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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Bill Russell
Sports & Athletics
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Bill Russell

William Felton Russell
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
12 February 1934 โ€“ 31 July 2022 (88 years old)

William Felton 'Bill' Russell is universally revered as the greatest winner in North American team sports history, having anchored the Boston Celtics dynasty to eleven NBA championships in thirteen seasons (1957โ€“1969). A five-time NBA MVP who revolutionized defensive basketball with shot-blocking and fastbreak initiation, he was also the first Black head coach in major American professional sports and a towering civil rights leader.

Mercer Island, Washington, United States
Grace Dell Nichols
Arts & Music
28
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Grace Dell Nichols

Nichelle Nichols
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1932 โ€“ 2022 (89 years old)

Groundbreaking American actress and civil rights pioneer who shattered racial barriers as communications officer Lieutenant Nyota Uhura in Star Trek (1966โ€“1969) and later recruited the first American women and minority astronauts for NASA.

Cape Canaveral, United States
Bernard Joseph Cribbins
Arts & Music
22
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Bernard Joseph Cribbins

Bernard Cribbins
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1928 โ€“ 2022 (93 years old)

Beloved national treasure of British entertainment whose versatile career spanned seven decades, from comedy hits like "Right Said Fred" and The Railway Children (Albert Perks) to narrating The Wombles and playing Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who.

Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom
James Ephraim Lovelock
Sciences & Discovery
25
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James Ephraim Lovelock

James Lovelock
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1919 โ€“ 2022 (103 years old)

Centenarian British independent biophysicist, inventor, and environmental thinker who formulated the revolutionary "Gaia hypothesis"โ€”proposing that Earth functions as a self-regulating, living superorganismโ€”and invented the electron capture detector.

Abbotsbury, United Kingdom
David Hattersley Warner
Arts & Music
22
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David Hattersley Warner

David Warner
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1941 โ€“ 2022 (80 years old)

Venerable, versatile English stage and screen actor celebrated for his iconic Shakespearean Hamlet at the RSC, chilling photographer Jennings in The Omen, villainous Spicer Lovejoy in Titanic, and major sci-fi roles in Tron and Star Trek.

London, United Kingdom
Robert Rafelson
Arts & Music
21
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Robert Rafelson

Bob Rafelson
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1933 โ€“ 2022 (89 years old)

Maverick New Hollywood director and producer who co-founded BBS Productions, co-created television pop sensation The Monkees, produced Dennis Hopper's counterculture milestone Easy Rider, and directed Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens.

Aspen, Colorado, United States
Claes Thure Oldenburg
Arts & Music
21
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Claes Thure Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1929 โ€“ 2022 (93 years old)

Pioneering Swedish-American Pop art sculptor celebrated for transforming mundane everyday consumer objects into monumental, playful public sculpturesโ€”such as Giant Clothespin, Spoonbridge and Cherry, and soft fabric sculptures.

New York City, United States
Ivana Marie Trump
Arts & Music
22
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Ivana Marie Trump

Ivana Marie Zelnรญฤkovรก
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechoslovakia
1949 โ€“ 2022 (73 years old)

Czech-American businesswoman, model, and Manhattan socialite who was central to the creation of the Trump real estate brand in the 1980s, directing the design of Trump Tower and the Plaza Hotel, famous for her cameo motto in The First Wives Club: "Don't get mad, get everything!"

Bedminster, United States
Monty Noserovitch
Arts & Music
22
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Monty Noserovitch

Monty Norman
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1928 โ€“ 2022 (94 years old)

English composer and lyricist who composed the immortal, instantly recognizable electric guitar riff of the James Bond Theme for Dr. No (1962), anchoring every 007 film for over sixty years, and wrote hit West End musicals including Irma la Douce.

Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Shinzo Abe
Statesmanship & Statesmen
25
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Shinzo Abe

ๅฎ‰ๅ€ ๆ™‹ไธ‰
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1954 โ€“ 2022 (67 years old)

Longest-serving Prime Minister in Japanese history (2006โ€“2007, 2012โ€“2020), who transformed Japan's economy with his "Abenomics" revitalization program and pioneered the geopolitical vision of a "Free and Open Indo-Pacific".

Nagato, Japan
James Edmund Caan
Arts & Music
22
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James Edmund Caan

James Caan
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1940 โ€“ 2022 (82 years old)

Formidable American actor nominated for an Academy Award for his explosive portrayal of hot-headed mafia heir Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, famed for iconic roles in Thief, Misery, Brian's Song, and Elf.

Mission Hills, United States
Tarun Majumdar
Arts & Music
23
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Tarun Majumdar

เฆคเฆฐเงเฆฃ เฆฎเฆœเงเฆฎเฆฆเฆพเฆฐ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh
1931 โ€“ 2022 (91 years old)

Celebrated Bengali film director and four-time National Film Award winner whose heartwarming, socially resonant classics including Balika Badhu, Nimantran, Ganadevata, and Dadar Kirti captured the rustic soul and human dignity of rural Bengal.

Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Kazuo Takahashi
Arts & Music
20
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Kazuo Takahashi

้ซ˜ๆฉ‹ ๅ’ŒๅธŒ
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1961 โ€“ 2022 (60 years old)

Beloved Japanese manga artist who created the global phenomenon Yu-Gi-Oh!, spawning the world's best-selling trading card game with over 35 billion cards sold, who died heroically rescuing swimmers off Okinawa.

Tokyo, Japan
Mary Mara
Arts & Music
17
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Mary Mara

Mary Mara
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1960 โ€“ 2022 (61 years old)

Respected American character actress whose sharp, authentic performances graced over fifty television series and films, including memorable arcs on ER, Nash Bridges, Ray Donovan, NYPD Blue, and Law & Order.

Dewitt, New York, United States
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