December 23rd
173 Notable deaths
Akira Mutō
Japanese general.
Born December 15th, 1892 in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 56 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Birabongse Bhanudej
Prince of siam, racing driver, sailor and pilot.
Born July 15th, 1914 in Bangkok.
Died December 23rd, 1985 at 71 years old in London (cardioplegia).
Lona Cohen
American spy for the soviet union.
Born January 11th, 1913 in Adams. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1992 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Joan Lindsay
Australian writer (1896-1984).
Born November 16th, 1896 in St Kilda.
Died December 23rd, 1984 at 88 years old in Melbourne (stomach cancer).
Tyrone Power Sr.
English-born american stage and screen actor (1869–1931).
Died December 23rd, 1931 at 62 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Yao Wenyuan
Chinese politician (1931-2005).
Born December 11th, 1931 in Zhuji.
Died December 23rd, 2005 at 74 years old in Shanghai (diabetes). [ref]
James Ellison
American actor (1910-1993).
Born May 4th, 1910 in Guthrie Center. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 1993 at 83 years old in Monterey (fall). [ref]
Ricky Lawson
American musician.
Born November 8th, 1954 in Detroit.
Died December 23rd, 2013 at 59 years old in Long Beach Memorial Medical Center (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Alfred G. Gilman
American pharmacologist (1941-2015).
Born July 1st, 1941 in New Haven.
Died December 23rd, 2015 at 74 years old in Dallas (pancreatic cancer).
Edward Schillebeeckx
Belgian theologian (1914-2009).
Born November 12th, 1914 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2009 at 95 years old in Nijmegen. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 173
We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth. Voltaire