Lance Reddick, an actor best known for his portrayal of Cedric Daniels on The Wire and for his work in the John Wick franchise, died on Friday, March 17 morning “of natural causes.” He was 60. Bobby Caldwell, the soulful singer-songwriter behind R&B hits like “What You Won’t Do For Love” and “Open Your Eyes,” died March 14, according to his wife, Mary Caldwell. He was 71 years old. Former US Rep. Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, a longtime Democratic congresswoman who championed women’s rights, has died at the age of 82. Schroeder died at night in a hospital on Monday, March 13, surrounded by her family, her daughter Jamie Cornish, confirmed to CNN. The cause was complications after a stroke, Cornish said. Joe Pepitone, a three-time All-Star who played for the New York Yankees between 1962 and 1969, has died at the age of 82, according to a statement from the team. Dick Fosbury, a legendary Olympic high jumper who revolutionized athletics, died of lymphoma on Sunday, March 12, according to his publicist Ray Schulte. Fosbury was 76 years old. South African rapper Costa Titch died suddenly, his family said in an Instagram post on March 12, hours after he performed at a music festival. The musician, whose real name is Constantinos Tsobanoglou, was 28 years old. Longtime Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant died Saturday, March 11, at the age of 95, the “absolutely heartbroken” team said in a statement. Grant coached the Vikings for 18 seasons, from 1967 to 1983 and again in 1985. Masatoshi Ito, the Japanese billionaire who turned 7-Eleven convenience stores into a global empire, died at the age of 98. Seven & I Holdings, operators of 7-Eleven, confirmed the death in a statement Monday, adding that Ito died of old age on Friday, March 10. Renowned architect Eugene Kohn died on Thursday March 9th at the age of 92. Kohn co-founded the architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox, whose most notable projects include One Vanderbilt in New York City and the Shanghai World Financial Center. Emmy-winning actor Robert Blake, who starred in the crime series “Baretta,” died March 9, according to his daughter Delinah Blake Hurwitz. He was 89 years old. In 2001, Blake’s second wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, was found murdered in the San Fernando Valley. In 2005, he was acquitted of murder charges related to the case. He later lost a civil lawsuit brought by Bakley’s children. Peterson Zah, who led the Navajo Nation as chairman and first president, died Tuesday, March 7th. He was 85 years old. Guitarist Gary Rossington, the last surviving founding member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died Sunday March 5 at the age of 71. Tom Sizemore, an actor best known for his roles in Saving Private Ryan and Natural Born Killers, died March 3. He was 61 years old. The actor was hospitalized after suffering a brain aneurysm in mid-February. Rafael Viñoly, the Uruguayan-born architect who designed 20 Fenchurch Street in London – also known as “The Walkie-Talkie” – died on March 2, his firm said. He was 78 years old. Wayne Shorter, a Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer who helped shape the sound of contemporary jazz, died March 2, according to his publicist. He was 89 years old. Jerry Richardson, founder and former owner of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, died March 1 at the age of 86, the team said. Lorenzo “Lo” Jelks, Atlanta’s first black television news reporter, died at the age of 83, CNN affiliate WSB reported Feb. 25. Jelks joined WSB-TV in 1967 and stayed for nearly a decade, according to the Atlanta Press Club. Richard Belzer, the comedian and actor best known for playing Detective John Munch in a string of NBC crime dramas spanning more than two decades, died Feb. 19, according to his longtime manager. He was 78 years old. Actress Stella Stevens, who appeared in a number of films including The Nutty Professor and The Poseidon Adventure in the 1960s and ’70s, died on February 17, according to her son. She was 84 years old. Tim McCarver, a longtime Major League Baseball broadcaster who won two World Series titles during his 21-year playing career, died at the age of 81, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced on Feb. 16. Raquel Welch, an actress who became an international sex symbol in the 1960s, died on February 15, according to her manager Steve Sauer. She was 82 years old. David Jude Jolicoeur, center, better known as Trugoy the Dove of legendary rap trio De La Soul, died on February 12 at the age of 54. A cause of death was not given. Austin Majors, a former child actor best known for his role as Theo Sipowicz on NYPD Blue, died Feb. 11, the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office said. He was 27. The cause of death was under investigation. Burt Bacharach, the acclaimed composer and songwriter behind dozens of soft pop hits from the 1950s to 1980s, including “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” and the theme from the movie ” Arthur” died at the age of 94, a Bacharach family member confirmed to CNN on Feb. 9. World-renowned fashion designer Paco Rabanne died on February 3rd at the age of 88 in the eponymous fashion house in 1966, drawing both praise and controversy for his creations. Bobby Beathard, NFL manager and Pro Football Hall of Famer, died January 30 at the age of 86. Beathard helped build teams that won four Super Bowls, including the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins team. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull died Jan. 30 at the age of 84, the Chicago Blackhawks announced. “The Golden Jet” was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017. Actress Annie Wersching died of cancer Jan. 29, her publicist Craig Schneider told CNN. She was 45. Wersching was best known as FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24”. She also provided the voice for Tess in the video game The Last of Us. Lisa Loring, best known as the first actress to play Wednesday Addams on the original sitcom The Addams Family, died on January 28 at the age of 64. Tom Verlaine, founding member of seminal New York punk band Television, died January 28. after a short illness,” reads a press release from Jesse Paris Smith, daughter of Verlaine’s former partner Patti Smith. He was 73 years old. Former Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Jessie Lemonier died Jan. 26, according to a statement from the Lions. He was 25. The cause of death was not disclosed by the Lions. Cindy Williams, the dynamic actress best known for portraying the bubbly Shirley Feeney on the popular sitcom Laverne & Shirley The TV miniseries Salem’s Lot, as well as other notable series in the ’70s, died at the age of 62, his talent agent John Boitano told CNN on Jan. 25. Balkrishna Doshi, one of the Indian subcontinent’s most celebrated architects, died January 24 at the age of 95. He was India’s first – and so far only – winner of the Pritzker Prize, the equivalent of the B profession to the Nobel Prize. Mexican comedian Leopoldo Roberto Garcia Pelaez Benitez, who appeared as “Polo Polo,” died on January 23, his family said. He was 78 years old. Benitez was known for his adult-themed jokes and Spanish puns, which were featured in dozens of albums the comedian recorded in the 2000s. Sal Bando, a four-time Major League Baseball All-Star, died Jan. 20 after a long battle with cancer. He was 78 years old. From 1972 to 1974, Bando won three straight World Series titles as captain of the Oakland Athletics. David Crosby, a folk and rock music pioneer and one of the founding members of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died aged 81, his family announced on January 19. Anton Walkes, a defender for major league soccer team Charlotte FC, died at the age of 25, the team announced in a statement Jan. 19. Walkes died from injuries sustained in a boating accident, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement. He previously played for Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth and Atlanta United. The world’s oldest known person, French nun Sister André, died on January 17 at the age of 118. Sister André, born Lucile Randon on February 11, 1904, lived near the French city of Toulon. According to a statement released by Guinness in April 2022, she dedicated most of her life to worship. Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida died at the age of 95, the ANSA news agency reported on January 16, citing members of her family. Along with Sophia Loren, Lollobrigida became a symbol of Italian actresses in the 1950s and 1960s. Veteran actor Al Brown, best known for his role on hit TV show The Wire, died on January 13. He was 83 years old. Brown made his mark as Police Commander Stanislaus “Stan” Valchek on the show about the Baltimore drug trade. Robbie Knievel, who followed in the daring footsteps of his father, Evel Knievel, died on January 13. He was 60 years old. According to his brother Kelly, Robbie had advanced pancreatic cancer and “knew he had probably been sick for six months”. Singer Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of the late Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, died Jan. 12, hours after being rushed to the hospital after an apparent cardiac arrest, her mother said. She was 54 years old. Robbie Bachman, the drummer for Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive, has died at the age of 69, his brother and bandmate Randy Bachman announced via Twitter on Jan. 12. Carole Cook, a veteran actress loved for her work on stage and screen, died on January 11. She was 98 years old. Jeff Beck, the rock guitarist often considered one of the greatest of all time, has died at the age of 78, according to a statement posted on his official social media accounts on Jan. 11. Beck rose to fame in the ’60s when he replaced Eric Clapton with the Yardbirds. He left the company a year later to form his own group, The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood. Tatjana Patitz, who rose to fashion fame in the ’90s as an animal-loving supermodel with piercing eyes, died of breast cancer on Jan. 11, her agent confirmed to CNN. Patitz was 56 years old. Actress Melinda Dillon, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for the films “A Christmas Story” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” died Jan. 9, according to a Long Beach, California cremation service . She was 83 years old. Lynette Hardaway, a prominent conservative social media personality and member of the duo Diamond & Silk, has died at the age of 51, a post on the couple’s Facebook account announced Jan. 9. Bernard Kalb, the longtime journalist and founding spokesman for CNN’s Reliable Sources program, died Jan. 8, his family said. He was 100 years old. Adam Rich, an actor who rose to fame as a child playing the youngest member of the Bradford family, Nicholas, on the TV series Eight Is Enough, died Jan. 7, according to a report by TMZ citing his family. He was 54 years old. Italian soccer legend Gianluca Vialli died on January 6 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Vialli, 58, played for Italian clubs Sampdoria and Juventus where he won the Champions League in 1996 before playing for English Premier League club Chelsea. He also played 59 times for the Italian national team. Walter Cunningham, a retired NASA astronaut who piloted the first manned flight in the space agency’s famed Apollo program, died on Jan. 3. He was 90 years old. Professional rally driver and YouTube star Ken Block died in a snowmobile accident on January 2. He was 55 years old. Before beginning his rallying career, Block co-founded sportswear company DC Shoes in 1994, which grew to become one of the most recognized skateboard apparel brands in the world. Fred White, drummer for classic ’70s superband Earth, Wind & Fire, died January 1 at the age of 67. With the band, White won six Grammys and was nominated a total of 13 times. In 2000, Earth, Wind & Fire was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Art McNally, the “father of instant replay” and the first game official to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died January 1 at the age of 97.
