January 22nd
204 Notable deaths
Mikhail Gromov
Russian and soviet military aviator, test pilot and researcher, hero of the soviet union (1899-1985).
Born February 23rd, 1899 in Tver.
Died January 22nd, 1985 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Yervand Kochar
Artist, sculptor (1899-1979).
Born June 15th, 1899 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1979 at 79 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Adolph Brodsky
Russian musician.
Born April 2nd, 1851 in Taganrog.
Died January 22nd, 1929 at 77 years old in Manchester.
Yordan Radichkov
Bulgarian writer (1929–2004).
Born October 24th, 1929 in Kalimanica.
Died January 22nd, 2004 at 74 years old in Sofia.
László Batthyány-Strattmann
(1870–1931) hungarian aristocrat and physician.
Born October 28th, 1870 in Vienna.
Died January 22nd, 1931 at 60 years old in Vienna (bladder cancer).
Elisabeth Moore
American tennis player (1876–1959).
Born March 5th, 1876 in Brooklyn.
Died January 22nd, 1959 at 82 years old in Starke.
Paul Montel
French mathematician (1876-1975).
Born April 29th, 1876 in Nice. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1975 at 98 years old in Paris. [ref]
Kenneth Armitage
British sculptor (1916-2002).
Born July 18th, 1916 in Leeds. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 2002 at 85 years old in London. [ref]
Racho Petrov
Bulgarian general (1861-1942).
Born March 3rd, 1861 in Shumen.
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 80 years old in Belovo.
Rita Gorr
Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano singer (1926–2012).
Born February 18th, 1926 in Zelzate.
Died January 22nd, 2012 at 85 years old in Benidorm (disease). [ref]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel