Notable Utahns who died in 2014: Advocates, athletes, artists and more

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Christin Cavanaugh • A major star in Hollywood voice acting, Cavanaugh was the voice of the pig in the film "Babe" and characters on numerous animated shows. She died Dec. 22 at her home in Cedar City. Cavanaugh was 51.

Douglas N. Cook • Through the years, Cook served as the Utah Shakespeare Festival's scenic designer, design director, associate producer and producing artistic director. Cook died from stomach cancer May 31 in San Diego. He was 84.

Anne Davis • The longtime activist who pushed to increase the penalties for cruelty to animals died Aug. 30. Davis was 55.

Gale Dick • The University of Utah physics professor was co-founder of Save Our Canyons, through which he advocated for wilderness in the Wasatch Mountains. Dick died July 18 at age 88.

Sue Dutson • Dutson was the third generation of her family to publish the Millard County Chronicle Progress and the first woman to be president of the Utah Press Association. She died Oct. 31 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Dutson was 71.

Cynthia Fehr • The watercolor painter whose style was to create scenes of Utah that resembled photographs died July 8. Fehr was 85.

Cecil Garland • A west desert rancher, Garland was a key opponent of the MX missile system and the piping of eastern Nevada and western Utah water to Las Vegas. Garland died May 11 from pneumonia. He was 88.

W. Leon "Pete" Harman • After a chance meeting in 1952 with Colonel Harland Sanders, Harman bought the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise and opened it at 3900 South State St. in Salt Lake County. Harman died Nov. 19 at age 95.

Nancy Holt • The outdoor artist created the Sun Tunnels in Utah's west desert. Holt died Feb. 8 in New York City. She was 75.

Allen Jacobs • The University of Utah football star who won an NFL championship with the Green Bay Packers and coached at Westminster College died April 22 from a heart attack. Jacobs was 72.

Ralph H. Jacobson • The Air Force major general from Bountiful worked on classified satellite and intelligence programs and was part of the team responsible for the first space shuttle. He died Nov. 7 from myelodysplastic syndrome. Jacobson was 82.

J. LaMoine Jenson • The president of the Apostolic United Brethren, Utah's most-public polygamous church, died from cancer Sept. 2 at his home in Eagle Mountain. Jenson was 79.

Art Kimball • In one term in the Utah Senate and then as a lobbyist, the Democrat advocated on behalf of White City and on land-use issues. Kimball died April 8 at age 72.

Paul Keller • The former 7th District judge died July 17. Keller was 88.

Courtney Kruger • Kruger was a U.S. soldier who was captured by the Japanese and then spent 3½ years as a prisoner. Kruger died July 29 in Salt Lake City. He was 91.

Esther Landa • An advocate for women's rights and better education for children, Landa died Dec. 28 at her winter home in Southern California. She was 102.

Victoria Mallory • The former Park City resident who performed on Broadway and in Utah died Aug. 30 from pancreatic cancer. Mallory was 65.

Bill McGill • The University of Utah center once led the NCAA in scoring and was the Utes' first black basketball player. McGill died July 11. He was 74.

Dennis Nordfelt • The former Utah Highway Patrol superintendent and police chief and mayor in West Valley City died Aug. 30 in West Valley City. Nordfelt was 71.

Chase Peterson • The former University of Utah president died Sept. 14 in Salt Lake City. Peterson was 84.

Elaine Redd • As mayor of Draper from 1994 to 1997, Redd helped the town transform from a farming community to a booming suburb. Redd died June 9 at age 86.

Edie Roberson • Over nearly seven decades, Roberson painted mind-bending "trompe l'oeil" works and joy-filled paintings of antique toys. Roberson died Aug. 14. She was 85.

Brian Scott • The Hurricane High School football and wrestling standout died Jan. 14 from leukemia. Scott was 20.

Larry Scott • The champion bodybuilder whose admirers included Arnold Schwarzenegger died March 8 in Bountiful. Scott was 75.

L'Wren Scott • Scott left a conservative upbringing in Utah to live a life designing clothes and dating Mick Jagger. Scott was found dead March 17 in her New York apartment from a suicide. She was 49.

David E. Sorensen • Sorensen was placed in charge of temple building for the LDS Church. Under his tenure the number of Mormon temples around the world more than doubled. Sorensen died Aug. 26 at his home in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. He was 81.

Mark Strand • A Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. poet laureate, Strand taught at the University of Utah from 1981 to 1994. Strand died Nov. 29 in New York. He was 80.

Emma Lou Thayne • One of the foremost Mormon writers of her generation and a Salt Lake City activist, Thayne died Dec. 6 from congestive heart failure. Thayne was 90.

Jeff Vice • The former film critic for the Deseret News died May 27 after suffering an asthma attack. Vice was 49.

Charles "Reuel" Ware • The owner of Reuel's Art & Frame and a civic activist in downtown Salt Lake City died Sept. 22 from cancer. Ware was 82.

Kenneth Washington • Washington was an acting teacher and director in theaters in Utah, Minneapolis and New York. He earned a master of fine arts degree from the University of Utah. Washington died Nov. 26 from kidney disease. He was 68.

Cory Wride • A sergeant at the Utah County Sheriff's Office, Wride died Jan. 30 when a suspect shot him during a traffic stop in Eagle Mountain. Wride was 44.