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Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths 2020: Stars and Famous People We've Lost

Name: Carl Reiner / Notable: Comedy Legend / Age: 98 / Date: June 29, 2020 / Cause: Natural Causes / Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths 2020: Stars and Famous People We've Lost

Name: Steve Bing / Notable: Hollywood producer, Father of Damian Hurley, his son with Elizabeth Hurley / Age: 55 / Date: June 22, 2020 / Cause: Suicide / Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths 2020: Stars and Famous People We've Lost

Name: Joel Schumacher / Notable: Movie director / Age: 80 / Date: June 22, 2020 / Cause: Cancer / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths 2020: Stars and Famous People We've Lost

Name: Ian Holm / Notable: Starred in Lord of the Rings / Age: 88 / Date: June 19, 2020 / Cause: Parkinson's / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths 2020: Stars and Famous People We've Lost

Name: Sushant Singh Rajput / Notable: Bollywood actor / Age: 34 / Date: June 14, 2020 / Cause: Suicide / Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths 2020: Stars and Famous People We've Lost

Name: Bonnie Pointer / Notable: Member of the Pointer Sisters / Age: 69 / Date: June 8, 2020 / Cause: Cardiac arrest / Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths 2020: Stars and Famous People We've Lost

Name: Kurt Thomas / Notable: 1st Male Male to Win Olympics Gold for America / Age: 64 / Date: June 04, 2020 / Cause: Complication following a massive stroke / Photo by Tony Duffy/Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths 2020: Stars and Famous People We've Lost

Name: Chris Trousdale / Notable: Member of Dream Street, Actor / Age: 34 / Date: June 2, 2020 / Cause: Coronavirus / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Name: Mary Pat Gleason / Notable: Actress - Mom, A Cinderella Story / Age: 70 / Date: June 2, 2020 / Cause: Cancer / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Larry Kramer

Name: Larry Kramer / Notable: Oscar-nominated screenwriter, playwright, author and trailblazing gay rights and AIDS activist / Age: 84 / Date: May 27, 2020 / Cause: Pneumonia / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Shad Gaspard

Name: Shad Gaspard / Notable: Former WWE Star / Age: 39 / Date: May 17, 2020 / Cause: Drowning / Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for MTV

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Hagen Mills

Name: Hagen Mills / Notable: Acted on Baskets / Age: 29 / Date: May 19, 2020 / Cause: Suicide

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Ken Osmond

Name: Ken Osmond / Notable: He played Eddie Haskell on "Leave It to Beaver" / Age: 76 / Date: May 18, 2020 / Cause: Unknown / Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Gregory Tyree Boyce

Name: Gregory Tyree Boyce / Notable: He played Tyler Crowley in the first "Twilight" movie / Age: 30 / Date: May 13, 2020 / Cause: Not disclosed / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Fred Willard

Name: Fred Willard / Notable: Actor in "Best in Show" and Modern Family / Age: 86 / Date: May 15, 2020 / Cause: Natural Causes / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Frank Bielec

Name: Frank Bielec / Notable: Designer on Trading Spaces / Age: 72 / Date: May 15, 2020 / Cause: Heart Attack / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Phyllis George

Name: Phyllis George / Notable: Former Miss America, NFL Today Broadcaster / Age: 70 / Date: May 14, 2020 / Cause: Complications from a blood disorder / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Jerry and Ben Stiller

Name: Jerry Stiller / Notable: Comedian, Seinfeld / Age: 92 / Date: May 11, 2020 / Cause: Unknown / Photo by Getty Images

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Tyler Gwozdz

Name: Tyler Gwozdz Notable: Bachelorette Contestant Age: 29 Date: January 13, 2020 Cause: Overdose

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Roscoe Born

Name: Roscoe Born Notable: Actor, The Young and the Restless Age: 69 Date: March 3, 2020 Cause: Suicide

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Rocky "Soul Man" Johnson, Rocky Johnson

Name: Rocky Johnson Notable: WWE Wrestler, Dwayne Johnson's Father Age: 75 Date: January 15, 2020 Cause: Heart Attack

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Ranjit Chowdhry

Name: Ranjit Chowdhry Notable: Actor, The Office Age: 64 Date: April 15, 2020 Cause: Ruptured Ulcer(Photo by John Hryniuk/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Nikita Pearl Waligwa

Name: Nikita Pearl Waligwa Notable: Actress, Queen of Katwe Age: 15 Date: February 15, 2020 Cause: Brain Cancer

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Nick Gordon

Name: Nick Gordon Notable: Ex-fiancé of the late Bobbi Kristina Brown Age: 30 Date: January 1, 2020 Cause: Heroin Overdose

