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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  Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

• Cicely Tyson

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  Amy Sussman/Getty Images

• Larry King

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  Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

• Stephen Sondheim

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• Cloris Leachman

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  Kevin Winter/Getty Images
• Christopher Plummer

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  Jason Merritt/Getty Images

• Charlie Watts

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• Mary Wilson

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  Michael Tullberg/Getty Images

• Larry Flynt

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  Dan Callister/Onlline USA/Getty Images

• John Madden

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  Evan Agostini/Getty Images
• Rush Limbaugh

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  Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

• Jessica Walter

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  Jason Merritt/Getty Images

• DMX

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  Kevin Winter/Getty Images

• Bob Dole

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  Stephanie Kuykendal/Getty Images

• Ed Asner

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  Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images
• Olympia Dukakis

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• Colin Powell

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• Charles Grodin

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  Chris Hondros/Newsmakers/Getty Images

• Phil Spector

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• Jackie Mason

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  Asher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
• Prince Philip

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• Joseph Siravo

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• Helen McCrory

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  Jeff Spicer/Getty Images

• Jim Steinman

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• Tawny Kitaen

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  Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
• Kevin Clark

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  Donald Weber/Getty Images

• 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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  Gary Gershoff/Getty Images

• Markie Post

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  Christopher Polk/Getty Images

• Don Everly

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• Norm Macdonald

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  Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

• Demaryius Thomas

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• Willie Garson

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• Peter Scolari

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  Kevin Winter/Getty Images

• James Michael Tyler

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• Virgil Abloh

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  Craig Barritt/Getty Images

• Mick Rock

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  Angela Weiss/Getty Images
• Biz Markie

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  Christopher Polk/Getty Images

• Richard Donner

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• Ned Beatty

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  Anthony Harvey/Getty Images

• Les McKeown (Bay City Rollers)

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• Michael Nesmith

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• Anne Beatts

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  Robin Marchant/Getty Images

• George Segal

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  Mark Davis/Getty Images

• Chick Corea

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  Timothy Norris/Getty Images

• 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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  Jo Hale/Getty Images

• 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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  Joe Scarnici/Getty Images

• Eddie Mekka

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• Graeme Edge (The Moody Blues)

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  Mike Coppola/Getty Images

• Bo, The Obamas’ Dog

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  Chuck Kennedy/The White House via Getty Images

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