Famous People Who Died in 2023

2023 Calendar

Deaths 1 - 200 of 925

Jan 6 Dick Savitt, American tennis player (Wimbledon, Australian C'ships 1951), dies at 95
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 6 Steve James, American guitarist, songwriter, and luthier, dies from a glioblastoma brain tumor at 72
Jan 7 Adam Rich, American actor (Eight is Enough - "Nicholas"; Code Red; Gun Shy), dies at 54
Jan 7 Ken Scotland, Scottish rugby union full-back (27 Tests Scotland, 5 British & Irish Lions; Leicester Tigers RUFC, London Scottish FC), dies from cancer at 86
Jan 7 Modeste M'bami, Cameroonian soccer midfielder (37 caps; CS Sedan, Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille; Olympic gold 2000), dies from a heart attack at 40
Jan 7 Rob Heming, Australian rugby union lock (21 Tests; NSW, Manly RUFC), dies at 90
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 8 Roberto Dinamite, Brazilian soccer forward (38 caps; CR Vasco da Gama 753 games, 475 goals), dies of intestinal cancer at 68
Jan 8 Siegfried Kurz, German conductor (Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 1949-60; Staatsoper Dresden, 1960-84), and composer, dies at 92
Jan 9 David Duckham, English rugby union outside back (36 Tests England, 3 British & Irish Lions; Coventry RFC), dies from a heart condition at 76
Jan 9 Ferenc Mészáros, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper (29 caps; Vasas SC 252 games), dies at 72
Jan 9 Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987), dies at 95
Jan 9 Max Chantal, French rugby league forward (27 Tests; US Villeneuve XIII), dies at 64
Jan 9 Melinda Dillon, American actress (Close Encounters; Slap Shot; A Christmas Story), dies at 83

Jan 9 Norma Whiteman. Australian cricket fast bowler (7 WTests, 22 wickets, BB 4/33; NSWCA), dies at 95
Jan 9 Virginia Kraft Payson American sports journalist (Sports Illustrated) and thoroughbred owner & breeder, dies from Parkinson's disease at 92
Jan 9 Yoriaki Matsudaira, Japanese composer and academic, dies of pneumonia at 91
Jan 10 Bruce Murray, New Zealand cricket batsman (13 Tests, 5 x 50, HS 90; Wellington), dies at 82
Jan 10 Gaudenzio Bernasconi, Italian soccer midfielder (6 caps; Sampdoria 334 games), dies at 90
Jan 10 George Pell, Australian Catholic Cardinal and treasurer of the Vatican, convicted, and then acquitted, of child sex abuse, dies of complications after hip surgery at 81 [1]

Jan 10 English Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist (Yardbirds, 1965-66; Jeff Beck Group, 1967-72), dies of bacterial meningitis at 78 [1] [2]

Jan 10 Tyre Nichols, African American motorist, dies in hospital in Memphis of his injuries, three days after being beaten by police at a traffic stop, at 29 [1]
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 11 Charles White, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1979, USC; Pro Bowl 1987, Cleveland Browns, LA Rams), dies at 64
Jan 11 Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese pop-rock drummer and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra), dies from complications of a brain tumor at 70
Jan 12 Frene Ginwala, South African politician and ANC activist (1st post-apartheid Speaker of the National Assembly), dies at 90 [1]
Jan 12 Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer (WBA heavyweight title 1983-84), dies from cancer at 67

Jan 12 American singer-songwriter ("Lights Out"), and daughter of Elvis, dies of cardiac arrest predicated by a small bowel obstruction at 54 [1]

Jan 12 Paul Johnson, English journalist, author and historian, dies at 94
Jan 12 Robin "Robbie" Bachman, Canadian drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"; "Takin' Care Of Business"), dies at 69 [1]
Jan 13 Klas Lestander, Swedish biathlete (Olympic gold 20k 1960), dies at 91
Jan 13 Robbie Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil, son of Evel, dies of pancreatic cancer at 60
Jan 14 Carl Hahn, German automotive executive (CEO of Volkswagen Group), dies at 96
Jan 15 Shaye Al-Nafisah, Saudi Arabian soccer forward (32 caps; Al-Kawkab FC), dies at 60
Jan 16 Arthur Ravenel Jr, American businessman and politician (Rep-R-South Carolina 1987-95), dies at 95
Jan 16 Bjarne Hansen, Norwegian soccer centre-back (3 caps; Vålerenga FC), dies at 93
Jan 16 Frank Thomas, American baseball outfielder (3 x MLB All-Star; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 93
Jan 16 Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida, Italian actress (Trapeze; Falcon Crest), photojournalist, and sculptor, dies at 95 [1]
Jan 16 Pierre Danos, French rugby union halfback (17 Tests; RC Toulon, AS Béziers), dies at 93
Jan 16 Vladislovas Česiūnas, Lithuanian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 1000 1972; 4 x World C'ship gold), dies at 82
Jan 17 Chris Ford, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1971 Detroit Pistons; Boston Celtics) and coach (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Clippers), dies from a heart attack at 74
Jan 17 Jean-Claude Marty, French rugby league winger (13 Tests; FC Lézignan XIII, Racing Club Albi XIII), dies at 79
Jan 17 Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian known as Sister André and the world's oldest verified living person, dies in her sleep aged 118 years and 340 days
Jan 17 Renée Geyer, Australian singer ("It's A Man's Man's World"; "Stares and Whispers"), dies at 69 [1]
Jan 18 David Crosby, American rock singer-songwriter (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Eight Miles High"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Guinnevere"; "Wooden Ships"), dies at 81 [1]
Jan 18 Henry Caicedo, Colombian soccer centre-back (11 caps; Deportivo Cali FC), dies from a stroke at 71
Jan 19 David Sutherland, Scottish cartoonist (Beano - Bash Street Kids, Dennis the Menace), dies at 89 [1]
Jan 19 Norbert Sattler, Austrian slalom canoeist (World C'ship gold K-1 team 1971, K-1 1973; Olympic silver K-1 1972), dies at 71
Jan 20 Gwen Knapp, American sports journalist (Philadelphia Inquirer, SF Examiner, SF Chronicle, New York Times), dies from lymphoma at 61
Jan 20 Jerry "The Geator" Blavat, American disc jockey and music promoter, dies of complications from myasthenia gravis (a neuromuscular disease), at 82 [1]
Jan 20 Sal Bando, American baseball third baseman (4 x MLB All-Star; World Series 1972, 73, 74 Oakland A's) and executive (GM Milwaukee Brewers 1991-99), dies of cancer at 78
Jan 20 Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwean musician and storyteller (Africa’s best-known female mbira player), dies at 76 [1]
Jan 21 Bill Schonely, American sports broadcaster (Portland Trail Blazers 1970-98), dies at 93
Jan 22 Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor, dies at 88
Jan 23 Carol Sloane [Morvan], American jazz singer, dies from complications of a stroke at 85 [1]
Jan 23 Fred Lindop, British rugby league referee (22 Tests; World Cup Final 1970; 5 x Challenge Cup Finals), dies at 84
Jan 24 Duncan Pugh, Australian bobsledder (Olympics, 2010), and school teacher, dies of a brain aneurysm at 48
Jan 24 Lance Kerwin, American actor (James at 15; Salem's Lot; Enemy Mine; Outbreak), dies at 62 [1]
Jan 25 B. V. [Balkrishna] Doshi, Indian architect (Pritzker Prize 2- 018), dies at 95 [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 26 Gary Peters, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1964, 67; AL Rookie of the Year 1963; AL wins leader 1964; Chicago WS, Boston Red Sox), dies at 85
Jan 26 Irvine Shillingford, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 120; Combined Islands, Windward Islands), dies at 78
Jan 26 Keith Thomson, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests, 1 x 50; Canterbury) and field hockey centre-half (28 Tests; Canterbury), dies at 81
Jan 27 Donald Trelford, English journalist and editor (Observer Newspaper 1975-93), dies at 85 [1]
Jan 27 Floyd Sneed, Canadian rock drummer (Three Dog Night - "Joy To The World"; Ohio Players), dies at 80
Jan 27 Sylvia Syms, English actress (Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine), dies at 89 [1]
Jan 28 Carlo Tavecchio, Italian sports executive (President Italian Football Federation 2014-17), dies at 79
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 Phil Coles, Australian sports administrator (International Olympic Committee 1982-2011; AOC 1973-2011), dies at 91
Jan 28 Tom Verlaine [Miller], American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist (Television - "Marquee Moon"), dies at 73
Jan 28 Viola Léger, American-Canadian stage and screen actress (La Sagouine), and politician (Canadian Senate, 2001-05), dies at 92
Jan 29 Barrett Strong, American R&B vocalist ("Money (That's What I Want)"), piano player, and songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; "Just My Imagination";"Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"; "War"), dies at 81 [1]
Jan 29 Krister Kristensson, Swedish soccer defender (38 caps; Malmö FF, Trelleborgs FF) and manager (Trelleborgs FF, Lunds BK, Höllvikens GIF), dies at 80
Jan 29 Kyle Smaine, American freestyle skier (World C'ship gold halfpipe 2015), dies in an avalanche at 31
Jan 30 Bobby Beathard, American Pro Football Hall of Fame executive (GM Washington Redskins Super Bowl 1982, 87; San Diego Chargers), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 86

Jan 30 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame left wing (Stanley Cup 1961 Chicago Black Hawks; 3 x Art Ross Trophy; 2 x Hart Memorial Trophy; Winnipeg Jets), dies at 84

Jan 30 Charly Loubet, French soccer striker (35 caps; AS Cannes, OGC Nice, Marseille), dies at 77
Jan 30 Gerald Mortag, German track cyclist (3 x World C'ship gold GDR 4000m team pursuit 1977, 78, 79; Olympic silver 1980), dies at 64
Jan 31 Charlie Thomas, American pop singer (The Drifters, 1958-67 - "Sweets For My Sweet"; "Save The Last Dance For Me"), dies of liver cancer at 85
Jan 31 David Durenberger, American politician, (US Sen-R-MN, 1978-95), dies of heart failure at 88
Jan 31 Lou Campanelli, American basketball coach (James Madison University 1972-85; University of California, Berkeley 1986-93), dies at 84
Feb 1 Joanne Bracker, American college basketball coach (Midland University 1970-2012; Women's Basketball HOF), dies at 77
Feb 2 Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French auto racer (55 x F1 GP, 2 wins; 4 x 3rd overall 24 Hours of Le Mans), dies at 80
Feb 2 Robert Orben, American comedy writer, magician, and speechwriter for US Vice President Gerald Ford, dies at 95
Feb 3 Paco Rabanne [Francisco Cuervo], Spanish fashion designer and perfumer, dies at 88

Feb 5 Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (2001-2008), dies at 79

Feb 5 Phil Spalding, English new wave and progressive rock bass player (Tovah; GTR; Mike Oldfield), and hepatitis patient support group founder, dies at 65
Feb 6 Billy Thomson, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; St Mirren 206 games, Dundee United), dies at 64
Feb 6 Greta Andersen, Danish swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle, silver 4×100m freestyle 1948), dies at 95
Feb 6 John Moeti, South African soccer midfielder (29 caps; Orlando Pirates FC, SuperSport United FC), dies at 55
Feb 7 František Cipro, Czech soccer forward (SK Slavia Prague 232 games) and manager (SK Slavia Prague, SK Dynamo České Budějovice), dies at 75
Feb 7 Friedel Lutz, German soccer full-back (12 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.), dies at 84
Feb 7 Oleksandr Radchenko, Ukrainian soccer left-back (17 caps; FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), dies at 46

Feb 8 American Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again"; "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"; "Promises, Promises"), dies at 94 [1]

