Athletes, entertainers, politicians, this year we marked the passing of many well known figures, a small selection of which are shown here in images chosen by our photo editors.
Montreal Canadiens great Jean Béliveau chases the puck in an undated file photo. Béliveau died Dec. 2, 2014. (Michael Burns Sr/Hockey Hall of Fame)
Actor and director Phillip Seymour Hoffman poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Hoffman died Feb. 2, 2014. (Victoria Will/Invision/The Associated Press)
Mickey Rooney rehearsing his radio series Shorty Bell in 1948. Rooney died April 6, 2014 after a career that spanned over 80 years. (The Canadian Press/Everett Collection)
Joan Rivers greets the audience at the "Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers" in Los Angeles. Rivers died Sept. 4, 2014. She was 81. (Dan Steinberg/The Associated Press)
Maya Angelou at home in her Harlem brownstone in New York in 2006. Angelou died May 28, 2014. She was 86. (Chester Higgins, Jr/The New York Times)
Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta is seen here in 2010. De la Renta died Oct. 20, 2014 (Tim Fraser for The Globe and Mail)
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in Madison Square Garden in 1965 in New York. Carter who spent almost 20 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted died April 20, 2014. (Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)
CBC news anchor Knowlton Nash on the set of The National in 1978. Nash died May 24, 2014. (Jack Dobson/The Globe and Mail)
The Washington Post's Ben Bradlee in the composing room looking at front page of the first edition, headlined "Nixon Resigns." (David R. Legge/The Washington Post)
Ariel Sharon prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old city. Sharon died Jan. 11, 2014. (Jim Hollander/Reuters)
Canadian author Mavis Gallant died Feb. 18, 2014. (John Morstad for The Globe and Mail)
Actor and comedian Robin Williams in Los Angeles in 2009. Williams died Aug. 11, 2014. (Matt Sayles/The Associated Press)
This 1965 file photo shows actress Lauren Bacall at her home in New York. Bacall, the sultry-voiced actress and Humphrey Bogart's partner off and on the screen, died Aug. 12, 2014 in New York. She was 89. (The Associated Press)
Author and environmental activist Farley Mowat in his Port Hope, Ontario home. Mowat died May 6, 2014. (Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Folk singer and activist Pete Seeger performs on stage during the Bring Leonard Peltier Home Concert at Beacon Theatre in 2012 in New York City. Seeger died Jan. 27, 2014. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
Marion Barry in his office in Washington in June, 2014. Barry, a polarizing mayor of Washington, went to prison on cocaine charges and then recaptured City Hall in one of the most improbable comebacks in the history of American politics, died Nov. 23, 2014. He was 78. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)
Colombian author and Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez died April 17, 2014. He was 87. (Edgard Garrido/Reuters)
Jim Flaherty walks up stairs outside of the House of Commons after question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Flaherty served as the Canada's finance minister for eight years. He died April 10, 2014. (Pawel Dwulit/The Canadian Press)
Pat Quinn oversees his teams practice at the world junior hockey championships in Ottawa in 2008. Quinn a former NHL player and coach died Nov. 23, 2014. (Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press)