Deaths in 2024: Quick Facts

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Notable deaths in 2024

Bill Walton smiles at the camera, wearing a gray collared shirt and black blazer, outdoors in 2011.

O.J. Simpson in a suit and patterned tie, looking to the side while attending his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center.

James Earl Jones smiling and wearing a black tuxedo with a bow tie and glasses at an event in 1997.

Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, sits on a red sofa in an ornate room, wearing a purple Victorian dress and hat, holding a cane.

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