FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 18, 2016 file photo, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is interviewed at the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tenn. Dante Antione Rosser, a man accused of threatening the staff of U.S. Rep. John Lewis has pleaded guilty in federal court. Rosser pleaded guilty Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 to a charge of threatening a federal official. Prosecutor Phyllis Clerk said Rosser’s plea agreement calls for a sentence of 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Scores of notable people around the globe passed away in 2020. They came from all corners and all walks of life.
Here are their stories.
Don Larsen, 90: The pitcher played for seven teams, including the Giants and Yankees, but was best known for throwing the only perfect game in World Series history; Jan. 1
Neil Peart, 67: The drummer for the band Rush also was the group’s primary lyricist; Jan. 7
Elizabeth Wurtzel, 52: The author, who wrote several books and essays, was best known for her memoir “Prozac Nation”; Jan. 7
Buck Henry, 89: The writer and actor co-created “Get Smart,” was nominated for an Oscar for his script for “The Graduate,” and hosted “Saturday Night Live” several times; Jan. 8
H.L. “Bill” Richardson, 92: The longtime GOP lawmaker from Southern California was a defender of the Second Amendment; Jan. 13
Rocky Johnson, 75: The famed wrestler was a member of the WWE Hall of Fame and later was known as the father of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson; Jan. 15
Frieda Caplan, 96: The Southern California businesswoman owned a wholesale produce company, introducing dozens of fruits and vegetables to American grocery stores; Jan. 18
Terry Jones, 77; The member of the beloved Monty Python troupe also wrote and directed several films; Jan. 21
Jim Lehrer, 85: The TV journalist was a former anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour” and moderated 12 presidential debates, “more than anyone in U.S. history”; Jan. 23
Basketball legend Kobe Bryant died Jan. 26. He was 41. His daughter Gianna also died that day; she was 13. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Kobe Bryant, 41: The Los Angeles Lakers legend is considered one of the greatest players in NBA history, and he later won an Oscar for his work on a short film; Jan. 26
Bob Shane, 85: The longtime musician was best known as the lead singer for the folk group the Kingston Trio; Jan. 26
Kirk Douglas, 103: The iconic actor, best known for roles in the films “Spartacus” and “Lust for Life,” also wrote several books and was a well-known philanthropist; Feb. 5
Roger Kahn, 92: The sports journalist and author wrote more than 20 books, including the beloved baseball memoir “The Boys of Summer”; Feb. 6
Orson Bean, 91: The actor and comedian appeared in films and on Broadway, but he is best remembered his work on TV, which includes dozens of appearances on game shows and “The Tonight Show”; Feb. 7
Robert Conrad, 84: The longtime TV and film star was best known for his roles in the 1960s series “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Wild, Wild West”; Feb. 8
Dave McCoy, 104: The ski industry pioneer was the founder of Mammoth Mountain; Feb. 8
Nikita Pearl Waligwa, 15: The actress from Uganda was known for her role in the film “Queen of Katwe”; Feb. 15
Tony Fernandez, 57: The longtime MLB shortstop played for seven teams, most notably for the Toronto Blue Jays, and was a five-time All-Star; Feb. 16
Kellye Nakahara Wallett, 72: The actress was best known for her role as Lt. Nurse Kellye Yamato on “M-A-S-H”; Feb. 16
Ja’Net DuBois: The actress and songwriter won fame for her role as Willona Woods on “Good Times,” as well as for writing and singing the theme song to “The Jeffersons”; Feb. 17
Charles Portis, 86: The best-selling author was best known for the Western novel “True Grit”; Feb. 17
Mickey Wright, 85: The legendary golfer won 13 LPGA majors, is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and in 1999 was named the Female Golfer of the Century; Feb. 17
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012 file photo, former model and restaurateur B. Smith arrives at the BET Honors red carpet in the Warner Theatre in Washington. Smith died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, at her Long Island, New York, home, after battling early onset Alzheimer's disease, according to a family statement on social media. She was 70. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FILE--New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen pitches during the fourth inning of his perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1956 Series Oct. 8, 1956. On a day Don Larsen was celebrated at Yankee Stadium, David Cone pitched a perfect game of his own. Cone dazzled the Montreal Expos with a wide assortment of pitches Sunday, throwing the 14th perfect game in modern baseball history to lead the Yankees to a 6-0 victory. (AP Photo)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 18: Musician Neil Peart of Rush perform on stage at the 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Wurtzel, the author whose 1994 memoir "Prozac Nation" ignited conversations about the then-taboo topic of clinical depression, has died. She was 52.
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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 1977, file photo, Buck Henry and Teri Garr appear at the opening of the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in New York. Henry, the versatile writer, director and character actor who co-wrote and appeared in "The Graduate'' has died in Los Angeles. He was 89. Henry's wife, Irene Ramp, told The Washington Post that his death was due to a heart attack. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File)
"Mean" Gene Okerlund interviews Rocky "Soul Man" Johnson. Johnson, a WWE Hall of Fame wrestler who became better known as the father of actor Dwayne ‚"The Rock" Johnson. (WWE, Inc. via AP)
Frieda Caplan of Los Alamitos-based Frieda’s Inc. in 2015 with some of the exotic fruit imported from around the world. Caplan died at age 96 on Jan. 18. STEVEN GEORGES, CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Monty Python alumnus Terry Jones, featured in the 3-D animated film "A Liar's Autobiography -- The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman," poses for a portrait at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival, in Toronto on Sept. 7, 2012.(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Jim Lehrer, of the PBS Newshour, speaks to the audience before moderating the first presidential debate between US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Denver, Colorado on October 3, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages)
Kobe Bryant celebrates after scoring 60 points in his final NBA game at Staples Center in Los Angeles on April 13, 2016. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 1967, file photo, members of the Kingston Trio, from left: Bob Shane, John Stewart and Nick Reynolds are pictured in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Shane, the last surviving original member of the popular folk group the Kingston Trio and the lead singer on its million-selling ballad “Tom Dooley” and many other hits, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Phoenix. He was 85. (AP Photo/File)
American actor, producer and film director Kirk Douglas is shown in the UK on May 26, 1977. (Evening Standard via Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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FILE- In this April 25, 1997, file photo, Author Roger Kahn, author of the bestseller "The Boys of Summer", poses at his home in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at a nursing facility in Mamaroneck, N.Y., according to his son Gordon Kahn. He was 92. (AP Photo/Todd Plitt, File)
In this photo dated Sunday Aug. 30, 2009, actor and comedian Orson Bean arrives at the Daytime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, FILE)
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FILE - In this June 12, 2013, file photo, actor Robert Conrad of TV series "The Wild Wild West" poses for photographers during the 2013 Monte Carlo Television Festival, in Monaco. Conrad, the rugged, contentious actor who starred in the hugely popular 1960s television series "Hawaiian Eye" and "The Wild, Wild West," has died at age 84. A family spokesperson says the actor died Saturday morning, Feb. 8, 2020, in Malibu, Calif., from heart failure. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
Nikita Waligwa in "Queen of Katwe." She died following a brain tumor, according to the Ugandan school where she was a student.
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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 1987, file photo, New York Yankees' Rickey Henderson, bottom, steals second base below Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Tony Fernández during a baseball game in New York. Fernández, a stylish shortstop who made five All-Star teams during his 17 seasons in the major leagues and helped the Blue Jays win the 1993 World Series, died Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, after complications from a kidney disease. He was 57. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett, File)
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UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - APRIL 19: Actor Alan Alda, Actress Kellye Nakahara Wallet and Actor Wayne Rogers onstage at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards held at Gibson Amphitheatre on April 19, 2009 in Unversal City, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - JANUARY 31: Actress Ja'net Dubois attends the Fifth Annual Africian American Film Critics Association Awards at the Taglyan Cultural Complex on January 31, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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FILE - In this 1967 file photo, the gallery follows Mickey Wright's iron shot from the fairway at the Toronto Golf Club. Hall of Fame golfer Wright, who won 82 LPGA tournaments including 13 majors, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, of a heart attack, her attorney said. Wright was 85. (AP Photo, File)
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This 2007 image released by G.P. Putnam's Sons shows author Clive Cussler riding in a classic car. Cussler died on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 at his home in Scottsdale, AZ. He was 88. (Ronnie Bramhall/G.P. Putnam's Sons via AP)
Katherine Johnson was responsible for the mathematical data that made NASA's first trips to space possible. She died this week at 101.
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FILE - In this April 2, 2008 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks attends a meeting at the Presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt state TV said Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. that the country's former President Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 uprising, has died at 91. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
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FILE - This June 14, 2007 file photo shows James Lipton with the Lifetime Achievement Awards from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' 34th Annual Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Lipton died Monday, March 2, 2020, of bladder cancer at his New York home, his wife, Kedakai Lipton, told the New York Times and the Hollywood Reporter. He was 93. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
FILE – In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 file photo, actor Max Von Sydow attends the Lumiere Award ceremony of the 7th Lumiere Festival in Lyon, central France. Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor who played the priest in the horror classic “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 90, it was reported on Monday, March 9, 2020. He was known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. But it was his role as the devil-evicting priest in William Friedkin’s controversial 1973 film “The Exorcist” that brought him to international attention. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden wipes his hands after creating a cast of his hand prints that will be part of a permanent display at Apollo High School in St. Cloud, Minn. Worden, who circled the moon alone in 1971 while his two crewmates tried out the first lunar rover, has died at age 88, his family said Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Jason Wachter/St. Cloud Times via AP)
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FILE - MARCH 20: Singer/songwriter Kenny Rogers died at 81 on March 20, according to multiple sources. NASHVILLE, TN - JUNE 08: Singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers speaks during SiriusXM's 'Town Hall' With Kenny Rogers at SiriusXM's Music City Theatre on June 8, 2017 in Nashville, Tennesse (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango, seen performing during Franck Sorbier's Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2018 fashion collection in Paris, in 2018, has died after contracting the coronavirus. (Christophe Ena/Associated Press archives)
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FILE - In this June 12, 2004 file photo, French illustrator Albert Uderzo poses with characters of his famous comics, Asterix, left, druid Miraculix, behind, and Obelix , right, during the awarding of the so called "Max & Moritz" award by the Erlangen Comic Salon2004 in Erlangen, southern Germany. Albert Underzo, one of the two creators of the beloved comic book character Asterix, who captured the spirit of the Gauls of yore and grew a reputation worldwide, died early Tuesday March 24, 2020. He was 92. (AP Photo/Frank Boxler, File)
NEW YORK - APRIL 11: Actor Mark Blum attends the Roundabout Theater 2005 Spring Gala at Chelsea Piers April 11, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
Floyd Cardoz attends a dinner for Maiyet ar Fred's in Barneys New York. Photo by Fairchild Archive/Penske Media/Shutterstock
Harriet Glickman and Marleik Mar Mar Walker, the actor who voiced Franklin in the Peanuts movie, talk to children at the American University of Health Science in Signal Hill on Saturday, November. 17, 2018. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the character Franklin, the first black character in the Peanuts strip. Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Glickman wrote a letter to Charles M. Schulz on the subject of racially integrating Peanuts. The exchange between them resulted in the introduction of Franklin into the Peanuts strip in 1968. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery arrives for his 96th Birthday Tribute at Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
FILE – In this Friday, Feb. 27, 1998 file photo, John Callahan of “All My Children” kisses his award after winning Outstanding Lead Actor at the Soap Opera Digest Awards in Universal City, Calif. Callahan, known for playing Edmund Grey on “All My Children” and also starring on other soaps including “Days of Our Lives,” “Santa Barbara” and “Falcon Crest,” has died. He was 66. His ex-wife and former co-star Eva LaRue announced his death on her social media account on Saturday, March 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)
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FILE - In this March 28, 2018 file photo, former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn speaks at a news conference in Oklahoma City. Coburn has died. He was 72. A cousin tells The Associated Press that he died early Saturday, March 28, 2020. Coburn had been diagnosed with prostate cancer years earlier. The Oklahoma Republican railed against federal earmarking and earned a reputation as a political maverick. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
FILE – This Aug. 22, 2018 file photo shows Joe Diffie performing at the 12th annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn. A publicist for Diffie says the country singer has tested positive for COVID-19. Diffie is under the care of medical professionals and is receiving treatment. (Photo by Al Wagner/Invision/AP, File)
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Singer Bill Withers died March 30. He was 81.
Peter Beard was a famed photographer. He died March 31 at the age of 82.
Andrew Jack, a British actor and dialect coach who had roles in a number of "Star Wars" movies, has died aged 76 after contracting Covid-19, his agent has said.
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FILE - This April 28, 2019, file photo, shows Ellis Marsalis during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced Wednesday, April 1, 2020, that Marsalis has died. He was 85. (AP Photo/Sophia Germer, File)
Tom Dempsey shrugged off critics who said his flat shoe gave him an unfair advantage.
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Honor Blackman stars as Pussy Galore in the James Bond movie "Goldfinger."
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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2016, file photo, Al Kaline, Hall of Fame player and Detroit Tigers special assistant to the general manager, looks on before a baseball game in Detroit. Kaline, who played his entire 22-season major league career with the Tigers, has died. He became the youngest player to win the American League batting title in 1955 and was a 15-time All-Star. Known as "Mr. Tiger," Kaline also won 10 Gold Gloves and after his playing career ended was a Tigers broadcaster for a quarter-century. Kaline was 85. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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FILE - This is a 1959 file photo showing Baltimore Orioles minor league pitcher Steve Dalkowski posed in Miami, Fla. Dalkowski, a hard-throwing, wild left-hander who inspired the creation of the character Nuke LaLoosh in the movie "Bull Durham" but never pitched in a big league game, died April 19, 2020, at the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. He was 80. His sister, Patricia Cain, said Friday, April 24, 2020, he had several pre-existing conditions that were complicated when he became infected with the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/File)
Irrfan Khan, 2017. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for DIFF)
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Football coach Don Shula died May 4. He was 90.
FILE - MAY 9, 2020: It was reported that Little Richard, a founding father of rock and roll, died of unknown causes at age 87 MEMPHIS, TN - DECEMBER 31: Musician Little Richard performs during the halftime show of the game between the Louisville Cardinals and the Boise State Broncos in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on December 31, 2004 at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. Louisville defeated Boise State 44-40. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Actor and comedian Jerry Stiller has died due to natural causes, his son, actor Ben Stiller said in a tweet. He was 92.
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Gregory Tyree Boyce attends an LA Fashion Week event in 2012, Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/WireImage)
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TLC 'Trading Spaces' TV show panel, TCA Winter Press Tour, Los Angeles, USA - 12 Jan 2018
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SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 08: Lynn Shelton attends the IFC Films Spirit Awards Party on February 08, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Joshua Blanchard/Getty Images for IFC Films)
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Fred Willard played a hilariously inept color commentator for a dog show in "Best in Show," one of several films he made with director Christopher Guest.
FILE - This Dec. 1, 2013 file photo shows Ken Osmond at the 82nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade in Los Angeles. Osmond, who played the two-faced teenage scoundrel Eddie Haskell on TV’s “Leave it to Beaver,” has died. Osmond's family says he died Monday, May 18, 2020, in Los Angeles. He was 76. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
FILE – In this Dec. 8, 1983 file photo, Annie Glenn speaks during an interview in Newport, N.H. Glenn, the widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn and a communication disorders advocate, died Tuesday, May 19, 2020, of COVID-19 complications at a nursing home near St. Paul, Minn., at age 100. (AP Photo/File)
San Francisco head coach Eddie Sutton talks to his players during a time out against Weber State during the first half of their college basketball game Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, in Ogden, Utah. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
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FILE - MAY 27: AIDS Activist Larry Kramer has died of pneumonia at 84. Kramer wrote "The Destiny of Me" and "The Normal Heart" and was a vocal activist in the early days of the AIDS epidemic. NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Larry Kramer attends Tribeca Celebrates Pride Day at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studio on May 4, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)
FILE – This Jan. 23, 2013 file photo shows artist Christo posing in front of his proposed “Over the River” project at the Metropolitan State University Center for Visual Art in Denver. Christo, known for massive, ephemeral public arts projects, has died. His death was announced Sunday, May 31, 2020, on Twitter and the artist’s web page. He was 84. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)
FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 22, 1995, file photo, former FBI Director William Sessions testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the 1992 raid on the cabin of white separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Sessions, a former federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan to head the FBI and fired 5 years later by President Bill Clinton, died Friday, June 12, 2020, at his San Antonio home. He was 90. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)
Luce Douady of France competes during the finals of the European Youth Cup on July 8, 2018 in Munich, Germany. She won her age group at the event. (Photo by Marco Kost/Getty Images)
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FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, An unidentified girl, left, holds a rose during a wreath laying ceremony with former Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith, center, and Patrick Hallinan, executive director of Army National Military Cemeteries, at the grave of John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. Jean Kennedy Smith, the youngest sister and last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy, died at 92, her daughter confirmed to The New York Times, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Ian Holm, 'Lord of the Rings' star, dead at 88.
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In this 2014 file photo, paraplegic Angela Madsen prepares to take off on a 2,560-mile trip to Hawaii in a rowboat. Madsen, a three-time Paralympian and U.S. Marine veteran who set out in April to become the first openly gay athlete and oldest woman to row across the Pacific Ocean, has died. She was reportedly found tethered to her boat. (Photo by Bill Alkofer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 12: Former "TODAY" Show correspondent Hugh Downs attends the "TODAY" Show 60th anniversary celebration at The Edison Ballroom on January 12, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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FILE – In this May 26, 1963 file photo, Carl Reiner shows holds two Emmy statuettes presented to him as best comedy writer for the “Dick Van Dyke Show,” during the annual Emmy Awards presentation in Los Angeles. Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has died, according to reports. Variety reported he died of natural causes on Monday night, June 29, 2020, at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 98. (AP Photo, File)
FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2016 file photo, Charlie Daniels appears at the Charlie Daniels 80th Birthday Volunteer Jam in Nashville, Tenn. Daniels who had a hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia” has died at age 83. A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday due to a hemorrhagic stroke. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, March 6, 2018, Italian composer Ennio Morricone directs an ensemble during a concert of his "60 Year Of Music World Tour", in Milan, Italy. Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” died Monday, July 6, 2020 in a Rome hospital at the age of 91. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, file)
In this Feb. 6, 1998, file photo, Mary Kay Letourneau listens to testimony during a court hearing in Seattle. Letourneau, who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted for raping him, has died. She was 58. Her lawyer David Gehrke told news outlets Letourneau died Tuesday, July 7, 2020, of cancer. The former suburban Seattle teacher was arrested in 1997 after she became pregnant with Vili Fualaau’s child. She later pleaded guilty to second-degree child rape. (Alan Berner/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool, File)
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FILE - Naya Rivera, a cast member in the television series "Glee," poses at a screening and Q&A for the show, at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles on May 1, 2012. Authorities say a body has been found at a Southern California lake during the search for “Glee” star Naya Rivera. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office says in a tweet that the body was found Monday morning, July 13, 2020, in the search of Lake Piru for Rivera, five days after her 4-year-old son was found alone in a boat the two had rented. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, arrive to the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. (ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Zindzi Mandela, pictured at an award ceremony in 2013.
