A listing of over 1200 celebrities in the fields of film, television, movies, music, dance, literature, wrestling, comic books, and popular culture that died in 2023. The entries for most listed contain the name, age, date and place of death, cause of death (when known), date and place of birth, a biographical sketch, and a filmography for most actors. A picture is also included for most entries.The year 2023 saw the passing of numerous luminaries in the field of films, television, music, literature, and the arts. The past years losses include singer, actor, and political activist Harry Belafonte, who popularized Calypso in the United States, and starred in the films "Carmen Jones" and "The World, the Flesh and the Devil"; actor Matthew Perry, who starred as Chandler Bing in the hit comedy series “Friends”; television writer and producer Norman Lear, who was noted for such hit series as “All in the Family” and Sanford and Son”; legendary singer and actress Tina Turner, who was noted for such hits as “Proud Mary” and “What’s Love Got to Do with It”; Scottish actor David McCallum, who was noted for his roles as secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the 1960s television series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and as medical examiner Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard in "NCIS"; television personality Bob Barker, who was host of the game shows “The Price is Right” and “Truth or Consequences”; legendary singer Tony Bennett, who recorded the hit song “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”; actress Cindy Williams, who starred as Shirley Feeney on the television comedy series “Laverne & Shirley”; Irish singer and political activist Sinead O’Connor, who had a hit song with “Nothing Compares to You”; comedian and actor Paul Reubens, who portrayed Pee-wee Herman, the child-like host of the children’s television series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse”; British actress Glenda Jackson, who received Academy Awards for her roles in the films “Women in Love” and “A Touch of Class”; Oscar-winning songwriter and composer Burt Bacharach, who wrote such songs as “What’s New Pussycat?”, “The Look of Love”, and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”; actress and sex symbol Raquel Welch, who starred in such films as “Fantastic Voyage” and “One Million Years B.C.”; actress Stella Stevens, who starred with Jerry Lewis in “The Nutty Professor” and Elvis Presley in “Girls! Girls! Girls!"; singer and songwriter David Crosby, who was a member of the groups the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash; Israeli actor Chaim Topol, who received an Oscar nomination for his role as Tevye in the film production of the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”; actress Suzanne Somers, who starred as Chrissy Snow on the popular television comedy series “Three’s Company”; actress Phyllis Coates, who starred as Lois Lane on the television series “Adventures of Superman” during its first season in 1952; singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who was noted for the hits “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise”; actor Lance Reddick, who starred as Cedric Daniels in "The Wire" television series and was Charon, concierge at the Continental hotel, in the "John Wick" film franchise; actress Lara Parker, who starred as Angelique in the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows"; comedian and musician Tom Smothers, who starred in the ground-breaking variety series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"; child actress Lisa Loring, who starred as Wednesday Addams in the television series “The Addams Family” in the mid-1960s; film director William Friedkin, who was noted for the films “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist”; Irish-English actor Michael Gambon, who was noted for is role as Albus Dumbledore in the “Harry Potter” film series; Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, who was an international sex symbol in the 1950s and starred as Esmeralda in the 1956 version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame"; actor Richard Roundtree, who starred as detective John Shaft in the 1971 action film "Shaft"; and many more