Gone but certainly not forgotten. Take a moment to look back in remembrance of the artists and filmmakers we lost in 2022-2023.
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Raquel Welch, 'One Million Years B.C.' and 'The Three Musketeers' Actress, Dies at 82
Feb 15, 2023
Raquel Welch, who captivated moviegoers in films like 'One Million Years B.C.' and 'The Three Musketeers,' died on Feb. 15, 2023.
Burt Bacharach, Three-Time Oscar-Winning Composer and Pop Visionary, Dies at 94
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Burt Bacharach, one of pop's greatest composers and a three-time Oscar winner, died on Feb. 8, 2023.
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95th Oscars
MARCH 11, 2023
It was a year of profound loss in so many ways. At the Academy, we remember these accomplished filmmakers and artists.
A look back
Mary Alice
Actress
Gil Alkabetz
Animator; Director; Writer
Kirstie Alley
Actress
Burt Bacharach
Composer
Angelo Badalamenti
Composer
Simone Bär
Casting Director
Jered Barclay
Actor
Joanna Barnes
Actress
Tony Barry
Actor
Jules Bass
Director; Producer
Luster Bayless
Costume Designer; Costumer
Carl A. Bell
Animator
Jeff Berlin
Sound Engineer
David Birney
Actor
Bruce Bisenz
Sound Mixer
Taurean Blacque
Actor
Eliot Bliss
Engineer; Post-Production Supervisor
Les Bloom
Set Decorator; Property Master
Nick Bosustow
Producer
Michel Bouquet
Actor
Holly Bower
Photographer
Howard Bragman
Publicist
Albert Brenner
Production Designer; Art Director
Tom Bronson
Costume Designer
Peter Brook
Director
Ricou Browning
Actor; Director; Stunt Coordinator; Underwater Unit Director
James D. Brubaker
Producer; Executive; Production Manager
Reginald "Sonny" Burke
Studio Musician
James Caan
Actor; Director
Michael Callan
Actor
Donn Cambern
Film Editor
Colin Cantwell
Designer; Concept Artist
Irene Cara
Actress; Singer; Songwriter
Phyllis Carlyle
Producer; Talent Manager
Pat Carroll
Actress
W. Daniel Carter
Film Laboratory Executive
Chris Chesser
Producer
Marvin Chomsky
Director
Gene "Cip" Cipriano
Studio Musician
Michael Clancy
Costume Designer
Robert Clary
Actor; Singer
Robbie Coltrane
Actor
Carole Cook
Actress
Coolio
Rap Artist; Actor
Oscar Costo
Producer; Production Manager
Noah Cowan
Festival Executive; Distributor
Bernard Cribbins
Actor
Patrick Curtis
Producer; Actor
Marija Miletic Dail
Animator
Robin Dalton
Producer; Literary Agent
Robert Dalva
Film Editor
John Dartigue
Publicity Executive
Alice Estes Davis
Costume Designer
Charlbi Dean
Actress
Mylène Demongeot
Actress
Melinda Dillon
Actress
Robert J. Dowling
Trade Magazine Publisher
Lamont Dozier
Songwriter
Kenneth R. Dufva
Foley Artist
Ralph Eggleston
Director; Writer; Animator; Production Designer
Vicky Eguia
Publicity Executive
Cliff Emmich
Actor
Caroline "Cai" Emmons
Writer; Student Academy Award Recipient
Richard D. Eustis
Writer
Bert Fields
Entertainment Attorney
Louise Fletcher
Actress
James Flynn
Producer
Gray Frederickson
Producer; Production Executive
Gerald Fried
Composer
Charles Fuller
Writer
Lorin Fulton
Assistant Director
Frank Galati
Writer; Stage Director
George Gale
Film Editor
Joseph Geisinger
Sound Mixer
Sari Gennis
Effects Animator
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Actor
Jack Ging
Actor
Jean-Luc Godard
Director; Writer; Film Critic
Martin Goldman
Director; Writer; Producer
Mitchell Goldman
Executive
Marina Goldovskaya
Director; Cinematographer; Educator
Bert I. Gordon
Director
Gilbert Gottfried
Actor
Clu Gulager
Actor
Philip Baker Hall
Actor
Bethlyn Hand
Marketing Executive
Estelle Harris
Actress
Leon R. Harris
Illustrator; Art Director
Mamoun Hassan
Director; Producer; Writer; Executive
He Ping
Director; Writer
Anne Heche
Actress
Duncan S. Henderson
Producer; Production Manager; Assistant Director
Brad William Henke
Actor
Oscar Enrique Hernandez Ona
Dancer; Choreographer; Dance Instructor
Judith Heumann
Activist
Mike Hill
Film Editor
Mike Hodges
Director
David Hollis
Executive
Heddy Honigmann
Director; Writer
Bo Hopkins
Actor
Joan Hotchkis
Actress; Writer
Ellen Hovde
Director; Film Editor
Gregory Allen Howard
Writer; Producer
Gordon Hubbard
Executive
Hugh Hudson
Director
Marsha Hunt
Actress; Activist
Gregory Itzin
Actor
Gregory Jein
Visual Effects Artist; Model Maker
Neal Jimenez
Writer; Director
David M. Jones
Visual Effects Supervisor
L. Q. Jones
Actor
Leslie Jordan
Actor
Marvin Josephson
Agent; Executive
Naomi Judd
Songwriter; Musician
Maurice Kanbar
Producer; Exhibitor; Entrepreneur
Artie Kane
Composer; Musician
Robert A. Katz
Producer
Jack Kehler
Actor
Douglas Kirkland
Photographer
William Klein
Director; Writer; Photographer
Joanne Koch
Executive Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center
Joseph Koo
Composer
John Korty
Director; Producer
Krishna
Actor; Director; Producer
Günter Lamprecht
Actor
Edie Landau
Producer; Executive
Mike Lang
Studio Musician
Angela Lansbury
Actress
Jean-Marie Lavalou
Mechanical Engineer; Inventor, Camera Systems
Gene LeBell
Stunt Performer; Martial Artist
Neal C. Lemlein
Marketing Executive
Hilary Linstead
Casting Director; Agent; Producer
Ray Liotta
Actor
Lenny Lipton
Experimental Filmmaker; Technologist; Author
Sacheen Littlefeather
Actress; Activist
Si Litvinoff
Producer
Gina Lollobrigida
Actress
Robert Q. Lovett
Film Editor
Bert Lovitt
Film Editor
Tom Luddy
Producer; Festival Founder
Loretta Lynn
Singer; Songwriter
Amanda Mackey
Casting Director
Marvin March
Set Decorator
Martine Marignac
Producer
Ron Masak
Actor
Paul Mason
Writer; Producer; Executive
Burny Mattinson
Animator
Miriam Mayer
Composer; Arranger
Diane McBain
Actress
Thomas James McCormick
Audio Equipment Supplier
Douglas McGrath
Writer; Director; Actor
Nelson E. Meacham
Engineer
Burt Metcalfe
Actor; Television Producer
Richard Michaels
Director
George T. Miller
Director
Mark Miller
Actor; Writer
Armen Minasian
Film Editor
Walter Mirisch
Producer; Past Academy President
Mike Moder
Production Manager; Assistant Director
Robert Morse
Actor
Roger E. Mosley
Actor
James J. Murakami
Production Designer; Art Director
Richard Myerson
Executive
Chris Nassif
Agent; Producer
Gary Nelson
Director
Ernst Nettmann
Camera Systems Developer
Olivia Newton-John
Singer; Actress
Ni Kuang
Writer
Nichelle Nichols
Actress
Monty Norman
Composer
Leif-Erik Nygårds
Photographer
F. J. O'Neil
Actor
James Olson
Actor
William Robert Orcutt
Animation Production Manager
Irene Papas
Actress
Lindsley Parsons Jr.
Production Manager; Producer; Executive
Virginia Patton
Actress
Pelé
Athlete; Actor
Bill Pence
Festival Founder; Film Programmer
Jacques Perrin
Actor; Producer; Director
Nehemiah Persoff
Actor
Wolfgang Petersen
Director; Writer; Producer
Leslie Phillips
Actor
Clayton Pinney
Special Effects
Gordon Pinsent
Actor
Gerald Potterton
Director; Animator
Edward R. Pressman
Producer
Andrew Prine
Actor
Albert Pyun
Director; Writer
Qin Yi
Actress
Bob Rafelson
Director; Writer; Producer
Peter Rawley
Agent; Producer
Quinn K. Redeker
Writer; Actor
Julia Reichert
Producer; Director
William Reynolds
Actor
William Richert
Director; Writer
Tom Richmond
Cinematographer
Bill Robinson
Agent
Owen Roizman
Cinematographer
Rick Rosenberg
Producer
May Routh
Costume Designer
John Joseph Rutchland II
Construction Coordinator
Bobby Rydell
Actor; Singer
Albert Saiki
Design Engineer
Carl Samrock
Publicity Executive; Photographer
Sydney Samuelson
Cinematographer; Executive
Carlos Saura
Director; Writer
Arnold Schulman
Writer
Joan Scott
Agent
Sandra Seacat
Acting Coach
Peter S. Sealey
Marketing Executive
George Shapiro
Manager; Producer
Yoko Shimada
Actress
Henry Silva
Actor
Maurizio Silvi
Makeup Artist
Tony Sirico
Actor
Tom Sizemore
Actor
Margaret Smilow
Producer
Howard Smith
Producer
Pete Smith
Actor
Walter SooHoo
Actor
Paul Sorvino
Actor
Catherine Spaak
Actress
George Spell
Child Actor
Tom Springfield
Songwriter; Musician
Shel Starkman
Graphic Designer
Stella Stevens
Actress
Houston Stevenson
Actor
Venetia Stevenson
Actress; Executive; Manager
Larry Storch
Actor
Jean-Marie Straub
Director; Writer
Sylvia Syms
Actress
Miiko Taka
Actress
Alain Tanner
Director; Writer; Producer
Elisabeth Tavernier
Costume Designer
Topol
Actor
Bill Treusch
Talent Manager
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Actor
Dorothy Tristan
Actress; Writer
Glen Trotiner
Assistant Director; Producer
Cynnie Troup
Script Supervisor
Christopher Tucker
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Brian Tufano
Cinematographer
Joe Turkel
Actor
Gabrielle Upton
Writer
Vangelis
Composer; Musician
Jean Veloz
Swing Dancer
Dennis Virkler
Film Editor
Leon Vitali
Actor; Assistant to Stanley Kubrick
Lenny Von Dohlen
Actor
Barbara Walters
Journalist; Television Host
Jimmy Wang Yu
Actor; Director; Producer; Writer
Fred Ward
Actor
David Warner
Actor
David Watkins (Sr.)
Special Effects Supervisor
Raquel Welch
Actress
Kenneth Welsh
Actor
Jay Weston
Producer
Carrie White
Hairstylist
Ted White
Stunt Performer; Actor
Tom Whitlock
Songwriter
Ian Whittaker
Set Decorator
Seth Willenson
Marketing and Distribution Executive; Producer
Cindy Williams
Actress
Emanuel L. Wolf
Executive; Producer
Oliver Wood
Cinematographer
Lisbeth Wynn-Owen
Production Coordinator
Yoshishige Yoshida
Director; Writer
John Zaritsky
Director
Robert Zuckerman
Photographer