The world lost trailblazers, pioneers and giants this year from many walks of life.
Take a look back at the international stars who died in 2022.
Robbie Coltrane, beloved Harry Potter actor
Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish actor who played the half-giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, died in October aged 72.
Born Anthony Robert McMillan, Coltrane chose his stage name as a tribute to the jazz saxophonist John Coltrane. His family said he had been “unwell for some time” before he died.
During his 40-year career Coltrane starred as a detective in the crime series Cracker, a former KGB agent in two James Bond films and, alongside Monty Python’s Eric Idle, a gangster who disguises himself as a nun in Nuns on the Run.
But he was most loved for his performances as Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter, a film series based on the popular books by author JK Rowling. Coltrane appeared in all eight Harry Potter movies as the groundskeeper at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry — for which his agent said he received a “stream of fan letters every week for over 20 years”.
Angela Lansbury, star of stage, film and Murder, She Wrote
Best known for playing Jessica Fletcher in the TV series Murder, She Wrote, British actor Angela Lansbury died in October, aged 96, five days before her 97th birthday.
Lansbury won five Tony Awards for for her stage performances between 1966 and 2009, as well…
