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December 23rd
192 Notable deaths
Gunnar Berg
Norwegian painter (1863-1893).
Born May 21st, 1863 in Svolvær. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1893 at 30 years old in Berlin (pneumonia). [ref]
Kay Stammers
English tennis player.
Born April 3rd, 1914 in St Albans.
Died December 23rd, 2005 at 91 years old in Oxmoor Farm.
Philipp Etter
Member of the swiss federal council (1891-1977).
Born December 21st, 1891 in Menzingen.
Died December 23rd, 1977 at 86 years old in Bern.
Memmo Carotenuto
Italian actor (1908-1980).
Born August 23rd, 1908 in Rome.
Died December 23rd, 1980 at 72 years old in Rome.
Arkady Andreasyan
Soviet footballer (1947-2020).
Born August 11th, 1947 in Baku.
Died December 23rd, 2020 at 73 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Benito Lynch
Argentine writer.
Born July 25th, 1885 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 23rd, 1951 at 66 years old in La Plata.
Shaken Ajmanov
Film director (1914–1970).
Born February 15th, 1914 in Bayanaul, Pavlodar Province.
Died December 23rd, 1970 at 56 years old in Moscow (struck by vehicle).
Gina Kaus
Screenwriter, novelist (1893–1985).
Born November 21st, 1894 in Vienna.
Died December 23rd, 1985 at 91 years old in Los Angeles.
Marcel Landowski
French composer (1915–1999).
Born February 18th, 1915 in Pont-l'Abbé.
Died December 23rd, 1999 at 84 years old in Paris.
Colin Davis
British racecar driver.
Born July 29th, 1933 in Marylebone. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2012 at 79 years old in Cape Town. [ref]
Deaths 131 to 140 of 192
Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld