The LuLac Edition #4,464, December 28th, 2020

MOVING ON 2020

This is our annual listing of those who passed away this year. Information was gathered through wikipedia, MLB.com., The Citizens' Voice and LuLac archives.

JANUARY

Marty Grebb, 73, American musician (The Buckinghams).

Tommy Hancock, 90, American musician

Doug Hart, 80, American football player (Green Bay Packers).

Don Larsen, 90, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants), esophageal cancer.

Jim Manning, 76, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).

David Stern, 77, American sports executive and lawyer, commissioner of the National Basketball Association (1984–2014), brain hemorrhage.

Sam Wyche, 74, American football player (Washington Redskins) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), melanoma.

Christopher Beeny, 78, English actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, In Loving Memory, Last of the Summer Wine).

Buck Henry, 89, American actor, screenwriter (The Graduate, Get Smart) and director (Heaven Can Wait), heart attack.

Edd Byrnes, 87, American actor (77 Sunset Strip, Grease) and recording artist ("Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb).

Bill Ray, 83, American photojournalist (Life), heart attack.

David Glass, 84, American businessman, CEO of Walmart (1988–2000), owner of the Kansas City Royals (2000–2019), complications from pneumonia.

Hal Smith, 89, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates).

Brice Armstrong, 84, American voice actor (Dragon Ball, Case Closed, Barney & Friends).

Norma Michaels, 95, American actress (The King of Queens, Mind of Mencia, Easy A).

Manfred Moore, 69, American football (San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings) and rugby league (Newtown Jets) player.

Dick Schnittker, 91, American basketball player (Minneapolis Lakers).

Jerry Norton, 88, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers).

Rocky Johnson, 75, Canadian Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWF, Big Time Wrestling, CWF) and trainer, pulmonary embolism.

Egil Krogh, 80, American lawyer, U.S. Under Secretary of Transportation (1973), heart failure.

Jack Van Impe, 88, American televangelist.[442]

George Herbert Walker III, 88, American businessman, diplomat and philanthropist, Ambassador to Hungary (2003–2006).

Bill Greenwood, 77, American television reporter (ABC News).

Terry Jones, 77, Welsh comic actor, screenwriter and film director (Monty Python), frontotemporal dementia.

Robert Harper, 68, American actor (Frank's Place, Once Upon a Time in America, Twins), cancer.

Marsha Kramer, 74, American actress (Modern Family).

Jim Lehrer, 85, American journalist (PBS NewsHour).

Thaddeus F. Malanowski, 97, American priest, Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army.

Jack Burns, 86, American comedian, actor (The Andy Griffith Show) and screenwriter (The Muppet Show), respiratory failure.

Harry Harrison, 89, American radio personality (WMCA, WABC, WCBS-FM).

Don Hasenmayer, 92, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).

John Andretti, 56, American racing driver (NASCAR Cup Series, CART), colon cancer.

Fred Silverman, 82, American Hall of Fame television programmer (CBS, ABC, NBC) and producer, cancer.

Mary Higgins Clark, 92, American author (A Stranger Is Watching, A Cry in the Night, Remember Me).

 Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Bryant won five NBA championships, and was an 18-time All-Star, a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, a 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and a two-time NBA Finals MVP.

FEBRUARY

Lila Garrett, 94, American television writer (Bewitched, Baby, I'm Back).

Péter Andorai, 71, Hungarian actor (My Father's Happy Years, Bizalom, My 20th Century).

Johnny Lee Davenport, 69, American actor (The Fugitive, Joy, Work in Progress), leukemia.

Lovelady Powell, 89, American actress (I Never Sang for My Father, The Possession of Joel Delaney, The Happy Hooker).

Frank Robinson  was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for five teams, from 1956 to 1976. The only player to be named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), he was named the NL MVP after leading the Cincinnati Reds to the pennant in 1961 and was named the AL MVP in 1966 with the Baltimore Orioles after winning the Triple Crown; Robinson's 49 home runs (HR) that year tied for the most by any AL player between 1962 and 1989, and stood as a franchise record for 30 years.

Gene Reynolds, 96, American actor (Gallant Sons) and television producer (M*A*S*H, Lou Grant), heart failure.

Willie Wood, 83, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers).

Bill Britten, 91, American actor (Bozo the Clown).

Gil Coan, 97, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, New York Giants)

Roger Kahn, 92, American author (The Boys of Summer).

Orson Bean, 91, American actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Being John Malkovich) and game show panelist (To Tell the Truth), traffic collision.

Marilyn Jenkins, 85, American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks).

