Singers Harry Belafonte and Bobby Caldwell and actors Lance Reddick and Raquel Welch are among the celebrities who have died in 2023.
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From daytime reality television star Jerry Springer to musical legend and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, the following celebrities are among the biggest stars who have died this year.Key Facts
Listed below, by date, are celebrities who have died in 2023, leaving behind storied legacies in the film, television and music industries.
Tony Bennett (july 21)Alan Arkin (june 30)Daniel Ellsberg (june 16)Glenda Jackson (june 15)Cormac Mccarthy (june 13)Tina Turner (may 24)Jim Brown (may 18)Jacklyn Zeman (may 9)Jerry Springer (april 27)
Springer, best known as the politician-turned-host of “The Jerry Springer Show,” died on April 27 at 79 in Evanston, Illinois. He had a brief but controversial career in politics, winning election to the Cincinnati City Council in 1971 before resigning just three years later after admitting to paying prostitutes. He returned to politics the next year, winning re-election to the council, and served one year as mayor in 1977. He then turned to radio and television, hosting his eponymous daytime talk show from 1991 to 2018, which became a ratings hit for its shock value, its controversial subjects, and is credited with ushering a cruder, ruder form of reality television. Some of Springer’s most shocking segments have gone viral on his YouTube channel in the years since they’ve aired. In his most-viewed segment on YouTube—“Real Girlfriend Vs. Online Girlfriend,” which has 43 million views—Springer introduces a man having an online love affair to his internet girlfriend, whom he had never met before, with his real-life girlfriend present. The 12-minute segment culminated in shouting matches and fist-fights between the two women.
