20 Actors Who Died In 2020

15. Jerry Stiller

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Ben Stiller's father Jerry was nothing short of a comedy giant, though was certainly best known to general audiences for playing George Costanza's (Jason Alexander) father Frank on the hit TV sitcom Seinfeld.

Decades prior, Stiller formed a comedy duo, Stiller and Meara, with his wife Anne Meara - who passed away in 2015 - which proved popular throughout the '60s and '70s.

Post-Seinfeld, Stiller shirked retirement plans by agreeing to play Arthur Spooner on the CBS sitcom The King of Queens, and also appeared periodically in his son's films such as Zoolander, Heavyweights, Hot Pursuit, The Heartbreak Kid, and Zoolander 2.

Stiller died of natural causes on May 11 at the age of 92.

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