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In the year 2022
1,197 Notable deaths
Lester Piggott
British champion jockey (1935–2022).
Born November 5th, 1935 in Wantage.
Died May 29th, 2022 at 86 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Stuart Margolin
American actor and director.
Born January 31st, 1940 in Davenport. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2022 at 82 years old in Staunton. [ref]
Johnny Brown
American actor.
Born June 11th, 1937 in St. Petersburg.
Died March 2nd, 2022 at 84 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Joanna Barnes
American actress and writer.
Born November 15th, 1934 in Boston.
Died April 29th, 2022 at 87 years old in Sea Ranch. [ref]
Birju Maharaj
Indian dancer.
Born February 4th, 1938 in Lucknow.
Died January 16th, 2022 at 83 years old in Delhi. [ref]
Raymond Briggs
English cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.
Born January 18th, 1934 in Wimbledon. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2022 at 88 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Gaylord Perry
American hall of fame baseball player.
Born September 15th, 1938 in Williamston.
Died December 1st, 2022 at 84 years old in Gaffney. [ref]
Bruno Latour
French sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist.
Born June 22nd, 1947 in Beaune. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2022 at 75 years old in Paris (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Rod Marsh
Former australian wicketkeeper.
Born November 4th, 1947 in Armadale. [ref]
Died March 4th, 2022 at 74 years old in Adelaide (myocardial infarction). [ref]
James Lovelock
English independent scientist (1919–2022).
Born July 26th, 1919 in Letchworth Garden City.
Died July 26th, 2022 at 103 years old in Abbotsbury (complication). [ref]
Deaths 161 to 170 of 1197
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks