As 2021 comes to a close, we look back at those we said goodbye to this year.

Scroll through the gallery below to see the musicians, celebrities and other cultural figures we lost in 2021.

• Hank Aaron

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• Cicely Tyson

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• Larry King

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• Stephen Sondheim

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• Cloris Leachman

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• Christopher Plummer

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• Charlie Watts

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• Mary Wilson

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• Larry Flynt

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• John Madden

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• Rush Limbaugh

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• Jessica Walter

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• DMX

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• Bob Dole

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• Ed Asner

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• Olympia Dukakis

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• Colin Powell

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• Charles Grodin

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• Phil Spector

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• Jackie Mason

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• Prince Philip

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• Joseph Siravo

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• Helen McCrory

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• Jim Steinman

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• Tawny Kitaen

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• Kevin Clark

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• Gavin McLeod

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• Jeff LaBar

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• Joey Jordison

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• Dusty Hill

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• Dennis Thomas

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• Markie Post

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• Don Everly

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• Norm Macdonald

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• Demaryius Thomas

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• Willie Garson

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• Peter Scolari

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• James Michael Tyler

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• Virgil Abloh

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• Mick Rock

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• Biz Markie

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• Richard Donner

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• Ned Beatty

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• Les McKeown (Bay City Rollers)

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• Michael Nesmith

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• Anne Beatts

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• George Segal

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• Chick Corea

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• Tanya Roberts

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• Gerry Marsden (from Gerry and the Pacemakers)

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• Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls)

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• Siegfried Fischbacher (of Siegfried & Roy)

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  Siegfried & Roy/The Mirage Resort via Getty Images

• Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda

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  J.D. Cuban/Allsport

• Anne Rice

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• Eddie Mekka

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• Graeme Edge (The Moody Blues)

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• Bo, The Obamas’ Dog

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  Chuck Kennedy/The White House via Getty Images

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