Sean Connery, Kobe Bryant, Chadwick Boseman, Peque Gallaga, April Boy Regino, Naya Rivera, Kirk Douglas, and Ramon Revilla Sr. were some of the stars who passed away in 2020. We bid them a final farewell:
1) Legendary NBA player and Oscar winner Kobe Bryant has died in a California helicopter crash. He was 41. (January)
2) Kirk Douglas, one of the most famous American leading men in Hollywood, died at the age of 103, his family announced. (February)
3) Former Sampaguita Pictures actress Liberty Ilagan has died at 76 after battling a chronic lung disease. (March)
4) Joey Bautista, lead vocalist of the ’90s band Mulatto, passed away due to COVID-19. (March)
5) Award-winning Filipino filmmaker Peque Gallaga passed away at 76 due to complications from past illnesses. (May)
6) Former Senator Ramon Revilla Sr. has died of heart failure at 92. (June)
7) Olivia de Havilland, a two-time Oscar winner and star of "Gone With the Wind," has died at the age of 104. (July)
8) "Glee" star Naya Rivera dead at 33 after going missing during a boat ride with her 4-year-old son. (July)
9) Kelly Preston, actress and wife of John Travolta, has died following a two-year battle with breast cancer. (July)
10) Popular Japanese actor Haruma Miura died after he was found unresponsive in his Tokyo home. He was 30. (July)
11) Chadwick Boseman, star of the movie "Black Panther," has died after he has battled colon cancer since 2016. (August)
12) Filipino YouTube star Emman Nimedez has died after battling cancer. He was 27. (August)
13) Korean actress, model and YouTuber Oh In-hye died after being discovered unconscious at her home by a friend. She was 36. (September)
14) YouTube vlogger Lloyd Cafe Cadena has died at 26. (September)
15) Helen Reddy, the Australian singer best known for her empowerment anthem "I Am Woman," has died at age 78. (September)
16) "Guitarist" Eddie Van Halen dies at 65 after cancer battle (October)
17) Popular Filipino Fortune teller Madam Auring died at 80. (October)
18) Alex Trebek, long-running 'Jeopardy!' host, dead at 80 (November)
19) Filipino-born singer April Boy Regino has died at the age of 51 after a long battle with prostate cancer (November)
20) Slapshock's vocalist Jamir Garcia was found dead at his home in Quezon City at 9:30 a.m. He was 42. (November)
9) Sean Connery, 90, died in his sleep from heart failure due to pneumonia and old age, according to his death certificate. (November)