Notable deaths of 2022

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British composer Harrison Birtwistle
US composer George Crumb
Classical pianist Radu Lupu
Film director Peter Bogdanovich
Buddhist master Thich Nhat Hanh
Italian actress Monica Vitti
Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar
Rock singer Mark Lanegan
Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health
German composer Klaus Schulze
Greek composer Vangelis
Dave Smith, inventor of the Prophet synthesizers
Israeli novelist Abraham Yehoshua
Jazz trombonist Grachan Moncur
Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg
Cognitive linguist Philip Lieberman
Pop composer Lamont Dozier
Electronic music pioneer Jon Appleton
French filmmaker JeanLuc Godard
Avantgarde composer Philip Jeck
Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov
US novelist Hilary Mantel
Rock drummer Anton Fier
Jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
Spanish novelist Javier Marias
French philosopher Bruno Latour
Dave Smith, inventor of MIDI and the Prophet-5 synthesizer
US historian Thomas Cahill
Rock'n'roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis
Brazilian singer Gal Costa
Mexican architect Agustin Hernandez-Navarro
Rock drummer Mimi Parker
Rock guitarist Keith Levene
Rock keyboardist Ian McDonald
Rock guitarist Manuel Gottsching
Football player Pele
German writer Hans-Magnus Enzensberger
Soundtrack composer Angelo Badalamenti
Rock musician Tom Smith

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