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December 23rd
192 Notable deaths
Poul Pedersen
Danish association football player (1932-2016).
Born October 31st, 1932 in Aarhus. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2016 at 84 years old in Aarhus. [ref]
Luther H. Evans
American political scientist (1902-1981).
Born October 13th, 1902 in Bastrop County.
Died December 23rd, 1981 at 79 years old in San Antonio.
Filipp Malyavin
Russian painter (1869-1940).
Born October 23rd, 1869 in Kazanka.
Died December 23rd, 1940 at 71 years old in Nice.
Harmodio Arias Madrid
President of panama (1886-1962).
Born July 3rd, 1886 in Penonomé, Coclé.
Died December 23rd, 1962 at 76 years old in Miami. [ref]
John Merle Coulter
U.s. botanist (1851-1928).
Born November 20th, 1851 in Ningbo.
Died December 23rd, 1928 at 77 years old in Yonkers.
Constance Naden
English writer, poet and philosopher (1858-1889).
Born January 24th, 1858 in Edgbaston.
Died December 23rd, 1889 at 31 years old in Mayfair.
Emmett Leith
American physicist and engineer (1927–2005).
Born March 12th, 1927 in Detroit.
Died December 23rd, 2005 at 78 years old in Ann Arbor.
Pierre Chenal
Director (1904–1990).
Born December 5th, 1904 in Brussels metropolitan area.
Died December 23rd, 1990 at 86 years old in La Garenne-Colombes.
Vasili Eroshenko
Anarchist writer, esperantist, linguist and teacher (1890–1952).
Born January 12th, 1890 in Obukhovka.
Died December 23rd, 1952 at 62 years old in Obukhovka.
Pierre Gripari
French writer (1925–1990).
Born January 7th, 1925 in Paris.
Died December 23rd, 1990 at 65 years old in Paris.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 192
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner