Notable Deaths 2023

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Kyle Smaine, pro U.S. skier, was killed in an avalanche in Japan at age 31. R.I.P.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/01/30/pro-skie ... e-dead-31/

Chris Schaefer (25) and Patrick Phyrillas (22), members of the YouTube channel Schaffrillas Productions, were killed in a car crash! R.I.P.
https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh ... crash.html

Cindy Williams, star of Laverne & Shirley, 75:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/30/entertai ... index.html

Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for "Money (That's What I Want)", 81:
https://apnews.com/article/barrett-stro ... 80bd99a5df

Bob Born, known as the "Father of Peeps", 98:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/business ... index.html

Diana Fisher, Australian TV veteran, died over a week ago at age 91.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/a ... -star.html

Will Steffen, U.S.-born Australian chemist, 75:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... professor/

Lanny Poffo, Randy Savage's brother, 68:
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/02/wrestler ... o-dead-68/

Fred la marmotte, Canada's groundhog and weather predictor, died in the early morning hours before his intended prediction at age 9. R.I.P.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/wor ... 171427002/

Sally Perel, Holocaust survivor and author of I Was Hitler Youth Salomon, 97:
https://globeecho.com/news/europe/germa ... age-of-97/

Linda Pastan, poet of concentrated beauty, 90:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... poet-dead/

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Paco Rabanne, Spanish designer known for his Space Age creations, 88:
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/paco- ... index.html

Yang Yi, translator of Wuthering Heights, 103
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/2023 ... ab935.html

John Adams, Cleveland Guardians drummer, 71:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/spor ... -dead.html

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Richard Woolcott, Australian diplomat and former head of the Foreign Affairs department, 95:
https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affa ... 202-p5chi5

Melinda Dillon, actress of A Christmas Story and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 83:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/04/entertai ... index.html

David Durenberger, former U.S. Senator and Republican of Missouri, 88:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/31/11528166 ... esota-dies

Oswin Andries, Stellenbosch FC player, was killed in Cape Town at age 21. R.I.P.
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/sport/s ... uary-2023/

Pervez Musharraf, former president of Pakistan, 79:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/asia/per ... index.html

Oliver Brown, The Bachelor alum Sarah Herron's premature son, died in his father Dylan's arms. R.I.P.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/b ... -dads-arms

Charles Kimbrough, actor of Murphy Brown, died last month at age 86.
https://apnews.com/article/obituaries-t ... 045f53ff9a

C Lalitha, youngest half of The Bombay Sisters, died over a week ago at age 84.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cit ... 506592.cms

Charles Silverstein, writer, therapist, and LGBTQ rights activist, died almost two weeks ago at age 87.
https://www.advocate.com/people/charles ... oy-gay-sex

Sherif Ismail, former prime minister of Egypt, 67:
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/20 ... s-aged-67/

Jurgen Flimm, German theater and opera director, died almost a week ago at age 81.
https://operawire.com/obituary-influent ... ies-at-81/

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James Kaposztas, veteran Okaton staffer who made first known anime music video, died at age 61. R.I.P.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2 ... ay/.194577

Burt Bacharach, visionary pop composer, 94:
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/56155528 ... h-obituary

Branka Veselinovic, world's oldest Serbian living actress, 104:
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/0 ... s-aged-104

Paul A. David, economist, died over two weeks ago at age 87.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/economist- ... 1675350044

Hsing Yun, Chinese Buddhist monk, 95:
https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-gover ... 40aa6999ce

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Hugh Hudson, director of Chariots of Fire, 86:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/f ... es-aged-86

Julian Wasser, famed photojournalist, 85:
https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/juli ... ies-at-85/

Chris Browne, cartoonist of Hagar the Horrible, 70:
https://www.comicsbeat.com/chris-browne ... -has-died/

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Chris Browne, cartoonist of Hagar the Horrible, 70:
https://www.comicsbeat.com/chris-browne ... -has-died/

Oh I remember that strip. That was one of the top-row strips in our paper for a while there back in the day. Post-Calvin and Hobbes, it was Hagar the Horrible and Zits leading the funny pages.

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Janet Anderson, former Rossendale and Darwen Member of Parliament, died a week-and-a-half ago at age 73.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-64565650

Harry Whittington, lawyer and real estate investor who was shot by Dick Cheney in 2006, died almost two weeks ago at age 95.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/us/p ... -dead.html

Tunku Abdul Aziz, Malaysian activist and politician, 89:
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/ ... asses-away

Roberto Ongpin, Philippine tycoon, died almost two weeks ago at age 86.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanbu ... ies-at-86/

Ivan Silayev, last Russian prime minister of the Soviet era, 92:
https://www.rferl.org/a/last-russian-so ... 63767.html

Inge Sargent, Austrian-born Shan princess, died almost two weeks ago at age 90.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/obituari ... -dies.html

Marcos Alonso Pena, Spanish soccer player, 63:
https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/new ... lonso-pena

Lualhati Bautista, Philippine novelist, 77:
https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/02/12/ ... 77/1878390

David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul rapper known as Trugoy the Dove, died suddenly at age 54. R.I.P.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/12/entertai ... index.html

Niamh Bhreathnach, former Irish Labour Party politician, died a week-and-a-half ago at age 77.
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/202 ... -has-died/

Cody Longo, actor of Days of Our Lives, succumbed to alcoholism at age 34. R.I.P.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/10/days-of- ... dead-dies/

Ted Lerner, Washington Nationals owner, 97:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/356 ... er-dies-97

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Ryan Shepard, Eminem's stunt double, was killed by a hit-and-run at age 40. R.I.P.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/12/eminem-s ... -accident/

Kiernan "AKA" Forbes, South African rapper, was killed by gunshots at age 35. R.I.P.
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-n ... 235252334/

Jennifer Angel, left-wing activist baker, was killed by muggers at age 48. R.I.P.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -down.html

Grayson Arroyo-Smiley, son of Slade Smiley from Real Housewives of Orange County, succumbed to a brain tumor at age 22. R.I.P.
https://people.com/tv/slade-smileys-son ... -relative/

Patrick Stone, actress Sharon Stone's brother, died suddenly at age 57. R.I.P.
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/c ... e4402698a2

Conrad Dobler, offensive lineman of the NFL, 72:
https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/02/14/conra ... fl-dies-72

Allan A. Ryan, financier and politician who hunted down Nazis, died over three weeks ago (Jan. 26) at age 77.
https://www.unionleader.com/news/histor ... ce8f6.html

Jerry Jarrett, wrestling legend and AEW star Jeff Jarrett's father, 80:
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/14/jerry-ja ... tling-aew/

Shoichiro Toyoda, Japanese business executive who turned Toyota into a global giant, 97:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... cars-dies/

Igor Mangushev, notorious Russian militia fighter, was fatally shot over a week ago at age 36.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64566582

Dennis Lotis, South African British singer, also died over a week ago at age 97.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/ ... s-obituary

Shirley Fulton, first Black woman elected to North Carolina superior court seat, also died over a week ago at age 71.
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local ... f56f8d6fc0

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Raquel Welch, actress and sex symbol, 82:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/raq ... 25372.html

Austin Majors, star of NYPD Blue, succumbed to a fentanyl overdose at age 27.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/13/nypd-blu ... d-dies-27/

Arne Espeel, Belgian goalkeeper, died suddenly almost a week ago at age 25. R.I.P.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/football ... index.html

Duangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 boys rescued in a Thai cave, died suddenly at age 17. R.I.P.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64646039

Howard Bragman, Hollywood publicist for LGBTQ stars who are coming out, died almost a week ago at age 66.
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/stor ... coming-out

Brianna Ghey, transgender girl who became a TikTok personality, was murdered at age 16. R.I.P.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-64644615

Stanley Wilson Jr., ex-NFL doubleback, died suddenly at age 40. R.I.P.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/15/ex-nfl-d ... -hospital/

Tim McCarver, World Series champion and TV analyst, 81:
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/356 ... er-dies-81

Hans Modrow, one of Germany's last Communist leaders, died last week at age 95.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/worl ... -dead.html

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Tim Lobinger, former German pole vault champion, died suddenly at age 50.
https://www.dw.com/en/tim-lobinger-form ... a-64734861

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Dave Hollis, Disney exec turned author, died suddenly at age 47.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 255483002/

John M. Veitch, Hall of Fame horse trainer, 77:
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/h ... way-at-77/

