# 2023 deaths in the United Kingdom

The following notable deaths of British people occurred in 2023. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

## January

* 1 January – Frank McGarvey, 66, Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Celtic, national team) (b. 1956), pancreatic cancer.
* 2 January – Andrew Downes, 72, English classical composer.
* 3 January
** Roger Kean, British magazine publisher (Crash, Zzap!64), co-founder of Newsfield.
** Alan Rankine, 64, Scottish musician (The Associates) (b. 1958) (death announced on this date)
* 4 January – Wyllie Longmore, 82, Jamanican-born British actor (Coronation Street, Love Actually), cancer.
* 5 January
** Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys, 82, British banker and peer, lord chamberlain (1998–2000).
** David Gold, 86, British retailer, publisher (Gold Star Publications), and football executive, chairman of West Ham United (since 2010).
** Fay Weldon, 91, British author (The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Puffball, The Cloning of Joanna May), essayist and playwright.
* 7 January – Ken Scotland, 86, Scottish rugby union player (Leicester Tigers, national team) and cricketer (national team), cancer.
* 8 January – Ray Middleton, 86, British Olympic racewalker (1964), respiratory failure.
* 9 January – David Duckham, 76, English rugby union player (Coventry, national team).
* 10 January
** Jeff Beck, 78, English rock guitarist (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice), bacterial meningitis.
** Shirley Dynevor, 89, Welsh actress (Charlesworth, Rogue Male, The Wednesday Play).
* 11 January
** Piers Haggard, 83, British film and television director (Pennies from Heaven, Quatermass, The Blood on Satan's Claw, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu).
** Eli Ostreicher, 39, British-born American serial entrepreneur, motorcycle accident in Thailand.
* 12 January
** Paul Johnson, 94, British journalist, historian and author (Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the 1980s, A History of the American People, A History of Christianity).
** Roy Pierpoint, 93, British racing driver, saloon car champion (1965).
* 13 January – Marc Worth, 61, British fashion executive, co-founder of WGSN, heart attack.
* 14 January
** Alireza Akbari, 61, Iranian-British politician and convicted spy, execution by hanging. (death announced on this date)
** Ronald Blythe, 100, English writer and columnist (Church Times).
** John Wickham, 73, British motor racing team owner (Spirit Racing).
* 15 January – Bruce Gowers, 82, British television director (American Idol) and music video director ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), complications from acute respiratory infection.
* 16 January
** John Bicourt, 77, British Olympic middle-distance runner (1972, 1976). (death announced on this date)
** Brian Tufano, 83, English cinematographer (Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary, Billy Elliot).
* 17 January – Jonathan Raban, 80, British travel writer, critic, and novelist (Soft City, Waxwings, For Love & Money).
* 19 January
** David Sutherland, 89, Scottish illustrator and comics artist (The Beano, Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, The Bash Street Kids).
** Peter Thomas, 78, English-Irish footballer (Waterford, Ireland national team).
** Anton Walkes, 25, English footballer (Portsmouth, Atlanta United, Charlotte FC), boat crash.
* 22 January – Ian Black, 69, British journalist (The Guardian), and author (Israel's Secret Wars), complications from frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
* 23 January – Fred Lindop, 84, British rugby league referee.
* 27 January – Sylvia Syms, 89, English actress (Peak Practice, EastEnders).
* 31 January – Alan Hurst, 77, British politician, MP for Braintree (1997–2005).

## February

* 2 February – Tim Quy, 61, British musician (Cardiacs).
* 3 February – Robert Key, 77, English politician, Minister for Sport (1992–1993).
* 5 February
** Hilary Alexander, 77, New Zealand-born British fashion journalist (The Daily Telegraph).
** Robin Cocks, 84, British geologist.
** Phil Spalding, 65, English bassist, session musician.
* 6 February
** Peter Allen, 76, English footballer (Leyton Orient, Millwall).
** Janet Anderson, 73, British politician, Minister for Film, Tourism and Broadcasting (1998–2001).
** Billy Thomson, 64, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle, St Mirren, Dundee United, Clydebank, Motherwell, Rangers, Dundee, Scotland).
* 7 February – Royden Wood, 92, English footballer (Leeds United).
* 9 February – Dennis Lotis, 97, South African-born British singer and actor (It's a Wonderful World, The City of the Dead, What Every Woman Wants).
* 10 February – Hugh Hudson, 86, English film director (Chariots of Fire, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Revolution).
* 12 February – Tony Lee, 75, English footballer (Bradford City, Darlington).
* 13 February
** Zia Mohyeddin, 91, British-Pakistani actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Immaculate Conception).
** Oliver Wood, 80, British cinematographer (Die Hard 2, Face/Off, The Bourne Identity).
* 14 February – Christine Pritchard, 79, Welsh actress (Pobol y Cwm, Cara Fi).
* 16 February
** Kevin Bird, 70, English professional footballer (Mansfield Town, Huddersfield Town).
** Colin Dobson, 82, English professional footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Bristol Rovers).
* 17 February – Lee Whitlock, 54, British actor (Shine On Harvey Moon, Cassandra's Dream, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street).
* 19 February
** Dickie Davies, 94, British television sports presenter (World of Sport).
** Henry McDonald, 57, Northern Irish writer and journalist (The Guardian, The Observer).
* 22 February – Philip Ziegler, 93, British biographer and historian.
* 23 February
** John Motson, 77, English football commentator (BBC Sport).
** Irving Wardle, 93, English theatre critic and writer.
* 24 February – Sir Bernard Ingham, 90, British journalist and civil servant, Downing Street press secretary (1979–1990).
* 25 February – Sir David Lumsden, 94, British musician and choirmaster.
* 26 February
** Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, 93, British politician, first woman Speaker of the House of Commons (1992–2000).
** Jim Lewis, 88, racehorse owner (Best Mate).
* 27 February
** Tom McLeish, 60, British theoretical physicist.
** Sammy Winston, 44, English footballer (Leyton Orient).

## March

* 1 March – Allan McGraw, 83, Scottish football player (Morton, Hibernian) and manager.
* 2 March – Steve Mackey, 56, English bassist, producer (Pulp).
* 3 March
** Edwin A. Dawes, 97, British biochemist and magician.
** Christopher Fowler, 69, English novelist.
** Rita O'Hare, 80, Northern Irish political activist.
* 5 March – Bob Goody, 71, British actor and writer (Smith and Goody, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, Blue Heaven, The Borrowers).
* 6 March – Bob Evered, 84, key player in the National Trust's purchase of Tyntesfield
* 9 March – Mystic Meg, 80, British astrologer.
* 11 March – Bill Tidy, 89, British cartoonist (The Cloggies, The Fosdyke Saga).
* 12 March
** Dame Phyllida Barlow, 78, British visual artist.
** Isabel Colegate, 91, British author (The Shooting Party) and literary agent.
** Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, 87, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1970) and Paralympic champion (1960, 1964).
* 13 March
** Simon Emmerson, 67, English record producer, guitarist, DJ, musical director, founder of (Afro Celt Sound System).
** Alan Jones, 77, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Hereford United, Southport).
* 14 March – Chris Shevlane, 80, Scottish footballer (Hearts, Celtic, Hibernian, Morton).
* 16 March
** Tony Coe, 88, English jazz musician.
** Patrick French, 57, British writer and historian (Tibet, Tibet, The World Is What It Is).
** Jacqueline Gold, 62, British businesswoman (Ann Summers).
** Melanie McFadyean, 72, British journalist.
** Don Megson, 86, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol Rovers) and manager (Bristol Rovers, Bournemouth).
* 17 March – Sir Paul Girolami, 97, Italian-born British pharmaceutical executive, chairman of Glaxo (1985–1994).
* 18 March
** Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, 96, Scottish peer, MP (1955–1974), member of the House of Lords (1974–2019) and Minister of State for Defence (1970–1972).
** Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, 96, British conservation architect (Sunninghill Park, Balmoral Estate).
* 20 March – Paul Grant, 56, British actor (Return of the Jedi, Labyrinth, The Dead) and stuntman.
* 21 March
** Willie Bell, 85, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, Scotland) and manager (Birmingham City).
** Eric Brown, 62, British science fiction writer.
** Alexander Cameron, 59, British barrister, brother of David Cameron.
** John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, 92, Scottish peer, Lord Provost of Aberdeen (1971–1975), Minister of State for Scotland (1975–1978) and member of the House of Lords (1975–2018).
* 24 March – Christopher Gunning, 78, English composer (La Vie en rose, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Middlemarch).
* 25 March – Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English composer (Love, Lies and Records, Fat Friends The Musical, The Last Bus) and record producer, son of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
* 26 March – D. M. Thomas, 88, British poet, translator and novelist (The Flute-Player, The White Hotel).
* 28 March – Paul O'Grady, 67, English comedian and television presenter (The Paul O'Grady Show, Paul O'Grady Live, Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs).
* 30 March – Peter Usborne, 85, British publisher, co-founder of Private Eye and founder of Usborne Publishing.

## April

* 1 April – Ken Buchanan, 77, Scottish boxer, undisputed world lightweight champion (1971).
* 2 April – Max Crabtree, 90, English professional wrestler and promoter (Joint Promotions).
* 3 April
** Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, 91, British politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1983–1989).
** Michael Roberts, 75, British fashion journalist.
* 4 April – John Sainty, 76, English professional footballer (Reading, Bournemouth, Aldershot) and manager (Chester City).
* 6 April
** Paul Cattermole, 46, English singer and actor (S Club 7).
** Nicola Heywood-Thomas, 67, Welsh broadcaster and newsreader.
** Norman Reynolds, 89, British production designer (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire of the Sun), Oscar winner (1978, 1982).
* 7 April
** Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish musician, multi-instrumentalist (Alan Parsons Project, Pilot, guitarist for Kate Bush).
** Gareth Richards, 43, British comedian and radio presenter.
* 8 April
** Deborah Brown, 95, Northern Irish sculptor.
** Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter ("Japanese Boy", "Cry Just a Little Bit", "Merry Christmas Everyone") and record producer.
** Kenneth McAlpine, 102, English racing driver.
** Judith Miller, 71, British antiques expert and broadcaster (Antiques Roadshow).
* 9 April – Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury, 84, British solicitor and politician.
* 10 April – Anne Perry, 84, British crime writer (The Cater Street Hangman).
* 12 April – Bryn Parry, 66, British cartoonist and charity worker, co-founder of Help for Heroes.
* 13 April
** Willie Callaghan, 56, Scottish professional footballer.
** Mary Quant, 93, British fashion designer.
* 14 April
** Murray Melvin, 90, English actor (Alfie, Lisztomania, Barry Lyndon).
** Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish guitarist, singer-songwriter (The Script, Mytown).
* 16 April – Eddie Colquhoun, 78, Scottish footballer (Scotland, Bury, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United).
* 19 April – Peter Martin, 81, English actor (The Royle Family, Emmerdale).
* 21 April
** Kate Saunders, 62, English actress and journalist (Angels, Only Fools and Horses, Have I Got News For You).
** Mark Stewart, 62, musician (The Pop Group).
* 22 April
** Len Goodman, 78, English ballroom dancer and coach (Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing with the Stars).
** Barry Humphries, 89, Australian comedian, actor and author (Dame Edna Everage, Bedazzled, Finding Nemo).
* 27 April
** Wee Willie Harris, 90, English singer, musician.
** Jerry Springer, 79, British-born American talk show presenter (The Springer Show, Jerry Springer).
** Barbara Young, 92, English actress (Coronation Street, I, Claudius, Last of the Summer Wine).
* 30 April – Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch, 68, Scottish peeress and philanthropist.

## May

* 2 May – Alice Coleman, 99, British geographer.
* 3 May – Linda Lewis, 72, English singer-songwriter ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo").
* 4 May
** Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, 88, Northern Irish jurist, Lord Chief Justice (1997–2004).
** Iain Johnstone, 80, English author, broadcaster and television producer.
* 5 May – Gerald Rose, 87, British illustrator.
* 8 May
** Terrence Hardiman, 86, English actor (Crown Court, Secret Army, The Demon Headmaster).
** Neil Matthews, 66, English professional football player (Grimsby Town, Halifax Town, Stockpot County, Lincoln City) and coach.
* 10 May
** Hugo Burge, 51, British internet entrepreneur and owner of Marchmont House.
** Rolf Harris, 93, Australian television presenter (Rolf Harris Cartoon Time, Rolf's Cartoon Club, Animal Hospital) and singer ("Jake the Peg", "Two Little Boys").
* 11 May
** Francis Monkman, 73, English musician (Curved Air, Sky, Matching Mole), songwriter and composer.
** Andy Provan, 79, Scottish footballer (Barnsley, York City, Chester City, Wrexham, Southport, Torquay United).
* 12 May – David Pollock, 82, British humanist.
* 13 May
** Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, 89, British politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1989–1992).
** John Flood, 90, English professional footballer (Southampton, AFC Bournemouth).
* 15 May – Stanley Appel, 89, British television producer and director (Top of the Pops).
* 16 May
** Uwe Kitzinger, 95, German-born English economist and political adviser.
** Andy Smart, 63, English comedian (The Comedy Store Players), actor and writer.
* 17 May
** S. P. Hinduja, 87, Indian-born British businessman (Hinduja Group) and philanthropist.
** Algy Ward, 63, English heavy metal bassist (Tank, The Damned, The Saints).
* 19 May
** Martin Amis, 73, British novelist (The Rachel Papers, Money, London Fields, The Information).
** Andy Rourke, 59, English bassist (The Smiths).
* 21 May
** Donald Macleod, 82, Scottish theologian.
** Ray Stevenson, 58, Northern Irish actor (King Arthur, Rome, Punisher: War Zone, RRR).
* 22 May
** Chas Newby, 81, British bassist (The Beatles).
** Hugh Strachan, 84, Scottish professional footballer (Motherwell, Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle).
* 25 May – Karen Lumley, 59, British Conservative Party politician.
* 26 May – Emily Morgan, 45, British journalist (ITV News).
* 28 May
** Sir David Brewer, 83, British businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (2005–2006) and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (2008–2015).
** George Cassidy, 86, Northern Irish jazz musician and music teacher to Van Morrison.
* 31 May – Patricia Dainton, 93, British actress (Dancing with Crime, The Passionate Stranger, Sixpenny Corner).

## June

* 1 June
** David Jones, 83, British sprinter, Olympic bronze medallist (1960).
** Roger Squires, 91, British crossword compiler.
* 3 June – Josser Watling, 98, English professional footballer (Bristol Rovers).
* 5 June
** Elspeth Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Pittenweem, 83, British baroness and wife of Sir Menzies Campbell.
** John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, 91, Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales (1974–1979) and Attorney General (1997–1999).
* 6 June
** Mike McFarlane, 63, English sprinter, Olympic silver medallist (1988), heart attack.
** Tony McPhee, 79, English guitarist (The Groundhogs), complications from a fall.
** Tony Murray, 103, French-born British businessman (Andrews Sykes Group).
* 10 June – Adrian Sprott, 61, Scottish footballer (Meadowbank Thistle, Hamilton Academical, Stenhousemuir).
* 11 June
** Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan, 86, British peer and football administrator, chairman of Chelsea (1981–1982).
** Stanley Clinton-Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis, 94, British politician, Minister of State for Trade Policy (1997–1998), MP (1970–1983) and member of the House of Lords (1990–2018).
* 12 June – William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby, 95, British peer.
* 13 June
** Nick Kaiser, 68, British cosmologist.
** Paul Rendall, 69, English rugby union player (Wasps, national team).
* 15 June
** Glenda Jackson, 87, English actress (Elizabeth R, Women in Love, A Touch of Class) and politician.
** Gordon McQueen, 70, Scottish footballer (Leeds United, Manchester United, national team) and manager.
* 16 June
** Peter Dickinson, 88, English composer, musicologist, author, and pianist.
** Sir Ben Helfgott, 93, Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and Olympic weightlifter (1956, 1960).
** Angela Thorne, 84, British actress (Lady Oscar, To the Manor Born, Silent Hours).
** Paxton Whitehead, 85, English actor (Camelot, Back to School, Friends).
* 18 June
** Shahzada Dawood, 48, Pakistani-British-Maltese businessman, victim of the Titan submersible implosion.
** Hamish Harding, 58, British billionaire, pilot and explorer, victim of the Titan submersible implosion.
** Sir Robert Malpas, 95, British engineer and businessman.
* 19 June
** Billy Bales, 94, English motorcycle speedway rider (Yarmouth Bloaters, Norwich Stars, Sheffield Tigers).
** Diane Rowe, 90, English table tennis player.
* 20 June – John Waddington, 63, English guitarist (The Pop Group, Maximum Joy, Perfume).
* 21 June – Winnie Ewing, 93, Scottish politician (MP (1967–1970, 1974–1979), MEP (1979–1999), MSP (1999–2003), President of the Scottish National Party (1987–2005)).
* 24 June – Margaret McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh, 61, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2004).
* 25 June – Dame Ann Leslie, 82, British journalist (Daily Mail).
* 26 June
** Craig Brown, 82, Scottish professional footballer and football manager.
** David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, 97, Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain (1984–1997) and last surviving participant at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
* 29 June
** Clarence Barlow, 77, British composer.
** Peter Horbury, 73, British automotive designer.
* 30 June – Robert Fernley, 70, British motorsport manager and entrepreneur.

## July

* 1 July
** Meg Johnson, 86, English actress (Coronation Street, Brookside, Emmerdale).
** Bob Kerslake, Baron Kerslake, 68, British civil servant, head of the Home Civil Service (2012–2014) and member of the House of Lords (since 2015).
* 2 July – Wayne Evans, 51, Welsh professional footballer (Walsall, Rochdale).
* 3 July
** Mo Foster, 78, English multi-instrumentalist (Affinity, Fancy, RMS) and record producer.
** Greig Oliver, 58, Scottish rugby union player.
* 5 July
** Keith Ball, 82, English footballer (Walsall, Port Vale).
** Anthony Gilbert, 88, British composer and academic.
* 6 July
** Graham Clark, 81, English opera singer.
** Colin Spencer, 89, English journalist (The Guardian) and artist.
* 7 July
** Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, 86, British judge and life peer, Justice of the Supreme Court (2009–2012) and member of the House of Lords (2004–2023).
** Yvonne Littlewood, 95, British television producer and director (Eurovision Song Contest 1963).
* 9 July – Alfred Thomas Grove, 99, British geographer and climatologist.
* 10 July
** Derek Beales, 92, British historian.
** Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer, 71, British peer.
* 11 July – George Armstrong, 60, British actor (Grange Hill, Tucker's Luck).
* 12 July – John Nettleton, 94, English actor (Yes Minister, The New Statesman).
* 13 July
** Chris Garland, 74, English footballer (Bristol City, Chelsea, Leicester City).
** John Graham Nicholls, 93, British physiologist.
* 14 July – Tony Butler, 88, British sports broadcaster.
* 15 July – Derek Malcolm, 91, English film critic (The Guardian).
* 16 July
** George Alston-Roberts-West, 85, British Army officer and courtier.
** Jane Birkin, 76, British-French actress (Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun) and singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus").
* 17 July – Barry Martyn, 82, English jazz drummer.
* 18 July – Walter Gilbey, British-Manx politician and entrepreneur, member of the House of Keys (1982–2011).
* 19 July
** Anita Carey, 75, English actress (Coronation Street, Doctors), breast cancer.
** Mike Hammond, 33, British ice hockey player (Nottingham Panthers), traffic collision.
** Mark Thomas, 67, British film composer (Twin Town, The Final Curtain, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London).
* 21 July
** Ann Clwyd, 86, Welsh politician, MP (1984–2019) and MEP (1979–1984).
** Vince Hill, 89, English traditional pop singer ("Edelweiss", "Roses of Picardy", "Merci, Chérie").
* 23 July – Raymond Froggatt, 81, English songwriter ("Callow-la-vita", "Big Ship", "Rachel") and singer.
* 24 July
** George Alagiah, 67, journalist and presenter (BBC News), bowel cancer.
** Trevor Francis, 67, footballer, heart attack.
* 27 July – Bobby Arthur, 78, British boxer, national welterweight champion (1972).
* 28 July – Jim Parker, 88, British composer.
* 29 July – Malcolm Deas, 82, English historian.
* 30 July – David W. Potter, 74, Scottish sportswriter.

## August

* 1 August – Tony Brien, 54, Irish footballer (Leicester City, Chesterfield, Rotherham United, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City).
* 2 August – Tom Kempinski, 85, British actor (Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars) and playwright.
* 3 August – Carl Davis, 86, American-born British conductor and composer (Pride and Prejudice).
* 4 August – Michael Boyd, 68, British theatre director (Royal Shakespeare Company).
* 8 August – Jamie Reid, 76, English visual artist (Sex Pistols) and anarchist.
* 9 August
** John Coddington, 85, English professional footballer (Huddersfield Town, Blackburn Rovers, Stockport County).
** Doreen Mantle, 97, South African-born actress (One Foot in the Grave, Jam & Jerusalem, Yentl).
* 10 August – Alec Jackson, 86, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, Walsall).
* 13 August
** Patricia Bredin, 88, UK's first Eurovision Song Contest participant in 1957.
** Joe Caven, 86, Scottish footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion).
* 14 August
** Harris Mann, 85, British car designer (Morris Marina, Austin Allegro, Princess, Triumph TR7).
** Brian Snowdon, 88, English professional footballer (Blackpool, Portsmouth, Millwall, Crystal Palace).
* 16 August
** John Elsom, 84, English football chairman (Leicester City).
** Michael Parkinson, 88, English television and radio presenter (Parkinson, Give Us a Clue, Desert Island Discs, Going for a Song).
* 19 August – Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton, 88, British peer and politician.
* 21 August – Andy Rankin, 79, English professional footballer (Everton, Watford, Huddersfield Town).
* 22 August – Bobby Noble, 77, English footballer (Manchester United).
* 24 August – Bernie Marsden, 72, English hard rock guitarist (UFO, Whitesnake).
* 27 August – Michael Brougham, 5th Baron Brougham and Vaux, 85, British peer and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1968).
* 28 August – Alan Haworth, Baron Haworth, 75, British life peer and politician, heart attack.
* 29 August – Jamie Crick, 57, British radio broadcaster (Classic FM, Jazz FM, Scala Radio).
* 30 August – Mohamed Al-Fayed, 94, British-based Egyptian businessman, former owner of Harrods.

## September

* 2 September – Mark Pearson, 83, English footballer (Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday, Fulham, Halifax Town).
* 3 September – John F. C. Turner, 96, British architect and theorist.
* 5 September
** Joe Fagin, 83, English singer-songwriter.
** Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian-born vocalist (Runrig).
** John Stevenson, 86, British screenwriter (Brass, Coronation Street).
* 6 September
** John Cairney, 93, Scottish actor (A Night to Remember, Cleopatra, Jason and the Argonauts), author and painter.
** Ian Hamilton, 55, English professional footballer (Cambridge United, Scunthorpe United, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Notts County, Lincoln City).
* 8 September
** Karowei Dorgu, 65, Nigerian-born British doctor and Anglican prelate, suffragan Bishop of Woolwich (since 2017).
** Mike Yarwood, 82, English comedian and impersonator.
* 9 September – John Harris, 84, English professional footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall).
* 10 September
** Brendan Croker, 70, English musician (The Notting Hillbillies).
** Nico Ladenis, 89, British cook and restaurateur.
** Sir Ian Wilmut, 79, British embryologist, creator of Dolly the sheep.
* 12 September
** Jean Boht, 91, English actress (Bread).
** Elizabeth Jeffreys, 82, British Byzantinologist.
* 13 September
** Sir William Gage, 85, British judge, Lord Justice of Appeal (2004–2008).
** Jose Harris, 82, British historian and academic.
** Roger Whittaker, 87, British singer-songwriter ("Durham Town (The Leavin')", "I Don't Believe in If Anymore", "The Last Farewell").
* 16 September
** Colin Murphy, 79, English football player (Derby County, Lincoln City, Stockport County, Southend United) and manager (Notts County).
** Horace Ové, 86, Trinidad and Tobago-born filmmaker (Pressure).
* 17 September
** Arthur Longbottom, 90, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Port Vale, Millwall, Oxford United, Colchester United).
** Ronnie McKinnon, 83, Scottish professional footballer (Rangers, Scotland).
* 21 September – Robin Gladwin, 83, English footballer (Norwich City, Oxford United).
* 23 September – Cheryl Murray, 71, English Actress (Coronation Street, Hi-de-Hi!, Sorry!).
* 25 September – David McCallum, 90, Scottish actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NCIS, The Great Escape) and musician.
* 28 September – Sir Michael Gambon, 82, Irish-born English actor (Harry Potter, Gosford Park, The King's Speech), pneumonia.

## October

* 1 October
** Wilf Billington, 93, English footballer (Workington, Blackburn Rovers).
** Eve Bunting, 94, Northern Irish-born American author (Smoky Night, The Presence: A Ghost Story), pneumonia.
** Sir Christopher Lewinton, 91, British-American businessman.
** Frank McDougall, 65, Scottish professional footballer (Clydebank, St Mirren, Aberdeen).
** Peter Penfold, 79, British diplomat, governor of the Virgin Islands (1991–1996) and high commissioner to Sierra Leone (1997–2000), cancer.
** John Waring, 81, English cricketer (Yorkshire, Warwickshire).
* 2 October
** Francis Lee, 79, English footballer (Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers, national team) and chairman, cancer.
** Gary Simpson, 64, English footballer (Chesterfield, Chester City).
* 3 October – Arthur Burns, 87, British historian.
* 4 October
** David Benedictus, 85, English novelist (The Fourth of June, This Animal Is Mischievous, Return to the Hundred Acre Wood).
** Tommy Hoyland, 91, English professional footballer (Sheffield United, Bradford City).
** Robin Rumboll, 84, radio executive and Jersey politician who founded Channel 103.
* 5 October
** Peter Mack, 68, British scholar, traffic collision.
** Edmund Marshall, 83, British politician, MP (1971–1983).
** Bill Munro, 89, Scottish football player (Barrow) and manager (Clydebank, Airdrieonians).
** Sir Nicholas Stadlen, 73, British judge, mesothelioma.
* 6 October
** Nicholas Crafts, 74, British economist, sepsis.
** Roger Greenhalgh, 82, British academic and writer.
** Susan Thomas, Baroness Thomas of Walliswood, 87, British businesswoman and politician, member of the House of Lords (1994–2016).
* 7 October
** Terence Davies, 77, English film director and screenwriter (Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Long Day Closes, The Deep Blue Sea).
** Anthony Holden, 76, English journalist and author.
* 8 October – Sir Thomas Legg, 88, British civil servant, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (1989–1998).
* 9 October
** Anthony Hickox, 64, English film director (Waxwork, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth, Prince Valiant).
** Jan Needle, 80, English author.
* 12 October – Neil Le Bihan, 47, English footballer (Peterborough United).
* 13 October
** Linda Arkley, 71, British politician, mayor of North Tyneside (2003–2005, 2009–2013).
** Benedict Birnberg, 93, British solicitor and human rights activist, pneumonia.
** Hugh Russell, 63, boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1980)
** Sir Antony Walker, 89, British army general, commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies (1990–1992), heart failure.
* 14 October – Gwyn Richards, 71, Welsh cricketer.
* 15 October
** Edward Cairney, 82, convicted murderer.
** Gerry Ryan, 68, Irish professional footballer (Republic of Ireland, Derby County, Brighton & Hove Albion).
* 16 October
** Paul Bryer, 65, English Anglican clergyman, archdeacon of Cornwall (since 2019).
** Gordon Low, 83, Scottish footballer (Huddersfield Town, Bristol City, Stockport County).
* 17 October – Trevor Beeson, 97, English Anglican clergyman, dean of Winchester (1987–1996).
* 18 October
** Tony Husband, 73, British cartoonist (Private Eye, Round the Bend, Hangar 17), heart attack.
** Paul Reynolds, 50, English cricket umpire (Cricket Ireland).
** David P. Webster, 95, Scottish author, historian, and sports promoter (World Highland Games Championships), complications from dementia.
* 19 October
** Alan J. W. Bell, 85, British television producer and director (Last of the Summer Wine, Ripping Yarns, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
** David Turner, 77, British computer scientist.
** Anthony Vidler, 82, English architectural historian.
* 20 October
** Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel, 77, Scottish clan chief and public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Inverness (2002–2021).
** Gerry Cranham, 94, English sports photographer.
** Haydn Gwynne, 66, English actress (Drop the Dead Donkey, The Windsors, Billy Elliot the Musical), cancer.
** Donald Mackay, 86, Scottish-born Canadian chemical engineer.
** John Thorn, 98, English schoolmaster, writer and educational consultant.
* 21 October
** Sir Bobby Charlton CBE, 86, English footballer (Manchester United, national team) and manager (Preston North End), world champion (1966).
** Carroll Coates, 94, British-American songwriter, composer and lyricist.
** Bill Gates, 79, English footballer (Middlesbrough).
* 22 October – Dave Courtney, 64, English self-proclaimed gangster.
* 23 October
** Angelo Bruschini, 62, English guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack), lung cancer.
** Desert Crown, 4, British racehorse, Epsom Derby winner (2022), euthanised.
** Bill Kenwright, 78, English theater producer (Blood Brothers) and football administrator, chairman of Everton (since 2004), liver cancer.
* 24 October
** Murray Elder, Baron Elder, 73, Scottish politician and member of the House of Lords (1999–2003).
** Bob Pomphrey, 79, English cricketer (Hertfordshire).
** Robin Turner, 81, British Anglican priest, Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force (1995–1998).
* 26 October – John Wilkie, 76, Scottish footballer (Halifax Town, Wigan Athletic).
* 28 October
** Domenico Genovese, 62, English professional football player (Peterborough United) and manager.
** Saleemul Huq, 71, British-Bangladeshi climatologist, director of ICCCAD (since 2009), heart attack.
* 29 October
** Charlie Aitken, 81, Scottish footballer (Aston Villa).
** Dick Fontaine, 83–84, English documentary filmmaker.
** Trevor Hill, 98, British producer (Children's Hour, Round Britain Quiz, Sooty), director and writer.
* 31 October
** Donald Longmore, 95, British heart surgeon.
** Ronnie Rees, 79, Welsh footballer (Coventry City).
** Hugh Wyllie, 89, Scottish Presbyterian minister, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1992–1993).

