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

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ACTOR
Bert I. Gordon-101
Jimmy Weldon-99
Bob Barker-99
Kenneth Anger-96
Ed Ames-95
George Maharis-94
Lew Palter-94
Rolf Harris-93
Ricou Browning-93
Pat Cooper-93
Brett Hadley-92
Gordon Pinsent-92
Barry Newman-92
Milt Larsen-91
Dean Smith-91
Michael Levin-90
Mark Russell-90
Murray Melvin-90
Joaquin Romaguera-90
Gerald Castillo-90
David McCallum-90
Robert Blake-89
Nicolas Coster-89
Alan Arkin-89
Shozo Iizuka-89
George R. Robertson-89
Barry Humphries/Dame Edna-89
Gary Kent-89
Yoshio Yoda-88
Xavier López, ‘Chabelo’-88
Jim Brown-87
William Friedkin-87
Quinn Redeker-86
Charles Kimbrough-86
Terrence Hardiman-86
Frederic Forrest-86
Horace Ové-86
Paxton Whitehead-85
Michael Norell-85
Commander Tom Jolls-85
Paxton Whitehead-85
Mark Margolis-83
AL BROWN-83
Norman Steinberg-83
Ippei Kuri-83
Peter Martin-82
Michael Gambon-82
Jim Tom Hedrick-82
Mike Yarwood-82
Michael Lerner-81
Earl Boen-81
George P. Wilbur-81
Andrés García-81
Kelly Monteith-80
Jeff Watson-80
Jerry Springer-79
C.J. Burney-79
John Beasley-79
Richard Belzer-78
Len Goodman-78
Robert Swan-78
Polo Polo-78
Helmut Berge78
George Logan/Dr Evadne Hinge-78
Nick Benedict-77
Kevin O’Neal-77
Sergio Calderón-77
Daniel Goldberg-74
Pamela Blair-73
Michel Côté0-72
Pete Kozachik-72
Treat Williams-71
Sal Piro-71
Graeme Malcolm-71
PEE WEE HERMAN-70
Robbie Bachman-69
Tom Whitlock-68
Jim Tweto-68
Paul O'Grady-67
George Alagiah-67
Ron Selig-66
Brick Lane-66
Ron Cephas Jones-66
Julian Sands-65
Randy Martin-65
Fred The Elephant Boy-64
TOM JACKSON-63
Andy Smart-63
Alan Dewhurst-63
Lance Kerwin-62
Tom Sizemore-61
Lance Reddick-60
Brendan O'Brien-60
Johnny Hardwic-59
Paul Eckstein-59
Terry L. Byrd/Riggor Mortiss-59
Ray Stevenson-58
Adama Niane-56
Paul Grant-56
Marc Gilpin-56
Adam Rich-54
Sean Lampkin-54
Heklina-54
Mike Batayeh-52
Ron Sexton-52
Jojo Baby-51
Larry Myers Jr-49
Jeffrey Carlson-48
Dale Meeks-47
Clifton Oliver-47
Jock Zonfrillo-46
Jefferson Machado-44
Billy Miller-43
Gareth Richards-41
Darren Kent-39
Na Chul-36
Josh Seiter-36
Charlie Newling-36
Cody Longo-34
Brandon Smiley-32
Jansen Panettiere-28
Austin Majors-27
Angus Cloud-25
Harrison Gilks-18

ACTRESS
Noreen Nash-99
Gina Lollobrigida-96
Carole Cook-96
Betta St. John-93
Roxanne Tunis-93
Darcelle XV-92
Mary Parker-92
Inga Swenson-90
Shelley Smith-90
Elizabeth Hubbard-89
Sylvia Syms-89
Dorothy Tristan-88
Glenda Jackson-87
Marlene Clark-85
Jody Kelly-85
Stella Stevens-84
Judy Farrell-84
Angela Thorne-84
Barbara Bosson-83
Melinda Dillon-83
Raquel Welch-82
Carol Locatell-82
Nora Forster-80
Hersha Parady-78
Jane Birkin-76
Josephine Gardin-Chaplin-74
Jacklyn Zeman-70
Marcia DeRousse-70
Gunter Nezhoda-67
Arleen Sorkin-67
Carol Higgins Clark-66
Andrea Evans-66
Lisa Loring-64
Anna Shay-62
Maxine Klibingaitis-58
Katie Spikes-53
Claudia Ackley-51
Elise Finch-51
DuShon Monique Brown-49
Annie Wersching-45
Emily Morgan-45
Annie Wersching-45
DENISE RUSSO-44
Silvina Luna-43
Monica Sirianni-37
BJ Ahyeong-33
Ms Jacky Oh-32
Jehane Thomas-30
Haley Odlozil-30
Park Soo Ryun-29
Dannii Erskine-28
Samantha Weinstein-28
Favour Daniel-26
Jung Chae-yul-26
Lil Tay-14

