In the year 2022
1,375 Notable deaths
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); author of the mythical man-month and 'no silver bullet' (1986), which distinguished essential from accidental complexity in software engineering.
Born April 19th, 1931 in Durham.
Died November 17th, 2022 at 91 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Jimmy Wang Yu
Chinese-taiwanese actor and filmmaker (1943-2022).
Born March 28th, 1943 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2022 at 79 years old in Taipei. [ref]
Hudson Austin
Grenadian revolutionary and politician (1938–2022).
Born April 26th, 1938 in Grenada.
Died September 24th, 2022 at 84 years old in St. George's. [ref]
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Artist.
Born August 1st, 1948 in Long Beach.
Died November 29th, 2022 at 74 years old in Sauve. [ref]
Angelo Sodano
Cardinal of the catholic church.
Born November 23rd, 1927 in Isola d'Asti.
Died May 27th, 2022 at 94 years old in Rome (COVID-19).
Albert Pyun
American film director.
Born May 19th, 1953 in Hawaii.
Died November 26th, 2022 at 69 years old in Las Vegas. [ref]
Bill Pearl
American bodybuilder.
Born October 31st, 1930 in Prineville.
Died September 14th, 2022 at 91 years old in Phoenix. [ref]
Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce
Royal navy officer (born 1943).
Born April 2nd, 1943 in Cape Town.
Died November 6th, 2022 at 79 years old [ref]
Monty Norman
British composer (1928–2022).
Born April 4th, 1928 in London.
Died July 11th, 2022 at 94 years old in Slough. [ref]
Frederick Buechner
American christian writer (1926–2022).
Born July 11th, 1926 in New York City.
Died August 15th, 2022 at 96 years old in Rupert. [ref]
Bill Fitch
American basketball coach (1934–2022).
Born May 19th, 1934 in Davenport. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 2022 at 87 years old in Conroe. [ref]
Mickey Kuhn
American actor (1932–2022).
Born September 21st, 1932 in Waukegan.
Died November 20th, 2022 at 90 years old in Naples. [ref]
Gerda Weissmann Klein
Author, historian, speaker and holocaust survivor (1924–2022).
Born May 8th, 1924 in Bielsko.
Died April 3rd, 2022 at 97 years old in Phoenix. [ref]
Freddy Rincón
Colombian footballer (1966–2022).
Born August 14th, 1966 in Buenaventura.
Died April 13th, 2022 at 55 years old in Cali (traffic collision, traumatic brain injury). [ref]
Shintarō Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, governor of tokyo (1932–2022).
Born September 30th, 1932 in Suma-ku.
Died February 1st, 2022 at 89 years old in Ota (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician (1971–2022).
Born April 10th, 1971 in Springfield Township.
Died August 25th, 2022 at 51 years old in Phoenix. [ref]
Clark Gillies
Canadian ice hockey player (1954–2022).
Born April 7th, 1954 in Moose Jaw.
Died January 21st, 2022 at 67 years old [ref]
Jacques Perrin
French actor and film producer.
Born July 13th, 1941 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 21st, 2022 at 80 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Conrad Janis
American actor and musician (1928–2022).
Born February 11th, 1928 in New York City.
Died March 1st, 2022 at 94 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Bujar Nishani
Albanian politician (1966–2022).
Born September 29th, 1966 in Durrës.
Died May 28th, 2022 at 55 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Charles Geschke
American computer scientist.
Born September 11th, 1939 in Cleveland.
Died April 16th, 2022 at 82 years old in Los Altos. [ref]
Yuri Shatunov
Russian singer (1973-2022).
Born September 6th, 1973 in Kumertau.
Died June 23rd, 2022 at 48 years old in Domodedovo. [ref]
George Crumb
American composer (1929-2022).
Born October 24th, 1929 in Charleston.
Died February 6th, 2022 at 92 years old in Media. [ref]
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The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder