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BOB'S BONUS: The bold and the beautiful, the brave and the bold, the entertainers and the enigmatic cultural and sporting icons we love and follow ... we remember them here with our annual list of those greats who permanently left the building in 2023.

January--
Jan. 10--Jeff Beck, 78.  Guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll.
Jan. 12--Lisa Marie Presley, 54.  The King's only child and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father's legacy.
Jan. 17--Chris Ford, 74.  Longtime Boston Celtics coach.  As a player in 1979, he scored the NBA's first 3-point basket.
Jan. 18--David Crosby, 81.  Brash rock musician known for intricate harmonies with The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Jan. 28--Barrett Strong, 81. Motown founding artist sang lead on "Money (That's What I Want)" and co-wrote "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "War" and "Papa Was a Rolling Stone."

February--
Feb. 10--Hugh Hudson, 86.  British film director who made his feature debut with critically acclaimed "Chariots of Fire".
Feb. 13--Huey "Piano" Smith, 89.  Renowned New Orleans session musician who backed Little Richard and others and recorded Little Richard's party favourites like "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu."
Feb. 15--Raquel Welch, 82.  Beauty, film and stage actress, and sex symbol who went from saloon girl (her first credited role) in an episode of the long-running TV Western, "Gunsmoke", to international star.
Feb. 27--Ricou Browning, 93.  Swimmer who was best known as The Gill Man in the 1950s monster movie "Creature from the Black Lagoon."

March--
Mar. 5--Gary Rossington, 71.  Last surviving member of Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write "Sweet Home Alabama" and played unforgettable slide guitar on "Free Bird".
Mar. 12--Dick Fosbury, 76.  Lanky leaper from Oregon State U. who revamped the high jump and won an Olympic Gold Medal in Mexico in 1968 with his "Fosbury Flop."
March 21--Willis Reed, 80.  NBA centre who dramatically played through a painful leg injury in the 1970 Finals to spark the NY Knicks to win their first championship.

April--
Apr. 22--Barry Humphries, 89.  Tony Award-winning comedian renowned for his garish, sweetly condescending stage persona Dame Edna Everage.
Apr. 25--Harry Belafonte, 96.  Ground-breaking actor and singer who became an activist, humanitarian and longtime friend of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

May--
May 1--Gordon Lightfoot, 84.  Legendary Canadian folk singer-songwriter known for many hits, such as "If You Could Read My Mind" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity.
May 24--Tina Turner, 83.  The unstoppable singer who teamed with her abusive husand Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and concerts in the 1960s and 1970s.  She fled her marriage and in middle age launched a triumphant comeback with "What's Love Got to Do With It?"

June--
Jun. 5--Astrud Gilberto, 83.  The Brazilian entertainer whose English-language cameo on "The Girl from Ipanema" made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova.

July--
Jul. 21--Tony Bennett, 96.  Eminent and timeless singer devoted to the American songbook, including his signature "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."  Collaborators spanned generations, from Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra to Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga.
July 26--Sinead O'Connor, 56.   Irish singer-songwriter became a superstar in her mid-20's and was as much known for private struggles and provocative actions as fierce and expressive music.
July 26--Randy Meisner, 77.  Eagles founding bassist who added high harmonies and sang soaring lead on "Take It to the Limit".

August--
August 16--Jerry Moss, 88.  The "M" in the A&M label he co-founded with Herp Alpert and who rose to heights of success with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters and hundreds of other performers.

September--
Sept. 1--Jimmy Buffett, 76.  Singer-songwriter who popularised beach bum soft rock with "Margaritaville" and turned a celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions.
Sept. 2--David McCallum, 90.  TV actor who ranged from 1960s teen heartthrob in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E to eccentric medical examiner in NCIS 40 years later.
 
October--
Oct. 11--Rudolph Isley, 84.  A founding member of the Isley Brothers, whose hits included "Shout" and "Twist and Shout".
Oct. 24--Richard Roundtree, 81.  Starred on film as "Shaft", the ultrasmooth private detective beginning in the early-1970s.

November--
Nov. 1--Bobby Knight, 83.  Brilliant and combustible basketball coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana, and who still holds the world record for distance in the coaches folding chair toss.
Nov. 16--George "Funky" Brown, 74.  Founding drummer of Kool and the Gang who helped write several hits, including party hit "Celebration".

December--
Dec. 14--George McGinnis, 73.  Hall of Fame forward who was a two-time ABA champion and three-time All-Star in the ABA and the NBA.
Dec. 26--Tom Smothers, 86.  The older brother and creative force behind the Smothers Brothers groundbreaking folk-comedy-political satire TV show.