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FILE – In this file photo dated Saturday, April 7, 2001, British rock and blues guitarist Peter Green, a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, backstage before performing with his own band, Peter Green’s Splinter Group, at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, in New York. Lawyers representing the family of Peter Green, say in a statement Saturday July 25, 2020, that he has died, aged 73. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FILE)
FILE – In this Nov. 18, 2011 file photo, Regis Philbin appears on his farewell episode of “Live! with Regis and Kelly”, in New York. Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” has died on Friday, July 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
FILE - In this July 13, 1987, file photo, American League All-Star manager John McNamara, left, of the Boston Red Sox, chats with National League counterpart Davey Johnson, of the New York Mets, between workouts in preparation for the upcoming All-Star Game in in Oakland, Calif. McNamara, who managed several Major League Baseball teams during his career, died Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Tennessee. He was 88. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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FILE - In this June 20, 2014, file photo, Herman Cain, CEO, The New Voice, speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington. Cain is being treated for the coronavirus at an Atlanta-area hospital. That's according to a statement posted on his Twitter account Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)
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FILE: Writer-director and two-time Oscar nominee, Alan Parker, known for films including Midnight Express, and Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, and Bugsy Malone, had died July 31, 2020 following a long illness. He was 76. LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Sir Alan Parker, winner of the Fellowship award, poses in the press room at the EE British Academy Film Awards at The Royal Opera House on February 10, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/Getty Images)
FILE – In this Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 file photo, Actor Wilford Brimley attends the premiere of ‘Did You Hear About The Morgans’ at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York. Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from stunt performer to star of film such as “Cocoon” and “The Natural,” has died. He was 85. Brimley’s manager Lynda Bensky said the actor died Saturday morning, Aug. 1, 2020 in a Utah hospital. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
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FILE - In this March 5, 2014 file photo former US President Bill Clinton, right, with former Social Democratic Labour Party leader John Hume and Hume's wife Pat walk across the Peace Bridge, in Londonderry Northern Ireland. The family of politician John Hume, who won Nobel Peace Prize for work to end violence in Northern Ireland, says he has died. He was 83. The Catholic leader of the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party , Hume was regarded by many as the principal architect behind the peace agreement. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
New York Post editor Pete Hamill, left, fired briefly over the weekend, returns to the beleaguered tabloid’s newsroom to “get out the paper,” March 16, 1993. With him, in front of a copy of a front page of Monday’s edition which was never published, is ousted Peter Faris, right, former senior vice president of the paper which is struggling for survival under owner Abe Hirschfeld, who was attacked by his own staff in 16 pages of bitter articles in Tuesday’s edition.
FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. A longtime adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush has died. Brent Scowcroft was 95. A spokesperson for the late President Bush says Scowcroft died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Falls Church, Virginia. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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FILE - In this April 20, 2013, file photo, media mogul Sumner Redstone arrives at the 2013 MOCA Gala celebrating the opening of the Urs Fischer exhibition at MOCA, in Los Angeles. Redstone, the strong-willed media mogul whose public disputes with family members and subordinates made him a feared operator in Hollywood, died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 3, 1999 file photo, Robert Trump, left, joins then real estate developer and presidential hopeful Donald Trump at an event in New York. President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, has been hospitalized in New York, according to the White House. The president is expected to visit his 72-year-old brother at a hospital in Manhattan on Friday. (AP Photo/Diane Bonadreff, File)
Justin Townes Earle performs onstage during the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival at Golden Gate Park on October 7, 2017 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
Gospel singer DJ Rogers, who performed at the BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2012, died Aug. 22 at age 72 . (Rick Diamond/Getty Images archives)
Sharon Cotrell demonstrating at the Port of Long Beach in support of the Palestinians on Aug. 23, 2014. (Photo by Wayne Marchyshyn)
Arizona head coach Lute Olson reacts to a call during the second half of the Wildcats game against UCLA on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004 in Los Angeles. Arizona won 97-72. (AP Photo/Chris Urso)
FILE – In this Saturday, March 30, 2019 file photo, Chadwick Boseman poses in the press room with the award for outstanding actor in a motion picture for “Black Panther” at the 50th annual NAACP Image Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, has died of cancer. His representative says Boseman died Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
ORG XMIT: CABAK101 Golden State Warriors forward Cliff Robinson, left, has the ball stripped by Los Angeles Lakers' Caron Butler in the first quarter during a preseason game Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004, in Bakersfield, Calif. (AP Photo/The Bakersfield Californian, Alex Horvath) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **
FILE: MLB first-ballot Hall of Famer Lou Brock has died at the age of 81. A six-time all-star, he played on 2 world champion teams and had 3,023 career hits. Brock retired with an MLB-record 938 career stolen bases. ST. LOUIS, MO - APRIL 11: St. Louis Cardinals hall of famer Lou Brock throws out a first pitch before the Cardinals home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium on April 11, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images)
Tom Seaver #41 of the Chicago White Sox pitches during a game in April 1984 against the Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
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In this July 4, 2014 photo, Forrest Fenn poses at his Santa Fe, N.M., home. (Luis Sanchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP)
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FILE - Robert "Kool" Bell, from left, Ronald "Khalis" Bell, Dennis "DT" Thomas and George Brown attend a ceremony honoring Kool & The Gang with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. Ronald "Khalis" Bell, a co-founder and singer in the group, has died. He was 68. Publicist Sujata Murthy says Bell died at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands with his wife by his side. The cause of death has not been released. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, file)
Patrick Macnee and Diana Riggs starred in the original "The Avengers."
FILE - SEPTEMBER 09: Musician Toots Hibbert has died at age 77. INDIO, CA - APRIL 16: Frederick "Toots" Hibbert of Toots and the Maytals performs on the Coachella Stage during Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 16, 2017 in Indio, California. (Photo by Katie Stratton/Getty Images for Coachella)
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FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo, Bill Gates Sr. talks to reporters in Seattle. Gates, a lawyer and philanthropist and father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, died Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, at age 94. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren,File)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at an annual Women's History Month reception hosted by Pelosi in the U.S. capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. This year's event honored the women Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. (Photo by Allison Shelley/Getty Images)
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Rev. Robert S. Graetz Jr., Pastor of a African American congregation, talking with friends. (Photo by Don Cravens/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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FILE – In this Jan. 31, 2015, file photo, Australian-born singer Helen Reddy attends the 2015 G’DAY USA GALA at the Hollywood Palladium, in Los Angeles. Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her feminist anthem “I Am Woman” and recorded a string of other hits, has died at age 78. Reddy’s children Traci and Jordan announced that the actress-singer died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rob Latour/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this March 31, 2019 file photo, Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, attends the opening of the 30th Arab Summit, in Tunis, Tunisia. Kuwait state television said Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, the country's 91-year-old ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, had died. (Fethi Belaid/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1968, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals ace pitcher Bob Gibson throws to Detroit Tigers' Norm Cash during the ninth inning of Game 1 of the baseball World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Gibson, the dominating pitcher who won a record seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 season with a 1.12 ERA, died Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. He was 84. (AP Photo, File)
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Margaret Nolan, British actress and glamour model, wearing a tiger print halterneck top, with her arms crossed, circa 1965. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
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American singer-songwriter Johnny Nash during his first visit to London for various public appearances, 3rd September 1968. (Photo by Ron Case/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
FILE – In this June 22, 2004, file photo, Eddie Van Halen plays the final chord of “Jump” during the Van Halen concert at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N,.J. Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock’s biggest groups, died Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Van Halen, who had battled cancer, was 65. (John Munson/NJ Advance Media via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 12, 1960 file photo, New York Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford throws during the 6th game of the World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh. A family member tells The Associated Press on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020 that Ford died at his Long Island home Thursday night. (AP Photo, File )
FILE – Conchata Ferrell arrives at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 16, 2007, in Los Angeles. Ferrell, who became known for her role as Berta the housekeeper on TV’s “Two and a Half Men,” has died. Ferrell was 77. A publicist says the actor died in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles following cardiac arrest, with her family at her side. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
ARLINGTON, VA - OCTOBER 09: Roberta McCain, mother of Republican Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), greets supporters and members of the media following a rally as part of the "Victory 2008" bus tour October 9, 2008 in Arlington, Virginia. The Republican National Committee sponsored the rally with Former Gov. Tom Ridge. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Singer-musician Tony Lewis of the rock band The Outfield, seen at left on the 2019 compilation album "Super Hits," died Tuesday, Oct. 20. (Columbia/Legacy)
FILE - This Oct. 30, 2005 file photo shows Country singer Jerry Jeff Walker at a campaign fundraiser at Willie Nelson's ranch outside Austin, Texas. The Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song “Mr. Bojangles," has died at age 78. Family spokesman John T. Davis says Walker died Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 of cancer after battling throat cancer and other health issues for several years. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, file photo, Robert Murray, chief executive of Murray Energy Corp., speaks during an interview with an Associated Press reporter in his office at the Crandall Canyon Mine, in Huntington, Utah. Murray died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement as board chairman of a major U.S. coal operator. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Travis Roy is honored by the Boston Bruins before a hockey game in Boston, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015. (Boston Herald Photo by Chitose Suzuki)
LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 15: Bishop Rance Allen, center, a member of The Rance Allen Group, performs onstage during BET Celebration of Gospel 2014 at Orpheum Theatre on March 15, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Allen, an acclaimed singer and highly influential figure in the modern gospel music genre, died on Oct. 31. He was 71. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for BET)
HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 08: Actor Sean Connery waves to the audience during the 34th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Sir Sean Connery held at the Kodak Theatre on June 8, 2006 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI)
Nikki McKibbin performs at FOX-TV's "American Idol" in Los Angeles, Ca. Tuesday, August 27, 2002. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images/FOX.
