LOSS IN 2020

This year has been tragic.. SO many lost.. so many to mourn. It started quickly after 2020 began and seemingly never stopped since then…

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Neil Peart of Rush dead of brain cancer at 67 in Los Angeles …

The actor’s mother, Jane Badler, confirmed Harry Hains died at the age of 27. He was an actor in AMERICAN HORROR STORY and the OA

The actor’s mother, Jane Badler, confirmed Harry Hains died at the age of 27. He was an actor in AMERICAN HORROR STORY and the OA

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Jim Lehrer, the retired PBS anchorman who for 36 years gave public television viewers a substantive alternative to network evening news programs with in-depth reporting, interviews and analysis of world and national affairs, died on Thursday at his home in Washington. He was 85.

Dead in a helicopter crash.. RIP Kobe Bryant #RIP
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Dead in a helicopter crash.. RIP Kobe Bryant #RIP

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Kirk Douglas, the son of a ragman who channeled a deep, personal anger through a chiseled jaw and steely blue eyes to forge one of the most indelible and indefatigable careers in Hollywood history, died Wednesday. He was 103.

Amateur Rocketeer 'Mad' Mike Hughes to Launch Himself 5,000 Feet up This  Sunday, Dating App to Fund Liftoff | India.com

Mad Mike Hughes was his name. Flat earth was his game. He set out to prove the truth. Hughes, a self-styled daredevil, flat-Earth theorist and limousine stuntman, died when his jury-rigged contraption propelled him on a column of steam, spiraled through the air and cratered into the sagebrush outside Barstow, California. He was 64.

Eddie Van Halen, 1978 by Ross Halfin — Mr Musichead

Eddie Van Halen.. dead in ’20

Boba Fett Star Wars Giant Poster Art Print Black & White in Card or Canvas  | eBay

Jeremy Bulloch, who played the role of Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, died Dec. 17 at age 75 following health complications, including several years living with Parkinson’s disease. 

Alex Trebek: Tribute to the Jeopardy Host from a Former Contestant |  IndieWire

Longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek died Nov. 8 at age 80 following a battle with stage 4 pancreatic cancer

Sean Connery: He Made James Bond Larger Than Life - Variety

Sean Connery, the Scotland-born actor who was the first star to play James Bond and became one of the franchise’s most iconic stars, died at the age of 90 on Oct. 31

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Died. She Leaves Behind a Vital Legacy for Women —  and Men | Time

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Sept. 18 at the age of 87 from complications of metastatic pancreas cancer.

To be a king - Chadwick Boseman died on August 28th | Obituary | The  Economist

Chadwick Boseman dead at 43

Four-time Emmy Award-winning US comedian Fred Willard passes away aged 86 |  Deccan Herald

Fred Willard..

Carl Reiner, Comedy Legend, Mourned by Hollywood | Best Classic Bands

Actor-director Carl Reiner died June 30.

Herman Cain represented the right of Black Americans to intellectual  diversity - The Washington Post

Herman Cain died of COVID 19..

Kenny Rogers Facts | Mental Floss

Kenny Rogers dead at 81..

Regis Philbin

On July 24, icon TV talk show host, singer, and media personality, Regis Philbindied from a heart attack in his home

Jon Huber, aka Brodie Lee, passes away: WWE & AEW Superstars pay tribute  following his death | GiveMeSport

WWE is saddened to learn that Jon Huber, known to WWE fans as Luke Harper, died at the age of 41..

An Incalculable Loss: New York Times Newspaper – NYTStore

In 2020, so many deaths.. so much COVID. The New York TIMES did a front page story when the death toll hit 100,000.. since then the number dramatically soared above..

And that…was 2020.