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

Year	Main profession	Answer	Age	Hint
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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