This image released by Jeopardy! shows Alex Trebek, host of the game show “Jeopardy!” Trebek’s memoir, “The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life,” will be released on Tuesday, July 21. (Jeopardy! via AP)
FILE - In this April 10, 1958, file photo, Tommy Heinsohn, (15) of the Boston Celtics drives against Bob Pettit, left, of the St. Louis Hawks in their National Basketball Association playoff game at Boston Garden in Boston. At right is Jack McMahon (21) of the Hawks. Tommy Heinsohn, who as a Boston Celtics player, coach and broadcaster was with the team for all 17 of its NBA championships, has died. He was 86.
FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2011 file photo, former Green Bay Packer Paul Hornung waves to the crowd during an NFL football game in Green Bay, Wis. Hornung, the dazzling “Golden Boy” of the Green Bay Packers whose singular ability to generate points as a runner, receiver, quarterback, and kicker helped turn them into an NFL dynasty, has died, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. He was 84. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer, File)
John Shimooka (right) poses for a photo with Kelly Slater. Credit: CNN.
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This 2019 photo provided by The ALS Association shows Pat Quinn. Quinn, a co-founder of the viral ice bucket challenge, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, at the age of 37. (Scott Kauffman/The ALS Association via AP)
Former Mayor David Dinkins talks to reporters during a news conference Tuesday, April 7, 1998, in New York. Dinkins, New York City’s first African-American mayor, died Monday. He was 93. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Legend Diego Maradona Dies Aged 60 - ARGENTINA - JANUARY 01: Argentina player Diego Maradona in action circa 1985. (Photo by Steve Powell/Allsport/Getty Images)
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Dave Prowse, a former bodybuilder turned actor, best known for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and the Green Cross Code Man in the UK, has died aged 85. Prowse attends the "I Am Your Father'" photocall at the Verdi cinema on November 18, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
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Eddie Benton, a holy man of the Chippewa Indian Tribe, shows a prayer he wrote to Linda Jeffers, of Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., a member of the Wampanoag Tribe in Cambridge, Mass., in 1971. Eddie Benton-Banai, one of the founders of the American Indian Movement that was formed partly in response to alleged police brutality against Indigenous people, has died. He was 89. (AP Photo/J. Walter Green, File)
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FILE - In this May 27, 2005 file photo, former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, with an EU Flag at right, attends the debate of the new European constitution at the German Upper House Bundesrat in Berlin. Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the president of France from 1974 to 1981 who became a champion of European integration, has died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 at the age of 94, his office and the French presidency said. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 1960, file photo, Rafer Johnson of the United States, center, finishers the fourth heat of the decathlon 100 meter dash at the Olympics in Rome, Italy. Eef Kamerbeek of Netherlands is at left, and Gurbachan Singh Randhawa of India is at right. Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. He was 86. He died at his home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, according to family friend Michael Roth. (AP Photo/Olympic Pool, File)
The truth about Lorin Jones is that the late artist refuses to fit the feminist pigeonhole into which Polly Alter tries to wedge her. The truth about author Alison Lurie, pictured in New York, Sept. 1988, is that she resists pigeonholing just as formidably. Lurie wrote the novel "The Truth About Lorin Jones." (AP Photo/David Karp)
FILE - This is a 1973 file photo showing Chicago White Sox baseball player Dick Allen. Dick Allen, a fearsome hitter who was a seven-time All-Star, the 1964 NL Rookie of the Year and the 1972 AL MVP, has died. He was 78. The Philadelphia Phillies, the team Allen started out with, announced his death on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020.(AP Photo/File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 4, 1985, file photo, Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier in 1947, poses at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in front of the rocket-powered Bell X-IE plane that he flew. Yeager died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at age 97. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
FILE – This Sept. 13, 2011, file photo shows British author John Le Carre at the UK film premiere of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” in London. John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89, Le Carre’s literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that he died in Cornwall, southwest England on Saturday. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
FILE: Country Music Hall of Famer Charley Pride has died at age 86 of COVID-19 complications. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 11: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Charley Pride performs onstage during the The 54th Annual CMA Awards at Nashville’s Music City Center on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for CMA)
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FILE - Ann Reinking, left, and Bebe Neuwirth share a laugh on stage while accepting the award for best revival of a musical during the 51st Annual Tony Awards on June 1, 1997, in New York. Reinking, a choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond, has died. She was 71. (AP Photo/Adam Nadel, File)
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Jeremy Bulloch speaks in front of the costume he wore while playing Boba Fett in "Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back" and "Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi" at the Star Wars Identities exhibition in London on July 26, 2017. Bulloch, the English actor who played Boba Fett in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, has died. His agents said in a statement that he died in a London hospital Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, after years of suffering from Parkinson's disease. He was 75. (AP Photo)
NEW YORK - JANUARY 12: Musician Jeff Clayton of the Clayton Brothers Quintet performs live onstage during the 17th Annual NEA Jazz Masters awards and concert on January 12, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
