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- Betty White. TV's perennial Golden Girl died on Dec. 31, just two weeks before she would have celebrated her 100th birthday. "Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever," her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas told PEOPLE in a statement.
- Sam Jones. The legendary Boston Celtics player, who won 10 NBA championships with the franchise, died on Dec. 30 at the age of 88. Jones died in Florida after he was hospitalized for his failing health, according to Celtics spokesperson Jeff Twiss, ESPN reports.
- John Madden. The legendary football coach and sports broadcaster died "unexpectedly" the morning of Dec. 28, the National Football League announced. His cause of death was not immediately available.
- Wayne Thiebaud. The acclaimed painter, best known for his decorative pieces that brought commonplace objects and landscapes to life, died at 101. The University of California, Davis, where Thiebaud taught for more than 40 years, announced his death in a news release on Dec.
Dec 27, 2021 · Larry McMurtry. The Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter passed away on March 25 of heart failure at age 84. He adapted his own prolific writing into films and TV shows ...
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Dec 2, 2021 · Remembering Hank Aaron, Colin Powell, Stephen Sondheim, Joan Didion, Desmond Tutu, Bob Dole, DMX, Betty White, Larry King, John Madden, Cicely Tyson, Beverly Cleary ...
Jan 14, 2021 · Here are some of the most famous people who have died in 2021. Betty White, a legendary TV star whose career spanned more than eight decades, died Friday, December 31, her longtime agent Jeff ...
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Overwhelming the remembrances of individual losses have been the 450,000 deaths from COVID-19 in 2021, bringing the nation’s total to more than 800,000, fueled by a heated debate over vaccinations. Among those felled by COVID-19 or its complications was one of America’s most decorated generals, Colin Powell, 84, the first Black chairman of the Join...
Influences of the past century can be traced through the lives of so many: South African activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 90, and former South African president F.W. de Klerk, 85, each won Nobel Prizes for helping to end apartheid there; Britain’s Prince Philip, 99, spent 65 years at the side of Queen Elizabeth as her empire faded; former vice pre...
The beloved actress Betty White, 99, died on New Year’s Eve, just 18 days before her 100th birthday. She had recently explained her longevity: “I always find the positive.” White joined three other major members of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" sitcom who died in 2021: Gavin MacLeod, 90 (Murray), Oscar winner Cloris Leachman, 94 (Phyllis), and Ed Asn...
The music world was rocked by the death of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, 80, who always had mixed feelings about his decades of touring: “Girls chasing you down the street, screaming. I hated it.” The Stones dedicated their latest tour to him. “Charlie was the heartbeat for the band,” said Mick Jagger. Also mourned were guitarist and songwr...
Many of the biggest names in athletics died in 2021, including Hank Aaron, 86, who broke Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974; Al Unser Sr., 82, four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500; Lee Elder, 87, the first Black golfer to play the Masters in 1975; manager Tommy Lasorda, 93, who boasted he “bleeds Dodger Blue”; fearsome NFL linebacker Sam Huff,...
Among writers were novelist and “New Journalism” pioneer Joan Didion, 87; bell hooks, 69, who brought a feminist perspective to Black women; Texas novelist LarryMcMurtry, 84; futurist John Naisbitt, 92; crime novelist Eric Jerome Dickey, 59; beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 101; and a surprising number of children’s authors Norton Juster, 91, Gary ...
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Dec 29, 2021 · Cicely Tyson was a pioneering black actress whose seven-decade-long career encompassed film, theatre and television. Refusing to take any role that she felt demeaned black people, even if that ...
Dec 30, 2021 · Cicely Tyson (Dec. 19, 1924-Jan. 28, 2021) Cicely Tyson at a grand opening gala at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, October 2019. Known for her positive and strong portrayals of Black women, Cicely ...
