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January 23rd
201 Notable deaths
George Perle
American composer.
Born May 6th, 1915 in Bayonne.
Died January 23rd, 2009 at 93 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Nell Shipman
Actress, screenwriter, producer, animal trainer (1892–1970).
Born October 25th, 1892 in Victoria.
Died January 23rd, 1970 at 77 years old in Cabazon.
Yakov Frenkel
Russian physicist (1894–1952).
Born February 10th, 1894 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died January 23rd, 1952 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Gábor Péter
Hungarian communist politician (1906-1993).
Born May 14th, 1906 in Újfehértó.
Died January 23rd, 1993 at 86 years old in Budapest.
Roland Huntford
British writer.
Born September 4th, 1927 in Cape Town. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2026 at 98 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Frederick Ballantyne
Vincentian cardiologist (1936-2020).
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 83 years old [ref]
Johanna Brandt
South african propagandist of afrikaner nationalism, spy during the boer war, prophet and writer on controversial health subjects. (1876–1964).
Born November 18th, 1876 in Heidelberg.
Died January 23rd, 1964 at 87 years old in South Africa. [ref]
Gudrun Pausewang
German writer (1928–2020).
Born March 3rd, 1928 in Mladkov.
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 91 years old in Bamberg. [ref]
Ray Cummings
American writer (1887-1957).
Born August 30th, 1887 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1957 at 69 years old in Mount Vernon. [ref]
Ernst Ocwirk
Austrian footballer (1926-1980).
Born March 7th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died January 23rd, 1980 at 53 years old in Klein-Pöchlarn (multiple sclerosis).
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami