Lynn Yamada Davis: The Cooking With Lynja TikTok influencer died Jan. 1. She was 67. ( Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Amalija Knavs: The mother of former first lady Melania Trump, shown in this 2018 file photo, died Jan. 9. She was 78.
Dexter Scott King Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Jan. 22. He was 62. (The King Center)
Bob Moore: The founder of Bob’s Red Mill natural food brand died Feb. 10. He was 94. (Bob's Red Mill/Bob’s Red Mill)
Angela Chao: The prominent shipping executive was killed in a car crash on Feb. 12. She was 50. (Adriel Reboh/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
Florence Rogers: The president of a credit union, who lost 18 of her 33 employees in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, died Feb. 12. She was 88. Rogers was dubbed "Mother Goose" by survivors of the bombing for her assistance through the years. (FBI)
Iris Apfel: An interior designer and "geriatric starlet" who late in life knocked the socks off the fashion world with a brash bohemian style that mixed hippie vintage and haute couture, died March 1. She was 102.
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David Breashears: The famed mountaineer and filmmaker died at his Massachusetts home on March 14. He was 68. (Araya Doheny/WireImage)
Don Wright: The nationally syndicated cartoonist, who won a pair of Pulitzer Prizes, died March 27. He was 90. (Ray Fisher/Getty Images )
Linda Bean: The granddaughter of the founder of L.L. Bean died March 23. She was 82. (Portland Press Herald/Getty Images)
Joe Lieberman: The former U.S. Senator and vice presidential candidate died on March 27. He was 82. (Gilles Sabrié for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Laurent de Brunhoff: The French artist, who published books about Babar the elephant, died March 22. He was 98. (Pascal Le Segretain/Sygma via Getty Images)
Lou Conter: The last surviving crew member of the USS Arizona, the battleship that was attacked and sank during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, died April 1. He was 102. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
John Barth: The postmodern American author, who wrote “The Sot Weed-Factor” and “Giles Goat-Boy,” died April 2. He was 93. (Oscar White/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
Conjoined twins die: Lori, left, and George Schappell were the oldest conjoined twins in the world. They died April 7 at the age of 62. (Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
O.J. Simpson The Heisman Trophy winner and pro football Hall of Famer, actor and pitchman, whose acquittal in the 1995 trial for the murder of his former wife and her friend riveted the nation, died April 10. He was 76. (Pool/Getty Images)
Roberto Cavalli: The Italian designer, who created the sand-blasted look for jeans, died April 12. He was 83. (Gareth Cattermole)
Bob Graham: The two-term governor of Florida and three-term senator died April 16. He was 87. (Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)
Terry Anderson: The Beirut bureau chief for The Associated Press, who was held hostage for six years by militants in Lebanon before being released in December 1991, died April 21 at the age of 76. (Patrick PIEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Donald Payne Jr.: The second-generation New Jersey congressman, who served six terms in the House, died April 24. He was 65. (Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images for Kid Witness News, File)
Dick Rutan: The Vietnam War veteran, who copiloted a plane nonstop around the world without refueling with Jeana Yeager, died May 3. He was 85. (Paul Harris/Getty Images)
Pete McCloskey: The former Republican congressman, who called for Richard Nixon's resignation over the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, died May 8. He was 96. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Cyril Wecht: The famed pathologist, who analyzed the deaths of President John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and dozens of high-profile cases, died May 13. He was 93. (WPXI)
Clarence Sasser: The Army medic, who distinguished himself during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, died May 13. He was 76. (Congressional Medal of Honor Society)
Alice Munro: The Nobel Prize winner and titan among short story writers died on May 13. She was 92. (Paul Stephen Pearson/Fairfax Media via Getty Images)
Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson Jr.: The last surviving triple ace pilot from World War II died on May 17. He was 102. (U.S. Air Force )
Bette Nash: The American Airlines employee, who set the world record as the longest-serving flight attendant, died May 17. She was 88. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Alice Stewart: The CNN political commentator was found dead in a Northern Virginia neighborhood on May 18. She was 58. (James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)
Bruce Nordstrom: The Seattle businessman, who expanded his family’s small chain of Pacific Northwest shoe stores into an international fashion retail giant, died May 18. He was 90. (John Froschauer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Peter Buxtun: The epidemiologist, an employee of the U.S. Public Health Service who became known as the whistleblower responsible for ending the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, died May 18. He was 87. (San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/San Francisco Chronicle via Gett)
Ivan Boesky: The financier who made a fortune on Wall Street but was later convicted in an insider trading scandal, died May 20. He was 87. (Keith Torrie/NY Daily News via Getty Images)
Sam Butcher: The founder and creator of the Precious Moments porcelain figurines died May 20. He was 85. (Precious Moments/Precious Moments)
Marian Robinson: The mother of Michelle Obama, shown with the former first lady, left, died on May 31. She was 86. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
William Anders: The Apollo 8 astronaut died June 7 in a plane crash near San Juan Island in Washington. He was 90. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Rev. James Lawson: The longtime civil rights activist and pastor died June 10 in Los Angeles. He was 95. ( Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
Sen. Jim Inhofe The former Republican senator from Oklahoma, who served from 1994 to 2023, died July 9. He was 89.
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Lou Dobbs: The conservative political commentator, author, and television host, who hosted "Moneyline" died July 18. He was 87. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Wally "Famous" Amos": The founder of Famous Amos cookies died Aug. 13. He was 88. (CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images)
Walt Ehmer: The CEO of the Waffle House restaurant chain died on Sept. 6. He was 58. (Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Ethel Kennedy: The widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and mother of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. died on Oct. 10. She was 96.
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Bernie Marcus: The CEO and co-founder of the Home Depot chain died on Nov. 4. He was 95. (Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)
Elwood Edwards The voice of AOL's "You've Got Mail" greeting died on Nov. 5. He was 74. (NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via)
Barbara Taylor Bradford: The novelist, who published 40 works since her 1979 debut, "A Woman of Substance," died Nov. 24. She was 91. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
Dominique Brown: The influencer and co-founder of Black Girl Disney died after a medical emergency during a BoxLunch event on Dec. 5. She was 34. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)
Nikki Giovanni: The poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator died on Dec. 9. She was 81. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images for FLC)
Jimmy Carter: The 39th president of the United States and longest-living chief executive in U.S. history died on Dec. 29. He was 100. (Cox Media Group National Content Desk)