Remembering the Stars: Notable Figures We Lost in 2023

As 2023 draws to a close and we start the New Year, 2024, we take a moment to remember and honour the lives of the celebrities and notable figures who have left us. Their contributions to the world of art, entertainment, politics, and more have left indelible marks on our culture and history.

Celebrated in Music and Screen

The entertainment world mourns the loss of influential figures like Jeff Beck, a pioneering guitarist; Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley’s only child; David Crosby, known for his folk-rock contributions; and the multi-talented Tina Turner, whose voice and presence dominated rock music. These are just a few other the many loved personalities we have lost to 2023.

Literary and Artistic Giants

We pay homage to Fay Weldon, whose literary works challenged and entertained, and David Sutherland, a cartoonist beloved for his work on “The Bash Street Kids.”

Political and Civic Leaders

Figures like former Commons Speaker Baroness Betty Boothroyd and SNP icon Winnie Ewing left indelible marks on UK politics, demonstrating a lifelong commitment to public service.

Sporting Legends

The sporting world bids farewell to figures like Frank McGarvey and Ken Buchanan, whose achievements in football and boxing, respectively, are etched in history.

A Tribute to Creativity and Innovation

We remember fashion innovator Paco Rabanne and composer Burt Bacharach, whose creative genius touched many lives.

As we honour these extraordinary individuals, we are reminded of the richness they brought to our world. Their memories will continue to be celebrated and cherished for generations to come.

Remember those who left us in 2023 (Extensive 300+ list):

