Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, died Jan. 4, 2024. She was 100. (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)
Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach and became one of Germany’s most beloved personalities with his easygoing charm, died Jan. 7, 2024. He was 78. (Peer Grimm/AP)
Peter Crombie, the “Seinfeld” actor who played sitcom writer “Crazy” Joe Davola on the show’s fourth season, died Jan. 10, 2024, after an intestinal illness. He was 71. (Randy Tepper/NBCU)
Joyce Randolph, a veteran stage and television actress whose role as the savvy Trixie Norton on “The Honeymooners” provided the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, died Jan. 13, 2024. She was 99. (Richard Drew/AP)
Jack Burke Jr., who was the oldest living Masters champion, died Jan. 19, 2024, in Houston. He was 100, just 10 days short of his next birthday. (Uncredited/AP)
David Roe, who got hooked on radio listening to rock ‘n’ roll as a teenager and went on to a 35-year career as a news anchor and reporter for WBBM-AM in Chicago, died Jan. 20, 2024 of esophageal cancer. (Family photo)
Norman Jewison, center, director of the 1967 film "In the Heat of the Night," appears with his wife Lynne St. David before a 50th anniversary screening of the film at the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles on April 6, 2017. Jewison, a three-time Oscar nominee who in 1999 received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement, died "peacefully" Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, according to publicist Jeff Sanderson. He was 97.
Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Jan. 22, 2024, after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. (Helen Comer/AP)
Charles Osgood, the witty CBS News journalist who shepherded “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades — a longer tenure than the show’s original host, Charles Kuralt — died Jan. 23, 2024, at 91 years of age after living for a period of time with dementia, according to CBS News. (John Filo/CBS)
Melanie, Singer Who Made a Solo Splash at Woodstock, Dies at 76
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Melanie, the singer-songwriter who rose through the New York folk scene, performed at Woodstock and had a series of 1970s hits including the enduring cultural phenomenon “Brand New Key,” died Jan. 23, 2024. Her publicist Billy James told The Associated Press that Melanie died Tuesday. She was 76 and lived in central Tennessee. (Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times
Harry Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades and later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence that could have helped defendants, died Jan. 24, 2024, at age 97. (Bill Haber/AP)
Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal car accident, died Jan. 30, 2024. She was 91. (Evan Agostini/Invision)
Toby Keith, a hit country crafter of pro-American anthems who both riled up critics and was loved by millions of fans, died Feb. 5, 2024. He was 62. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Bob Edwards, who anchored National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” for just under 25 years and was the baritone voice who told many Americans what had happened while they slept, died. Edwards, who died Feb. 10, 2024, was 76 years old. (Seth Wenig/AP)
Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Feb. 16, 2024, in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. (Pavel Golovkin/AP)
Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman gives a thumbs-up as he leaves the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
Louis Gossett Jr. poses for a portrait in New York to promote the release of “Roots: The Complete Original Series” on Bu-ray on May 11, 2016. (Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)
Comedian Joe Flaherty, a founding member of the beloved Canadian sketch series “SCTV,” died April 1, 2024. He was 82. Above, Second City alumni Harold Ramis (left) and Flaherty perform a skit at "The Second City Celebrates 50 Years of Funny" event at Pipers Alley in Chicago on Dec. 12, 2009. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)
O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but was found liable in a separate civil trial, died April 11, 2024. He was 76.
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli talks with journalists prior to the start of the Roberto Cavalli men’s Fall-Winter 2014 show, in Milan, Italy on Jan. 14, 2014. Italy’s world-famous fashion designer Roberto Cavalli – known for his flamboyant and glamorous style — died on Friday, April 12, 2024 aged 83, his company announced in an Instagram post. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Former Major League pitcher Ken Holtzman, who died April 14, 2024 at age 78, finished with a 174-150 record, 1,601 strikeouts and a 3.49 ERA in 15 seasons, seven of them with the Chicago Cubs. He and Jake Arrieta are the only pitchers to throw two no-hitters for the Cubs in the modern era. (Walter Neal/baiduhai)
Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as “Whiteyball,” died April 15, 2024. He was 92. (AP Photo)
FILE – Sen. Bob Graham, right, speaks during the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill and Offshore Drilling meeting on Sept. 27, 2010, in Washington. The former Florida Sen. Graham, who chaired the Intelligence Committee following the 2001 terrorist attacks and opposed the Iraq invasion, has died, according to an announcement by his family Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Then AP chief Middle East correspondent Terry Anderson, center, accompanied by his sister Peggy Say, left, and Madeleine Bassil, right, smiles broadly upon his arrival at the Wiesbaden Air Force hospital in Germany, Dec. 5, 1991, a day after being released by his abductors in Beirut, where he was held captive for almost seven years. Anderson died on April 21, 2024, at age 76. (Thomas Kienzle/AP)
Soulful gospel artist Mandisa, a Grammy-winning singer who got her start as a contestant on “American Idol” in 2006, died April 18, 2024, according to a statement on her verified social media. She was 47. (Mark Humphrey/AP)
Actor Brian McCardie attends the "200 Cigarettes" Hollywood Premiere on Feb. 10, 1999 at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood, California. (Ron Galella)
Actor Bernard Hill arrives for the U.K. Premiere of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” at the Odeon Leicester Square, in London, Dec. 12, 2012. Hill, who delivered a rousing battle cry before leading his people into battle in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and went down with the ship as captain in “Titanic,” has died. Hill, 79, died Sunday morning, May 5, 2024, agent Lou Coulson said. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)
FILE - First lady Michelle Obama, left, and her mother Marian Robinson react as Ret. Navy Admiral John B. Nathman speaks to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 6, 2012. Robinson, who moved with the first family to the White House when son-in-law Barack Obama was elected president, has died, according to an announcement by Michelle Obama and other family members Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
FILE – Dallas Cowboys’ Larry Allen takes a knee during NFL training camp, Aug. 1, 2005, in Oxnard, Calif. Allen, one of the most dominant offensive linemen in the NFL during a 12-year career spent mostly with the Dallas Cowboys, died suddenly on Sunday, June 2, 2024, while on vacation with his family in Mexico, the Cowboys said. He was 52. (Irwin Thompson/The Dallas Morning News via AP, File)
FILE – From left to right, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, William Anders and James Lovell Jr. gather near their spacecraft at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Ill., where the astronauts are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their six-day mission to enter the lunar atmosphere and orbit the moon. Dec. 10, 1993. Retired Maj. Gen. Anders was killed Friday, June 7, 2024, when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90. (AP Photo/John Swart, File)
FILE – Marquette University president Michael Lovell listens to people talk about the incentives deal for Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group before the Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017, in Madison, Wis. Marquette University President Michael Lovell died Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Rome after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 57. University officials officials said in a news release that Lovell had been suffering from sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that develops in the bones and soft tissues. Lovell and his wife, Amy, were in Rome on a Jesuit formation pilgrimage when he fell ill and was taken to a hospital.(Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)
FILE – The Rev. James Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2015. Lawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained traction, has died, his family said Monday, June 10, 2024. He was 95. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Jerry West, representing the 1960 USA Olympic Team, speaks during the enshrinement news conference at the Hall of Fame Museum in Springfield, Mass. Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
FILE – French actress Anouk Aimee arrives at La Madeleine Church prior to the funeral ceremony to late French rock singer Johnny Hallyday Saturday Dec. 9, 2017 in Paris. French actress Anouk Aimée, winner of a Golden Globe for her starring role in “A Man and a Woman” by legendary French director Claude Lelouch, has died, her agent said Tuesday. She was 92. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP, File)
FILE - San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays displays the four baseballs in the clubhouse representing the four homers which he hit against the Milwaukee Braves, April 30, 1961, in Milwaukee. Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93. Mays' family and the San Francisco Giants jointly announced Tuesday night, June 18, 2024, he had “passed away peacefully” Tuesday afternoon surrounded by loved ones. (AP Photo, File)
FILE – Dr. Ruth Westheimer participates in the “Ask Dr. Ruth” panel during the Hulu presentation at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday, July 12, 2024, at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family, according to publicist and friend Pierre Lehu. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
FILE – Richard Simmons sits for a portrait in Los Angeles, June 23, 1982. Simmons, a fitness guru who urged the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday, July 13, 2024, at the age of 76. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
FILE - Shannen Doherty attends the G-Star Fall 2010 collection, in New York, on Feb. 16, 2010. Doherty, the "Beverly Hills, 90210" star, has died, Saturday, July 13, 2024. She was 53. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
FILE - Lou Dobbs, with Fox News, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. Fox Business Network's "Lou Dobbs Tonight" has been canceled. In a statement Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, Fox News said the move was part of routine programming changes that it had foreshadowed last fall. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
With photos of the young victims in Uvalde, Texas, behind her, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks in support of Democratic gun control measures, called the Protecting Our Kids Act, in response to mass shootings in Texas and New York, at the Capitol in Washington, June 2, 2022.
