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.

Sarah Harding

British pop group Girls Aloud, including Sarah Harding, second-right, attend the premiere of "St Trinian's" in London on December 10, 2007. Harding died on September 5 after a battle with breast cancer at the age of 39. Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI

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Jean Paul Belmondo

Jean Paul Belmondo watches the French Open men's semifinal match June 8, 2018. The French actor died September 6 at age 88. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI

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Willard Scott signs copies of his new book "The Older the Fiddle the Better the Tune"

Willard Scott signs copies of his new book "The Older the Fiddle the Better the Tune" in New York City on May 15, 2003. The iconic weatherman on NBC's "Today," known for his charming personality and quirky on-air shticks, died on September 4 at the age of 87. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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David Platten

New England Patriot David Patten celebrates in the second half of Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans on February 3, 2002. The former Patriots wide receiver died in a motorcycle crash on September 3 at the age of 47. Photo by AJ Sisco/UPI

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