Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019
FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009, file photo, Peter Fonda, poses atop a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Glendale, Calif. Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like "Easy Rider," has died. His family says in a statement that Fonda died Aug. 16, 2019, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009, file photo, Peter Fonda, poses atop a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Glendale, Calif. Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right both writing and starring in counterculture classics like "Easy Rider," has died. His family says in a statement that Fonda died Aug. 16, 2019, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 79. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:50 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. Cummings died from complications of longtime health challenges, his office said in a statement on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington. Cummings died from complications of longtime health challenges, his office said in a statement on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:51 AM EST
FILE - In this April 30, 2014, file photo, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens prepares to testify on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died July 16, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after suffering a stroke. He was 99. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this April 30, 2014, file photo, retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens prepares to testify on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died July 16, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after suffering a stroke. He was 99. (AP Photo, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:51 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1998, file photo, Alicia Alonso, founder of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, listens during an interview in New York. Cuba's national ballet has reported that Alonso has died on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1998, file photo, Alicia Alonso, founder of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, listens during an interview in New York. Cuba's national ballet has reported that Alonso has died on Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:50 AM EST
FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, Juice WRLD performs in concert during his "Death Race for Love Tour" at The Skyline Stage at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. The Chicago-area rapper, whose real name is Jarad A. Higgins, was pronounced dead Dec. 8 after a "medical emergency'' at Chicago's Midway International Airport, according to authorities. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, Juice WRLD performs in concert during his "Death Race for Love Tour" at The Skyline Stage at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia. The Chicago-area rapper, whose real name is Jarad A. Higgins, was pronounced dead Dec. 8 after a "medical emergency'' at Chicago's Midway International Airport, according to authorities. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:50 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank appears at the opening of the exhibition featuring his work, "Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2016," at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in New York. Frank, one of the 20th century's greatest photographers, died at age 94. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank appears at the opening of the exhibition featuring his work, "Robert Frank: Books and Films, 1947–2016," at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in New York. Frank, one of the 20th century's greatest photographers, died at age 94. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:50 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1989 file photo, actress and animal rights activist Doris Day poses for photos after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award she was presented with at the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif. Doris Day, a top box-office draw and recording artist who died in May 2019, stood for the 1950s ideal of innocence and G-rated love, a parallel world to her contemporary Marilyn Monroe. She received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1989 file photo, actress and animal rights activist Doris Day poses for photos after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award she was presented with at the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, Calif. Doris Day, a top box-office draw and recording artist who died in May 2019, stood for the 1950s ideal of innocence and G-rated love, a parallel world to her contemporary Marilyn Monroe. She received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004. (AP Photo, File)

Dec. 23, 2019 09:01 AM EST
FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 file photo, John Singleton attends the 2018 American Black Film Festival Honors at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. In April, Hollywood lost director John Singleton, whose 1991 film "Boyz N the Hood" was praised as a realistic and compassionate take on race, class, peer pressure and family. He became the first black director to receive an Oscar nomination and the youngest at 24. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File

FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 file photo, John Singleton attends the 2018 American Black Film Festival Honors at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. In April, Hollywood lost director John Singleton, whose 1991 film "Boyz N the Hood" was praised as a realistic and compassionate take on race, class, peer pressure and family. He became the first black director to receive an Oscar nomination and the youngest at 24. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File

Dec. 23, 2019 09:00 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, Luke Perry poses for a portrait during the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist for Perry says the "Riverdale" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" star has died. He was 52. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, Luke Perry poses for a portrait during the 2018 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist for Perry says the "Riverdale" and "Beverly Hills, 90210" star has died. He was 52. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:50 AM EST
FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, rapper Nipsey Hussle watches an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle has been shot and killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said March 31, 2019. He was 33. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, rapper Nipsey Hussle watches an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in Oakland, Calif. Hussle has been shot and killed outside his Los Angeles clothing store, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said March 31, 2019. He was 33. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:51 AM EST
FILE - In this April 5, 1994, file photo, Toni Morrison as she holds an orchid at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says Morrison died Aug. 5, 2019, at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She was 88. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

FILE - In this April 5, 1994, file photo, Toni Morrison as she holds an orchid at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf says Morrison died Aug. 5, 2019, at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She was 88. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Dec. 16, 2019 09:50 AM EST
FILE - In this April 20, 2019, file photo, Ross Perot listens to a reporter's question during a news conference before accepting the Command and General Staff College Foundation's 2010 Distinguished Leadership Award in Kansas City, Mo. Wealth, fame and a confident prescription for the nation's economic ills propelled H. Ross Perot’s 1992 campaign against President George H.W. Bush and Democratic challenger Bill Clinton. He recorded the highest percentage for an independent or third-party candidate since 1912. He died in July. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

FILE - In this April 20, 2019, file photo, Ross Perot listens to a reporter's question during a news conference before accepting the Command and General Staff College Foundation's 2010 Distinguished Leadership Award in Kansas City, Mo. Wealth, fame and a confident prescription for the nation's economic ills propelled H. Ross Perot’s 1992 campaign against President George H.W. Bush and Democratic challenger Bill Clinton. He recorded the highest percentage for an independent or third-party candidate since 1912. He died in July. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File)

Dec. 23, 2019 09:01 AM EST