Robert Conrad, 84, American actor (Hawaiian Eye, The Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep), heart failure.

Angel Echevarria, 48, American baseball player (Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, Cubs.

Paula Kelly, 77, American actress (Night Court, Santa Barbara, Soylent Green) and dancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Dave McCoy, 104, American businessman, founder of the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.

Ron McLarty, 72, American author, narrator and actor (Spenser: For Hire, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Champs).

Marge Redmond, 95, American actress (The Flying Nun, The Fortune Cookie, Family Plot)]

Dick Scott, 86, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs).

Pavel Vilikovský, 78, Slovak writer.

Owen Beiber, 90, American labor union executive, president of the United Auto Workers (1983–1995).

Bob Petty, 79, American television reporter and news anchor (WLS-TV), lung cancer.

Gloster Richardson, 77, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns), Super Bowl Champion (1970, 1971).

Johnny Antonelli, 89, American baseball player (Boston/Milwaukee Braves, New York/San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians).

Chloe Aaron, 81, American television executive (PBS), cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

MARCH

Jack Welch, 84, American business executive and chemical engineer, CEO of General Electric (1981–2001), kidney failure.

James Lipton, 93, American television host (Inside the Actors Studio), actor (Arrested Development) and write. 

Bobbie Battista, 67, American journalist (CNN), cervical cancer.

Nicholas Tucci, 38, American actor (You're Next), cancer.

Charles J. Urstadt, 91, American real estate executive and investor]

David Wise, 65, American television writer (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Transformers, Defenders of the Earth),

Barbara Martin, 76, American singer (The Supremes).lung cancer.

Don Pavletich, 81, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds).

Del Shofner, 85, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants).

Ted Cox, 65, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners), multiple myeloma.[

David Rogers, 64, American racing driver, Winston Racing Series champion (1994), complications from lymphoma.

Kenny Rogers, 81, American Hall of Fame singer ("The Gambler", "Just Dropped In", "Islands in the Stream"), songwriter and actor.

Bob Lee, 82, American baseball player (California Angels).

Bob Stephenson, 91, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals).

Bob Andy, 75, Jamaican reggae singer (The Paragons, Bob and Marcia), songwriter and actor (The Mighty Quinn).

Jimmy Wynn, 78, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves).

Garret T. Sato, 55, American actor (Hawaii Five-0, The Wolverine, Midway).

Bill Withers, 81, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Lovely Day"), heart disease.

 

 

Thomas Coburn  was an American politician and physician. A Republican, he was a United States Representative and later a United States Senator from Oklahoma. Coburn was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1994 as part of the Republican Revolution. He upheld his campaign pledge to serve no more than three consecutive terms and did not run for re-election in 2000. In 2004, he returned to political life with a successful run for the United States Senate. Coburn was re-elected to a second term in 2010 and kept his pledge not to seek a third term in 2016.

APRIL

Ed Farmer, 70, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies) and broadcaster, kidney disease.

Tim Robinson, 85, English writer and cartographer, COVID-19.[107]

Joel Shatzky, 76, American writer and literary professor, complications of COVID-19.

Arlene Stringer-Cuevas, 86, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1976–1977), COVID-19.

Tweedy Bird Loc, 52, American rapper.

Timothy Brown, 82, American singer, actor (M*A*S*H), and football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Colts), complications of dementia.

Carol Burkett, 74, American drag racing drive

Forrest Compton, 94, American actor (The Edge of Night, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The F.B.I.), COVID-19.

Tom Dempsey, 73, American football player (New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams), COVID-19.

Ivan Itkin, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1973–1998), heart failure.

Bobby Mitchell, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins) and executive.

Donald Simpson, 77, American librarian, president of the Center for Research Libraries (1980–1999).

Steve Farmer, 71, American musician (The Amboy Dukes) and songwriter ("Journey to the Center of the Mind").

John Prine, 73, American singer-songwriter ("Sam Stone", Angel from Montgomery), Grammy winner (1992, 2006), COVID-19.

Carl Dobkins Jr., 79, American singer ("My Heart Is an Open Book")

Linda Tripp, 70, American civil servant and whistleblower (Clinton–Lewinsky scandal), pancreatic cancer.

Mort Drucker, 91, American caricaturist and comics artist (Mad)

Jim Frey, 88, American baseball manager (Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs)Ruth Mandel, 81, Austrian-born American political scientist, women's advocate and Holocaust survivor, ovarian cancer.

Danny Goldman, 80, American actor (The Smurfs, M*A*S*H, Young Frankenstein), stroke.

Hank Steinbrenner, 63, American sports executive, co-owner of the New York Yankees (since 2008), liver ailment.

Kenny Young, 79, American songwriter ("Under the Boardwalk", "Ai No Corrida", "Captain of Your Ship"), producer and environmentalist, cancer.

Willie Davis, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)

Brian Dennehy, 81, American actor (First Blood, Tommy Boy, Cocoon), Tony winner (1999, 2003), cardiac arrest due to sepsis.

Joseph Feingold, 97, American architect and Holocaust survivor, COVID-19.

Dick Hyde, 91, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles)

Bobby Winkles, 90, American Hall of Fame baseball coach (Arizona State Sun Devils) and manager (California Angels, Oakland Athletics).

Robin Seymour, 94, American disc jockey (CKLW, WKNR) and television host (Swingin' Time, Teen Town).

Gene Shay, 85, American disc jockey (WXPN), co-founder of Philadelphia Folk Festival, COVID-19

Steve Dalkowski, 80, American baseball player, character inspiration for Bull Durham and The Scout, COVID-19 and dementia.

Bob Oliver, 77, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates)

Ray Jarvis, 73, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).

Bobby Lewis, 95, American singer ("Tossin' and Turnin'"), pneumonia.

Bobby Martin, 32, American football player born with no legs, ATV accident.

Albert William Kaline nicknamed "Mr. Tiger", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers.[1] For most of his career, Kaline played in the outfield, mainly as a right fielder where he won ten Gold Glove Awards and was known for his strong throwing arm. He was selected to 18 All-Star Games, including selections each year between 1955 and 1967. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980, his first time on the ballot.

Near the end of his career, Kaline also played as first baseman and, in his last season, was the Tigers' designated hitter. He retired soon after reaching the 3,000 hit milestone. Immediately after retiring from playing, he became the Tigers' TV color commentator, a position he held until 2002. Kaline worked for the Tigers as a front office official until his death in 20

MAY

Stanley Bing, 68, American humor columnist (Fortune, Esquire), author and television executive (CBS), heart attack.

Matt Keough, 64, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Hanshin Tigers).

Cady Groves, 30, American pop rock singer-songwriter.

Don Shula, 90, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts) and coach (Miami Dolphins).

Millie Small, 73, Jamaican singer-songwriter ("My Boy Lollipop"), stroke.

Barry Farber, 90, American Hall of Fame radio talk show host, politician and writer, problems caused by broken ribs.

Little Richard, 87, American Hall of Fame rock and roll singer-songwriter ("Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally", "Lucille") and pianist, bone cancer.

Johnny McCarthy, 86, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, St. Louis Hawks, Boston Celtics) and coach.

John Teerlinck, 69, American football player (San Diego Chargers) and coach (Denver Broncos, Indianapolis Colts).

Betty Wright, 66, American soul and R&B singer-songwriter ("Clean Up Woman"), Grammy winner (1976), endometrial cancer.

Jerry Stiller, 92, American actor (Seinfeld, The King of Queens) and comedian (Stiller and Meara).

Hutton Gibson, 101, American sedevacantism writer and critic, father of Mel Gibson.

Moon Martin, 69, American singer-songwriter ("Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)", "X-Ray Vision") and guitarist.

Phyllis George, 70, American beauty queen, television personality (The Early Show) and sportscaster (CBS Sports), Miss America winner (1971), First Lady of Kentucky (1979–1983), blood cancer.

Pepper Rodgers, 88, American football player and coach (Kansas Jayhawks, UCLA Bruins, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets), problems caused by a fall.

Bob Watson, 74, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves) and executive (New York Yankees), kidney disease.

 

Fred Willard, 86, American actor (Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) and comedian, cardiac arrest.

Michael McCaskey, 76, American sports businessman, President of the Chicago Bears (1983–1999), leukemia.

Wilson Roosevelt Jerman, 91, American White House butler and staffer (1957–2012), COVID-19.

Ken Osmond, 76, American actor (Leave It to Beaver, The New Leave It to Beaver, C'mon, Let's Live a Little) and LAPD officer, problems caused by COVID and POD. .

Ken Retzer, 86, American baseball player (Washington Senators).

Annie Glenn, 100, American disabilities activist and philanthropist, widow of U.S. Senator John Glenn, COVID-19.

Jerry Sloan, 78, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Chicago Bulls) and coach (Utah Jazz), problems caused by Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.

William J. Small, 93, American journalist and businessman, President of NBC News (1979–1982).

Al Rex, 91, American bassist (Bill Haley & His Comets)

Richard Herd, 87, American actor (Seinfeld, All the President's Men, The China Syndrome), problems caused by colorectal cancer.

Bob Kulick, 70, American guitarist (W.A.S.P., Lou Reed) and record producer (Kiss).

Hank Mason, 88, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies)

JUNE

Mary Pat Gleason, 70, American actress (Guiding Light, A Cinderella Story, Mom), Emmy winner (1986), cancer.

Oscar Brown, 74, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves)

Johnny Majors, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Tennessee Volunteers) and coach (Pitt Panthers, Iowa State Cyclones), national championship (1976).

Midge Ware, 92, American actress (Gunslinger, The Phil Silvers Show).

Ray Webster, 82, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox)

John Miller, 79, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), heart failure

Bill Oster, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).

Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos, 82, Greek neurologist, heart attack.

William Russell Robinson, 78, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1989–2002.

Dorothy Kovalchick, 94, American baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies)

Mr. Wrestling II, 85, American professional wrestler (GCW, Mid-South, CWF).

Murray Olderman, 98, American sports columnist, cartoonist and author.

Claudell Washington, 65, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics), World Series champion (1974), prostate cancer.

Molly Neptune Parker, 81, American basket weaver, cancer.

Ricky Valance, 84, Welsh singer ("Tell Laura I Love Her").

Mike McCormick, 81, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals), Cy Young Award (1967), Parkinson's disease.

John Benfield, 68, British actor (Prime Suspect, Speed Racer,

Jim Kiick, 73, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos), Super Bowl champion (1972, 1973), Alzheimer's disease.

Lester Crystal, 85, American news executive (PBS NewsHour, NBC Nightly News), president of NBC News (1977–1979), stomach cancer and pneumonia.

Eddie Kasko, 88, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros) and manager (Boston Red Sox).

Arnie Ginsburg, 93, American disc jockey (WMEX).

 

Milton Glaser, 91, American graphic designer, creator of the I ❤ NY slogan and co-founder of New York magazine, stroke and renal failure.

Pete Carr, 70, American guitarist (LeBlanc and Carr, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section).

Freddy Cole, 88, American jazz singer and pianist, complications from cardiovascular disease.

Linda Cristal, 89, Argentine actress (The Perfect Furlough, The High Chaparral, Mr. Majestyk).

Kim Bridgford, 60, American poet and professor, cancer.[

Joe Bugel, 80, American football coach (Phoenix Cardinals, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins).

Johnny Mandel, 94, American composer ("Suicide Is Painless", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "Emily"), Grammy winner (1966).

Carl Reiner, 98, American actor, film director and writer (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ocean's Eleven, The Jerk), Grammy winner (1999), nine-time Emmy winner, complications from a fall.

Willie Wright, 80, American soul singer.

Jean Kennedy Smith, was an American diplomat, activist, humanitarian,[1] and author who served as United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1993 to 1998. She was a member of the Kennedy family, the eighth of nine children and youngest daughter born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald. Her siblings included President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She was also the sister-in-law of Jacqueline Kennedy. As Ambassador to Ireland, Smith was reportedly instrumental in the Northern Ireland peace process as President Bill Clinton's representative in Dublin.

JULY

Max Crook, 83, American keyboardist and songwriter ("Runaway")

Gay Culverhouse, 73, American academic administrator and sports executive, President of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1991–1994) and Notre Dame College (1995–1996), myelofibrosis.

Hugh Downs, 99, American broadcaster and television host (20/20, Today, Concentration), heart failure.

Jon Gilliam, 81, American football player (Dallas Texans, Kansas City Chiefs).

Jack Harding, 87, Irish hurler.

Charlie Daniels, 83, American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter and musician ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia", "Uneasy Rider"), Grammy Award winner (1980), hemorrhagic stroke.

Mike Ryan, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies).[193]

Jay Severin, 69, American radio talk show host (WOR, WTKK, Blaze Media) and political consultant, stroke.

Wally Wolf, 78, American baseball player (California Angels)

Rick Reed, 70, American baseball umpire.

Neela Satyanarayanan, 72, Indian civil servant, COVID-19.

Phyllis Somerville, 76, American actress (The Big C, Little Children, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).

Tony Taylor, 84, Cuban baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers), complications from a stroke.

John Lewis, 80, American civil rights leader and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1987), Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (2011), pancreatic cancer.

Shirley Love, 87, American broadcaster (WOAY-TV) and politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1994–2008) and House of Delegates (2017–2019).

