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Famous figures we've lost in 2014

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Legendary actress Lauren Bacall died August 12, 2014 at the age of 89.
Actor and comedian Robin Williams shortly before starring in ''The World According to Garp'' in 1982. Williams was found dead in his home on August 11, 2014.
Actor James Garner smiles as he holds up the Purple Heart medal presented to him on Jan. 24, 1983. Garner died July 19, 2014.
Casey Kasem accepts a radio icon award during the Radio Music Awards in 2003. Kasem died June 15, 2014 at age 82. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta, File)
Ann B. Davis, who became America's favorite housekeeper as Alice Nelson of ''The Brady Bunch,'' died June 1 at age 88.
Poet Maya Angelou, author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' died May 28, 2014 at age 86.
British actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from ''Mona Lisa'' to ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'' died Apr. 30, 2014, at age 71 after a bout of pneumonia.
Comedian Sid Caesar is shown in Los Angeles in 1984. He died on February 12, 2014 at age 91.
Singer Pete Seeger performs at a benefit concert for Hudson River Sloop Clearwater celebrating his 90th birthday on May 3, 2009. He died January 27, 2014.
Cast member Philip Seymour Hoffman poses at the premiere of the film ''A Most Wanted Man'' during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. His death on February 2, 2014 stunned fans.
This 2012 photo shows L'Wren Scott at the London Film Festival American Express Gala. Scott, a fashion designer, was found dead on March 17 in Manhattan of a possible suicide.
Rubin ''Hurricane'' Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died April 20, 2014, at 76.
James Hellwig, better known as former WWE champion The Ultimate Warrior, passed away Apr. 8, 2014 - days after he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He was 54.
In this Dec. 12, 2009 photo, actor and director Harold Ramis laughs as he walks the Red Carpet. The actor died Feb. 24 from complications of autoimmune inflammatory disease.
Shirley Temple, the curly-haired child star who put smiles on the faces of Depression-era moviegoers, died Feb. 10 surrounded by family at her home near San Francisco.
Entertainment legend Mickey Rooney is shown in this May 1987 file photo. The Associated Press reported, Monday, April 7, 2014, that Rooney has died at age 93.
In this 2009 photo, British socialite Peaches Geldof arrives for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit during the 62nd Cannes International film festival. She died at 25 this year.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17 at his home in Mexico City. The author's magical realist novels explored Latin America's passion, superstition and inequality.
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Legendary actress Lauren Bacall died August 12, 2014 at the age of 89.
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