## November

* 1 November – Brian Hebditch, 75, British Olympic sports shooter (1976), traffic collision.
* 2 November
** Jack Bamford, 86, English George Cross recipient.
** John Havers, 92, English badminton player (national team).
** Bobby Welch, 94, British criminal (Great Train Robbery), complications from Alzheimer's disease. (death announced on this date)
* 3 November
** Patrick Brownsey, 75, British-born New Zealand botanist and philatelist.
** Pete Garner, 61, British bassist (The Stone Roses), cancer. (death announced on this date)
* 4 November
** Robert Knecht, 97, British historian.
** John Whitney, 92, British writer and producer.
* 5 November
** Michael J. Alexander, 82, British translator (Beowulf), poet and broadcaster.
** Ryland Davies, 88, operatic tenor.
** Anne Hart, 90, British actress and singer.
** David Hilditch, 60, DUP politician and Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (1998–2003)
* 6 November
** John Fahy, 80, Scottish footballer (Germiston Callies, Oxford United).
** Sean Martin, 26, English musician (The Night Café). (death announced on this date)
** Norman Munnoch, 94, Scottish rugby union player (Watsonian, Edinburgh District, national team).
* 7 November
** Stuart Jardine, 90, British Olympic sailor (1968, 1972).
** Igor Judge, Baron Judge, 82, English judge, lord chief justice (2008–2013).
* 8 November
** Dale Reid, 64, Scottish golfer.
** Tony Thirlwall, 82, British economist.
** Adrian Webster, 72, English football player (Seattle Sounders, Colchester United) and manager (Phoenix Inferno).
** Bob White, 87, English cricketer (Middlesex, Nottinghamshire).
* 9 November
** John Nuttall, 56, British long-distance runner who competed in track and cross country running.
** James Robertson, 95, British political activist, economist, and writer.
** Joe Tilson, 95, British visual artist.
** Tim Woodward, 70, English actor (Wings, Piece of Cake, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Murder City).
* 10 November – Colin MacKay, 79, Scottish journalist.
* 11 November – Helen Place, radio presenter, newsreader and journalist (BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio York)
* 12 November
** Joan Jara, 96, British-Chilean dancer and human rights activist.
** Anna Scher, 78, British-Irish drama school founder.
* 13 November – Gordon Wallace, 74, Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers, Dundee United, Berwick Rangers).
* 14 November
** Sir Tom Arnold, 76, British politician, MP (1974–1997).
** Brian Cotter, Baron Cotter, 87, British politician, MP (1997–2005) and member of the House of Lords (since 2006).
* 15 November – David Rowe-Beddoe, 85, businessman and first chair of the Wales Millennium Centre.
* 16 November
** Dame A. S. Byatt, 87, English novelist (The Virgin in the Garden, Possession, Still Life) and critic.
** Peter Solley, 75, English musician (Fox) and record producer.
** Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, 85, British jurist, justice of the supreme court (2009–2013), Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (2002–2009) and Lord Justice of Appeal (1997–2002).
* 17 November – John C. G. Röhl, 85, British historian.
* 18 November – Paul Watson, 81, British documentary filmmaker, complications from dementia.
* 19 November
** Joss Ackland, 95, British actor (White Mischief, Lethal Weapon 2, The Mighty Ducks).
** Eddie Linden, 88, Scottish publisher and poet.
* 20 November – Annabel Giles, 64, British actress (Firelight) and psychotherapist.
* 22 November – Mike Bickle, 79, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle, Gillingham). (death announced on this date)
* 23 November – Russell Norman, 57, English restaurateur and chef (Saturday Kitchen).
* 24 November
** Henry Tilly, 91, English cricketer.
** Derek Wilford, 90, British military officer, complications from Parkinson's disease.
* 25 November
** Martin Lockley, 73, Welsh palaeontologist.
** Les Maguire, 81, English musician (Gerry and the Pacemakers).
** Terry Venables, 80, English football player (Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (national team).
* 26 November
** Brian Godding, 78, Welsh jazz rock guitarist (Blossom Toes, Centipede).
** Norman Irons, 82, Scottish councillor and honorary consul, lord provost of Edinburgh (1992–1996).
** Geordie Walker, 64, English guitarist (Killing Joke).
* 28 November
** James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, 81, Scottish politician, MP (1974–1997), MSP (1999–2007) and member of the House of Lords (1997–2023).
** Rod Fletcher, 78, English footballer (Scunthorpe United, Lincoln City, Grimsby Town). (death announced on this date)
** Allan Rogers, 91, Labour Party politician, MP (1983–2001) and MEP (1979–1984).
** Cecil Sandford, 95, British motorcycle road racer, Grand Prix World Riders' Champion (1952, 1957). (death announced on this date)
* 29 November
** James Couchman, 81, British politician, MP (1983–1997).
** Dean Sullivan, 68, English actor (Brookside).
* 30 November
** John Byrne, 83, Scottish playwright (The Slab Boys Trilogy, Tutti Frutti, Your Cheatin' Heart) and designer.
** Alistair Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, 70, British politician, chancellor of the Exchequer (2007–2010), MP (1987–2015) and member of the House of Lords (2015–2020), cancer.
** Shane MacGowan, 65, English-born Irish singer (The Pogues, Shane MacGowan and the Popes) and songwriter ("Fairytale of New York").

## December

* 1 December
** Tony Allen, 78, English comedian and writer.
** Shaun Davis, 57, British bodybuilder, Mr. Universe winner (1996). (death announced on this date)
** Brigit Forsyth, 83, Scottish actress (Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Boon, Still Open All Hours).
** Winston Churchill Rea, 70s, Northern Irish loyalist. (death announced on this date)
* 3 December – Glenys Kinnock, 79, British politician, MEP (1994–2009), member of the House of Lords (2009–2021), and minister of state for Europe (2009).
* 4 December – Sophie Anderson, 36, British pornographic actress, recording artist, and Internet personality. (death announced on this date)
* 5 December
** Denny Laine, 79, English Hall of Fame musician (Wings, The Moody Blues) and songwriter ("Mull of Kintyre").
** Martin Patching, 65, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford, Northampton Town). (death announced on this date)
* 7 December – Benjamin Zephaniah, 65, British actor (Peaky Blinders) and poet.
* 10 December
** Jonathan Irwin, 82, British-Irish auctioneer and philanthropist.
** Willie McCulloch, 75, Scottish football player (Alloa Athletic, Airdrieonians) and manager (Cowdenbeath). (death announced on this date)
** Syd Millar, 89, Northern Irish rugby union player (Ballymena, Ireland national team), coach (British & Irish Lions), and executive, chairman of the IRB (2003–2007). (death announced on this date)
* 11 December
** Shirley Anne Field, 87, English actress (The Entertainer, The Damned, Alfie).
** Ian Gibson, 77, British comic book artist (2000 AD, Judge Dredd, The Ballad of Halo Jones), cancer.
** Richard Kerr, 78, English singer, songwriter ("Mandy", "I'll Never Love This Way Again", "Looks Like We Made It") and composer. (death announced on this date)
** John "Rambo" Stevens, English music producer and manager.
* 12 December
** Shirley Barber, 88, English author.
** Richard Gaddes, 81, English arts administrator (Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis).
* 14 December – Hanzala Malik, 67, Scottish politician, MSP (2011–2016). (death announced on this date)
* 15 December
** Sir Timothy Brighouse, 83, British educator.
** Steve Halliwell, 77, English actor (Heartbeat, Coronation Street, Emmerdale).
* 17 December
** Mike Maxfield, 79, English songwriter and guitarist (The Dakotas). (death announced on this date)
** Roy Roebuck, 94, British journalist (News Chronicle, Daily Express) and politician, MP (1966–1970).
* 18 December
** Ronnie Caryl, 70, English guitarist (Flaming Youth, Phil Collins).
** Brian Price, 86, Welsh rugby union player (Newport, British Lions, national team).
* 19 December – Sir Norman Arthur, 92, British military officer and Olympic equestrian (1960), GOC Scotland (1985–1988) and Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright (1996–2006). (death announced on this date)
* 20 December – Pat Quartermain, 86, English footballer (Oxford United, Cambridge United). (death announced on this date)
* 21 December – Oliver Emanuel, 43, English playwright and radio dramatist. (death announced on this date)
* 22 December
** Oliver Everett, 80, British diplomat and public servant, Royal Librarian (1985–2002).
** Ian Pepperell, 53, British actor (The Archers, EastEnders).
* 23 December – Richard Rampton, 82, British libel lawyer.
* 24 December – David Leland, 82, British film and television director (Wish You Were Here, The Big Man, Band of Brothers, The Borgias).
* 25 December
** Jim Breaks, 83, British professional wrestler.
** Richard Franklin, 87, actor (Doctor Who, Emmerdale).
** Tom Priestley, 91, British film editor (Whistle Down the Wind, Unearthly Stranger, This Sporting Life).
** Henry Sandon, 95, English antiques expert (Antiques Roadshow).
* 26 December
** David Kernan, 85, British actor (Mix Me a Person, Zulu, Carry On Abroad).
** Tony Oxley, 85, English free improvising drummer, co-founder of Incus Records.
* 27 December
** Jack McLean, 78, Scottish journalist and art teacher.
** Leonard Singer, 80, British-born Manx politician, Member of the House of Keys (2001–2006, 2011–2016). (death announced on this date)
* 28 December – Patrick Walsh, 92, Northern Irish Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Down and Connor (1991–2008).
* 29 December – Kurtis Chapman, 26, English professional wrestler. (death announced on this date)
* 30 December
** Bryan Ansell, 68, British role-playing game designer (Warhammer 40,000).
** John Pilger, 84, British-based Australian documentary filmmaker (Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, Death of a Nation, The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back) and journalist.
** Tom Wilkinson, 75, English actor (The Full Monty, In the Bedroom, Michael Clayton).