Celebrity deaths in 2020: Beloved stars lost this year from Sean Connery to Caroline Flack
We remember those who have sadly died, looking back at their lives, careers and the legacies they left behind
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2020 saw a staggering loss across the world due to the global pandemic.
The enigmatic star began her career as an actress, starring in
Bo Selecta! and presented various ITV2 shows including
I m a Celebrity.Get Me Out of Here! NOW! and
The Xtra Factor.
Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 and the following year she began presenting
The X Factor – replacing the long-standing presenter Dermot O Leary. She also presented the hit TV show
Love Island between 2015 to 2019.
Chadwick Boseman
(Ian West/PA) Actor and playwright Chadwick Boseman died on August 28 aged 43, after being diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. Boseman played superhero T’Challa in the 2018 Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther. Despite being diagnosed with cancer, he went on to star in a range of films, such as Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
The comedy performers, writers and actors who died this year
January
Terry Jones, Python. 77. Here are some favourite anecdotes about him.
Johnny Carroll, the Birmingham-born star of 1970s show The Comedians who later fell on hard times, 78.
Nicholas Parsons, the former straightman to Arthur Haynes and Benny Hill, who hosted Radio 4 s Just A Minute since its inception in 1967, 96. Here are just some of his screen appearances.
Jack Burns – the former comedy partner of George Carlin who went on to co-create the Muppet Show, 86
February
Kellye Nakahara, who played Lieutenant Nurse Kellye Yamato on M A S H, 72.
Sweet Steve, one of the quirkier characters on London’s open mic comedy scene