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December 23rd
187 Notable deaths
Dirk Stikker
Politician and badminton player (1897-1979).
Born February 5th, 1897 in Winschoten. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1979 at 82 years old in Wassenaar. [ref]
Gino Corrado
Actor (1893-1982).
Born February 9th, 1893 in Florence.
Died December 23rd, 1982 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills.
Pierre Dupong
Prime minister of luxembourg (1885-1953).
Born January 11th, 1885 in Heisdorf.
Died December 23rd, 1953 at 68 years old in Luxembourg.
Sergey Stepnyak-Kravchinsky
Russian revolutionary.
Born July 13th, 1851 in Novy Starodub. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1895 at 44 years old in London (railway accident).
Viktor Sarianidi
Russian archaologist (1929-2013).
Born September 23rd, 1929 in Tashkent.
Died December 23rd, 2013 at 84 years old in Moscow.
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]
Adnan Kapau Gani
Indonesian politician (1905–1968).
Born September 16th, 1905 in Palembayan.
Died December 23rd, 1968 at 63 years old in Palembang.
Thérèse Schwartze
Dutch painter (1851-1918).
Born December 20th, 1851 in Amsterdam.
Died December 23rd, 1918 at 67 years old in Amsterdam.
Georg Elias Müller
German experimental psychologist.
Born July 20th, 1850 in Grimma.
Died December 23rd, 1934 at 84 years old in Göttingen.
Richard Rado
Mathematician.
Born April 28th, 1906 in Berlin.
Died December 23rd, 1989 at 83 years old in Henley-on-Thames.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris