Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
March 23rd
176 Notable deaths
Denis Parsons Burkitt
British surgeon (1911-1993).
Born February 28th, 1911 in Enniskillen.
Died March 23rd, 1993 at 82 years old in Gloucester.
Thoralf Skolem
Norwegian mathematician (1887-1963).
Born May 23rd, 1887 in Sandsvær. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1963 at 75 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Paul César Helleu
French portrait artist (1859-1927).
Born December 17th, 1859 in Vannes. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1927 at 67 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (surgical complications). [ref]
Joseph Schillinger
American musician (1895-1943).
Born September 1st, 1895 in Kharkiv.
Died March 23rd, 1943 at 47 years old in New York City (lung cancer).
Maurice Berger
American art historian.
Born May 22nd, 1956 in Lower East Side. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2020 at 63 years old in Copake (COVID-19). [ref]
Phan Chu Trinh
Vietnamese nationalist.
Born September 9th, 1872 in Tam Kỳ. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1926 at 53 years old in Ho Chi Minh City.
Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
British liberal and later labour politician and pacifist (1871-1946).
Born February 16th, 1871 in Windsor Castle. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1946 at 75 years old in Hindhead. [ref]
Karekin Pastermadjian
Armenian nationalist activist and politician (1872–1923).
Born February 9th, 1872 in Erzurum.
Died March 23rd, 1923 at 51 years old in Geneva.
Sarah Caldwell
American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director (1924-2006).
Born March 6th, 1924 in Maryville. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 2006 at 82 years old in Portland. [ref]
Joachim Müncheberg
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born December 31st, 1918 in Darskowo, Drawsko County.
Died March 23rd, 1943 at 24 years old in Meknassy (killed in action).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 176
I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather