January 23rd
182 Notable deaths
Mykola Leontovych
Ukrainian composer, ethnomusicologist, and conductor.
Born December 13th, 1877 in Monastirok.
Died January 23rd, 1921 at 43 years old in Markivka. [ref]
Jimmy Bain
Scottish bassist (1947–2016).
Born December 19th, 1947 in Newtonmore.
Died January 23rd, 2016 at 68 years old in Atlantic Ocean (lung cancer). [ref]
Joe D'Amato
Italian film director.
Born December 15th, 1936 in Rome. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1999 at 62 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alexander Korda
Hungarian-born british film producer and director (1893-1956).
Born September 16th, 1893 in Túrkeve. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1956 at 62 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Northrop Frye
Canadian literary critic and literary theorist.
Born July 14th, 1912 in Sherbrooke.
Died January 23rd, 1991 at 78 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Jay Pritzker
American businessman; uncle of j.b. pritzker.
Born August 26th, 1922 in Chicago.
Died January 23rd, 1999 at 76 years old in Chicago.
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music.
Born July 1st, 1899 in Villa Rica. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1993 at 93 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Clayton Christensen
American economist (1952-2020).
Born April 6th, 1952 in Salt Lake City.
Died January 23rd, 2020 at 67 years old in Boston (cancer).
Jonas Mekas
Lithuanian filmmaker (1922-2019).
Born December 24th, 1922 in Biržai. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2019 at 96 years old in Brooklyn. [ref]
Ryszard Kapuściński
Polish journalist, photographer, poet and author.
Born March 4th, 1932 in Pinsk. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 2007 at 74 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 31 to 40 of 182
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn