Deaths In 2023
January
1: Fred White (67, American drummer, Earth Wind & Fire)
3: Alan Rankine (64, Scottish musician/producer, The Associates)
6: Gianluca Vialli (58, Italian football player/manager)
10: Jeff Beck (78, English guitarist, The Yardbirds/The Jeff Beck Group/Beck Bogart & Appice)
11: Yukihiro Takahashi (70, Japanese singer/drummer, Yellow Magic Orchestra)
12: Robbie Bachman (69, Canadian drummer, Bachman Turner Overdrive)
Lisa-Marie Presley (54, American singer/songwriter, daughter of Elvis, mother of Riley Keough)
16: Gina Lollobrigida (95, Italian actress)
18: David Crosby (81, American singer/songwriter, The Byrds, Crosby Stills Nash & Young)
27: Sylvia Sims (89, English actress, ‘Ice Cold In Alex’)
28: Barrett Strong (81, American singer/songwriter, co-wrote ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’/‘Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone’
Tom Verlaine (73, American musician/songwriter/producer, Television)
Lisa Loring (64, American actress, ‘The Addams Family’)
February
2: Calton Coffie (68, Jamaican singer, Inner Circle)
3: Paco Rabanne (88, Spanish fashion designer)
8: Burt Bacharach (94, American songwriter, co-wrote ‘Walk On By’/‘Anyone Who Had A Heart’/‘A House Is Not A Home’/‘Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head’)
10: Hugh Hudson (86, film director, ‘Chariots Of Fire’)
12: David Jolicoeur a.k.a. Trugoy The Dove (54, American rapper, De La Soul)
15: Raquel Welch (82, American actress)
16: Chuck Jackson (85, American soul singer, ‘Any Day Now’/‘I Keep Forgettin’’)
18: Barbara Bosson (83, American actress, ‘Hill Street Blues’)
19: Richard Belzer (78, American actor, ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’/’Law And Order: Special Victims Unit’)
Dickie Davies (94, British television personality, ‘World Of Sport’)
23: John Motson (77, English football commentator, ‘Match Of The Day’)
March
2: Steve Mackey (56, English bassist/producer, Pulp)
Wayne Shorter (89, American jazz saxophonist, Weather Report)
3: Carlos Garnett (84, Panamanian jazz saxophonist)
Tom Sizemore (61, American actor, ‘Saving Private Ryan’)
5: Gary Rossington (71, American guitarist, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
8: Topol (87, Israeli actor, ‘Fiddler On The Roof’/’Flash Gordon’)
10: Junior English (71, Jamaican reggae singer)
12: Dick Fosbury (76, American high jumper)
13: Jim Gordon (77, American drummer, Traffic/Derek & The Dominoes)
14: Bobby Caldwell (71, American singer/songwriter)
15: Greg Perry (singer/songwriter/producer)
16: Fuzzy Haskins (81, American singer, Parliament/Funkadelic)
17: Lance Reddick (60, American actor, ‘The Wire’/’Oz’/’John Wick’ films)
23: Keith Reid (76, English songwriter, Procol Harum)
Peter Shelley (80, English singer/songwriter/producer, ‘Gee Baby’/’Love Me Love My Dog’)
28: Paul O’Grady a.k.a. Lily Savage (67, English comedian)
Ryuichi Sakamoto (71, Japanese musician/composer, Yellow Magic Orchestra, composed theme to ‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence’)
29: Charles Sherrell a.k.a. Sweet Charles (80, American bass player/singer, The JBs, ‘Yes, It’s You’)
April
5: Booker T. Newberry III (67, American singer, Sweet Thunder, ‘Love Town’)
6: Paul Cattermole (46, English singer, S Club 7)
8: Michael Lerner (81, American actor, ‘Barton Fink’)
12: Jah Shaka (75, Jamaican sound system operator)
13: Dame Mary Quant (93, English fashion designer)
14: Mark Sheehan (46, Irish guitarist, The Script)
16: Ahmad Jamal (92, jazz pianist)
17: Ivan Conti (76, jazz drummer, Azymuth)
22: Barry Humphries a.k.a. Dame Edna Everage (89, Australian comedian/actor)
Len Goodman (78, English TV personality)
25: Harry Belafonte (95, American musician/actor/civil rights leader)
27: Wee Willie Harris (90, English rock & roll singer)
Jerry Springer (79, English-born, American TV host)
28: Tim Bachman (71, Canadian guitarist, Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
May
1: Gordon Lightfoot (84, Canadian singer/songwriter, ‘If You Could Read My Mind’)
3: Linda Lewis (72, English singer/songwriter, ‘Rock-A-Doodle-Doo’)
18: Jim Brown (87, American football player/actor, ‘The Dirty Dozen’)
19: Pete Brown (82, poet/singer/lyricist, ‘Sunshine Of Your Love’/’White Room’/’I Feel Free’)
Andy Rourke (59, English bass player, The Smiths)
24: Bill Lee (94, American jazz musician/composer, Spike’s dad, scored ‘She’s Gotta Have It’/‘School Daze’/’Do The Right Thing’
Tina Turner (84, American-born, Swiss singer/actress, ‘River Deep Mountain High’/’Nutbush City Limits’/’What’s Love Got To Do With It?’)