Michael Brooks, 36, American political commentator (The Majority Report with Sam Seder), internal jugular vein thrombosis.

Roy Den Hollander, 72, American lawyer and murderer, perpetrator of the Salas home shooting, suicide by gunshot.

Charles Evers, 97, American civil rights activist, disc jockey and politician, mayor of Fayette, Mississippi (1969–1981,

Ralph Liguori, 93, American racing driver (NASCAR Cup Series, USAC Championship Car series)

Carlton Haselrig, 54, American wrestler, football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets) and mixed martial artist, NCAA Wrestling Division I and II champion (1987–1989).

Aleksandr Ivanitsky, 82, Russian wrestler, Olympic champion (1964

Bob Sebra, 58, American baseball player (Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds), multiple organ failure.

Regis Philbin, 88, American entertainer and television personality (The Joey Bishop Show, Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire), heart attack.

Peter Green, 73, English Hall of Fame blues rock singer-songwriter ("Black Magic Woman") and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green Splinter Group).

Maurice Petty, 81, American Hall of Fame racing driver, crew chief and engine builder.

John Saxon, 83, American actor (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Enter the Dragon, Joe Kidd), pneumonia.

Willie Young, 77, American football player (New York Giants)

Irene Pollin, 96, American sports executive and philanthropist, co-owner of the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards.

Connie Culp, 57, American face transplant recipient, complications from an infection.

Dave Gray, 77, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)

Herman Cain, 74, American food executive (Godfather's Pizza, Pillsbury Company) and politician, chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (1995–1996), COVID-19.

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith better known by her stage name Kelly Preston, was an American actress and model. She appeared in more than sixty television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Twins (1988), Jerry Maguire (1996) and For Love of the Game (1999). She was married to John Travolta, with whom she collaborated on comedy film The Experts (1989), and the biographical film Gotti (2018). She also starred in the films SpaceCamp (1986), The Cat in the Hat (2003), What a Girl Wants (2003), Sky High (2005) and Old Dogs (2009).

John McNamera was a manager for six clubs in the Majors, his best team was in 1986 with the Red Sox, when he came oh-so-close to earning the curse-breaking designation that would eventually go to Terry Francona.

AUGUST

Wilford Brimley, 85, American actor (The Natural, The Thing, Cocoon) and singer, kidney disease.

Rickey Dixon, 53, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals, Los Angeles Raiders, Oklahoma Sooners), Jim Thorpe Award winner (1987), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Wang Hai, 94, Chinese fighter pilot, Commander of the PLA Air Force (1985–1992).

Carroll Hardy, 87, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros), complications from dementia.

George Christy, 93, American columnist (The Hollywood Reporter, The Beverly Hills Courier) and actor (Die Hard), heart failure.

Mitch Hoopes, 67, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)

Trini Lopez, 83, American singer ("If I Had a Hammer", "Lemon Tree") and actor (The Dirty Dozen), COVID-19

Sumner Redstone, 97, American media executive (CBS, Viacom, National Amusements).

Alex Sandusky, 87, American football player (Baltimore Colts

Howard Mudd, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears) and coach (Indianapolis Colts), traffic collision.

Ben Cross, 72, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek, First Knight), cancer.

Jack Sherman, 64, American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers).

Hal Singer, 100, American saxophonist.

Robert Trump, 71, American business executive (The Trump Organization)

Slade Gorton, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1981–1987, 1989–2001) and Attorney General of Washington (1969–1981).

Magdalen Redman, 90,in the center of this photo was an

American baseball player (Kenosha Comets, Grand Rapids Chicks).

Allan Rich, 94, American actor (Serpico, Quiz Show, Amistad), dementia.

Greg Montgomery, 55, American football player (Houston Oilers, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens). 

 Julian Alexander Bream was a British classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century,[3] he played a significant role in improving the public perception of the classical guitar as a respectable instrument. Over the course of a career that spanned more than half a century, Bream helped revive interest in the lute

Lori Nelson, 87, American actress (Revenge of the Creature, How to Marry a Millionaire, I Died a Thousand Times).

Joe Ruby, 87, American animator and television producer (Scooby-Doo, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, Alvin and the Chipmunks), co-founder of Ruby-Spears.

Horace Clark was a  likable Yankee during a fallow period for the franchise -- he played for the Yanks for 10 years without playing in a World Series, which is hard to do -- he once broke up three no-hitters in the ninth inning in the span of a month.

