d'hommages chez les politique Billy Goldenberg, 84, American composer (Kojak, Rhoda, Play It Again, Sam) and songwriter.Billy Goldenberg, Emmy-Winning Composer and Songwriter, Dies at 84 Shirley Ann Grau, 91, American writer (The Keepers of the House), Pulitzer winner (1965), complications from a stroke.Pulitzer Prize-winning Metairie author dies at 91 Pien-Chien Huang, 89, Chinese-American molecular biologist.In Memoriam Pien-Chien (P.C.) Huang (1931-2020) John Hume, 83, Irish politician, MP (1983–2005), MEP (1979–2004) and Foyle MLA (1998–2000), Nobel laureate (1998).Former SDLP leader and Nobel laureate John Hume dies Ralph Klassen, 64, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues), cancer.Ralph Klassen Celina Kofman, 95–96, Argentine political activist.Murió Celina"Queca" Kofman Hana Krampolová, 59, Czech actress.Zemřela manželka Jiřího Krampola, měla dlouhodobé zdravotní problémy Jürgen Kühl, 85, German Olympic sprinter (1956).Leichtathlet-Legende Jürgen Kühl stirbt mit 85 Jahren Laverne Lewycky, 74, Canadian politician.Laverne M. Lewycky Luo Pei-ying, 59, Taiwanese actress.Taiwanese actress Luo Pei-ying found dead at her home (body discovered on this date) Pascal Martin, 67–68, French journalist.Journal 20h00 Édition du lundi 3 août 2020 Sean Martin, 69, American-born Canadian cartoonist (Doc and Raider), pancreatic cancer.RIP – Sean Stephane Martin