Famous People Who Passed Away This Year

On 8 September 2022 Queen Elizabeth II, who ruled her kingdom and 14 Commonwealth realms for more than 70 years, died at her Scottish home Balmoral at the age of 96. Her eldest child, Charles, was officially proclaimed King Charles III at the age of 73.

Gaspard Thomas Ulliel was a French actor who played the young Hannibal Lecter in 2007's 'Hannibal Rising'. He died aged 37 on 19 January 2022 in France.

Madeleine Albright, the first female US Secretary of State during the presidency of Bill Clinton, died from cancer on 23 March 2022 in Washington DC at the age of 84. She had been born in Prague and moved to the United States in 1948.

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of the Soviet Union and was instrumental in bringing down the Berlin Wall. He died in Moscow aged 91 after a severe and prolonged illness on 30 August 2022.

Kirstie Alley, the US actress who delighted millions of viewers as Rebecca Howe, the beautiful bar manager in desperate search of a rich husband in 'Cheers', died on 5 December 2022 in Tampa, Florida.

Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was in power from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020. He was mortally wounded by shots fired by a 41-year-old man while giving a campaign speech for a colleague in the city of Nara on 8 July 2022 at the age of 67. The politician was cremated and had a funeral at a Buddhist temple on 12 July.

Sidney Poitier was an American actor, film director, and diplomat. He died in Beverly Hills, California, on 6 January 2022 at the age of 94.

British designer and Queen of Punk, Vivienne Westwood, died in London aged 81 on 29 December 2022.

Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin died in Jing'an District in Shanghai, at the age of 96 on 30 November 2022.

French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant sprung to fame in 1956 after he appeared opposite Brigitte Bardot in 'And God Created Woman'. He died in Uzes, in the south of France on 17 June 2022 aged 91.

Vincent Edward Scully was an American sportscaster best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers. He died on 2 August 2022 in California, US.

Anne Celeste Heche was an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She died aged 53 on 11 August 2022 in Los Angeles, United States after crashing her car into a house.

British-American actress and singer Dame Angela Lansbury was an international icon whose career highs include appearing twice with Elizabeth Taylor ('National Velvet' in 1944 and 'The Mirror Crack'd' in 1980), playing Laurence Harvey's sinister mother in 'The Manchurian Candidate' in 1962, and almost 20 years as the retired school teacher-turned sleuth, Jessica Fletcher in 'Murder, She Wrote'. She died in Los Angeles, California on 11 October 2022 aged 96.

US actor Ray Liotta who appeared in 'Goodfellas' and seemed to have a particular talent for playing gangsters died aged 67 in his sleep on 26 May 2022 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic where he was filming 'Dangerous Waters'.

Businesswoman Ivana Trump, ex-wife to former US President Donald Trump and mother to Trump children Eric, Ivanka, and Donald Jr, died after falling down stairs on 14 July 2022 in New York, US, aged 73.

French-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard died on 13 September 2022 aged 91 in Rolle, Switzerland.

Leslie Jordan was an American actor, comedian, writer, and singer. He died on 24 October 2022 in Los Angeles, California aged 67.

Scottish actor and comedian Robbie Coltrane best known to younger audiences as the giant Hagrid in the films of the Harry Potter books but who also was a dab hand at playing Russians, died on 14 October 2022 in Forth Valley Royal Hospital, UK aged 72.

Jerry Lee Lewis was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. He died on 28 October 2022 in Nesbit, Mississippi, aged 87.

Musician Andy Fletcher member of British band Depeche Mode, died on 26 May 2022 in Brighton, UK aged 60.

Michel Bouquet was a French stage and film actor. He died on 13 April 2022 in Paris, France aged 96.

Artis Ivey, better known as Coolio, was an American rapper. He died on 28 September 2022 in Los Angeles, California, US aged 59.

Three-time Brazilian world football champion Pele died at the age of 82 on 29 December 2022 in Brazil after suffering complications from colon cancer.

Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev was a Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. He died on 29 December 2022 in Moscow, aged 85.

Arata Isozaki, a Japanese architect who won the Pritzker Prize - considered the Nobel Prize of architecture - died at his home in Okinawa Prefecture on 28 December 2022, aged 91.

Aaron Carter was an American singer and rapper. He died on 5 November 2022 in California, US, aged 34.

Christine McVie was a member of many bands but was most notable for the work she did as a vocalist in Fleetwood Mac. She died on 30 November 2022 in Bouth, United Kingdom, aged 79.

Bob McGrath was an American actor, musician and children's author. He died on 4 December 2022 in Illinois, US, aged 90.

French fashion designer Thierry Mugler died in France on 23 January 2022, aged 73.