Deaths in 2023

The following is a list of deaths that happened since July 2023. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known), and a source.

July 2023

1

• Meg Johnson, 86, English actress (Coronation Street, Brookside, Emmerdale).

2

• Theo Pahlplatz, 76, Dutch footballer (Twente, national team).
• Rudolf Zehetgruber, 96, Austrian film director (The Congress Dances, The Maddest Car in the World), screenwriter (The Black Cobra) and actor.

3

• Léon Gautier, 100, French soldier, France's last surviving D-Day veteran.
• Greig Oliver, 58, Scottish rugby union player (national team) and coach (Munster), paragliding accident.

5

• Aleksey Kuznetsov, 82, Russian actor (The Green Flame, D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, Dark Eyes).
• Jacob Larsen, 44, Danish cricketer (national team).
• Coco Lee, 48, Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter (Singer), suicide.

8

• Srđan Koljević, 56, Serbian screenwriter and film director (The Red Colored Grey Truck, The Woman with a Broken Nose, The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip).
• Gloria Mange, 92, Mexican actress (¿Qué te ha dado esa mujer?, If I Were a Congressman, The Unknown Mariachi).
• K. Ravindranathan Nair, 90, Indian film producer (Kanchana Sita, Kummatty, Elippathayam).
• Adrian Tan, 57, Singaporean novelist (The Teenage Textbook, The Teenage Workbook) and lawyer, president of the law society (since 2022), cancer.
• Özkan Uğur, 69, Turkish musician (MFÖ) and actor (A.R.O.G, Arif V 216), lymphoma.

9

• Roger Gnoan M'Bala, 80, Ivorian film director (Ablakon, Bouka, Adanggaman).

10

• Randy Fullmer, 73, American animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast) and film producer (The Emperor's New Groove).
• Gavin Royfee, 94, New Zealand cricketer.

11

• George Armstrong, 60, British actor (Grange Hill, Tucker's Luck), leukaemia.
• Milan Kundera, 94, Czech-born French writer (The Unbearable Lightness of Being).
• Mirsad Tuka, 58, Bosnian actor (Cirkus Columbia, Ja sam iz Krajine, zemlje kestena, Holiday in Sarajevo).

12

• Larisa Marshalova, 44, Belarusian actress.
• John Nettleton, 94, English actor (Yes Minister, Black Beauty, Oliver Twist).

13

• Josephine Chaplin, 74, American actress (The Canterbury Tales, Escape to the Sun, Nuits Rouges).

14

• Kazimierz Klimczak, 109, Polish soldier (Warsaw Uprising).

16

• Jane Birkin, 76, English-French singer and actress (La Piscine, Evil Under the Sun, Death on the Nile).
• Ricky Rivero, 51, Filipino actor (Do Re Mi, Petrang Kabayo, Yorme: The Isko Domagoso Story) and director.

19

• Lajos Balázsovits, 76, Hungarian actor (Bizalom, Milarepa, Mary, Mother of Jesus), theatre director and manager.
• Mark Thomas, 67, British film composer (Twin Town, The Final Curtain, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London).

20

• Rachid Sfar, 89, Tunisian politician, prime minister (1986–1987), minister of finance (1986) and defence (1979–1980).

21

• Tony Bennett, 96, American singer ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "Rags to Riches", "Because of You"), 20-time Grammy winner.
• Juliette Mayniel, 87, French actress (Les Cousins, The Fair, Eyes Without a Face).
• Brian Taber, 83, Australian cricketer.
• Jane Tehira, 95, New Zealand sportsperson.

23

• Pamela Blair, 73, American actress (A Chorus Line, Annie, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America). (death announced on this date)
• Raymond Froggatt, 81, English songwriter ("Callow-la-vita", "Big Ship", "Rachel") and singer.
• Roy Swetman, 89, English cricketer (Surrey, Nottinghamshire, national team). (death announced on this date)

24

• Jayant Savarkar, 87, Indian actor (Vaastav: The Reality, Singham, Rocky Handsome).

25

• Julian Barry, 92, American screenwriter (Lenny, The River, Rhinoceros).
• Bo Goldman, 90, American screenwriter (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Melvin and Howard, Scent of a Woman), Oscar winner (1975, 1980).

26

• Jean-Jacques Honorat, 92, Haitian politician, minister of foreign affairs (1991) and prime minister (1991–1992).
• Randy Meisner, 77, American Hall of Fame musician (Eagles, Poco) and songwriter ("Take It to the Limit"), COPD.

27

• Pierre Collin, 85, Canadian actor (Seducing Doctor Lewis, Aurore, Ésimésac) and stage director.

28

• Jim Parker, 88, British television composer (Midsomer Murders, House of Cards, Foyle's War).
• Jana Šulcová, 76, Czech actress (I Enjoy the World with You, Horákovi, Fešák Hubert).
• José Paulino Gomes, 127, Brazilian supercentenarian

29

• Marc Gilpin, 56, American actor (Jaws 2, The Legend of the Lone Ranger, Earthbound), brain cancer.
• Clive Rowlands, 85, Welsh rugby union player (Pontypool, national team) and coach.

30

• Betty Ann Bruno, 91, American journalist (KTVU) and actress (The Wizard of Oz, The Hurricane).
• Paul Reubens, 70, American actor (Pee-wee's Playhouse, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Blow), cancer.

31

• Rusi Cooper, 100, Indian cricketer (Parsis, Bombay, Middlesex).
• Sophie Fillières, 58, French film director (Good Girl, If You Don't, I Will) and screenwriter (Sombre).
• Inga Landgré, 95, Swedish actress (The Seventh Seal, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Crisis).

August 2023

1

• Henri Konan Bédié, 89, Ivorian politician, president (1993–1999).
• Alexander Kolker, 90, Russian film composer (Private Life of Kuzyayev Valentin, Tomorrow, on April 3rd..., Three Men in a Boat).

3

• Ijaz Butt, 85, Pakistani cricket player (national team) and administrator, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (2008–2011).
• Carl Davis, 86, American-born British composer (The French Lieutenant's Woman, Pride and Prejudice, King David) and conductor, brain hemorrhage.
• Irina Miroshnichenko, 81, Russian actress (Walking the Streets of Moscow, Mission in Kabul, Could One Imagine?).
• Tane Norton, 81, New Zealand rugby union player (national team).

4

• Luis Alarcón, 93, Chilean actor (Jackal of Nahueltoro, Julio comienza en julio, Three Sad Tigers).
• Walter Charles, 78, American actor (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Fletch Lives, Prancer).
• John Gosling, 75, English keyboardist (The Kinks).

5

• Arthur Schmidt, 86, American film editor (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump), Oscar winner (1988, 1994).

7

• Gillian Bibby, 77, New Zealand composer, pianist, and music teacher.
• William Friedkin, 87, American film director (The French Connection, The Exorcist, To Live and Die in L.A.), Oscar winner (1971), heart failure and pneumonia.
• Margit Saad, 94, German actress (Three Birch Trees on the Heath, The Criminal, The Magnificent Two).

8

• Yuliya Borisova, 98, Russian actress (The Ambassador of the Soviet Union, The Idiot).
• Julio Capote, 90, Cuban actor (The White Rose, Cara sucia, Gata Salvaje).
• Johnny Hardwick, 64, American voice actor and television writer (King of the Hill), Emmy winner (1999).
• Dušan Kaprálik, 75, Slovak actor (The Teacher, Old-Timers)
• Sixto Rodriguez, 81, American singer-songwriter ("Sugar Man"), subject of Searching for Sugar Man.

9

• Ita Ever, 92, Estonian actress (Secret of the Blackbirds, Vana daami visiit).
• Doreen Mantle, 97, South African-born British actress (One Foot in the Grave, Jam & Jerusalem, Yentl). (death announced on this date)
• Robbie Robertson, 80, Canadian Hall of Fame musician (The Band), songwriter ("The Weight") and film composer (The Color of Money).
• Robert Swan, 78, American actor (Hoosiers, Natural Born Killers, Backdraft), cancer.
• Vera Vasilyeva, 97, Russian actress (Ballad of Siberia, Bride with a Dowry, Adventures of a Dentist).

10

• Robert Arevalo, 85, Filipino actor (The Moises Padilla Story, Only the Brave Know Hell, Fuchsia).
• Antonella Lualdi, 92, Italian actress (Miracle in Viggiù, Wild Love, Un caso di coscienza).

11

• Mike Ahern, 81, Australian politician, premier of Queensland (1987–1989), cancer.
• Carlos Camacho, 73, Puerto Rican singer (Los Hispanos) and pastor.
• Ellen Casey, 91, American social advocate, first lady of Pennsylvania (1987–1995).
• John Fielder, 73, American photographer, cancer.
• Angela Flowers, 90, British gallerist, founder of the Flowers Gallery.
• Julian Haviland, 93, British journalist, political editor of ITN (1975–1981) and The Times (1981–1986).
• Tom Jones, 95, American lyricist (The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade, I Do! I Do!), cancer.
• Nikolay Marincheshki, 65, Bulgarian Olympic fencer (1980, 1988).
• Lizeta Nikolaou, 71, Greek singer, fall.
• Alexandru Penciu, 90, Romanian rugby union player (Steaua București, Rugby Rovigo, national team).
• Ron Peno, 68, Australian singer-songwriter (Died Pretty), cancer.
• Giora Romm, 78, Israeli Air Force officer, cancer.
• Kourosh Safavi, 67, Iranian linguist.
• Mere Samisoni, 85, Fijian entrepreneur and politician, MP (2018).
• Bikash Sinha, 78, Indian nuclear physicist, director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (2005–2009).
• Shoji Tabuchi, 79, Japanese-American fiddler.

12

• Joggie Viljoen, 78, South African rugby union player (national team). (death announced on this date)

13

• Clarence Avant, 92, American Hall of Fame music executive and film producer (Save the Children, Jason's Lyric), founder of Sussex Records.
• Patricia Bredin, 88, English actress (Left Right and Centre, The Treasure of Monte Cristo) and singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1957).

15

• Léa Garcia, 90, Brazilian actress (Black Orpheus, Os Bandeirantes, The Greatest Love of All).

16

• Jerry Moss, 88, American Hall of Fame recording executive, co-founder of A&M Records.
• Sir Michael Parkinson, 88, English journalist and broadcaster (Parkinson).

17

• Bobby Eli, American guitarist (MFSB), songwriter ("Love Won't Let Me Wait"), and record producer.
• Gary Young, 70, American drummer (Pavement).

18

• Ray Hildebrand, 82, American singer (Paul & Paula) and songwriter ("Hey Paula", "Young Lovers").

19

• Michael Dilley, 84, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
• Igor Yasulovich, 81, Russian actor (Nine Days in One Year, The Diamond Arm, It Can't Be!), film director and pedagogue.

20

• Naushad Ali, 79, Pakistani cricketer (national team).
• Wahid Bouzidi, 45, French comedian and actor (Tellement proches, Case départ, Super-héros malgré lui), stroke.

21

• Chris Martin, 59, New Zealand boxing manager and trainer.
• Dun Mihaka, 81, New Zealand Māori activist and author. (death announced on this date)

22

• Dan Green, 70, American comic book artist (Spider-Man, Wolverine, Doctor Strange). (death announced on this date)
• Ron Palenski, 78, New Zealand journalist and cyclist, cancer.

23

• Bob Feldman, 83, American songwriter ("My Boyfriend's Back", "I Want Candy") and record producer ("Hang on Sloopy").
• Hersha Parady, 78, American actress (Little House on the Prairie, Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star, CBS Afternoon Playhouse).
• Notable people killed in the 2023 Tver plane crash:
  • Yevgeny Prigozhin. 62, Russian mercenary leader (PMC Wagner) and oligarch.
  • Dmitry Utkin, 53, Russian mercenary (PMC Wagner).

24

• Bernie Marsden, 72, English rock guitarist (Whitesnake) and songwriter ("Fool for Your Loving", "Here I Go Again").

26

• Bob Barker, 99, American game show host (The Price Is Right, Truth or Consequences) and animal rights activist.
• Gleb Panfilov, 89, Russian film director and screenwriter (The Theme, Vassa, The Romanovs: An Imperial Family).
• Andrzej Precigs, 74, Polish actor (Akcja pod Arsenałem).
• Arleen Sorkin, 67, American actress (Days of Our Lives, Batman: The Animated Series, Duet).

27

• Joe the Plumber, 49, American conservative activist and commentator, pancreatic cancer.
• David McGee, 75, New Zealand lawyer and public servant, Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives (1985–2007), King's Counsel (since 2000).

28

• Roger Van Hool, 82, Belgian actor (Oscar, Woman Between Wolf and Dog, The Woman Next Door).

29

• Nancy Buirski, 78, American film director (A Crime on the Bayou, Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy) and producer (Loving).
• Robert Klane, 81, American screenwriter (Where's Poppa?, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Weekend at Bernie's), kidney failure.

30

• Mohamed Al-Fayed, 94, Egyptian hotelier and football executive, owner of Hôtel Ritz Paris (since 1979), Harrods (1985–2010), and Fulham F.C. (1997–2013).
• Jack Sonni, 68, American musician (Dire Straits), marketing executive and writer.

September 2023

1

• Jimmy Buffett, 76, American singer (Coral Reefer Band) and songwriter ("Margaritaville", "Cheeseburger in Paradise").

2

• Morteza Poursamadi, 70, Iranian cinematographer (Gilaneh, Hush! Girls Don't Scream, Intoxicated by Love).

3

• Heath Streak, 49, Zimbabwean cricketer (Matabeleland, Ahmedabad Rockets, national team), liver cancer.

4

• Steve Harwell, 56, American singer (Smash Mouth), liver failure.
• Peter Lashley, 86, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies, national team).
• Gary Wright, 80, American singer-songwriter ("Dream Weaver", "Love Is Alive") and musician (Spooky Tooth), Lewy body dementia.

5

• Joe Fagin, 83, British singer ("Breakin' Away / That's Livin' Alright"). (death announced on this date)
• Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Walk This Road", "Falling") and musician (Runrig).

6

• Giuliano Montaldo, 93, Italian film director (Tiro al piccione, Sacco & Vanzetti, Giordano Bruno), screenwriter and actor.

