Obituaries

In Memoriam: Remembering Those Pittsburgh Lost In 2020

From former Steeler players and coaches to local broadcast legends, Pittsburgh said farewell to a host of familiar names in 2020.

PITTSBURGH, PA — Pittsburgh bid farewell to a host of prominent people with ties to the city in 2020, with the sports and broadcasting communities being hit particularly hard by the loss of many well-known personalities.

Some were among the more than 300,000 who succumbed to the coronavirus; others died from different causes. But each at one point during their lives was an important thread in the fabric of the Pittsburgh.

Among those who passed away:

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