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A infografia mostra nove pessoas célebres que morreram em 2021.
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Pessoas notáveis que morreram em 2021

By Jordi Bou

December 31, 2021 - Uma pequena seleção de figuras célebres que morerram em 2021, incluindo o príncipe Filipe, duque de Edimburgo, o primeiro presidente da Zâmbia Kenneth Kaunda, o último presidente branco da África do Sul F.W. de Klerk, e o estadista e soldado dos EUA Colin Powell.

Other noted political figures who passed away this year include Carlos Menem, flamboyant former President of Argentina, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse, and Abdelaziz Bouteflika, former President of Algeria.

Stage and screen lost pioneering U.S. actress Cicely Tyson, renowned Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink, and acclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher.

The music world lost Mary Wilson, an original member of The Supremes, Don Everly of the Everly Brothers, and Michael Nesmith of the Monkees.

Sports stars include baseball star Hank Aaron, former England striker Jimmy Greaves, and Formula 1 pioneer Frank Williams.

Other notable figures include U.S. astronaut Michael Collins, the pilot of the Apollo 11 moon mission, and charity fundraiser Captain Tom Moore, who in the run-up to his 100th birthday raised £33m for Britain’s National Health Service in the early days of Covid-19.

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PUBLISHED: 20/12/2021; STORY: Julie Mullins; PICTURES: Newscom, Getty Images, 20th Century Fox
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