April 23rd
175 Notable deaths
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist.
Born December 28th, 1903 in Duquesne. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1983 at 79 years old in Oakland. [ref]
John C. Stennis
American politician (1901-1995).
Born August 3rd, 1901 in Kemper County.
Died April 23rd, 1995 at 93 years old in Jackson.
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
Indian singer (1902-1968).
Born April 2nd, 1902 in Kasur. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1968 at 66 years old in Hyderabad. [ref]
David Halberstam
American writer, journalist, historian.
Born April 10th, 1934 in New York City.
Died April 23rd, 2007 at 73 years old in Menlo Park (traffic collision). [ref]
Kathleen Crowley
American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017).
Born December 26th, 1929 in Green Bank.
Died April 23rd, 2017 at 87 years old in Green Bank (disease). [ref]
Lord Leopold Mountbatten
British noble; son of prince henry of battenberg and princess beatrice of the united kingdom; grandson of queen victoria (1889-1922).
Born May 21st, 1889 in Windsor Castle.
Died April 23rd, 1922 at 32 years old in Kensington Palace.
Denis Compton
Cricket player of england. (1918-1997).
Born May 23rd, 1918 in Middlesex.
Died April 23rd, 1997 at 78 years old in Berkshire (sepsis).
George Adamski
American ufologist.
Born April 17th, 1891 in Bydgoszcz. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1965 at 74 years old in Silver Spring (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Shamshad Begum
Indian singer (1919-2013).
Born April 14th, 1919 in Lahore.
Died April 23rd, 2013 at 94 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Sam Ervin
United states senator and jurist.
Born September 27th, 1896 in Morganton.
Died April 23rd, 1985 at 88 years old in Winston-Salem (pulmonary emphysema).
Deaths 21 to 30 of 175
You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King