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Lorenzo Brino

Name: Lorenzo Brino Notable: Actor, 7th Heaven Age: 21 Date: March 9, 2020 Cause: Automobile Accident

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Logan Williams

Name: Logan Williams Notable: Actor, The Flash Age: 16 Date: April 2, 2020 Cause: Unknown causes

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Lee Fierro

Name: Lee Fierro Notable: Actress, Jaws Age: 91 Date: April 5, 2020 Cause: Complications relating to COVID-19

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

John Karlen

Name: John Karlen Notable: Actor, Cageny & Lacey Age: 86 Date: January 22, 2020 Cause: Heart Failure

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Jim Lehrer

Name: Jim Lehrer Notable: PBS News Anchor Age: 85 Date: January 23, 2020 Cause: Natural Causes

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Jay Benedict

Name: Jay Benedict Notable: Actor Age: 68 Date: April 4, 2020 Cause: Coronavirus

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Gene Dynarski

Name: Gene Dynarski Notable: Actor, Sienfeld Age: 86 Date: February 27, 2020 Cause: Stroke

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Florian Schenider

Name: Florian Schenider Notable: Founder of Kraftwork Age: 73 Date: April 30, 2020 Cause: Cancer

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Name: Elizabeth Wurtzel Notable: Author, Prozac Nation Age: 52 Date: January 7, 2020 Cause: Breast Cancer(Writer Pictures via AP Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Danny Tidwell

Name: Danny Tidwell Notable: Dancer, So You Think You Can Dance Age: 35 Date: March 6, 2020 Cause: Car Accident

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Camila María Concepción

Name: Camila María Concepción Notable: Trans writer and actress Age: 28 Date: February 21, 2020 Cause: Suicide

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Cady Groves

Name: Cady Groves Notable: Singer Age: 30 Date: May 2, 2020 Cause: Natural Causes

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Bobbie Battista

Name: Bobbie Battista Notable: CNN Anchor Age: 67 Date: March 3m 2020 Cause: Cervical Cancer

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Ashley Mattingly

Name: Ashley Mattingly Notable: Playboy Playmate Age: 33 Date: April 15, 2020 Cause: Suicide

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

John Prine

Name: John Prine Notable: Folk and Country Singer Age: 73 Date: April 7, 2020 Cause: Complications related to coronavirus(Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Pop Smoke

Name: Pop Smoke Notable: Rapper Age: 20 Date: February 19, 2020 Cause: Killed during a home invasion(Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Caroline Flack

Name: Caroline Flack Notable: Host of UK's Love Island Age: 40 Date: February 15, 2020 Cause: Suicide(Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Harry Hains

Name: Harry Hains Notable: Actor, Model and Musician Age: 27 Date: January 7, 2020 Cause: Opioid Overdose(Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Airgraft)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Jason Davis

Name: Jason Davis Notable: Actor Age: 35 Date: February 16, 2020 Cause: Fentanyl Overdose(Photo by Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images,)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Andre Harrell

Name: Andre Harrell Notable: Founder of Uptown Records Age: 59 Date: May 8, 2020 Cause: Heart Failure(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Lexii Alijai

Name: Lexii Alijai Notable: Rapper Age: 21 Date: January 1, 2020 Cause: Drug and Alcohol Overdose(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Orson Bean

Name: Orson Bean Notable: Actor Age: 91 Date: February 7, 2020 Cause: Hit by a car(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Kenny Rogers

Name: Kenny Rogers Notable: Singer Age: 81 Date: March 20, 2020 Cause: Natural Causes(Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for SiriusXM)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Ellis Marsalis

Name: Ellis Marsalis Notable: Jazz Musician Age: 85 Date: April 1, 2020 Cause: COVID-19 Complications(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Esther Scott

Name: Esther Scott Notable: Actress Age: 66 Date: February 14, 2020 Cause: Heart Attack

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Terry Jones

Name: Terry Jones Notable: Monty Python Co-Founder Age: 77 Date: January 21, 2020 Cause: Dementia

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Brian Howe

Name: Brian Howe Notable: Bad Company lead singer Age: 66 Date: May 5, 2020 Cause: Heart Attack(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Brian Dennehy

Name: Brian Dennehy Notable: Actor Age: 81 Date: April 15, 2020 Cause: Natural Causes(Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Shirley Knight

Name: Shirley Knight Notable: Actress Age: 83 Date: April 22, 2020 Cause: Natural Causes(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Lynn Cohen

Name: Lynn Cohen Notable: Actress, Sex and the City Age: 86 Date: February 14, 2020 Cause: No cause of death revealed(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Irrfan Khan

Name: Irrfan Khan Notable: Bollywood Icon Age: 53 Date: April 29, 2020 Cause: Cancer(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Robert Conrad

Name: Robert Conrad Notable: Actor Age: 84 Date: February 8, 2020 Cause: Heart Failure(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Neil Peart

Name: Neil Peart Notable: Drummer for Rush Age: 67 Date: January 7, 2020 Cause: Brain Cancer

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Jerry Stiller

Name: Jerry Stiller Notable: Comedian, Seinfeld Age: 92 Date: May 11, 2020 Cause: Unknown(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Dimitri Diatchenko

Name: Dimitri Diatchenko Notable: Actor, Chernobyl Diaries Age: 52 Date: April 22, 2020 Cause: Possible heart attack(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Max von Sydow

Name: Max von Sydow Notable: Actor Age: 90 Date: March 8, 2020 Cause: The cause was not immediately available.(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Fred "Curly" Neal

Name: Fred "Curly" Neal Notable: Harlem Globetrotters star Age: 77 Date: March 26, 2020 Cause: Cause of death not disclosed(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

B. Smith

Name: B. Smith Notable: Model, Lifestyle Expert Age: 70 Date: February 22, 2020 Cause: Early Onset Alzheimers(Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

John Callahan

Name: John Callahan Notable: Actor, All My Children Age: 66 Date: March 28, 2020 Cause: Stroke(Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Kobe Bryant

Name: Kobe Bryant Notable: Basketball Legend Age: 41 Date: January 26, 2020 Cause: Helicopter Crash(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Kellye Nakahara

Name: Kellye Nakahara Notable: Actress, M*A*S*H Age: 72 Date: February 16, 2020 Cause: Cancer

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Honor Blackman

Name: Honor Blackman Notable: Actress, Played Pussy Galore in Goldfinger Age: 94 Date: April 6, 2020 Cause: Natural Causes(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

James Lipton

Name: James Lipton Notable: Inside the Actor's Studio Host Age: 93 Date: March 2, 2020 Cause: Bladder Cancer

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Betty Wright

Name: Betty Wright Notable: Singer Age: 66 Date: May 10, 2020 Cause: Cancer(Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Roy Horn

Name: Roy Horn Notable: Magician Age: 75 Date: May 8, 2020 Cause: Complications of COVID-19(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Kevin Conway

Name: Kevin Conway Notable: Actor Age: 77 Date: February 5, 2020 Cause: Heart Attack(Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Adam Schlesinger

Name: Adam Schlesinger Notable: Fountains of Wayne Co-Founder Age: 52 Date: April 1, 2020 Cause: Complications related to coronavirus(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Little Richard

Name: Little Richard Notable: Rock legend Age: 87 Date: May 9, 2020 Cause: Bone Cancer(Photo by ANDRE DURAND/AFP via Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Sam Lloyd

Name: Sam Lloyd Notable: Actor Age: 56 Date: May 1, 2020 Cause: Cancer(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Buck Henry

Name: Buck Henry Notable: Screenwriter Age: 89 Date: January 8, 2020 Cause: Heart Attack(Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Shirley Douglas

Name: Shirley Douglas Notable: Actress, Kiefer Sutherland's Mother Age: 86 Date: April 5, 2020 Cause: Pneumonia(Photo by Jim Ross/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Bill Withers

Name: Bill Withers Notable: Singer Age: 81 Date: March 30, 2020 Cause: Heart Complications(Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Terrence McNally

Name: Terrence McNally Notable: Playwright Age: 81 Date: March 24, 2020 Cause: Complications related to coronavirus(Photo by Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Mark Blum

Name: Mark Blum Notable: Actor, Desperately Seeking Susan Age: 69 Date: March 25, 2020 Cause: Complications related to coronavirus(Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Lyle Waggoner

Name: Lyle Waggoner Notable: Actor, The Carol Burnett Show Age: 84 Date: March 17, 2020 Cause: Cancer(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Kirk Douglas

Name: Kirk Douglas Notable: Actor Age: 103 Date: February 5, 2030 Cause: Natural Causes(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Celebrity Deaths: Stars and Famous People Who Have Died in 2020

Ja'Net DuBois

Name: Ja'Net DuBois Notable: Actress, Good Times Age: 87 Date: February 17, 2020 Cause: Cardiac Arrest(Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

2020 has already seen us say farewell to some famous faces from the world of entertainment.

Sometimes, a celebrity passes away who played an important role in your life through their work in film, stage, fashion, sports or music.

Just this January, we were forced tragically and suddenly to say goodbye to Kobe Bryant — a basketball legend that inspired many of us to hustle harder every time we hit the court.

READ MORE: Ben Stiller, Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander Pay Tribute to Jerry Stiller

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Here, we pay tribute to stars of TV, film, music, and beyond who have died in 2020. They are gone but never forgotten.

Launch the gallery above to see photos of notable celebrities and famous people who have died in 2020.

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