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.@NYTMag’s last issue of the year always honors the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost over the past twelve months.

These are The Lives They Lived. nyti.ms/32oR2qu

Michael K. Williams was a window into the lives of men we rarely choose to see, Reginald Dwayne Betts writes. nyti.ms/3Jjkdvs

Janet Malcolm could be harsh in her judgments but wrote with a deep understanding of human frailty, @sashagila writes. nyti.ms/3qou5vt

DMX's music seethed with aggression and the kind of pain Black men rarely get to air in public, @trapmotives writes. nyti.ms/3qmKaBS

Larry King spent his life dodging death, resistant but haunted by its specter. Naturally, this meant he couldn’t stop talking about it, @jazzedloon writes. nyti.ms/3ehl2Xs

The artist Melvin Van Peebles filled his “Blue Room” with scenes from everyday life and turned them into sculptures, @amyxwang writes. nyti.ms/33UUNEr

Explore @NYTmag’s full list of remembrances honoring the artists and thinkers we lost in 2021.
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This year, @NYTMag’s The Lives They Lived issue also includes photographs of shoes worn by Eric Carle, Virgil Abloh, Halyna Hutchins and more, revealing how the shoes of our lost icons are still full of life. nyti.ms/32u8DNE