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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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William Daniel McCafferty
Arts & Music
27
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William Daniel McCafferty

Dan McCafferty
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1946 โ€“ 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
Music
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Ali Birra

Ali Mahammed Birra
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia
1950-09-29 โ€“ 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
Jerry Lee Lewis
Arts & Music
22
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Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1935 โ€“ 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
Leslie Allen Jordan
Arts & Music
24
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Leslie Allen Jordan

Leslie Jordan
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1955 โ€“ 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
Anthony Robert McMillan
Arts & Music
24
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Anthony Robert McMillan

Robbie Coltrane
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1950 โ€“ 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
Bruno Latour
Philosophy & Thought
24
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Bruno Latour

Bruno Latour
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1947 โ€“ 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, Cรดte-d'Or, France
Loretta Webb
Arts & Music
26
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Loretta Webb

Loretta Lynn
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1932 โ€“ 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
Marie Louise Cruz
Humanitarian & Peace
27
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Marie Louise Cruz

Sacheen Littlefeather
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1946 โ€“ 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
Antonio Inoki
Sports & Athletics
38
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Antonio Inoki

ใ‚ขใƒณใƒˆใƒ‹ใ‚ช็Œชๆœจ (็Œชๆœจ ๅฏ›่‡ณ)
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1943 โ€“ 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
Artis Leon Ivey Jr.
Arts & Music
25
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Artis Leon Ivey Jr.

Coolio
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1963 โ€“ 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
Aรฏcha Chenna
Humanitarian & Peace
9
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Aรฏcha Chenna

ุนุงุฆุดุฉ ุงู„ุดู†ุง
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1941 โ€“ 2022 (81 years old)

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

Casablanca, Morocco
Farrell Sanders
Arts & Music
22
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Farrell Sanders

Pharoah Sanders
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1940 โ€“ 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
Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov
Sciences & Discovery
33
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Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov

ะ’ะฐะปะตั€ะธะน ะ’ะปะฐะดะธะผะธั€ะพะฒะธั‡ ะŸะพะปัะบะพะฒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Soviet Union
1942 โ€“ 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 (1994โ€“1995).

Moscow, Russia
Farida Saboundji
Arts & Music
2
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Farida Saboundji

ูุฑูŠุฏุฉ ุตุงุจูˆู†ุฌูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1930 โ€“ 2022 (92 years old)

Doyenne of Algerian television, radio, and theater whose aristocratic diction and career spanning seven decades shaped classics like 'El Massir' and 'Meknassia'.

Algiers, Algeria
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