- Jan 4 Fay Weldon [Franklin Birkinshaw], British feminist, novelist (Praxis; The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil), playwright, and screenwriter, dies at 91 [1]
- Jan 6 Gianluca Vialli, Italian soccer striker (59 caps; Cremonese, Sampdoria, Juventus, Chelsea), manager (Chelsea, Watford) and broadcaster (Sky Italia), dies from pancreatic cancer at 58
- Jan 7 Adam Rich, American actor (Eight is Enough - "Nicholas"; Code Red; Gun Shy), dies at 54
- Jan 8 Bernard Kalb, American journalist, moderator, lecturer and author, one of the most respected broadcast journalists of his time (CBS News, New York Times), dies at 100 [1] [2]
- Jan 9 Melinda Dillon, American actress (Close Encounters; Slap Shot; A Christmas Story), dies at 83
- Jan 11 (Mildred) "Carole" Cook, American stage and screen actress (The Lucy Show; The Incredible Mr. Limpet; Sixteen Candles), dies at of heart failure at 98
- Jan 11 Charles Kimbrough, American stage and screen actor (Murphy Brown - "Jim"; Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 86
- Jan 16 Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida, Italian actress (Trapeze; Falcon Crest), photojournalist, and sculptor, dies at 95 [1]
- Jan 19 David Sutherland, Scottish cartoonist (Beano - Bash Street Kids, Dennis the Menace), dies at 89 [1]
- Jan 22 Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor, dies at 88
- Jan 24 Lance Kerwin, American actor (James at 15; Salem's Lot; Enemy Mine; Outbreak), dies at 62 [1]
- Jan 25 Cindy Williams, American actress (Laverne & Shirley - "Shirley; American Graffiti), dies at 75 [1]
- Jan 26 Billy Packer, American college basketball broadcaster (Raycom Sports, NBC, CBS), dies of kidney failure at 82
- Jan 27 Sylvia Syms, English actress (Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine), dies at 89 [1]
- Jan 28 Lisa Loring [DeCinces], American actress (The Addams Family - "Wednesday"; As the World Turns, 1980-83 - "Cricket"), dies following a stroke at 64 [1]
- Jan 28 Viola Léger, American-Canadian stage and screen actress (La Sagouine), and politician (Canadian Senate, 2001-05), dies at 92
- Feb 2 Robert Orben, American comedy writer, magician, and speechwriter for US Vice President Gerald Ford, dies at 95
- Feb 10 Hugh Hudson, English film director (Chariots of Fire), dies at 86 [1]
- Feb 14 Jerry Jarrett, American pro wrestling promoter (founder Continental Wrestling Association, US Wrestling Association, NWA:TNA), dies of cancer at 80
Raquel Welch (1940-2023)
Feb 15 American stage and screen (Myra Breckenridge; One Million Years B.C.; 100 Rifles), and nightclub singer, dies at 82 [1] [2]
- Feb 16 Tim McCarver, American baseball catcher (World Series 1964, 67; MLB All-Star 1966, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (NY Mets, ABC, CBS, FOX), dies of heart failure at 81 [1]
- Feb 17 Stella Stevens [Estella Eggleston], American actress (Girls! Girls! Girls!; The Nutty Professor; Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 84 [1]
- Feb 18 Barbara Bosson, American actress (Hill Street Blues - "Fay Furillo"; Hooperman; Murder One), dies at 83
- Feb 19 Dickie Davies, English TV presenter (ITV's World of Sport), dies at 93 [1]
- Feb 19 Jansen Panettiere, American actor (How High 2), dies of aortic valve complications due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) at 28
Richard Belzer (1944-2023)
Feb 19 American comedian, actor (Homicide: Life on the Street; Law & Order: SVU - both shows "Det. John Munch") and author (How To Be A Stand-Up; UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to Be Crazy to Believe), dies at 78 [1]
- Feb 21 Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (Ich suche Dich, Rosemary), and beauty queen (Miss Austria, 1949), dies at 93
- Feb 23 John Motson, British football broadcaster (10 x FIFA World Cups; 10 x UEFA European C'ships; 29 x FA Cup finals; BBC, Talksport), dies at 77
- Feb 25 Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director and writer (voice of "Babar the Elephant"), dies at 92
- Feb 27 Ricou Browning, American film stuntman (Creature from the Black Lagoon), stunt co-ordinator (Thunderball), director, and producer (Flipper), dies at 93 [1]
- Mar 1 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, dies at 98
- Mar 3 Tom Sizemore, American actor (Saving Private Ryan; Wyatt Earp), dies following a brain aneurysm at 61
- Mar 9 (Chaim) Topol, Israeli stage and screen actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 87 [1]
- Mar 9 Robert Blake [Michael Gubitosi], American Emmy Award-winning actor (Baretta; In Cold Blood; The Little Rascals - "Bobby"), dies of heart disease at 89
- Mar 16 Sharon Acker, Canadian character actress (The New Perry Mason - "Della Street"), dies at 87
- Mar 17 Lance Reddick, American actor (The Wire), dies at 60 [1]
- Mar 17 Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist and filmmaker (Harpya, Palme d'Or 1979), dies at 94
- Mar 27 Wim de Bie, Dutch comedian, satirist, and writer (van Kooten & de Bie - The Simplistic Covenant), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 83
- Mar 28 Paul O'Grady, English TV presenter, comedian and drag queen (Lily Savage), dies at 67 [1]
- Mar 28 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and Academy Award-winning film composer (The Last Emperor), dies of cancer at 71 [1]
- Mar 30 Michael Rudman, American theater director and producer working in the UK (Death of the Salesman, Donkeys' Years), dies at 84 [1]
- Apr 8 Michael Lerner, American stage and screen actor (Eight Men Out; Harlem Nights: Barton Fink), dies at 81
- Apr 10 Al Jaffee, American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (MAD Magazine), dies at 102 [1]
- Apr 10 Anne Perry [Juliet Marion Hulme], English-born crime writer (convicted of murder as a child as filmed in "Heavenly Creatures"), dies at 84 [1]
- Apr 19 Moonbin [Moon Bin], South Korean K-pop singer and actor, dies in a suspected suicide at 25 [1]
- Apr 22 Barry Humphries, Australian Tony Award-winning comedian, actor and author known for his stage alter egos (Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson), dies of complications after hip surgery at 89 [1]
- Apr 22 Len Goodman, British ballroom dancing champion and television personality (Strictly Come Dancing, 2004-16; Dancing with the Stars, 2005-22), dies of bone cancer at 78
Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)
Apr 25 Jamaican-American Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning calypso singer ("Banana Boat Song"), actor (Buck & the Preacher), and human rights activist, dies of congestive heart failure at 96 [1]
- Apr 25 Paul van Vliet, Dutch comedian and singer, dies at 87
Jerry Springer (1944-2023)
Apr 27 German-American politician (Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977), and television tabloid talk show host (Jerry Springer, 1991-2018), dies of pancreatic cancer at 79
- Apr 29 Mike Shannon, American baseball utility (World Series 1964, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (St. Louis Cardinals radio 1972-2021), dies of long COVID at 83
- May 3 Lance Blanks, American basketball guard (Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves), executive (GM Phoenix Suns 2010-13), and broadcaster (ESPN, Longhorn Network), takes his own life at 56
- May 9 Jackie Zeman, American actress (General Hospital - "Bobbie Spencer"), dies of cancer at 70
- May 10 Rolf Harris, Australian-British comedian, actor, painter, singer-songwriter ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"), and convicted sex offender, dies at 93 [1]
- May 11 Barry Newman, American film and television actor (Vanishing Point; Amy; Petrocelli), dies of throat cancer at 92
- May 11 Kenneth Anger [Anglemeyer], American Underground Filmmaker (Magick Lantern Cycle), dies at 96
- May 17 "Superstar" Billy Graham [Eldridge Coleman], American pro wrestler (WWWF Heavyweight Champion 1977-78), dies of kidney, heart, and lung problems at 79
Jim Brown (1936-2023)
May 18 American College-Pro Football HOF running back (Syracuse University; Cleveland Browns - NFL Rookie of the Year 1957; NFL MVP 1957, 58, 65; 8 x First-team All-Pro; 9 x Pro Bowl), actor (The Dirty Dozen; ...tick...tick...tick...), and civil rights activist, dies at 87 [1]
- May 21 Ed Ames [Edmund Dantes Urick], American popular singer (Ames Brothers - "My Cup Runneth Over"), and actor (Daniel Boone - "Mingo"), dies at 95 [1]
- May 21 Ray Stevenson, Northern Irish actor (King Arthur, Rome), dies at 58
- May 24 Bill Lee, American session double-bassist, and film score composer (Do The Right Thing; She's Gotta Have It), dies at 94
- May 24 George Maharis, American actor (Route 66 - "Buz"; The Happening; The Most Deadly Game), dies at 94 [1]
- May 30 John Beasley, American actor (Everwood; Rudy), dies at 79
- Jun 6 Pat Cooper [Pasquale Caputo], American stand-up comedian and actor, dies at 93 [1]
- Jun 7 The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C'hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C'ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], dies at 81
- Jun 8 Rale Rasic, Australian soccer coach (Australia 1969-74; Marconi Stallions FC) and broadcaster (SBS), dies at 87
- Jun 12 Treat Williams, American actor (Flashpoint; Hair; Everwood), dies from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at 71
Glenda Jackson (1936-2023)
Jun 15 English stage and screen Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning actress (Women in Love; Elizabeth R; Elizabeth Is Missing), and politician (Member of Parliament, 1992-2015), dies at 87 [1] [2]
- Jun 16 Paxton Whitehead, English stage and screen actor (Back to School, Mad About You - "Hal"), dies at 85
- Jun 18 Teresa Taylor, American rock drummer (Butthole Surfers), and actress (Slackers), dies of lung disease at 60
- Jun 20 Ray Wheatley, Australian boxer (NSW featherweight champion), official (IBF supervisor, referee & judge; VP IBF 2000-12) and broadcaster (Sky Channel, ESPN, 9 Network), dies at 74
- Jun 23 Betta St John [Betty Jean Striegler], American-English stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Dream Wife; Carousel; Corridors of Blood), dies at 93
- Jun 23 Frederic Forrest, American character actor (The Rose; Apocalypse Now; Lonesome Dove; One from the Heart), dies at 86 [1]
- Jun 23 Willem Nijholt, Dutch actor (De Nietsnut, Respect, Op Afbetaling), dies at 88
- Jun 24 Dean Smith, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1952) and actor, rodeo cowboy and stuntman, dies at 91
- Jun 27 Julian Sands, English actor (A Room With a View; Arachnophobia; 24), confirmed dead after remains are identified, six months after failing to return from a hike at 65
- Jun 29 Alan Arkin, American Tony and Academy Award-winning actor (The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming; Wait Until Dark; Catch-22; The In-Laws; Little Miss Sunshine), and director, dies of heart failure at 89 [1]
- Jul 14 Nick Benedict, American actor (Days of Our Lives, 1993-2001 - "Curtis"; The Pistol: Birth of a Legend; All My Children - "Phillip"), dies from complications of spinal surgery on his 77th birthday
- Jul 16 Jane Birkin, British-French pop singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus"), actress (Dust; Death On The Nile), and fashion icon, dies at 76 [1]
- Jul 23 Inga Swenson, American stage and screen actress (110 in the Shade; Benson - "Gretchen"), dies at 90
- Jul 23 Pamela Blair American stage actress, singer, and dancer (A Chorus Line), dies at 73
- Jul 24 George Alagiah, Ceylonese-born British journalist and newsreader (BBC News), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
- Jul 25 Bo Goldman, American Academy Award-winning screenwriter (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Melvin and Howard), and playwright, dies at 90
- Jul 25 Julian Barry [Mendelsohn], American playwright and screenwriter (Lenny; Rhinoceros), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
Paul Reubens (1952-2023)
Jul 30 American comic actor and screenwriter, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman (Pee-wee's Big Adventure; Pee-wee's Playhouse), dies of cancer at 70 [1]
- Jul 31 Angus Cloud, American actor (Euphoria), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 25
- Aug 3 Carl Davis, American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenant's Woman; restored silent film Napoléon; BBC's Pride and Prejudice), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 86 [1]
- Aug 3 Mark Margolis, American stage and screen actor (Breaking Bad; The Wrestler), dies at 83
- Aug 5 (Russell) "Rusty" Richards, American cowboy singer, yodeler, songwriter (Sons of the Pioneers, 1963-84), actor and film stuntman, dies at 89
- Aug 7 Jim Price, American baseball catcher (World Series 1968 Detroit Tigers) and broadcaster (ESPN, Detroit Tigers Radio Network 1998-2023), dies at 81
- Aug 9 (Jaime Royal) "Robbie" Robertson, Canadian-Mohawk singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (The Band - "The Weight"; "Up On Cripple Creek"), and soundtrack composer (Martin Scorsese films), dies of prostate cancer at 80 [1] [2]
- Aug 9 Ita Ever, Estonian stage, radio, and screen actress (Tayna chyornykh drozdov (The Secret of the Blackbirds)), dies at 92
Michael Parkinson (1935-2023)
Aug 16 English broadcaster and TV talkshow host and interviewer (Parkinson), dies at 88 [1]
- Aug 17 Rick Jeanneret, Canadian Hockey HOF broadcaster (Buffalo Sabres Hockey Network 1972–2022), dies from multiple organ failure at 81
- Aug 19 Ron Cephas Jones, American Emmy Award-winning actor (This is Us), dies of pulmonary disease at 66
- Aug 23 Terry Funk, American HOF pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship 1998; NWA World Heavyweight C'ship 1975-76) and actor (Paradise Alley; Roadhouse), dies at 79
- Aug 24 Arleen Sorkin, American actress (Days of Our Lives - "Calliope Jones"; America's Funniest Videos, 1990-92), and screenwriter, dies at 67
- Aug 24 Bray Wyatt, American pro wrestler (WWE Championship 2017, Smackdown & Raw Tag Team C'ships), dies of a heart attack at 36
Bob Barker (1923-2023)
Aug 26 American TV game show host (The Price is Right, 1972-2007; Truth or Consequences, 1956-75), actor (Happy Gilmore), and animal rights activist, dies at 99 [1]
- Aug 26 Tony Roberts, American College Football HOF broadcaster (play-by-play announcer Notre Dame Fighting Irish football 1980-2006), dies at 94
- Aug 26 Yvon Pedneault, Canadian Hockey HOF journalist and broadcaster (Montreal Canadiens: Réseau des sports, Télévision de Radio-Canada, TVA, TQS), dies from cancer at 77
- Aug 27 Franne Lee (née Newman), American Tony Award-winning costume designer (Sweeny Todd; SNL, 1975-80), dies at 81
- Aug 30 Gennady Sapunov, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler (World C'ship gold lightweight 1963, 65; silver 1966) and coach (Soviet GR wrestling team 1979-90), dies at 84
- Aug 31 Gayle Hunnicutt, American-British actress (Marlowe; Legend of Hell House; Dallas), dies at 80
- Sep 12 Jean Boht, English actress (Bread - "Nellie"; Distant Voices; Still Lives), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 91
- Sep 14 Bjarni Felixson, Icelandic soccer defender (6 caps; Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur) and broadcaster (RÚV), dies at 86
- Sep 14 Michael McGrath, American Tony Award-winning stage actor and singer (Spamalot; Nice Work If You Can Get It), dies at 65
- Sep 20 Elaine Devry [Thelma Mahnken], American actress (The Atomic Kid, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf), dies at 93
- Sep 24 Keith Baxter, Welsh actor (Chimes at Midnight; Killing Time; Barretts at Wimpole Street), dies at 90
- Sep 25 David McCallum, Scottish-American actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - "Ilyla Kuryakin"; NCIS), dies at 90 [1]
- Sep 27 Bob Sheridan, American boxing and MMA broadcaster (WGBS "Rumble in the Jungle", "Thrilla in Manila"; bodogFIGHT), dies at 79
Michael Gambon (1940-2023)
Sep 27 Irish-English stage and screen actor (The Singing Detective; Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series), dies of pneumonia at 82 [1]
- Sep 30 Khaled Khalifa, Syrian poet, screenwriter and novelist (In Praise of Hatred), dies of a heart attack at 59 [1]
- Oct 1 Tim Wakefield, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 2009; World Series 2004, 07 Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN), dies of brain cancer at 57 [1]
- Oct 5 Dick Butkus, American College-Pro Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Illinois; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1969, 70; 5×First-team All-Pro; 8xPro Bowl; Chicago Bears), sportscaster (CBS, ESPN) and actor (My Two Dads), dies at 80 [1]
