Famous People Who Died in 2022

• Albright, Madeleine

  U.S. Secretary of State, 1997-2001

• Bogdanovich, Peter

  Director of The Last Picture Show

• Durst, Robert

  The eccentric killer featured in the HBO show The Jinx

• Heche, Anne

  The one-time partner of Ellen DeGeneres who starred in Six Days Seven Nights

• Hurt, William

  Star of the movie Kiss of the Spider Woman

• Lynn, Loretta

  The country music legend who sang "Coal Miner's Daughter"

• Mantel, Hilary

  The author of Wolf Hall

• Newton-John, Olivia

  The pop singer who starred in the 1979 musical Grease

• Pelé

  Brazil's most famous soccer star

• Poitier, Sidney

  The star of the 1967 film In The Heat of the Night

• Pope Benedict XVI

  The supreme leader of the Catholic Church, 2005-2013

• Queen Elizabeth II

  The British queen who reigned from 1952-2022

• Russell, Bill

  11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics

• Walters, Barbara

  20/20 veteran and host of ABC's The View

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