Those who departed in 2014
![Maya Angelou attends an event in Washington in 2008. The cultural pioneer and Renaissance woman has died at 86. (Associated Press)](https://thumb.spokesman.com/mtdTxbNIdVWQTzgn_S8hircy2i8=/810x0/media.spokesman.com/photos/2014/05/29/0529_maya.jpg)
In 2014, the world lost many impressive people – Eli Wallach, Joan Rivers, Ben Bradlee and others - who shaped our culture, and influenced our understanding of our world and ourselves.
As we begin another year, we recall the people who left us – and the impression they left on our hearts.
Who made a difference to you?
(S-R archive photo: Maya Angelou)