Notable deaths of 2021 (110 images)

Archibishop Desmond Tutu, Ranchera music legend Vicente Fernandez, best-selling author Anne Rice, Monkee Michael Nesmith, Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, former Senator Bob Dole, former Vice President Walter Mondale, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, fashion designer Virgil Abloh, rapper DMX, Britain's Prince Philip, authors Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry, actors Willie Garson, Jessica Walter, Christopher Plummer, Michael K. Williams, Cicely Tyson and Cloris Leachman, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, broadcaster Larry King and baseball legend Hank Aaron are among the famous people who have died in 2021.

Helen McCrory

Helen McCrory attends the premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in London, on December 16, 2015. The actress, best known for her roles in "Peaky Blinders" and "Harry Potter," died at the age of 55 after a battle with cancer. Photo by Paul Treadway/ UPI

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Bernie Madoff

Bernard "Bernie" Madoff leaves Federal Court after a hearing where U.S. prosecutors persuaded a judge to end his house arrest for supposedly violating his bail conditions in New York City, on January 14, 2009. Madoff, who operated a $50 billion Ponzi-scheme, died on April 14 at the age of 82. Photo by Monika Graff/UPI

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Joe Sirvano

Actor Joe Sirvano, best known for his role in "The Sopranos," died on April 12 at the age of 66 following a battle with cancer. Photo courtesy of ATA Management

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DMX

DMX announces being signed to Sony Urban Music/Columbia Records and the upcoming release of his 6th solo album at a press conference at Sony Music Studios in New York on January 13, 2006. The rapper and actor died at age 50 on April 9. File Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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