An incomplete overview of the personalities from music, film, art, culture, sports and politics who died in April 2023.
The month began with the unexpected death of WWE Legend Bushwhacker Butch, who passed away on April 2nd after a short illness. Even more suddenly we had to say goodbye to S Club 7 singer Paul Cattermole who was found dead at his home in Dorset on April 6th 2023. The Script guitarist Mark Sheehan passed away on April 14th at the age of 46, and sadly Harry Belafonte passed away on April 25th.
Here and above in the gallery is an incomplete overview of the celebrities from art, culture and politics who died in April 2023.
Dead musicians, actors and co.: The personalities who died in April 2023
April 2023:
- Robert Miller aka Bushwhacker Butch († 78, WWE Legend), April 2nd
- Judy Farrell († 84, actress), April 2
- Vivian Trimble († 59, Luscious Jackson keyboard player), April 4
- Maria Sebaldt († 92, actress), April 4
- Paul Cattermole († 46, “S Club 7” singer), April 6
- Lasse Wellander († 70, ABBA guitarist), April 7th
- Elizabeth Hubbard († 89, actress), April 8
- Michel Lerner († 81, actor), April 8
- Carol Locatell († 82, actress), April 11
- Lotti Krekel († 81, actress & singer), April 11
- Mark Sheehan († 46, The Script guitarist), April 14
- Otis Redding III. († 59, musician), April 18
- Moon Bin († 25, musician), April 19
- Kate Saunders († 62, actress & author), April 21
- Mark Stewart († 62, The Pop Group singer), April 21
- Barry Humphries († 89, actor), April 22
- Harry Belafonte († 96, singer, entertainer & actor), April 25
- MoneySign Suede († 22, rapper), April 25
- Ron Faber († 90, actor), April 26
- Jerry Springer († 79, talk show legend), April 27
- Tim Bachman († 71, “Bachman-Turner Overdrive” co-founder), April 28
You can find out which celebrities we also had to say goodbye to in 2023 in our annual collective article.
The lists have also been far too long in recent years. You can read them from 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016 here.