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April 23rd
176 Notable deaths
Terry Carter
American actor and filmmaker.
Born December 16th, 1928 in Brooklyn.
Died April 23rd, 2024 at 95 years old in New York City. [ref]
Madeleine Sherwood
Canadian actress.
Born November 13th, 1922 in Montreal.
Died April 23rd, 2016 at 93 years old in Saint-Hippolyte. [ref]
Milva
Italian singer and actress (1939-2021).
Died April 23rd, 2021 at 81 years old in Milan (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Prime minister of greece intermittently between 1955-80, president from 1980-85, 1990-95.
Born March 21st, 1907 in Proti, Serres. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1998 at 91 years old in Athens. [ref]
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984).
Born May 13th, 1923 in Dallas. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1984 at 60 years old in Dallas (myocardial infarction).
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Israeli politician, 2nd president of israel (1884-1963).
Born November 24th, 1884 in Poltava. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1963 at 78 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Kent Smith
American actor.
Born March 19th, 1907 in New York City. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1985 at 78 years old in Woodland Hills (cardiovascular disease).
Andre Gunder Frank
German-american economic historian and sociologist who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984.
Born February 24th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 2005 at 76 years old in Luxembourg (cancer). [ref]
David Winters
Producer, director, actor, choreographer, dancer (1939-2019).
Born April 5th, 1939 in London.
Died April 23rd, 2019 at 80 years old in Fort Lauderdale.
Michael Ramsey
Archbishop of canterbury (1904-1988).
Born November 14th, 1904 in Cambridge.
Died April 23rd, 1988 at 83 years old in Oxford.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon