Deaths in August 2023

The following is a list of **deaths that should be noted in August 2023**. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Every entry must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

### 1

- Henri Konan Bédié, 89, Ivorian politician, president (1993–1999).
- Alexander Kolker, 90, Russian film composer (_Private Life of Kuzyayev Valentin_, _Tomorrow, on April 3rd..._, _Three Men in a Boat_).

### 3

- Ijaz Butt, 85, Pakistani cricket player (national team) and administrator, chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (2008–2011).
- Carl Davis, 86, American-born British composer (_The French Lieutenant's Woman_, _Pride and Prejudice_, _King David_) and conductor, brain hemorrhage.
- Irina Miroshnichenko, 81, Russian actress (_Walking the Streets of Moscow_, _Mission in Kabul_, _Could One Imagine?_).
- Tane Norton, 81, New Zealand rugby union player (national team).

### 4

- Luis Alarcón, 93, Chilean actor (_Jackal of Nahueltoro_, _Julio comienza en julio_, _Three Sad Tigers_).
- Walter Charles, 78, American actor (_Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street_, _Fletch Lives_, _Prancer_).
- John Gosling, 75, English keyboardist (The Kinks).

### 5

- Arthur Schmidt, 86, American film editor (_Back to the Future_, _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_, _Forrest Gump_), Oscar winner (1988, 1994).

### 7

- Gillian Bibby, 77, New Zealand composer, pianist, and music teacher.
- William Friedkin, 87, American film director (_The French Connection_, _The Exorcist_, _To Live and Die in L.A._), Oscar winner (1971), heart failure and pneumonia.
- Margit Saad, 94, German actress (_Three Birch Trees on the Heath_, _The Criminal_, _The Magnificent Two_).

### 8

- Yuliya Borisova, 98, Russian actress (_The Ambassador of the Soviet Union_, _The Idiot_).
- Julio Capote, 90, Cuban actor (_The White Rose_, _Cara sucia_, _Gata Salvaje_).
- Johnny Hardwick, 64, American voice actor and television writer (_King of the Hill_), Emmy winner (1999).
- Dušan Kaprálik, 75, Slovak actor (_The Teacher_, _Old-Timers_)
- Sixto Rodriguez, 81, American singer-songwriter ("Sugar Man"), subject of _Searching for Sugar Man_.

### 9

- Ita Ever, 92, Estonian actress (_Secret of the Blackbirds_, _Vana daami visiit_).
- Doreen Mantle, 97, South African-born British actress (_One Foot in the Grave_, _Jam & Jerusalem_, _Yentl_). (death announced on this date)
- Robbie Robertson, 80, Canadian Hall of Fame musician (The Band), songwriter ("The Weight") and film composer (_The Color of Money_).
- Robert Swan, 78, American actor (_Hoosiers_, _Natural Born Killers_, _Backdraft_), cancer.
- Vera Vasilyeva, 97, Russian actress (_Ballad of Siberia_, _Bride with a Dowry_, _Adventures of a Dentist_).

### 10

- Robert Arevalo, 85, Filipino actor (_The Moises Padilla Story_, _Only the Brave Know Hell_, _Fuchsia_).
- Antonella Lualdi, 92, Italian actress (_Miracle in Viggiù_, _Wild Love_, _Un caso di coscienza_).

### 11

- Mike Ahern, 81, Australian politician, premier of Queensland (1987–1989), cancer.
- Carlos Camacho, 73, Puerto Rican singer (Los Hispanos) and pastor.
- Ellen Casey, 91, American social advocate, first lady of Pennsylvania (19871995).
- John Fielder, 73, American photographer, cancer.
- Angela Flowers, 90, British gallerist, founder of the Flowers Gallery.
- Julian Haviland, 93, British journalist, political editor of ITN (1975–1981) and _The Times_ (1981–1986).
- Tom Jones, 95, American lyricist (_The Fantasticks_, _110 in the Shade_, _I Do! I Do!_), cancer.
- Nikolay Marincheshki, 65, Bulgarian Olympic fencer (1980, 1988).
- , 71, Greek singer, fall.
- Alexandru Penciu, 90, Romanian rugby union player (Steaua București, Rugby Rovigo, national team).
- Ron Peno, 68, Australian singer-songwriter (Died Pretty), cancer.
- Giora Romm, 78, Israeli Air Force officer, cancer.
- Kourosh Safavi, 67, Iranian linguist.
- Mere Samisoni, 85, Fijian entrepreneur and politician, MP (2018).
- Bikash Sinha, 78, Indian nuclear physicist, director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (2005–2009).
- Shoji Tabuchi, 79, Japanese-American fiddler.

