Most Famous Person that Died each Year, 1970-present

Can you name the most famous person that died each year, since 1970?
This quiz is NOT the famous death of the year, but rather the most famous person that died that year.
Multiple sources were used to determine the most famous people in certain years, due to fame being subjective.
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Year
Main profession
Answer
Age
Hint
2024
Political leader
Jimmy Carter
100
2023
Singer
Tina Turner
83
2022
Royal figure
Queen Elizabeth II
96
2021
Royal figure
Prince Philip
99
2020
Footballer
Diego Maradona
60
2019
Rapper
Juice WRLD
21
2018
Physicist
Stephen Hawking
76
2017
Singer
Chuck Berry
90
2016
Boxer
Muhammad Ali
74
2015
Guitarist
B. B. King
89
2014
Actor
Robin Williams
63
2013
Political leader
Nelson Mandela
95
2012
Singer
Whitney Houston
48
2011
Businessman
Steve Jobs
56
2010
Writer
J. D. Salinger
91
2009
Singer
Michael Jackson
50
2008
Actor
Paul Newman
83
2007
Opera singer
Luciano Pavarotti
71
2006
Political leader
Saddam Hussein
69
2005
Religious figure
Pope John Paul II
84
2004
Political leader
Ronald Reagan
93
2003
Singer-songwriter
Johnny Cash
71
2002
Royal figure
Queen Elizabeth (Mother)
101
2001
Guitarist
George Harrison
58
2000
Cartoonist
Charles Schulz
77
1999
Film director
Stanley Kubrick
70
1998
Singer
Frank Sinatra
82
1997
Royal figure
Princess Diana
36
1996
Rapper
Tupac Shakur
25
1995
Singer
Dean Martin
78
1994
Political leader
Richard Nixon
81
1993
Drug lord
Pablo Escobar
44
1992
Writer
Isaac Asimov
72
1991
Singer-songwriter
Freddie Mercury
45
1990
Writer
Roald Dahl
74
1989
Painter
Salvador Dalí
84
1988
Singer-songwriter
Roy Orbinson
52
1987
Visual artist
Andy Warhol
58
1986
Actor
Cary Grant
82
1985
Film director
Orson Welles
70
1984
Singer-songwriter
Marvin Gaye
44
1983
Singer
Karen Carpenter
32
1982
Actress
Grace Kelly
52
1981
Singer-songwriter
Bob Marley
36
1980
Singer-songwriter
John Lennon
40
1979
Actor
John Wayne
72
1978
Religious figure
Pope Paul VI
80
1977
Singer
Elvis Presley
42
1976
Political leader
Mao Zedong
82
1975
Military general
Francisco Franco
82
1974
Composer
Duke Ellington
75
1973
Painter
Pablo Picasso
91
1972
Political leader
Harry Truman
88
1971
Trumpeter
Louis Armstrong
69
1970
Guitarist
Jimi Hendrix
27
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