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Honoring 5 remarkable people who lost their lives to the coronavirus

Even as hope for an end to the pandemic grows, more than 520,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19. We take a moment to remember five remarkable individuals lost to this disease.

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Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

By Janie Har, Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Ferlinghetti helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement. He was known for his City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, an essential meeting place for the Beats and other bohemians in the 1950s and beyond.

Chick Corea, jazz great with 23 Grammy Awards, dies at 79

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Corea is the artist with the most jazz Grammys in the show's 63-year history, and he has a chance to posthumously win at the March 14 show.

Hustler publisher Larry Flynt dies at 78

By John Rogers, Associated Press

As the founder of one of the most explicit adult-oriented magazines, Larry Flynt constantly challenged the establishment and became a target for the religious right and feminist groups.

Marty Schottenheimer, legendary NFL coach with 200 wins, dies at 77

By Bernie Wilson, Associated Press

Schottenheimer was the eighth-winningest coach in NFL history. He went 200-126-1 in 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington and San Diego Chargers.

Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76

By Associated Press

Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old.

Rennie Davis, ‘Chicago Seven’ activist, is dead at 80

By James Anderson, Associated Press

Rennie Davis, one of the "Chicago Seven" activists who was tried for organizing an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that turned violent, has died.

Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Mark Twain, dies at 95

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Award-winning character actor Hal Holbrook who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice "Follow the money" in the political thriller "All the President's Men," has died.

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking award-winning actor, dead at 96

By Hillel Italie, Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,"…

Oscar and Emmy-winning actor Cloris Leachman dies at 94

By Lynn Elber, Associated Press

Millions of viewers knew her as the self-absorbed neighbor Phyllis in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." She also appeared as the mother of Timmy on the "Lassie" series.