Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2022.
One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II.
Other world leaders who died in 2022 include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who died in August. His efforts to revitalize the Soviet Union led to the collapse of communism there and the end of the Cold War. He eventually resigned after an attempted coup, just as republics declared independence from the Soviet Union.
Among the entertainers who died this year was groundbreaking actor Sidney Poitier, who played roles with such dignity that it helped change the way Black people are portrayed on screen. Poitier, who died in January, became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1963 film “Lilies of the Field.”
The family of acrress Angela Lansbury says she died in her sleep at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, five days shy of her 97th birthday. Honorees Christine McVie, left, and Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac appear at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Fleetwood Mac in New York on Jan. 26, 2018. McVie, the soulful British musician who sang lead on many of Fleetwood Mac’s biggest hits, has died at 79. The band announced her death on social media Wednesday.
FILE – AUGUST 12: Actress Anne Heche dead at the age of 53. BEVERLY HILLS, CA – OCTOBER 05: Actress Anne Heche arrives at Variety’s Power of Women presented by Lifetime at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on October 5, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.
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