The Year in Entertainment 2022: Those we lost
Written by ABC Audio ALL RIGHTS RESERVED on December 29, 2022
January
January 6 – Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning trailblazer, 94
January 6 – Peter Bogdanovich, Paper Moon director, 82
January 9 – Bob Saget, comedian and Full House star, 65
January 12 – Ronnie Spector, frontwoman for The Ronettes, 78
January 18 – Andre Leon Talley, journalist, 73
January 19 – Gaspard Ulliel, French actor, 37
January 20 – Meat Loaf, musician and Fight Club actor, 74
January 21 – Louie Anderson, comedian and Baskets Emmy winner, 68
February
February 12 – Ivan Reitman, director of Ghostbusters, Stripes and others, 75
March
March 13 – William Hurt, Oscar-winning actor, 71
March 25 – Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters drummer, 50
April
April 2 – Estelle Harris, Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld, Toy Story voice, 93
April 12 – Gilbert Gottfried, stand-up and Aladdin voice-over star, 67
April 15 – Liz Sheridan, Seinfeld matriarch, 93
April 30 – Naomi Judd, country music legend, 76
May
May 26 – Ray Liotta, Goodfellas actor, 67
June
July
July 6 – James Caan, Sonny in The Godfather films, Elf, 82
July 8 – Tony Sirico, Sopranos star, 79
July 14 – Ivana Trump, former model wife of former President Donald Trump, 73
July 25 – Paul Sorvino, Goodfellas star, 83
July 30 – Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek trailblazer, 89; Pat Carroll, actress and comedienne, 95
August
August 8 – Olivia Newton-John, Grease star and recording artist, 73
August 12 – Anne Heche, Emmy winner, ex of Ellen DeGeneres, 53
September
September 8 – Queen Elizabeth II, 96
September 13 – Jean-Luc Godard, legendary filmmaker, 91
September 23 – Louise Fletcher, One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest‘s Nurse Ratched, 88
October
October 4 – Loretta Lynn, country legend, 90
October 11 – Angela Lansbury, Murder She Wrote star, 96
October 14 – Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter‘s Hagrid, 72
October 24 – Leslie Jordan, Will & Grace and Call Me Kat star, 67
October 28 – Jerry Lee Lewis, legendary rock ‘n’ roll singer and pianist, 87
November
November 1– Takeoff, Migos rapper, 28
November 5 – Aaron Carter, singer, 34
November 10 – Kevin Conroy, beloved voice of Batman and Bruce Wayne in cartoons and video games, 66
November 11 – Gallagher, melon-splatting comedian, 76
November 20 – Jason David Frank, Power Rangers star, 49
November 26 – Irene Cara, “What a Feeling” Oscar winner, 63
November 29 – Brad William Henke, Orange Is the New Black star, 56
November 30 – Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac alumna, 79
December
December 4 – Bob McGrath, Sesame Street star, 90
December 5 – Kirstie Alley, Cheers and Look Who’s Talking star, 71
December 13 – Stephen “tWitch” Boss, The Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ and co-executive producer, 40
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