Death is inevitable for us all. Many of us never know when and rightly so, but some of our family and friends are gone too soon. Although they may not be our friends, we are still connected to the lost celebrities who have entertained us for years or decades. These lost celebrities are sorely missed, whether from the sports world, red Hollywood carpets, in the recording studio behind the glass, or on TV and movie screens. Some of these celebrities have existed since our parents were children, others have emerged in recent years, but all made significant contributions to our entertainment and influence. Remember all those lost celebrities for their selfless contributions to their fields. Their work still inspires us every day.
All The Celebrities We’ve Loved And Lost This 2020
Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant, better known on court as the ‘Black Mamba,’ was one of the greatest basketball players ever to play the game, playing his 20-season career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a shooting guard. His expertise, leadership, and competitive personality resulted in five NBA championships, 18 All-Star awards, and two-time NBA Finals MVP status. He won the 2017 film’s Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Dear Basketball, on retirement. Traveling to a travel basketball game with his daughter, Gianna, their private helicopter fell tragically in early 2020.
Kobe Bryant
Juice WRLD
Jarad Anthony Higgins was a former American rapper and singer out of Chicago, known worldwide as Juice Wrld. On Spotify, his hit “Lucid Dreams” was played over a billion times. Lucid Dreams helped Juice Wrld to obtain contracts with Lil Bibby’s Grade A Productions and Interscope Productions in addition to an earlier hit and All Girls Are the Same. During a flight from Van Nuys, California, to Chicago, Illinois, Higgins passed away upon ingesting several unknown pills.
Juice WRLD
Cameron Boyce
As one of the Eagle Eye plot pieces starring Shia Lebouf and as the son of Adam Sandler in Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2, Boyce may look familiar to the older crowd. He was a mainstay on the Disney Channel, starring Jessie, Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything, and Jake and the Never Land Pirates’ voice acting. At the young age of 20, Boyce died of complications from his epilepsy.
Cameron Boyce
Rocky Johnson
Although he was leapfrogged in the Fame Department by his son, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Rocky Johnson was the family’s original professional wrestler. Born in Canada, Rocky began his wrestling career in 1964, winning several titles for the National Wrestling Alliance. The duo won the 1983 World Tag Team Championship 1983, alongside tag team partner Tony Atlas, and became the first black champions in World Wrestling Entertainment. Johnson died of pulmonary embolism, believing he had the flu in early January 2020, ignoring a potential doctor’s visit.
Rocky Johnson
Rip Torn
Rip Torn was a noted actor and voice actor with a career that spanned over 60 years. He’s immortalized in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story as Patches O’houlihan, Zed in the Men in Black Franchise, and as Arties on The Larry Sanders Show. Torn passed away from Alzheimer’s and its complications at the age of 88.
Rip Torn
Neil Peart
Neil Peart was the main lyricist and drummer of the band Rush, known for being the youngest person inducted into the Modern Drummer Readers Poll Hall of Fame in 1983. Also, a noted author, Canadian songwriter, and musician created many memoirs during his travels while integrating into his lyrics of fantasy, philosophy, and humanitarian themes. Neil passed away from his fight with glioblastoma at the age of 67 after a three-plus-year illness.
Neil Peart
Chuy Bravo
The famous Mexican-American actor, Chuy Bravo, born as Jesus Melgoza, was a sidekick to Chelsea Handler on her talk show, Chelsea Lately. During the early 90s, Bravo, who had immigrated to the California San Fernando Valley with his family at the age of 15, began acting. He even appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean 2007: At the End of the World. Chuy founded the Bravo Academy in Los Angeles as one of his lasting decisions to help his Latin community talents find work in various entertainment projects.
Chuy Bravo
Stephanie Sherk
Born in Ontario, Canada, Stephanie Sherk moved to the US to further her career as a model, producer, and actress. You may recognize the CSI: Cyber actress and her role in #Hashtag: The Series. Writing credits include Valentine’s Day, Crash Landing, and Big Date.