MUSIC MEN
Don Williams-100
Marshall Tucker-99
Sheldon Harnick-99
Ray Cordeiro-98
Tony Bennett-96
Harry Belafonte-96
Alan Copeland-96
Ed Ames-95
Bill Lee-94
Burt Bacharach-94
Jesse McReynolds-93
Clarence Avant-92
Bobby Osborne-91
Joaquin Romaguera-90
Dick Biondi-90
Bo Goldman-90
Roger Whittaker-87
Charlie Thomas-85
Bill Lee-94
Burt Bacharach-94
Howard Joines-94
Burt Bacharach-94
Calvin Newton-93
Gerald Fried-93
Ahmad Jamal-92
Wee Willie Harris-90
Wayne Shorter-89
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith-89
MICHAEL RHODES-89
Peter Nero-89
Chaim Topol-87
Vince Hill-86
Jerry Samuels-84
Gordon Lightfoot-84
Brian Tufano-83
R.C. Harris-83
Jerry Blavat-82
Pete Brown-82
David Crosby-81
Barrett Strong-81
Clarence 'Fuzzy' Haskins-81
Chas Newby-81
Sixto Rodriguez-81
Seymour Stein-80
Robbie Robertson-80
Gary Wright-80
Bob Bittner
Floyd Sneed-79
Tony McPhee-79
Jeff Beck-78
David Lindley-78
Randy Meisner
Jim Gordon-77
Andre Watts-77
Jimmy Buffett-76
Bishop James Morton-76
Keith Reid-76
Ivan “Mamão” Conti-76
Anthony ‘Top’ Topham-75
Rodolfo ‘Fito’ Olivares-75
Tom Verlaine-73
Aris Hampers-73
Ray Shulman-73
George Winston-73-77
Peter McCann-72
Glen Lockett-72
Bobby Caldwell-71
John Regan-71
Gary Rossington-71
Ryuichi Sakamoto-71
Jah Shaka-71
Tim Bachman-71
John Giblin-71
Yukihiro Takahashi-70
Tom Leadon-70
Tom Leadon-70
Lasse Wellander-70
Robert Haimer/Artie Barnes-69
Ian Bairnson-69
Fred White-67
Tongo-65
Chris Ledesma-64
Mark Adams-64
ALGY WARD-63
Sheldon Reynolds-63
John Waddington-63
Mark Stewart-62
KIRK ARRINGTON-61
Ian Bell-60
Otis Redding III-59
Wayne Swinny-59
Andy Rourke-59
Charlie Robison-59
Ben Lipitz-58
Mick Hutson-58
JIM DURKIN-58
Lewis Largent-58
John Albert-58
Lee Rauch-58
DJ Casper
Blackie Onasssis-57
Steve Mackey-56
Steve Harwell-56
Van Conner-55
JOSUA MADSEN-55
TRUGOY THE DOVE-54
Rapper Magoo-50
Kyle Jacobs-49
Big Pokey-48
Jason Winder-48
Brian "Brizz" Gillis-47
Paul Cattermole-46
Mark Sheehan-46
Rob Laakso-44
Nicholas Lloyd Webber-43
DJ Ernesto-43
Dangerous Dame
Jannis Noya Makrigiannis-39
TJ De Blois-38
Alan Livingston-38
Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes-35
Young Capone-35
Junnosuke Kuroda-34
Choi Sung-Bong-33
CJ Harris-31
Costa Titch-28
Tiago Eugenio-28
Julian Figueroa-27
MohBad-27
Ryan Siew-26
Moonbin-25
MoneySign Suede-22

