Celebrity Deaths of 2021 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cicely Tyson

While she didn't win an Oscar for "Sounder," Cicely would go on to win three Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, a Peabody Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Honorary Academy Award. She passed away in January 2021 and was laid to rest in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx next to her first husband, Miles Davis.

Answer: Peter Scolari

Peter Scolari was nominated three times for his work on "Newhart," but it wasn't until he starred as Hannah's father, Tad, on the HBO show "Girls" that he would be awarded a Primetime Emmy as an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

Answer: Charlie Watts

Throughout his entire career, Charlie Watts never missed a single performance. While rock music was his career, his true music passion was jazz, specifically the work of Charlie Parker, and he would work with big bands, jazz bands, and jazz quintets in his free time.

Answer: Christopher Plummer

During his life, Plummer was the winner of two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award. Plummer was originally extremely reluctant to star alongside Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music" because he felt the the Captain's character was too sentimental and saccharin. Other than working with Julie Andrews, Plummer greatly disliked filming "The Sound of Music" and often refused to reference it by name, preferring to call it 'the movie.'

Answer: Virgil Abloh

When he joined Louis Vuitton in 2018, Abloh became the first African American to be named as the artistic director at a French fashion label, an achievement that also got him in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People list that year. In recent years Abloh was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, which would ultimately cause his death.

Answer: Helen McCrory

Helen McCrory and her husband, Damian Lewis, were separately and together engaged in a lot of philanthropic efforts prior to her passing. In 2021, during the COVID pandemic they supported Feed NHS, which provided quality food to NHS workers in hospitals and raised over £1 million.

She was also an ambassador for The Prince's Trust, which is a charity founded by King Charles III in the 1970s.

Answer: Norm Macdonald

Macdonald struggled privately with cancer for 9 years prior to his passing in October 2021. After SNL, Norm went on to write for shows like "Dirty Work" and his own "Norm Show" before making appearances in a variety of shows and movies as a character actor, before becoming a frequent guest on the "Conan O'Brien Show" and starting his own podcast.

Answer: Willie Garson

Garson had recurring roles in multiple TV shows throughout his career, as well as appearances in over 70 movies. Beyond playing Mozzie in the TV show "White Collar," another notable recurring performance was as Henry Coffield in "NYPD Blue."

Answer: Michael K. Williams

Originally trained as a dancer and choreographer, Michael K. Williams was able to use his charisma and talent to secure acting roles starting in the 1990s, including in the film "The Bullet" with Tupac Shakur. Williams' portrayal of Omar Little also won Williams an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in 2007 and accolades from former President Barack Obama.

Answer: Betty White

The year 2021 ended with the death of Betty White on its last day, December 31st, just eighteen days shy of her 100th birthday. Betty White was the first woman to produce a sitcom, which she did in the 1950s with the show "Life with Elizabeth." Her game show nickname stems from her repeated performances on shows like "Password," "Hollywood Squares," "Tattletales," the "Match Game," the "$25,000 Pyramid," and "To Tell the Truth."