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Sidney Poitier was a coloured American, who slapped a white American back going against the script. He later told people that blacks would go home from the movies with their pride shattered, most often than not. He changed that for American movies and became the first black actor to win an Oscar. He passed away in 2022 at the age of 94.
The Boston Celtics lost a champion in Bill Russell, and Obama presented him with a Medal of Freedom in 2011. The man stood by Ali, marched with Martin Luther King, and refused to play a game as Celtic blacks were not served at a restaurant. He was 88.
Pele also left us at the age of 82, and he holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of official goals in the game’s history. He has also won the World Cup thrice.
The poet of baseball Vin Scully also left for the heavens in 2022. He used to announce for the Dodgers, and in 1974, he congratulated Hank Aaron, a black American baseball player, for getting a standing ovation for breaking Babe Ruth’s record.
Virginia McLaurin died at the age of 113. She was a poor lady but lived long enough to dance with Michelle Obama in the White House.
Charles McGee died at the age of 102, the last surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, died after leading the nation for 70 years.
Loretta Lynn, the queen of country music, passed away last year. Meat Loaf died at 74, and his real name Marvin Lee Aday would be close to our hearts for his rock music. Joanna Simon was an opera singer and the sister of pop stars Carly Simon and Lucy Simon.
They both will be missed. Ronnie Spector was the “Be My Baby” singer who died at 78. Michael Lang, best known for the Woodstock concert in 1969, too passed away last year.
Burt Metcalfe will also be missed for producing the last episode of “M*A*S*H”, the most-watched finale on television.
The world will also not forget Robert Clary of “Hogan’s Heroes”, a survivor of the Nazi holocaust. Hannah Pick is another survivor of the concentration camps and will be missed. Ilse Scheuer and her sister Ruth also are holocaust survivors who died a few days apart from each other. No one can forget Schindler’s List, and who would forget his secretary Mimi Reinhard who lived to be 107?
Television moms, namely Liz Sheridan and Estelle Harris, were both 93 when they died last year.
The mother who made us laugh in “Look Who’s Talking” is Kirstie Alley. So John Travolta lost another friend in Olivia Newton-John. She battled cancer for a long time.
Naomi Judd is going to be missed. She took her own life just before being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame along with her daughter Wynona Judd.
Like her daughter Cher, Georgia Holt was an actor, model and singer.
The Fashion Industry will miss Andre Leon Talley and Vivienne Westwood, the former being the editor of Vogue and the latter the creator of the “punk style”.
Television sitcom’s big brother Tony Dow will be missed, and he was part of the “Leave It To Beaver”. Along the same lines, one can’t forget the symbol of “Dads”, Jim Redmond, who ran to help his son Derek in the Olympic tracks after he pulled a hamstring in 1992. Another son and dad story is that of the Foo Fighters. Taylor Hawkins will be remembered for long after he died last year, leaving his son Shane to finish his role on the drums. The television dad Bob Saget would also be placed for his comedy. Gilbert Gottfried also sadly passed away last year, and both comedians pulled each other’s leg on Comedy Central Roast in 2008.
Pat Carroll’s voice, too, will be remembered for Ursula, the witch in “The Little Mermaid”. Another star to remember is Angella Lansbury, whom we can recall in “Murder She Wrote”; she was 96. Robert Morse of “Mad Men” will also be remembered. Robbie Coltrane, the giant Scotsman of ‘Harry Potter, will also be missed. We would also miss actor Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino of the Goodfellas.
The Godfather actor James Caan, who acted as Sonny Corleone, died as well.
The world will also remember Tony Sirico (Sopranos), Louise Fletcher (One Who Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Anne Heche (Six Days Seven Nights), Philip Baker Hall (Seinfield), Peter Bogdanovich (What’s Up Doc?), Bob McGrath and Emilio Delgado (Sesame Street), William Hurt (Body Heat) and Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek).
The world will remember all they lost last year, including many not on this list. Their contributions and their messages shall not be lost.
FAQs:
- When did Pele die?
Pele passed away on December 29, 2022. - When did Queen Elizabeth II die?
Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8, 2022
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