Celebrities We Lost In 2020

Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg will be best remembered for her roles as Emma Peel in The Avengers, Countess Teresa di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones. She died at the age of 82 due to complications with cancer. 

Betty Wright

Betty Wright was a soul and R&B singer and background vocalist known for her distinct whistle register, which is the highest register of the human voice. Wright passed away from cancer at her home in Miami at the age of 66. Steve Greenberg, president of S-Curve Records called Wright "one of the most significant women in the history of R&B music, period."

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.