Dodgers great Vin Scully, musicians Jerry Lee Lewis and Loretta Lynn, and actors James Caan and Angela Lansbury are among the notable deaths of 2022.
As a rock ‘n’ roll wild man, Jerry Lee Lewis helped upend the staid, polished pop music of the 1950s with raw, nearly carnal anthems that all but willed fans to get to their feet and dance.whose fiery records and scandals made him both fascinating and fearsome, died at 87. The Louisiana-born piano player who called himself the “Killer” is considered one of the key founders of rock.Vin Scully, right, calls a game at Dodger Stadium in 1967 while sitting alongside broadcaster Jerry Doggett.
, a child of Czechoslovakian refugees who became the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of State, died at 84. Albright had aspirations of becoming a journalist before climbing the ranks in the Democratic Party.Maury Wills, a base-stealing specialist, helped the Dodgers win three World Series titles in the 1960s., a base-stealing specialist who helped the Dodgers win three World Series titles in the 1960s, died at 89.
, a longtime California congressman who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans in becoming mayor of San Jose and also was the first Asian American Cabinet secretary, died at 90.Sidney Poitier overcame color barriers to play roles beyond the stereotypes for which Black actors in Hollywood were generally cast., who broke through color barriers during a time when Black people on the Hollywood studio lots were generally given stereotypical roles, died at 94.
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