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World leaders, leading thinkers, and even an accused murderer have passed away in 2022.
Robert DurstApril 11, 1943 – January 9
FILE – In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst sits in a courtroom during a hearing in Los Angeles. Durst’s ex-in-laws accuse his current wife of helping him cover up the murder of his long-lost ex-spouse. The protagonist of a 35-year tale of suspicions that spans the disappearance of his wife, the deaths of two acquaintances, multiple statements and a chilling documentary, Durst has never been charged in his wife’s disappearance and denies any involvement. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, pool, file)
Robert DurstThe wealthy New York real estate heir and failed fugitive haunted for decades with suspicions about the disappearance and death of those around him before being convicted last year of killing his best friend, has died at 78.
André Leon TalleyOctober 15, 1948 – January 17
FILE – Vogue magazine editor-in-chief André Leon Talley attends a post-Fashion Week panel discussion about the lack of black imagery in current fashion output on September 14, 2007, in New York. Talley, the imposing former creative director and managing editor of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73 years old. Talley’s literary agent confirmed Talley’s death to USA Today on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
André Leon Talleya towering and highly visible figure in the fashion world who made history as a rare black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry, has died at age 73.
madeleine albrightMay 14, 1937 – March 22
PHILADELPHIA, PA – JULY 26: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivers remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received the number of votes needed to secure the party’s nomination. Some 50,000 people are expected in Philadelphia, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Democratic National Convention began on July 25. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The first female United States Secretary of State, madeleine albrighthe died at the age of 84.
orrin hatchMarch 21, 1934 – April 22
FILE – In this Feb. 21, 2018 file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, gestures to the Utah House of Representatives during a visit to the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. The Utah primary election on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, will give former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney a second chance to dispatch state legislator Mike Kennedy, who defeated him at the party convention to replace US Senator Orrin Hatch. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Former US Senator orrin hatchwho served in the US Senate for 42 years, died at 88 in Salt Lake City, The Hatch Foundation announced on Twitter Saturday. The foundation did not specify Hatch’s cause of death.
shinzo abeSeptember 20, 1954 – July 7
In this still from video, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a campaign speech in Nara, western Japan, shortly before he was shot on Friday, July 8, 2022. Abe was shot during the speech and was airlifted to a hospital, but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, authorities said. (Kyodo News via AP)
Leaders around the world condemned the assassination of the former Japanese prime minister shinzo abe as “despicable”, “cowardly” and “terrorist” while remembering him as a man dedicated to peace, security and international cooperation.
ivana trumpFebruary 19, 1949 – July 13
Ivana Trump announces the new “Italian Diet” to stay healthy and fight obesity in the Oak Room of the Plaza Hotel on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
ivana trump She has died at the age of 73, according to her ex-husband, former President Trump.
Mikhail GorbachevMarch 1, 1931 – August 29
FILE – Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev says in Moscow that a local military commander ordered the use of force in the breakaway republic of Lithuania, where an assault by Soviet troops on January 13, 1991 claimed 14 lives. Russian news agencies report that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, file)
Before Mikhail Gorbachev arrived, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism with the United States. With an impressive series of reforms, Gorbachev changed all that and redirected the course of the 20th century.
queen elizabeth iiApril 20, 1926 – September 7
FILE – In this month of June. In this February 2, 1953 file photo, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, wave to supporters from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, following their coronation at Westminster Abbey. London. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability for much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96 years old. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement on Thursday, September 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Leslie Priest, File)
The longest-reigning monarch Britain has known, queen elizabeth ii He died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle, his beloved summer home in Scotland, having stabilized and modernized the royal institution through seven decades of great social change.
Ken StarrJuly 20, 1946 – September 12, 2022
Former independent attorney Kenneth Starr signs a copy of his recent book “Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation” at the University of New Mexico School of Law in Albuquerque, NM on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. Starr, who investigated to President Bill Clinton, says he wants the public to trust the checks and balances in the system established to hold presidents accountable. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz)
Ken StarrA former US attorney general who led the Whitewater investigation into former President Clinton that ultimately led to his impeachment, died Tuesday at the age of 76, his family announced.
Ash CarterSeptember 13, 1954 – October 23
Defense Secretary Ash Carter listens as British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon speak during their joint press conference after their meeting, Friday, December 11, 2015, at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cenata)
Ash CarterThe former defense secretary who oversaw sweeping personnel changes at the Pentagon, including the opening of all occupations and military posts to women, has died at the age of 68, his family announced Tuesday.
Barbara WaltersSeptember 25, 1929 – December 30
FILE – Journalist Barbara Walters appears on NBC-TV’s Today Show on June 3, 1976. Walters, a superstar and pioneer in television news, died, according to ABC News on Friday, December 30, 2022. She was 93 years old. . (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)
On Friday night, ABC News confirmed the death of the streaming pioneer. Barbara Walters December 30. The television icon and the first network news anchor turned 93.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVIApril 16, 1927 – December 31
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI waves to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican April 19, 2005, shortly after his election. The German theologian has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95 years old. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVIthe german theologian who tried to awaken christianity in a secularized europe but will always be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, died on december 31. He was 95 years old.
