page_title: 2020 in the United States
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 in the United States / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: Photo of actor Edd Byrnes from a guest appearance on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. Byrnes is best known for his portayal of "Kookie" on the television program 77 Sunset Strip.
context_page_description: Events for the year 2020 in the United States.
context_section_description: January 1
  Lexii Alijai, rapper (b. 1998)
  Tommy Hancock, Western swing fiddler and bandleader (b. 1929)
  Doug Hart, football player (b. 1939)
  Don Larsen, baseball player (b. 1929)
  Roland Minson, basketball player (b. 1929)
  David Stern, National Basketball Association commissioner (b. 1942)
  January 2
  John Baldessari, conceptual artist (b. 1931)
  Tom Buck, politician and lawyer (b. 1938)
  Lorraine Chandler, soul singer and songwriter (b. 1946)
  R. Kern Eutsler, United Methodist bishop (b. 1919)
  Nick Fish, politician and lawyer (b. 1958)
  Sam Wyche, football player and coach (b. 1945)
  January 3
  Ken Fuson, journalist (b. 1956)
  Reuben Hersh, mathematician (b. 1927)
  January 4
  Emanuel Borok, violinist and concertmaster (b. 1944)
  James Parks Morton, Episcopal priest (b. 1930)
  January 5 – Betty Pat Gatliff, forensic artist (b. 1930)
  January 6
  Mike Fitzpatrick, politician (b. 1963)
  Frank Gordon Jr., judge (b. 1929)
  January 7
  Silvio Horta, screenwriter and television producer (b. 1974)
  George Perles, football coach (b. 1934)
  Patrick Welch, politician (b. 1948)
  Elizabeth Wurtzel, writer and journalist (b. 1967)
  January 8
  Edd Byrnes, actor (b. 1932)
  Buck Henry, actor, screenwriter, and film director (b. 1930)
  January 9
  Walter J. Boyne, U.S. Air Force officer and historian (b. 1929)
  Galen Cole, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
  Pete Dye, golf course designer (b. 1925)
  Pampero Firpo, professional wrestler (b. 1930)
  Mike Resnick, science fiction writer (b. 1942)
  Hal Smith, baseball player (b. 1930)
  January 10 – Ed Sprague Sr., baseball pitcher (b. 1945)
  January 11
  Stan Kirsch, actor, screenwriter, and film director (b. 1968)
  Steve Stiles, cartoonist and writer (b. 1943)
  January 12
  Jack Baskin, engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1919)
  C. Robert Sarcone, politician (b. 1925)
  January 14 – Steve Martin Caro, pop vocalist (b. 1948)
  January 15 – Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944)
  January 19 – Jimmy Heath, jazz saxophonist (b. 1926)
  January 24 – Pete Stark, businessman and politician (b. 1931)
  January 26
  Kobe Bryant, basketball player (b. 1978)
  Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-American mathematician (b. 1925)
  January 31 – Mary Higgins Clark, author (b. 1927)
caption: Edd Byrnes
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