Deaths: May 23

1. Hana Kimura

Hana Kimura was a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for World Wonder Ring Stardom and previously Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling.

She was accepted in to the Wrestle-1 dojo after she passed an audition that took place in December of 2015. At the same month she was announced as a round girl of the ...

2. Anna Udvardy

Producer | Mindenki

Anna Udvardy was born in 1949 in Budapest, Hungary. She was a production manager and producer, known for Sing (2016), Best Game Ever (2018) and Epilogue (2010). She died on May 23, 2019 in Hungary.

3. Anne Meara

Actress | Heavyweights

The incredibly gifted comedienne-actress Anne Meara is known for her comedic efforts alongside husband-comedian, Jerry Stiller; together, they were 'Stiller and Meara'; they were original members of the improvisational company, the Compass Players, which later evolved as the Second City Theater. ...

4. Atahualpa Yupanqui

Soundtrack | La edad del sol

Atahualpa Yupanqui was born on January 31, 1908 in J. de la Peña, Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a composer and actor, known for La edad del sol (1999), Torrente indiano (1954) and Horizontes de piedra (1956). He was married to Nenette Pepin Fitzpatrick and María Alicia Martínez. He ...

5. Bobby Joe Long

Self | Forensic Files

Bobby Joe Long was born on October 14, 1953 in Kenova, West Virginia, USA. He was married to Cynthia Bartlett. He died on May 23, 2019 in Florida State Prison, Raiford, Florida, USA.

6. Bryan Wharton

Self | Travellers' Century

Bryan Wharton was born in 1934 in Notting Hill, London, England, UK. He died on May 23, 2020 in the UK.

7. Eddie Sutton

Self | ESPN 25: Who's #1?

Eddie Sutton was born on March 12, 1936 in Bucklin, Kansas, USA. He was married to Patsy Joan Wright. He died on May 23, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

8. Fletcher Markle

Producer | Thriller

Fletcher Markle was born on March 27, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was a writer and producer, known for Thriller (1960), Studio One (1948) and Jigsaw (1949). He was married to Dorothy Conradt, Mercedes McCambridge and Helen Blanche Willis. He died on May 23, 1991.

9. Frances E. Nealy

Actress | Ghostbusters

Frances E. Nealy was born on October 14, 1918 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Ghostbusters (1984), WarGames (1983) and Colors (1988). She died on May 23, 1997 in Hollywood, California, USA.

10. George Jessel

Actor | Lucky Boy

George Jessel gained fame in vaudeville, where it was not uncommon for him--and other performers, such as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor--to perform in blackface, and in fact at age 11 Jessel was Cantor's vaudeville partner. Jessel acted in several movies in the '30s and became a respected film producer. ...

11. Glynn Edwards

Actor | Zulu

Avuncular character actor Glynn Edwards became best known to TV audiences as the gullible bartender Dave who presided over Arthur Daley's favourite watering hole in Minder (1979). He was born in Malaya the son of a rubber planter and brought up by his grandparents in Portsmouth. He started acting ...

12. Harry Townes

Actor | Star Trek

Harry Townes was born and died in Huntsville, Alabama, where he served as an ordained Episcopal priest. Aside from Huntsville and the priesthood, he had a distinguished, prolific, and quite long career as a character actor in movies and on television. He attended the University of Alabama in the ...

13. Ian Copeland

Writer | Wild Thing

Ian Copeland was born on April 25, 1949 in Damascus, Syria. He was a writer, known for Wild Thing, Urgh! A Music War (1981) and R.E.M. by MTV (2014). He was married to Constance Walden. He died on May 23, 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

14. Irio de Paula

Self | A guitarra e o plebeu

15. James Millhollin

Actor | No Time for Sergeants

Thin, fidgety James Millholin made a career out of playing dyspeptic bureaucrats, nervous hotel clerks and other officious authority types. Somewhat reminiscent of Edward Everett Horton or Franklin Pangborn, Millhollin's pinched face, somewhat pop eyes and flighty mannerisms fit those roles like a ...

16. Jean Yanne

Actor | Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil

Jean Yanne was born on July 18, 1933 in Les Lilas, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France. He was an actor and writer, known for Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (1972), Weekend (1967) and Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001). He was married to Jacqueline Renée Guellerin Allard. He ...

17. Jeanna Michaels

Actress | Dallas

Jeanna Michaels was born on May 9, 1956 in New London, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Dallas (1978), Safe at Home (1985) and Knight Rider (1982). She died on May 23, 2018.

18. Jennie Erdal

Self | Forum for Philosophy Podcast

19. John Carter

Actor | The Andromeda Strain

John Carter was born on November 26, 1927 in Center Ridge, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Andromeda Strain (1971), Celebrity (1998) and Badlands (1973). He was married to Kendall Thompson Friede (Fewel) and Barbara Jane Williams. He died on May 23, 2015 in New York City,...

20. John Nash

Self | The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

John Nash was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equations. Nash's work has provided insight into the factors that govern chance and decision-making inside complex systems found in everyday life.

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21. Lita Chevret

Actress | The Royal Bed

A lithe, brunette actress and photographer's model, Lita Chevret began promisingly enough at the very beginning of talking pictures. Her parents, already established in show business, helped along by paying for her dancing tuition. By the age of twenty, she worked as a professional dancer and show ...

22. Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles

Self | 638 Ways to Kill Castro

Luis Clemente Faustino Posada Carriles was born on February 15, 1928 in Cienfuegos, Cuba. He was married to Nieves. He died on May 23, 2018 in Miramar, Florida, USA.

23. Maria Velho da Costa

Writer | Paixão

Maria Velho da Costa was born on June 26, 1938 in Lisbon, Portugal. She was a writer, known for Paixão (2012), Trails (1978) and E o Tempo Passa (2011). She was married to Adérito de Oliveira Nunes. She died on May 23, 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal.

24. Masaki Tamura

Cinematographer | Saraba itoshiki daichi

Masaki Tamura was born in 1939 in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Farewell to the Land (1982), Suzaku (1997) and Himatsuri (1985). He died on May 23, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

25. Moms Mabley

Actress | Boarding House Blues

One the most successful entertainers of the Black vaudeville stage, also known as the Chitlin Circuit, was Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken in 1894. At the apex of her long career, she was earning $10,000 a week at Harlem's Apollo Theatre. Mabley focused on conventional topics such as ...

26. Mona Freeman

Actress | Dear Ruth

A professional model while still in high school, Mona Freeman was signed to a movie contract by Howard Hughes, who then proceeded to sell her contract to Paramount. Starting out in typical juvenile parts, she developed into a very competent actress. As she worked her way out of the teenage ingénue ...

27. Nicole Leblanc

Actress | Le temps d'une paix

Nicole Leblanc was born on September 2, 1941 in Maria, Gaspé Region, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Le temps d'une paix (1980), Apparences (2012) and Cormoran (1989). She was married to Jean-Claude Germain. She died on May 23, 2017 in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, Canada.

28. Nydia Westman

Actress | The Cat and the Canary

This adorable character actress tended to play older than she really was on stage, screen and TV. Petite and quite pretty in her youth, Nydia Westman was born in 1902 to vaudevillian parents, actor-composer Theodore Westman and actress-playwright Lily Wren, and was thrust into the limelight at an ...

29. Owen Hart

Actor | WWE SmackDown

Owen Hart was one of twelve children from a legendary Canadian wrestling family. His brother Bret is also one of the most well known wrestlers of all time. Owen was one of the best wrestlers in the business and his major accomplishments include being the 1994 King of the Ring, former ...

30. Patrick Cargill

Actor | Help!

Best known for his appearances on British television in the comedy series Father, Dear Father (1968), Patrick Cargill was also a distinguished stage actor and a brilliant farceur. His immaculate timing was known throughout the profession to the point that when directors were casting a certain type ...

31. Philip Coolidge

Actor | North by Northwest

Philip Coolidge was born on August 25, 1908 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for North by Northwest (1959), Inherit the Wind (1960) and The Tingler (1959). He died on May 23, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

32. Richard Peck

Writer | Gas Food Lodging

Richard Peck was born on April 5, 1934 in Decatur, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Gas Food Lodging (1992), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and Are You in the House Alone? (1978). He died on May 23, 2018 in New York City, New York, USA.

33. Roger Moore

Actor | Moonraker

Roger Moore will perhaps always be remembered as the man who replaced Sean Connery in the James Bond series, arguably something he never lived down.

Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, the son of Lillian (Pope) and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. His ...

34. Simon Monjack

Writer | Two Days, Nine Lives

Simon Monjack was born on March 9, 1970 in Hillingdo, Middlesex, England, and was known mainly for dating then marrying the late film and television star Brittany Murphy. The two were wed on April 12, 2007. Brittany passed away on December 20, 2009 at the age of 32 at their Rising Glen estate in ...

35. Stefano Farina

Actor | Goal II: Living the Dream

Stefano Farina was born on September 19, 1962 in Ovada, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) and 2003-2004 UEFA Champions League (2003). He died on May 23, 2017 in Genoa, Italy.

36. Sterling Hayden

Actor | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Born to George & Frances Simonson Walter, and named Sterling Relyea Walter. Father died in 1925. Adopted by stepfather 'James Hayden' renamed Sterling Walter Hayden. Grew up in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and Maine. Though very poor, attended prep school at ...

37. Tom Hennesy

Actor | 26 Men

Tom Hennesy began his movie and TV career as a Stuntman and Actor, while he was in college and playing football at USC. Hennesy played the title role in the classic Universal horror film "Revenge Of The Creature" (the sequel to the Creature From The Black Lagoon). Hennesy acted and performed stunts...

38. William Keene

Actor | The Twilight Zone

William Keene was born on August 4, 1915 in Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Perry Mason (1957). He was married to Olive Dunbar. He died on May 23, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.