Deaths for the week ending 27 May 2023:
Sunday, 21 May 2023
Ed Ames, pop singer and actor (Mingo on "Daniel Boone"), 95.
Ray Stevenson, U.K. actor, cause not reported, 58.
Monday, 22 May 2023
Kirk Arrington, heavy metal drummer (Metal Church), of an illness, 61.
Peggy Lee Leather, pro wrestler, cause not reported, 64.
Chas Newby, rock bassist (The Beatles), 81.
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Isaac "Redd" Holt, jazz drummer, 91.
Cotton Nash, major leaguer (Chicago White Sox), 80.
Sheldon Reynolds, R&B guitarist (Earth, Wind & Fire), cause not reported, 63.
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Jerry Krause, college basketball coach (Gonzaga University), of colon cancer, 87.
George Maharis, actor (Buz Murdock on "Route 66"), 94.
Tina Turner, pop/R&B singer ("What's Love Got to Do With It"), after a long illness, 83. She was the ex-wife of singer Ike Turner.
Saturday, 27 May 2023
James Watt, U.S. secretary of Interior (1981-83), 85.