FILE — Irish writer Edna O’Brien in New York, on Oct. 14, 2006. O’Brien, the prolific Irish author whose evocative and explicit stories of loves lost earned her a literary reputation that matched the darkly complex lives of her tragic heroines, died on July 27, 2024. She was 93. (Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times)
FILE - This Tuesday, June 12, 2007, file photo shows Wally Amos, of Famous Amos cookies fame, in his home office in the Lanikai section of Kailua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni)
Actor Gena Rowlands poses for a portrait at the London West Hollywood hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 4, 2014. She died Aug. 14, 2024, at the age of 94. (Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
Host Peter Marshall appears at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, April 29, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that made household names of Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, died Aug. 18, 2024. He was 88. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
John Amos | Emmy nominee John Amos has played some of the most iconic characters ever to appear on both the big and small screens, including Kunta Kinte in "Roots," James Evans Sr. in "Good Times," and Cleo McDowell in "Coming to America." A veteran of the New Jersey National Guard, Amos is the Honorary Master Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper who gained mainstream fame through the trap singles “Type of Way” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” has died. He was 33. (Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)
James Earl Jones accepts the special Tony award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre at the 71st annual Tony Awards on June 11, 2017, in New York. (Michael Zorn/Invision/AP)
Tito Jackson, 68, takes a moment to perform with West Side Leadership Academy students in their school's studio in 2019. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post Tribune)
FILE - John Ashton arrives at the premiere of "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" on June 20, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, file)
Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969 and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, died Sept. 27, 2024. She was 89. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
FILE – This image released by Craftsman shows Frank Fritz from the History channel series “American Pickers,” during the Craftsman Finding America’s Treasures event at the Sears Hometown Store in Clinton, Iowa on May 7, 2011. Fritz, a Davenport native, died Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 at age 60. (Mark Hirsch/Craftsman via AP)
FILE - Christopher Ciccone, brother of Madonna and author of "Life With My Sister Madonna," poses for a portrait in Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE – Cissy Houston performs during McDonald’s Gospelfest 2013 on May 11, 2013 in Newark, N.J. Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar musicians like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in her New Jersey home. She was 91. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
FILE – Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE – Liam Payne of One Direction performs during the Honda Civic Tour at Qualcomm Stadium on Thursday, July 9, 2015, in San Diego, Calif. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
Mitzi Gaynor, a one-time Elgin resident, is probably best known for her role in the 1958 movie "South Pacific" opposite Rossano Brazzi. (20th Century Fox)
FILE – Loni Anderson and Jack Jones arrive for “The Bob Hope Memorial Tribute” show at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences headquarters in Los Angeles’ North Hollywood area Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003. Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner known for “The Love Boat” television show theme song, has died, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
FILE – Phil Lesh performs with The Dead, at the Forum in the Inglewood section of Los Angeles, on May 9, 2009. Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at age 84. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
