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The Observer's obituaries of 2020

Cultural figures we lost in 2020, remembered by those close to them

  • Sir Terence Conran at his home, Barton Court, in Kintbury, Berkshire, 1988.

    Terence Conran remembered by Norman Foster

  • Juliette Greco, France, 1955.

    Juliette Gréco remembered by Abd al Malik

  • Harold Evans photographed at the high court for the Observer by David Newell Smith, mid-1970s.

    Harold Evans remembered by Darren Mansell

  • Congressman John Lewis in his offices in Washington DC, March 2009.

    John Lewis remembered by Bryan Stevenson

  • Jack Charlton photographed in 1969, when he was at Leeds United.

    Jack Charlton remembered by Andy Townsend

  • Elizabeth Wurtzel photographed in 2000.

    Elizabeth Wurtzel remembered by Nancy Jo Sales

  • Heather Couper photographed in 1984, when she became president of the British Astronomical Association.

    Heather Couper remembered by Floella Benjamin

  • Little Richard appears on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, 1971.

    Little Richard remembered by Bootsy Collins

  • Paulette Wilson, photographed with her daughter Natalie in May 2018.

    Paulette Wilson remembered by Patrick Vernon

  • John Sessions in 1988.

    John Sessions remembered by William Boyd

  • Director Lynn Shelton, 2009.

    Lynn Shelton remembered by Mark Duplass

  • Jonathan Sacks in 2013.

    Jonathan Sacks remembered by Rowan Williams

  • Sean Connery in Goldfinger, 1964.

    Sean Connery remembered by Jackie Stewart

  • Diana Rigg in 1967.

    Diana Rigg remembered by Mark Gatiss

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2013.

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg remembered by Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen

  • Chadwick Boseman photographed at the Toronto film festival, 2016.

    Chadwick Boseman remembered by Ruth E Carter

  • Andrew Weatherall photographed at his studio in north London, 2016.

    Andrew Weatherall remembered by David Holmes

  • Maradona lifts the World Cup for Argentina after they beat West Germany 3-2 in the final at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, 29 June 1986.

    Diego Maradona remembered by Angus Macqueen

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