Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman)
(December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020) 

(AP) – Little Richard, the rock legend best known for the hits "Tutti Frutti"
and "Good Golly Miss Molly," has died.

Pastor Bill Minson, a close friend of Little Richard’s, told The Associated
Press that Little Richard died Saturday morning. The musician’s son,
Danny Jones Penniman, also confirmed his death to Rolling Stone and
said the cause of death was related to bone cancer.

Little Richard was nicknamed "The Innovator, The
Originator, and The Architect of Rock and Roll".

John Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020)

On March 19, 2020, during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic,
Prine’s wife Fiona revealed that she had tested positive for the
COVID-19 virus and had been quarantined in her home apart
from him. He was hospitalized on March 26 after experiencing
symptoms.

Kirk Douglas (Issur Danielovitch Demsky)
(December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020)

Kirk Douglas made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading
box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas,
including westerns and war movies. During his career, he appeared
in more than 90 movies. Douglas was known for his explosive acting
style, which he displayed as a criminal defense attorney in Town
Without Pity (1961).

Fred Silverman (September 13, 1937 – January 30, 2020)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fred Silverman, the only TV executive
who steered programming for each of the Big Three broadcast
networks and who brought "All in the Family," "Roots," "Hawaii
Five-O" and other hit series and miniseries to television during
his more than three-decade career, died Thursday from cancer
at his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los
Angeles .

September 5, 1977

   
John Donald Imus Jr. (July 23, 1940 – December 27, 2019)

Don  Imus was a radio personality, television show host, recording
artist, and author. He was known for his radio show Imus in the
Morning which aired on various stations and digital platforms
nationwide until his retirement in March of  2018.

In March 2009, Imus was diagnosed with stage 2 prostate cancer. He
was hospitalized at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in College
Station, Texas, on December 24, 2019. The exact cause of his death
was not immediately reported.