Feb 8 Charlie Faulkner, Welsh rugby union prop (19 Tests Wales; British & Irish Lions 1977; Pontypool RFC, Barbarian FC) and coach (Newport RFC), dies at 81
Feb 8 Hilary Tann, Welsh composer (Shakkei), and educator (Union College, 1980-2023), dies at 75
Feb 8 Miroslav Blažević, Bosnian soccer manager (Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, NK Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Grasshoppers, Dinamo Zagreb, Nantes, PAOK), dies at 87
Feb 9 Lewis Spratlan, American classical composer and Pulitzer Prize winner (Life Is A Dream), dies at 82
Feb 9 Marcos Alonso, Spanish soccer winger (22 caps; Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona) and manager (Rayo Vallecano, Racing Santander, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valladolid), dies from cancer at 63
Feb 10 Carlos Saura, Spanish film director ("Cría Cuervos"; "Carmen", "Tango"), dies at 91
Feb 10 Hugh Hudson, English film director (Chariots of Fire), dies at 86 [1]
Feb 11 Hans Modrow, German politician (last Communist Prime Minister of East Germany 1989-90), dies at 95
Feb 12 Eileen Sheridan, English cyclist (record road cyclist - Land’s End-John O’Groats time stood for 36 years), dies at 99 [1]
Feb 12 Trugoy the Dove [David Jolicoeur], American rapper and producer (De La Soul - "Me Myself and I"), dies of heart failure at 54
Feb 13 Conrad Dobler, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1975, 76, 77; St. Louis Cardinals; famous for unsportsmanlike play), dies at 72
Feb 13 Huey "Piano" Smith, American R&B pianist ("Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu"; "Having a Good Time"), dies at 89 [1]
Feb 14 Charley Ferguson, American football tight end (AFL All-Star 1965; AFL C'ship 1964, 65; Buffalo Bills), dies at 83
Feb 14 Friedrich Cerha, Austrian composer (Baal) and conductor (Ensemble Die Reihe), dies at 96
Feb 14 Greg McMackin, American football coach (Oregon Institute of Technology 1986-89; University of Hawaii 2008-11), dies at 77
Feb 14 Jerry Jarrett, American pro wrestling promoter (founder Continental Wrestling Association, US Wrestling Association, NWA:TNA), dies of cancer at 80
Feb 14 John M. Veitch, American thoroughbred horse trainer (Breeders' Cup Classic 1985 [Proud Truth]; Alydar; National Museum of Racing HOF), dies at 77
Feb 15 Paul Berg, American biochemist (development of recombinant DNA techniques, Nobel Chemistry 1980), dies at 96

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 Chuck Jackson, American pop and R&B singer ("Any Day Now"; "I Don't Want to Cry"; "I Keep Forgettin'"), dies at 85
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 (Harry Gilbert) Gil Trythall, American pianist, contemporary classical and electronic music composer (The Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya), and educator, dies at 92
Feb 17 John Holdsworth, English rugby league referee (2 x Challenge Cup Finals; record 6 x Premiership Finals; first World Club Challenge 1987: Wigan beat Manly 8-2), dies at 76
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 Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı, Turkish soccer manager (4xTurkish Super League; 3xTurkish Cup Trabzonspor) and midfielder (3 caps; İdmanocağı, Trabzonspor), dies at 87
Feb 18 Barbara Bosson, American actress (Hill Street Blues - "Fay Furillo"; Hooperman; Murder One), dies at 83
Feb 18 George T. Miller, Scottish-Australian film and television director (The Man from Snowy River; Zeus and Roxanne), dies at 79
Feb 18 Ilario Castagner, Italian soccer manager (Perugia, Lazio, AC Milan, Internazionale, Ascoli) and striker (Perugia, AC Prato), dies at 82
Feb 18 James Broyhill, American politician (Sen-R-NC, 1963-1986), dies at 95
Feb 18 Petar Zhekov, Bulgarian soccer forward (44 caps; Beroe Stara Zagora, CSKA Sofia), dies at 78
Feb 18 Peter Wolfenden, New Zealand harness racing driver/trainer (NZ drivers' premiership x 14; Inter Dominion Pacing C' ship x 2; NZ Trotting Cup x 4; Australasian Drivers C'ship x 2), dies at 88
Feb 18 Tom Whitlock, American Academy Award-winning lyricist songwriter (“Take My Breath Away”, “Danger Zone”), dies at 68
Feb 19 Dickie Davies, English TV presenter (ITV's World of Sport), dies at 93 [1]
Feb 19 Greg Foster, American athlete (3 x World C'ship gold 110m hurdles; Olympic silver 1984), dies from amyloidosis at 64
Feb 19 Jansen Panettiere, American actor (How High 2), dies of aortic valve complications due to cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) at 28

