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1969 – 2022Anne Heche (1969-2022)Died 12 August 2022, aged 53American actress of Donnie Brasco, Wag the Dog and Six Days Seven Nights.
2022Lee Jae-yong pardonedPresident Yoon Suk-yeol pardons Lee Jae-yong in August 2022, freeing him from the legal cloud that has hung over Samsung's leadership since 2017. The pardon is justified on economic grounds — South Korea needs Samsung's leadership focused on investment rather than on legal proceedings. Lee Jae-yong immediately accelerates Samsung's semiconductor investment programme and pursues major international partnerships.
2022Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New YorkStabbed thirty-three years after the fatwaSalman Rushdie was stabbed repeatedly before a lecture in Chautauqua, New York, on 12 August 2022, thirty-three years after Iran issued a fatwa calling for his death. He survived but lost the sight in one eye.