Notable deaths of 2020 (111 images)

"Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek, James Bond icon Sean Connery, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen, actors Kirk Douglas, Chadwick Boseman, Naya Rivera, Kelly Preston and Nick Cordero, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, comedian Carl Reiner, rock 'n' roll icon Little Richard, jazz icon Manu Dibango, country music icon Kenny Rogers and NBA legend Kobe Bryant are among the famous people who have died in 2020.

Jean Kennedy Smith

Jean Kennedy Smith arrives for the Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala in New York City on November 13, 2006. Smith, a former ambassador to Ireland and the last-surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy, died on June 18 at the age of 92. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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William S. Sessions

Former FBI Directors William S. Sessions (C), William H. Webster (L) and Louis Freeh attend an event at the National Building Museum to commemorate the FBI's 100th Anniversary in Washington on July 17, 2008. Sessions, who led the agency from 1987 to 1993, died of congestive heart failure on June 12 at the age of 90. File Photo by Patrick D. McDermott/UPI

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Claudell Washington

Claudell Washington, of the New York Yankees, hits the ball in the first game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium in New York City on August 19, 1988. Washington, a two-time All-Star and World Series winner, died from a battle with prostate cancer on June 11 at the age of 65. Photo by RickDikeman/Wikimedia Commons

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Paul Rochester

Paul Rochester, shown in 1968, helped the New York Jets win their only Vince Lombardi Trophy in 1969 and played 10 seasons in the AFL from 1960 through 1969. The defensive lineman died in early June at the age of 81. Photo courtesy of the New York Jets

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