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 20 Ken Warby, Australian motorboat racer (water speed record 275.97 knots [511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph 1978]), dies at 83
Feb 21 Amancio Amaro, Spanish soccer outside right (42 caps; Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid), dies at 83
Feb 21 Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (Ich suche Dich, Rosemary), and beauty queen (Miss Austria, 1949), dies at 93
Feb 22 Elaine Barkin (née Radoff), American composer, educator, music writer and editor (Perspectives of New Music, 1964-85), dies at 90
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 23 Tom Tierney, Irish rugby union scrum-half (8 Tests; Munster, Connacht, Leicester) and coach (Ireland women), dies at 46
Feb 24 Bernard Ingham, British journalist and press secretary for UK PM Margaret Thatcher, dies at 90 [1]
Feb 24 Jack Sheedy, Australian Football HOF rover (WA 22 games; East Fremantle, East Perth) and coach (WA 10 games; East Fremantle, East Perth), dies at 96
Feb 24 Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist (Maurizio Costanzo Show), dies at 84
Feb 25 Fred Miller, American football defensive tackle (Super Bowl 1970 Baltimore Colts; Pro Bowl 1967, 68, 69), dies at 82
Feb 25 Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director and writer (voice of "Babar the Elephant"), dies at 92
Feb 25 Syd Fischer, Australian yachtsman (Fastnet Race 1971, World C'hip One Ton Cup 1971, Round State Race Hawaii 1980; 2 x Sydney-Hobart Line honours), dies at 95
Feb 26 Alberto Mario González, Argentine soccer forward (19 caps; Unión Española Santiago, CA Boca Juniors, Atlanta Buenos Aires), dies at 81
Feb 26 Betty Boothroyd, English politician (1st female Speaker of the UK House of Commons 1992-2000), dies at 93 [1]
Feb 26 Bob Richards, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1952, 56; bronze 1948), dies at 97
Feb 26 Fred Shabel, American basketball coach (Connecticut Huskies 1963-67) and executive (AD University of Pennsylvania 1967-75; Comcast Spectacor), dies at 90
Feb 26 Terry Holland, American college basketball coach (Davidson, Virginia) and athletics administrator (Davidson, Virginia, East Carolina), dies at 80
Feb 26 Tom Pendry, British politician (Labour) and member of the House of Lords (2001-23), dies at 88
Feb 26 Tony O'Donoghue, Irish sports broadcaster (Raidió Teilifís Éireann - RTÉ), dies at 86
Feb 26 Ziya Şengül, Turkish soccer defender (20 caps; Fenerbahçe SK, PTT Ankara), dies from organ failure at 82
Feb 27 Ricou Browning, American film stuntman (Creature from the Black Lagoon), stunt co-ordinator (Thunderball), director, and producer (Flipper), dies at 93 [1]
Feb 28 Brian O'Brien, Irish rugby union centre (3 Tests; Munster RFC) and selector (Ireland, British & Irish Lions), dies at 83
Feb 28 Grant Turner, New Zealand soccer midfielder (42 caps; SC Stop Out, Gisborne City AFC), dies from cancer at 64
Mar 1 Jerry Richardson Sr., American businessman and NFL team owner (Carolina Panthers 1995-2018), dies at 86
Mar 1 Just Fontaine, French soccer striker (21 caps; USM Casablanca, Nice, Reims) and manager (France 1968–69, Paris Saint-Germain, Toulouse, Morocco), dies at 89
