page_title: 2020 in the United Kingdom
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Pete Way, on stage at a concert of UFO at music club “Kantine” in Cologne Deutsch: Pete Way, auf der Bühne bei einem Konzert von UFO im Musik-Klub „Kantine“ in Köln
context_page_description: Events from the year 2020 in the United Kingdom. Like in most of the world the COVID-19 pandemic dominated events in the UK during this year.
context_section_description: 1 August
  Stan Mellor, 83, National Hunt jockey and horse trainer, Champion Jockey (1960–1962).
  Tony Morris, 57, newsreader (ITV Granada), kidney cancer.
  2 August
  Mark Ormrod, 62, historian, bowel cancer.
  Keith Pontin, 64, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Barry Town, national team).
  4 August – Willie Hunter, 80, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, national team) and manager (Queen of the South).
  5 August – Eric Bentley, 103, English-born theatre critic (The New Republic) and playwright.
  6 August – Wayne Fontana, 74, English singer ("The Game of Love"), cancer.
  8 August – Erich Gruenberg, 95, Austrian-born violinist and teacher.
  9 August
  Martin Birch, 71, music producer and engineer (Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Iron Maiden).
  Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, 84, barrister, member of the House of Lords (1993–2018).
  11 August – Gordon J. Brand, 65, English golfer.
  14 August
  Julian Bream, 87, English virtuoso classical guitarist and lutenist.
  Angela Buxton, 85, tennis player.
  Chris Eccleshall, 72, English luthier.
  Tom Forsyth, 71, Scottish footballer (Motherwell, Rangers, national team).
  John Talbut, 79, English footballer (Burnley, West Bromwich Albion, K.V. Mechelen), complications from dementia.
  Pete Way, 69, English rock bass guitarist (UFO, Waysted, Fastway), injuries sustained in accident.
  15 August – Stuart Christie, 74, Scottish anarchist and writer.
  16 August
  Charles Allen, 80, Indian-born writer and historian.
  Danny Campbell, 76, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Stockport County), pulmonary embolism.
  James Partridge, 67, charity executive (Changing Faces).
  18 August
  Ben Cross, 72, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek, First Knight), cancer.
  Roger Quigley, 51, English singer-songwriter.
  19 August – Christopher Guy Harrison, 59, furniture designer, lung cancer.
  20 August – Desmond Guinness, 88, Anglo-Irish author.
  21 August – Sir Ken Robinson, 70, educationalist and author, cancer.
  23 August
  Sir Neil Douglas, 71, Scottish physician, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (2004–2010).
  Peter King, 80, English jazz saxophonist.
  24 August
  Harold Best, 82, politician, MP for Leeds North West (1997–2005).
  Robbe De Hert, 77, English-born film director (De Witte van Sichem, Brylcream Boulevard, Lijmen/Het Been), complications from diabetes.
  Pat McCluskey, 68, Scottish footballer (Celtic, Dumbarton).
  25 August
  Gerry McGhee, 58, Scottish-born singer (Brighton Rock), cancer.
  Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Henry, 88, British politician, MP (1974–1997), Member of the House of Lords (1997–2016).
caption: Pete Way in 2007
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