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2024 was a year we loss some amazing celebrities
2024 was a year we loss some amazing celebrities.

One of the greatest music producers of the 20th Century, Quincy Jones began his career working with Frank Sinatra. In the 1980s he produced Michael Jackson's two most successful LPs - Thriller and Bad - as well as co-writing several of the songs. Quincy Jones also masterminded the USA for Africa single, We Are The World.
- Liam Payne, pop idol. ...
- Brian Wenzel, iconic Aussie actor. ...
- John Blackman, radio and TV legend. ...
- Richard Simmons, American fitness guru. ...
- Shannen Doherty, 90210 star.
- James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader.

US actor who starred in dozens of films, but whose most famous role was probably the one in which he did not actually appear - the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. James Earl Jones also enjoyed a distinguished stage career, winning two Tony awards.
- Dame Maggie Smith

Dame Maggie Smith’s acting career spanned stage, cinema and television for more than 70 years. Her best-known film roles include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (for which she won a best actress Oscar) and A Room with a View. In her later years, she was the imperious Dowager Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey, and Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films.
- Kris Kristofferson
An actor and musician, Kris Kristofferson had success as a performer but more impact as a songwriter, penning hits including Help Me Through The Night and Me And Bobby McGee. The Texan also starred in the films Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, Heaven's Gate and - drawing on his musical background - the 1977 remake of A Star Is Born, alongside Barbra Streisand.
- Maggie Tabberer
- Donald Sutherland
Canadian actor who started his long career in British TV and theatre, before achieving film stardom in the war films Kelly's Heroes and The Dirty Dozen. Among his many notable films were M*A*S*H, Don't Look Now, Casanova, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Ordinary People. More recently, he starred in The Hunger Games trilogy as the evil President Snow.
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Shannen Doherty

Shannen Doherty's first big film role was in the 1988 black comedy Heathers. This was followed by four seasons of the TV show Beverly Hills 90210. Her character, Brenda, was a Midwest girl transplanted with her family to the wealthy Los Angeles suburb. Doherty also appeared in the TV series Charmed and the film Mallrats.
Matthew Perry

Matthew Langford Perry was an American and Canadian actor. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends. Perry also appeared on Ally McBeal and received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The West Wing and The Ron Clark Story.
Liam Payne

Liam James Payne (29 August 1993 – 16 October 2024) was an English singer and songwriter. He was a member of the English-Irish pop band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, alongside Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. Payne twice appeared as a solo auditionee on the British television series The X Factor in 2008 and 2010; in the latter, he was invited to join One Direction alongside fellow contestants, placing third and later achieving global success.
Then today we heard the ex president Jimmy Carter passed away at age 100

RIP to all those who passed away this year.

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