### 12

- Joggie Viljoen, 78, South African rugby union player (national team). (death announced on this date)

### 13

- Clarence Avant, 92, American Hall of Fame music executive and film producer (_Save the Children_, _Jason's Lyric_), founder of Sussex Records.
- Patricia Bredin, 88, English actress (_Left Right and Centre_, _The Treasure of Monte Cristo_) and singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1957).

### 15

- Léa Garcia, 90, Brazilian actress (_Black Orpheus_, _Os Bandeirantes_, _The Greatest Love of All_).

### 16

- Jerry Moss, 88, American Hall of Fame recording executive, co-founder of A&M Records.
- Sir Michael Parkinson, 88, English journalist and broadcaster (_Parkinson_).

### 17

- Bobby Eli, American guitarist (MFSB), songwriter ("Love Won't Let Me Wait"), and record producer.
- Gary Young, 70, American drummer (Pavement).

### 18

- Ray Hildebrand, 82, American singer (Paul & Paula) and songwriter ("Hey Paula", "Young Lovers").

### 19

- Michael Dilley, 84, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
- Igor Yasulovich, 81, Russian actor (_Nine Days in One Year_, _The Diamond Arm_, _It Can't Be!_), film director and pedagogue.

### 20

- Naushad Ali, 79, Pakistani cricketer (national team).
- Wahid Bouzidi, 45, French comedian and actor (_Tellement proches_, _Case départ_, _Super-héros malgré lui_), stroke.

### 21

- Chris Martin, 59, New Zealand boxing manager and trainer.
- Dun Mihaka, 81, New Zealand Māori activist and author. (death announced on this date)

### 22

- Dan Green, 70, American comic book artist (_Spider-Man_, _Wolverine_, _Doctor Strange_). (death announced on this date)
- Ron Palenski, 78, New Zealand journalist and cyclist, cancer.

### 23

- Bob Feldman, 83, American songwriter ("My Boyfriend's Back", "I Want Candy") and record producer ("Hang on Sloopy").
- Hersha Parady, 78, American actress (_Little House on the Prairie_, _Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star_, _CBS Afternoon Playhouse_).
- Notable people killed in the 2023 Tver plane crash:
    - Yevgeny Prigozhin. 62, Russian mercenary leader (PMC Wagner) and oligarch.
    - Dmitry Utkin, 53, Russian mercenary (PMC Wagner).

### 24

- Bernie Marsden, 72, English rock guitarist (Whitesnake) and songwriter ("Fool for Your Loving", "Here I Go Again").

### 26

- Bob Barker, 99, American game show host (_The Price Is Right_, _Truth or Consequences_) and animal rights activist.
- Gleb Panfilov, 89, Russian film director and screenwriter (_The Theme_, _Vassa_, _The Romanovs: An Imperial Family_).
- Andrzej Precigs, 74, Polish actor (_Akcja pod Arsenałem_).
- Arleen Sorkin, 67, American actress (_Days of Our Lives_, _Batman: The Animated Series_, _Duet_).

### 27

- Joe the Plumber, 49, American conservative activist and commentator, pancreatic cancer.
- David McGee, 75, New Zealand lawyer and public servant, Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives (1985–2007), King's Counsel (since 2000).

### 28

- Roger Van Hool, 82, Belgian actor (_Oscar_, _Woman Between Wolf and Dog_, _The Woman Next Door_).

### 29

- Nancy Buirski, 78, American film director (_A Crime on the Bayou_, _Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy_) and producer (_Loving_).
- Robert Klane, 81, American screenwriter (_Where's Poppa?_, _National Lampoon's European Vacation_, _Weekend at Bernie's_), kidney failure.

### 30

- Mohamed Al-Fayed, 94, Egyptian hotelier and football executive, owner of Hôtel Ritz Paris (since 1979), Harrods (1985–2010), and Fulham F.C. (1997–2013).
- Jack Sonni, 68, American musician (Dire Straits), marketing executive and writer.

## Other websites

- _The Guardian_, UK obituaries
- _The Telegraph_ obituaries
- Obituaries, _Chicago Tribune_
- Obituaries, _Los Angeles Times_
- _The New York Times_, US obituaries
- _The Washington Post_ obituaries
- _The Sydney Morning Herald_, Australian obituaries