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Michael Dean Bossy
Sports & Athletics
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Michael Dean Bossy

Mike Bossy
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1957 โ€“ 2022 (65 years old)

Deadly, gentlemanly New York Islanders sniper celebrated as the most pure and prolific goal-scorer in NHL history, leading the Islanders dynasty to four consecutive Stanley Cups (1980โ€“1983) and holding the NHL record for highest goals-per-game average (0.762).

Rosemรจre, Quebec, Canada
Nehemiah Persoff
Arts & Music
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Nehemiah Persoff

ื ื—ืžื™ื” ืคืจืกื•ืฃ
๐ŸŒ Israel
1919 โ€“ 2022 (102 years old)

Centenarian Israeli-American character actor whose prolific seventy-year career spanned over 200 film and television roles, including mob boss Little Bonaparte in Some Like It Hot, Barbra Streisand's father in Yentl, and the voice of Papa Mousekewitz in An American Tail.

Cambria, California, United States
Sidney Altman
Sciences & Discovery
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Sidney Altman

Sidney Altman
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1939 โ€“ 2022 (82 years old)

Canadian-American molecular biologist and Yale University Sterling Professor awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the catalytic properties of RNA (ribozymes), upending the dogma that only proteins could act as biological enzymes.

Rockleigh, New Jersey, United States
Oliver Taylor Hawkins
Arts & Music
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Oliver Taylor Hawkins

Taylor Hawkins
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1972 โ€“ 2022 (50 years old)

Charismatic American rock drummer who powered the Foo Fighters for twenty-five years alongside Dave Grohl, revered for ferocious kinetic drumming, sunny spirit, and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.

Hidden Hills, United States
William McChord Hurt
Arts & Music
22
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William McChord Hurt

William Hurt
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1950 โ€“ 2022 (71 years old)

Celebrated American actor of cerebral intensity and emotional complexity who became the first performer to receive three consecutive Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in the 1980s, winning for Kiss of the Spider Woman.

Portland, Oregon, United States
Sally Clare Kellerman
Arts & Music
23
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Sally Clare Kellerman

Sally Kellerman
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1937 โ€“ 2022 (84 years old)

Sultry-voiced, Oscar-nominated American actress and singer who created the immortal role of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's 1970 satirical anti-war masterpiece M*A*S*H, and starred in Back to School.

Woodland Hills, California, United States
Arnaldo Jabor
Arts & Music
21
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Arnaldo Jabor

Arnaldo Jabor
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
1940 โ€“ 2022 (81 years old)

Influential Brazilian Cinema Novo film director, screenwriter, and incisive cultural commentator whose provocative films (Tudo Bem, I Love You, Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar) and biting daily political broadcasts on TV Globo dissected Brazilian society for four decades.

Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alokesh Lahiri
Arts & Music
21
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Alokesh Lahiri

เฆฌเฆพเฆชเงเฆชเง€ เฆฒเฆพเฆนเฆฟเฆกเฆผเง€
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1952 โ€“ 2022 (69 years old)

Beloved "Disco King of Bollywood", composer, and playback singer who pioneered synthesized disco music in Indian cinema in the 1980s, composing viral chartbusters for Disco Dancer ("I Am a Disco Dancer") and Himmatwala, famed for his trademark gold chains and sunglasses.

Vile Parle, Mumbai, India
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