Here we go again.

Surely you don’t need to be reminded, but 2022 was a tough year. Feels like there’ve been a whole bunch of those lately, doesn’t it? You really start to feel the weight of it when you’re compiling, in my case, or reading over, in your case, a big memorial post like this one. It’s worth doing, for sure, in both of our cases but it’s not easy. Take heart: We can get through it, together. Just warning you.

This is going to hurt…

 

 

Every year, Daily Grindhouse reserves space for a moment to remember many of the notable people we lost that year and to reflect upon what the creations of their lives meant to us. Usually, we post it on the last day of the year, just because to post it any sooner would be kind of a jinx. No website wants to have to update a post with corrections, but most of all not with updates about fresh losses. This year, we are defying superstition and releasing this to the world before 2022 is done, hoping against hope that we don’t have to add anything before 2023 rolls in. We are doing it for only one reason: Normally this feature, if only up for a day, gets swept away and overlooked, and we don’t want anyone’s memory to be overlooked if we have anything to say about it. We aim to remember not only the most famous, but also as many quote-unquote bit players and below-the-line names as we can, along with folks from entertainment areas other than film and sports, like comics and fine art. As always, if anyone notices any names we may have failed to include, please drop us a note and we will happily and speedily update.

 

 

 

Neal Adams 

American comic book legend

 

 

Meat Loaf (born Martin Lee Aday)

American rock singer and actor

 

Ralph Ahn

American actor and son of Korean independence activist Dosan Ahn Chang-ho

 

 

Cynthia Plaster Caster (Cynthia Albritton)

American visual artist and …collector

 

 

Kirstie Alley

American actress

 

Louie Anderson

American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and game show host

 

 

John Aniston

American actor and famous father

 

 

 

 

Asha the Elephant

 

 

 

Brian Augustyn

American comic book editor and writer

 

 

Nicki Aycox

American actress and musician

 

 

Angelo Badalamenti

Brooklyn-born film composer and conductor

 

 

Kirk Baily

American actor

 

 

Rebecca Balding

American actress

 

 

Takeoff (born Kirsnick Khari Ball)

American rapper

 

 

James Bama

American artist 

 

 

 

King Louie Bankston

American rock and roll musician from New Orleans

 

 

Jeff Barnaby

Canadian film director, writer, composer, and film editor

 

 

Joanna Barnes

American actress and writer

 

 

Eddie Basinski

American professional baseball infielder

 

 

Jules Bass

American director, producer, lyricist, composer, and author

 

 

Greg Bear

American writer and illustrator 

Thom Bell

American producer and songwriter for the Spinners, the Delfonics, and the Stylistics

 

 

Marilyn Bergman

American lyricist, songwriter, and Oscar-winning composer

 

 

Judd Bernard

American film producer and screenwriter

 

 

 

Anne D. Bernstein

American cartoonist, illustrator, comics editor and magazine and animation writer

 

 

Grand Daddy I.U. (born Ayub Bey)

American rapper and Juice Crew member

 

 

David Birney

American actor and director

 

 

Robert Blalack

Panamanian-born American mass-media visual artist and producer and co-founder of Industrial Light & Magic

 

 

Pasha Bleasdell

American model and star of music videos

 

 

Eric Boehlert

American journalist, writer, and media critic

 

 

 

Peter Bogdanovich ComSE

American film director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and historian

 

 

Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff

French twins and television hosts

 

 

 

Matilda The Hun (Deanna Booher)

American pro wrestler

 

 

George Booth

American cartoonist 

 

 

William G. Borchert 

American screenwriter and author

 

Stephen “tWitch” Boss

American freestyle hip hop dancer, choreographer, actor, and television personality

 

 

John Bowman

American television writer and producer

 

Valerie Boyd

American writer and academic

 

 

jaimie branch

American jazz trumpeter and composer

 

 

Traci Braxton

American singer, reality television personality, and radio personality

 

 

Raymond Briggs CBE

English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist, and author

 

 

Val Broeksmit

American whistle-blower

 

 

 

Peter Brook CH CBE

English theater and film director

 

 

Gary Brooker

English singer, pianist, and founder and lead singer of Procol Harum

 

 

 

Johnny Brown

American actor and singer

 

 

Tame One (born Rahem Brown)

Jersey-born hip-hop legend and graffiti artist from Newark’s Artifacts and Boom Skwad

 

 

 

Ashley Bryan

American childrens book author

 

 

Joyce Bryant

American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist

 

 

 

Oris Buckner III

American police detective and whistle-blower

 

 

Danny Bulanadi

Filipino comic book illustrator

 

 

 

Reverend Calvin O. Butts III

American academic administrator and senior pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church, the largest Black church in New York City

 

 

 

 

 

James Caan

Bronx-born movie star and icon

 

 

Colin Cantwell

American concept artist and director

 

 

Mira Calix (born Chantal Francesca Passamonte)

South African-born, British-based audio & visual artist and musician

 

 

Jule Campbell 

American magazine editor and mastermind of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

 

Irene Cara

American singer and actress

 

 

Peter Caras

American illustrator

 

 

Patrick Carlin

American comedy writer and famous brother

 

 

Thomas Carney

head barman of New York’s famous Elaine’s

 

 

Carleton Carpenter 

American film, television and stage actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist

 

 

Pat Carroll

American actress and comedian

 

 

Uncle Jack Charles

Australian stage and screen actor and activist

 

 

 

John R. Cherry III

American film director & screenwriter and creator of Ernest P. Worrell

 

 

 

Marvin J. Chomsky

American director and producer

 

 

Roseanna Christiansen

American actress

 

 

 

Paul Coker Jr.

American illustrator

 

 

Robbie Coltrane OBE

Scottish actor and comedian

 

Kevin Conroy

American actor and Batman

 

 

 

 

José Luis Cortés

Cuban bandleader

 

Gal Costa

Brazilian singer of tropicalia music

 

 

 

Zuri Craig

singer and America’s Got Talent finalist

 

 

Travis Crawford

American film writer and festival curator

 

 

 

 

Mike Cross

American singer-songwriter and musician

 

 

 

Julee Cruise

American singer, songwriter, and actress

 

 

Jessie Lee Daniels

founding member of the R&B group Force MDs

 

 

Betty Davis

American singer, songwriter, and model

 

 

 

Mike Davis

American writer, political activist, urban theorist, and historian

 

 

Len Dawson 

American football quarterback 

 

 

Charlbi Dean Kriek

South African actress and model

 

Popcorn Deelites

star of SEABISCUIT

 

 

Joey DeFrancesco

American jazz trumpeter

 

 

 

Brenda Deiss

former NASA secretary and unexpected movie star

 

 

Simon Deitch

American comic book creator

 

 

Emilio Delgado

American actor and “Sesame Street” neighbor

 

Ruggero Deodato

Italian film director and trailblazer

 

 

Doris Derby

American activist, documentary photographer, and educator

 

Joan Didion

American writer

 

 

 

 

Tony Dow

American actor, film producer, director, and sculptor

 

 

Denise Dowse

American actress and director

 

 

Lamont Dozier

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

 

 

Shonka Dukureh

American actress and singer

 

 

 

 

Sonya Eddy

American actress

 

 

Ralph Eggleston

American animator, art director, storyboard artist, and production designer at Pixar Animation Studios

 

Barbara Ehrenreich

American author and political activist

 

 

 

Lars Eighner

American author and memoirist

 

 

Ned Eisenberg

American actor

 

 

Queen Elizabeth II

British celebrity

 

 

Charles E. Entenmann

 

 

 

Zack Estrin

 

 

Dr. Paul Farmer

American medical anthropologist and physician

 

 

Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher

English keyboard player and founding member of Depeche Mode

 

 

Louise Fletcher

American actress

 

Jake Flint

American country singer

 

Leo Fong

Chinese-American actor, martial artist, boxer, and minister

 

 

Farrah Forke

American actress

 

 

 

 

Jason David Frank

American actor and mixed martial artist

 

 

Budd Friedman

American actor & comedian and founder of the Improv

 

Charles Fuller

American playwright and Pulitzer winner

 

 

Ron Galella

American paparazzo

 

 

Gallagher

enemy of watermelons

 

 

Jeff German

Las Vegas investigative reporter

 

 

 

Vincent Gil

Australian film and television actor

 

 

Sam Gilliam

American color field painter and lyrical abstractionist artist

 

 

Clarence Gilyard Jr.

American university professor, actor, and author

 

 

Jean-Luc Godard

French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic

 

 

Goldee (Pie-O-My)

 

 

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian and actor, New Yorker, probably the funniest man ever

 

 

Ron Goulart 

American comics expert

 

 

 

 

Alan Grant

British comic book writer

 

 

Helen Grayco

American singer and actress

 

 

 

 

DJ Kay Slay (born Keith Grayson)

New York City disc jockey

 

 

Justin Green

American cartoonist and “father of autobiographical comics”

 

 

Joseph Greene

American comics creator

 

 

Robyn Griggs

American musical theater, television, and film actress

 

 

Vincenzo Grosso

American journalist

 

 

Clu Gulager

American original

 

 

 

 

Barbara Maier Gustern

American vocal coach and singer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Hagerty

American movie and television actor

 

 

 

Patrick Haggerty

American country singer & songwriter and trailblazer

 

 

 

Phillip Baker Hall

American character actor

 

 

Scott Hall

American professional wrestler

 

 

Terry Hall

British-born frontman of The Specials

 

 

Duncan Hannah

American visual artist and author

 

 

 

Estelle Harris

American actress and comedienne

 

 

 

William Hart

American singer and lyricist and leader of the Delfonics

 

 

 

Jim Hartz

American television personality, columnist, and reporter

 

 

Robert C. Harvey

American author, critic and cartoonist

 

 

 

Rosa Lee Hawkins

American singer and member of The Dixie Cups

 

 

Taylor Hawkins

American musician

 

 

Anne Heche

American actress and cultural trailblazer

 

 

Duncan Henderson

American film producer, assistant director, and production manager

 

 

Brad William Henke

American actor and former pro football player

 

 

 

D.H. Peligro (Darren Henley)

American punk-rock drummer

 

 

 

Paul Herman

American actor

 

 

Kymberly Herrin

American model and actress

 

 

Howard Hesseman

American actor

 

 

Dwayne Hickman

American actor and television executive, producer and director

 

 

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith

American novelist, essayist, poet, and educator

 

Joan Hodges

widow of Hall of Famer and World Series-winning Mets manager and Dodgers great Gil Hodges

 

 

Bo Hopkins

American character actor

 

 

Marsha Hunt

American actress, model, and activist

 

William Hurt

American actor

 

 

Antonio Inoki

Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, and politician

 

 

Gregory Itzin

American character actor

 

 

Coolio (born Artis Leon Ivey Jr.)

American rapper

 

Sid Jacobson

American writer and editor of children’s comic books, popular music, fiction, biography, and non-fiction comics

 

 

Joni James (born Giovanna Carmella Babbo)

American pop singer

 

 

 

Maxi Jazz (born Maxwell Fraser)

British musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, DJ, and cofounder of Faithless

 

 

Cristóbal Jodorowsky

Mexican-French actor, writer, painter, playwright, trainer, and tarologist

 

 

 

Mable John

American blues vocalist and Motown’s first female solo artist

 

 

Syl Johnson

American blues and soul singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer

 

 

Jomo

Western Lowland silverback gorilla

 

 

L.Q. Jones (born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr.)

American character actor and director

 

 

Leslie Jordan

American actor, comedian, writer, singer, and supernova of joy

 

 

Naomi Judd

American singer and actress

 

 

Max Julien

American actor, screenwriter, and 1970s icon

 

Kim Jung Gi

South Korean illustrator and cartoonist

 

 

Kathryn Kates

American actress

 

 

Margaret Keane

American artist and painter

 

 

Jack Kehler

American character actor

 

 

Sally Kellerman 

American actress and singer

 

 

 

 

 

Ken Kelly

American fantasy artist

 

 

Leonard Kessler

American children’s book author

 

 

 

 

Ioane John King

New Zealand-born actor 

 

 

William Klein

American-born French photographer and filmmaker

 

 

Jak Knight

American actor, comedian, and writer

 

Kobayashi Masahiro

Japanese writer and director

 

 

Joanne Koch

executive director of Film at Lincoln Center

 

 

Alice Koh

documentary film producer

 

 

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

American underground comics artist

 

 

Cheslie Kryst

American television correspondent, model, and beauty pageant winner

 

 

Rosalie Kunoth-Monks

Australian film actress, Aboriginal activist and politician

 

 

Mantas Kvedaravicius

Lithuanian filmmaker, anthropologist, and archaeologist

 

 

 

Natalia LL (Natalia Lach-Lachowicz)

Polish artist

 

 

Art Laboe

American-Armenian disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner

 

 

Alan Ladd Jr.

American film industry executive and producer

 

 

Kathy Lamkin

American film actress

 

 

Mark Lanegan

American singer, songwriter, and poet

 

Angela Lansbury DBE

Irish-British and American film, stage, and television veteran

 

 

Alex Law

Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer

 

 

Jethro Lazenby

Australian actor and model

 

 

Q Lazzarus (born Diane Luckey)

American singer

 

 

 

Garry Leach

British comics artist 

 

 

Gene LeBell

American martial artist, stunt performer, actor, and professional wrestler

 

 

 

Lee Jihan

Korean actor and singer

 

 

Sara Lee

American professional wrestler

 

 

 

Keith Levene

English musician and founding member of The Clash and Public Image Ltd.

 

 

 

Jerry Lee Lewis

American singer, songwriter, and pianist

 

 

Ramsey Lewis

American jazz pianist, composer, and radio personality

 

 

Ray Liotta

New Jersey-born movie star

 

 

 

 

Sacheen Littlefeather

American actress, model, and Native American civil rights activist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sterling Lord

American literary agent, editor, and author

 

 

Margarita Lozano

Spanish actress known for her career in Italian films

 

 

Mike Luckman

Forbidden Planet co-founder 

(on the far right, beside Neal Adams)

 

 

Bob LuPone

American actor and theater artistic director

 

 

Busi Lurayi

South African actress

 

 

Loretta Lynn

American singer-songwriter

 

 

Patricia MacLachlan

American children’s writer

Lata Mangeshkar

Indian playback singer

 

 

 

 

Hilary Mantel DBE FRSL

 

 

 

Mary Mara

American television and film actress

 

 

Stuart Margolin

American film actor and TV director

 

 

 

Javier Marías

Spanish author, translator, and columnist

 

 

Hiram Maristany

American photographer

 

 

 

Héctor “Tito” Matos

Puerto Rican percussionist, educator, and champion of plena and bomba

 

 

Dan McCafferty

Scottish frontman of Nazareth

 

 

Pat McCallum

co-founder and longtime editor-in-chief of Wizard magazine

 

 

Bob McGrath

American actor, singer, and “Sesame Street” neighbor

 

Dale McRaven

television writer and creator of ‘Perfect Strangers’ and ‘Mork & Mindy’

 

 

Christine McVie

English vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter for Fleetwood Mac

 

 

 

Burt Metcalfe

Canadian-American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor

 

 

Jean-Claude Mézières

French bandes dessinées artist and illustrator

 

 

 

Ron Miles

American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, and composer

 

 

Jody Miller

American country music singer

 

 

Yvette Mimieux

American film and television actress

 

 

Sue Mingus

American record producer and band manager

 

 

Massimo Morante

Italian musician and guitar player for the Italian rock band Goblin

 

 

Tommy Morgan

American harmonicist and session musician

 

 

Robert Morse

American actor

 

 

Moses J. Moseley

American actor, writer, and model

 

 

Roger E. Mosley

American actor, director, and writer

 

 

 

James Mtume

American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality

 

 

 

Kitten Natividad

Mexican-American film actress and exotic dancer

 

 

Nolan Neal

American singer

 

 

Gary Nelson

American television and film director

 

 

Olivia Newton-John AC DBE

British-Australian singer, actress, and activist

 

 

Thích Nhat Hanh

Vietnamese Thi?n Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher

 

 

Ni Kuang 

Hong Kong-American novelist and screenwriter

 

 

Nichelle Nichols

American icon, actress, singer, and dancer

 

 

Jim Nisbet 

American author

 

 

Diane Noomin

American underground comics artist

 

 

 

Monty Norman

British composer, musician, and singer

 

 

Declan O’Brien

American film and television writer and director

 

 

Terrence O’Hara

American film actor and TV director

 

 

 

Robert Vincent O’Neil 

American screenwriter, film director, and playwright

 

 

 

Kevin O’Neill

English comic book illustrator

 

 

 

Claes Oldenburg

Swedish-born American sculptor

 

 

 

 

Bill Norton Olsen 

president of independent American home entertainment company Code Red DVD

 

 

Don Orehek 

American cartoonist

 

 

LaShun Pace

gospel singer–songwriter and evangelist

 

 

Carlos Pacheco

Spanish comic book illustrator

 

 

 

Tom Palmer Sr.

American comic book artist

 

Irene Papas 

Greek actress and singer 

 

 

Mimi Parker

American singer and drummer for the band Low

 

 

 

Ric Parnell

English rock drummer

 

 

 

Virginia Patton Moss

American actress

 

 

Lindsey Pearlman

American actress

 

 

Everett Peck

American illustrator, cartoonist, and animator

 

 

Pelé (born Edson Arantes do Nascimento)

Brazilian professional footballer, legend, icon

 

 

George Pérez

Bronx-born comic-book legend

 

 

 

Jacques Perrin

French actor and film producer

 

 

Wolfgang Petersen

German film director, producer, and screenwriter

 

 

Sidney Poitier KBE

Bahamian-American actor, film director, and ambassador

 

 

Gerald Potterton 

British–Canadian director, writer, producer, and animator

 

 

 

Andrew Prine

American film, stage, and television actor

 

 

Albert Pyun

Hawaiian-born American filmmaker

 

 

 

 

Isidoro Raponi

Italian  mechanical effects artist

 

 

 

Teddy Ray

American comedian

 

 

Régine (born Rachelle Zylberberg)

Founder of Chez Régine, the world’s first discotheque

 

 

 

Ivan Reitman

Czechoslovak-born Canadian filmmaker

 

 

Brent Renaud

American journalist, documentary filmmaker, and photojournalist

 

 

Richard Roat

American character actor

 

 

Marty Roberts, of Marty & Elayne

American singer

 

 

PnB Rock (born Rakim Hasheem Allen)

American rapper and singer

 

 

Hurricane G (born Gloria Rodríguez)

Puerto Rican-American rapper

 

 

Freddie Roman

Queens-born American stand-up comedian and  former dean of The Friars Club

 

 

Ned Rorem

American composer

 

 

 

Betty Rowland

American burlesque dancer and actress

 

 

Bill Russell

American pro basketball player and literal legend

 

 

Mitchell Ryan

American film, television, and stage actor

 

 

Bobby Rydell

American pop singer and actor 

 

 

Sumy Sadurni

Spanish photographer

 

 

 

Bob Saget 

American stand-up comic, actor, director and television host

 

 

Tim Sale

American comic book artist

 

 

Pharoah Sanders

American jazz saxophonist

 

 

Tyler Sanders

American actor

 

 

Mike Schank

AMERICAN MOVIE star

 

 

 

Klaus Schulze

German electronic music pioneer, composer, and musician

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Seals 

American musician

 

 

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoonist

 

 

 

 

George Shapiro

American talent manager and television producer

 

 