• Aaron Spears (Drummer for Usher & Ariana Grande)
• Adam Rich (Actor, “Eight Is Enough”)
• Al Brown (Actor, The Wire)
• Al Jaffee (Cartoonist, Mad Magazine)
• Alan Arkin (Actor)
• Alistair Darling (Politician – former UK chancellor)
• Andre Braugher (Actor)
• Andrea Evans (Actress)
• Andrea Fay Friedman (Downs Actress)
• Andy Rourke (Musician – The Smiths)
• Angus Cloud (Actor)
• Anna Cardwell (Reality Star)
• Anna Shay (TV Personality)
• Anne Heche (Actress)
• Annie Wersching (Actress)
• Arleen Sorkin (Actress)
• Austin Majors (Actor)
• Bandit (Reality Star)
• Barbara Bosson (Actress)
• Barbara Bryne (Theater Actress)
• Baroness Betty Boothroyd (Speaker of the House of Commons)
• Barry Humphries (Comedian – Dame Edna)
• Barry Newman (Actor)
• Ben Masters (Actor)
• Benjamin Zephaniah (Poet)
• Bernie Marsden (Musician)
• Bert I. Gordon (Director, Producer)
• Betta St. John (Singer, Actress)
• Bill Kenwright (Producer, Football Chairman)
• Bill Russell (Athletes)
• Billy Miller (Actor)
• Billy Thomson (Footballer)
• Bo Goldman (Screenwriter)
• Bob Barker (Scriptwriter)
• Bobbie Jean Carter (Nick & Aaron Carter’s Sister)
• Bobby Caldwell (Singer/Musician)
• Bobby Charlton (Footballer)
• Brandi Mallory (Reality Star)
• Bray Wyatt (WWE Star)
• Brett Hadley (Actor)
• Brian Gillis (Musician, LFO)
• Burny Mattinson (Animator, Disney)
• Burt Bacharach (Composer)
• Burt Young (Actor)
• C.J. Harris (Musician, “American Idol”)
• Camden Toy (Actor, Writer)
• Carlin Glynn (Actress)
• Carlos Saura (Filmmaker)
• Carol Duvall (TV Personality)
• Carol Locatell (Actress)
• Carole Cook (Actress)
• Casey Kramer (Actress)
• Chaim Topol (Actor, “Fiddler on the Roof”)
• Charles Kimbrough (Actor, Murphy Brown)
• Charlie Robison (Singer, Songwriter)
• Chris Peluso (Theatre Actor)
• Chuck Jackson (R&B Singer)
• Chuck Morris (Musician)
• Cindy Williams (Actress)
• Clifton Oliver (Actor)
• Coco Lee (Singer, Songwriter)
• Cody Longo (Actor)
• Colin Burgess (Musician)
• Colin MacKay (Writer)
• Conny Van Dyke (Actress, Singer)
• Cormac McCarthy (Writer)
• Costa Titch (Rapper)
• Craig Brown (Football Manager)
• Cynthia Weil (Songwriter)
• Dame Mary Quant (Fashion Designer)
• Darcelle XV (Drag Icon)
• Darren Kent (British Actor)
• David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur (Rapper, De La Soul)
• David Crosby (Musician)
• David Leland (Director)
• David McCallum (Actor)
• David Potter (Historian)
• David Sutherland (Cartoonist)
• David Warner (Actor)
• Denny Laine (Musician, Wings)
• Dex Carvey (Dana Carveys Son)
• Dick Butkus (Athelete)
• Dickie Davies (TV Presenter)
• DJ Casper (Rapper ‘Cha Cha Slide’)
• Dorian Zev Kweller (Musician)
• Duncan Hendry (Theatre Executive)
• Dwight Twilley (Musician)
• Earl Boen (Actor, Terminator films)
• Eileen Saki (Actress)
• Elizabeth Hoffman (Actress)
• Ellen Holly (Actress)
• Evan Ellingson (Actor, ‘My Sisters Keeper’)
• Fay Weldon (Author)
• Faye Fantarrow (Singer, Songwriter)
• Frances Sternhagen (Actress)
• Francis Lee (Footballer)
• Frank McDougall (Footballer)
• Frank McGarvey (Footballer)
• Frank Williams (British Actor, ‘Dad’s Army’)
• Fred White (Drummer, Earth, Wind & Fire)
• Frederic Forrest (Actor)
• Gangsta Boo (Rapper, Three 6 Mafia)
• Gary Rossington (Musician, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Gary Wright (Musician, Composer)
• Gayle Hunnicutt (Actress)
• George Alagiah (Journalist)
• George Brown (Musician, ‘Kool & the Gang’)