 John Thompson, 78, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics) and coach (Georgetown Hoyas), national champion (1984), NBA champion (1965, 1966)

Tom Seaver, 75, American Hall of Fame baseball player (New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox), complications from Lewy body dementia and COVI

SEPTEMBER

Dave Zeller, 81, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals).

Joan Blackham, 74, English actress (Bridget Jones's Diary, Judge John Deed, Doctors).

Lou Brock, 81, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals)

Kevin Dobson, 77, American actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Midway), heart attack.

Bruce Williamson, 49, American singer (The Temptations), COVID-19.

Jim Owens, 86, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt .45s/Astros).

Shere Hite, 77, American-born German feminist and sex educator

Dame Diana Rigg, 82, English actress (The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Game of Thrones), Tony winner (1994), cancer.

Lillian Brown, 100, American media producer and makeup artist (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr.)

Al Kasha, 83, American songwriter ("Operation Heartbreak", "The Morning After", "We May Never Love Like This Again"), Oscar winner (1973, 1975).[

William Henry Danforth, 94, American physician and academic administrator, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (1971–1995).

Larry Wilson, 82, American Hall of Fame football player (St. Louis Cardinals), coach and executive.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (since 1993) and judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1980–1993), complications from pancreatic cancer.

Enzo Golino, 88, Italian journalist and writer.

Gary Hughes, 79, American baseball executive (Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees), cancer.

Donald M. Kendall, 99, American food and beverage executive and political advisor, CEO of PepsiCo (1971–1986)

Tommy DeVito, 92, American Hall of Fame musician and singer (The Four Seasons), COVID-19.

Roy Head, 79, American singer ("Treat Her Right"), heart attack.

Gale Sayers, 77, American Hall of Fame football player (Chicago Bears) and administrator (Southern Illinois), characterized in Brian's Song, complications of dementia

Paul Pettit, 88, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, Indian playback singer ("Didi Tera Devar Deewana") and actor (Maya, Mayabazar), COVID-19

Greg Brown, 63, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons)

Jay Johnstone, 74, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees) and commentator, World Series champion (1978, 1981), COVID-19.

Helen Reddy, 78, Australian-American singer ("I Am Woman", "Delta Dawn") and actress (Pete's Dragon), Grammy winner (1973).

John Russell, 100, American Hall of Fame equestrian, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).

Gene Arthur Budig  was an American baseball executive and academic administrator. He was the last president of the American League (AL), serving from 1994 to 1999. After his tenure concluded, the presidencies of the American League and the National League (NL) were eliminated by Major League Baseball (MLB). Budig went on to become part-owner of a minor league baseball team, a position he held until his death.

OCTOBER  

Tony Blue, 84, Australian Olympic athlete (1960, 1964).

Gord Brooks, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Washington Capitals)

Lou Johnson, 86, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Bob Gibson, 84, American Hall of Fame baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), Cy Young Award (1968, 1970), World Series champion (1964, 1967), pancreatic cancer.

Ron Perranoski, 84, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins) and coach (San Francisco Giants), World Series champion (1963, 1965, 1981, 1988)

Thomas Jefferson Byrd, 70, American actor (Clockers, Bulworth, Ray), shot

Charlie Haeger, 37, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers), suicide by gunshot.

Sandy Keith, 91, American jurist and politician, Lieutenant Governor (1963–1967), Senator (1959–1963) and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1990–1998) of Minnesota.[46]

Armelia McQueen, 68, American actress (Adventures in Wonderland, Ain't Misbehavin', Ghost)

Clark Middleton, 63, American actor (Sin City, Snowpiercer, Twin Peaks), West Nile virus

Johnny Nash, 80, American singer-songwriter ("I Can See Clearly Now", "Hold Me Tight", "Tears on My Pillow").

Sir John Webster, 87, British vice admiral, Flag Officer, Plymouth (1987–1990)

Eddie Van Halen, 65, Dutch-born American Hall of Fame musician (Van Halen) and songwriter ("Eruption", "Panama"), Grammy winner (1992), throat cancer.[

Jim Weaver, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1987).

Fred Wenz, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies).

Kim Batiste, 52, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Chinatrust Whales), complications from kidney surgery

 Tom Kennedy, 93, American game show host (Name That Tune, Password Plus, You Don't Say!).

Whitey Ford, 91, American Hall of Fame baseball player (New York Yankees), Cy Young Award (1961), World Series champion (1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962), dementia.

Fred Dean, 68, American Hall of Fame football player (San Diego Chargers, San Francisco 49ers), COVID-19.

