From beloved child stars to Hollywood legends and our own best loved "Westie", 2014 saw us farewell a host of famous faces. Here's a look back at some of the stars we've said goodbye to this past year.
Photos: Stars We Lost In 2014
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2/32 Robin Williams died Monday 11 August, 2014. He was 63.
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3/32 Casey Kasem, the smooth-voiced radio broadcaster who became the king of the top 40 countdown, died June 15, 2014. He was 82.
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4/32 Shirley Temple, the curly-haired child star who put smiles on the faces of Depression-era moviegoers, died Feb. 10, 2014. She was 85.
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5/32 Phil Everly, who with his brother Don was part of the Everly Brothers, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. He was 74.
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6/32 Comedian and TV personality Joan Rivers died in September 2014.
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7/32 New Zealand's best-loved Westie, Ewen Gilmour, died peacefully in his sleep in October. He was 51.
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8/32 Actor James Garner, wisecracking star of TV's "Maverick" who went on to a long career on both small and big screen, died July 19, 2014. He was 86.
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9/32 Lauren Bacall, the sultry-voiced actress and Humphrey Bogart’s partner off and on the screen, died Aug. 12, 2014, in New York. She was 89.
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10/32 Designer Oscar de la Renta, a favorite of socialites and movie stars alike, has died. He was 82.
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11/32 Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in "Capote," was found dead Sunday, Feb. 2, in his New York apartment.
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12/32 Mickey Rooney, seen here in this May 1987 file photo, died April 6, 2014, at his North Hollywood home. He was 93.
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13/32 On 22nd February, Kiwi television personality and model Charlotte Dawson was found dead in her Woolloomooloo home in Sydney, Australia. She was 47.
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14/32 Ann B. Davis, who played the housekeeper on "The Brady Bunch," died at a San Antonio hospital on Sunday, June 1, 2014. She was 88.
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15/32 Peaches Geldoff, the 25-year-old daughter of Sir Bob Geldoff and Paula Yates, passed away in April 2014.
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16/32 In April 2014, L'Wren Scott, the 49-year-old fashion designer and girlfriend of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was found dead by her assistant in her luxury New York apartment.
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17/32 British soul singer Joe Cocker died last week at age 70.
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18/32 The Fast & Furious actor, Paul Walker, passed away at the age of 40
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19/32 Richard Kiel, famous for playing the steel-toothed villain Jaws in James Bond films, passed away in September. He was 74.
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20/32 Australian cricketer, Phillip Hughes, passed away at the age of 25, when a bouncer hit his left ear.
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21/32 Dave Madden, who played the child-hating agent on the hit 1970s sitcom, "The Partridge Family", died in Florida on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at age 82.
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22/32 British actress Kate O'Mara, best known for her role in the 1980s soap opera "Dynasty," has died at the age of 74. She died Sunday, March 30, 2014, in a nursing home in southern England after a short illness.
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23/32 Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of the famous Trapp Family Singers made famous in “The Sound of Music” died last week at her home in Vermont. She was 99.
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24/32 Actor Bob Hoskins, whose varied career ranged from "Mona Lisa" to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" died in April 2014. He was 71.
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25/32 Actor and director Harold Ramis, best known for his roles in the comedies "Ghostbusters" and "Stripes," died Feb. 24, 2014, from complications of autoimmune inflammatory disease. He was 69.
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26/32 Author P.D. James, who brought realistic modern characters to the classical British detective story, died Nov. 27, 2014. She was 94.
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27/32 Ralph Waite, seen here in a scene from "NCIS," died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Waite played the father on the hit series "The Waltons."
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28/32 American troubadour, folk singer and activist Pete Seeger died Monday Jan. 27, 2014, at age 94.
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29/32 Russell Johnson, who played the professor on "Gilligan's Island," died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. He was 89.
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30/32 Soul singer/song writer, Bobby Womack , died on June 27, at the age of 70.
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31/32 Jimmy Ruffin, 78, the Motown singer whose hits included "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted," passed away in November.
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32/32 Rik Mayall died on June 9, following an acute cardiac event at his home in south-west London after a morning run. He was 56.
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