This year we lost many famous faces who entertained, informed and changed us. Many left behind extensive bodies of work, while others were simply taken too soon.
From Academy Award winner, entrepreneur and AIDS activist Dame Elizabeth Taylor, to the immensely talented Amy Winehouse whose demons sadly caught up with her, to Steve Jobs, whose inventions have forever changed the way we live our daily lives, the losses of the year hit far and wide across the Hollywood community.
Click “Launch Gallery” below to pay tribute to those who passed on in 2011.