Stephanie Sherk
Beth Chapman
Beth Chapman, the famous wife of Dog the Bounty Hunter, co-starred with husband Duane “Dog” Chapman on the reality television series Dog the Bounty Hunter, Dog, and Beth: On the Hunt Dog’s Most Wanted. Nevertheless, two years after the filming of Dog’s show began, the two married in 2006. In 2019, she was placed in a medical coma at the end of June, passing away days later from cancer complications.
Beth Chapman
Ashley Massaro
Former WWE wrestler, radio, TV host, glamorous model, Survivor: China contestant, Massaro. As a wrestler, Massaro was best known for her career and joined WWE in 2005. She was first seen moving to SmackDown on the Raw brand! The WWE Tag Team champions are Paul London and Brian Kendrick. She left and appeared in TV and music videos in July 2008 and even worked as a DJ for 94.3 The Shark.
Ashley Massaro
Danny Aiello
Danny Aiello was a great Italian-descended American actor. His credits include Once Upon a time in American, The Purpose Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Harlem Nights, and of course, The Godfather Part II. Aiello was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor to portray Salvator “Sal” Frangione in Do the Right Thing.
Danny Aiello
John Witherspoon
John Weatherspoon (AKA Witherspoon) appeared in Hollywood Shuffle, The Five Heartbeats, Vampire in Brooklyn, TV shows such as The Boondocks, and The Tracy Morgan Show Wayans Bros. began his Hollywood career in 1965. The Detroit-born actors have also appeared in Jay-Z’s “I Just Wanna Love U,” LL Cool J’s “Ain’t Nobody,” and Goodie Mob’s “They Don’t Dance No Mo” music videos.
John Witherspoon
Regis Philbin
This official statement was released after Regis ‘passing – “His family and friends are forever grateful for the time we got to spend with him – for his warmth, his legendary sense of humor, and his singular ability to make every day into something worth talking about,” the statement read. “We thank his fans and admirers for their incredible support over his 60-year career…”
Regis Philbin
Grant Imahara
On July 13th, 2020, MythBusters’ star Grant Imahara passed away from a brain aneurysm at 49. In season 3, the engineer joined the Discovery Channel series, quickly becoming a fan-favorite team member.
Grant Imahara
Naya Rivera
The victim of a tragic accident while spending the day on Lake Piru with her four-year-old son was Naya Rivera, best known for her time on ‘Glee.’ After they had gone swimming together, the young boy was found alone on the rental pontoon. She never made it back to the boat.
Naya Rivera
Kelly Preston
Actress Kelly Preston fought cancer for two years before succumbing to it on July 12, 2020, at 57. John Travolta’s late wife was best known for her roles in ‘Jerry Maguire,” For Love of the Game’ and What A Girl Wants.’
Kelly Preston
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner had over six decades of a long and illustrious career as a comedy writer, director, and actor. On June 29th, 2020, at the age of 98, Reiner died of natural causes. His work on television, film, and the stage led to nine American Humor Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize.
Carl Reiner
Mary Pat Gleason
On June 2nd, 2020, at 70, Mary Pat Gleason died. You may not be familiar with her name, but you know her face and her iconic personality. Her acting credits list continues, but French teacher Madame Oeuf on Saved by the Bell, dressing room attendant Lucille on Sex and City, elementary school teacher Mrs. Butters on Desperate Housewives, and homeless woman Sally on Will & Grace were the outstanding TV roles. Her best-known film appearances were in A Cinderella Story, Intolerable Cruelty, The Crucible, and I Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
Mary Pat Gleason
Fred Willard
Fred Willard was a comedy legend and was featured in your long list of favorite TV shows and films. He died of natural causes on 15 May 2020 and left behind a legacy that greatly affected both the comedy and Hollywood genres.
Fred Willard
Jerry Stiller
On May 11th, 2020, Jerry Stiller, the actor, and director Ben Stiller’s father, died of natural causes. He tweeted, “He was a great dad and grandfather, and the most dedicated husband to Anne for about 62 years. He will be greatly missed. Love you, Dad.” Jerry Stiller was known for his role in the show “Seinfeld” as Frank Costanza and about a decade later in the sitcom, “The King of Queens,” as Arthur Spooner.