26: Reuben Wilson (88, American jazz organist, ‘Got To Get Your Own’)
June
1: Cynthia Weil (82, songwriter, ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’’/’Here You Come Again’)
6: Tony McPhee (79, English guitarist, The Groundhogs)
12: Treat Williams (71, American actor, ‘Hair’/’Prince Of The City’)
14: John Hollins (76, English football player, Chelsea/Arsenal/England)
15: Glenda Jackson (87, English MP/actress, ‘Women In Love’/’Sunday Bloody Sunday’)
27: Julian Sands (65, English actor, ‘A Room With A View’)
29: Alan Arkin (89, American actor, ‘Catch 22’/’Little Miss Sunshine’)
30: Lord Creator (87, Trinidad-born, Jamaican singer/songwriter, ‘Kingston Town’)
July
3: Vicki Anderson a.k.a. Myra Barnes (83, American soul singer, Carleen’s mum)
Mo Foster (78, English songwriter/musician/producer)
5: George Tickner (76, American guitarist, Journey)
16: Jane Birkin (76, French/English actress/singer, ‘Je t’aime … moi non plus’, banned by the BBC in 1969)
21: Tony Bennett (96, American singer, ‘I Left My Heart In San Francisco’)
22: Vince Hill (89, English singer, ‘Edelweiss’)
24: Trevor Francis (69, English football player, Birmingham City/England)
26: Randy Meisner (77, musician/songwriter, Poco/The Eagles, ‘Take It To The Limit’)
Sinead O’Connor (56, Irish singer, ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’/songwriter, ‘Mandinka’)
30: Paul Reubens a.k.a. Pee-Wee Herman (70, American actor/comedian)
31: Angus Cloud (25, American actor, ‘Euphoria’)
August
4: John Gosling (75, English keyboard player, The Kinks)
7: DJ Casper (58, DJ/artist/songwriter, ‘Cha Cha Slide’)
William Friedkin (87, American film director, ‘The French Connection’/’The Exorcist’)
9: Robbie Robertson (80, Canadian musician/songwriter/singer, The Band)
Sixto Rodriguez (81, American singer/songwriter, subject of 2012 documentary ‘Searching For Sugar Man’
13: Clarence Avant (92, owner of Sussex Records/Tabu Records, film producer, ‘Jason’s Lyric’)
Magoo (50, American rapper, Timbaland & Magoo)
16: Jerry Moss (88, music executive, the ‘M’ in A&M Records)
17: Bobby Eli (77, guitarist, MFSB/songwriter, ‘Love Won’t Let Me Wait’)
Gary Young (70, American drummer, Pavement)
19: Ron Cephas Jones (66, American actor, ‘This Is Us’)
24: Bernie Marsden (72, English guitarist, Whitesnake/songwriter, ‘Here I Go Again’/’Fool For Your Loving’)
29: Jamie Crick (57, English radio broadcaster, Jazz FM)
31: Gayle Hunnicutt (80, American actress, ‘Dallas’)
September
1: Jimmy Buffett (76, American singer/songwriter, ‘Margaritaville’)
4: Gary Wright (80, American singer/songwriter, ‘Dream Weaver’/’Love Is Alive’)
Steve Harwell (56, American singer/rapper, Smash Mouth)
8: Mike Yarwood (82, English comedian/impressionist)
13: Roger Whittaker (87, Kenyan-born English singer/songwriter, ‘Durham Town’)
16: Sir Horace Ove (86, Trinidadian-born, English film director, ‘Pressure’)
Irish Grinstead (43, American R&B singer, 702)
25: David McCallum (90, Scottish actor, ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’/’N.C.I.S.’/musician)
28: Michael Gambon (82, English actor, ‘Harry Potter’ movies)
30: Russell Batiste Jr. (57, American drummer, The Meters)
October
2: Francis Lee (79, English football player, Manchester City/England)
8: Burt Young (83, American actor, ‘Rocky’)
11: Rudolph Isley (84, American singer, The Isley Brothers/songwriter, ‘That Lady’)
12: Michael Cooper (71, Jamaican musician, Inner Circle/Third World)
14: Piper Laurie (91, American actress, ‘Carrie’/’The Hustler’)
19: DJ Mark The 45 King (62, DJ/musician/producer, ‘The 900 Number’)
20: Haydn Gwynne (66, English actress, ‘Drop The Dead Donkey’)
21: Sir Bobby Charlton (86, English footballer, Manchester United/England)
24: Richard Roundtree (81, American actor, ‘Shaft’)
28: Matthew Perry (54, American-Canadian actor, ‘Friends’)
November
12: Anna Scher (78, founder of the Anna Scher Children’s Theatre)
19: Joss Ackland CBE (95, English actor, ‘White Mischief’)
22: Jean Knight (80, American soul singer, ‘Mr. Big Stuff’)
25: Terry Venables (80, English footballer, Chelsea/Tottenham Hotspur/England manager)
26: Geordie Walker (64, English guitarist, Killing Joke)
29: Sticky Vicky (80, Spanish dancer and illusionist)
30: Shane MacGowan (65, English-born Irish singer, The Pogues/songwriter, ‘Fairytale Of New York’)
December
1: Brigit Forsyth (83, Scottish actress, ‘Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?’)
5: Denny Laine (79, English musician, The Moody Blues/Wings, songwriter, ‘Mull Of Kintyre’)
7: Benjamin Zephaniah (65, English poet/writer/actor, ‘Peaky Blinders’)
8: Ryan O’Neal (82, American actor, ‘Love Story’/’Barry Lyndon’/’Paper Moon’)
Nidra Beard (71, American singer, Dynasty)
11: Andre Braugher (61, American actor, ‘Homicide: Life On The Street’/’Brooklyn Nine-Nine’/’Glory’)
Richard Kerr (78, English singer/songwriter, ‘Mandy’)
15: Bob Johnson (79, singer/songwriter/musician, Steeleye Span)
16: Colin Burgess (77, Australian drummer, AC/DC)
17: Amp Fiddler (65, singer/songwriter/producer)
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Birthdays 11.1
Beer Birthdays
Ferdinand Rodenbach (1714)
Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness (1798)
Petrus Van Roy (1830)
Arthur Edward Guinness, Lord Ardilaun (1840)
Edmund Fitzgerald (1847)
Henry Schupp (1868 or 69)
Five Favorite Birthdays
William Merritt Chase; artist (1849)
Toni Collette; Australian actor (1972)
Larry Flynt; magazine publisher (1942)
Charlie Kaufman; screenwriter (1958)
Edward Said; Palestinian writer (1935)
Famous Birthdays
Rick Allen; rock drummer (1963)
"Whispering" Bill Anderson; songwriter (1937)
Sholem Asch; Polish writer (1880)
Jules Bastien-Lepage; French artist (1848)
Bo Bice; singer and musician (1975)
Edmund Blunden; English author, poet (1896)
Barbara Bosson; actor (1939)
Hermann Broch; Austrian-American author (1886)
Jan Brożek; Polish mathematician, astronomer (1585)
Tim Cook; Apple Inc. CEO (1960)
Stephen Crane; writer (1871)
Jan Davis; astronaut (1953)
Louis Dewis; Belgian-French painter (1872)
Lou Donaldson; saxophonist (1926)
Richard "Kinky" Friedman; rock singer (1944)
Nordahl Grieg; Norwegian poet (1902)
Michael D. Griffin; physicist and engineer (1949)
Sophie B. Hawkins; rock musician (1967)
Ted Hendricks; Green Bay Packers/Colts/Raiders LB (1947)
Shere Hite; writer, researcher (1942)
Eugen Jochum; German conductor (1902)
Mitch Kapor; Lotus & EFF founder (1950)
Roger Kellaway; pianist, composer (1940)
George Kenner; German-American painte (1888)
Anthony Kiedis; rock singer (1962)
James Kirkpatrick; television journalist (1920)
Robert B. Laughlin; physicist (1950)
Lyle Lovett; singer, songwriter (1957)
L.S. Lowry; British artist (1887)
Jenny McCarthy; model, actor (1972)
Ken Miles; English-American race car driver (1918)
Philip Noel-Baker; Canadian politician, activist (1889)
Gary Player; golf player (1935)
Aishwarya Rai; Indian actor (1973)
Grantland Rice; writer (1880)
Barry Sadler; songwriter (1940)
Jim Steinman; rock songwriter (1947)
Rachel Ticotin; actor (1958)
Fernando Valenzuela; Los Angeles Dodgers P (1960)
Marcia Wallace; actor (1942)
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