Noted Celebrity Deaths in 2023

JANUARY
Kelly Monteith –comedian.
Gangsta Boo –rapper.
Walter Cunningham– astronaut (Apollo 7).
James D. Brubaker– film producer (Rocky, Bruce Almighty, Gia).
Adam Rich –actor.
Bernard Kalb –news journalist.
Constantine II – last king of Greece and Olympic champion.
Jeff Beck – Hall of Fame and Grammy-wining guitarist.
Carole Cook – actress.
Lisa Marie Presley– singer, song writer. Daughter of Elvis Presley.
Robbie Knievel –motorcycle stuntman. Son of Evel Knievel.
Ted Savage –baseball player.
Gina Lollobrigida– Italian-born actress.
David Crosby –Hall of fame singer and songwriter. Member of the group Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Sal Bando – Hall of Fame baseball player and World Series champion.
Top Topham – guitarist for The Yardbirds.
Lance Kerwin – actor.
Cindy Williams – actress. Bets known for playing Shirley in the TV series “Laverne and Shirley”.
Lisa Loring – actress. Best remembered for playing Wednesday Addams in the 1960s TV sitcom “The Addams Family”.
Bobby Hull – Stanley Cup winning hockey player.
Annie Wersching – actress.

FEBRUARY
Burt Bacharach –Hall of Fame and Grammy-winning songwriter.
Raquel Welch –actress.
Stella Stevens –actress.
Richard Belzer –actor.
Walter Mirisch –Academy Award-winning film producer.

MARCH
Tom Sizemore –actor.
Chiam Topol –actor.
Robert Blake –Emmy-winning actor.
Dick Fosbury –Olympic champion high jumper.
Pat Schroeder –politician. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Joe Pepitone –baseball player, World Series champion.
Claude Fournier –film director, cinematographer and screenwriter.
Lance Reddick –actor and musician.
Willis Reed - Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, NBA champion.
Mark Russell –political satirist and comedian.

APRIL
Judy Farrell –actress and TV writer. Former wife of actor Mike Farrell.
Mary Quandt –British fashion designer, creator of the mini-skirt.
April Stevens –Grammy-winning singer.
Charles Stanley – televangelist,founder of “In Touch” ministry.
Otis Redding III – guitarist and singer.
Barry Humphries (a.k.a. Dame Edna) -English actor and comedian.
Harry Belafonte – Hall of fame singer, actor and activist.
Ginnie Newhart – wife of comedian and actor Bob Newhart.
Jerry Springer – TV talk show host and politician.

MAY
Gordon Lightfoot – Hall of Fame singer and songwriter.
Barbara Bryne – actress.
Vida Blue – baseball player. Three times World Series champ.
Deacon Jones – baseball player and coach.
Jacklyn Zeman – actress.
Jim Brown – Hall of Fame football player, activist and actor.
Sheldon Reynolds – guitarist. Played with several popular groups(Commodores and Earth, Wind & Fire).
Tina Turner – Grammy-winning vocalist and actress.

JUNE
Cynthia Weil – Grammy Award winning songwriter (“You've Lost That Lovin'Feeling”, “Somewhere Out There”).
Pat Cooper – comedian and actor.
The Iron Sheik – Hall of Fame professional wrestler.
Pat Robertson – televangelist, “The 700 Club”.
Ted Kaczynski – terrorist; “The Unabomber”.
Treat Williams – actor.
William Lloyd George – British peer and member of the House of Lords.
Glenda Jackson – Academy award-wining actress.
Sheldon Harnick – composer and lyricist (“Fiorello!”, “Fiddler on the Roof”, “She Loves Me”).
Bobby Osborne – bluegrass musician.
Anita Wood – singer and actress.
Don Kennedy – broadcaster, radio personality and voice actor.
Alan Arkin – Academy Award-winning actor.

JULY
Peter Nero – Grammy-winning pianist and conductor.
Funny Cide – 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winning racehorse.
Tony Bennett – multi Grammy Award-winning vocalist.
Inga Swenson – actress.
Sinéad O'Connor – Grammy-winning singer and songwriter.
Randy Meisner – Grammy-winning and Hall of Fame musician and songwriter.
Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman) – actor and comic.

AUGUST
Mark Margolis – actor.
Jim Price – 1968 World Series Champion baseball player; sportscaster.
William Friedkin – Academy Award winning movie director.
Johnny Hardwick – actor, comedian, writer and Emmy-winning producer. Was the voice of Dale Gribble on “King of the Hill”.
Howard Hubbard – Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Albany, NY.
Arleen Sorkin – actress.
Tony Roberts – Hall of Fame sportscaster.
Bob Barker – Emmy-winning TV game show host and animal rights activist.
Joe the Plumber – political activist and commentator.

SEPTEMBER
Jimmy Buffett – singer and songwriter.
Point Given – racehorse. Winner of the 2001 Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
Roger Whittaker – British singer & songwriter (“Durham Town”,“The Last Farewell”).
Prudence McIntyre – singer. Part of the duo “Patience and Prudence”.
Terry Kirkman – singer and songwriter with “The Association”.
David McCallum – actor. Best known for playing Illya Kuryakin in the1960s TV spy drama “The Man from U.N.C.L.E”.
Brooks Robinson – Hall of Fame and World Series champion baseball player.
Sir Michael Gambon – BAFTA award-winning actor.
Dianne Feinstein – politician.

OCTOBER
Thomas Gambino – mobster.
Dick Butkus – football player and actor.
Mark Goddard – actor. Best known for playing Major West on TV's “Lost in Space”.
Phyllis Coates – actress. Played Lois Lane in early episodes of TV's “Adventures of Superman”.
Louise Glück – Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning poet.
Piper Laurie – Emmy-winning actress.
Suzanne Somers – actress.
Bobi– world's oldest dog, 31 years old.
Richard Roundtree – actor.
Richard Moll – actor.
Matthew Perry – actor.

NOVEMBER
Frank Borman – astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) and business executive.
Dex Carvey – comedian. Son of comedian and actor Dana Carvey.
Rosalynn Carter – former First Lady (1977-81). Wife of President Jimmy Carter.
Joss Ackland – actor.
Ron Hodges – former baseball player for the New York Mets.
Marty Kroft – puppeteer. Creator of “H.R. Pufenstuf”, “Land of the Lost” and “Sigmund and the Sea Monsters”.
Henry Kissinger – diplomat, Secretary of State (1973-77), Nobel laureate.

DECEMBER
Sandra Day O'Connor – jurist.
Norman Lear – TV producer and writer. Known for “All in the Family”,“Sanford and Son”, “Good Times”, “Maude” and many others.
Ryan O'Neal – actor. “Paper Moon”, “Love Story”, Barry Lyndon.”Father of actress Tatum O'Neal.
Richard Kerr – singer and songwriter. “Mandy”, “I'll Never Love This Way Again”, “Looks Like We Made It”.
Jeffrey Foskett – singer, songwriter, music producer. Toured with The Beach Boys.
James McCaffrey – actor.
Laura Lynch – member of The Dixie Chicks.
Tom Smothers – musician, comic and actor. Part of the duo “The Smothers Brothers”.
Shecky Greene – comedian and actor.
 


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