Jerry Stiller
Little Richard
On May 9, 2020, at the age of 87, Little Richard, the wild man of early rock n’ roll, died following his bone cancer battle. He was responsible for “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally” hits like that.
Little Richard
Sam Lloyd
Comedy actor Sam Lloyd lost his battle with lung cancer on April 30th, 2020. If you were a fan of ‘Scrubs’ and ‘Seinfeld,’ then you surely know his face, and without his presence, what the shows would have been. Actor Zach Braff tweeted, “Rest In peace to one of the funniest actors I’ve ever had the joy of working with.” “Sam Lloyd made me crack up and break character every single time we did a scene together. He could not have been a kinder man. I will forever cherish the time I had with you, Sammy.”
Sam Lloyd
Howard Finkel
The legendary Hall of Fame ring announcer for the World Wrestling Federation, now known as WWE, was Howard Finkel. In 2018, Finkel allegedly suffered a major stroke and had been in poor health ever since. Iconic is his deep, booming voice, introducing to the ring the likes of Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Ric Flair. On April 16th, 2020, he passed away.
Howard Finkel
Shirley Douglas
Shirley Douglas, Keifer Sutherland’s actress and mother, died from pneumonia complications on April 5, 2020. The actress appeared as Mrs. Starch in director Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita” (1962) and David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers” (1988) and as a widowed mother during the Depression in the television drama “Wind at My Back” (1996). For her performance in the 1999 TV film “Shadow Lake,” she won a Gemini Award.
Shirley Douglas
Bill Withers
Regardless of the generation in that, you were born, it would be a sin not to know Bill Withers’ songs. For such hits as “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean on Me and “Use Me,” he was the singer/songwriter. He died from a long battle with cardiovascular disease on March 20th, 2020.
Bill Withers
Kenny Rogers
Rogers was one of the true crossover artists in music and scoring hits with songs like “Islands in the Stream” and “Lucille” in both country and pop. “The Rogers family is sad to announce that Kenny Rogers passed away last night at 10:25 p.m. at the age of 81,” his rep said. “Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family. The family is planning a small private service out of concern for the national COVID-19 emergency. They look forward to celebrating Kenny’s life publicly with his friends and fans at a later date.”
Kenny Rogers
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow passed away in Provence, France, on March 8th, 2020. In The Exorcist’ and ‘Game of Thrones,’ he is most famous for his roles. He was renowned as one of the most successful Swedish actors ever for the gravitas he brought to his roles.
Max von Sydow
James Lipton
At the old age of 93, James Lipton died following his battle with bladder cancer. He was the ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ creator and hod, where he interviewed some of Hollywood’s top stars about their acting methods and inspirations that made their careers so successful.
James Lipton
Esther Scott
At the age of 66 in L.A., Esther Scott suffered a heart attack. In The Birth of a Nation’ and ‘Boyz n the Hood,’ she was best known for her roles. In over seventy movies and countless TV shows, she made a career of being the nurturing yet strict motherly figure.
Esther Scott
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas, the legendary actor, passed away when he was 103. Michael wrote on Instagram, “It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103.” He continued, “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in setting a standard for all of us to aspire to.”
Kirk Douglas
John Singleton
Known for directing Boyz n the Hood in 1991, the director was the first African American and youngest person ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director at 24. Singleton also directed 2 Fast 2 Furious, Shaft, Higher Learning, Poetic Justice, and Rosewood, the 1997 drama. Singleton passed away in April 2019, after being taken off life support, days before the stroke.
John Singleton
Sue Lyon
Sue Lyon became a model in the entertainment industry at the very young age of 13. However, she would win a Golden Globe in the 1962 film for her role as Lolita’s title character. Lyon’s other credits include The Night of the Iguana, Evel Knievel, Tony Rome, and 7 Women.
Sue Lyon
Silvio Horta
For adapting the Colombian soap opera, Yo soy Betty, la fea, to ABC’s Ugly Betty, Silvio Horta, an American screenwriter and producer, will be remembered. He accepted the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series-Ugly Betty-mentioning, “Like most of us up here, Betty is an immigrant, and The American Dream is alive and well and in reach of anybody who wants it.” The first ten Cuban-Americans began their own production company, Silent H Productions, often mispronounced as a humorous mention of their last name.
