The Observer's obituaries of 2022
Cultural figures we lost in 2022, remembered by those close to them
Olivia Newton-John remembered by Didi Conn
Jamal Edwards remembered by Professor Green
Jean-Luc Godard remembered by Caroline Champetier
Peter Brook remembered by Richard Eyre
James Lovelock remembered by John Gray
Shirley Hughes remembered by Clara Vulliamy
Pharoah Sanders remembered by Kamasi Washington
The musician salutes the long career of the fellow saxophonist, the master of spiritual, ‘cosmic’ jazz who was ‘like a third grandfather’ to him
Cherry Valentine remembered by Bimini
The drag queen and star of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK recalls the performer’s ‘natural empathy’ and bravery in challenging preconceptions
Mikhail Gorbachev remembered by Pavel Palazhchenko
The former Soviet leader’s longtime translator remembers an optimist who wanted to achieve his goals by persuasion, not force, and understood that he was a man of history
Sidney Poitier remembered by Sydney Tamiia Poitier
Paula Rego remembered by Lila Nunes
Queen Elizabeth II remembered by Sir Jackie Stewart
Robbie Coltrane remembered by Miriam Margolyes
David Trimble remembered by Jonathan Powell
André Leon Talley remembered by Naomi Campbell
Hilary Mantel remembered by Ben Miles
Norma Waterson remembered by Richard Hawley