7

• John Cairney, 93, Scottish actor (A Night to Remember, Cleopatra, Jason and the Argonauts), author and painter.
• Wayne Greenstreet, 74, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington, Central Districts).

8

• Tunku Ampuan Najihah, 100, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (1994– 1999).
• Whitey Von Nieda, 101, American basketball player

9

• Mangosuthu Buthelezi, 95, South African politician and Zulu prince, minister of home affairs (1994–2004), MP (since 1994) and chief minister of KwaZulu (1977–1994).

10

• Robert S. Bennett, 84, American attorney (Clinton–Lewinsky scandal), kidney failure.

11

• Martin Hámor, 80, Slovak Olympic archer (1992).
• Subaschandra Nemwang, 70, Nepalese politician, chairman of the constituent assembly (2008–2015).

12

• Jean Boht, 91, English actress (Bread).
• Román Chalbaud, 91, Venezuelan film director (Adolescence of Cain, El Pez que Fuma, Carmen, la que contaba 16 años).
• Dominique Colonna, 95, French football player (Reims, national team) and manager (Cameroon national team).

13

• Sohanur Rahman Sohan, Bangladeshi film director (Keyamat Theke Keyamat, Ananta Bhalobasha, Se Amar Mon Kereche), stroke.
• Pepe Soriano, 93, Argentine actor (Rebellion in Patagonia, Grandma, Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación).
• Teng Rujun, 76, Chinese actor (Red Sorghum, Postmen in the Mountains).
• Roger Whittaker, 87, British folk singer ("Durham Town (The Leavin')", "New World in the Morning" and "The Last Farewell").

14

• Roy Roper, 100, New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki, national team).

15

• Tony Kreft, 78, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).
• Paul Woseen, 56, Australian musician (The Screaming Jets) and songwriter ("Helping Hand").

17

• Aleksandr Khvan, 65, Russian film director (Dyuba-Dyuba, It Is Easy to Die, Carmen) and actor.

18

• Byun Hee-bong, 81, South Korean actor (Barking Dogs Never Bite, The Host, Okja), pancreatic cancer.

20

• Katherine Anderson, 79, American singer (The Marvelettes).

21

• Odilon Polleunis, 80, Belgian footballer (S.T.V.V., R.W.D. Molenbeek, national team), heart failure.

22

• Américo Lopes, 90, Portuguese footballer (Porto, Boavista, national team).
• Cristina Morán, 93, Uruguayan actress (Anina, Alelí), television presenter and journalist.
• Sir Patu Hohepa, 87, New Zealand Māori language academic.
• Peter Horton, 82, Austrian guitarist, composer and singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1967). (death announced on this date)
• Giorgio Napolitano, 98, Italian politician, president (2006–2015), minister of the interior (1996–1998) and president of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1994).

23

• Terry Kirkman, 83, American musician (The Association) and songwriter ("Cherish", "Everything That Touches You").

24

• Ray Reynolds, 87, Australian cricketer (Queensland).

25

• David McCallum, 90, Scottish actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Great Escape, NCIS) and musician.

26

• Jayantha Paranathala, 72, Sri Lankan cricketer (Burgher Recreation Club, national team) and police officer.
• Brooks Robinson, 86, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), World Series champion (1966, 1970).

27

• Jim Forrest, 79, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Aberdeen, national team).
• Sir Michael Gambon, 82, Irish-English actor (Harry Potter, Gosford Park, The King's Speech), pneumonia.
• Catherine Lachens}, 78, French actress (Je suis timide mais je me soigne, The Medic, Bright Days Ahead).

29

• Neville Harper, 97, Australian politician, Queensland MLA (1980–1992).

30

• Vitali Konyayev, 86, Russian actor (Silence, Clear Skies, The Last Day).

October 2023

1

• Theresa Kufuor, 87, Ghanaian nurse and midwife, first lady (2001–2009).
• Richie Poulton, 61, New Zealand clinical psychologist, director of the Dunedin Study (since 2000), salivary gland cancer.
• Tim Wakefield, 57, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates) and commentator (NESN), brain cancer.
• John Waring, 81, English cricketer (Yorkshire, Warwickshire).

2

• Francis Lee, 79, English football player (Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, national team) and chairman, cancer.

4

• Jason Wynyard, 49, New Zealand woodchopper, Burkitt lymphoma.

5

• Asad Chowdhury, 80, Bangladeshi writer.
• Ibrahim Amin, Egyptian squash player.

6

• Mary Chronopoulou, 90, Greek actress (The Naked Brigade, Mermaids and Rascals, Voyage to Cythera), complications from a fall.
• Atila Pesyani, 66, Iranian actor (The Redemption, Cease Fire, The Hidden Half), cancer.
• Francisco Vidal, 82, Spanish actor (El Crack, The Enchanted Forest, Pan's Labyrinth).

7

• Marouf al-Bakhit, 76, Jordanian military officer and politician, prime minister (2005–2007, 2011).
• Terence Davies, 77, British screenwriter and film director (Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, The House of Mirth).

8

• Ted Schwinden, 98, American politician, governor (1981–1989) and lieutenant governor (1977–1981) of Montana, member of the Montana House of Representatives (1959–1963).
• Burt Young, 83, American actor (Rocky, Chinatown, The Pope of Greenwich Village).

9

• Jackson Anthony, 65, Sri Lankan actor (Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli, Guerilla Marketing) and film director (Julietge Bhumikawa), complications from a traffic collision.
• Mikhail Golubovich, 79, Ukrainian actor (Lone Wolf, Luna Park, Brothel Lights).
• Anthony Hickox, 64, English film director (Waxwork, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth) and screenwriter.
• Mang Hoi, 65, Hong Kong actor (The Human Goddess, Bruce Lee, D-Day at Macao, He Has Nothing But Kung Fu), oesophageal cancer.
• Yulian Panich, 92, Russian actor (Road to Life, For the Power of the Soviets, Different Fortunes), television director and journalist.
• Henri Serre, 92, French actor (Jules and Jim, Fantômas contre Scotland Yard, Mister Frost).
• Yevgeni Sumin, 81, Russian actor (Tracker, Voroshilov Sharpshooter).

10

• Mark Goddard, 87, American actor (Lost in Space)

11

• Phyllis Coates, 96, American actress (Adventures of Superman, Superman and the Mole Men, Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn).
• Rudolph Isley, 84, American Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("It's Your Thing", "That Lady") (The Isley Brothers).
• Pauline Jani, 34, Zimbabwean netball player (national team).
• Markku Syrjälä, 68, Finnish Olympic archer (1984).
• Cal Wilson, 53, New Zealand comedian and voice actress (Kitty Is Not a Cat).

12

• Lara Parker, 84, American actress (Dark Shadows, Save the Tiger, Hi, Mom!).

13

• Hildegarde Neil, 84, English actress (Antony and Cleopatra, England Made Me, The Bruce), cancer and heart disease. (death announced on this date)

14

• Piper Laurie, 91, American actress (Carrie, The Hustler, Children of a Lesser God), Emmy winner (1987).
• Dariush Mehrjui, 83, Iranian filmmaker (The Cow, Mr. Naive, Hamoun), stabbing.
• Joaquín Pérez, 86, Cuban Olympic rower (1956).

15

• Jean-Roger Milo, 66, French actor (A Sunday in the Country, Among Wolves, Germinal).
• Suzanne Somers, 76, American actress (Three's Company, Step by Step, She's the Sheriff), breast cancer.

16

• Martti Ahtisaari, 86, Finnish politician, president (1994–2000), Nobel Prize laureate (2008).
• Jesús Guzmán, 97, Spanish actor (Implacable Three, The Locket, Nothing Less Than a Real Man).

17

• Sir Tim Wallis, 85, New Zealand Hall of Fame aviation entrepreneur, founder of the Alpine Fighter Collection and the Warbirds over Wanaka.

18

• Osvaldo Desideri, 84, Italian art director (The Last Emperor, Once Upon a Time in America, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom), Oscar winner (1988).
• Dwight Twilley, 72, American singer-songwriter ("I'm on Fire").

20

• Haydn Gwynne, 66, English actress (Drop the Dead Donkey, The Windsors, Billy Elliot the Musical), cancer.
• Hiba Abu Nada, 32, Palestinian poet and novelist.

21

• Sir Bobby Charlton, 86, English Hall of Fame football player (Manchester United, national team) and manager (Preston North End), world champion (1966).
• Bill Hayden, 90, Australian politician, governor-general (1989–1996), minister for foreign affairs (1983–1988), and leader of the opposition (1977–1983).
• Amusaa Mwanamwambwa, 83, Zambian politician, minister of tourism (1996–1998).
• Marzia Ubaldi, 85, Italian actress (The Predators, Nazi Love Camp 27, Suburra: Blood on Rome).

22

• Reino Börjesson, 94, Swedish footballer (IFK Göteborg, Norrby IF, national team).
• Dave Courtney, 64, English gangster, writer, and actor (Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees, The Dead Sleep Easy, Killer Bitch), suicide by gunshot.
• Don Laughlin, 92, American gambling entrepreneur. (death announced on this date)

23

• Bishan Singh Bedi, 77, Indian cricketer (Northern Punjab, Delhi, national team).
• Angelo Bruschini, 62, English guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack), lung cancer.
• Mervin Shiner, 102, American country singer ("Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me"), songwriter and guitarist.

24

• Hans Albert, 102, German philosopher.
• Niels Holst-Sørensen, 100, Danish Olympic athlete (1948) and air force officer.
• Richard Roundtree, 81, American actor (Shaft, Se7en, Speed Racer), pancreatic cancer.

26

• Guy Camberabero, 87, French rugby union player (La Voulte-Sportif, US Tyrosse, national team).
• Richard Moll, 80, American actor (Night Court, House, Batman: The Animated Series).
• Sir Jon Trimmer, 84, New Zealand ballet dancer, cancer.

27

• Hiroshi Inuzuka, 94, Japanese actor (Daigoro vs. Goliath, Eijanaika, Chameleon) and bassist.
• Li Keqiang, 68, Chinese politician, premier (2013–2023), heart attack

28

• Matthew Perry, 54, American-Canadian actor (Friends, The Whole Nine Yards, Fallout: New Vegas), drowned.

29

• Joey Paras, 45, Filipino actor (Bekikang: Ang Nanay Kong Beki, FlordeLiza, Sunday PinaSaya) and comedian.
• Tony Rohr, 84, Irish actor (The Long Good Friday, Harry's Game, The Lakes), prostate cancer.

30

• Fernando Almada, 94, Mexican actor (El valle de los miserables, Puerto maldito, La jaula de oro).
• Frank Howard, 87, American baseball player (Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers), complications from a stroke.

31

• Tyler Christopher, 50, American actor (General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, The Lying Game), cardiac arrest.
• Fabien Roy, 95, Canadian politician, MP (1979–1980) and Quebec MNA (1970–1979).
• Mel Sembler, 93, American diplomat, ambassador to Italy (2001–2005) and Australia (1989–1993).
• Elmar Wepper, 79, German actor (Der Kommissar, Cherry Blossoms, Lammbock) and voice actor.

November 2023

1

• Ady Barkan, 39, American political activist, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Bob Knight, 83, American Hall of Fame basketball coach.
• Peter White, 86, American actor (The Boys in the Band, All My Children, Mr. Wrong), melanoma.

2

• Junior Balaiah, 70, Indian actor (Dhooram Adhighamillai, Saattai, Thani Oruvan), asphyxiated.
• Mortimer L. Downey 87, American politician, deputy secretary of transportation (1993–2001), pulmonary fibrosis.
• Wei Wei, 101, Chinese actress (Night Inn, Spring in a Small Town, The Truth About Jane and Sam).

3

• David Berglas, 97, German-born British magician and mentalist.
• Elizângela, 68, Brazilian actress (Locomotivas, O Clone, Just Short of Perfect), cardiac arrest.

4

• Marina Cicogna, 89, Italian film producer (Belle de Jour, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion), cancer.

5

• Pat E. Johnson, 84, American martial artist, stuntman, and actor (Enter the Dragon, The Karate Kid, Mortal Kombat).
• Donald Shebib, 85, Canadian film director, screenwriter and editor (Goin' Down the Road, Running Brave, The Climb).

6

• Nadira Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer.
• Bronius Kuzmickas, 87, Lithuanian politician and philosopher, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment.
• Janet Landgard, 75, American actress (The Swimmer, The Donna Reed Show, Land Raider), brain cancer.
• Antoni Martí, 60, Andorran architect and politician, prime minister (2011-2015, 2015-2019), cardiac arrest.

7

• Frank Borman, 95, American astronaut (Gemini 7, Apollo 8) and airline executive (Eastern Air Lines), stroke.
• Mário Moinhos, 74, Portuguese footballer (Boavista, Benfica, national team).
• Federico Sacchi, 87, Argentinian footballer (Racing, Newell's Old Boys, national team).

8

• Giorgio Veneri, 84, Italian footballer and manager (Atalanta, AC Prato, Italy U-20).

9

• Jørgen Reenberg, 96, Danish actor (Europa, The Wolf at the Door, I Am Dina).
• Tim Woodward, 70, English actor (Wings, Piece of Cake, Families), cancer.

10

• Padmanabha Acharya, 92, Indian politician.
• Danilo Astori, 83, Uruguayan economist and politician, vice president (2010–2015), minister of economy (2005–2008, 2015–2020), and twice senator, respiratory failure.
• John Bailey, 81, American cinematographer (Ordinary People, The Big Chill, Groundhog Day), President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (2017–2019).
• Spiros Focás, 86, Greek actor (Rocco and His Brothers, The Jewel of the Nile, A Man for Burning).
• Hiroyuki Hosoda, 79, Japanese politician.

11

• Karel Schwarzenberg, 85, Czech politician and diplomat, senator (2004–2010), twice minister of foreign affairs, and deputy (2010–2021), heart and kidney problems.
• Conny Van Dyke, 78, American singer and actress (Hell's Angels '69, W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings, Framed), complications from vascular dementia.
• Masatoshi Wakabayashi, 89, Japanese politician, three-time MP, minister of the environment (2006–2007) and agriculture (2007–2008).