• George Maharis (Actor)
• George Tickner (Rock Musician, ‘Journey’)
• Gerald Castillo (Actor)
• Gianluca Vialli (Footballer)
• Gina Lollobrigida (Actress)
• Ginnie Newhart (Wife of Bob Newhart)
• Glenda Jackson (Actress)
• Gordon Lightfoot (Singer-Songwriter)
• Gordon Pinsent (Actor)
• Gunter Nezhoda (TV Personality, “Storage Wars”)
• Hanzala Malik (Politician)
• Harry Belafonte (Singer, Actor, Activist)
• Haydn Gwynne (Actress)
• Heklina (Drag Performer)
• Henry Kissinger (Politician)
• Henry Sandon (TV Personality)
• Herbert J. Siegel (Businessman)
• Hersha Parady (Actress)
• Hugh Hudson (Director)
• Ian Falconer (Author, Illustrator)
• Inga Swenson (Actress)
• Irish Grinstead (Singer)
• Jack Axelrod (Actor)
• Jack Rebney (“Winnebago Man”)
• Jack Sonni (Guitarist, Dire Straits)
• Jacklyn Zeman (Actress)
• Jacqueline Gold (Business Woman)
• James Caan (Actor)
• James McCaffrey (Actor)
• Jamie Christopher (Director)
• Jamie Reid (Artist)
• Jane Birkin (Singer, Actress)
• Janet Landgard (Actress, Model)
• Jansen Panettiere (Actor)
• Jean Knight (Singer)
• Jeff Beck (Legendary Guitarist)
• Jeff Burr (Director)
• Jerome Coopersmith (Dramatist)
• Jerry Moss (Record Executive)
• Jerry Springer (TV Host, Politician)
• Jim Brown (NFL Player, Actor, Activist)
• Jim Ladd (Radio DJ)
• Jim Tweto (TV Personality)
• Joanna Merlin (Theatre Actor)
• Jock Zonfrillo (Chef, TV Personality)
• Joe Gayton (Writer, Producer)
• Joe Turkel (Actor)
• John Byrne (Artist)
• John Gosling (Musician, ‘Kinks’)
• John Motson (Football Commentator)
• John Romita Sr. (Artist, ‘Marvel’)
• Johnny Hardwick (Actor)
• Josephine Chaplin (Actress & Daughter of Charlie Chaplin)
• Joss Ackland (Actor)
• Judy Farrell (Actress, “MAS*H”)
• Judy Heumann (Disability Rights Activist)
• Judy Nugent (Actress)
• Julian Sands (British Actor)
• Kamar de los Reyes (Actor)
• Keith Giffen (Comic Artist, Writer)
• Keith Jefferson (Actor)
• Keith Nale (Reality TV Contestant, “Survivor”)
• Keith Reid (Lyricist, Procol Harum)
• Ken Buchanan (Boxer)
• Ken Scotland (Rugby Player)
• Kenneth Anger (Filmmaker)
• Kenny DeForest (Comedian)
• Kerri-Anne Donaldson (Reality Contestant)
• Kevin Turen (Producer)
• Kurtis “Mad Kurt” Chapman (Producer)
• Kyle Jacobs (Songwriter, Musician)
• Lance Kerwin (Actor)
• Lance Reddick (Actor)
• Lara Parker (Actress)
• Larry Myers Jr. (Reality star)
• Larry Storch (Comic Actor)
• Lasse Wellander (Musician)
• Laura Lynch (Singer,’Dixie Chicks’)
• Leandro De Niro Rodriguez (Robert De Niro’s Grandson)
• Lee Sun-kyun (Actor)
• Lelia Goldoni (Actress)
• Len Goodman (TV Host, Dancer, TV Judge)
• Leon Ichaso (Writer, Director)
• Linda Haynes (Actress)
• Lisa Loring (Actress, original Wednesday Addams)
• Lisa Marie Presley (Singer, Songwriter & daughter of Elvis Presley)
• Lisa Montell (Actress)
• Lord Kirkhill (Politician)
• Louise Glück (Poet)
• Malcolm Mowbray (Director)
• Marc Gilpin (Child Actor)
• Marcia DeRousse (Actress)
• Mark Goddard (Actor)
• Mark Margolis (Actor, ‘Breaking Bad’)
• Mark Sheehan (Musician, The Script)
• Mars Williams (Musician)
• Martin Amis (Author)
• Marty Krofft (TV Producer)
• Mary Mara (Actress)
• Matthew Perry (Actor)
• Mbongeni Ngema (Playwright)
• Meg Johnson (Actress)
• Melinda Dillon (Actress, A Christmas Story)
• Michael Blakemore (Theatre Director)
• Michael Chiarello (Celebrity Chef)
• Michael Gambon (Actor, ‘Harry Potter’)
• Michael Lerner (Actor)
• Michael Lerner (Actor)
• Michael McGrath (Actor)
