January 23rd
182 Notable deaths
Ayşen Gruda
Turkish actress.
Born August 22nd, 1944 in Yeşilköy.
Died January 23rd, 2019 at 74 years old in Istanbul (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Saeb Salam
Prime minister of lebanon.
Born January 17th, 1905 in Beirut.
Died January 23rd, 2000 at 95 years old in Geneva (myocardial infarction).
Eugen Bolz
German politician (1881-1945).
Born December 15th, 1881 in Rottenburg am Neckar.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 63 years old in Plötzensee Prison (guillotine, decapitation).
Frederick Ballantyne
Vincentian cardiologist (1936-2020).
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 83 years old [ref]
Edward Shils
American sociologist.
Born July 1st, 1910 in Chicago.
Died January 23rd, 1995 at 84 years old in Chicago.
Józef Glemp
Catholic cardinal.
Born December 18th, 1929 in Inowrocław. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2013 at 83 years old in Warsaw (lung cancer). [ref]
George Perle
American composer.
Born May 6th, 1915 in Bayonne.
Died January 23rd, 2009 at 93 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Yakov Frenkel
Russian physicist.
Born February 10th, 1894 in Rostov-on-Don. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1952 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
William Lawvere
American mathematician.
Born February 9th, 1937 in Muncie.
Died January 23rd, 2023 at 85 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Gudrun Pausewang
German writer.
Born March 3rd, 1928 in Mladkov, Wichstadtl. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 91 years old in Bamberg. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 182
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs