Deaths

January to April

27 February – Irvino English, footballer (b. 1977).^[1]
16 March – Lynford Anderson, Jamaican-born American music engineer and producer (b. 1941).^[2]
23 March – Apple Gabriel, reggae singer (b. 1955).^[3]
27 March
- Bob Andy, reggae singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1944).^[4]
- Delroy Washington, British-Jamaican reggae singer (b. 1952).^[5]
4 April – Ken Farnum, cyclist (b. 1931).^[6]
6 April – Adlin Mair-Clarke, athlete (1941).^[7]
8 April – Lois Kelly Miller, actress (b. 1917).^[8]
13 April – Gil Bailey, radio broadcaster (b. 1936).^[9]

May to August

5 May – Millie Small, singer (b. 1947).^[10]
21 May – Bobby Digital, reggae and dancehall record producer (b. 1961).^[11]
29 May – Shahine Robinson, politician, MP (b. 1953/1954).^[12]
18 June – Hux Brown, guitarist (b. 1944).^[13]
21 July – Dobby Dobson, reggae singer and record producer (b. 1942).^[14]
23 July – Paulette Wilson, human rights activist (b. 1956).^[15]
18 August – Patsy Robertson, 86, diplomat and journalist.^[16]
20 August – Tony Hart, 87, businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1932).^[17]

September to December

11 September – Toots Hibbert, 77, singer (Toots and the Maytals) and songwriter ("54-46 That's My Number", "Pressure Drop", "Monkey Man"); COVID-19.^[18]
15 September – Johnny Gayle, 96, cricket umpire.^[19]
17 September – Donald Keith Duncan, 80, politician, MP (1976–1983, 2007–2016); COVID-19.^[20]
6 October – Bunny Lee, 79, reggae producer.^[21]
15 December – Albert Griffiths, 74, reggae musician (The Gladiators).^[22]

References

^ "JFF shocked at murder of former national footballer Irvino English". jamaica-star.com. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ Linford Anderson
^ RIP Apple Gabriel - Founding Member of Israel Vibration
^ "Reggae icon Bob Andy has died". Archived from the original on 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
^ RIP Delroy Washington
^ Ken Farnum, Olympian and folk hero, dies at age 89 of COVID-19
^ Adlin V. Clarke
^ Actress Lois Kelly Miller Has Died
^ Legendary Radio Announcer Dies from COVID-19 Complications
^ Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop singer dies aged 72
^ Dancehall Mourns The Death Of Legendary Producer Bobby Digital At 59
^ Shahine Robinson: Jamaican Minister dies aged 66
^ Classic Jamaican Guitarist Lynford “Hux” Brown Dies Suddenly
^ Beloved Jamaican Singer Dobby Dobson Dies At 78
^ Paulette Wilson: Windrush campaigner who faced deportation dies aged 64
^ Patsy Robertson – An appreciation
^ Adrian Frater (August 21, 2020). "Tony Hart dies, praised for transforming MoBay". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
^ Legendary Reggae Singer Toots Hibbert, Frontman of the Maytals, Dies at 77
^ "Respected cricket umpire Johnny Gayle dies at 96". Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
^ "Dr. Donald Keith (DK) Duncan is dead at age 80". Archived from the original on 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
^ Legendary reggae producer Bunny Lee has died aged 79
^ Albert Griffiths, founder member of The Gladiators has died. Rest In Peace!

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v t e 2020 in North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

2020 in the Caribbean

British West Indies
Danish West Indies
Dutch Caribbean
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
French West Indies
West Indies Federation

West
Indies

Antilles

Greater
Antilles

Cayman Islands
Cuba
Jamaica
Navassa Island
Puerto Rico

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser
Antilles

Leeward
Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba^{^*}
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius^{^*}

Saint Martin^{^}	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern
Caribbean

Leeward
Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire^* Curaçao

Windward
Islands

Dominica
Grenada
- Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Barbados^†
Trinidad and Tobago^†

Lucayan
Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean
Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank^~
- Serranilla Bank^~

Caribbean
continental
zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

Central America	Belize Honduras Bay Islands Izabal Limón Corn Islands North Caribbean Coast South Caribbean Coast Panama
South America	Colombian Caribbean Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
may include:

Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba^ǂ Tigri Area^ǂ Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

Incumbents

Events

Deaths

January to April

May to August

September to December

See also

References