Whether film or series stars, athletes or other public figures – some stars from the entertainment industry have also passed away in 2023. We had to say goodbye to the following celebrities in 2023.
These stars died in January 2023
Rosi Mittermaier (ski legend)
“Gold-Rosi” passed away on January 4th after a serious illness. The German ski legend made her World Cup debut at the age of 17 and won two gold medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Rosi Mittermaier was born in Munich in 1950 and married the ski racer Christian Neureuther in 1980. The couple had two children: Ameli (fashion designer) and Felix (ski racer).
Christina Drechsler (actress)
Annette McCarthy (actress)
The actress passed away on January 6 at the age of 64. She has acted in the series “Twin Peaks” and “Baywatch” among others.
Adam Rich (child star)
Lothar Blumhagen (actor and voice actor)
Lothar Blumhagen played in TV films and on the theater stage – but many probably know his voice best. As a voice actor he was, among other things, the voice of Christopher Plummer in the German version of various films – most recently in “Knives Out – Mord ist Familiensache”. He passed away on January 10th at the age of 95.
Gina Lollobrigida (actress)
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Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida passed away on January 16 at the age of 95. During her career, alongside Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale, she rose to the status of a film icon and was even considered the “most beautiful woman in the world”.
Simone Bär (Casting Director)
Simone Bear has worked with many Hollywood greats including Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson. She died at the age of 57 on January 16, 2023.
Cindy Williams (actress)
Annie Wersching (actress)
Annie Wersching was only 45 years old. She passed away on January 29 as a result of cancer. She has starred in numerous series including Supernatural, 24, CSI, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles, Castle and The Vampire Diaries.
Lisa Loring (actress)
Lisa Loring was the first actress to play the role of Wednesday Addams. On January 30, she suffered a stroke and passed away at the age of 64.
February 2023
George P Wilbur (actor)
George R Robertson (actor)
Hugh Hudson (director)
Raquel Welch (actress)
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In the ’60s and ’70s, actress Raquel Welch was a sex symbol and worked with Hollywood greats like James Stewart, Frank Sinatra, John Huston and Burt Reynolds. She died on February 16 at the age of 82.
Richard Belzer (actor)
Prominent dead in March 2023
Tom Sizemore (Actor)
Actor Tom Sizemore has appeared in the films Natural Born Killers (1994), Heat (1995), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Pearl Harbor (2001), among others. On March 3, he died as a result of a Sizemore suffered as a result of a cerebral aneurysm.
Heinz Baumann (actor)
The German actor Heinz Baumann died on March 4 at the age of 95. He is best known for his roles in “Tatort”, “SOKO 5113”, “I’m Marrying a Family”, “The Dream Ship – South Seas” and “Adelheid and Her Murderers”.
Peter Hardy (actor)
Lance Reddick (actor)
April 2023
Maria Sebaldt (actress)
The German actress Maria Sebaldt has been active since the 1950s and has appeared in numerous productions. Among other things, she played in several episodes of “Das Traumschiff”. She died on April 4th.
Judy Farrell (actress)
Sven Walser (actor)
Lotti Krekel (actress, singer)
German actress and singer Lotti Krekel passed away on April 11 at the age of 81. She played her first roles in the 1960s in “The True Jacob” and “Willy, the Private Detective”. Between 1998-2011 she was part of the cast of the WDR series “Die Anrheiner”.