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FILE - In this June 6, 2000 file photo, Roger Berlind, producer of "Kiss Me, Kate," accept the Tony award for Best Revival of a Musical at the 54th annual Tony Awards ceremonies at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Berlind, a producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals and the winner of 25 Tony Awards, has died. He was 90. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)
FILE – In this May 7, 2008, file photo, Leslie West, of Mountain, performs at the seventh annual Jammy awards at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. West, an iconic guitarist-vocalist who was behind several 70s rock anthems including “Mississippi Queen” with the popular band Mountain, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in Palm Coast, Fla. He was 75. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
FILE - In this March 13, 2017, file photo, former MLB pitcher and Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro waves to fans after he was introduced before a spring training baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates in Kissimmee, Fla. Niekro, who pitched well into his 40s with a knuckleball that baffled big league hitters for more than two decades, mostly with the Braves, has died after a long fight with cancer, the team announced Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. He was 81. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, French fashion designer Pierre Cardin acknowledges applause after a show to mark 70 years of his creations, in Paris. France's Academy of Fine Arts says famed fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at 98. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
Barbara “B.” Smith, 70: The former model moved from fashion to lifestyle guru — opening restaurants, creating a home products line and launching a TV show and magazine; Feb. 22
Clive Cussler, 88: The best-selling author of several books — both fiction and nonfiction — on underwater shipwrecks was also a sea explorer; Feb. 24
Katherine Johnson, 101: The pioneering mathematician, who was an inspiration for the movie “Hidden Figures,” played a key role for NASA and space travel; Feb. 24
Hosni Mubarak, 91: The longtime autocratic leader of Egypt was ousted from office in 2011 amid the Arab Spring uprising; Feb. 25
Joe Coulombe, 89: The founder of the Trader Joe’s grocery chain also was known for his work as a food and wine commentator and as a Southern California philanthropist; Feb. 28
James Lipton, 93: The former actor and writer was best known for interviewing high-profile stars on the TV show “Inside the Actors Studio”; March 2
Max Von Sydow, 90: The Oscar-nominated actor appeared in such films as “The Exorcist” as well as on television in “Game of Thrones”; March 8
Lyle Waggoner, 84: The TV star was best known for roles on “The Carol Burnett Show” and “Wonder Woman”; March 17
Al Worden, 88: The longtime astronaut did the first deep-space spacewalk — nearly 200,000 miles from Earth, then served aboard the Apollo 15 moon mission; March 18
Singer-songwriter Kenny Rogers died March 20. He was 81 (Associated Press Archives)
Kenny Rogers, 81: The Grammy-winning musician and actor was known for such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady,” “Islands in the Stream” and “The Gambler”; March 24
Manu Dibango, 86: The famed saxophonist from Cameroon was best-known for his 1972 hit “Soul Makossa,” whose hook Michael Jackson used in “Wanna Be Startin Somethin”; March 24
Albert Uderzo, 92: The artist was the co-creator and illustrator of the “Asterix” comic book series; March 24
Mark Blum, 69: The stage and screen actor was best known for roles in “Desperately Seeking Susan” and “Crocodile Dundee”; March 25
Floyd Cardoz, 59: The celebrity chef, who was a “Top Chef Masters” winner, wrote several cookbooks, had a string of restaurants and served as consulting chef at the Palo Alto restaurant Junnoon, which was open from 2006 to 2011; March 25
Harriet Glickman, 93: The schoolteacher from Southern California convinced “Peanuts” cartoonist Charles Schulz to introduce a black character into the popular strip in the 1960s; March 27
Joseph Lowery, 98: The longtime civil rights activist was an aide to Martin Luther King Jr., led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference for two decades and delivered a benediction at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration; March 27
John Callahan, 66: The actor had roles on several soap operas, including “All My Children,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Santa Barbara”; March 28
Tom Coburn, 72: The Republican congressman from Oklahoma was well-known for his refusal to vote for any spending bills, garnering him the nickname “Dr. No”; March 28
Joe Diffie, 61: The country singer had a string of hits in the 1990s, including “Home” and “Pickup Man”; March 29
Singer Bill Withers died March 30. He was 81. (Reed Saxon/Associated Press Archives)
Bill Withers, 81: The Grammy-winning singer was best known for such hits as “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine”; March 30
Peter Beard, 82: The famed photographer was best known for his scenes of African wildlife; March 31
Andrew Jack, 76: The British actor and dialect coach had roles in a string of “Star Wars” movies; March 31
Wallace Roney, 59: The Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter played with scores of other musicians, but was best known for his association with Miles Davis; March 31
Ellis Marsalis Jr., 85: The noted jazz pianist and teacher was the patriarch of the famed Marsalis family of musicians; April 1
Tom Dempsey, 73: The NFL kicker, who was missing toes on his right foot, set a field goal record that stood for more than four decades; April 4
Honor Blackman, 94: The British actress, who amassed more than 100 screen credits, was best known for her roles in the James Bond film “Goldfinger” and in the TV show “The Avengers”; April 6
Al Kaline, 85: The Baseball Hall of Famer, who played for the Detroit Tigers for 22 seasons, was one of only a small number of baseball players who never logged any time in the minor leagues; April 6
Linda Tripp, 70: The former civil servant gained notoriety when she taped Monica Lewinsky, then the mistress of President Bill Clinton, spurring Clinton’s impeachment; April 8
Mort Drucker, 91: The longtime Mad Magazine illustrator satirized politicians, entertainers and other cultural icons for decades; April 9
Brian Dennehy, 81: The actor won Tony awards for his roles in “Death of a Salesman” and “Long Day’s Journey into Night,” and had scores of film and television roles; April 15
Steve Dalkowski, 80; The hard-throwing minor league pitcher was the inspiration for Nuke LaLoosh in the movie “Bull Durham”; April 19
Florian Schneider, 73: The musician was a co-founder of the pioneering German electronic-music group Kraftwerk.
