May 23rd
178 Notable deaths
Barbara Rudnik
German actress (1958-2009).
Born July 27th, 1958 in Kirchen.
Died May 23rd, 2009 at 50 years old in Munich (breast cancer).
Hub van Doorne
Dutch businessman (1900–1979).
Born January 1st, 1900 in America.
Died May 23rd, 1979 at 79 years old in Deurne.
Phyllis Fox
American mathematician and computer scientist (1923-2017).
Born March 13th, 1923 in Colorado.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 94 years old [ref]
John George Vlazny
Catholic archbishop.
Born February 22nd, 1937 in Chicago.
Died May 23rd, 2025 at 88 years old in Beaverton. [ref]
Gavriil Kachalin
Russian footballer (1911-1995).
Born January 17th, 1911 in Moscow.
Died May 23rd, 1995 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter.
Born May 3rd, 1904 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1967 at 63 years old in Buffalo (stroke). [ref]
Ernst Jakob Henne
German car and motorcycle racer (1904–2005).
Born February 22nd, 1904 in Weiler-Simmerberg.
Died May 23rd, 2005 at 101 years old in Gran Canaria.
Kaoru Yosano
Japanese finance minister (1938-2017).
Born August 22nd, 1938 in Chiyoda-ku.
Died May 23rd, 2017 at 78 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
László Tábori
American middle and long-distance runner of hungarian descent.
Born July 6th, 1931 in Košice.
Died May 23rd, 2018 at 86 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte