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Lata Mangeshkar
Arts & Music
18
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Lata Mangeshkar

เคฒเคคเคพ เคฎเค‚เค—เฅ‡เคถเค•เคฐ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1929 โ€“ 2022 (92 years old)

Revered as the "Nightingale of India" and the supreme voice of Indian cinema, whose ethereal playback singing across seven decades recorded tens of thousands of songs in over thirty-six languages, awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Maria Luisa Ceciarelli
Arts & Music
16
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Maria Luisa Ceciarelli

Monica Vitti
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
1931 โ€“ 2022 (90 years old)

Incomparable Italian screen legend and five-time David di Donatello winner who became the muse of Michelangelo Antonioni in modernist cinema milestones L'Avventura and Red Desert, before reigning as the queen of Italian comedy (commedia all'italiana).

Rome, Italy
Michael Lee Aday
Arts & Music
18
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Michael Lee Aday

Marvin Lee Aday
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1947 โ€“ 2022 (74 years old)

Operatic American rock singer and actor whose thunderous theatrical collaboration with composer Jim Steinman, Bat Out of Hell, became one of the best-selling albums in history, and who starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Fight Club.

Nashville, United States
Brijmohan Nath Mishra
Arts & Music
17
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Brijmohan Nath Mishra

เคชเค‚เคกเคฟเคค เคฌเคฟเคฐเคœเฅ‚ เคฎเคนเคพเคฐเคพเคœ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1938 โ€“ 2022 (83 years old)

Doyen of Indian classical dance and torchbearer of the Kalka-Bindadin Lucknow Gharana of Kathak, whose expressive storytelling (bhava), rapid pirouettes (chakkars), and rhythmic footwork popularized Kathak globally, awarded the Padma Vibhushan.

New Delhi, India
Veronica Yvette Bennett
Arts & Music
18
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Veronica Yvette Bennett

Ronnie Spector
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1943 โ€“ 2022 (78 years old)

Charismatic lead singer of the quintessential 1960s girl group The Ronettes, whose powerhouse, vibrato-rich vocals on "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You" defined the girl group sound and influenced generations of rock artists.

Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Robert Lane Saget
Arts & Music
15
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Robert Lane Saget

Bob Saget
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1956 โ€“ 2022 (65 years old)

Beloved American comedian and actor dubbed "America's Dad" for portraying widowed patriarch Danny Tanner on the hit ABC sitcom Full House, host of America's Funniest Home Videos, and celebrated stand-up comedian.

Los Angeles, United States
Peter Bogdanovich
Arts & Music
19
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Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1939 โ€“ 2022 (82 years old)

Visionary American New Hollywood film director, screenwriter, and film historian who directed enduring masterpieces The Last Picture Show, What's Up, Doc?, and Paper Moon, and championed golden-age cinema titans Orson Welles and John Ford.

Los Angeles, United States
Sir Sidney L. Poitier
Arts & Music
18
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Sir Sidney L. Poitier

Sidney Poitier
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1927 โ€“ 2022 (94 years old)

Trailblazing Bahamian-American actor, film director, and diplomat who became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field, breaking racial barriers in Hollywood and fighting for civil rights.

Los Angeles, United States
Messaoud Bellemou
Arts & Music
5
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Messaoud Bellemou

ู…ุณุนูˆุฏ ุจู„ู…ูˆ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1947 โ€“ 2022 (75 years old)

Visionary instrumentalist hailed as the 'Father of Modern Pop-Rai' who introduced the trumpet, saxophone, and modern percussion into traditional Bedouin pastoral music in the 1960s.

Aรฏn Tรฉmouchent, Algeria
Betty Marion White
Arts & Music
16
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Betty Marion White

Betty White
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1922 โ€“ 2021 (99 years old)

Beloved "First Lady of Television" whose historic eight-decade career included pioneering work as a television producer, immortal comic performances as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls, dying just weeks shy of her 100th birthday.

Los Angeles, California, United States
Vicente Fernรกndez Gรณmez
Arts & Music
24
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Vicente Fernรกndez Gรณmez

Vicente Fernรกndez
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
1940 โ€“ 2021 (81 years old)

Revered as "El Rey de la Mรบsica Ranchera" (The King of Ranchera Music) and "Chente", Mexican cultural titan whose operatic baritone, charro suits, and immortal anthems like "Volver, Volver" and "El Rey" sold over 50 million records and earned 4 Grammy Awards.

Tlajomulco de Zรบรฑiga, Jalisco, Mexico
Carmen Salinas Lozano
Arts & Music
23
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Carmen Salinas Lozano

Carmen Salinas
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
1939 โ€“ 2021 (82 years old)

Iconic Mexican character actress, comedian, producer, and politician whose six-decade career spanned classic Golden Age cinema, over thirty telenovelas, producing the smash theatrical musical Aventurera, and serving in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies.

Mexico City, Mexico
Abdel Karim el Kabli
Arts & Music
7
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Abdel Karim el Kabli

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ูƒุฑูŠู… ุงู„ูƒุงุจู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan
1932 โ€“ 2021 (89 years old)

Legendary Sudanese musical virtuoso, poet, and cultural diplomat whose performances of classical Arabic qasidas and Sudanese folk songs championed pan-African unity and peace.

Tampa, United States
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