Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Humanitarian & Peace

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Mehran Karimi Nasseri

مهران کریمی ناصری

Iran

1945 – 2022 (77 years old)

Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport for eighteen continuous years (1988–2006) due to diplomatic limbo, inspiring Steven Spielberg's film The Terminal starring Tom Hanks.

Thiais, France

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Arts & Music

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Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos

Gal Costa

Brazil

1945 – 2022 (77 years old)

Incomparable Brazilian vocalist whose crystalline, sensuous voice and fearless psychedelic rock spirit spearheaded the Tropicália movement alongside Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, hailed as one of the greatest singers in Latin American history.

São Paulo, Brazil

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Arts & Music

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William Daniel McCafferty

Dan McCafferty

Great Britain

1946 – 2022 (76 years old)

Powerhouse Scottish rock singer and frontman for hard rock band Nazareth for forty-five years, whose rasping, high-octane vocals electrified hits like "Love Hurts", "Hair of the Dog", and "Broken Down Angel", directly influencing Axl Rose.

Dunfermline, Fife, United Kingdom

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Music

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Ali Birra

Ali Mahammed Birra

Ethiopia

1950-09-29 – 2022-11-06 (72 years old)

Legendary Oromo singer, composer, and guitarist whose revolutionary songs championed education, human rights, and the cultural emancipation of the Oromo nation.

Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

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Arts & Music

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis

United States

1935 – 2022 (87 years old)

Volcanic American rock and roll pioneer nicknamed "The Killer", whose ferocious piano-pounding and swagger in 1957 classics "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire" established him alongside Elvis Presley as a founding titan of rock music.

Clayton, United States

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Arts & Music

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Leslie Allen Jordan

Leslie Jordan

United States

1955 – 2022 (67 years old)

Diminutive, flamboyant Emmy-winning American comedic actor and playwright celebrated for his scene-stealing role as Beverly Leslie on Will & Grace, appearances in American Horror Story, and joyful viral pandemic videos that comforted millions.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

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Arts & Music

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Anthony Robert McMillan

Robbie Coltrane

Great Britain

1950 – 2022 (72 years old)

Towering Scottish actor and comedian who achieved worldwide affection as the gentle half-giant Rubeus Hagrid across all eight Harry Potter films, won three consecutive BAFTAs as forensic psychologist Fitz in Cracker, and starred in James Bond films.

Stirlingshire, United Kingdom

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Literature & Poetry

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Kaddour M'Hamsadji

قدور محمصاجي

Algeria

1933 – 2022 (89 years old)

Prolific Algerian novelist, playwright, and literary historian whose work documented the birth of national theater, oral poetry, and urban folklore over seven decades.

Algiers, Algeria

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Arts & Music

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Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury

Angela Lansbury

Great Britain

1925 – 2022 (96 years old)

Beloved British-Irish-American actress whose eight-decade career garnered five Tony Awards, six Golden Globes, an Honorary Academy Award, and universal adoration as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote.

Los Angeles, United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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Bruno Latour

Bruno Latour

France

1947 – 2022 (75 years old)

World-renowned French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher who co-founded Actor-Network Theory (ANT), pioneered science and technology studies with Laboratory Life and We Have Never Been Modern, and won the Holberg Prize for his ecological philosophy on the New Climatic Regime.

Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France

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Arts & Music

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Loretta Webb

Loretta Lynn

United States

1932 – 2022 (90 years old)

Groundbreaking American country music singer-songwriter dubbed "The Coal Miner's Daughter", whose fiercely honest working-class anthems confronting female autonomy, marital infidelity, and birth control broke radio taboos and sold over 45 million records.

Hurricane Mills, United States

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Marie Louise Cruz

Sacheen Littlefeather

United States

1946 – 2022 (75 years old)

Native American civil rights activist and actress who made history at the 1973 Academy Awards by declining Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather to protest Hollywood's portrayal of Indigenous people and draw attention to Wounded Knee.

Novato, United States

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Sports & Athletics

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Antonio Inoki

アントニオ猪木 (猪木 寛至)

Japan

1943 – 2022 (79 years old)

Legendary Japanese professional wrestler, founder of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and pioneer of mixed martial arts who fought Muhammad Ali in the historic 1976 Boxer vs. Wrestler bout.

Yokohama (Kanagawa), Japan

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Arts & Music

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Artis Leon Ivey Jr.

Coolio

United States

1963 – 2022 (59 years old)

Grammy-winning American West Coast rapper who achieved global multi-platinum immortality with his 1995 hip-hop anthem "Gangsta's Paradise", one of the best-selling rap singles in history, and recorded "Fantastic Voyage".

Los Angeles, United States

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Aïcha Chenna

عائشة الشنا

Morocco

1941 – 2022 (81 years old)

Revered Moroccan humanitarian pioneer, known affectionately as 'Mama Aïcha', who founded the Association Solidarité Féminine in 1985 to rescue and empower single mothers and abandoned children.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Arts & Music

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Farrell Sanders

Pharoah Sanders

United States

1940 – 2022 (81 years old)

Colossal American spiritual jazz and free jazz tenor saxophonist whose ferocious overblowing, split tones, and cosmic masterworks like "The Creator Has a Master Plan" with John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane expanded the spiritual horizons of music.

Los Angeles, California, United States

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Literature & Poetry

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Dame Hilary Mary Mantel

Hilary Mary Thompson

Great Britain

1952 – 2022 (70 years old)

Preeminent British historical novelist who made literary history as the first woman to win the prestigious Booker Prize twice, for her monumental Thomas Cromwell trilogy masterpieces Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.

Budleigh Salterton, United Kingdom

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Sciences & Discovery

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Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov

Валерий Владимирович Поляков

Soviet Union

1942 – 2022 (80 years old)

Russian cosmonaut and aerospace physician who set the unbroken world record for the longest continuous single spaceflight in human history, staying aboard the Mir space station for 437 days and 18 hours (1994–1995).

Moscow, Russia

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