Notable Deaths 2022

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Weird that for many people, James Caan is first and foremost Buddy Elf's dad. Despite that long and storied career, for young people he's just "Oh the dad from Elf?"

I see what you mean. Anyways...

Clifford Alexander Jr., lawyer, businessman and adviser for U.S. presidents, died almost three weeks ago at age 88.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/us/c ... -dead.html

Janusz Kupcewitz, Polish soccer player, 66:
https://onefootball.com/en/news/janusz- ... y-35388394

Mike Schuler, Trail Blazers' head coach, died three-and-a-half weeks ago at age 81.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/06/mike-schu ... ead-at-81/

Julia Budzinski, daughter of Toronto Blue Jays' coach Mark Budzinski, died in a boating accident at age 17. R.I.P.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/julia-budzins ... d=86234865

Vernon Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey's dad, 89:
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-en ... nfrey-20e7

Hugh Evans, Hall of Fame NBA referee, 81:
https://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles ... 7_37662113

L.Q. Jones, veteran Western actor, 94:
https://people.com/movies/lq-jones-dead-at-94/

Ira Valentine, forner Houston Oilers running back, died of a heart attack at age 59.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... ies-at-59/

Rod Zaine, Canadian ice hockey player, 76:
https://buffalonews.com/sports/sabres/r ... efee3.html

Monty Norman, composer of the James Bond theme, 94:
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/12/11109888 ... dies-at-94

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Mohammed Barkindo, OPEC secretary general, 63:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/energy/b ... index.html

Sir Michael Fowler, New Zealand architect and author, 92:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sir-micha ... ZDT22F4RY/

P. Gopinathan Nair, freedom fighter Gandhian, died two days short of his 100th birthday. R.I.P.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cit ... 687677.cms

John Richard "Ducky" Schofield, longtime MLB player and World Series champion, 87:
https://sports.yahoo.com/former-world-s ... 26379.html

Spencer Webb, Oregon tight end, has died in a cliff-diving accident at age 22. R.I.P.
https://sports.yahoo.com/report-oregon- ... 08920.html

Rashard Anderson, former North Carolina Panthers player, died suddenly at age 45. R.I.P.
https://sports.yahoo.com/rashard-anders ... 04957.html

George Elder, St. Louis Browns outfielder, died over two weeks ago at age 101.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/col ... 55742.html

Gerald McEntee, union leader with political clout, 87:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/11/us/g ... -dead.html

Ivana Trump, former President Trump's first wife, 73:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics ... index.html

Barry Sinclair, New Zealand cricketer, 85:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/form ... 85-1324065

Maurice Boucher, former Hells Angels chief, 69:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal ... -1.6516425

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Jak Knight, stand-up comedian, writer and actor, died suddenly at age 28. R.I.P.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv ... 235181487/

Gary Moeller, Michigan's football coach, died almost two weeks ago at age 81.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ies-age-81

Lily Safra, star-crossed socialite and philanthropist, died over two weeks ago at age 87.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/16/worl ... -dead.html

Bernard Toone, NCAA basketball player, died three days shy of his 66th birthday.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/c ... 025907002/

John Froines, chemist and member of the Chicago Seven, 83:
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/stor ... ago-7-dies

Carleton Varney, world famous interior designer and Greenbrier decorator, 85:
https://www.wvnstv.com/news/world-famou ... ator-dies/

Hobie Billingsley, legendary Indiana Hoosiers' diving coach, 94:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2 ... 080083002/

Eric Flint, author of the 1632 series, 75:
https://locusmag.com/2022/07/eric-flint-1947-2022/

Lourdes Grobet, famed lucha photographer, 81:
https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/202 ... obet-dies/

Mickey Rooney Jr., actor, musician, and first child of a screen legend, 77:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235181907/

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Jessie Duarte, South African politician and Nelson Mandela's senior agent, 68:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... rica-dies/

Colin Stubs, Australian tennis player, died over a week ago at age 81.
https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2022/07/ ... olin-stubs

Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor, 93:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/claes ... index.html

Nolan Neal, America's Got Talent and The Voice contestant, died of an apparent overdose at age 41. Awful! R.I.P.
https://www.tmz.com/2022/07/19/nolan-ne ... dead-dies/

Bramwell Tovey, conductor of Winnipeg and vancouver orchestras, died over a week ago at age 69.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba ... -1.6519794

Johnny Pizarro, crew member of Law & Order: Organized Crime, was shot to death at age 31. R.I.P.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/19/entertai ... index.html

Rebecca Balding, actress of TV shows, including Charmed, succumbed to cancer at age 73.
https://people.com/tv/rebecca-balding-f ... ead-at-73/

Patrick Michaels, climate change contrarian, died almost a week ago at age 72.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... ange-dead/

Larry Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player, 81:
https://www.nhl.com/news/larry-jeffrey- ... -335042090

Justin Crawford, Australian Rules footballer, died suddenly at age 45.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/justin-c ... 604302.amp

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Taurean Blacque, actor of Hill Street Blues, 82:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tau ... 08971.html

Alan Grant, Judge Dredd and Batman writer, 73:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-so ... d-62255222

Uwe Seeler, German soccer striker, 85:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62258328

Ruslana Pysanka, Ukranian actress, 57:
https://censor.net/en/news/3355024/ruslana_pysanka_died

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Anna Shulgin, pioneer of psychedelics in therapy, died nearly three weeks ago at age 91.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireS ... 1-86698120

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Peter Inge, Baron Inge, senior British Army officer, 86:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fiel ... -3rvlqx36m

Gerald Shargel, criminal defense attorney for the mob, died three weeks ago at age 77.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/17/obit ... -dead.html

Mike Reynolds, prolific voice actor, died over a month ago at age 92.
https://obituaries.neptunesociety.com/o ... s-10836346

Judith Stamm, former national councilor, 88:
https://nationworldnews.com/former-nati ... tamm-dies/

Alice Harnoncourt, Austrian violinist, 91:
https://slippedisc.com/2022/07/sadness- ... ied-today/

Dwight Smith, former Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs outfielder, 58:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/342 ... th-dies-58

Robert Hoobler, police officer who saved Lil Wayne from a suicide attempt, was found dead at age 65. R.I.P.
https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/ ... 97743.html

Charles Johnson, former Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver, died suddenly at age 50.
https://www.9news.com/article/sports/nc ... 8c3467c06a

Jim Dillard, Canadian football halfback, 83:
https://okstate.com/news/2022/7/19/cowb ... llard.aspx

Johnny Egan, former Rockets basketball coach, 83:
https://www.nba.com/news/former-rockets ... dies-at-83

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Jim Lynch, stalwart linebacker for Kansas City Chiefs' 1970 champions, 76:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/342 ... ns-dies-76

Maria Petri, British soccer supporter of Arsenal, 82/83:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... ge-82.html

David Warner, actor of films such as Titanic and The Omen, 80:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-62219839

Melanie Raucscher, contestant of Naked and Afraid, died suddenly at age 35. R.I.P.
https://www.tmz.com/2022/07/24/naked-af ... dead-dies/

Bob Rafelson, director of Five Easy Pieces, 89:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/j ... d-new-wave

Jang-Sung "Dubu" Rak, Solo leveling artist, died suddenly of a cerebal hemorrhage. R.I.P.
https://www.cbr.com/solo-leveling-dubu- ... -obituary/

Paul Sorvino, actor of Goodfellas and Law & Order, 83:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/entertai ... index.html

Tim Giago, trailblazing Native American journalist, 88:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business ... story.html

David Trimble, key architect of the Good Friday agreement, 77:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/europe/d ... index.html

David McDonald, Broadway alum whose career spanned over four decades, 63:
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/202484/da ... ies-at-63/

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Howard "Howie" Kleinberg, contestant of Top Chef, died of a heart attack at age 46. R.I.P.
https://tvline.com/2022/07/27/howie-kle ... -of-death/

Yoko Shimada, actress of Shogun, 69:
https://deadline.com/2022/07/yoko-shima ... 235077896/

