RIP 2020: Who We Lost in May
George Floyd 1973–2020 HIS DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY SPARKED NATIONWIDE PROTEST
FRIENDS REMEMBER FLOYD AS A “GENTLE GIANT” WHOM EVERYONE LOVED
HE WAS A STAR ATHLETE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND A FRIEND TO NBA CHAMPION STEPHEN JACKSON
MOURNERS TURNED OUT FOR MEMORIAL SERVICES IN HOUSTON, MINNEAPOLIS, AND FAYETTEVILLE, NC
Little Richard 1932–2020 PIONEER OF ROCK & ROLL
I’ve been doing this from a boy
It’s really all I know
Sometimes I wish I was a schoolteacher, but I don’t have no degree for it
Sometimes I wish I was a doctor, but there's nobody gonna let me mess ‘em up because I don’t know what to do
But I’m a rock and roll singer and I'm grateful to be
HIS HIT “TUTTI FRUTTI” KICKED OFF A MUSICAL REVOLUTION
Phyllis George 1949–2020 FIRST WOMAN TO CO-ANCHOR “THE NFL TODAY”
Murray: If you had to marry a football player, which one would you like to marry?
George: That’s a sexist kind of question, isn't it? I’m not sure if I like that.
HER POISE AND PERSEVERANCE OPENED THE DOOR FOR OTHER WOMEN SPORTSCASTERS
Jerry Stiller 1927–2020 COSTAR OF “SEINFELD” AND “KING OF QUEENS”
I never could speak up. And maybe that’s the reason I am fortunate enough to get roles
that allow me to shout and scream and turn people off
Fred Willard 1933–2020 BELOVED COMEDY ACTOR And Lorraine Boyle called and she said, “Fred, you don’t have to do a routine, just come and come out and talk to the audience"
"and say hello,” and then my manager called and he says, “Lorraine is right"
"you’re working, you don’t have to knock yourself out to do a bit, just come out, be charming and welcome the audience,”
and I like my manager, I pay attention to what he says
He manages me in an apartment building on Sepulveda and
ah-hem
Which is not as easy as it sounds
Betty Wright 1953–2020 GRAMMY-WINNING SOUL AND R&B SINGER
HER VOICE RANGED FROM SOULFUL GROWLS TO IMPOSSIBLY HIGH
Don Shula 1930–2020 LEGENDARY MIAMI DOLPHINS HEAD COACH
HIS 1972 TEAM HAD THE ONLY PERFECT SEASON IN NFL HISTORY
Roy Horn 1944–2020 HALF OF THE STAGE MAGIC DUO SIEGFRIED & ROY
THEIR EXOTIC CAT ACT BECAME LAS VEGAS'S BIGGEST SHOW
Lynn Shelton 1965–2020 “LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE” AND “HUMPDAY” DIRECTOR
Ken Osmond 1943–2020 EDDIE HASKELL ON “LEAVE IT TO BEAVER”
Cady Groves 1989–2020 “THIS LITTLE GIRL” SINGER-SONGWRITER
Corey La Barrie 1995–2020 YOUTUBE VLOGGER AND COMEDIC SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER
Ravi Zacharias 1946–2020 CHRISTIAN EVANGELIST MINISTER AND AUTHOR
Annie Glenn 1920–2020 SPEECH DISORDER ADVOCATE AND WIFE OF ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN
Anthony James 1942–2020 “UNFORGIVEN” AND “IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT” ACTOR
Shad Gaspard 1981–2020 FORMER WWE WRESTLER
Jerry Sloan 1942–2020 HALL OF FAME UTAH JAZZ COACH
Millie Small 1946–2020 “MY BOY LOLLIPOP” SINGER
Frank Bielec 1947–2020 “TRADING SPACES” DESIGNER
Wilson Jerman 1929–2020 WHITE HOUSE BUTLER WORKED WITH EVERY PRESIDENT FROM EISENHOWER THROUGH OBAMA