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February 23rd
182 Notable deaths
Prežihov Voranc
Slovenian writer (1893-1950).
Born August 10th, 1893 in Ravne na Koroškem. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1950 at 56 years old in Maribor. [ref]
Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
German writer.
Born August 11th, 1884 in Masuria. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1945 at 60 years old in Dachau concentration camp (typhus, ballistic trauma). [ref]
Giuseppina Vannini
Italian roman catholic professed religious.
Died February 23rd, 1911 at 51 years old in Rome.
Nino Taranto
Italian actor (1907-1986).
Born August 28th, 1907 in Naples.
Died February 23rd, 1986 at 78 years old in Naples.
Orlando Zapata
Cuban activist (1967-2010).
Born May 15th, 1967 in Santiago de Cuba.
Died February 23rd, 2010 at 42 years old in Havana (starvation). [ref]
Jan Johnson
American athletics competitor (1950–2025).
Born November 11th, 1950 in Hammond.
Died February 23rd, 2025 at 74 years old in Atascadero. [ref]
Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine
French painter (1745-1830).
Born July 15th, 1945 in Misy-sur-Yonne. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1830 at -116 years old in Paris. [ref]
Boris Slutsky
Russian poet.
Born May 7th, 1919 in Sloviansk. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1986 at 66 years old in Tula. [ref]
Benno Besson
Swiss theatre director and actor (1922-2006).
Born November 4th, 1922 in Yverdon-les-Bains. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 2006 at 83 years old in Berlin. [ref]
János Göröcs
Hungarian footballer (1939-2020).
Died February 23rd, 2020 at 80 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 182
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde