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Celebrity deaths 2023: Famous faces we've said goodbye to this year

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From Shane MacGowan to Matthew Perry and Sinead O'Conner - the world has lost a number of famous and notable figures over the course of 2023.

Singer Lisa Marie Presley, who was Elvis Presley’s only child, died aged 54 in January. 

She had been famous since the moment she was born, with the Duchess of York among those paying tribute to the star - calling her a “devoted friend” who would always be “in my heart”.

Spanish fashion designer Paco Rabanne - one of the most prominent and disruptive designers of the sixties - passed away at home

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