Celebrity deaths are among the litany of reasons why 2020 was awful.

The worlds of music, TV/film, politics and sports lost a number of important figures this year. Among the notable deaths this year were Neil Peart, Little Richard, Eddie Van Halen, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chadwick Boseman, Alex Trebek and many more.

Scroll through the gallery below to see the musicians, celebrities & other cultural figures we lost in 2020

• Chadwick Boseman

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• Kirk Douglas

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• Sean Connery

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• Little Richard

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• Peter Green

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• Bill Withers

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• Terry Jones

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• Kenny Rogers

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• Olivia de Havilland

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• Adam Schlesinger

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• Kobe and Gianna Bryant

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• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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• Congressman John Lewis

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• Neil Peart

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• Fred Willard

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• Jerry Stiller

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• Wilford Brimley

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• Kelly Preston

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• Eddie Van Halen

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• Carl Reiner

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• Bonnie Pointer

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• Johnny Nash

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• Brian Dennehy

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• Naya Rivera

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• Joel Schumacher

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• Sam Lloyd

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• Steve Priest

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• Alex Trebek

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• Tommy DeVito

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• Spencer Davis

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• David Prowse

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• David Lander

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• Jeremy Bulloch

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• Leslie West

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• Mac Davis

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• Frankie Banali

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• Charlie Daniels

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• Ennio Morricone

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• Hugh Downs

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• Ken Osmond

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• Don Shula

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• Roy Horn

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• Howard Finkel

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• John Prine

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• Al Kaline

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• Honor Blackman

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• Katherine G. Johnson

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• John Andretti

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• Ray Burton

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• David Stern

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• Rocky Johnson

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