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December 23rd
187 Notable deaths
Michel d'Herbigny
Catholic bishop.
Born May 8th, 1880 in Lille. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1957 at 77 years old in Aix-en-Provence.
Jerzy Semkow
Polish conductor (1928–2014).
Born October 12th, 1928 in Radomsko.
Died December 23rd, 2014 at 86 years old in Lausanne.
Alfrēds Kalniņš
Latvian musician (1879-1951).
Born August 23rd, 1879 in Cēsis. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1951 at 72 years old in Riga. [ref]
Maxime Laubeuf
French maritime engineer (1864-1939).
Born November 23rd, 1864 in Poissy.
Died December 23rd, 1939 at 75 years old in Cannes.
Marie Noël
French writer and poet (1883-1967).
Born February 16th, 1883 in Auxerre, Maison de Marie Noël.
Died December 23rd, 1967 at 84 years old in Auxerre. [ref]
Valentin Gavrilov
Soviet high jumper.
Born July 26th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died December 23rd, 2003 at 57 years old in Moscow.
Lêdo Ivo
Brazilian writer and poet.
Born February 18th, 1924 in Maceió.
Died December 23rd, 2012 at 88 years old in Seville (myocardial infarction).
Evgeny Abramyan
Physicist.
Born August 3rd, 1930 in Tbilisi.
Died December 23rd, 2014 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Maria Pavlova
Russian and soviet paleontologist (1854-1938).
Born June 27th, 1854 in Kozelets.
Died December 23rd, 1938 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Hans Mild
Swedish association football and hockey player (1934-2007).
Born July 31st, 1934 in Stockholm.
Died December 23rd, 2007 at 73 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 187
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