From Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II to France’s iconic fashion designer Thierry Mugler and the Soviet Union’s last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, many notable public figures left us in 2022. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at the lives and legacies behind some of the year’s most high-profile deaths. Sidney Poitier "We have lost an icon; a hero, a mentor, a fighter, a national treasure," Bahamian Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper tweeted in announcing the death of American actor and film director Sidney Poitier, who passed away on January 6 at the age of 94. Born during a family trip to the...