As the curtain falls on the year we watch the footlights flicker one last time for the heroes, icons and celebrities we lost in 2023.
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Australian entertainer Barry Humphries, known for his onstage and TV persona Dame Edna Everage, died at 89 on April 22 after complications from hip surgery in Sydney.
Australian singer Renée Geyer died aged 69 on January 17 from complications following hip surgery in Geelong.
New Zealand-born comedian Cal Wilson died aged 53 on October 11 after a short battle with a rare form of cancer.
MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo died aged 46 on April 30.
Former X Factor favourite and Home and Away actor Johnny Ruffo died aged 35 on November 10 after a battle with brain cancer.
American actor Andre Braugher known for his role as Captain Raymond Holt in comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine died aged 61 on December 11 from lung cancer.
US actor Matthew Perry, known for playing Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom Friends, died aged 54 October 28 from apparent drowning.
The "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" Tina Turner died aged 83 on May 24 in Switzerland from natural causes.
Sir Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films, died aged 82 on September 27 after a bout of pneumonia.
Legendary American crooner Tony Bennett died aged 96 on July 21 in New York City after battling Alzheimer's disease.
Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, who was best known for singing Nothing Compares 2 U died aged 56 on July 26.
Euphoria star Angus Cloud died aged 25 on July 31 from a drug overdose.
The daughter of rock royalty Elvis Lisa Marie Presley died aged 54 on January 12 at a Los Angeles hospital after reportedly suffering a heart attack.
British chat show host Sir Michael Parkinson died "after a brief illness" aged 88 at his home in London on August 16.
Controversial talk show host and former Cincinnati news anchor Jerry Springer died aged 79 on April 27 from pancreatic cancer.
Sex symbol and film icon Raquel Welch died aged 82 on February 15 from cardiac arrest.
The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young musician David Crosby died aged 81 on January 18 from complications associated with COVID-19.
Guitarist-songwriter-singer Robbie Robertson from the Canadian-American group the Band died aged 80 on August 9.
Guitar hero Jeff Beck, known for his experimental genre-bending blues, died aged 78 on January 10 after contracting bacterial meningitis.
Tropical-country singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett died aged 76 on September 2 from Merkel cell carcinoma.
Legendary pop composer Burt Bacharach died aged 94 on February 9 from natural causes.
Singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte, best known for spawning a calypso craze in the U.S., died aged 96 on April 25 of congestive heart failure at his Manhattan home.
The Pogues frontman Shane McGowan died aged 65 on November 30 from pneumonia.
Richard Roundtree, remembered for his role as private eye John Shaft, died aged 81 on October 24 from pancreatic cancer.
US character actor Burt Young, best known for his role as Paulie in the Rocky franchise, died aged 83 on October 18.
Suzanne Somers, the actor best known for playing Chrissy Snow on the television show Three's Company, died aged 76 on October 15.
William Friedkin, best known for directing The French Connection and The Exorcist, died aged 87 on August 7 in Los Angeles.
Paul Reubens, the actor best known for portraying the childlike Pee-wee Herman, died aged 70 on July 30 after battling cancer.
Hollywood veteran Treat Williams died aged 71 on June 12 after being involved in a motorcycle accident near his Vermont home.
Anna Houlahan
Reach out with news or updates to anna.houlahan@austcommunitymedia.com.au
Reach out with news or updates to anna.houlahan@austcommunitymedia.com.au