Earnie Shavers

American professional boxer

 

 

Gauraa Shekhar

writer and editor

 

 

Liz Sheridan

American actress

 

 

Henry Silva

 American character-actor legend

 

 

Calvin Simon

co-founder of Parliament-Funkadelic and Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer

 

 

Roslyn Singleton

American singer and America’s Got Talent contestant

 

 

Tony Sirico

American actor

 

 

Mary Alice (born Mary Alice Smith)

American television, film, and stage actress

 

 

Alfred Sole

American production designer, film director, producer, and writer

 

 

Paul Sorvino

American actor and opera singer

 

 

 

Catherine Spaak

French-born Italian actress and singer

 

 

 

Ronnie Spector

American singer and co-founder and frontwoman of The Ronettes

 

 

Carol Speed

American actress, singer-songwriter, and author

 

 

 

 

 

Amy Stechler

American documentary filmmaker

 

 

John Steiner

English actor

 

 

Ben Stern

American radio engineer and famous father

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerald Stern

American poet, essayist, and educator

 

Jim Stewart

American record executive and co-founder of Stax Records

 

 

Austin Stoker

Trinidadian-American leading man

 

 

Larry Storch

American actor and comedian 

 

 

Jean-Marie Straub

French film director

 

 

 

Peter Straub

American novelist and poet

 

 

Al Strobel

American actor and icon of “Twin Peaks”

 

The Amazing Johnathan (John Szeles)

American comedian and magician

 

 

Akira Takarada

Japanese film actor

 

 

Takashi Ishii

Japanese film director, screenwriter, and manga artist

 

 

 

André Leon Talley

American fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, and Vogue editor

 

 

Alain Tanner 

Swiss film director

 

 

 

Joe E. Tata

American television actor

 

 

Judy Tenuta

American comedian, actress, and comedy musician

 

 

Jack Thomas 

longtime Boston Globe journalist

 

 

Timmy Thomas

American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer

 

 

Jean-Louis Trintignant 

French actor

 

 

Douglas Trumbull

American film director and innovative visual effects supervisor

 

 

 

Kenneth Tsang

Hong Kong actor

 

 

Bill Tull

American prop master

 

 

Joe Turkel

American character actor

 

 

Gaspard Ulliel

French actor

 

 

Vangelis (born Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou)

Greek composer and film-score innovator

 

 

Tom Veitch

American writer, comic book creator, novelist, and poet

 

 

Dan Vitale

American comedian and SNL survivor

 

 

Leon Vitali

English actor and Kubrick collaborator

 

 

 

Monica Vitti 

Italian actress and cinema icon

 

 

Lars Vogt

German classical pianist, conductor, and academic teacher

 

 

Lenny Von Dohlen

American television, film, and stage actor

 

 

Bob Wall

American actor and martial artist

 

 

Barbara Walters

American broadcast journalist and television personality

 

 

Tony Walton

British set and costume designer

 

 

Jimmy Wang Yu

Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter

 

 

Fred Ward

American character actor 

 

 

David Warner

English film, television, and theater actor

 

 

Greg Webster of the Ohio Players

American drummer

 

 

Kenneth Welsh

Canadian film and television actor

 

 

Vivienne Westwood

English fashion designer and businesswoman and punk-fashion pioneer

 

 

Charles White III

American illustrator and designer

 

 

Maury Wills

American professional baseball player and manager

 

 

 

Michael Wilmington

Chicago film critic

 

 

Don Wilson of The Ventures

American musician

 

James Winburn

American actor, director, and iconic stuntman

 

 

 

 

 

Albert Woodfox

American activist

 

 

Andrew Woolfolk

Earth, Wind, and Fire Saxophone Player

 

Yoshishige Yoshida

Japanese film director

 

 

Qiao Yu

Chinese lyricist

 

 

 

Chor Yuen

Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and actor

 

 

Ron Zimmerman

American producer and writer

 

 

P-22

American mountain lion

 

 

 

 

Tell the people you love that you love them. Do it today.

 

 

 

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