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In the year 2022
1,335 Notable deaths
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Malian politician.
Born January 29th, 1945 in Koutiala.
Died January 16th, 2022 at 76 years old in Bamako. [ref]
James McDivitt
American astronaut and test pilot (1929-2022).
Born June 10th, 1929 in Chicago. [ref]
Died October 13th, 2022 at 93 years old in Tucson. [ref]
Greg Bear
American writer best known for science fiction.
Born August 20th, 1951 in San Diego.
Died November 19th, 2022 at 71 years old (stroke). [ref]
Bob Rafelson
American film director (1933–2022).
Born February 21st, 1933 in New York City.
Died July 23rd, 2022 at 89 years old in Aspen (lung cancer). [ref]
Jack Ging
United states actor and sportsman.
Born November 30th, 1931 in Alva.
Died September 9th, 2022 at 90 years old in Palm Springs. [ref]
Frank Drake
American astronomer and astrophysicist (1930–2022).
Born May 28th, 1930 in Chicago.
Died September 2nd, 2022 at 92 years old in Aptos. [ref]
Bob Lanier
American basketball player (1948–2022).
Born September 10th, 1948 in Buffalo. [ref]
Died May 10th, 2022 at 73 years old [ref]
Thom Bell
American producer, arranger and songwriter (1943–2022).
Born January 27th, 1943 in Philadelphia, Kingston.
Died December 22nd, 2022 at 79 years old in Bellingham. [ref]
Peter Robinson
Canadian crime writer (1950–2022).
Born March 17th, 1950 in Castleford. [ref]
Died October 4th, 2022 at 72 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Jack Dromey
British politician (1948-2022).
Born September 29th, 1948 in London Borough of Brent.
Died January 7th, 2022 at 73 years old in Birmingham. [ref]
Prince Maximilian, Margrave of Baden
German aristocrat(1933-2022).
Died December 29th, 2022 at 89 years old in Salem. [ref]
Diane McBain
American actress (1941–2022).
Born May 18th, 1941 in Cleveland.
Died December 21st, 2022 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (liver cancer). [ref]
Sonya Eddy
American actress (1967–2022).
Born June 17th, 1967 in Concord.
Died December 19th, 2022 at 55 years old [ref]
Paula Rego
Portuguese-british visual artist (1935-2022).
Born January 26th, 1935 in Lisbon.
Died June 8th, 2022 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Vitaly Gerasimov
Russian general (1977-2022).
Died March 7th, 2022 at 44 years old in Kharkiv Oblast (death in battle). [ref]
David Sassoli
President of the european parliament from 2019 to 2022.
Born May 30th, 1956 in Florence. [ref]
Died January 11th, 2022 at 65 years old in Aviano (pneumonia). [ref]
Svika Pick
Israeli musician.
Born October 3rd, 1949 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died August 14th, 2022 at 72 years old in Ramat HaSharon.
Jerry Allison
American rock drummer (1939–2022).
Born August 31st, 1939 in Hillsboro.
Died August 22nd, 2022 at 82 years old [ref]
Kenneth Tsang
Hong kong actor.
Born September 2nd, 1935 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2022 at 86 years old in The Kowloon Hotel. [ref]
Gal Costa
Brazilian singer (1945–2022).
Born September 26th, 1945 in Salvador. [ref]
Died November 9th, 2022 at 77 years old in São Paulo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Susana Dosamantes
Mexican actress (1948-2022).
Born January 9th, 1948 in Guadalajara.
Died July 2nd, 2022 at 74 years old in Miami (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Olavo de Carvalho
Brazilian intellectual, astrologer, essayist, lecturer, literary critic, writer, philosopher and journalist (1947-2022).
Born April 29th, 1947 in Campinas. [ref]
Died January 24th, 2022 at 74 years old in Richmond. [ref]
Ned Eisenberg
American actor (1957–2022).
Born January 13th, 1957 in New York City.
Died February 27th, 2022 at 65 years old in New York City. [ref]
Yōko Shimada
Japanese actress.
Born May 17th, 1953 in Kumamoto.
Died July 25th, 2022 at 69 years old in Tokyo (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Fred Brooks
American computer scientist (1931–2022).
Born April 19th, 1931 in Durham.
Died November 17th, 2022 at 91 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz