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

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Italian Big Brother star Monica Sirianni, 37, 'dies after collapsing in a bar on night out'

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Heather Armstrong, known to many as the "Queen of Mommy Bloggers," has died by suicide ... this according to police, following years of her writing about struggles with alcohol and depression.

She was 47

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Almost posted this myself.

Suicide is always sad. RIP.

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Rob Laakso, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with Kurt Vile and The Violators, dies aged 44

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Jacklyn Zeman has been a beloved member of the ‘General Hospital’ and ABC family since she originated the iconic role of Bobbie Spencer over 45 years ago passed away at 70

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Artist Frank Kozik, who designed posters and other materials for some of the world’s leading alternative rock bands, died at the age of 61

s career began in the ‘80s and included collaborations with Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Melvins, the Offspring and many others. The son of a serviceman, Kozik settled in Austin in the ‘80s after a spell in the U.S. Air Force. He found work as a doorman at music venues and soon started designing flyers and posters for local punk bands. He moved to San Francisco in 1993, where he opened a print shop and founded Man’s Ruin Records. The label would oversee the release of more than 200 alternative records. He later moved into fine art, designing toys and writing books about art.

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Stanley Deser, Whose Ideas on Gravity Help Explain the Universe, Dies at 92
His theory of supergravity sought to bridge quantum mechanics and general relativity, a potential step toward a theory of everything.

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John Albert, punk pioneer and chronicler of L.A.’s underbelly, dies at 58

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Sam Gross, 89, Dies; Prolific Purveyor of Cartoons, Tasteful and Otherwise

In his work for The New Yorker and especially National Lampoon, he was unafraid to offend people. But his primary goal was to make them laugh.

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Per Åhlin, Director Of Sweden’s First Animated Feature, Dies At 91

During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he illustrated for cultural stories in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan’s Sunday pages. He also illustrated a children’s book written by his friend Åke Arenhill.

“Those works were important, and it was also during those years that I started to develop my own style,” Åhlin told Sydsvenskan in 2007. “I probably didn’t find myself until the mid-60s. Before that, I was influenced too much by other illustrators.”

Having been mesmerized by Snow White as a child, Åhlin felt compelled to make his own drawings move after becoming an illustrator. He tried to research how Disney did it but the company then, as now, was tight-lipped about its techniques. So, Åhlin built his own camera and taught himself the craft. “At least I understood the principle,” he recalled.

Åhlin made his first animated clip on his kitchen table in the late 1950s. That piece made it onto tv and caught the eye of the popular comedy duo Hasse & Tage, who recruited him to work on their film Svenska bilder (Swedish Portraits), released in 1964. He continued to work with the duo many times over the following years.