Here are some of the most famous people who have died in 2022.
Anita Pointer, one of the founding members of the R&B group The Pointer Sisters, has died at age 74 on December 31, according to her publicist Roger Neal.
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Jeremiah Green, drummer and founding member of rock band Modest Mouse, died December 31. Last week the band’s frontman Isaac Brock announced Green had been recently diagnosed with cancer. He was 45.Iconic news anchor Barbara Walters died on Friday, December 30. She was the first female anchor on an evening news program after joining ABC in 1976.Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became the sport’s first global icon, died Thursday, December 29, at the age of 82.
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British fashion designer and style icon Vivienne Westwood died at her home in London on December 29, according to an official statement from her eponymous company. She was 81.YouTuber Keenan Cahill died December 29 at the age of 27, his manager David Graham confirmed to CNN. Cahill became one of the first viral stars of the 2010s, racking up millions of views with his lip-syncing videos.Renowned Japanese architect Arata Isozaki died Wednesday, December 28, at the age of 91, according to his longtime partner Misa Shin.Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley, a reggae artist who followed in the footsteps of his father, musician Stephen Marley, and his grandfather, the late reggae star Bob Marley, died at the age of 31.
Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley, a reggae artist who followed in the footsteps of his father, musician Stephen Marley, and his grandfather, the late reggae star Bob Marley, died at the age of 31.
Kathy Whitworth, the winningest golfer in history, died at the age of 83, according to the Ladies Professional Golf Association announced on Sunday, December 25.Footballer George Cohen died at age 83. Cohen was a member of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup.Maxi Jazz, lead vocalist of the British dance group Faithless, died on December 23. He was 65.UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar died at the age of 45 on December 22 due to presumed heart complications while at work.Pittsburgh Steelers great Franco Harris died at the age of 72, known for one of the most iconic plays in NFL history — the “Immaculate Reception”.Ronnie Hillman, a Super Bowl-winning running back for the Denver Broncos, died on December 21.Ali Ahmed Aslam, the man who is widely credited with creating the famous dish chicken tikka masala, died December 19.Terry Hall, lead singer of the English 2 tone and ska revival band The Specials, died “following a brief illness.” He was reportedly 63 at the time of his death.Drew Griffin, CNN’s award-winning senior investigative correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story, died December 17 after a long battle with cancer. He was 60.Billie Moore, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who was head coach of the first US women’s Olympic basketball team, died December 14 at the age of 79.Stephen “tWitch” Boss, the amiable DJ for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” died at the age of 40, confirmed by his wife.Mississippi State head football coach Mike Leach died from heart condition complications on December 13. He was 61.Former NBA All-Star and longtime head coach Paul Silas died at the age of 79 on December 11. Silas was a three-time NBA champion in his 16 seasons as a player.Prominent American journalist Grant Wahl died while covering the World Cup in Qatar. He was 49 years old. He died after collapsing during the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands on December 9.Actress Kirstie Alley, who starred in “Cheers” and “Veronica’s Closet,” died after a brief battle with cancer, her children announced on social media on December 5. She was 71.Nick Bollettieri, the famed tennis coach who taught the likes of the Williams sisters, Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova, died at the age of 91, confirmed by the IMG Academy on December 5.Bob McGrath, an original cast member of the beloved children’s program “Sesame Street,” died on December 4, according to statements from his family and Sesame Workshop. He was 90.Broadway actor Quentin Oliver Lee died at the age of 34 on December 2, six months after Lee said he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the co-founder of prominent feminist publication Ms. Magazine, died on December 1 at the age of 84.Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry died December 1 at the age of 84.Christine McVie, the singer-songwriter behind some of Fleetwood Mac’s biggest hits, died November 30 following a brief illness, according to her family. She was 79.
