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In the year 2021
1,418 Notable deaths
Hank Aaron
American baseball player (1934–2021).
Born February 5th, 1934 in Mobile.
Died January 22nd, 2021 at 86 years old in Atlanta. [ref]
Joey Jordison
American musician.
Born April 26th, 1975 in Des Moines.
Died July 26th, 2021 at 46 years old in Des Moines. [ref]
Robert Downey Sr.
American actor and director (1936–2021).
Born June 24th, 1936 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died July 7th, 2021 at 85 years old in Manhattan (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Milkha Singh
Indian track and field athlete (1935–2021).
Born November 20th, 1929 in Govindpura. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2021 at 91 years old in Chandigarh (COVID-19). [ref]
Bipin Rawat
India's 1st chief of defence staff, former coas.
Born March 16th, 1958 in Pauri.
Died December 8th, 2021 at 63 years old in Coonoor (aircraft crash). [ref]
Sean Lock
British comedian (1963–2021).
Born April 22nd, 1963 in Chertsey.
Died August 16th, 2021 at 58 years old in Muswell Hill (lung cancer). [ref]
Desmond Tutu
South african churchman, politician, archbishop, nobel prize winner (1931–2021).
Born October 7th, 1931 in Munsieville.
Died December 26th, 2021 at 90 years old in Cape Town (prostate cancer). [ref]
Markie Post
American actress (1950-2021).
Born November 4th, 1950 in Palo Alto.
Died August 7th, 2021 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Tawny Kitaen
American actress (1961-2021).
Born August 5th, 1961 in San Diego.
Died May 7th, 2021 at 59 years old in Newport Beach (dilated cardiomyopathy).
Young Dolph
American rapper (1985–2021).
Born March 5th, 1985 in Chicago. [ref]
Died November 17th, 2021 at 36 years old in Memphis (gunshot wound). [ref]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 1418
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner