R.I.P. Celebrities(Non Wrestlers or Sports related) 2023

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ACTOR
Bert I. Gordon-100
Ricou Browning-93
Gordon Pinsent-92
Michael Levin-90
Robert Blake-89
Shozo Iizuka-89
George R. Robertson-89
Yoshio Yoda-88
Xavier López, ‘Chabelo’-88
Quinn Redeker-86
Charles Kimbrough-86
AL BROWN-83
Norman Steinberg-83
Earl Boen-81
George P. Wilbur-81
Kelly Monteith-80
Jeff Watson-80
C.J. Burney-79
Richard Belzer-78
Polo Polo-78
Kevin O’Neal-77
Sal Piro-71
Graeme Malcolm-71
Robbie Bachman-69
Tom Whitlock-68
Paul O'Grady-67
Ron Selig-66
Brick Lane-66
Fred The Elephant Boy-64
TOM JACKSON-63
Lance Kerwin-62
Tom Sizemore-61
Lance Reddick-60
Adama Niane-56
Paul Grant-56
Adam Rich-54
Sean Lampkin-54
Jojo Baby-51
Na Chul-36
Cody Longo-34
Brandon Smiley-32
Jansen Panettiere-28
Austin Majors-27

ACTRESS
Gina Lollobrigida-96
Carole Cook-96
Darcelle XV-92
Sylvia Syms-89
Dorothy Tristan-88
Stella Stevens-84
Barbara Bosson-83
Melinda Dillon-83
Raquel Welch-82
Gunter Nezhoda-67
Lisa Loring-64
DuShon Monique Brown-49
Annie Wersching-45
DENISE RUSSO-44
Jehane Thomas-30
Favour Daniel-26

MUSIC MEN
Don Williams-100
Marshall Tucker-99
Ray Cordeiro-98
Alan Copeland-96
Charlie Thomas-85
Burt Bacharach-94
Calvin Newton-93
Gerald Fried-93
Wayne Shorter-89
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith-89
MICHAEL RHODES-89
Chaim Topol-87
Jerry Samuels-84
Brian Tufano-83
Jerry Blavat-82
David Crosby-81
Barrett Strong-81
Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins-81
Floyd Sneed-79
Jeff Beck-78
David Lindley-78
Jim Gordon-77
Bishop James Morton-76
Keith Reid-76
Anthony ‘Top’ Topham-75
Rodolfo ‘Fito’ Olivares-75
Tom Verlaine-73
Aris Hampers-73
Peter McCann-72
Glen Lockett-72
Bobby Caldwell-71
Gary Rossington-71
Yukihiro Takahashi-70
Tom Leadon-70
Tom Leadon-70
Robert Haimer/Artie Barnes-69
Fred White-67
Tongo-65
Chris Ledesma-64
Wayne Swinny-59
JIM DURKIN-58
Lewis Largent-58
Steve Mackey-56
Van Conner-55
JOSUA MADSEN-55
TRUGOY THE DOVE-54
Kyle Jacobs-49
Nicholas Lloyd Webber-43
Dangerous Dame
Jannis Noya Makrigiannis-39
TJ De Blois-38
Alan Livingston-38
Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes-35
Junnosuke Kuroda-34
CJ Harris-31
Costa Titch-28

MUSIC WOMAN
Renee Geyer-69
Lisa Marie Presley-54
Diamond-51
Gangsta Boo-43

COMIC BOOKS
Chris Browne-70
Lee Moder-53

OTHER
Walter Mirisch-101
Bernard Kalb=-100
Alfred T. Goodwin-99
Bob Born-98
Shoichiro Toyoda-97
Leroy Raffel-96
Harry Whittington-95
Bob Orben-95
Gordon Moore-94
LLOYD MORRISETT-93
Rolly Crump-93
Walter Cunningham-90
Herb Cawthorne-90
David Sutherland-89
Bill Tidy-89
David Durenberger-88
Paco Rabanne-88
Kenzaburo Oe-88
Burny Mattinson-87
Owen Roizman-86
Hugh Hudson-86
Tom Love-85
Bethlyn Hand-85
Leiji Matsumoto-85
Juraj Jakubisko-84
Piers Haggard-83
Constantine II-82
Bruce Gowers-82
George Pell-81
Rick Newman-81
Jack Smith-80
Joyce Dopkeen-80
John Woods-80
Edward R. Pressman-79
Frank Galati-79
Edward Pressman-79
George T. Miller-79
Thomas Lee-78
Rafael Viñoly-78
Phyllida Barlow-78
Hilary Alexander-77
Richard Anobile-76
Jesse Treviño-76
Jesse Treviño-76
Joe Edwards-75
Chris Chesser-74
Eugene Lee-73
Linda Kasabian-73
Bobbi Ercoline-73
JAMES 'BUSTER' COLEY-72
John Adams-71
Andrew Leynse
Gregory Allen Howard-70
Bill Shields-70
Rick Tuber-69
Doris Bergman-68
Rick Scheckman-67
Howard Bragman-66
Anthony Ciccone-66
Max Hardcore-66
Gary Smith-64
Scott Satin-64
Bill Zehme-64
Jeff Vlaming-63
Ian Falconer-63
Peggy Hickey-61
James Flynn-57
Michael "Mad Mike" Colvin
Tatjana Patitz-56
Noah Cowan-55
Alicia Allain Schneider-53
Jason Pearson-52
Scott Alexander-52
NATHAN COLES-52
Dave Hollis-47
William Ruzicka-46
JUSTIN BARTLETT-45
Michael Lehrer-44
Ryan Shepard-40
Randy Gonzalez-35
Jeff Thomas-35
Gregory Yee-33
Jeremy Ruehlemann-27
Dina Norlund-27

ANIMALS
Spencer(Boston Marathon Dog)-13

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Three 6 Mafia's Gangsta Boo Dead at 43

Gangsta Boo's career officially started in the '90s, when she linked up with Paul, Juicy J and other founding members of the rap group -- which included the likes of Lord Infamous, Crunchy Black, Koopsta Knicca and more. Gangsta Boo was one of the only female rappers with the crew, but she held her own and paved her own lane for years as part of T6M.

In addition to her own solo albums that she was cranking out at the time -- to much acclaim -- Gangsta was also featured on Three 6 Mafia's first 5 studio albums ... including their debut record in '95's "Mystic Stylez" ... as well as other notable projects like 'Chapter 1,' 'When the Smoke Clears' and even the 'Choices' album that served as the soundtrack to the movie.

Gangsta Boo left Three 6 in the early 2000s, but went on to have a notable career thereafter -- cranking out another solo studio album, and several mixtapes through the rest of the aughts and 2010s. This, of course, doesn't include the countless features she's been a part of -- working with rap titans like Gucci Mane, Lil Jon, OutKast, E-40, T.I., The Game and more.

She continued rapping into the 2020s as well ... often collaborating with Killer Mike and El-P in their hip hop duo Run The Jewels. Gangsta Boo was also continuing to partner up with different media outlets to put out music, such as UPROXX and others.

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Earth, Wind & Fire Drummer Fred White Dead at 67

The fourth of the White brothers to perform in Earth, Wind & Fire, Fred was one of the famous band's early members ... joining EWF way back in 1974 when he was just 19 years old.

Fred played drums on 8 different Earth, Wind & Fire albums ... plus some of their biggest hit songs like "September," "Boogie Wonderland," "Saturday Night" and "Shining Star" ... and he's one of the 9 band members inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Catherine Cryan - Emmy-nominated director - passes away at 59 years of age after battling cancer

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Fred The Elephant Boy has passed away at 64

From Howard Stern

He was an AVID wrestling fan, even being used here by Dennis Coraluzzo as Jerry Lawler's son

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Last surviving Apollo 7 astronaut has died

Walter Cunningham, a retired NASA astronaut and pilot of the first crewed flight in the space agency’s famed Apollo program, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 90, NASA said.

Cunningham was one of the earliest members of NASA’s human spaceflight program as a member of its third astronaut class, joining the space agency in 1963. He was selected to pilot Apollo 7, the first crewed mission of the NASA program that went on to land humans on the moon for the first time.

The Apollo 7 mission launched in 1968 and lasted roughly 11 days, sending the crew on a journey into orbit that amounted to a test flight that could demonstrate the Apollo capsule’s ability to rendezvous with another spacecraft in orbit and pave the way for future exploration deeper into space. It was also notable for featuring in the first live TV broadcast of Americans from space, according to NASA.

Cunningham was the last surviving member of the Apollo 7 crew, which also included astronauts Wally Schirra and Donn Eisele.

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Tony Award-winner, Chicago stage champion Frank Galati dies

Frank Galati, an actor, director, teacher and adapter who was a pivotal figure in Chicago’s theater community and a two-time Tony Award winner, died Monday, according to Steppenwolf Theatre. He was 79.

Galati won twin Tonys in 1990 — best play and best director — for his adaptation and staging of Steppenwolf’s production of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath,” starring Gary Sinise as Tom Joad. He was also nominated for directing the 1998 celebrated musical “Ragtime.”

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DAVE & BUSTER'S
CO-FOUNDER JAMES 'BUSTER' COLEY DEAD AT 72 IN APPARENT SUICIDE

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Kelly Monteith Dies: Comedian & TV Host Known For Self-Titled BBC Series Was 80

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Don Williams, The Williams Brothers' Last Surviving Member, Dead at 100