Remembering the Stars We Loved & Lost in 2023
Many of our favorite celebrities from movies, TV series, music, soap operas, sports and more took a final bow in 2023. Here are some of the biggest in chronological order.
Cindy Williams (75)
Born: Aug. 22, 1947. Died: Jan. 25, 2023
Actress, Laverne & Shirley, American Graffiti
Everett Collection
Gina Lollobrigida (95)
Born: July 4, 1927 Died: Jan. 16, 2023
Actress, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Courtesy Everett Collection
David Crosby (81)
Born: Aug. 14, 1941 Died: Jan. 18, 2023
Musician The Byrds; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Sony Pictures Classics/Courtesy Everett Collection
Raquel Welch (82)
Born: Sept. 5, 1940 Died: Feb. 15, 2023
Actress, One Million Years B.C., The Three Musketeers
Everett Collection
Stella Stevens (84)
Born: Oct. 1, 1938 Died: Feb. 17, 2023
Actress, The Nutty Professor, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Everett Collection
Richard Belzer (78)
Born: Aug. 4, 1944 Died: Feb. 19, 2023
Actor, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection
Tom Sizemore (61)
Born: Nov. 29, 1961 Died: March 3, 2023
Actor, Saving Private Ryan, Heat
Courtesy Everett Collection
Chaim Topol (87)
Born: Sept. 9, 1935 Died: March 8, 2023
Actor, Fiddler on the Roof
Everett Collection
Robert Blake (89)
Born: Sept. 18, 1933 Died: March 9, 2023
Actor, Barreta, Lost Highway
John D. Schofield/TV Guide/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jerry Springer (79)
Born: Feb. 13, 1944 Died: April 27, 2023
Politician, Talk Show Host, Jerry Springer Show
NBC Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Harry Belafonte (96)
Born: Nov. 17, 1938 Died: May 1, 2023
Actor, Carmen Jones Singer, “Banana Boat,” “Day-O”
Archive Photos/Getty Images
Gordon Lightfoot (84)
Born: Nov. 17, 1938 Died: May 1, 2023
Singer/Songwriter, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Sundown”
Greenwich Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jim Brown (87)
Born: Feb., 1936 Died: May 18, 2023
Football Player, Clevland Browns; Actor, Mars Attacks!, The Dirty Dozen
Focus on Sport/Getty Images
Ed Ames (95)
Born: July 9, 1927 Died: May 21, 2023
Actor, Daniel Boone
20th Century Fox/Everett Collection
George Maharis (94)
Born: Sept. 1, 1928 Died: May 24, 2023
Actor, Route 66
Everett Collection
Tina Turner (83)
Born: November 26, 1939 Died: May 24, 2023
Singer/ Songwriter “What’s Love Got to Do with It.” Actress Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Tommy
David Redfern/Redferns
Treat Williams (71)
Born: Dec. 1, 1951 Died: June 12, 2023
Actor, Hair
Everett Collection
Alan Arkin (89)
Born: March 26, 1934 Died: June 29, 2023
Actor, Little Miss Sunshine, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
Everett Collection
Tony Bennett (96)
Born: Aug. 3, 1926 Died: July 21, 2023
Singer/Songwriter
Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
Sinéad O’Connor (56)
Born: Dec. 8, 1966 Died: July 26, 2023
Singer, “Nothing Compares 2U,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
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Paul Reubens (70)
Born: Aug. 27, 1952 Died: July 30, 2023
Actor/Comedian, Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
CBS/ Courtesy: Everett Collection
Robbie Robertson (80)
Born: July 5, 1943 Died: Aug. 9, 2023
Singer/Songwriter The Band, “The Weight,” “Up On Cripple Creek”
Everett Collection
Bob Barker (99)
Born: Dece. 12, 1923 Died: Aug. 26, 2023
Game Show Host, The Price Is Right
Everett Collection
Jimmy Buffett (76)
Born: Dec. 25, 1946 Died: Sept. 1, 2023
Singer, “Margaritaville,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise”
Rick Diamond/Getty Images for CMT
Gary Wright (80)
Born: Dec. 25, 1946 Died: Sept. 4, 2023
Singer/Songwriter “Dream Weaver”
David McCallum (90)
Born: Sept. 19, 1933 Died: Sept. 25, 2023
Actor, Man From U.N.C.L.E., NCIS
Everett Collection
Burt Young (83)
Born: April 30, 1940 Died: Oct. 8, 2023
Actor, Rocky
Everett Collection
Suzanne Somers (76)
Born: Oct. 16, 1946 Died: Oct. 15, 2023
Three’s Company, Step by Step
Everett Collection
Piper Laurie (91)
Born: Jan. 22, 1932 Died: Oct. 14, 2023
Carrie, Twin Peaks
Everett Collection
Richard Roundtree (81)
Born: Jan. 22, 1932 Died: Oct. 14, 2023
Actor, Shaft
Everett Collection
Matthew Perry (54)
Born: Aug. 19, 1969 Died: Oct. 28, 2023
Actor, Friends, The Whole Nine Yards
NBC/Warner Bros.
Marty Krofft (86)
Born: April 9, 1937 Died: Nov. 25, 2023
Producer and writer: Land of the Lost, H.R. Pufnstuf
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images
Norman Lear (101)
Born: July 27, 1922 7 Died: Dec. 5, 2023
Producer, All in the Family, The Jeffersons
Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images
Ryan O’Neal (82)
Born: Feb. 2, 1937 Died: Dec. 26, 2023
Actor, Love Story, Peyton Place
Everett Collection
Tom Smothers (86)
Born: Feb. 2, 1937 Died: Dec. 26, 2023
Comedian, Musician Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Everett Collection
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