Here is a list of some exceptional folks who put on their wings during 2020
John Baldessari, conceptual artist
Ronald Bell, musician, Kool & The Gang
Salome Bey, singer
Honor Blackman, actor
Christo, artist
Christie Blatchford, journalist
Chadwick Boseman, actor
Kobe Bryant, professional basketball player
Bonnie Burstow, anti-psychiatry critic, educator
Pete Carmichael, musician, Diableros
David Carter, author, Stonewall historian
Brent Carver, actor
Sean Connery, actor
Nick Cordero, actor
Simeon Coxe, musician, Silver Apples
Spencer Davis, musician
Olivia de Havilland, actor
Brian Dennehy, actor
Chi Chi DeVayne, drag queen
Manu Dibango, musician
Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, poet laureate priest (2019)
Linda Diebel, journalist
Kirk Douglas, actor
Shirley Douglas, actor/activist
Saeb Erekat, Palestinian peace negotiator
Tony Fernandez, baseball player
Genesis P-Orridge, musician
Andy Gill, musician, Gang of Four
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Buck Henry, actor, screenwriter
Toots Hibbert, musician
Mary Higgins Clark, author
Ian Holm, actor
Houdini, Toronto rapper/songwriter
Rae Johnson, artist
Terry Jones, actor/director
Rishi Kapoor, actor
Irrfan Khan, actor
Ivan Kral, musician
Larry Kramer, AIDS activist/author
John le Carré, author
Bunny Lee, reggae producer
John Lewis, U.S. congressman & civil rights leader
Little Richard, musician
Diego Maradona, soccer player
Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz musician
Howie Meeker, hockey player, commentator, MP
Terrence McNally, playwright
Ennio Morricone, composer
Daniel David Moses, First Nations playwright/poet
Joanne Nisbet, dancer, senior ballet mistress at National Ballet of Canada
Nobuhiko Obayashi, filmmaker
Neil Peart, musician, Rush
Regis Philbin, talk show host
Bonnie Pointer, singer
David Prowse, Darth Vader actor
Kelly Preston, actor
Charley Pride, musician
John Prine, musician
Sushant Singh Rajput, actor
Helen Reddy, singer
Carl Reiner, actor
Diana Rigg, actor
Naya Rivera, actor
Kenny Rogers, singer/songwriter, riverboat gambler
Regan Russell,animal rights activist
Adam Schlesinger, songwriter
Joel Schumacher, director
Eddie Shack, hockey player
Lynn Shelton, filmmaker
Jerry Stiller, comedian
Kenzo Takada, fashion designer
Deanne Taylor, performer and playwright
Doug Taylor, local historian
Alex Trebek, game show host
John Turner, Canadian Prime Minister
Eddie Van Halen, musician
RM Vaughan, writer and artist
Max von Sydow, actor/director
Andrew Weatherall, musician/producer
Charles Webb, author
Bill Withers, musician
*with thanks to NOW Magazine
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