Tony Dow, star of Leave It to Beaver, died at age 77, a day after his premature death announcement. R.I.P.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/entertai ... index.html

Bernard Cribbins, actor of children's television, 93:
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-en ... bbins-32ae

Dr. Henry Janzen, Canadian football player, died over two weeks ago at age 82.
https://gobisons.ca/news/2022/7/25/foot ... anzen.aspx

Javorius "JayDaYoungan" Scott, Louisiana rapper, was fatally shot outside his home at age 24. R.I.P.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-n ... 235119078/

James Lovelock, British environmental scientist and creator of the Gaia Theory, died on his 103rd birthday. R.I.P.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/uk/james ... index.html

Diana Kennedy, British-born Mexican food writer, died twelve days ago at age 99.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/ ... y-obituary

Kyaw Min Yu, Burmese writer and political prisoner, was hanged at age 53 along with three other activists almost two weeks ago. R.I.P.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/asia/mya ... index.html

Mary Alice, actress of Fences, Sparkle, and The Matrix Revolutions, 85:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235188315/

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Paul Coker Jr., designer of Rankin/Bass classic holiday characters and longtime Mad magazine illustrator, 93:
https://deadline.com/2022/07/paul-coker ... 235081190/

Archie Roach, Australian singer-songwriter, 66:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... es-aged-66

Len Oliver, U.S. soccer player, died almost two weeks ago at age 88.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2 ... gton-dies/

Burt Metcalfe, M*A*S*H producer and director, 87:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv ... 235189292/

Nichelle Nichols, actress who played Lt. Uhura on Star Trek, 89:
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-en ... chols-82d5

Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, 88:
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-sp ... ssell-9db4

Pat Carroll, actress who played Ursula in The Little Mermaid, 95:
https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-pat-carrol ... 1849353699

Samuel Sandoval, Navajo code talker, 98:
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/31/11147661 ... -at-age-98

Wayne Hawkins, original Raider and five-time AFL all-star, 84:
https://www.nfl.com/news/original-raide ... dies-at-84

Darius Barnes, Broadway dancer and choreographer, died suddenly at age 34. R.I.P.
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/202501/da ... ies-at-34/

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Mo Ostin, longtime Warner records chairman, 95:
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-en ... Ostin-5955

William White, former Lions and Ohio state safety, succumbed to ALS over a week ago at age 56.
https://sports.yahoo.com/former-lions-o ... 42671.html

Mick Moloney, musician and champion of Irish culture, died ovr a week ago at age 77.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/arts ... -dead.html

Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, 94:
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-sp ... cully-912f

Larry Josephson, champion of free-form radio, died over a week ago at age 83.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/obit ... -dead.html

Joseph A. Doorley Jr., mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 91:
https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/pr ... rley-dies/

Sir Christopher Meyer, former UK ambassador to the U.S., died over a week ago at age 78.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... dies-at-78

Lars Tate, former Georgia football star and NFL running back, succumbed to throat cancer at age 56.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ck-dies-56

Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer, died last week at age 70.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aust ... 70-1327165

Jackie Walorski, U.S. lawmaker, was killed in a car crash at age 58 along with two other staffers: Emma Thompson, 28, and Zachery Potts, 27. R.I.P.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/congre ... 022-08-03/

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Jack Deloplaine, former Steelers running back, 68:
https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/ste ... 2208030118

Juris Hartmanis, first computer science department chair, died last week at age 94.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/0 ... ir-dies-94

Robert E. Simanek, Medal of Honor recipient from the Korean War, 92:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... edal-dies/

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Nichelle Nichols, actress who played Lt. Uhura on Star Trek, 89:
https://my.xfinity.com/articles/news-en ... chols-82d5

Yeah RIP, Nichelle. Tough to see the original cast slowly fade away, but what a legacy as an inspiration for entire generations of today's scientists. I lost count of the number of folks who pointed out Uhura as a role model for their career path. And that was before she died.
Down to three left on the old Enterprise bridge.

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Leon Rosenberg, trailblazing human geneticist, died two weeks ago at age 89.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... berg-dead/