Athletes, judges, historians and a bear: The noteworthy Utahns who died in 2021

Remembering those whose lives were lived well, or cut short by violence and COVID-19.

By Sean P. Means

| Dec. 31, 2021, 3:23 p.m.

| Updated: 9:55 p.m.

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