MUSIC WOMAN
Ingrid Haebler-94
Joy McKean-93
Grace Bumbry-86
Tina Turner-83
Astrud Gilberto-83
CYNTHIA WEIL-82
Katherine Anderson-79
Mary Turner-76
Jane Birkin-76
Rita Lee-75
Renee Geyer-69
Becky Palmer-68
Vivian Trimble-59
Sinead O'Connor-56
Lisa Marie Presley-54
Paula Moulton-52
Diamond-51
Coco Lee-48
Gangsta Boo-43
Irish Grinstead-43
Kerri-Anne Donaldson-38
Koko Da Doll-35

COMIC BOOKS
Al Jaffee-102
John Romita Sr-93
Per Åhlin-91
Sam Gross-89
Chris Browne-70
Lee Moder-53
Ian McGinty-38

OTHER MEN
Walter Mirisch-101
Bill Butler-101
Bernard Kalb=-100
John Goodenough-100
Frank Field-100
Alfred T. Goodwin-99
Bob Born-98
Ray Wilkie-98
Shoichiro Toyoda-97
Newton N. Minow-97
Leroy Raffel-96
Edward H. Meyer-96
Jim Wangers-96
Homer Hogues-96
Harry Whittington-95
Harry Markowitz-95
Gordon Moore-94
Milan Kundera-94
Mohamed Al-Fayed-94
Pat Robertson-93
LLOYD MORRISETT-93
Rolly Crump-93
Stanley Deser-92
Robert Gottlieb-92
Walter Cunningham-90
Herb Cawthorne-90
Dr. Charles Stanley-90
William O'Neil-90
David Sutherland-89
Bill Tidy-89
Doyle Brunson-89
David Durenberger-88
Paco Rabanne-88
Kenzaburo Oe-88
John Underwood-88
Burny Mattinson-87
Ed Koren-87
Owen Roizman-86
Hugh Hudson-86
Tom Love-85
Leiji Matsumoto-85-89
Leon Levine-85
Juraj Jakubisko-84
Piers Haggard-83
Constantine II-82
Bruce Gowers-82
George Pell-81
Rick Newman-81
John Roland-81
Sam Zell-81
Ted Kaczynski-81
Henry Petroski-81
Jack Smith-80
John Woods-80
David Finfer-80
Edward R. Pressman-79
Frank Galati-79
Edward Pressman-79
George T. Miller-79
Thomas Lee-78
Rafael Viñoly-78
Bill Lynch-77
Richard Anobile-76
Jesse Treviño-76
James William Lewis-76
Joe Edwards-75
Michael Roberts-75
Chris Chesser-74
Duane Earl Poole-74
Eugene Lee-73
Martin Amis-73
JAMES 'BUSTER' COLEY-72
John Adams-71
Andrew Leynse
Gregory Allen Howard-70
Bill Shields-70
Klaus Teuber-70
Rick Tuber-69
Rick Scheckman-67
Howard Bragman-66
Anthony Ciccone-66
Max Hardcore-66
Todd Haimes-66
Gary Smith-64
Scott Satin-64
Bill Zehme-64
Jeff Vlaming-63
Ian Falconer-63
Keith Nale-62
Frank Kozik-61
Doktor Haze-60
Andrew Bellucci-59
James Flynn-57
Noel Hanna-56
Michael "Mad Mike" Colvin
Noah Cowan-55
Jason Pearson-52
Scott Alexander-52
NATHAN COLES-52
Dave Hollis-47
William Ruzicka-46
JUSTIN BARTLETT-45
Michael Lehrer-44
Bob Lee-43
Ryan Shepard-40
Randy Gonzalez-35
Jeff Thomas-35
Gregory Yee-33
Jeremy Ruehlemann-27

OTHER WOMEN
Françoise Gilot-101
Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter-99
Virginia Norwood-96
Mary Quant-95
Cormac McCarthy-89
Bethlyn Hand-85
Ginnie Newhart-82
Denise Bombardier-82
Joyce Dopkeen-80
Phyllida Barlow-78
Julie Garwood-78
Hilary Alexander-77
Jane Birkin-76
Angie Mayhew-74
Linda Kasabian-73
Bobbi Ercoline-73
Judith Miller-71
Myriam Ullens-70
Doris Bergman-68
Peggy Hickey-61
Tatjana Patitz-56
Alicia Allain Schneider-53
Nneka Garland-49
Heather Armstrong-47
Lesley Swick Van Ness-42
Dina Norlund-27
Sienna Weir-23

ANIMALS
Lolita the Orca-57
Spencer(Boston Marathon Dog)-13
Cheems-12

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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