Offscreen Notes
Some Who Left Us in 2022
Postscript: Sometimes, sadly, death notices are the first things to alert us to the existence and accomplishments of some people; and here, below, are a list of some of the distinguished people lost in the last year or so —their end may be a beginning of our new knowledge…
Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister (September 21.1954 – July 8, 2022)
Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State (May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022)
Jeff Barnaby, filmmaker (1976 – October 13. 2022)
Jeff (Geoffrey) Beck, guitarist (June 24, 1944 – January 10, 2023)
Jean-Jacques Beineix, filmmaker (October 8, 1946 – January 13. 2022)
Peter Bogdanovich, historian, writer, filmmaker (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022)
Calvin Otis Butts III, minister, administrator, and activist(July 19, 1949 – October 28, 2022)
James Caan, actor (March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022)
Barbara Ehrenreich, writer and activist (August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022)
Todd Gitlin, teacher and writer (January 6, 1943 – February 5, 2022)
Sam Gilliam, abstract painter (November 30, 1933 – June 25, 2022)
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union President (March 2. 1931 – August 30, 2022)
Lani Guinier, attorney and educator (April 19, 1950 – January 7, 2022)
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, feminist activist and business woman (October 2, 1938 – December 1, 2022)
Kamoya Kimeu, paleontologist and curator, (1938 – July 20, 2022)
William Klein, photographer and filmmaker (April 19, 1926 – September 10, 2022)
Guy Lafleur, hockey player (September 20, 1951 – April 22, 2022),
George Lamming, writer (June 8, 1927 – June 4, 2022)
Richard Leakey, paleoanthropologist (December 19, 1944 – January 2, 2022)
Irene Papas, actress and singer (September 3, 1929 – September 14, 2022)
Wolfgang Petersen, writer and filmmaker (March 14, 1941 – August 12, 2022)
Anita Pointer, singer and songwriter (January 23, 1948 – December 31, 2022)
Sidney Poitier, writer, director, actor (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022)
Lisa Marie Presley, singer (February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2023)
Bob Rafelson, filmmaker (February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022)
Arthur Dale Riggs, geneticist (August 8, 1939 – March 23, 2022)
Andre Leon Talley, fashion journalist and editor (October 16, 1948 – January 18, 2022)
Jean-Louis Trintignant, actor (December 11, 1930 – June 17, 2022)
Barbara Walters, journalist and media producer (September 25, 1929 – December 30, 2022)
and
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and philanthropist (21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022)
Compiled by Daniel Garrett
