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Notable deaths of 2024 (37 images)

By UPI Staff

Actor Bill Cobbs, baseball legend Willie Mays, NBA legend Jerry West, Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, Dallas Cowboys legend Larry Allen, basketball legend and commentator Bill Walton, "Super Size Me" director Morgan Spurlock, "Godfather" producer Fred Roos, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and actor Dabney Coleman, are among the notable deaths of 2024.



Bill Cobbs
Actor Bill Cobbs, a cast member in "Oz the Great and Powerful," attends the premiere of the film in Los Angeles on February 13, 2013. Cobbs, who did character work in Hollywood for five decades and starred in films as "The Bodyguard," "Night at the Museum" and "Air Bud," died at the age of 90 on June 25. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
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Donald Sutherland
Cast member Donald Sutherland attends the premiere of "Ad Astra" at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on September 18, 2019. The award-winning actor died at age 88 on June 20. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
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Willie Mays
Baseball Hall of Famer and former San Francisco Giants player Willie Mays removes his cap during a ceremony to retire Barry Bonds' number 25 in San Francisco on August 11, 2018. Mays, one of the last living former participants of the Negro Leagues, died at the age of 93 on June 18. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI
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Jerry West
NBA legend Jerry West is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on September 5, 2019. The Hall of Famer, who was the inspiration behind the NBA's logo, died at the age of 86 on June 12. Pool Photo by Tom Brenner/UPI
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