Rhonda Fleming, 97, American actress (Spellbound, Serpent of the Nile, The Buster Keaton Story), aspiration pneumonia.

Herbert Kretzmer, 95, South African-born English journalist and lyricist (Les Misérables).

Derryl Cousins, 74, American baseball umpire (Major League Baseball), cancer.

Marge Champion, 101, American actress (Show Boat, Give a Girl a Break), choreographer and model (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Emmy winner (1975).

Viola Smith, 107, American drummer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Jerry Jeff Walker, 78, American singer-songwriter ("Mr. Bojangles"), throat cancer.

Jimmy Orr, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers), Super Bowl champion (1971).

Jim Hicks, 81, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, California Angels).

Herb Adderley, 81, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys).

Rick Baldwin, 67, American baseball player (New York Mets), complications from COVID-19.

Ed Hurst, 94, American radio personality (WFPG).

Sir Sean Connery, 90, Scottish actor (Dr. No, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Oscar winner (1988), heart failure and pneumonia.

Betty Dodson, 91, American sex educator.

NOVEMBER

Carol Arthur, 85, American actress (Blazing Saddles), Alzheimer's disease.

Julio Bécquer, 88, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins.

Robert Sam Anson, 75, American journalist and author.

Eddie Hassell, 30, American actor (The Kids Are All Right, Surface, Devious Maids), shot

Dorothy Christ, 95, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox.

Elsa Raven, 91, American actress (Back to the Future, Amen, Titanic).

John Sessions, 67, British actor and comedian (Stella Street, Spitting Image, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), heart attack

Baron Wolman, 83, American photographer (Rolling Stone), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

John Meyer, 78, American football player (Houston Oilers) and coach (Green Bay Packers, Boston/New England Patriots.

Len Barry, 78, American singer ("1-2-3", "Bristol Stomp"), myelodysplasia.

Norm Crosby, 93, American comedian and actor (Eight Crazy Nights)

Mike McCormack, 98, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1981), Washington House of Representatives (1957–1961) and Senate (1961–1970)

Alex Trebek, 80, Canadian-American game show host (Jeopardy!, High Rollers, Classic Concentration), seven-time Emmy winner, pancreatic cancer.

Tom Heinsohn, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball player, coach, and broadcaster (Boston Celtics), NBA Champion (1957, 1959–1965, 1974, 1976.

Paul Schrieber, 54, American baseball umpire, brain hemorrhage

Jim Tucker, 74, American guitarist (The Turtles).

Howie Winter, 91, American mobster (Winter Hill Gang), heart attack

Paul Hornung, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers), Super Bowl champion (1966), Heisman Trophy winner (1956), complications from dementia.

Jim Pace, 59, American racing driver, complications of COVID-19

Lindy McDaniel, 84, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs), COVID-19.

Kyle Morrell, 57, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Fred Morrison, 94, American football player (Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns), complications from a broken hip

Walt Davis, 89, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, St. Louis Hawks) and high jumper, Olympic champion (1952).

Jake Scott, 75, American football player (Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins), Super Bowl champion (1973, 1974), Super Bowl MVP (1973), complications from a fall.

 Abby Dalton, 88, American actress (Falcon Crest, The Joey Bishop Show. 

David Dinkins, 93, American politician, mayor of New York City (1990–1993), borough president of Manhattan (1986–1989) and member of the New York State Assembly (1966)

Bob Miller, 94, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies)

DECEMBER

Jimmy Collins, 74, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls, Carolina Cougars) and coach (UIC), complications from heart surgery.

Charley Pride, 86, American Hall of Fame singer ("Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone") and baseball player (Memphis Red Sox), complications from COVID-19.

Fred DeBernardi, 71, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs) and discus thrower, cancer.

Billy DeMars, 95, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns) and coach (Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds).

Tommy Lister Jr., 62, American actor (Friday, The Fifth Element, No Holds Barred) and professional wrestler.

Carol Sutton, 76, American actress Steel Magnolias, The Pelican Brief, Monster's Ball), complications from COVID-19

Phil Linz, 81, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets)

Ray Perkins, 79, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and coach (New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), heart disease.

Dick Allen, 78, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox)

Chuck Yeager, 97, American Hall of Fame pilot, first person to exceed the speed of sound.

Paul Sarbanes, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1977) and Senate (1977–2007), Chair of the Senate Banking Committee (2001–2003).

John Harvey, 82, Australian racing driver, Bathurst 1000 winner (1983), lung cancer.

