Before turning the page to close the old chapter and start a new one with hopes of a better year, let's take a moment to remember some of those celebrities who have left us this year.
- December 31, 2020
AceShowbiz - Diana Rigg was another acting vet who left this world in 2020. An Emmy, Tony and BAFTA award-winning English actress, she was best known for her roles as Emma Peel on the TV series "The Avengers" (1965-1968), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969), and Olenna Tyrell on HBO's hit series "Game of Thrones" (2013-2017).
A heavy smoker from the age of 18, she was still smoking 20 cigarettes a day in 2009. She only quit smoking in December 2017, after a serious illness led to heart surgery, a cardiac ablation, two months earlier. While her heart didn't give out at the time, she eventually succumbed to lung cancer, which might be attributed to her smoking habit, on September 10, aged 82. Her daughter Rachael Stirling revealed the actress received the diagnosis in March, but didn't share it with the public until her death.