• Mike Batayeh (Actor)
• Mike Nussbaum (Actor)
• Mike Yarwood (Comedian)
• Milton “Big Pokey” Powell (Rapper)
• Mohamed Al-Fayed (Businessman, ‘Harrods’)
• Moonbin (K-pop Artist)
• Mystic Meg (Astrologer)
• Nashawn Breedlove (Actor, ‘8 Mile’)
• Neel Nanda (Comedian)
• Nic Kerdiles (Athlete)
• Nichelle Nichols (Actress)
• Nicholas Lloyd Webber (Composer)
• Nicolas Coster (Actor)
• Nigel Lawson (Politician)
• Norman Irons (Politician)
• Norman Lear (TV Icon)
• Norman Steinberg (Screenwriter)
• Olivia Newton-John (Singer, Actress)
• Paco Rabanne (Fashion Designer)
• Pamela Blair (Actress)
• Pat Cooper (Actress)
• Pat Robertson (Televangelist )
• Paul Cattermole (Musician, ‘S Club 7’)
• Paul Grant (Actor, Stuntman)
• Paul O’Grady (TV Presenter)
• Paul Reubens (Actor, ‘Pee-Wee Herman’)
• Paul Sorvino (Actor)
• Paxton Whitehead (Stage Actor)
• Peter Brook (Theatre Director)
• Peter Spellos (Voice Actor)
• Peter Werner (Director)
• Peter White (Journalist, DJ)
• Phyllis Coates (Actor)
• Piper Laurie (Actor)
• Professor Sir Ian Wilmut (Scientist)
• Ralph Cirella (Stylist)
• Raquel Welch (Actress)
• Ray Stevenson (Actor)
• Richard Belzer (Actor, Comedian)
• Richard Franklin (Actor)
• Richard Moll (Actor)
• Richard Roundtree (Actor)
• Ricou Browning (Actor, “Creature From the Black Lagoon”)
• Robbie Bachman (Drummer, Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
• Robbie Knievel (Daredevil, son of Evel Knievel)
• Robbie Robertson (Musician)
• Robbie Shepherd (Radio Presenter)
• Robert Klane (Screenwriter)
• Robert Swan (Actor)
• Roger E. Mosley (Actor)
• Roger Whittaker (Folk Singer)
• Rolf Harris (TV Presenter)
• Ross McDonnell (Cinematographer)
• Ryan O’Neal (Actor)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto (Composer)
• Samantha Weinstein (Actress)
• Scott Alexander (Magician)
• Sergio Calderón (Actor)
• Shane MacGowan (Musician)
• Sharon Acker (Actress)
• Sharon Farrell (Actress)
• Shawna Trpcic (Costume Designer)
• Silvio Berlusconi (Politician)
• Sinead O’Connor (Singer)
• Sir Bernard Ingham (Press Secretary)
• Sir Bobby Charlton (Football Legend)
• Sir Michael Gambon (Actor)
• Sir Michael Parkinson (TV Host)
• Sixto Rodriguez (singer)
• Sonia Pizarro (Reality TV Star)
• Stan Rogow (Producer)
• Stella Stevens (Actress)
• Steve Halliwell (Actor)
• Steve Harwell (Singer, Musician)
• Steve Mackey (Musician, Pulp)
• Suzanne Shepherd (Actress)
• Suzanne Somers (Actress, Singer)
• Sylvia Syms (British actress)
• Tatjana Patitz (Supermodel)
• Ted Donaldson (Actor)
• Terence Davies (British Filmmaker)
• Teresa Taylor (Musician)
• Terry Funk (Pro Wrestler)
• Terry Kirkman (Singer, Songwriter)
• Terry Venables (Football Manager)
• The 45 King (Producer, DJ)
• The Iron Sheik (Wrestler)
• Tim Bachman (Musician, Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
• Tina Turner (Singer)
• Tom Jones (Producer)
• Tom Leadon (Musician, Mudcrutch)
• Tom Nairn (Political Theorist)
• Tom Sizemore (Actor)
• Tom Smothers (Comedian)
• Tom Verlaine (Musician, Television)
• Tom Wilkinson (Actor, ‘Full Monty’)
• Tony Bennett (Singer)
• Tony Dow (Actor)
• Treat Williams (Actor)
• Trevor Francis (Footballer)
• Tyler Christopher (Actor)
• Van Conner (Bassist, Screaming Trees)
• Van Conner (Musician)
• Vivian Trimble (Musician)
• Wayne Shorter (Jazz Musician)
• Wayne Swinny (Musician, Saliva)
• William Friedkin (Filmmaker)
• Winnie Ewing (Politician)
• Yoshio Yoda (Actor, “McHale’s Navy”)