Latino icon Noé Montoya died of COVID-19 on Thanksgiving Day at age 66. The son of Mexican farmworkers, he was an actor, musician and an employment counselor who helped people enter the workforce.
Charleston restaurateur Martha Lou Gadsden passed away on April 1. She was renowned for her brand of Southern soul food, served out of a renovated gas station with every meal made to order.
World War II pilot Robina Asti died this month. Her case against the Social Security Administration benefited transgender married couples all over the country.
G. Gordon Liddy, the Republican adviser who was convicted for his role in the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, died on Tuesday. President Carter commuted Liddy's sentence.
The bombastic conservative, who became a popular talk show host, reveled in his reputation as a man willing to go to any lengths to reelect Nixon, saying, "I'd do it again for my president."
Malcolm Cecil was a musical pioneer. He built a massive analog synthesizer known as TONTO, and worked with many musicians including Stevie Wonder. Cecil died over the weekend.
Over 500,000 people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19 since the pandemic hit this country and the world just over a year ago. Alison Wells remembers her sister, Elizabeth Wells.