Children’s book author Beverly Cleary receives the National Medal of Arts in the Oval Office of the White House 12 November 2003 in Washington, DC.
Beverly Cleary, who died in March, channeled memories from her youth in Oregon to created beloved characters such as Ramona Quimby, her sister Beatrice “Beezus” Quimby and Henry Huggins.
Other sports figures who died in 2021 include Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda, college football coach Bobby Bowden, Olympic swimmer Clara Lamore Walker, NBA players Paul Westphal and Elgin Baylor, auto racer Bobby Unser, golfer Lee Elder, track and field star Milkha Singh, boxer Leon Spinks, and Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden.Īmong the entertainers who died this year was a children’s author whose books were enjoyed by millions around the world. Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Jan. FILE – Atlanta Braves’ Hank Aaron holds aloft the ball he hit for his 715th career home in Atlanta. Hank Aaron, who died in January, endured racist threats on his path to breaking Babe Ruth’s record and is still considered one of the game’s greatest players. (AP Photo/Pat Crowe II, File)Īlso among those who died this year was a man who held the title of baseball’s home run king for years. Ann Minner, a sharecropper’s daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, died on Nov. John Carney raise their arms in victory as they celebrate winning their respective races Tuesday, Nov. Ruth Ann Minner, former Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlueter and Iranian ambassadors Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour and Ardeshir Zahedi. Bob Dole, former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, former Delaware Gov. Mondale, former South African President F.W. Others political figures the world said goodbye to this year include former U.S. In the leadup to the war, Powell cited faulty information during a United Nations Security Council address while claiming Hussein had secretly stashed weapons of mass destruction. Rumsfeld was secretary of defense and shouldered some of the blame as Iraq sank into chaos after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime. The family of Rumsfeld says he died June 29, 2021. 9, 2006, file photo, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asks for another question following his Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. presidents and was seen as a visionary of a modern military. Rumsfeld, who died in June, had a storied career in government under four U.S. Bush, he became the nation’s first Black secretary of state.
He rose to the rank of four-star general in the Army before becoming the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell, who died in October, was a trailblazing soldier and diplomat. Beware of these 5 early omicron symptoms, study says
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