Notable deaths on December 20

American singer (1965–2024)

English footballer (1936–2024)

American baseball player (1958–2024)

American football player (1950–2022)

American sociologist of East Asia (1930–2020)

English musician (1920–2020)

British politician and army officer (1915–2014)

Swedish anatomist (1929–2014)

Soviet long-distance runner

Australian artist (1929–2012)

English footballer & manager

Russian pianist (1919–2012)

Jamaican playwright and screenwriter (1926–2011)

Sri Lankan Tamil academic and politician

American actor (1918–2009)

American actress and singer (1977–2009)

English poet, novelist, and playwright (1932–2008)

French aristocrat and athlete (1912–2008)

American director, producer (1925–2008)

American dog breeder and trainer (1929–2006)

Hungarian-American mathematician (1923-2005)

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

Canadian musician (1914–1999)

Italian film director