A Brief History
On December 31, 192, Roman Emperor Commodus was assassinated, one of many Roman emperors that met an untimely end. Today, we take a look at just a select few of those people that died in 2022. Who else would you include on this list?
Digging Deeper
Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister
Madeline Albright, Diplomat
Kirstie Alley, actress
Louie Anderson, Comedian
Benedict, Pope Emeritus
Peter Bogdanovich, Writer and director
James Caan, Actor
Irene Cara, Singer
Coolio, Rapper
Tony Dow, Actor
Judith Durham, Singer
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom
Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet President
Gilbert Gottfried, Comedian
Franco Harris, Football player
Orrin Hatch, Senator
Anne Heche, Actress
Howard Hesseman, Actor
Dwayne Hickman, Actor
William Hurt, Actor
Naomi Judd, Singer
Sally Kellerman, Actress
Bob Lanier, Basketball player
Angela Lansbury, Actress
Ray Liotta, Actor
Meat Loaf, Singer
Christie McVie, Singer
Loretta Lynn, Singer
Yvette Mimieux, Actress
Olivia Newton-John, Singer and actress
P. J. O’Rourke, Political Satirist
Pele, Soccer immortal
Gaylord Perry, Baseball player
Anita Pointer, Singer
Sidney Poitier, Actor and activist
Dan Reeves, Football player and coach
Bill Russell, Basketball player
Bob Saget, Comedian and actor
Bernard Shaw, News Anchor
Tony Sirico, Actor
Ronnie Spector, Singer
Ivana Trump, The Donald’s first wife
Barbara Walters, Journalist
Fred Ward, Actor
Kathy Whitworth, Golfer
Don Young, Congressman
Question for students (and subscribers): Of all those who died in 2022, who do you believe was the most important? Please let us know in the comments section below this article.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
hardman, Robert. Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II: Commemorative Edition, 1926-2022. Pegasus Books, 2022.
Turney, Simon. Commodus: The Damned Emperors Book 2. Orion, 2019.
The featured image in this article, an engraving by G. Mochetti of Narcissus strangling Commodus, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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