Former Australian Labor Party leader Simon Crean dies aged 74 Posted Sun 25 Jun 2023 at 3:15am, updated Sun 25 Jun 2023 at 4:44pm Former Labor leader Simon Crean served under the Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments. Ray Stevenson, the Irish actor who played the Asgardian warrior Volstagg in the Thor movies and the antihero Frank Castle in Punisher: War Zone, died May 21 at 58. He also released well-regarded comedy albums Our Hero and Spaghetti Sauce & Other Delights. ", Bob Newhart and wife Ginnie during "Elf" New York City Premiere at Loews Astor Plaza in New York City, New York, United States. Romita had the unenviable task of succeeding Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko as the artist on Amazing Spider-Man, but his gorgeous art (shaped by the many romance comics he drew in the '50s) propelled Peter Parker to his lasting status as Marvel's most iconic superhero. Judy Farrell, the actress and writer best known for her role as Nurse Able on CBS' long-running wartime dramedy M*A*S*H, died April 2 after suffering a stroke nine days earlier. Keith Reid, a lyricist for Procol Harum who wrote the English rock band's 1967 hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale," died March 23 at 76. "I was just tired of hearing politicians arguing with each other without ever getting to the point," Lollobrigida said in August. Video. Once he went professional, Wellander performed with a number of Swedish bands in the late '60s and early '70s, including Blues Quality and Nature, before linking up with ABBA in 1974. A talented voice actress, Weinstein also portrayed several characters on many popular cartoons, including Sloan Plunderman in D.N. 2023 With more than 150 film and TV credits, Pinsent's seven-decade-spanning career made him a household name in his native country. Jossara Jinaro. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The The Washington Post via Getty Images), Mandatory Credit: Photo by Glasshouse Images/Shutterstock (11003726a) Ted Donaldson, on-set of the Film, "The Decision of Christopher Blake", Warner Bros., 1948 Various, Tom Sizemore during "Babel" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals at Mann Village in Westwood, California, United States. Anna Shay, the heiress who rose to fame on the Netflix reality series Bling Empire, died June 5 at the age of 62. "It has been a huge pleasure to be a part of such a wonderful show," Goodman told theDancingaudience, which gave him a standing ovation. Locatell made her acting debut in a 1967 episode of the sitcom The Flying Nun before jumping to the big screen as Priscilla in the 1973's Coffy. His fluency in English and Japanese helped him land his first role was in the 1962 war film The Horizon Lieutenant. One of his most iconic designs was the green sci-fi costume worn by Jane Fonda in Barbarella. He was 76. SLUG: ME_HEUMANN4 DATE: 05/18/2007 PHOTOGRAPHER: Sarah L. Voisin Washington, DC NEG #: 190924 Judy Heumann, new acting director of DC's new Department of Disability Services in her office. Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced his death on March 9. Born Jo Raquel Tejada, Welch entered the zeitgeist with her roles as Cora in the 1966 sci-fi film Fantastic Voyage and Loana in the fantasy film One Million Years B.C. Pizarro was best known for her appearance on Operation Repo, which depicted the world of car repossessions with a team of professionals from California's San Fernando Valley, and the Operation Repo TV movies Operation Sonia: Love Thy Bleeping Neighbor and Operation Repo: Lou's Revenge. Heard on Morning Edition Audio will be available later today. His movie credits include Quick Before It Melts, Sylvia, A Covenant With Death, The Happening, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and Doppelganger. By Elisabeth McGowan Never forgotten. Since 2016, he served as the head of directing at Northing Film School Leeds. Deaths Kerri-Anne Donaldson, a former contestant on Britain's Got Talent, died at the age of 38. Melinda Dillon, best known as harried and loving Mrs. Parker, in 1983's A Christmas Story, died Jan. 9. Jim Brown, the legendary fullback for the Cleveland Browns who also became known beyond his NFL stardom as a civil rights advocate and Hollywood action hero, died May 18 at 87. Rossington continued with the band, though he also formed the Rossington Collins Band with Collins and the Rossington Band with wife Dale Krantz-Rossington. Kenneth Anger, one of America's first openly gay filmmakers, died May 11 of natural causes. Larry Myers Jr., who appeared on season 10 of the TLC reality series My 600-lb. A former professional ballroom dancer, Goodman began his TV-hosting career on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing, a reality TV competition that pairs celebrities with ballroom dancing pros. Born in 1952 in the Swedish village of Skrekarhyttan, Wellander took up the guitar after seeing The Beatles perform on Swedish TV in the early '60s. In 2020, Heumann was featured in the documentary Crip Camp, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions, following how campers at Jened were inspired and invigorated by their time there and went on the become activists in their own right. Moonbin, a member of K-pop band Astro, died April 19 at the age of 25. Originally conceived as a Christmas gift for his young niece, the Olivia books chronicle the adventures of a smart, imaginative piglet and feature a strikingly minimal aesthetic. Celebrity Deaths of 2023: Lisa Marie Presley, Jeff Beck and More deaths Gayton often worked with his brother, Tony. PARSIPPANY, NJ - APRIL 26: Ricou Browning attends the 2013 Chiller Theatre Expo at Sheraton Parsippany Hotel on April 26, 2013 in Parsippany, New Jersey. The Murder, She Wrote alum died on October 11 at age 96. Wayne Shorter, US jazz saxophonist, playing the saxophone during a live concert performance at the Town & Country Club in Kentish Town, London, England, Great Britain, in April 1987. Life and acquired the nickname "Mr. Buttermilk Biscuits" after a video of him singing about one of his favorite foods went viral, died June 13 at 49. One of his last projects was a role in Spike Lee's 2018 Oscar-nominated film BlacKkKlansman. Fred White drumming with Earth, Wind & Fire. We profile the five people who died. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on June 8, 2023.) Carol Locatell, the actress best known for her fiery performance as the foul-mouthed Ethel Hubbard in Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning, died April 11 following a battle with cancer. WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 11: Actor Cody Longo attends the Primary Wave 11th annual pre-GRAMMY party at The London West Hollywood on February 11, 2017 in West Hollywood, California. Tom Verlaine, frontman of the pioneering 1970s punk-rock band Television, has died. He was 71. Taylor was one of two active drummers for the Butthole Surfers from 1983 until 1989, performing alongside fellow drummer King Coffey on a host of the band's records, including 1984's Psychic Powerless Another Man's Sac, 1986's Rembrandt Pussyhorse, and 1987's Locust Abortion Technician. Verdine wrote on Instagram. Former Australian Labor Party leader Simon Crean dies aged 74 A composer like his father, Nicholas received a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album for co-producing and mixing the original cast album for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella in 2022. Castillo's film credits included Delta Force 2, Through Naked Eyes, Above Suspicion, State of Emergency, The Crackdown, and Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects. On the film side, he had roles inFame,High School,Piranha 3D,The Silent Thief,Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, For the Love of Money,The Last Movie Star,Death House, and more. The director's death came just one day before he was to receive an honorary award at the 2023 Goya Awards. The trio performed together in the band Brave Belt, which later changed its name to Bachman-Turner Overdrive in 1973. | Credit: Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images, David Jolicoeur, also known as Trugoy the Dove, of De La Soul, | Credit: Herb Ball/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images, Scott Alexander on 'America's Got Talent'. Sands first earned attention as an actor opposite Anthony Hopkins in the 1983 miniseriesA Married Man, NBC's adaptation ofThe Sun Also Rises, and The Killing Fields, before rising to prominence as the romantic lead of the 1985 dramaA Room With a View. His TV career flourished in 2019 when he joinedMasterChef Australiaas a judge alongside Melissa Leong and Andy Allen, replacing the show's original hosts. Lisa Marie Presley. His other credits include roles in 2003's The Missing, the 2008 horror film The Ruins, and 2010's Little Fockers alongside Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Barbra Streisand, and more. The film won six BAFTAs, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Film. A role in the HBO drama Rome introduced him to a wider U.S. audience, and he went on to star in King Arthur, Punisher: War Zone, Kill the Irishman, Thor, Thor: Ragnarok, RRR, the Divergent films, and G.I. His part in the crime drama, a spin-off of Naked City, in which he also starred, earned him an Emmy nomination and led to roles in other TV series including Search for Tomorrow, Love Story, Journey to the Unknown, The Most Deadly Game, The Bionic Woman, Police Story, and Fantasy Island. In 2020, Fantagio formed Moonbin & Sanha, Astro's first sub-unit comprised of the late singer and Yoon San-ha. David Jolicoeur, member of the iconic hip hop trio De La