Sylvio Horta
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Wurtzel, best known as the American writer/journalist for publishing Prozac Nation, often focused her work on her personal struggles involving addiction, depression, and personal/work life. She became a Generation X voice because of her confessional-style memoirs, driving an uptick in this very personal writing style. At the age of 52, Wurtzel died in 2020 of complications related to metastasized breast cancer.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Buck Henry
Known for co-writing The Graduate, What’s Up, Doc?, Henry, an American actor, director, and screenwriter, Mel Brooks co-created Get Smart. Between 1976 and 1980, the hosts SNL 10 times and guest star in Will & Grace, 30 Rock, and Hot in Cleveland. After a heart attack at 89 in Los Angeles, Henry passed away in 2020.
Buck Henry
Alexis Eddy
Alexis Eddy was a contestant for MTV reality on Are You the One? Her past drug abuse history has become a large portion of her screen persona. She described herself as “just a washed-up MTV reality star wondering why people still care what she’s up to….,” She died at her home in early 2020 from cardiac arrest.
Alexis Eddy
Ed Byrnes
The American actor best recognized as the lead in 77 Sunset Strip was Edward Byrne Breitenberger, even better known as Eddy Byrnes. In 1978’s Grease, he was also a notable cast member as the teen-dance host, Vince Fontaine. His son, Logan, an anchor for KUSI-TV News, San Diego, California, continues the Byrnes-family television history.
Ed Byrnes
Emily Hartridge
Emily was a well-known YouTuber and TV presenter from Britain. Her vlogs started in 2012 and were published in the series Ten Reasons Why… Modern life, love, sex, relationships, and mental health were often discussed in her videos. She was struck by a truck in South West London while riding an e-scooter in July 2019. She is supposedly the first person to succumb in the country to injuries involving an e-scooter.
Emily Hartridge
Kevin Fret
The first openly gay Latin trap artist, Kevin Fret, was also a popular Puerto Rican rapper and vocalist. In Springfield, Massachusetts, Fret graduated from Roger L Putnam Vocational-Technical High School. In a country where gay people are still mocked, bullied, and killed, Fret was known for “breaking gender norms […] and stigma about being gay, gender nonconforming, and expressing gender identity freely – in a country where gay people still get mocked, bullied and killed,” mentioned queer activist and filmmaker, Samy Nemir Olivares. Fret was gunned down while riding his motorcycle in January 2019.
Kevin Fret
Scott Patric
At the age of 53, Patric, a makeup artist on the Project Runway All-Stars, died due to a heart attack in his sleep. The artist has worked with many celebrities in demand, such as Taylor Swift, Kate Moss, and Madonna. His friends noted that he would be greatly missed because of his warmth, creativity, and hearty mustache.
Scott Patric
Stan Kirsch
Stan Kirsch began his entertainment career at just four years of age by appearing in several Campbell’s soup commercials. He appeared in the fast-living soap opera Riders at the Sky and General Hospital in 1992. In Highlander: The Series, the actor is recognized for his role as Richie Ryan, but he also played Friends, Family Law, and JAG.
Stan Kirsch
Norma Michaels
Norma Michaels is best known for portraying Josephine in The King of Queens, with a Hollywood career spanning 6 decades. Michaels got her to start the Jack Benny Show, but she would end up earning credits for her work in Modern Family, Highway to Heaven, Everybody Loves Raymond, and in the Wedding Crashers and Easy A movies.
Norma Michaels
Chadwick Boseman
As his wife revealed that he had been fighting colon cancer for the past four years, Chadwick Boseman’s loss was a complete surprise to the fans and costars. All the while, Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and of course, King T’Challa in Marvel’s “Black Panther” were incredibly determined to work through the treatment, giving the world performances.
