Celebrity deaths 2022: Famous people we lost this year

As we draw closer to the end of the year, we remember some of the famous personalities we lost in 2022.

Veteran Telugu actor Kaikala Satyanarayana passed away on December 23 at his Filmnagar residence. He was 87. Fondly known as Navarasa Natana Sarvabhouma, Kaikala has starred in more than 770 films and has worked with over 200 directors. Credit: Twitter/@Sai_Eveready

Well-known Kannada theatre and film actor Lohitashwa passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on November 9 after a brief illness. Credit: Twitter/@NimmaSadhu

Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party founder and three-time chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, died at a private hospital on December 10 after a prolonged illness. Credit: PTI Photo

Veteran actor Arun Bali, best known for his work on TV show 'Swabhimaan' and blockbuster hit '3 Idiots', died on October 7 after prolonged age-related illness. Credit: Twitter/@capt_amarinder

Celebrated comedian Raju Srivastava suffered a heart attack while working out and passed away on September 21 after spending over a month on ventilator. Credit: PTI Photo

Jean-Luc Godard, an icon of the French New Wave, died in September at his home in Rolle, Switzerland. He was 91. Credit: AFP Photo

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died in August. His efforts to revitalise the Soviet Union led to the collapse of communism there and the end of the Cold War. Credit: AFP Photo

National award-winning singer Shivamogga Subbanna passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru in August following a heart attack. Credit: Twitter/@AshwiniMS_TNIE

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot during a campaign speech in July. Credit: Reuters Photo

Singer-composer KK, whose real name was Krishnakumar Kunnath, died after performing in a concert in Kolkata on May 31. He was 53. Credit: Instagram/@kk_live_now

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, was shot dead on May 29 while driving his car in Mansa, Punjab. Credit: Instagram/@sidhu_moosewala

Australian cricketer Shane Warne, regarded as one of the greatest players, passed away of a suspected heart attack in Thailand in March. Credit: AFP Photo

Bappi Lahiri, who heralded disco-pop and ruled Indian music industry in the '70s and '80s with a string of chart-topping songs, died following multiple health issues in February. Credit: PTI Photo

Luc Montagnier, a French researcher who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus, died on February 8. Credit: AFP Photo

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India and worked for over 70 years in the entertainment industry, died after suffering multiple-organ failure at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital on February 6. Credit: AFP Photo

Actor Sidney Poitier, who played roles with such dignity that it helped change the way black people are portrayed on screen, died in January. Credit: Reuters Photo