Here are some of the most famous people who have died in 2023.
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun was found dead on Wednesday, December 27. Lee is best known internationally for his role in the Academy Award-winning film ‘Parasite.’ He was 48.
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Comedian Tom Smothers, who with his brother performed as the singing comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, died Tuesday, December 26. Mark Junge/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesLaura Lynch, center, died after being involved in a car crash Friday, December 22, in Hudspeth County, Texas. Ralph Lauer/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service/Getty ImagesAndre Braugher, the intense actor who won an Emmy for ‘Homicide: Life on the Street,’ died at age 61 on Monday, December 11. Fox Image Collection/Getty ImagesRyan O’Neal, who starred in movies such as ‘Love Story’ and ‘Paper Moon,’ died Friday, December 8. Pierre Boulat /Ass. Pierre & Alexandra Boulat/Agentur Focus/ReduxNorman Lear, famed television producer, died Tuesday, December 5. Chris Pizzello/Invision/APDenny Laine, co-founder of bands Wings and The Moody Blues, died on December 5. Sandra Day O’Connor, who blazed trails as the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court, died at the age of 93. Ron Edmonds/APShane MacGowan, the lead singer of Irish band The Pogues, died at the age of 65. Paul Natkin/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesElliott Erwitt, the photojournalist, and filmmaker who documented American life for over six decades, died November 29 at the age of 95. Timothy Fadek/Corbis/Getty ImagesHenry Kissinger, a former US secretary of state and national security adviser, died at the age of 100. Dirck Halstead/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesMary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, died at the age of 76. NASAFrances Sternhagen, a veteran screen performer known for her work in films like ‘Misery,’ died at the age of 93. Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images