Soul who performed under the stage name Trugoy the Dove, died at the age of 54. She spent years bulking up her TV resume with shows like The Public Defender and The Magical World of Disney, but is best known for her work in the Western genre, including roles in Tomahawk Trail, The Firebrand, The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold, among others. One of his most notable roles was as teen heartthrob Eddie Duran in Nick at Nite'sHollywood Heightsfor 78 episodes. Pat Cooper, the veteran stand-up comedian whose decades-long career included appearances on Seinfeld and the Howard Stern Show, died June 6 at age 93. Cooper, whose onstage persona earned him the nickname "Comedian of Outrage," was a frequent guest host on the Mike Douglas Show, made regular appearances on the Howard Stern Show, and later appeared in films and TV shows, including Seinfeld, 1999 crime comedy Analyze This, and 2005 comedy documentary The Aristocrats, among other titles. "But I've decided I want to spend more time with the grandchildren and the family back in Britain." "Child protg, member of the EWF ORIGINAL 9, with gold records at the young age of 16 years old!" The star sits down with EW for a deep dive on his blockbuster Netflix franchise, those "overdramatized" retirement reports, the upcomingFuriosa, his hopes to "reinvent" Thor, and more. In 2018, he broke the record for longest-serving Disney employee, which was previously held by Disney artist and Imagineer John Hench, who worked for nearly 65 years. Ted Donaldson, the former child actor who starred as Cornelius "Neeley" Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Bud Anderson in the original radio version of Father Knows Best, died March 1 at the age of 89. Born in Warsaw, Montell grew up in New York City and studied drama at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art. Norman Steinberg, the screenwriter known for such films as Blazing Saddles, My Favorite Year, and Johnny Dangerously, died March 15 at his home in upstate New York. She was 75. (Photo By Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns). Undaunted, Harris returned to audition forIdolagain in 2014, where he impressed the judges with his rendition of The Allman Brothers' "Soul Shine." The celebrity deaths of 2023 come after a year of loss in 2022, which saw the deaths of stars like singer Aaron Carter, actress Angela Lansbury, musician Meat Loaf, 4. Jaffee worked for Mad for 65 years, easily the magazine's longest contributor, and with a career running from 1942 to until 2020, he holds the Guinness World Record for longest career as a comics artist. Jerry Springer, the iconic talk-show host, broadcast journalist, and former mayor of Cincinnati, died in his Chicago home at age 79 on April 27. Her death was announced by Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater, where she was a frequent stage performer for decades, starting in 1970. Donaldson also starred in the Broadway productions ofLife With Father and Sons and Soldiers. His first on-screen roles include the videoHip Hop Kidz: It's a Beautiful Thingand the music video for Jojo's 2006 hit "How to Touch a Girl." They released two critically acclaimed albums 1977's Marquee Moon and 1978's Adventure before breaking up in 1978. Though he did not sing or play with the group, Reid was a founding member who penned all of their original songs except for those on their 12th and final album, Novum. He later appeared in another acclaimed Sondheim musical, 1984's Sunday in the Park With George, and has also starred in Candide, as well as Same Time, Next Year, Accent on Youth, The Merchant of Venice, and most recently, the 2012 revival of Harvey opposite Jim Parsons. Jacobs went on to write for numerous country legends including Tim McGraw, Kelly Clarkson, Scotty McCreery, and his wife. Accessibility links 2023 5:12 AM ET. 1:17. He was 46. Though Gillis would leave the group in 1999 to pursue a solo career, his former bandmate Fischetti paid tribute to his legacy and what he meant to LFO in a lengthy and emotional Instagram post announcing his death. Later in life, Donaldson taught acting classes and worked at a bookstore in Hollywood. The performer was discovered by close friend and collaborator Peaches Christ in London where the drag queen duo was performing a two-week stint of "Mommie Queerest," a Mommie Dearest parody. Rest in heavenly peace, my dear friend.". WebPhotos of celebrities and trailblazers who left their mark on society and passed away in 2023. PHILADELPHIA - JUNE 11: The Iron Sheik attends the 2010 Wizard World Convention at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on June 11, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. LFO, short for Lyte Funkie Ones, was formed by Gillis, Brad Fischetti, and the late Rich Cronin in 1995 in Massachusetts. He's also remembered for authoring Hollywood Babylon, a collection of sordid tales about the early years of Hollywood that, despite being widely disputed, remain infamous and influential. His brother, Verdine White, a founding member of the group, announced the death on New Year's Day, saying he joins their late bandmate siblings, Maurice, Monte, and Ronald. Bacharach is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. She also starred in the 2009 comedy Repo Chick and had a cameo in the 2018 horror thriller Followed. His other works include Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome(1954),Invocation of My Demon Brother(1969), andLucifer Rising(1972). Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams actress, dead at 64 George Maharis, the actor best known for his role as Buz Murdock on the 1960 drama series Route 66, died May 24 at the age of 94, his longtimefriendand caregiver Marc Bahan toldThe Hollywood Reporter. Boen flexed his acting skills in over 250 different films, television series, and video games throughout his decades-long career in entertainment. Famous People Who Died in January 2023 - On This Day She was 54. Castillo retired from acting in 2012 but regularly directed productions at the Santa Paula Theatre Center in Southern California. Weinstein appeared in several films throughout her childhood and teenage years like 2008's The Rocker, 2011's Jesus Henry Christ, and the 2013 Carrie remake alongside Chlo Grace Moretz. He weighed 940 pounds when he was on the show, years after his attempt to lose weight through bariatric surgery. Al Jaffee, an award-winning and record-breaking cartoonist for Mad magazine, died April 10 from multiple organ failure. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. Two seasons later, he returned forSurvivor: Cambodiaand made it to day 37 before being sent home. He first portrayed defense attorney Anthony Petrocelli in the 1970 filmThe Lawyer, which was loosely based on the Sam Sheppard murder case. Annie Wersching, an actress best known for her work in24,Bosch,Runawaysand voicing the character Tess in the video gameThe Last of Us, died Jan. 29 at the age of 45 following a battle with cancer. He was 60. His comedy career took him as far as the Middle East, where he performed at the Amman Stand-up Comedy Festival in Jordan two years in a row. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images), LOS ANGELES - APRIL 1988: Rock and roll legend David Crosby poses for a portrait in Los Angeles, California. He began his Hollywood career in the '90s, with small roles in television (Homicide: Life on the Street,The F.B.I. Constantinos Tsobanoglou, better known by his rap alias Costa Titch, died Mar. Weil also co-wrote "Somewhere Out There," the Oscar-nominated track from An American Tail. Earlier this year, she announced plans torun for Senate. He was the discerning director's choice. The Italian film star rose to prominence in post-war cinema ranging from epics likeSolomon and Shebato dramas likeTrapezeto outright comedies likeBuona Sera, Mrs. CampbellandCome September. Gina Lollobrigida, an actress and postwar international sex symbol once declared the "most beautiful woman in the world," died Jan. 15 at 95. Nicholas "Nick" Lloyd Webber, a Grammy-nominated composer and the eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died March 25 following an 18-month battle with gastric cancer. She was 59. Belzer began his career as a stand-up comic, but his most memorable role came as investigator John Munch in the NBC crime drama Homicide: Life on the Street, which aired between 1993 and 1997, before becoming a fixture on the long-running Law & Order franchise. "I'll never forget seeing her front row, tappin that foot while I twirled and death dropped for her enjoyment," Shangela wrote on Instagram. Trimble also formed the side project Kostars with fellow band member Jill Cunniff; they released one album in 1996. Gerald Castillo, the veteran actor known for playing A.C. Slater's dad on Saved by the Bell and Judge Davis Wagner on General Hospital, died May 4, at 90. His other directorial credits included spotlight episodes onBlue Bloods,Law & Order: Criminal Intent,Grimm,The Blacklist, andMedium. He is survived by his parents and younger brother, Judah. Bachman was a member of the band from 1973 until 1974 and reunited with the group a decade later for their reunion tour. Milton Powell, known as rapper Big Pokey, died June 18 at the age of 45. Austin Majors, the former child star known for for playing Dennis Franz's son on NYPD Blue, died Feb. 11 at 27. Musician and co-founder of '90s boy band LFO Brian Gillis died March 29 at the age of 47. His first major TV role came on the HBO prison drama Oz in 2000, and he went on to star on the network's acclaimed series The Wire, playing a Baltimore police officer.
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