The "deleted" process in catalina using up CPU - solution
I wondered why the "deleted" process was running constantly and chewing up CPU on Catalina, but the question/answer sets on this forum didn't provide much help. (Sorry, just saying ...)
Over on stackoverflow, I found a trivial solution:
"[...] this process kept on being open as long as my About this Mac window was open. The deleted process disappears shortly after closing the About this Mac window."
Bingo! Solved the problem. No more sluggish Catalina.
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/254810/what-is-the-deleted-daemon-in-macos