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Famous Farewells of 2024! Paying Tribute to Lost Stars: Richard Simmons, Maggie Smith and More
Closer pays tribute to the iconic stars who helped shape our world and died in 2024, including Richard Simmons, Maggie Smith, James Earl Jones and more.
Two later-in-life roles, Downton Abbey ’s sharp-tongued Lady Violet and Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, brought Maggie worldwide fame. This longtime theater actor gained a broader audience as the voice of Star Wars ’ Darth Vader and The Lion King ’s Mufasa — but acting began as a way to overcome his childhood stutter. The fitness guru preached a gospel of self-love and wellness with feel-good TV appearances and his Sweatin’ to the Oldies videos, which made exercise fun and inclusive.
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