12

• M. Russell Ballard, 95, American Mormon leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (since 1985).
• Roman Čechmánek, 52, Czech ice hockey goaltender (Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings), Olympic champion (1998).
• Rahim Huseynov, 87, Azerbaijani politician, prime minister (1992–1993). (death announced on this date)
• Don Walsh, 92, American oceanographer, explorer, and marine policy specialist.
• Kusuma Wardhani, 59, Indonesian archer, Olympic silver medalist (1988).

13

• Maryanne Trump Barry, 86, American jurist and attorney, judge of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey (1983–1999) and Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1999–2019), cancer.

14

• Paulo Hesse, 81, Brazilian actor (Selva de Pedra, O Cravo e a Rosa, O Homem do Pau-Brasil).
• Arthur Parkin, 71, New Zealand field hockey player (national team), Olympic champion (1976).

15

• Žarko Laušević, 63, Serbian-Montenegrin actor (The Dagger, The Black Bomber, The Original of the Forgery).

16

• Thomas J. Bliley Jr., 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1981–2001) and mayor of Richmond (1970–1977).
• George "Funky" Brown, 74, American drummer (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration"), lung cancer.
• James Paul Johnson, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1981).
• Meto Jovanovski, 77, Macedonian actor (Happy New Year '49, Dust, When Day Breaks).

17

• Gohar Ayub Khan, 86, Pakistani politician, minister of Foreign Affairs (1997–1998), speaker of the National Assembly (1990–1993).
• Suzanne Shepherd, 89, American actress (The Sopranos, Goodfellas, Requiem for a Dream).

18

• Mari Csomós, 80, Hungarian actress (141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence, Kalandorok).
• Ruud Geels, 75, Dutch footballer (Ajax, Feyenoord, national team).
• Fredrik Ohlsson, 92, Swedish actor (Pippi Longstocking, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).

19

• Joss Ackland, 95, British actor (White Mischief, Lethal Weapon 2, The Mighty Ducks).
• Rosalynn Carter, 96, American mental health activist, First Lady of the United States (1977–1981), and of Georgia (1971–1975).
• Colette Maze, 109, French classical pianist.
• Hannes Strydom, 58, South African rugby union player (Eastern Province Elephants, Transvaal/Golden Lions, national team), world champion (1995), traffic collision.
• Sara Tavares, 45, Portuguese singer, brain tumour.

20

• Annabel Giles, 64, British actress (Riders, Firelight) and psychotherapist, glioblastoma.
• Zdena Hadrbolcová, 86, Czech actress (How the World Is Losing Poets, The Idiot Returns, František je děvkař).
• Willie Hernández, 69, Puerto Rican baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs), MVP (1984), World Series champion (1984).
• Anna Kanakis, 61, Italian actress (Attila flagello di Dio, The New Barbarians) and model, Miss Italia winner (1977).
• Mars Williams, 68, American saxophonist (The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs), ampullary cancer.

22

• François Musy, 68, Swiss-born French sound engineer (First Name: Carmen, Marguerite, Lost Illusions).

23

• Fathima Beevi, 96, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court (1989–1992) and governor of Tamil Nadu (1997–2001).
• Rona Hartner, 50, Romanian actress (The Crazy Stranger, Time of the Wolf, Le Divorce), singer and painter, lung and brain cancer.
• Greg "Fingers" Taylor, 71, American harmonica player, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Helmert Woudenberg, 78, Dutch actor (Max Havelaar, In for Treatment, Amsterdamned), stage director and playwright.

24

• Jukka Haavisto, 93, Finnish musician.
• Herb Klein, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–1995).
• Rajkumar Kohli, 93, Indian film director (Nagin, Jaani Dushman, Raaj Tilak), heart attack.
• Aldo Pastur, 74, Argentine actor (Last Days of the Victim, The Loves of Kafka).
• Luca Sabatelli, 87, Italian costume designer {The Cat o' Nine Tails, The Humanoid, Grand Hotel Excelsior).
• Heidelinde Weis, 83, Austrian actress (I'm Marrying the Director, Don't Tell Me Any Stories, Aunt Frieda).

25

• Natalya Dmitriyeva, 78, Russian actress (Bumbarash, Through the Fire, The Man Who Doesn't Return).
• Bita Farrahi, 65, Iranian actress (Hamoun, A House Built on Water, Island), heart and lung disease.
• Marty Krofft, 86, Canadian puppeteer (H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters), kidney failure.

26

• Rudy Insanally, 87, Guyanese diplomat, minister of foreign affairs (2001–2008) and president of the United Nations General Assembly (1993–1994).
• Rodolfo Stange, 98, Chilean police officer and politician, senator (1998–2005) and member of the government junta (1985–1990).
• Geordie Walker, 64, English guitarist (Killing Joke).

