Only halfway through the year and Hollywood has already had to say goodbye to many actors, singers, performers, creatives, executives and all-around industry icons — many of whom had a great impact on the entertainment world throughout their lifetimes.
The Hollywood Reporter is highlighting some of the most well-known names who died in 2023, including Lance Reddick, Tina Turner, Annie Wersching, Cindy Williams, Jerry Springer, Lisa Loring and more.
At the beginning of the year, Laverne & Shirley star Williams died in Los Angeles after a brief illness in January, her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a statement at the time. She was 75.
Wersching, actress on Bosch, 24 and Marvel’s Runaways, also died in January from cancer, according to her rep. She was 45.
Loring, who starred as Wednesday Addams in the classic TV adaptation of The Addams Family, died in January at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank of complications from a stroke caused by high blood pressure, her daughter told THR. She was 64.
In March, The Wire and John Wick star died “suddenly … from natural causes,” his publicist Mia Hansen told THR at the time. He was 60. Reddick’s body was discovered in his Studio City home, TMZ reported.
Then in April, Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor turned controversial talk show host, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in suburban Chicago, family spokesperson Jene Galvin told THR. He was 79.
Turner, a trailblazing entertainer and feminist icon, died in May “after a long illness” in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, her reps confirmed. She was 83.
Below are more of this year’s most notable deaths in Hollywood. And check out THR‘s obituaries page for other 2023 industry deaths.
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Lance Reddick
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Lance Reddick, the actor who broke out with a complex, powerful performance as Lt. Cedric Daniels in the seminal HBO show The Wire, died on March 17. He was 60. Read his full obituary.
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Tina Turner
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Tina Turner, the trailblazing rock star who set world records for ticket sales — and whose dramatic triumph over domestic abuse and the music industry itself made her a feminist icon — died on May 24. She was 83. Read her full obituary.
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Peter Rawley
Image Credit: Courtesy Betty Kaplan Peter Rawley, a longtime ICM agent in Los Angeles and London who served as head of European production for MGM and produced independent films, died on Jan. 3. He was 85. Full obituary.
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Annie Wersching
Image Credit: Rich Polk/Getty Images for Disney Annie Wersching, an actress known for her roles in TV dramas Bosch and 24, as well as her portrayal of Leslie Dean, the mother of alien superhero Karolina on Marvel’s Runaways, died on Jan. 29. She was 45. Read her full obituary.
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Al Jaffee
Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Mad Magazine Al Jaffee, the trailblazing and culture-bending cartoonist for Mad magazine, died on April 10. He was 102. Full obituary.
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Bernard Kalb
Image Credit: NBC News/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Bernard Kalb, the veteran print and TV journalist and author who covered a host of world events during a six-decade career, died on Jan. 8. He was 100. Read his full obituary.
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Cindy Williams
Image Credit: Gary Gershoff/Getty Images Cindy Williams, the energetic actress who appeared in a pair of Oscar best picture nominees before starring as the idealistic Shirley Feeney on the beloved ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley, died on Jan. 25. She was 75. Read her full obituary here.
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Edward R. Pressman
Image Credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Edward R. Pressman, the veteran producer behind Wall Street and a frequent Oliver Stone collaborator, died on Jan. 17. He was 79. Full obituary.
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Jerry Springer
Image Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor who became America’s most controversial talk show host — a man described by one interviewer as a “purveyor of the puerile and arbiter of the aberrant,” famous for a combustible cocktail of hurled insults, punches and chairs — died on April 27. He was 79. Read his full obituary.
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N’Neka Garland
Image Credit: Cori Murray N’Neka Garland, an Emmy-winning producer on General Hospital who spent the past 22 years with the venerable ABC soap opera, died on March 27. She was 49. Read her full obituary here.
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Tom Sizemore
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Tom Sizemore, who faced legal troubles and drug addiction amid a career that saw him star as Sgt. Mike Horvath in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan and portray cops, crooks and psychopaths with the best of them, died March 3. He was 61. Find his obituary here.
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Sandra Seacat
Image Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Sandra Seacat, the actress and influential acting coach who as a Lee Strasberg disciple taught the craft to the likes of Laura Dern, Mickey Rourke, Harvey Keitel, Common, Andrew Garfield, Michelle Williams and many others, died on Jan. 17. She was 86. Read her full obituary.
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Noah Cowan
Image Credit: Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images Noah Cowan, a veteran film festival director and indie film specialty distributor, most recently with San Francisco International Film Festival, died on Jan. 25. He was 55. Full obituary.
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Lisa Loring
Image Credit: Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images Lisa Loring, the actress who played Wednesday Addams on the classic TV adaptation of The Addams Family, died on Jan. 28. She was 64. Full obituary.
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Gregory Allen Howard
Image Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images Gregory Allen Howard, who wrote Remember the Titans and was a producer and writer behind Harriet, died on Jan. 27. He was 70. Find his obituary here.
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Lloyd Morrisett
Image Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images Lloyd Morrisett, the co-founder of Sesame Street whose curiosity about whether television could serve as a tool to teach children was piqued when he observed his young daughter staring at a TV test pattern, died on Jan. 22. He was 93. Full obituary here.
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Howard Bragman
Image Credit: David Livingston/Getty Images Howard Bragman, a public relations giant who helped guide all-star clients grappling with a dilemma while becoming an expert in crisis PR and a key advocate for LBGTQ rights, died in February. He was 66. Full obituary.
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Raquel Welch
Image Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Barneys New York Raquel Welch, the almond-eyed sex symbol who turned a doeskin bikini into one of the most iconic cinematic images of the 1960s, died Feb. 15. She was 82. Read the full obituary here.
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Richard Belzer
Image Credit: Bobby Bank/WireImage Richard Belzer, the beloved comedian who began as an edgy stand-up performer before finding further fame as the cynical but stalwart detective John Munch on Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, died Feb. 19. He was 78. Full obituary here.
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Jeff Beck
Image Credit: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images Jeff Beck, one of the greatest guitarists of all time who rose to fame in the English rock band The Yardbirds, died on Jan. 10 at a hospital near his home in Surrey, England. He was 78. Find his obituary here.
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Rolly Crump
Image Credit: Courtesy Disney Animation Rolly Crump, the pioneering Walt Disney Imagineer who helped design It’s a Small World, the Enchanted Tiki Room, the Haunted Mansion and other attractions for Disneyland, died March 12. He was 93. Full obituary.
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Len Goodman
Image Credit: Simon Burchell/Getty Images Len Goodman, the former Dancing With the Stars and Strictly Come Dancing judge, died April 22. He was 78. Read his obituary here.
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Peter Werner
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