As we look back on 2014, we pause to remember the lives of those who passed during the year, including many of national and international notoriety.
To learn more about their lives and of their passing, click the names where links are available.
By CNN
Notable Deaths in 2014:
Maya Angelou – May 28
Richard Attenborough – August 24
Lauren Bacall – August 12
Howard Baker – June 26
Amiri Baraka – January 9
Polly Bergen – September 20
Ben Bradlee – October 21
James Brady – August 4
David Brenner – March 15
Jack Bruce – October 25
Sid Caesar – February 12
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter – April 20
S. Truett Cathy – September 8
Ann B. Davis – June 1
Oscar de la Renta – October 20
Ruby Dee – June 11
Jean-Claude Duvalier – October 4
Eusebio – January 5
James Garner – July 19
Peaches Geldof – April 7
Nadine Gordimer – July 13
Ace Greenberg – July 25
Tony Gwynn – June 16
John Henson – February 14
Philip Seymour Hoffman – February 2
Geoffrey Holder – October 5
Jan Hooks – October 9
Bob Hoskins – April 29
P. D. James – November 27
Jim Jeffords – August 18
Russell Johnson – January 16
Casey Kasem – June 15
Charles Keating – August 9
Charles Keating, Jr – March 31
Richard Kiel – September 10
Sheila MacRae – March 6
Tom Magliozzi – November 3
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – April 17
Joe McGinniss – March 10
Thomas Menino – October 30
Mike Nichols – November 19
Chuck Noll – June 13
Ian Paisley – September 12
Don Pardo – August 18
Fred Phelps – March 19
Harold Ramis – February 24
James Rebhorn – March 21
Paul Revere – October 4
Alicia Rhett – January 3
Joan Rivers – September 4
Mickey Rooney – April 6
Jimmy Ruffin – November 17
Michael Sata – October 28
Maximilian Schell – February 1
L’Wren Scott – March 17
Pete Seeger – January 27
Ariel Sharon – January 11
Eduard Shevardnadze – July 7
Elaine Stritch – July 17
Shirley Temple Black – February 10
James Traficant, Jr. – September 27
Garrick Utley – February 20
Ralph Waite – February 13
Eli Wallach – June 24
Robin Williams – August 11
Ralph Wilson – March 25
Johnny Winter – July 16
Carmen Zapata – January 5