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Maradona, Sean Connery, Kobe Bryant, Kenzo, Kirk Douglas, Hosni Mubarak, John le Carré: these are some of the personalities who died in the world in 2020.
– 10: Sultan Qabous, 80, modernizer of Oman, a country he led for 50 years.
– 26: Kobe Brayant, 41, a former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player and five-time NBA champion, was killed in a helicopter crash.
– 31: Mary Higgins Clark, 92 years old, “the queen of suspense”, author of several American best sellers.
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– 5: Kirk Douglas, 103, one of Hollywood’s last greats, entered legend with “Paths of Glory” and “Spartacus.”
– 25: Hosni Mubarak, 91, former president of Egypt (1981-2011) after being forced to resign by the Arab Spring.
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– 29: Krzysztof Penderecki, 86, Polish composer and conductor, figure of the sound avant-garde of the sixties.
– 24: Albert Uderezo, 92 years old, French cartoonist, creator of Asterix together with Goscinny.
– 24: Manu Dibango, 76, legend of Cameroonian Afro-jazz, died of COVID-19.
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– 4: Luis Eduardo Aute, 76 years old, icon of the Spanish author song.
– 16: Luis Sepúlveda, 70 years old, Chilean writer in exile, dies in Spain because of COVID-19.
– 29: Irrfan Khan, 53 years old, Bollywood and Hollywood star participated in “Slumdog Millionnaire”, “Jurassic World” or “The Lunchox”.
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– 2: Hamid Cheriet aka Idir, 70, main ambassador for Kabyle song.
– 9: Richard Wayne Penniman aka “Little Richard”, 87, legendary American singer of “Tutti Frutti” and pioneer of rock n’roll of the 50s.
– 12: Michel Piccoli, 94 years old, actor, emblem of French cinema
– 31: Christo Vladimiroff Javacheff, known as Christo, 84, Bulgarian-American, creator with his wife Jeanne-Claude of environmental art installations.
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– 8: Pierre Nkurunziza, 55, former President of Burundi (2005-2020) and former Hutu rebel leader during the civil war (1993-2006).
– 9: Pau Donés, 53 years old, singer of the Spanish group Jarabe de Palo.
– 6: Ennio Morricone, 91 years old, Italian composer of more than 500 film soundtracks, in particular those of director Sergio Leone.
– 19: Juan Marsé, 87 years old, Spanish writer, one of the great names in literature in that language in recent decades.
– 26: Olivia De Havilland, 104, Melanie Hamilton in “Gone with the Wind” (1939), Dean of Hollywood.
– 31: Eusebio Leal, 77 years old, Cuban historian expert in Havana.
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– 24: Pascal Lissouba, 88, the first president elected in the Congo in pluralist elections, exiled in France after being overthrown in 1997.
– 2: Kaing Guek Eav, known as Douch, 77, an executioner of Pol Pot in Cambodia.
– 9: George Bizos, 92, Nelson Mandela’s South African lawyer and tireless human rights activist during apartheid.
– 10: Diana Rigg, 82, British actress, Madame “Bowler hat and leather boots.”
– 18: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, dean of the Supreme Court of the United States, icon of the progressive left.
– 23: Juliette Greco, 93, French singer and actress.
– 30: Quino, 88 years old, cartoonist and creator of Mafalda.
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– 4: Kenzo Takada, aka Kenzo, 81, the most famous Japanese designer, known for his colorful and floral prints.
– 31: Sean Connery, 90, British actor, known for his portrayal of James Bond.
– 24: Mamadou Tandja, 82 years old, former president of Niger (1999-2010), a figure recognized for his fight against poverty and austerity, nicknamed “Baba Tandja” (the Father of the Nation).
– 26: Diego Maradona, 60 years old, Argentine international soccer player, considered by many to be the best player of all time.
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– 1: Henri Teissier, 91, Franco-Algerian Archbishop emeritus of Algiers, direct witness to the attacks of the “black decade” (1992-2002), architect of Islamic-Christian dialogue.
– 2: Valéry Giscard D’Estaing, 94, former French president (1974-1981), father of several emblematic social reforms, including the legalization of abortion.
– 6: Tabaré Vázquez, 80, former president of Uruguay (2005-2010 and 2015-2020) and the first left-wing president in the South American country.
– 7: Chuck Yeager, 97, test pilot, the first to break the sound barrier in 1947.
– 12: John Le Carré, 89 years old, British author of espionage stories who sold more than 60 million books in the world.
– 18: Pierre Buyoya, 71 years old, former President of Burundi (1987-1993 and 1996-2003).
Source: AFP.
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