David Lander, 73, American actor (Laverne & Shirley, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down), complications from multiple sclerosis.

Betsy Wade, 91, American journalist, colon cancer.

Rafer Johnson, 86, American athlete and actor (The Sins of Rachel Cade, None but the Brave, Licence to Kill), Olympic champion (1960), complications from a stroke.

Denis Menke, 80, American baseball player (Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds).

Tommy Sandt, 69, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics) and coach (Pittsburgh Pirates).

 Brodie Lee, 41, American professional wrestler (All Elite Wrestling, WWE).

George Blake, 98, British spy and double agent.

Reginald Foster, 81, American Roman Catholic priest and Latinist.

K. C. Jones, 88, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics) and coach (San Diego Conquistadors, Washington Bullets), Olympic champion (1956) and NBA champion (1959–1966, 1984, 1986).

Rebecca Luker, 59, American actress (Mary Poppins, Show Boat, Not Fade Away), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Leslie West, 75, American singer and guitarist (Mountain, West, Bruce and Laing, The Vagrants), heart attack.

Tuck Tucker, 58, American animator (Hey Arnold!, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Simpsons.

Kevin Greene, 58, American Hall of Fame football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams) and coach (Green Bay Packers)

K. T. Oslin, 78, American country singer-songwriter ("80's Ladies", "Do Ya", "I'll Always Come Back"), Grammy winner (1988, 1989).

Chad Stuart, 79, English singer and musician (Chad & Jeremy), pneumonia.

 

Phil Niekro, 81, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians), cancer.

Armando Manzanero, 85, Mexican singer-songwriter ("Somos Novios (It's Impossible)", "Mía", "Adoro"), Grammy winner (2014), COVID-19. 

 Pierre Cardin was an avant-garde style and Space Age designs. He preferred geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical. He founded his fashion house in 1950 and introduced the "bubble dress" in 1954.He was 98.

Dawn Wells, “Ginger or Mary Ann?” It’s a question we ask and answer to declare our fundamental self, like “Beatles or Stones?” and “Lennon or McCartney?” If we understand the terms, of course — and who does not? Wells, who played farm girl Mary Ann Summers on “Gilligan’s Island” from 1964 to 1967 — alongside Tina Louise’s movie star Ginger Grant, one of the two “eligible” women on the epochal sitcom — died of complications from COVID-19 Wednesday, leaving a small but not insignificant hole in the collective pop consciousness.

 

 Aldo Andretti, 80, Italian-born American racing driver.

Alto Reed, 72, American saxophonist (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Little Feat, Grand Funk Railroad), colon cancer.

Dick Thornburgh, 88, American lawyer and politician, U.S. Attorney General (1988–1991) and Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987) Despite a Democratic majority in the commonwealth, he and running mate Bill Scranton (whose father served as governor in the 1960s) defeated Pittsburgh mayor Pete Flaherty and his running mate, educator Bob Casey (who bears no relation to Robert P. Casey, the 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania). The victory was attributed in part to Thornburgh's campaign promises to crack down on government corruption, at a time when more than 60 persons in the Shapp administration were indicted on criminal charges. Thornburgh and Scranton were reelected in 1982. Following the unprecedented 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident near Harrisburg Pennsylvania, Governor Thornburgh was described by observers as "one of the few authentic heroes of that episode as a calm voice against panic." He oversaw emergency response efforts to the partial meltdown at the nuclear power plant and also had a major role in coordinating funding for cleanup efforts.

 
Joe Louis Clark ) was the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey. He is also the subject of the 1989 film Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman. Clark gained public attention in the 1980s for his unconventional and controversial disciplinary measures as the principal of Eastside High. Clark was seen as an educator who was not afraid to get tough on difficult students, one who would often carry a bullhorn or a baseball bat at school. During his time as principal, Clark expelled over 300 students who were frequently tardy or absent from school, sold or used drugs in school, or caused trouble in school. Clark's practices did result in slightly higher average test scores for Eastside High during the 1980s. After his tenure as principal of Eastside High, Clark later served as director of the Essex County Detention House in Newark, New Jersey, a juvenile detention facility.

 

LOCALS PASSING AWAY IN 2020 

 This list was compiled by The Citizens’ Voice. Other not mentioned were Financial Advisor Susan Yelen, Gas station and winery owner Phil Pisano, former Osterhout Library Director Diane Suffrin who automated the Library and its systems, former WARM, WEJL and @92 Program Director Michael Neff,  Race car legend Oscar Kovelski and all those known and unknown victims of the CoVid virus who passed away this year.