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May 23rd
169 Notable deaths
Tatsukichi Minobe
Japanese legal scholar.
Born May 7th, 1873 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died May 23rd, 1948 at 75 years old
Ansa Ikonen
Finnish actress.
Born December 19th, 1913 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1989 at 75 years old in Helsinki.
Leamon King
Athletics competitor (1936-2001).
Born February 13th, 1936 in Tulare.
Died May 23rd, 2001 at 65 years old in Delano.
Georgy Tovstonogov
Soviet theatre director (1915-1989).
Born September 28th, 1915 in Tbilisi.
Died May 23rd, 1989 at 73 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Maxime Maufra
French painter (1861-1918).
Born May 17th, 1861 in Nantes. [ref]
Died May 23rd, 1918 at 57 years old in Poncé-sur-le-Loir. [ref]
Jean Van Houtte
Belgian politician (1907-1991).
Born March 17th, 1907 in Ghent.
Died May 23rd, 1991 at 84 years old in City of Brussels.
Joel Camargo
Brazilian footballer (1946-2014).
Born September 18th, 1946 in Santos.
Died May 23rd, 2014 at 67 years old in Santos (kidney failure). [ref]
Frits Bernard
Dutch psychologist and sex law reformer.
Born August 28th, 1920 in Rotterdam.
Died May 23rd, 2006 at 85 years old in Rotterdam.
Judith Young
American physicist (1952–2014).
Born September 15th, 1952 in Washington, D.C..
Died May 23rd, 2014 at 61 years old (multiple myeloma).
Bernhard Klodt
German footballer (1926-1996).
Born October 26th, 1926 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died May 23rd, 1996 at 69 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (myocardial infarction).
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