We’ve had to say goodbye to some big names this year in the worlds of entertainment and beyond.

Scroll through the gallery below to see the musicians, celebrities and other cultural figures we’ve lost in 2022

• Sidney Poitier

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• Bob Saget

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  Mike Coppola/Getty Images

• Ronnie Spector

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  Jack Kay/Daily Express/Getty Images

• Peter Bogdanovich

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  Araya Diaz/Getty Images

• André Leon Talley

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  Cindy Ord/Getty Images
• Gaspard Ulliel

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  Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

• Woodstock Music Festival co-producer Micael Lang

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  Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

• Meat Loaf

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• Louie Anderson

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  Ethan Miller/Getty Images

• Howard Hesseman

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  Matthew Peyton/Getty Images
• Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst

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  Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

• Mark Lanegan

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  Mark Davis/Getty Images

• Gary Brooker

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• Ivan Reitman

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  Theo Wargo/Getty Images

• Traci Braxton

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• William Hurt

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  Charley Gallay/Getty Images

• Scott Hall

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  Larry Busacca/Getty Images

• Taylor Hawkins

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  Scott Dudelson/Getty Images

• Tom Parker of The Wanted

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  Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

• Gilbert Gottfried

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  Kevin Winter/Getty Images
• Robert Morse

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• Madeleine Albright

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  Mark Wilson/Getty Images

• Naomi Judd

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  Stephen Cohen/Getty Images

• Alan White, drummer for Yes

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  Mike Coppola/Getty Images

• Andy Fletcher, keyboardist/co-founder of Depeche Mode

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• Alec John Such, original Bon Jovi bassist

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  Theo Wargo/Getty Images For The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

• James Caan

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  Matt Carr/Getty Images

• Tony Sirico

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  Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

• Ivana Trump

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• William Hart, Lead Singer Of The Delfonics

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• Paul Sorvino

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• Tony Dow

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• Bill Russell

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• Nichelle Nichols

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  Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images

• Olivia Newton-John

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• Joe E. Tata (Nat from Beverly Hills, 90210)

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• Mikhail Gorbachev

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• Bernard Shaw

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  Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images

• Queen Elizabeth II

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• Ken Starr

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• Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratched from ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’)

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• Coolio

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• Wrestling icon Antonio Inoki

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  Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images

• Sacheen Littlefeather

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  Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

• Loretta Lynn

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  Terry Wyatt/Getty Images
• Angela Lansbury

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  Evan Agostini/Getty Images

• Robbie Coltrane

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  Ian Gavan/Getty Images

• Leslie Jordan

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  Vivien Killilea/Getty Images

• Jerry Lee Lewis

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• Julie Powell

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• Jeff Cook of Alabama

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  Kevin Winter/Getty Images

• Kevin Conroy

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  Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images

• Dan McCafferty of Nazareth

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  Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

• John Aniston

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  Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images

• Jason David Frank

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  Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images
• Irene Cara

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• Christine McVie

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  Davidson/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

• Wilko Johnson

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  Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

• Gaylord Perry

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  Jim McIsaac/Getty Images

• Brad William Henke

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  Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
• Bob McGrath of ‘Sesame Street’

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  Michael Loccisano/Getty Images

• Kirstie Alley

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  Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

• Mills Lane

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• Dorothy Pitman Hughes

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  Monica Schipper/Getty Images

• Stephen “tWitch” Boss

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  Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
• Billie Moore

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  Gary Newkirk/Allsport/Getty Images

• Dino Danelli

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• Ray Liotta

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• Vin Scully

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  Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images

• Terry Hall

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• Fighters Only World Mixed Martial Arts Awards 2011

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• Pele

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• Vivienne Westwood

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