- Oct 8 Burt Young [Gerald DeLouise or Richard Morea], American character actor (Rocky; Convoy; The Choirboys), screenwriter (Uncle Joe Shannon), and visual artist, and visual artist, dies at 83 [1]
- Oct 10 (Charles) Mark Goddard, American actor (Lost in Space - "Don West"; The Detectives; Roller Boogie), and teacher, dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 87
- Oct 12 Lara Parker [Mary Rickey], American actress (Dark Shadows - "Angelique"; Save the Tiger; Race with the Devil), and novelist, dies at 84
- Oct 14 Piper Laurie [Rosetta Jacobs], American Emmy Award-winning actress (The Torn Birds; Twin Peaks; Carrie; The Hustler), dies at 91
- Oct 15 Suzanne Somers (née Mahoney), American actress (Three's Company, 1977-81 - "Chrissy"; Step by Step), dies from complications of breast cancer at 76
- Oct 24 Richard Roundtree, American actor (Getting Even; Shaft), dies of pancreatic cancer at 81 [1]
- Oct 26 Richard Moll, American actor (Night Court - "Bull"; House - "Big Ben"; Dungeonmaster), dies at 80
Matthew Perry (1969-2023)
Oct 28 Canadian-American actor (Friends - "Chandler Bing"), drowns after a cardiac arrest in a jacuzzi at 54 [1]
- Nov 15 Ken Squier, American sportscaster (NASCAR on CBS, TBS 1983–99; first lap-by-lap commentary of Daytona 500 1979), dies of an intestinal blockage at 88
- Nov 19 Joss Ackland, British actor (To Kill a Priest, White Mischief), dies at 95 [1]
- Nov 21 Chad Allan [Allan Kowbel], Canadian pop-rock singer and musician (The Expressions/The Guess Who, 1962-65; Brave Belt), and television personality, dies at 80 [1]
- Nov 25 Marty Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and television producer - with his brother Sid (H.R. Pufnstuf; Land of the Lost; Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Donny & Marie), dies at 86 [1]
- Nov 27 Frances Sternhagen, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (The Mist; Starting Over; Cheers - "Ester Clavin"; Outland; Sex and the City - "Bunny"), dies at 93 [1]
- Dec 5 Norman Lear, American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning TV writer and producer (All in The Family; One Day at a Time; The Jeffersons; Maude), and film director (Cold Turkey), dies at 101 [1] [2]
- Dec 8 Ryan O'Neal, American actor (Love Story; Paper Moon; What's Up, Doc?), dies at 82 [1]
- Dec 10 Michael Blakemore, Australian Tony Award-winning theater director (Copenhagen; Kiss Me Kate), actor, and screenwriter, dies at 95
- Dec 11 Andre Braugher, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Homicide: Life on the Street; Brooklyn Nine-Nine), dies of lung cancer at 61 [1]
- Dec 11 Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (NJPW/UWF), dies at 73
- Dec 20 Torben Ulrich, Danish tennis player, musician, writer, filmmaker, and father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, dies at 95
Robert Solow (1924-2023)
Dec 21 American economist who developed the Solow–Swan model of economic growth (Nobel Prize, 1987), dies at 99
- Dec 23 (Myron) "Mike" Nussbaum, American stage and screen character actor (David Mamet works), and director, dies at 99
- Dec 24 David Leland, English BAFTA, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning stage and screen director, playwright, and screenwriter (Wish You Were Here; The Borgias; Band of Brothers; Concert for George), dies at 82 [1]
- Dec 26 Tommy Smothers, American comedian and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show; Serial), dies of lung cancer at 86 [1]
- Dec 27 Lee Sun-kyun. South Korean actor (Parasite, Pasta; Paju), dies of apparent suicide at 48
- Dec 29 Maurice Hines, American tap-dancer, choreographer, actor, and theater director, dies at 80 [1]
- Dec 30 Tom Wilkinson, English stage and screen BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning actor (The Full Monty; John Adams; Michael Clayton), dies at 75 [1]
- Dec 31 Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican actress (Mamá Coco-Coco; La Reina de la Noche), dies at 90
- Dec 31 Shecky Greene [Fred Sheldon Greenfield], American stand-up comedian and actor (Love Machine; Combat), dies at 97 [1]
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