The famous faces - from Yorkshire and beyond - we have loved and lost in 2020
January
2nd: Chris Barker: ex Barnsley defender
3rd: Christopher Beeny, actor - star of Upstairs Downstairs and Last Of The Summer Wine
4th: Derek Acorah, TV medium
10th Derek Fowlds (Yes Minister and Heartbeat actor)
18th: Lord Robert Maclennan of Rogart, former leader of the Social Democrat Party.
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21st Ron Cotton, BR manager who saved Settle to Carlisle Railway
22nd Terry Jones, Monty Python star
25th: Jordan Sinnott, former Huddersfield Town footballer
26th: Kobe Bryant, NBA superstar
28th: Nicholas Parsons, Just A Minute and Sale Of The Century host
28th: Neville Buswell - womaniser Ray Langton in Coronation Street
FEB
1st: Andy Gill, guitarist with Leeds band Gang of Four
4th: Daniel arap Moi, former president of Kenya
4th: Robert Alner, Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer.
5th: Kirk Douglas, Hollywood icon
9th: Paddy Broderick, rider of Peter Easterby’s Night Nurse
15th: Caroline Flack, Love Island presenter
17th: Harry Gregg, Busby babe and hero of Munich
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25th Hosni Mubarak, former president of Egypt
MARCH
3rd: Nicolas Portal, Team Ineos sporting director
5th: Barabara Martin, The Supremes singer
9th Max von Sydow , Game of Thrones and Exoricst star
12th: Michael Roux, chef and restaurateur
16th: Roy Hudd, comedian
20th: Kenny Rogers, country music legend
30th: Joe Ashton, former Bassetlaw MP
30th Peter Beamount - the last Yorkshire trainer to win Gold Cup
APRIL
2nd: Eddie Large (comedian)
3rd Robert Armstrong, former Cabinet secretary
5th: Lord Bath of Longleat (safari park owner)
6th: Honor Blackman (James Bond actress)
12th: Sir Stirling Moss
12th: Tim Brooke-Taylor - actor
12th: Peter Boneti - former England goalkeeper
17th: Norman Hunter, Leeds Utd legend
24th: Lynn Faulds Wood, former BBC Watchdog presenter
25th Liz Edgar, international showjumper
29th: Irrfan Khan, Slumdog Millionaire star
29th: Jill Gascoine, actress known for her roles The Gentle Touch and The Onedin Line
29th: Trevor Cherry, Leeds United captain
30th Jordan Cox, Hull KR rugby league player
MAY
3rd: Dave Greenfield, The Stranglers' keyboard player.
5th: June Bernicoff, Gogglebox star
7th: Terry Clark, Battle of Britain veteran (York)
9th: Little Richard, singer
15th: Fred Willard, comic actor
18th: George Mikell, actor - best known for his roles in The Guns Of Navarone and The Great Escape.
JUNE
17th: Willie Thorne, snooker player
18th: Dame Vera Lynn, Forces sweetheart
19th: Sir Ian Holm, actor
23rd: Liam Treadwell, former Grand National winning jockey
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JULY
6th: Ennio Morricone, Italian composer
10th: Jack Charlton, football legend
13th: Kelly Preston, actress
15th: Maurice Roeves, actor
20th: Josephine Cox, author
23rd: Maurice Sutcliffe, one of Yorkshire’s final Word War Two heroes
25th: Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac founding member
26th: Dame Olivia de Havilland, Gone With The Wind actress
31st: Sir Alan Parker, Director, whose work included Bugsy Malone and Midnight Express
AUGUST
1st: Stan Mellor, first jump jockey to ride 1,000 winners
3rd: John Hume, Nobel Prize winner for Northern Ireland peace process
7th: Wayne Fontana, Sixties pop star
12th: Gordon J Brand, former Ryder Cup player
14th: Julian Bream, classical guitarist and lute player
18th: Ben Cross, Chariots of Fire actor
24th Harold Best, former Leeds North West MP
28th: Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther star
SEPT
2nd: Ian Mitchell, Bay City Rollers singer
8th: Rodney Litchfield, actor
8th: Sir Ronald Harwood, playwright
9th: Ronald Bell, Kool & The Gang co-founder
10th: Dame Diana Rigg, actress
10th: Alan Minter, former world boxing champion
12th: Sir Terence Conran, designer and retailer
15th: Pat Smullen, Irish racing legend
23rd Ray Batten - Leeds rugby league great
23rd Sir Harold Evans, newspaper titan
24th Dean Jones, Australian cricket legend
OCT
2nd Frank Windsor, Z-Cars and Softly, Softly actor
6th: Eddie Van Halen, rock star
20th: Spencer Davis, singer
25th: Frank Bough, TV presenter
28th: Bobby Ball, comedian
29th: JJ Williams, rugby player
30th: Nobby Stiles, World Cup hero
31st: Sir Sean Connery, 007
NOV
1st: Robert Fisk, war correspondent
3rd: John Sessions, Spitting Image comedian
5th: Geoffrey Palmer, actor
7th: Lord Sacks, former chief rabbi
15th: Des O'Connor, entertainer
15th: Ray Clemence, International goalkeeper
17th: Eric Hall, showbiz and football agent
18th: Dominic Grant, singer
20th: Jan Morris, travel writer
25th: Diego Maradona, football cheat
28th: David Prowse, Darth Vadar actor
DEC
2nd: David Hartley, Wensleydale Creamery MD
5th: Peter Allis, golf commentator
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7th: Doug Scott, mountaineer
9th: Paolo Rossi, footballer
10th: Dame Barbara Windsor, Carry On actress
13th: John le Carre (David Cornwall) - spy author
14th: Gerard Houllier, former Liverpool manager
20th: Dame Fanny Waterman, pianist