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.

Betty White

Betty White attends the media preview for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association's Beastly Ball fundraiser at the Los Angeles Zoo in Los Angeles on June 11, 2015. The actress died December 31. She was 99 years old. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

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Harry Reid

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) laughs as Vice President Joe Biden tells a story about him during his portrait unveiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2016. He died December 28 at the age of 82. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI

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John Madden

Oakland Raiders Hall of Fame coach John Madden stands with his bust during halftime ceremonies as the Raiders play the Denver Broncos in Oakland, Calif., on December 6, 2012. Madden died December 28. He was 85. File Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI

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Jean-Marc Vallee

Director Jean-Marc Vallée arrives at the world premiere of "Demolition" at Roy Thomson Hall on opening night of the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada, on September 10, 2015. The director of "Big Little Lies" and "Dallas Buyers Club" died December 26. He was 58. Photo by Christine Chew/UPI

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