Chadwick Boseman
Diana Rigg
Actress Dame Diana Rigg was most recently renowned as Olenna Tyrell for her role in ‘Game of Thrones.’ Her daughter said that after being diagnosed in March of 2020, she died of cancer at 84. She added, “She spent her last months joyfully reflecting on her extraordinary life, full of love, laughter, and a great pride in her profession.”
Diana Rigg
Alex Trebek
Legendary Jeopardy-host! A year before Alex Trebek announced pancreatic cancer. Luckily, that gave his fans time to appreciate what they had in the host and prepare for what would be an unimaginable loss for all. During the pandemic, Trebek said he spent the last year of his life doing small house projects, as he was too immune to leave. At age 80, he was surrounded by his family and a small gathering of friends as he passed. Trebek wrote about his memoir hopes for his legacy. “I’d like to be remembered first of all as a good and loving husband and father, and also as a decent man who did his best to help people perform at their best,” he wrote. “I’ll be perfectly content if that’s how my story ends: sitting on the swing with the woman I love … my wonderful children nearby.”
Alex Trebek
MF Doom
Daniel Dumile, best known by his stage name MF Doom or Doom, was a British-American rapper and record producer. In the 2000s, Dumile became a major figure of underground hip hop, noted for his intricate wordplay, signature metal mask, and stage persona ‘super villain.’ He was defined by variety after his death as one of the scene’s “most celebrated, unpredictable and enigmatic figures.” At the age of 49, on October 31, the British rapper died.
MF Doom
Dawn Wells
Wells crowned Miss Nevada in 1959 and depicted her state in the 1960 pageant of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Wells debuted at ABC’s The Roaring 20s and The New Interns in Hollywood and was featured in episodes like The Joey Bishop Show, the 77 Sunset Strip, Cheyenne, Maverick, and Bonanza. In 1964, as Mary Ann on Gilligan Island, she played her signature role. Wells died in Los Angeles at the age of 82 on December 30, 2020, due to causes related to COVID-19 during the California pandemic.
Dawn Wells
Joe Clark
Clark was the principal of Paterson, New Jersey, Eastside High School, and he earned national attention with his efforts to improve school standards. The high school principal, which was the inspiration for Morgan Freeman’s 1989 film Lean On Me, died on December 29 at 82 after fighting an unspecified illness. According to his family statement, Clark died in Gainesville, Florida, and was surrounded by loved ones.
Joe Clark
Phil Niekro
The MLB player, whose signature knuckleball got him inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997 after a long battle with cancer, died in his sleep at 81 on 26 December. In a statement, the Atlanta Braves remembered him as “a constant presence over the years, in our clubhouse, our alumni activities, and throughout Braves Country.”
Phil Niekro
Tony Rice
David Anthony Rice was an American bluegrass musician and guitarist. He was an influential acoustic guitar player in bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, newgrass, and acoustic jazz. He was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2013. From traditional bluegrass to jazz-influenced New Acoustic to songwriter-oriented folk acoustic music, Rice’s music extends. The bluegrass guitarist died on December 25 at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina.
Tony Rice
Brodie Lee
Jonathan Huber was a professional wrestler and actor from the United States. In WWE, he was best known for his tenure, where he performed under the ring name Luke Harper from 2012 to 2019, and in All Elite Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Brodie Lee in 2020. According to his wife, Amanda Huber, the professional wrestler died on December 26, after a “battle with a non-Covid-related lung issue.”
Brodie Lee
Rebecca Luker
Rebecca Luker was an American actress, singer, and recording artist noted for her “crystal clear operatic soprano” and long runs in Broadway musicals throughout her three-decade-long career. She has been nominated for 3 Tony Awards, 3 Outer Critics Circle Awards, and 2 Drama Desk Awards. However, she died at 59 years of age on December 23. The news came 10 months after Luker had announced that she had been diagnosed with ALS.
Rebecca Luker
Jeremy Bulloch
Jeremy Andrew Bulloch was an English actor. During a career that spanned more than six decades, he won recognition for creating the physical portrayal of Boba Fett in the Star Wars franchise, appearing as the character in the movies The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. He died, however, at 75 years of age on Thursday, December 17. He suffered from health complications after living for many years with Parkinson’s disease.
