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October 23rd
192 Notable deaths
Marianne Hoppe
German actress (1909–2002).
Born April 26th, 1909 in Rostock. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 93 years old in Siegsdorf.
Vladimir Stasov
Russian critic (1824–1906).
Born January 14th, 1824 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 23rd, 1906 at 82 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Claire McDowell
Actress (1877-1966).
Born November 2nd, 1877 in New York City.
Died October 23rd, 1966 at 88 years old in Hollywood.
Nathan Juran
American film director (1907-2002).
Born September 1st, 1907 in Gura Humorului.
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 95 years old in Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Edward Adelbert Doisy
American biochemist (1893-1986).
Born November 13th, 1893 in Hume.
Died October 23rd, 1986 at 92 years old in St. Louis.
André Antoine
French actor and director (1858–1943).
Born January 31st, 1858 in Limoges. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1943 at 85 years old in Le Pouliguen. [ref]
Walter Lassally
British filmmaker (1926-2017).
Born December 18th, 1926 in Berlin. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2017 at 90 years old in Crete (surgical complications). [ref]
David George Kendall
British statistician (1918–2007).
Born January 15th, 1918 in Ripon.
Died October 23rd, 2007 at 89 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Edwin Klebs
Swiss biologist (1834-1913).
Born February 6th, 1834 in Königsberg.
Died October 23rd, 1913 at 79 years old in Bern (tuberculosis).
Kevin Magee
American basketball player (1959–2003).
Born January 24th, 1959 in Gary.
Died October 23rd, 2003 at 44 years old in Amite City (traffic collision).
Louis Bouyer
French theologian and minister (1913–2004).
Born February 17th, 1913 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 23rd, 2004 at 91 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Bert Haanstra
Dutch film director (1916-1997).
Born May 31st, 1916 in Rijssen-Holten.
Died October 23rd, 1997 at 81 years old in Hilversum.
Dorothy Dunbar
American actress (1902-1992).
Born May 28th, 1902 in Cripple Creek.
Died October 23rd, 1992 at 90 years old in Seattle.
Yon Hyong-muk
7th premier of north korea (1931-2005).
Born November 3rd, 1931 in Kankyō-hoku Prefecture.
Died October 23rd, 2005 at 73 years old in Pyongyang (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Melchior Lengyel
Hungarian writer (1880-1974).
Born January 12th, 1880 in Balmazújváros.
Died October 23rd, 1974 at 94 years old in Budapest.
András Hegedüs
Hungarian politician (1922-1999).
Born October 31st, 1922 in Szilsárkány.
Died October 23rd, 1999 at 76 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Olympia Brown
American suffragist and universalist minister (1835–1926).
Born January 5th, 1835 in Prairie Ronde Township. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 1926 at 91 years old in Baltimore.
John Muth
American economist (1930-2005).
Born September 27th, 1930 in Chicago.
Died October 23rd, 2005 at 75 years old in Key West.
Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford
British historian (1906-2002).
Born August 30th, 1906 in London.
Died October 23rd, 2002 at 96 years old in East Sussex.
William Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow
British conservative politician and governor of new zealand (1853–1911).
Born March 7th, 1853 in Old Alresford.
Died October 23rd, 1911 at 58 years old in Hendon.
Milan Gorkić
Politician (1904-1937).
Born February 19th, 1904 in Sarajevo.
Died October 23rd, 1937 at 33 years old in Moscow.
Natalie Curtis
American ethnomusicologist (1875–1921).
Born April 26th, 1875 in New York City.
Died October 23rd, 1921 at 46 years old in Paris (car collision).
Erich Köhler
German politician, president of the bundestag (1892-1958).
Born June 27th, 1892 in Erfurt.
Died October 23rd, 1958 at 66 years old in Wiesbaden.
Pinchas Lapide
Israeli theologian, author and diplomat (1922-1997).
Born November 28th, 1922 in Vienna.
Died October 23rd, 1997 at 74 years old in Frankfurt.
Carl Eckart
American physicist (1902-1973).
Born May 4th, 1902 in St. Louis.
Died October 23rd, 1973 at 71 years old in La Jolla.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 192
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk