2023 marked the passing of many notable celebrities and other famous individuals. As we near the end of the year, we once again take the time to look back at those people we have lost in the past year. Check out our slideshows to learn more about those stars who have passed on in 2023.
FILE – In this April 27, 2011, file photo, Cleveland Indians fan John Adams poses in his usual centerfield bleacher seat with his ever-present bass drum before a baseball game between the Indians and the Kansas City Royals in Cleveland. Adams, who pounded a drum while sitting in Cleveland’s outfield bleachers during baseball games for five decades, has died. He was 71. The Guardians announced his passing on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
John Adams, 1951 – 2023
Longtime Cleveland Indians fan fixture whose iconic drum is now on display at the MLB HOF
Alan Arkin, a cast member in the Netflix film “Spenser Confidential,” poses at the world premiere of the film at the Regency Village Theatre, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Los Angeles. Arkin, the wry character actor who demonstrated his versatility in comedy and drama as he received four Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar in 2007 for “Little Miss Sunshine,” has died. He was 89. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Alan Arkin, 1934 – 2023
From his stage career, where he won a Tony Award, to his longtime Hollywood career, that featured an Oscar win for his role in “Little Miss Sunshine,” Arkin’s professional career spanned parts of eight decades.
Clarence Avant speaks during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many others, has died, according to a family statement. He was 92. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Clarence Avant, 1931 – 2023
Longtime music executive and producer was also inducted into the Rock Hall in 2021
FILE – Burt Bacharach attends the 2016 Newport Beach Film Festival Honors in Newport Beach, Calif. on April 23, 2016. The Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning Bacharach died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, publicist Tina Brausam said Thursday. He was 94. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)
Burt Bacharach, 1928 – 2023
Pianist, composer and songwriter who won multiple Grammys and Academy Awards over multiple decades.
FILE – Bob Barker speaks as he is inducted into National Association of Broadcasters hall of fame at the Las Vegas Hilton on Monday, April 14, 2008 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
Bob Barker, 1923 – 2023
Longtime gameshow host of ‘The Price is Right’ and animal rights advocate
Jeff Beck performs in concert during the “Stars Align Tour” at the BB&T Pavilion on Saturday, August 4, 2018, in Camden, N.J. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP)
Jeff Beck, 1944 – 2023
Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and 8-time Grammy winner was widely considered to be one of the best guitar players of all time.
A wreath decorated with a portrait of entertainer Harry Belafonte is placed with flowers on his star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Belafonte, the civil rights and entertainment giant who began as a groundbreaking actor and singer and became an activist, humanitarian and conscience of the world, has died. He was 96. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Harry Belafonte, 1927 – 2023
Calypso singer perhaps best known for ‘(The Banana Boat Song)’ and was also one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
Nick Benedict, 1946 – 2023
Daytime soap star and Emmy-nominated actor who appeared in shows including “Days of Our Lives,” “The Young and the Restless,” and “All My Children”
FILE – Tony Bennett arrives at the 60th annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, in New York. Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday, July 21, 2023. He was 96. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Tony Bennett, 1926 – 2023
Legendary singer and master of American standards who had 41 Grammy nominations and 19 wins
FILE – Jane Birkin poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Jane By Charlotte’ at the 74th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, July 8, 2021. France’s Culture Ministry and French media say singer and actress Jane Birkin has died at age 76. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Jane Birkin, 1946 – 2023
British actress and style icon who originated the Birkin bag.
Robert Blake, 1933 – 2023
Best known for his role in the 1970′s show “Baretta”
FILE – This 1976 file photo shows Oakland A’s Vida Blue, the hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970’s and helped lead brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles. Blue has died. He was 73. The A’s said Blue died Saturday, May 6, 2023 but did not give a cause of death. (AP Photo)
Vida Blue, 1949 – 2023
MLB pitcher who was named an All-Star six times and won both the AL Cy Young and MVP awards in 1971
FILE – Andre Braugher arrives at An Evening With “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” at Bing Theatre, May 7, 2015, in Los Angeles. Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on the series “Homicide: Life on The Street” and “Brooklyn 99,” died Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at age 61. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
Andre Braugher, 1962 – 2023
Television and movie actor best known for his roles on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Homicide: Life on the Street”
George Brown, 1949 – 2023
Drummer and co-founder of Kool & The Gang
FILE – Jim Brown is introduced before the inaugural Pro Football Hall of Fame Fan Fest Friday, May 2, 2014, at the International Exposition Center in Cleveland. NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night, May 18, 2023, with his wife, Monique, by his side, according to a spokeswoman for Brown’s family. He was 87. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
Jim Brown, 1936 – 2023
NFL Hall-of-Famer from the Cleveland Browns, civil rights activist and actor
Ricou Browning, 1930 – 2023
Actor and director who also played the creature in the movie “Creature from the Black Lagoon”
FILE – Jimmy Buffett performs at the after party for the premiere of “Jurassic World” in Los Angeles, on June 9, 2015. “Margaritaville” singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett has died at age 76. A statement on Buffett’s official website and social media pages says the singer died Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 “surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs”. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Jimmy Buffett, 1946 – 2023
Musician and singer best know for his tropical vibe and his Margaritaville business empire
Colin Burgess, 1946 – 2023
Original drummer and founding member of AC/DC
FILE – Former Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus watches during the first half of an NFL football game between the Bears and the New York Giants in Chicago, Nov. 24, 2019. Butkus, a fearsome middle linebacker for the Bears, has died, the team announced Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. He was 80. According to a statement released by the team, Butkus’ family confirmed that he died in his sleep overnight at his home in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Dick Butkus, 1942 – 2023
Hall of Fame NFL linebacker turned actor and announcer
FILE – Former first lady Rosalynn Carter answers questions during a news conference at a Habitat for Humanity project, Oct. 7, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. She was 96. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
Rosalynn Carter, 1927 – 2023
Former First Lady and wife of Jimmy Carter.
FILE – Angus Cloud arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the HBO series “Euphoria,” has died. He was 25. Cloud’s publicist, Cait Bailey, said McCloud died Monday at his family home in Oakland, California. No cause of death was given. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Angus Cloud, 1998 – 2023
Actor best known for his breakout role in “Euphoria”
Carole Cook, 1924 – 2023
Film, TV and stage actress known for her work with Lucille Bell
Nicolas Coster, 1933 – 2023
Longtime television actor best known for his role of Lionel Lockridge on the soap opera “Santa Barbara”
FILE – American League manager Tony La Russa, center left, from the Oakland A’s, and National League manager Roger Craig, of the San Francisco Giants, watch batting practice at Wrigley Field in Chicago, July 10, 1990, before the start of the 61st All-Star Game. Craig, who pitched for three championship teams during his major league career and then managed the San Francisco Giants to the 1989 World Series that was interrupted by a massive earthquake, died Sunday, June 4, 2023. He was 93. (AP Photo/Rob Kozloff, File)
Roger Craig, 1930 – 2023
Longtime MLB player, coach and manager who guided the Giants to their 1989 World Series appearance
FILE – Musician David Crosby performs during a benefit concert for the City Parks Foundation at Central Park SummerStage, on July 29, 2008, in New York. Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at age 81. His death was reported Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, by multiple outlets. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File)
David Crosby, 1941 – 2023
Two-time Rock Hall inductee was a founding member of The Byrds as well as Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Kamar de los Reyes, 1967 – 2023
TV and voice actor best known for his longtime role as Antonio Vega on “One Life to Live” and for voicing the character Raul Menendez in the “Call of Duty” video game series.
Melinda Dillon, 1939 – 2023
Longtime Hollywood actress, nominated for a Tony Award and multiple Oscars during her career. Portrayed Ralphie’s mom in “A Christmas Story”
FILE – Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrives for the Senate Democratic Caucus leadership election at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 8, 2022. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has died. She was 90. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Dianne Feinstein, 1933 – 2023
Longest serving female senator in U.S. history
FILE – Director William Friedkin poses for portraits after interviews for his film “Killer Joe” in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Friedkin, who won the best director Oscar for “The French Connection,” died Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Los Angeles, his wife, producer and former studio head Sherry Lansing told The Hollywood Reporter. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
William Friedkin, 1935 – 2023
Director behind film classics like “The Exorcist” and “The French Connection”
Terry Funk, 1944 – 2023
Professional wrestler who wrestled for WWE, WCW, ECW, NWA and many other wrestling outfits over his 50+ year career
FILE – Actor Michael Gambon attends the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”, in New York, on Thursday, July 9, 2009. Actor Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in the later Harry Potter films, has died at age 82, his publicist says. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
Michael Gambon, 1940 – 2023
British stage and screen actor whose later roles included replacing Richard Harris as Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” film series
FILE – Brazilian vocalist Astrud Gilberto poses for a photo in New York on Aug. 20, 1981. Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83. Musician Paul Ricci, a family friend, confirmed that she died Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, file)
Astrud Gilberto, 1940 – 2023
Brazilian singer and songwriter best known for her recording of the song “The Girl from Ipanema”
Mark Goddard attends the “Lost in Space” press line on day 2 of Comic-Con International on Friday, July 10, 2015, in San Diego. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)
Mark Goddard, 1936 – 2023
Longtime television actor best known for his role as Major Don West on “Lost in Space”
Len Goodman arrives at the premiere for “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, May 19, 2007. Len Goodman, an urbane long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing,” has died, his agent said Monday, April 24, 2023. He was 78. A former dancer, Goodman was a judge on “Strictly Come Dancing” for 12 years from its launch on the BBC in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Len Goodman, 1944 – 2023
Professional dancer best known for his role as a judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing”
Shecky Greene, 1926 – 2023
Longtime Las Vegas standup comic who also opened for the likes of Frank Sinatra and Johnny Carson.
Bret Hadley, 1930 – 2023
Soap star who portrayed Detective Carl Williams on “The Young and the Restless”
C.J. Harris, 1991 – 2023
Singer and former “American Idol” contestant
Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth seen at KAABOO 2017 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in San Diego, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Steve Harwell, 1967 – 2023
Original lead singer for the band Smash Mouth
FILE – Former Chicago Blackhawks player Bobby Hull is introduced to fans during the NHL hockey team’s convention in Chicago, July 26, 2019. Hull, a Hall of Fame forward who helped the Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final, has died. He was 84. The Blackhawks and the NHL Alumni Association announced the death of the two-time NHL MVP on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Alfiky, file)
Bobby Hull, 1939 – 2023
NHL Hall of Famer nicknamed “The Golden Jet”
FILE – Australian TV presenter Barry Humphries performs on stage as Dame Edna for the Farewell Tour, at the London Palladium theatre, in central London, on Nov. 13, 2013. Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly-veiled snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, died on Saturday, April 22, 2023, after spending several days in a Sydney hospital with complications following hip surgery, a Sydney hospital said. He was 89 years old. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
Barry Humphries, 1934 – 2023
Actor and comedian best known for ‘Dame Edna’ persona on stage and television.
Rudolph Isley, 1939 – 2023
Rock Hall inductee and founding member of The Isley Brothers
FILE – In this May 6, 2019 file photo, Glenda Jackson attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Camp: Notes on Fashion” exhibition on in New York. Glenda Jackson, a double Academy Award-winning performer who had a long second career as a British lawmaker, has died at 87. Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday, June 15, 2023 at her home in London after a short illness. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Glenda Jackson, 1936 – 2023
Former Oscar-winning actor who left acting to enter British politics where she served as an MP for more than 20 years.
FILE – Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors of MAD Magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011 in Savannah, Ga. Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton, File)
Al Jaffee, 1921 – 2023
Cartoonist who was a longtime contributor to Mad Magazine
Jazz American pianist Ahmad Jamal performs at the Five Continents Jazz Festival, in Marseille, southern France, Friday, July 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
Ahmad Jamal, 1930 – 2023
Jazz pianist and composer honored by the NEA as a Jazz Master
FILE – De La Soul’s Vincent Mason, left, and David Jude Jolicoeur perform at Rachael Ray’s Feedback Party at Stubb’s during the South by Southwest Music Festival on Saturday March 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of the Long Island hip hop trio De La Soul, has died at age 54. His representative Tony Ferguson confirmed the reports Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
David Jude Jolicoeur, 1968 – 2023
Better known as Trugoy the Dove, was one of the founding members of the group De La Soul
FILE – Ron Cephas Jones attends the LA Premiere of “Truth Be Told,” at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cephas Jones, a veteran stage and screen actor who became best known and won two Emmy Awards for his role as a long-lost father on the NBC drama series “This Is Us,” died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, a representative said. He was 66. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Ron Cephas Jones, 1957 – 2023
Emmy-winning actor who appeared on “This Is Us” as well as multiple other TV shows and films like “Across The Universe”
FILE – Charles Kimbrough, right, poses with Candice Bergen, a fellow cast member of the “Murphy Brown” TV series, as they are reunited for a segment of the NBC “Today” program in New York, on Feb. 27, 2008. Kimbrough, a Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor who played a straight-laced news anchor opposite Bergen on “Murphy Brown,” died Jan. 11, 2023, in Culver City, Calif. He was 86. The New York Times first reported his death Sunday, Feb 5. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Charles Kimbrough, 1936 – 2023
Longtime actor who earned an Emmy nomination for his role as Jim Dial on “Murphy Brown”
FILE – Robbie Knievel gives a thumbs up after jumping a train at the Texas State Railroad Park in Palestine, Texas on Feb. 23, 2000. Knievel, an American stunt performer, died early Friday at a hospice in Reno, Nev., with his daughters at his side, his brother Kelly Knievel said. He was 60. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Robbie Knievel, 1968 – 2023
Daredevil and son of Evel Knievel
FILE – In this April 27, 2016, file photo, former Indiana basketball coach Bob Knight speaks during campaign stop for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Indianapolis. Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball has died. He was 83. Knight’s family made the announcement on social media Wednesday evening, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Bob Knight, 1940 – 2023
College basketball coach who won multiple national championships while at Indiana
Jean Knight, 1943 – 2023
Grammy-nominated singer best known for her ‘70s hit “Mr. Big Stuff”
Milan Kundera, 1929 – 2023
Novelist and dissident who authored “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”
FILE – Denny Laine performs, Thursday Jan, 17, 2019, at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill. Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later Paul McCartney’s longtime sideman in the ex-Beatle’s solo band Wings, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, his wife said in a social media post. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)
Denny Laine, 1944 – 2023
Founding member of both the Moody Blues and Wings
FILE – Actress Piper Laurie arrives at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards, Friday June 12, 2009, in Los Angeles. Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a “more meaningful” life, died early Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
Piper Laurie, 1932 – 2023
Hollywood film actress who eventually transition to TV roles earned multiple Oscar nominations for her work in films like “Carrie” and “The Hustler”
FILE – Norman Lear appears during the “American Masters: Norman Lear” panel at the PBS Summer TCA Tour on Aug. 1, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Lear, producer of TV’s “All in the Family” and and an influential liberal advocate, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at 101. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Norman Lear, 1922 – 2023
Longtime television producer behind series like “All in the Family” and its many spinoffs.
FILE – Hong Kong born U.S. singer CoCo Lee poses on the red carpet at the 53rd Golden Horse Awards in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016. Coco Lee, a Hong Kong-born singer who had a highly successful career in Asia, died on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. She was 48. (AP Photo/Billy Dai, File)
Coco Lee, 1975 -2023
International singer best known for her musical contributions to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and the live-action version of “Mulan”
Michael Lerner, 1941 – 2023
Longtime Hollywood actor best known for roles in “Elf” and “Barton Fink”
Singer Gordon Lightfoot performs during the CFL’s 100th Grey Cup Championship Halftime Show at the Rogers Centre on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, in Toronto. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)
Gordon Lightfoot, 1938 – 2023
Canadian singer and songwriter best known for his Grammy-nominated song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
FILE – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) goodwill ambassador Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida poses on the red carpet, on the occasion of World Food Day, at the 4th edition of the Rome Film Festival, in Rome, Friday Oct. 16, 2009. Lollobrigida has died in Rome at age 95. Italian news agency Lapresse reported Lollobrigida’s death on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 quoting Tuscany Gov. Eugenio Giani. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
Gina Lollobrigida, 1927 – 2023
Italian actress once dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world”
Lisa Loring, 1958 – 2023
Actress best known for being the original Wednesday Adams
Laura Lynch, 1958 – 2023
Founding member of The Dixie Chicks
FILE – Baltimore Ravens quarterback Ryan Mallett watches from the sideline during the first half of the team’s NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 25, 2016. Mallett, who played for New England, Houston and Baltimore during five seasons in the NFL, has died. He was 35.
Mallett died in an apparent drowning, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Mallett was a football coach at White Hall High School in his native Arkansas, and the school district also confirmed his death in a post on its website. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Ryan Mallett, 1988 – 2023
Former NFL quarterback who played his college ball at Michigan and Arkansas
FILE – Mark Margolis attends a special screening of “Louisiana Caviar” at iPic Cinema on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in New York. Margolis, who played murderous former drug kingpin Hector Salamanca in “Breaking Bad” and then in the prequel “Better Call Saul,” has died at age 83. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Mark Margolis, 1939 – 2023
Longtime character actor who portrayed Hector Salamanca on “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul”
FILE – David McCallum, star of the NBC-TV series “The Invisible Man,” is shown during an interview with Jay Sharbutt at NBC studios in New York, Aug. 28, 1975. McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular “NCIS” 40 years later, died on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. He was 90. He died of natural causes surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital, CBS said in a statement. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
David McCallum, 1933 – 2023
TV actor best known for his roles on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” and “NCIS”
Les McCann, 1935 – 2023
Jazz musician best known for his song “Compared to What” as well as for having his works sampled by numerous notable hip-hop artists.
FILE – Author Cormac McCarthy attends the premiere of “The Road” in New York on Nov. 16, 2009. McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both dense and brittle took readers from the southern Appalachians to the desert Southwest in such novels as “The Road,” “Blood Meridian” and “All the Pretty Horses,” died Tuesday, June 13, 2023. He was 89. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
Cormac McCarthy, 1933 -2023
American author whose works include “All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men”
FILE – Baseball announcer Tim McCarver poses in the press box before the start of Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Oct. 2, 2003 in New York. McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as the one of the country’s most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators, died Thursday morning, Feb. 16, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., due to heart failure, baseball Hall of Fame announced. He was 81. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Tim McCarver, 1941 – 2023
Longtime MLB catcher and sports commentator
FILE – Irish singer Shane MacGowan attends the funeral mass of Irish poet Seamus Heaney at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Donnybrook, Dublin, Ireland, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” has died. He was 65. His family said in a statement that “it is with the deepest sorrow and heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our most beautiful, darling and dearly beloved Shane Macgowan.” The singer died peacefully early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023 with his family by his side, the statement added. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
Shane MacGowan, 1956 – 2023
Singer and songwriter best known as the frontman for The Pogues
Randy Meisner, 1946 – 2023
Founding member of The Eagles
Richard Moll, 1943 – 2023
Actor with multiple notable TV roles including the lovable bailiff Bull Shannon on “Night Court”
FILE – Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is shown before administering the oath of office to members of the Texas Supreme Court in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 6, 2003. For more than a decade, O’Connor was the only woman on the Supreme Court. And she was the first. Now the court has a record four. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File )
Sandra Day O’Connor, 1930 – 2023
First woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
FILE – Irish singer Sinead O’Connor appears at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 1989. O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56. The singer’s family issued a statement reported Wednesday by the BBC and RTE. (AP Photo, File)
Sinéad O’Connor, 1966 – 2023
Chart-topping, and sometimes controversial, Irish vocalist
FILE – Actor Ryan O’Neal speaks at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, during a ceremony where objects from the private collection of Farrah Fawcett’s estate were donated. O’Neal, who was nominated for an Oscar for the tear-jerker “Love Story” and played opposite his precocious daughter Tatum in “Paper Moon,” has died. O’Neal’s son Patrick said on Instagram that his father died Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Ryan O’Neal, 1941 – 2023
Oscar-nominated actor and father of actress Tatum O’Neal
Billy Packer, 1940 – 2023
Longtime sports broadcaster and college basketball analyst
FILE – German model Tatjana Patitz poses with the new catalog of German catalog company Otto during a photocall in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” music video, has died at age 56. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)
Tatjana Patitz, 1966 – 2023
German model and actress, considered one of the original “supermodels” of the ‘90s.
FILE – Matthew Perry arrives at the premiere of “Ride” at The Arclight Hollywood Theater in Los Angeles. Perry, who starred as Chandler Bing in the hit series “Friends,” has died. He was 54. The Emmy-nominated actor was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times and celebrity website TMZ, which was the first to report the news. Both outlets cited unnamed sources confirming Perry’s death. His publicists and other representatives did not immediately return messages seeking comment. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
Matthew Perry, 1969 – 2023
Actor best known for playing Chandler Bing on the show “Friends”
Former Chicago Bears player William Perry arrives during the first half of an NFL football game between the Bears and the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
William Perry Jr., 1965 – 2023
Better known by his stage name DJ Casper and originator of the “Cha Cha Slide”
Milton Powell, 1974 – 2023
Better known by his stage name as the rapper Big Pokey, Powell released his first album in 1999.
FILE – Lisa Marie Presley stands next to her childhood crib displayed with other mementos in the new exhibit “Elvis Through His Daughter’s Eyes,” at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 31, 2012. She was born on Feb. 1, 1968. Lisa Marie Presley, singer and only child of Elvis, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, after a hospitalization, according to her mother, Priscilla Presley. She was 54. (AP Photo/Lance Murphey, File)
Lisa Marie Presley, 1968 – 2023
Singer-songwriter and only child of Elvis Presley
Paco Rabbane, 1934 – 2023
Spanish fashion designer known for his futuristic-looking outfits
FILE – Actor Lance Reddick appears at the world premiere of “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” in New York on May 9, 2019. Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including “The Wire,” @Fringe” and the “John Wick” franchise, died suddenly on Friday, March 17, 2023. He was 60. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Lance Reddick, 1962 – 2023
Film and TV actor best known for role as Charon in the John Wick films and for playing Daniels on “The Wire”
Otis Redding III, 1964 – 2023
Son of the famous singer and part of the group The Reddings
FILE – New York Knicks Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed responds to questions during an interview before an NBA basketball game between the Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks, Friday, April 5, 2013, in New York. Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championship and create one of sports’ most enduring examples of playing through pain, died Tuesday, March 21, 2023. He was 80. Reed’s death was announced by the National Basketball Retired Players Association, which confirmed it through his family. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Willis Reed, 1942 – 2023
Former NY Knicks player who also became a coach and GM and was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1982.
Jamie Reid, 1947 – 2023
Artist best know for his iconic album covers for the Sex Pistols
FILE – Paul Reubens attends the world premiere of “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday” during the South by Southwest Film Festival on Thursday, March 17, 2016, in Austin, Texas. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP, File)
Paul Reubens, 1952 – 2023
Actor and comedian who created the character Pee-wee Herman
FILE – One-time child actor Adam Rich, who starred in the 1970s TV show “Eight is Enough,” walks out of a sheriff’s station after posting bail in City of Industry, Calif., Dec. 18, 2002. Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop top who charmed TV audiences as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,” died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023, in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. He was 54. The cause of death was under investigation but was not considered suspicious. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)
Adam Rich, 1968 – 2023
Actor best known for his role on “Eight is Enough” where he played Nicholas, the youngest of the Bradford children.
Bill Richardson, 1947 – 2023
Former governor of New Mexico who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008
FILE – Former Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson is honored during a ceremony for the Hall of Fame before a baseball game between the Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles, Sept. 24, 2022, in Baltimore. Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died, according to a joint announcement by the Orioles and his family Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
Brooks Robinson, 1937 – 2023
Hall of Fame third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles
Pat Robertson, 1930 – 2023
Longtime TV minister and political commentator who also ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988.
Robbie Robertson, 1943 – 2023
Bob Dylan guitarist and co-founder of The Band
FILE – Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez performs at the Beacon Theatre on April 7, 2013, in New York. Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” has died, according to the Sugarman.org website on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter. He was 81. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Sixto Rodriguez, 1942 – 2023
Singer and songwriter who was featured in the documentary “Searching for Sugar Man”
John Romita Sr., 1930 – 2023
Famed comic book artist who spent many years drawing Spider-Man while helping create some of Marvel’s most iconic characters including Wolverine and Punisher.
Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd seen at KAABOO Texas at AT&T Stadium on Saturday, May 11, 2019, in Arlington, Texas. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday, March 5, 2023, at the age of 71. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Gary Rossington, 1951 – 2023
Founding member and guitarist for the band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Windham Rotunda, 1987 – 2023
Pro wrestler and former WWE champ who wrestled under the name Bray Wyatt
FILE – Richard Roundtree attends the premiere of “Shaft” on June 10, 2019, in New York. Roundtree, the trailblazing Black actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective “Shaft” in several films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. Roundtree died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, at his home in Los Angeles, according to his longtime manager. He was 81. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Richard Roundtree, 1942 – 2023
Iconic film star from the ‘Shaft’ series was also called the “first Black action hero”
FILE – Actor Julian Sands attends the “Forbidden Fruit,” readings from banned works of literature, May 5, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Sands, who starred in several Oscar-nominated films in the late 1980s and ’90s including “A Room With a View” and “Leaving Las Vegas,” was found dead on a Southern California mountain five months after he disappeared while hiking, authorities said Tuesday, June 27, 2023. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
Julian Sands, 1958 – 2023
British actor with long string of roles in both movies and television. Was the subject of an extensive search earlier this year when he disappeared while hiking in California.
FILE – Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter performs at the 5 Continents Jazz Festival in Marseille, southern France on July 23, 2013. Shorter, whose lyrical jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music and made him one of the most influential innovators in jazz, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 2, 2023. He was 89. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)
Wayne Shorter, 1933 – 2023
Tenor saxophonist was an influential jazz innovator.
FILE – Actor Tom Sizemore poses in New York, April 18, 2013. Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, died Friday, March 3, 2023, at age 61. (AP Photo/John Carucci, File)
Tom Sizemore, 1961 – 2023
Actor best-known for his many supporting roles in films ranging from “Heat” to “Saving Private Ryan” and beyond.
FILE – Tom Smothers does yo-yo tricks during arrivals at CBS’s 75th anniversary celebration Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, in New York. Tom Smothers, half of the Smother Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 at 86.
(AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, File)
Tom Smothers, 1937 – 2023
Half of the longtime Smothers Brothers comedy duo
FILE – Suzanne Somers is seen during the funeral services for Merv Griffin at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, Calif., Aug. 17, 2007. Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show “Three’s Company,” as well as her business endeavors, died early Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, her family said in a statement provided by her longtime publicist R. Couri Hay. She was 76. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool, File)
Suzanne Somers, 1946 – 2023
Longtime television actress best known for her roles on “Three’s Company” and “Step By Step”
FILE – Talk show host Jerry Springer speaks in New York on April 15, 2010. Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show unleashed strippers, homewreckers and skinheads to brawl and spew obscenities on weekday afternoons, has died. He was 79. A family spokesperson died Thursday at home in suburban Chicago. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Jerry Springer, 1944 – 2023
Former Cincinnati mayor and longtime daytime talk show host
Seymour Stein, 1942 – 2023
Music executive and Rock Hall inductee who first signed Madonna
FILE – Actress Frances Sternhagen attends the premiere of “Julie & Julia” in New York, on July 30, 2009. Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. She was 93. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)
Frances Sternhagen, 1930 – 2023
Tony Award winner who was known for her character-acting roles on stage, screen and television
FILE – Actress Stella Stevens appears at a Sterns Department Store in New York on Jan. 8, 1968. Stevens, a prominent leading lady in 1960s and ’70s comedies who is perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis’s affection in “The Nutty Professor,” died Friday. She was 84. (AP Photo/Jack Kanthal, File)
Stella Stevens, 1938 – 2023
Prominent leading lady in 1960s and 70s comedies perhaps best known for playing the object of Jerry Lewis’s affection in “The Nutty Professor”
FILE – Ray Stevenson arrives at the world premiere of “Thor: Ragnarok” in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2017. Stevenson, the Irish actor who played the villain in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior the ‘Thor’ films, and a member of the 13th Legion in HBO’s “Rome,” has died. He was 58. Representatives for Stevenson told The Associated Press he died Sunday, May 21, 2023, but had no other details to share. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Ray Stevenson, 1964 – 2023
Actor originally from Northern Ireland who had notable roles in TV series like “Rome” and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” as well as for being part of the “Thor” films.
FILE – Motown’s Barrett Strong arrives at the induction ceremony for 35th annual National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York on June 10, 2004. Strong, one of Motown’s founding artists and most gifted songwriters who sang lead on the company’s breakthrough single “Money (That’s What I Want)” and later collaborated with Norman Whitfield on such classics as “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “War” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died. He was 81. His death was announced Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, by the Motown Museum. (AP Photos/Louis Lanzano, File)
Barrett Strong, 1941 – 2023
Motown singer and songwriter whose credits include “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and “Pappa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
Inga Swenson, 1932 – 2023
Emmy nominated actress who portrayed housekeeper Gretchen Kraus on “Benson”
George Tickner, 1946 – 2023
Founding member and guitarist for Journey
FILE – Israeli actor Chaim Topol speaks during an interview in Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 8, 2015. Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died in Tel Aviv, Israeli leaders said Thursday, March 9, 2023. He was 87. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
Chaim Topol, 1935 – 2023
Israeli actor best known for playing “Fiddler on the Roof’s” Tevye on screen and stage. Also appeared in dozens of other films including “Flash Gordon” and “For Your Eyes Only”
FILE – Tina Turner performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Wednesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, file)
Tina Turner, 1939 – 2023
Grammy winner, known as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and two-time inductee in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
FILE – The Iron Sheik appears during 140: The Twitter Conference LA in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2009. The Iron Sheik, born Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, died Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at age 81. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
Hossein Vaziri, 1940 – 2023
Better known by his professional wrestling moniker, The Iron Sheik, was a longtime WWE villain and the only Iranian heavyweight champ in the company’s history.
Tom Verlaine, 1949-2023
Frontman and co-founder of the band Television
FILE – Songwriter Cynthia Weil accepts her award during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York, Monday, March 15, 2010. Weil, a Grammy-winning lyricist of great range and endurance who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry Mann and helped write “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “On Broadway,” “Walking in the Rain” and dozens of other hits, has died at age 82. Weil and Mann, married in 1961, were one of popular music’s most successful teams. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
Cynthia Weil, 1943 – 2023
Grammy winner and member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who penned many hit songs with her husband Barry man including “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “On Broadway” and “Walking in the Rain”
FILE – American actress Raquel Welch poses for photographers in Paris on Jan. 15, 1970. Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and ’70s, died early Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, after a brief illness. She was 82. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File)
Raquel Welch, 1940 – 2023
Longtime Hollywood actress and model whose role in “One Million Years B.C.” propelled her to international sex symbol status
Actress Annie Wershing arrives at the “24” Season 7 finale screening and panel discussion in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Annie Wershing, 1977 – 2023
Actor best known for role as Renee Walker in “24″ and originating the character Tess in “The Last of Us” video game
FILE – Southern California tailback Charles White puts his arms around the Heisman Trophy won by O.J. Simpson in 1968 after White was announced as the winner of the 1979 Heisman Trophy, Dec. 3, 1979, in Los Angeles. White died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. He was 64. USC announced the death of White, who is still the Trojans’ career rushing leader with 6,245 yards. The nine-year NFL veteran died of cancer, the school said. (AP Photo/Wally Fong, File)
Charles White, 1958 – 2023
Heisman-winning running back at USC whose NFL career included stints with the Browns and Rams.
Fred White, 1955 – 2023
Former drummer and early member of Earth, Wind and Fire
Paxton Whitehead, 1937 – 2023
English actor best known for his guest appearances on many popular American TV series including “The West Wing” and “Mad About You”
FILE – Tom Wilkinson arrives at the “Denial” premiere on day 4 of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, in Toronto. Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty,” “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died, his family said Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. He was 75. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
Tom Wilkinson, 1948 – 2023
Oscar-nominated actor whose film credits included “The Full Monty” and “In the Bedroom”
FILE – Actors Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall present the legend award on stage at the TV Land Awards on June 8, 2008, in Santa Monica, Calif. Williams, who was among the most recognizable stars in America in the 1970s and 1980s for her role as Shirley opposite Penny Marshall’s Laverne on the beloved sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Los Angeles at age 75, after a brief illness, her family said Monday, Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
Cindy Williams, 1947 – 2023
Actress best-known for playing Shirley Feeney on “Laverne & Shirley” and “Happy Days”
FILE – Actor Treat Williams attends the world premiere of “Second Act” in New York on Dec. 12, 2018. Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” died Monday, June 12, 2023, after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Treat Williams, 1951 – 2023
Longtime film and television actor with a career spanning parts of six decades. Portrayed Dr. Brown on the series “Everwood”
FILE – Burt Young, a cast member of the film “Rocky Balboa,” gestures at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Dec. 13, 2006. Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died. Young died Oct. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
Burt Young, 1940 – 2023
Longtime Hollywood actor best known for his role as Paulie in the “Rocky” films
FILE – Jacklyn Zeman arrives at the 40th Anniversary of Soap Opera Digest in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2016. Zeman, who played Bobbie Spencer on ABC’s ‘General Hospital” for 45 years, has died at age 70. Her family confirmed the news Wednesday and says she died after a short battle with cancer. (Photo by Omar Vega/Invision/AP, File)
Jacklyn Zeman, 1953 – 2023
Longtime soap opera actor, best known for playing Bobbie Spencer on “General Hospital”
