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In Memoriam 2023: artists who died this year… Singers, Dancers, Actors, Writers, Directors

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In memoriam 2023: a personal list remembering of some of the artists who died in 2023.

NameDatesAgeActivity
Rostyslav Yanchyshen20 May 1991 – 19 April 202331Ukranian ballet dancer
Kostiantyn Starovytskyi30 October 1982 – April 202340Ukranian conductor
Michela Murgia3 June 1972 – 10 August 202351Italian novelist and playwright
Matthew PerryAugust 19, 1969 – October 28, 202354American and Canadian actor
Lisa Marie PresleyFebruary 1, 1968 – January 12, 202354American singer and songwriter
Sinéad O’Connor8 December 1966 – 26 July 202356Irish singer, songwriter, and activist
Julian Sands4 January 1958 – c. 13 January 202365English actor
Paul O’Grady14 June 1955 – 28 March 202367English comedian of Irish parentage
Lisa LyonMay 13, 1953 – September 8, 202370American bodybuilder and muse of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe
Treat WilliamsDecember 1, 1951 – June 12, 202371American actor
Ryuichi SakamotoJanuary 17, 1952 – March 28, 2023)71Japanese composer, pianist, record producer, and actor
Gabriele Schnaut24 February 1951 – 19 June 202372German mezzo-soprano, later dramatic soprano
Martin Amis25 August 1949 – 19 May 202373English novelist, essayist, memoirist, and screenwriter
Jane Birkin4 December 1946 – 16 July 202376British and French actress and singer
Jeff Beck24 June 1944 – 10 January 202378English guitarist
Len Goodman25 April 1944 – 22 April 202378English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator
Michaël Denard5 November 1944 – 17 February 202378French dancer and stage actor
Helmut Berger29 May 1944 – 18 May 202378Austrian actor
Toto Cutugno7 July 1943 – 22 August 202380Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician
Ryland Davies9 February 1943– 5 November 202380Welsh tenor
David CrosbyAugust 14, 1941 – January 18, 202381American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Graham Clark10 November 1941 – 6 July 202381English opera tenor
Richard RoundtreeJuly 9, 1942 – October 24, 202381American actor
Jürgen Flimm17 July 1941 – 4 February 202381German theatre and opera director
James Bowman6 November 1941 – 27 March 202381English countertenor
Mike Yarwood14 June 1941 – 8 September 202382English impressionist, comedian and actor
Raquel WelchSeptember 5, 1940 – February 15, 202382American actress
19 October 1940 – 27 September 202382Irish-English actor
Ryan O’NealApril 20, 1941 – December 8, 202382American actor
Larry FinkMarch 11, 1941 – November 25, 202382American photographer
Tina Turner November 26, 1939 – May 24, 202383American singer, songwriter and actress
Sonia del Rio29 January 1940 – 13 October 202383Spanish ballet dancer
8 March 1939 – 7 March 202383Canadian-born ballerina
Jon Trimmer18 September 1939 – 26 October 202384New Zealand ballet dancer
Osvaldo Desideri16 February 1939 – 18 October 202384Italian art director, production designer, and set decorator
Yuri Temirkanov10 December 1938 – 2 November 202384Soviet and Russian conductor
Gordon LightfootNovember 17, 1938 – May 1, 202384Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kenneth RiegelApril 19, 1938 – June 28, 202385American opera tenor
Robert HaleAugust 22, 1938 – August 23, 202385American operatic bass-baritone
Gerald ArpinoJanuary 14, 1923 – October 29, 200885American dancer, choreographer, and co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet
Horace Ové3 December 1936 – 16 September 202386Trinidadian-born British filmmaker, photographer, painter and writer
Attilio Labis5 September 1936 – 26 January 202386French ballet dancer
Carl DavisOctober 28, 1936 – August 3, 202386American-born British conductor and composer
Grace BumbryJanuary 4, 1937 – May 7, 202386American opera singer
TopolSeptember 9, 1935 – March 8, 202387Israeli actor, singer, and illustrator
AS Byatt24 August 1936 – 16 November 2023)87English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer
Glenda Jackson9 May 1936 – 15 June 202387English actress and politician
William FriedkinAugust 29, 1935 – August 7, 202387American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter
Michael Parkinson28 March 1935 – 16 August 202388English television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and author
Berit Lindholm18 October 1934 – 12 August 202388Swedish dramatic soprano
Erik Aschengreen31 August 1935 – 9 September 202388Danish historian and dance critic
Jack AndersonJune 15, 1935 – October 20, 202388American poet, dance critic, and dance historian
Paco Rabanne18 February 1934 – 3 February 202388Spanish fashion designer
Margherita Rinaldi12 January 1935 – 7 September 202388Italian lyric soprano
Cormac McCarthyJuly 20, 1933 – June 13, 202389American writer
Barry Humphries17 February 1934 – 22 April 202389Australian comedian, actor, author and satirist (aka Dame Edna Everage)
Vince Hill16 April 1934 – 22 July 202389English traditional pop singer
24 February 1934 – 16 August 202389Italian soprano, opera director, and voice teacher
Marina Cicogna29 May 1934 – 4 November 202389Italian film producer and photographer
Alan ArkinMarch 26, 1934 – June 29, 202389American actor and filmmaker
Bo GoldmanSeptember 10, 1932 – July 25, 202390American screenwriter and playwright
Keith Baxter29 April 1933 – 24 September 202390Welsh theatre, film and television actor and director
David McCallum19 September 1933 – 25 September 202390Scottish actor and musician
Fay Weldon22 September 1931 – 4 January 202391English author, essayist and playwright 
Pierre Lacotte4 April 1932 – 10 April 202391French ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director
Jean Boht6 March 1932 – 12 September 202391English actress
Piper LaurieJanuary 22, 1932 – October 14, 202391American actress
Fernando Botero19 April 1932 – 15 September 202391Colombian figurative artist and sculptor
Lupe SerranoDecember 7, 1930 – January 16, 202392Chilean-born, Mexican-trained American ballet dancer and teacher
Robert GottliebApril 29, 1931 – June 14, 202392American writer and editor, associated with the New York City Ballet
Mary Quant11 February 1930 – 13 April 202393British fashion designer and fashion icon
Rolf Harris30 March 1930 – 10 May 202393Australian musician, television personality, painter, and actor
Maria Charles22 September 1929 – 21 April 202393English film, television and stage actress, director and comedienne
Milan Kundera1 April 1929 – 11 July 202394Czech and French novelist
Burt BacharachMay 12, 1928 – February 8, 202394American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist
Rosemary Squires7 December 1928 – 8 August 202394English jazz, big band, cabaret and concert singer
Eduardo WalczakOctober 1, 1929 – December 15, 202394Argentine tango violinist
Gina Lollobrigida4 July 1927 – 16 January 202395Italian actress, model, photojournalist, artist and politician
Joss Ackland29 February 1928 – 19 November 202395English actor
Elliott ErwittJuly 26, 1928 – November 29, 202395French-born American advertising and documentary photographer
August 3, 1926 – July 21, 202396American jazz and pop singer
Harry BelafonteMarch 1, 1927 – April 25, 202396American singer, actor, and civil rights activist
21 October 1925 – 20 March 202397Romanian-born opera singer
Ronald Blythe6 November 1922 – 14 January 2023100British writer, essayist and editor

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Renee Richero

R.I.P.
Thanks all them for their art.

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