Irrfan Khan, 53: The Bollywood star gained worldwide fame for roles in “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Life of Pi” and “The Amazing Spider-Man”; April 29
Football coach Don Shula died May 4. He was 90. (Jeffrey M. Boan/Associated Press Archives)
Don Shula, 90: The NFL’s winningest head coach in history is the only coach to lead a team to an undefeated season — his Miami Dolphins went 17-0 in 1972; May 4
Little Richard, 87: The pioneering rock ‘n’ roll musician also helped introduce R&B music to White audiences; May 9
Jerry Stiller, 92: The comedy legend was part of a duo with wife Anne Meara, then later shot to new popularity for roles on “Seinfeld” and “King of Queens”; May 11
Gregory Tyree Boyce, 30: The actor was best known for his role in the movie “Twilight”; May 13
Frank Bielec, 72; The interior designer gained fame on the TV show “Trading Spaces”; May 15
Lynn Shelton, 54: The director was known for such films as “Humpday” and “Your Sister’s Sister” and the TV series “Little Fires Everywhere”; May 15
Actor Fred Willard died May 15. He was 86. (John Salangsang/Invision via AP)
Fred Willard, 86; The comedic actor was best known for his scene-stealing roles in movies such as “Best in Show” and TV shows like “Modern Family”; May 15
Ken Osmond, 76: The actor was best known for playing Eddie Haskell on “Leave It to Beaver”; May 18
Annie Glenn, 100: The advocate for those with speech and communication disorders also was known for her marriage to astronaut John Glenn; May 19
Eddie Sutton, 74; The legendary college basketball coach was the first to take four different schools to the NCAA tournament; May 23
Jimmy Cobb, 91: The acclaimed percussionist was the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album; May 24
Larry Kramer, 84: The famed playwright and screenwriter helped raise theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and later founded AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power; May 27
Christo, 84: The artist and his late wife, Jeanne-Claude, gained international fame for their huge public art projects; May 31
William Sessions, 90; The former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was its first leader ever fired from the post; June 12
Luce Douady, 16: The French climber was considered a rising star in international competition climbing and was a world champion for her age group; June 14
Jean Kennedy Smith, 92: The last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy was a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland who had a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process; June 17
Ian Holm, 88: The Oscar-nominated British actor starred in dozens of films, including the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, “Alien” and “Chariots of Fire”; June 19
Steve Bing, 55: The screenwriter and movie producer also was a philanthropist and donor to several prominent Democrats; June 22
Angela Madsen, 60: The three-time Paralympian was attempting become the first paraplegic, first openly gay athlete and oldest woman to row across the Pacific Ocean; June 22
Actor-director Carl Reiner died June 30. He was 98. (Vincent Sandoval/Getty Images Archives)
Carl Reiner, 98: The actor, writer and director was the creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and the straight man to Mel Brooks on “The 2,000-Year-Old Man”; June 30
Hugh Downs, 99: The longtime TV personality was a sidekick to Jack Paar on “The Tonight Show,” then later hosted hosted several news programs, including “Today” and “20/20”; July 1
Charlie Daniels, 83: The singer and fiddler, who had a huge hit with “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” was enshrined in the Country Music Hall of Fame; July 6
Ennio Morricone, 91: The award-winning Italian composer wrote 400 original scores for feature films, including “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” “The Untouchables” and “The Hateful Eight”; July 6
Mary Kay Letourneau, 58; The former schoolteacher married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted of raping him; July 7
Naya Rivera, 33: The actress and singer was best known for her role on the TV show “Glee”; July 8
Kelly Preston, 57: The TV and movie actress, who had roles in such films as “Twins” and “Jerry Maguire,” also was known for her marriage to actor John Travolta; July 12
Zindzi Mandela, 59: The youngest daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist like her parents, then later served as South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark; July 13
Peter Green, 73: The British blues guitarist and songwriter was a co-founder of the band Fleetwood Mac; July 25
Regis Philbin, 88; The TV personality was best known for his longtime morning show and his hosting of the original “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”: July 24
John McNamara, 88: The longtime MLB manager began his career with Oakland A’s and managed six teams in his career — including the infamous 1986 Boston Red Sox; July 28
Businessman and GOP politician Herman Cain died July 30. He was 74. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Herman Cain, 74; The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO sought the GOP nomination for president in 2012, then later became a staunch Trump ally; July 30
Alan Parker, 76: The award-winning TV and film director helmed such movies as “Midnight Express,” “Fame” and “Evita”; July 31
Wilford Brimley, 85: The movie stunt rider-turned-actor was best known for roles in the films “Cocoon,” “The Natural” and “The Firm”; Aug. 1
John Hume, 83: The politician from Northern Ireland won a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in building the 1998 peace agreement with Ireland; Aug. 3
Pete Hamill, 85: The legendary New York newspaper columnist also wrote several fiction and nonfiction books; Aug. 5
Brent Scowcroft, 95: The foreign policy expert served as national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush; Aug. 7
Trini Lopez, 83: The pop singer and guitarist also acted in several movies and TV shows; Aug. 11
Sumner Redstone, 97: The media mogul created an empire that included Viacom and CBS; Aug. 11
Robert Trump, 71: The businessman was the younger brother of President Donald Trump; Aug. 15
Justin Townes Earle, 38; The singer-songwriter, who was the son of musician Steve Earle, was a noted Americana musician; Aug. 20
D.J. Rogers, 72: The soul singer-songwriter was best known for his 1978 album “Love Brought Me Back”; Aug. 22
Sharon Cotrell, 77: The Long Beach resident was the first female dock worker on the West Coast, and later became involved in many social justice movements; Aug. 23
Lute Olson, 85: The Hall of Fame basketball coach turned the University of Arizona into an NCAA powerhouse; Aug. 27
Actor Chadwick Boseman died Aug. 28. He was 43. (Marvel Studios-Disney)
Chadwick Boseman, 43: The star of “Black Panther” also portrayed several Black icons, including Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Thurgood Marshall; Aug. 28
Cliff Robinson, 53: The famed NBA sixth man played for 18 seasons, including two with Golden State; Aug. 29
Tom Seaver, 75: The Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher gained fame for leading the 1969 New York Mets, who won the World Series, and later became a vintner in Napa County; Aug. 31
Lou Brock, 81: The Baseball Hall of Famer, who helped anchor the powerful St. Louis Cardinals teams of the 1960s, was a legendary base-stealer; Sept. 6
Forrest Fenn, 90: The art and antiquities collector published cryptic clues in his autobiography and set off a treasure hunting phenomenon; Sept. 7
Ronald “Khalis” Bell, 68: The singer was a co-founder of the band Kool & the Gang and composed some of the group’s biggest songs, including “Celebration”; Sept. 9
Diana Rigg, 82: The award-winning stage and screen actor won fame for her roles in TV’s “The Avengers” and “Game of Thrones”; Sept. 10
Toots Hibbert, 77: The Jamaican musician was considered one of the founders of reggae and helped make it an international movement; Sept. 11
Bill Gates Sr., 94: The longtime Seattle lawyer was father to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and later took prominent roles with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Sept. 14
