Famous Celebrities Who Died in 2021

• Aaron, Hank

  The baseball star who beat Babe Ruth's home run record

• Adelson, Sheldon

   The billionaire owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation

• Asner, Ed

  Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Bo the Dog

  The family dog of President Barack Obama

• Cleary, Beverly

  The author of the Ramona books for children

• Collins, Michael

  The pilot of Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module

• DMX

  Rapper of "Get At Me Dog"

• Dole, Bob

  The 1996 Republican candidate for president

• hooks, bell

  Black feminist critic of "white supremacist capitalist patriarchy"

• King, Larry

  Suspender-clad chat show host on CNN

• Leachman, Cloris

  The egotistical landlady Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Liddy, G. Gordon

  The nutty leader of the Watergate burglars

• Limbaugh, Rush

  The host of radio's Rush Limbaugh Show

• Madden, John

  The namesake of the "Madden" football video games

• Madoff, Bernard

  The Wall Street money manager who swindled $50 billion

• Mondale, Walter "Fritz"

  Vice President of the United States, 1977-81

• Plummer, Christopher

  Captain von Trapp in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music

• Powell, Colin

  U.S. Secretary of State, 2001-2004

• Prince Philip

  The husband of Queen Elizabeth II

• Shultz, George

  United States Secretary of State, 1982-89

• Sondheim, Stephen

  West Side Story lyricist and superstar Broadway composer

• Tutu, Desmond

  The bishop who won a Nobel prize for opposing apartheid

• Watts, Charlie

  The drummer for The Rolling Stones

   

• White, Betty

  Rose Nyland on The Golden Girls

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