Finkel died on April 16, 2020 in Madison, Connecticut from problems caused by a rare-form of brain disease at the age of 69.
Bamber Gascoigne
Arthur Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935) is a British television presenter and author. He is best known for being the original quizmaster on "University Challenge", which ran from 1962 to 1987. He was born in London.
Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray (28 December 1934 – 29 December 2019) was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, "Lanark", published in 1981, was written over almost 30 years. It was described by "The Guardian" as "one of the landmarks of 20th-century fiction."
Gray died at a hospital in Glasgow of pneumonia-related problems on 29 December 2019, a day after his 85th birthday.
Kurt Hamrin
Kurt Roland Hamrin (; born 19 November 1934) is a Swedish retired footballer. He is the eighth highest goalscorer of all-time in Italy's Serie A, with 190 goals. He was a member of the Swedish team that reached the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final.
Jerry Hardin
Jerry Hardin (born November 20, 1929) is an American actor. Hardin has appeared in movies and television roles, although he is perhaps best known as the character Deep Throat in the series "The X-Files".
David Hedison
Albert David Hedison Jr. (May 20, 1927 – July 18, 2019) was an American actor.
In 1959, he starred as Victor Sebastian in the short-lived espionage television series "Five Fingers". He was known for his role as Captain Lee Crane in Irwin Allen's television series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and as CIA agent Felix Leiter in two James Bond movies, "Live and Let Die" and "Licence to Kill".
Hedison had two daughters, Serena and Alexandra Hedison. Alexandra is married to actress Jodie Foster.
Hedison died on July 18, 2019 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 92.
Nicky Henson
Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson (12 May 1945 – 15 December 2019) was an English actor. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1977. He was known for his roles in "Witchfinder General" (1968), "There's a Girl in My Soup" (1970), "Mosquito Squadron" (1970) and "Psychomania" (1971).
Henson died on 15 December 2019 from lymphoma, aged 74.
Frazer Hines
Frazer Hines (born 22 September 1944) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Jamie McCrimmon in "Doctor Who" and Joe Sugden in "Emmerdale". Hines appeared in 117 episodes of the original series of "Doctor Who"; only the first four Doctors appeared in more episodes. He was born in Horsforth, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq (; born Michel Thomas; 26 February 1956) is a French author, filmmaker, and poet.
His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel, "Whatever", in 1994. His next novels "Atomised", published in 1998, and "Platform" followed in 2001 were also his best known works.
Alan Igglesden
Alan Paul Igglesden (born 8 October 1964) is a former English Test cricketer. He played three Test Matches and four One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the England cricket team between 1989 and 1994 as a fast bowler.
He played most of his first-class cricket career for Kent County Cricket Club. He was born in London.
In 1999, Igglesden was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He was treated with radiotherapy and drugs which has reduced the size of the tumour.
Wanda Jackson
Wanda Lavonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist. She became popular in the mid-1950s and 1960s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers. She is known to many as the "Queen of Rockabilly" or the "First Lady of Rockabilly". Her best known works were "Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine", "A Woman Lives for Love" and "Fancy Satin Pillows".
In 2009, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category Early Influence.
Conrad Janis
Conrad Janis (born February 11, 1928) is an American jazz trombonist and actor. He was born in New York City. He starred in "Margie", "The Brasher Doubloon", "The Buddy Holly Story" and in the Goldie Hawn comedy "The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox". He also starred as Mindy McConnell's father Frederick on "Mork & Mindy".
Irving Kanarek
Irving A. Kanarek (May 12, 1920 – September 2, 2020) was an American criminal defense attorney. He was best known for representing Charles Manson and "Onion Field" killer Jimmy Lee Smith. During the course of the trial he was jailed twice by Judge Older for contempt of court. In his summation, Bugliosi dubbed Kanarek "the Toscanini of Tedium."
Kanarek was born in Seattle. He attended the University of Washington as an undergraduate and Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1957.
Kanarek died on September 2, 2020 in Garden Grove, California at the age of 100.
Charles Kay
Charles Kay (born Charles Piff, 31 August 1930) is an English actor. He was known for his stage roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Kay is known for his roles in "", "Fall of Eagles", "I, Claudius", "The Devils Crown," "To Serve Them All My Days", "By the Sword Divided", "Fortunes of War", "Rumpole of the Bailey", "The Citadel", "Edge of Darkness", "The Darling Buds of May", "Jonathan Creek", "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", "Holby City", "Midsomer Murders" and "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" story "The Creeping Man".
Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Frederick Kotto (November 15, 1939 – March 15, 2021) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in NBC television series "" (1993–99) as Lieutenant Al Giardello. His movie roles include the science-fiction/horror movie "Alien" (1979), "The Running Man" (1987). He played the main villain Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in the James Bond movie "Live and Let Die" (1973).
He appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the comedy thriller "Midnight Run" (1988) as FBI agent Alonzo Mosely.
Kotto died on March 15, 2021 in Manila, Philippines at the age of 81.
Steffan Lewis
Steffan Lewis (1984 – 11 January 2019) was a Welsh politician. He was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in the 2016 election. He represented the electoral region of South Wales East as a member of Plaid Cymru.
In December 2017, Lewis was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. He died on 11 January 2019 from the disease, aged 34.
Henry Lincoln
Henry Lincoln (born Henry Soskin; 12 February 1930) is a British author, television presenter, scriptwriter and actor. He was born in London. He co-wrote three "Doctor Who" multi-part serials in the 1960s and inspired three Chronicle BBC Two documentaries on the alleged "mysteries" surrounding the French village of Rennes-le-Château.
Lincoln is known for his book series "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", which became the inspiration for Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel, "The Da Vinci Code".
Josep Lluís Núñez
José Luis Núñez Clemente (7 September 1931 – 3 December 2018) was a Spanish businessman and politician. He was president of FC Barcelona between 1978 and 2000. Núñez used to own the "Núñez i Navarro" construction company and "Núñez i Navarro Hotels" chain. He was elected club president on 1 July 1978. His main objectives were to establish Barça as a world class sports club and to give the club financial stability. He was born in Guriezo, Cantabria.
In July 2011, Núñez was sentenced to six years in jail following conviction on a series of fraud charges. The sentence was appealed and Núñez was allowed bail. In November 2014, he entered in jail.
Núñez died on 3 December 2018 in Barcelona at the age of 87.
Read my lips: no new taxes
"Read my lips: no new taxes" is a phrase spoken by then-American presidential candidate George H. W. Bush at the 1988 Republican National Convention as he accepted the nomination on August 18. It was written by speechwriter Peggy Noonan.