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Sept. 18. She was 87. (Jeff Chiu/Associated Press)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87: The longtime Supreme Court justice, who was an architect of the women’s rights movement, was only the second woman to serve in the role; Sept. 18
Robert Graetz, 92: The White minister was famously known for his support of the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama in the 1950s; Sept. 20
Michael Lonsdale, 89; The French actor appeared in more than 200 films, but was best known for roles in “Moonraker” and “The Day of the Jackal”; Sept. 21
Mac Davis, 78: The country singer known for the hit album “Baby, Don’t Get Hooked On Me” also was a legendary songwriter who penned songs for Elvis Presley, among others; Sept. 29
Helen Reddy, 78: The Australian singer had a string of hits in the 1970s but was best known for her feminist anthem “I Am Woman”; Sept. 29
Sheikh Sabah, 91: The former ruler of Kuwait pushed for the country to develop better diplomatic ties with Iraq after the 1990 Persian Gulf War; Sept. 29
Bob Gibson, 84: The longtime St. Louis Cardinals pitcher and Baseball Hall of Famer was considered one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball history; Oct. 2
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, 70; The actor, best known for his roles in several Spike Lee films, also was nominated for a Tony for his role in the Broadway revival of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; Oct. 3
Margaret Nolan, 76: The actress and model was featured covered in gold paint in the title sequence for the James Bond movie “Goldfinger”; Oct. 5
Johnny Nash, 80: The reggae and pop singer-songwriter was best known for his No. 1 hit, “I Can See Clearly Now”; Oct. 6
Musician Eddie Van Halen died Oct. 6. He was 65. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group Archives)
Eddie Van Halen, 65: The legendary guitarist, who with his brother Alex founded the rock band Van Halen, is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time; Oct. 6
Whitey Ford, 91: The legendary New York Yankees pitcher had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and was later enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame; Oct. 8
Conchata Ferrell, 77: The award-winning character actress, who appeared in scores of theater, TV and film performances, was best known for role on “Two and a Half Men”; Oct. 12
Roberta McCain, 108; The political matriarch was the mother of former Arizona Sen. John McCain and gained fame during her son’s run for president in 2008; Oct. 12
Spencer Davis, 81: The singer, a pioneer of the “British Invasion” of the 1960s, founded the rock band the Spencer Davis Group; he also worked as a music producer and executive; Oct. 19
Tony Lewis, 62: The singer was the front man for the British rock band the Outfield; Oct. 19
Jerry Jeff Walker, 78: The singer and songwriter was best known for writing the song “Mr. Bojangles”: Oct. 23
Robert Murray, 80: The longtime coal executive for years battled government environmental regulations; Oct. 25
Travis Roy, 45: The college hockey player, who was paralyzed 11 seconds into his first game, became an advocate for survivors of spinal cord injuries; Oct. 29
Bishop Rance Allen, 71: The noted singer was an influential figure in the modern gospel music genre; Oct. 31
Actor Sean Connery died Oct. 31. He was 90. Actress Honor Black died April 16. She was 94. The pair were co-stars in the 1964 movie “Goldfinger.” (Express/Getty Images Archives)
Sean Connery, 90: The Oscar-winning actor was best known for playing James Bond — the first performer to take on the beloved role; Oct. 31
Nikki McKibbin, 42: The singer was a contestant on the first season of “American Idol,” Oct. 31
Eddie Hassell, 30: The actor was best known for his roles in the film “The Kids Are All Right” and the TV series “Surface”: Nov. 1
Alex Trebek, 80: The longtime TV personality was best known for hosting the game show “Jeopardy!,” which he did for more than 36 years; Nov. 8
Tommy Heinsohn, 86: The Basketball Hall of Famer was a Boston Celtics legend, serving either as a player, coach or announcer for the team for more than 60 years; Nov. 10
Paul Hornung, 84: The football legend was a Heisman Trophy winner who helped turn the Green Bay Packers into an NFL dynasty; Nov. 13
John Shimooka, 51: The longtime surfer also served as a broadcaster for the sport; Nov. 16
Pat Quinn, 37: The activist was a co-creator of the ALS ice bucket challenge, which became a social media phenomenon in 2014; Nov. 22
David Dinkins, 93: The former mayor of New York City was the first Black man to serve in that office; Nov. 23
Diego Maradona, 60: The legendary soccer star from Argentina was known for the “Hand of God” goal in which he punched the ball into the net during the 1986 World Cup; Nov. 25
Tony Hsieh, 46: The former Zappos CEO also won praise for his efforts in helping to bring new life to downtown Las Vegas; Nov. 27
Dave Prowse, 85: The British bodybuilder-turned-actor was famed for being the performer behind the Darth Vader mask in the original “Star Wars” trilogy; Nov. 28
Eddie Benton-Banai, 89: He was a co-founder of the American Indian Movement and helped fight for the protection of tradition, culture and sacred land; Nov. 30
Valery Giscard d’Estaing, 94: The former president of France helped modernize the nation’s society in the 1970s and was a champion of European integration; Dec. 2
Rafer Johnson, 86: The Olympic gold medalist founded the California Special Olympics and helped subdue assassin Sirhan Sirhan after Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot; Dec. 2
Pat Patterson, 79: The wrestling legend was a member of the WWE Hall of Fame and was the organization’s first openly gay star; Dec. 2
Alison Lurie, 94: The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist penned such books as “Foreign Affairs” and “The War Between the Tates”; Dec. 3
David Lander, 73: The performer, best known for playing Squiggy on “Laverne and Shirley,” had scores of on-screen roles and many credits as a voice actor; Dec. 4
Dick Allen, 78: The baseball star was a feared hitter who played for several teams in the 1960s and ’70s, finishing his career with the Oakland A’s; Dec. 7
Natalie Desselle, 53: The actress was known for such films as “B.A.P.S.” and roles on TV shows such as “Eve”; Dec. 7
Pilot Chuck Yeager died Dec. 7. He was 97. (Associated Press Archives)
Chuck Yeager, 97: The famed test pilot, who was a World War II fighter pilot ace, became the first person to fly faster than sound; Dec. 7
John Le Carre, 89: The spy-turned-novelist penned such classics as “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,” “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” and “The Honourable Schoolboy”; Dec. 12
Charley Pride, 86: The singer, who released dozens of albums and sold more than 25 million records, was country music’s first Black star; Dec. 12
Ann Reinking, 71: The Tony Award-winning choreographer and actress helped spread a hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond; Dec. 12
Jeremy Bulloch, 75: The British actor was best known for playing Boba Fett in the original “Star Wars” trilogy; Dec. 17
Jeff Clayton, 65: The acclaimed jazz saxophonist, flutist and bandleader worked with such legendary artists as Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and Count Basie; Dec. 17
Roger Berlind, 90: The Tony-winning producer brought more than 100 plays and musicals to Broadway, including celebrated revivals of “Death of a Salesman” and “Oklahoma”; Dec. 18
K.T. Oslin, 78: The Grammy-winning country singer and songwriter was known for such songs “80s Ladies” and “Hold Me,” then later appeared in several TV shows; Dec. 21
Leslie West, 75: The noted guitarist-vocalist was behind several ’70s rock anthems including “Mississippi Queen” with the popular band Mountain; Dec. 23
Phil Niekro, 81: The Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, who won 318 games over his 24-year career, was famed for his knuckleball pitch; Dec. 27
Pierre Cardin, 98: The legendary French designer revolutionized fashion in the 1950s with avant-garde styles, and became an early pioneer of licensing; Dec. 29