27

• Paweł Huelle, 66, Polish prose writer.
• Victor J. Kemper, 96, American cinematographer (Dog Day Afternoon, National Lampoon's Vacation, The Last Tycoon).
• Parvaneh Massoumi, 78, Iranian actress (Reverse, Downpour, Prophet Joseph).
• Frances Sternhagen, 93, American actress (Equus, ER, Misery), Tony winner (1974, 1995).
• Mizuho Suzuki, 96, Japanese actor (The Sands of Kurobe, Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode, Never Give Up).

28

• Julius W. Becton Jr., 97, American military officer, director of FEMA (1985–1989).
• Charlie Munger, 99, American investor, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (since 1978) and chairman of Wesco Financial (1984–2011).

29

• Richard L. Berkley, 92, American politician, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1979–1991).
• Henry Kissinger, 100, German-born American diplomat and politician, national security advisor (1969–1975) and secretary of state (1973–1977), Nobel Prize laureate (1973).
• Mildred Miller, 98, American mezzo-soprano.
• Perla Santalla, 95, Argentine actress (Emergency Ward, Reencuentro con la gloria, El Profesor Hippie).
• Dean Sullivan, 68, English actor (Brookside), prostate cancer.

30

• Alistair Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, 70, British politician, chancellor of the Exchequer (2007–2010), MP (1987–2015) and member of the House of Lords (2015–2020), cancer.
• Ma Jingwu, 85, Chinese actor (Raise the Red Lantern, Seven Swords, The Banquet).
• Shane MacGowan, 65, English-born Irish singer (The Pogues, Shane MacGowan and the Popes) and songwriter ("Fairytale of New York"), encephalitis.

December 2023

1

• Enzo Bai, 92, Argentine actor (La Mary, The Kids Grow Up, Los hijos de López).
• Burny Bos, 79, Dutch film producer (Miss Minoes, Mijn Franse tante Gazeuse), screenwriter and children's author, mesothelioma.
• Sandra Day O’Connor, 93, Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• Brigit Forsyth, 83, Scottish actress (Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Boon, Still Open All Hours).
• Can Gürzap, 79, Turkish actor (Medcezir), screenwriter and educator.
• Kiki Fatmala, 56, Indonesian actress, lung cancer.

2

• Faustin Twagiramungu, 78, Rwandan politician, prime minister (1994–1995).
• Sufian Tayeh, Palestinian scietist.
• Concha Velasco, 84, Spanish actress (The Witching Hour, Esquilache, 32 Malasana Street), singer and television presenter.

3

• Andrea Fay Friedman, 53, American actress (Life Goes On, Family Guy), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Myles Goodwyn, 75, Canadian singer (April Wine) and songwriter ("Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love", "Just Between You and Me").
• Kim Soo-yong, 94, South Korean film director (The Sea Village, Mist, The Land).
• Suminda Sirisena, 75, Sri Lankan actor (Duhulu Malak, Saptha Kanya, Yakada Pihatu).

4

• Peter R. Adam, 66, German film editor (An American Werewolf in Paris, Good Bye, Lenin!, Anonymous)
• Suren Babayan, 73, Armenian film director (The 13th Apostle) and actor.
• Juanita Castro, 90, Cuban political dissident.
• Queta Lavat, 94, Mexican actress (Las tandas del principal, Cruz de amor, Clase 406).

5

• Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, 51, Liechtensteiner royal.
• Denny Laine, 79, English Hall of Fame musician (Wings, The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre"), interstitial lung disease.
• Norman Lear, 101, American Hall of Fame screenwriter and producer (All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons).

6

• Fran Bladel, 90, Australian politician.
• Natalya Bogomolova, 83, Russian animator (Winnie-the-Pooh, The Blue Bird, Alice's Birthday).
• Vic Davalillo, 84, Venezuelan baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers).
• Mirosława Krajewska, 83, Polish actress (How to Be Loved, Brunet wieczorową porą).
• Marisa Pavan, 91, Italian actress (The Rose Tattoo, I Chose Love, Drum Beat).

7

• Itziar Castro, 46, Spanish actress (Rec 3: Genesis, Skins, Champions).
• Sang Guowei, Chinese pharmacologist and politician
• Guy Stern, 101, German-American intelligence officer (Ritchie Boys).
• Benjamin Zephaniah, 65, British poet, writer (Face, Refugee Boy) and actor (Peaky Blinders), brain tumour.

8

• Yayu Unru, 61, Indonesian actor (Lovely Man, Night Bus, Posesif) and acting coach.

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Related pages

• Deaths in 2015
• Deaths in 2016
• Deaths in 2017
• Deaths in 2018
• Deaths in 2019
• Deaths in 2020
• Deaths in 2021
• Deaths in 2022

Other websites

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• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
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• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries

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Deaths by year

Succeeded by Deaths in 2024