In Memoriam: People we've lost in 2023
Currently's In Memoriam blog honors the celebrities, dignitaries and other prominent people we lost in 2023.
'What You Won't Do For Love' singer Bobby Caldwell dead at 71
March 14, 2023
Singer-songwriter Bobby Caldwell, who was best known for his smooth jazz hit "What You Won't Do For Love," died on March 14. He was 71.
Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women’s rights, dies
March 13, 2023
Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for family and women's rights in Congress, died on March 13. She was 82.
Former New York Yankee Joe Pepitone dead at 82
March 13, 2023
Joe Pepitone, a former MLB player, left-handed power hitter and renowned first baseman for the New York Yankees, died on March 13. He was 82.
Robert Blake, actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89
March 9, 2023
Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died on March 9 at age 89.
Tom Sizemore, star of 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Heat,' dies at 61 after brain aneurysm
March 3, 2023
The talented yet troubled actor, whose credits also included "Natural Born Killers" and "Black Hawk Down," had been hospitalized in a coma for two weeks before he died on March 3.
Richard Belzer, actor famous for playing Det. John Munch on 'Law & Order,' dies at 78
Feb. 19, 2023
Richard Belzer, a comedian best known for playing John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: SVU, died on Feb. 19 at the age of 78.
Raquel Welch, legendary screen siren and sex symbol, dies at 82
Feb. 15, 2023
Actress Raquel Welch, who catapulted to fame in the 1960s with Fantastic Voyage and One Million Years B.C., died on Feb. 15.
Burt Bacharach, legendary 'Walk on By' and 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head' composer, dies at 94
Feb. 8, 2023
Legendary American pop composer, songwriter and pianist Burt Bacharach, a six-time Grammy winner and three-time Oscar winner who gave us some of the most memorable pop tunes of all time, died in Los Angeles on Feb. 8 at the age of 94.
Related: Burt Bacharach’s 10 best songs
Annie Wersching, ‘24’ actor and voice of Tess in ‘The Last of Us,’ dies at age 45
Jan. 29, 2023
Annie Wersching, an actor known for her work on television shows like 24, Marvel’s Runaways and Star Trek: Picard, as well as for her voice and motion-capture work in the video game The Last of Us, died on Jan. 29. She was 45.
'Laverne & Shirley' star Cindy Williams dies at 75
Jan. 25, 2023
Cindy Williams, best known as Shirley Feeney in the TV classic Laverne & Shirley, died on Jan. 25 in Los Angeles after a short illness, her family confirmed. She was 75.
Folk-rock pioneer David Crosby dies at age 81 after long illness
Jan. 18, 2023
David Crosby, the influential singer-songwriter behind two of the biggest bands of the 1960s — The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash — died on Jan. 18. The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee was 81 years old.
Robbie Knievel, stuntman who followed in father Evel Knievel's footsteps, dies at 60
Jan. 13, 2023
Robbie Knievel, a record-setting stunt performer and the son of Evel Knievel, died of pancreatic cancer on Jan. 13, his brother confirmed He was 60 years old.
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, dies at 54
Jan. 12, 2023
Singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley died on Jan. 12 after experiencing cardiac arrest at her California home.
Jeff Beck, one of the guitar masters of the rock era, dies at 78
Jan. 10, 2023
The legendary rock guitarist, who played with the Yardbirds and fronted The Jeff Beck Group, died on Jan. 10 at the age of 78 after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis.
Gangsta Boo, rapper for Oscar-winning ‘It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp’ group Three 6 Mafia, dies at 43
Jan. 1, 2023
The pioneering rapper and former member of Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, whose given name was Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, died on New Year’s Day at age 43.
Fred White, former Earth, Wind & Fire drummer, dead at 67
Jan. 1, 2023
Fred White, a founding member for the legendary 1970s supergroup Earth, Wind & Fire, died on Jan. 1. He was 67.