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Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer, died almost three weeks ago at age 95 [age is mislabeled as "96" in this link].
https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/n ... ies-at-94/

Billy Two Rivers, Canadian professional wrestler, died almost two weeks ago at age 87.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/bill ... -1.6746257

Stella Stevens, actress of The Nutty Professor and The Poseidon Adventure, died last week at 84.
https://apnews.com/article/stella-steve ... 1aafe18d7a

Kyle Jacobs, singer Kellie Pickler's husband, took his own life at age 49. R.I.P.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/17/kellie-p ... ille-home/

Christian Atsu, Ghanian soccer player, was killed in an earthquake at age 31. R.I.P.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/hatayspor/s ... arthquakes

Jim Broyhill, North Carolina congressman and briefly senator, 95:
https://apnews.com/article/politics-uni ... 219cee77e8

Guido Basso, Canadian jazz musician, died almost two weeks ago at age 85.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/g ... -1.6749221

Friedrich Cerha, Austrian composer, died three days shy of his 97th birthday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/arts ... -dead.html

Cher Yam Tian, inventor of the iconic chilli crab dish, 90:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64672025

Richard Belzer, comedian and actor of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 78:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ric ... 47502.html

Gerald Fried, Emmy-winning composer of Star Wars' fight music, 93:
https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-gerald-fri ... 1850133024

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Zia Mohyeddin, British-Pakistani actor, died a week-and-a-half ago at age 91.
https://lahoreherald.com/zia-mohyeddin- ... n-karachi/

Leiji Matsumoto, legendary manga creator, 85:
https://apnews.com/article/animation-an ... cea5ed33ce

Amancio Amaro, Spanish soccer player, 83:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... ed-83.html

Jansen Panettiere, actress Hayden Panettiere's brother, died suddenly at age 28. R.I.P.
https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/20/hayden-p ... dead-dies/

Rebecca Blank, economist and academic administrator, died last week at age 67.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-edu ... 847b31ee29

Tohru Okada, musician behind PlayStation's logo sound, 73:
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/02 ... assed-away

Ryan Keeler, UNLV freshman, died suddenly at age 20. R.I.P.
https://sports.yahoo.com/unlv-freshman- ... 40653.html

Moses Elisaf, first Jewish mayor of a Greek city, died last week at age 68.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/moses-eli ... ies-at-68/

Simone Segouin, French resistance fighter, 97:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituari ... ance-dies/

Alicia Allain-Schneider, actor John Schneider's wife, succumbed to cancer at age 53.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-a ... -instagram

John Motson, legendary BBC football commentator, 77:
https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-pre ... es-aged-77

Colin Dobson, British soccer player, died over a week ago at age 82.
https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2023/februa ... in-dobson/

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Jason Parker, developer of Terraria, died suddenly at age 36. R.I.P.
https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/te ... 36-3403997

Thomas H. Lee, pioneer of leveraged buyouts, took his own life at age 78.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/investin ... index.html

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Maurizio Costanzo, Italian TV personality, 84:
https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/ ... 84.1015788

Walter Mirisch, film producer, 101:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/f ... h-obituary

Gordon Pinsent, Canadian acting icon, 92:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/g ... -1.6760868

Anthony Ciccone, Madonna's older brother, 66:
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-n ... 235261000/

Betty Boothroyd, trailblazing former UK House of Commons Speaker, 93:
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/former ... 023-02-27/

Chester Borrows, New Zealand National Party politician, 65:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily- ... er-borrows

Kurosaki Maon, Japanese singer, succumbed to chronic illness over two weeks ago at age 35.
https://comicbook.com/anime/news/maon-k ... s-dies-35/

Shozo Iizuka, Japanese voice actor, died of a heart attack over two weeks ago at age 89.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2 ... ay/.195413

Just Fontaine, France and World Cup legend, 89:
https://www.espn.com/soccer/france-fra/ ... es-aged-89

Douglas Fisher, linebacker in the NFL, died almost three weeks ago at age 75.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sa ... d=47962260

Roger Bonk, linebacker in the CFL, died almost three weeks ago at age 78.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fr ... d=48016857

Albie Pearson, MLB centerfielder known as the "Littlest Angel", died over a week ago at age 88.
https://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/s ... dies-at-88