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We're Paying Our Respects to the Celebrities We've Lost in 2021
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We said goodbye to so many icons and heroes last year, and it certainly wasn’t easy. Even though we’re only a few days into the year, we’ve already bid farewell to a handful of celebrities, but we’re hoping we don’t reach 2020 levels. On New Year’s Day, singer and actor George Gerdes died after suffering a brain aneurysm, and most recently, we lost famed magician Siegfried Fischbacher. Ahead, we’re paying our respects to the stars who have passed away in 2021.
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Kerry Vincent
In January, the Food Network star died at age 75. Kerry’s nonprofit organization, Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show, announced her death on their Facebook page, writing, “It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of Kerry Vincent earlier this evening. Being a very private person when it came to all things not cake, she did not want to put her illness out there to the public. Unfortunately her fight has come to an end but she will no longer have any pain. She will be sorely missed by all who she has touched through the Sugar Arts as well as personally.”
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George Gerdes
The songwriter and actor died on New Year’s Day after suffering a brain aneurysm on New Year’s Eve. He was 72.
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Barbara Shelley
The actress, who was well known for her roles in Hammer Horror films, died in January after contracting COVID-19. She was 88.
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Gerry Marsden
The lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers died in January at age 78. Marsden’s friend Pete Price announced his death on Twitter, writing, “It’s with a very heavy heart after speaking to the family that I have to tell you the Legendary Gerry Marsden MBE after a short illness which was an infection in his heart has sadly passed away.”
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Eric Jerome Dickey
The New York Times bestselling author died on Jan. 3 at the age of 59, due to complications from a long illness.
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Tanya Roberts
Following a brief hospitalization, the That ’70s Show actress died at age 65. Her death was previously announced prematurely, but her companion, Lance O’Brien, later confirmed the news on Jan. 5.
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Marion Ramsay
On Jan 7., Police Academy star Marion Ramsay has died at the age of 73. The actor died at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness her management confirmed the the BBC.
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Siegfried Fischbacher
The famed magician, best known for the magic act Siegfried & Roy, died from pancreatic cancer on Jan. 13 at his home in Las Vegas. He was 81.