Famous people we've lost in 2022 - in pictures
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Korean actress Kim Mi-soo died aged 29 on January 5, 2022. Photo: Landmark Entertainment -

Actor Sidney Poitier died aged 94 on January 6, 2022. Getty Images -

Director Peter Bogdanovich died aged 82 on January 6, 2022. AP Photo -

Oscar-winning composer Marilyn Bergman, pictured with her husband, Alan Bergman, died aged 93 on January 8, 2022. AP Photo -

American comedian Bob Saget died aged 65 on January 9, 2022. AP Photo -

Actor Gary Waldhorn died aged 78 on January 10, 2022. Getty Images -

Rock 'n' roll singer Ronnie Spector died aged 78 on January 12, 2022. AFP -

Designer Nino Cerruti died aged 91 on January 15, 2022. EPA -

Andre Leon Talley, fashion journalist and former editor-at-large for US Vogue, died aged 73 on January 18, 2022. EPA -

French actor Gaspard Ulliel died aged 37 on January 19, 2022. AFP -

Marvin Lee Aday, better know as the singer Meat Loaf, died aged 74 on January 20, 2022. EPA -

Actor Louie Anderson died aged 68 on January 21, 2022. Reuters -

Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, died aged 95 on January 22, 2022. EPA -

Director Bassam Al Mulla died aged 66 on January 22, 2022. Photo: Sana -

Fashion designer Thierry Mugler died aged 73 on January 23, 2022. AFP -

Actor Moses J Moseley died aged 31 on January 26, 2022. Photo: Instagram / Moses J Moseley -

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died aged 30 on January 30, 2022. AFP -

Legendary Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar died aged 92 on February 6, 2022. AFP -

Funk singer Betty Davis, ex-wife of jazz musician Miles Davis, died aged 77 on February 9, 2022. Photo: Fin Costello / Redferns -
Filmmaker Ivan Reitman died aged 75 on February 12, 2022. Reuters -

American satirist P J O'Rourke died aged 74 on February 15, 2022. AP Photo -

Bollywood singer and composer Bappi Lahiri died aged 69 on February 15, 2022. AFP -

Jordanian-Lebanese sculptor Mona Saudi died aged 76 on February 16, 2022. Photo: Lawrie Shabibi Gallery -

Singer Jane Marczewski, known as Nightbirde, died aged 31 on February 19, 2022. Photo: NBC -

Lebanese singer Sammy Clark died aged 73 on February 20, 2022. Photo: Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi -

British entrepreneur and YouTube star Jamal Edwards died aged 31 on February 20, 2022. AP Photo -

Mark Lanegan, of grunge band Screaming Trees, died aged 57 on February 22, 2022. AP Photo -

Children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes died aged 94 on February 25, 2022. Getty Images -

Australian cricketer Shane Warne died aged 52 on March 4, 2022. AP Photo -

Emilio Delgado, who played fix-it shop owner Luis on Sesame Street, died aged 81 on March 10, 2022. AP Photo -

Actor William Hurt died aged 71 on March 13, 2022. AP -
Pro wrestler Scott Hall, best known for his time in WWE and WCW, died aged 63 on March 14, 2022. Photo: BANG Showbiz -

Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets died aged 67 on March 17, 2022. Photo: Twitter -

Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as US secretary of state, died aged 84 on March 23, 2022. Reuters -

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died aged 50 on March 25, 2022. AFP -

Actor Paul Herman died on his 76th birthday on March 29, 2022. AFP -

British singer Tom Parker died aged 33, on March 30, 2022. AP Photo -

Rock 'n roll star Bobby Rydell and star of the movie musical Bye Bye Birdie, died aged 79, on April 5, 2022. AP Photo -

US actor and comedian Gilbert Gottfried died aged 67 on April 12, 2022. AFP -

US country music star Naomi Judd died aged 76 on April 30, 2022. AP -

South Korean actress Kang Soo-youn died on May 7, 2022, aged 55. EPA -

The late UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, died aged 73 on May 13, 2022. AP Photo / Wam -

US actor Ray Liotta died on May 26, 2022 aged 67. Reuters -

Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, known professionally as KK, died aged 53 on May 31, 2022. AFP -

Alec John Such, right, founding member of the group Bon Jovi, died aged 70 on June 4, 2022. Getty Images -

Cooper Noriega, a popular TikTok content creator, died aged 19 on June 9, 2022. Photo: Instagram /@cooper.noriega -

Philip Baker Hall died aged 90 on June 12, 2022. Invision / AP, File -

Actress Mary Mara died aged 61 on June 26, 2022. WireImage -

Theatre and film director Peter Brook died aged 97 on July 2, 2022 -

Manga star and inventor of Yu-Gi-Oh cards, Japanese cartoonist Kazuki Takahashi, died aged 60 on July 4, 2022. EPA -

US actor James Caan of Godfather fame died aged 82 on July 6, 2022. AFP -

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe died aged 67 on July 8, 2022. AP Photo -

Soprano star Tony Sirico, left, died aged 79 on July 8, 2022. AP -

Ivana Trump, Donald Trump's first wife, died aged 73 on July 14, 2022. Reuters -

Pop artist Claes Oldenburg died aged 93 on July 18, 2022. Archive Photos / Getty Images -

Actress Shonka Dukureh died aged 44 on July 21, 2022. Photo: Warner Bros -
Goodfellas actor Paul Sorvino died aged 83 on July 25, 2022 -

US actress Nichelle Nichols died aged 89 on July 30, 2022. Photo: Bettmann / Corbis -
US actress Pat Carroll died aged 95 on July 30, 2022. AFP -

Basketball champion and the first black coach for any US professional sports team Bill Russell died aged 88 on July 31, 2022. AP Photo -

Australian singer Judith Durham died at the age of 79 in Melbourne on August 5, 2022. EPA -

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake died aged 84 on August 5, 2022. AFP -

British-Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John died aged 73 on August 8, 2022. EPA -

Author and illustrator Raymond Briggs died aged 88 on August 9, 2022. PA -

Actress Anne Heche died aged 53 on August 11, 2022. AP -

Former Pop Idol contestant and theatre star Darius Campbell Danesh died aged 41 on August 11, 2022. PA -

Director Wolfgang Petersen died aged 81 on August 12, 2022. Reuters -

South African actress and model Charlbi Dean Kriek died aged 32 on August 29, 2022. Photo: Invision / AP -

The last leader of the Soviet Union, former president Mikhail Gorbachev, died aged 91 on August 30, 2022. AP Photo / Boris Yurchenko -

British TV presenter and journalist Bill Turnbull died aged 66 on August 31, 2022. PA Media -

Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 on September 8, 2022. Photo: Royal Household / Ranald Mackechnie / PA Wire -

Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock was fatally shot during a robbery aged 30 on September 12, 2022. Photo: Invision / AP, File -

French film director Jean-Luc Godard died at age 91 on September 13, 2022. AFP -

US lawyer and judge Kenneth Starr died aged 76 on September 13, 2022. AFP -

Author Dame Hilary Mantel died aged 70 on September 22, 2022. Getty Images -

American actress Louise Fletcher died aged 88 on September 23, 2022. Photo: AP, File -

Yemeni oud player Ahmed Alshaiba died aged 32 on September 28, 2022. Getty Images -

US rapper Coolio died aged 59 on September 28, 2022. Photo: Brenda Chase Online USA Inc -

US activist Sacheen Littlefeather died aged 75 on October 2, 2022. AFP -

South Korean comic book artist Kim Jung Gi died aged 47 on October 3, 2022. Photo: Kim Jung Gi -

Grammy Award-winning singer Loretta Lynn died at age 90 on October 4, 2022. Getty Images via AFP -

Dame Angela Lansbury died of natural causes aged 96 on October 11, 2022 -

British actor Robbie Coltrane died at the age of 72 on October 14, 2022. PA Media -

Former Pentagon chief Ash Carter died aged 68 on October 24, 2022. EPA -

US actor Leslie Jordan died aged 67 on October 24, 2022. EPA -

Egyptian writer Bahaa Taher died at 87 on October 27, 2022. EPA -

American rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis died aged 87 on October 28, 2022. Reuters -

US rapper Takeoff, born Kirshnik Khari Ball, died aged 28 on November 1, 2022. Photo: Invision / AP, File -

Singer Aaron Carter died aged 34 on November 5, 2022. EPA -
American actor John Aniston, father of Jennifer Aniston, died aged 89 on November 11, 2022. AP Photo -

The Clash guitarist Keith Levene died aged 65 on November 11, 2022. Mirrorpix -

American actor Jason David Frank died aged 49 on November 19, 2022. Photo: Invision / AP -

Latin Grammy-winning balladeer Pablo Milanes died aged 79 on November 22, 2022. AFP -
Fleetwood Mac keyboardist and singer-songwriter Christine McVie died at age 79 on November 30, 2022. Photo: Invision / AP -

Veteran Filipina actress Sylvia La Torre died aged 89 on December 1, 2022. Photo: Facebook -

Actor, musician and children's author Bob McGrath died aged 90 on December 4, 2022. AP Photo -

American actress Kirstie Alley died at aged 71 on December 5, 2022. EPA -

Filipino musician Jovit Baldivino died aged 29 on December 9, 2022. Photo: Jovit Baldivino / Instagram -

Composer Angelo Badalamenti died aged 85 on December 11, 2022. AP -

Stephen 'tWitch' Boss died aged 40 on December 13, 2022. AFP -

Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, died aged 63 on December 18, 2022. PA -

Primal Scream and The Charlatans keyboardist Martin Duffy died aged 55 on December 18, 2022. Getty Images -

Maxi Jazz, lead singer of British group Faithless, died aged 65 on December 23, 2022. EPA -

British actor and comedian John Bird died aged 66 on December 24, 2022. PA -

Musician Joseph 'Jo Mersa' Marley, grandson of Bob Marley, died aged 31 on December 27, 2022. Getty Images -

Brazilian football legend Pele died aged 82 on December 29, 2022. Reuters -

British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood died aged 81 on December 29, 2022. Getty Images -

US television journalist Barbara Walters died aged 93 on December 30, 2022. EPA -

Former pope Benedict XVI died aged 95 on December 31, 2022. AFP
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