Influential people who died in 2023

Tina Turner at the Essex House Hotel in New York on Sept. 14, 1984. The singer died May 24 at age 83.

Matthew Perry poses for a portrait on Feb. 17, 2015, in New York. The actor died Oct. 28 at age 54.

Actor and singer Harry Belafonte at a New York recording studio on Nov. 1, 2001. He died April 25at age 96.

win the 1961 Stanley Cup. Jan. 30.

February

BURT BACHARACH, 94 » The popular composer who delighted millions with “Walk on By,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” and dozens of other hits. Feb. 8.

CARLOS SAURA, 91 » Spain's celebrated filmmaker who earned three Academy Award nominations. Feb. 10.

HUGH HUDSON, 86 » A British filmmaker who debuted as a feature director with the Oscar-winning drama “Chariots of Fire.” Feb. 10.

DAVID JUDE JOLICOEUR, 54 » Widely known as Trugoy the Dove, he was one of the founding members of the hiphop trio De La Soul. Feb. 12.

RAQUEL WELCH, 82 » Her skimpy, furry bikini in the film “One Million Years B.C.” propelled her to international sex symbol status in the 1960s and '70s. Feb. 15.

TIM MCCARVER, 81 » Baseball All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster. Feb. 16.

STELLA STEVENS, 84 » A prominent leading lady in the 1960s and '70s comedies, best known for “The Nutty Professor.” Feb. 17.

RICHARD BELZER, 78 » The longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch. Feb. 19.

AHMED QUREIA, 85 » A former Palestinian prime minister and one of the architects of interim peace deals with Israel. Feb. 22.

JAMES ABOUREZK, 92 » The South Dakota Democrat became the first Arab American senator. Feb. 24.

RICOU BROWNING, 93 »

A skilled swimmer best known for “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” Feb. 27.

March

JUST FONTAINE, 89 » The French soccer great who scored a record 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup. March 1.

TOM SIZEMORE, 61 » The “Saving Private Ryan” actor who struggled with domestic violence and drug convictions. March 3.

GARY ROSSINGTON, 71 » A cofounder and last surviving original member of Lynyrd Skynyrd. March 5.

TRAUTE LAFRENZ, 103 » She was the last known survivor of a German group known as the White Rose that actively resisted the Nazis. March 6.

CHAIM TOPOL, 87 » A leading Israeli actor who charmed audiences in “Fiddler on the Roof.” March 8.

ROBERT BLAKE, 89 » The Emmy award-winning performer who was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife. March 9.

BUD GRANT, 95 » The Pro Football Hall of Fame coach who took the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowls in eight years. March 11.

DICK FOSBURY, 76 » The high jumper who won an Olympic gold medal with his Fosbury Flop. March 12.

LANCE REDDICK, 60 »

FITO OLIVARES, 75 »

April

BEN FERENCZ, 103 »

MICHAEL LERNER, 81 »

ANNE PERRY, 84 »

AL JAFFEE, 102 »

MARY QUANT, 93 » The fashion designer whose color

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, arrives during a funeral ceremony at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, Russia, on April 8. He died a few months later in a mysterious plane crash.

JACQUELYN MARTIN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attends a luncheon with French President Emmanuel Macron, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Dec. 1, 2022. He died Nov. 29at age 100.

JASON BRONIS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Former first lady Rosalynn Carter listens to a speaker at The Carter Center in Atlanta on April 6, 2011. Rosalynn, the wife and close adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians died Nov. 19 at age 96.

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