Wednesday December 30, 2020, 6:44 PM
Sir Sean Connery, Dame Barbara Windsor, Bill Withers, Chadwick Boseman and Caroline Flack were among the stars who died in 2020.
A year like no other began with the shock death of basketball star and Oscar-winner Kobe Bryant before a pandemic upended life as we knew it.
Here are some of the high-profile figures who we said goodbye to over the last 12 months:
January
Neil Peart
Peart, the drummer from Canadian prog-rock trio Rush, died aged 67 following a battle with brain cancer.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl led the tributes and Peart was lauded as one of the greatest drummers in rock ‘n’ roll history.
Neil Peart passed on January 7 from brain cancerCredit: Getty - Contributor
As a member of prog-rock group Rush, the 67-year-old Canadian was considered to be one of the great drummers. As Rush’s main lyricist, Neil – who died of brain cancer on Jan 7 – helped the band sell over 40million albums.
DEREK FOWLDS
Derek Fowlds died on January 17 from pneumoniaCredit: BBC
Best known for his role as naive Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister. As “Mr Derek” he was Basil Brush’s sidekick in the 70s and grumpy Oscar Blaketon in ITV’s Heartbeat for 18 years. He died aged 82 on Jan 17 with pneumonia.
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2020-12-18T07:47:00
From the global pandemic to the US election, Broadcast looks back on an eventful 12 months in television
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