117 homeless people died in Utah in 2021. Vigil honors their lives
Prior to the evening’s memorial service, 116 homeless people were reported to have died in Utah in 2021, but one was reported to have passed away that day, bringing the number to 117. Of those individuals, the average age was 53 years old, the oldest was 80, and the youngest life lost was just 19 years old. Nine of them were veterans.