Mar 1 Leon Hughes, American pop-rock singer (The Coasters - "Young Blood"), dies at 92 [1]
Mar 1 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, dies at 98
Mar 2 Mary Bauermeister, German artist, dies at 88
Mar 2 Per Kristoffersen, Norwegian soccer forward (25 caps; Fredrikstad FC 194 games, 147 goals), dies at 85
Mar 2 Rafael Viñoly, Uruguayan-American architect (20 Fenchurch Street (London); Kimmel Center (Philadelphia); Booth School of Business (Chicago)), dies of an aneurysm at 78 [1]
Mar 2 Steve Mackey, British pop bassist, songwriter, and producer (Pulp - "Common People"), dies at 56
Mar 2 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; Miles Davis; Weather Report), dies at 89 [1]
Mar 3 David Lindley, American session and touring multi-instrumentalist (The Kaleidoscope; Jackson Browne; James Taylor; Linda Ronstadt; Warren Zevon), dies at 78 [1]
Mar 3 Jaak Lipso, Estonian basketball center (FIBA World C'ship gold 1967 USSR; Olympic silver 1964, bronze 1968; CSKA Moscow), dies at 82
Mar 3 Robert Chase, English businessman (majority shareholder, chairman Norwich City FC 1985-96), dies at 85
Mar 3 Tom Sizemore, American actor (Saving Private Ryan; Wyatt Earp), dies following a brain aneurysm at 61
Mar 4 Christos Zanteroglou, Greek soccer defender (13 caps; Olympiacos, Egaleo), dies at 82
Mar 4 Judy Heumann, American disability rights activist, and author, dies at 75 [1]
Mar 4 Michael Rhodes, American country, rock, and jazz session and touring bass player, dies at 69
Mar 4 Romualdo Arppi Filho, Brazilian football referee (FIFA-listed 1963–89; FIFA World Cup Final 1986), dies at 84
Mar 5 Bob Goodman, American International Boxing HOF promoter (VP & Matchmaker Madison Square Garden 1985-94; Don King Productions; Garden State Boxing), dies at 83
Mar 5 Dave Wills, American sportscaster (radio voice Tampa Bay Rays 2005-23 [with Andy Freed]), dies from heart disease at 58
Mar 5 Gary Rossington, American rock guitarist, slide-guitar player, and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd; Rossington-Collins Band), dies at 71 [1]
Mar 5 Klaus Bonsack, German luger (Olympic gold GDR men's doubles 1968, bronze 1972; silver singles 1964, bronze 1968; World C'ship gold 1967), dies at 81
Mar 5 Shozo Sasahara, Japanese freestyle wrestler (World C'ship gold featherweight 1954; Olympic gold 1956), dies at 93
Mar 6 Georgina Beyer, New Zealand drag performer and politician (world's 1st openly transgender mayor, as MP helped decriminalize prostitution), dies of kidney disease at 65 [1]
Mar 6 Josef Vojta, Czech soccer midfielder (7 caps; AC Sparta Prague 351 games; Olympic silver 1964), dies at 87
Mar 6 Pavel Kharin, Russian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 10,000m, silver C-2 1,000m 1956), dies at 95
Mar 7 Ian Falconer, American author, illustrator of children's books and magazines (Olivia (the pig) series; The New Yorker), and theatrical set and costume designer, dies of kidney failure at 63
Mar 7 Lynn Seymour [Berta Lynn Springbett], Canadian-English ballerina (Royal Ballet, 1959-78), choreographer, and director, dies at 79
Mar 7 Pat McCormick, American diver (4 x Olympic gold women's springboard & platform 1952, 56), dies at 92

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Famous People Who Died in 2023