Jeremy Bulloch
Ann Reinking
Ann Reinking was an actress, dancer, and choreographer from the United States. She has worked extensively in musical theater, starring in Broadway productions like Coco, Over Here! Charley, Chicago, Dancin’, and Sweet Charity’s Goodtime. The Tony winner, best known on Broadway in the ’70s for playing Chicago’s Roxie Hart, died at 71 on December 12. Her sister-in-law, Dahrla King, confirmed that Reinking had passed away in Seattle in her sleep.
Ann Reinking
John Le Carre
The British author, whose real name was David John Moore Cornwell, died on December 12 of pneumonia at 89. Le Carré has written novels, all adapted for film and television, including Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Little Drummer Girl, The Night Manager, The Constant Gardener, and A Most Wanted Man, both for the British Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
John Le Carre
Charley Pride
The American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player was Charley Frank Pride. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he was the best-selling performer since Elvis Presley for RCA Records. During the peak years of his recording career, he had 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made him number one. On December 12, the American superstar died of coronavirus complications in Dallas.
Charley Pride
Carol Sutton
The acting veteran, known for her appearances in the films Steel Magnolias and Ray and tv shows including Queen Sugar, Treme, and True Detective, died in New Orleans on December 10 after a month-long battle COVID-19.
Carol Sutton
Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister
On the 10th of December, the actor and wrestler were found dead in his house following coronavirus symptoms. According to CNN, Lister’s manager, Cindy Cowan, said that things “got terrible really quick” a week after Friday, the star began to feel sick. “It literally went so fast,” Cowan said.
Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister
Jason Slater
Jason Slater was an American record producer, songwriter, and musician. Jason Slater served as the bassist and backup vocalist for the American rock band Third Eye Blind in 1993 when the group was created in San Francisco. However, he left the band after their first year, despite recording their first demo. Slater went on to produce several projects, including four albums by a progressive rock band called Queensrÿche. However, after suffering liver failure, he died on December 9 at the age of 49, which his daughter, Alyssa Carlson, confirmed to TMZ.
Jason Slater
Arnie Robinson Jr.
The former Olympian, who won a long jump gold medal at the 1976 Olympics for Team USA, died on December 1 following a COVID-19 battle. The USA Track and Field news were confirmed by Robinson’s son, Paul Robinson, on December 9.
Arnie Robinson Jr.
Natalie Desselle Reid
Known for her roles in films including B.A.P.S and Madea’s Big Happy Family and the sitcom Eve, the actress died on December 7 at 53 after battling colon cancer. Halle Berry, who co-starred with Desselle Reid in 1997’s B.A.P.S, shared an Instagram video showing her hugging her costar and wrote, “I’m in total shock. Completely heartbroken. Gonna need a minute.”
Natalie Desselle Reid
David Prowse
The actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy died after battling a brief illness at 85 on November 28. Thomas Bovington, the agent of Prowse, confirmed via Twitter, “It’s with great regret and heart-wrenching sadness for us and millions of fans around the world, to announce that our client DAVE PROWSE M.B.E. has passed away at the age of 85,”
David Prowse
Diego Maradona
The Argentinean soccer legend died at the age of 60 on November 25. The former athlete, who famously scored the “Hand of God” goal during the 1986 World Cup, reportedly suffered a heart attack three weeks after surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain.
Diego Maradona
Leanza Cornett
On October 28, after being hospitalized for a head injury, the 1993 Miss America winner died at age 49. Leanza had a bright and beautiful spirit, and her laugh was infectious. We know that too so many, including all of you, she meant so much,’ the Miss America Organization said in a statement via Facebook. Cornett survives with her sons, Kai and Avery, whom she shared with Mark Steines’ ex-husband.
Leanza Cornett
Kenzo Takada
The fashion designer, who founded the Kenzo brand, died in Paris on October 4 at 81 from coronavirus complications, his spokesperson told Agence-France Presse. The death of Takada occurred 50 years after his first collection was launched in the French capital, six years after coming to the country from his native Japan, where he was one of the first male students at Tokyo’s Bunka Fashion College.
Kenzo Takada