August 23rd
159 Notable deaths
Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen
German prince (1861–1914).
Born October 12th, 1861 in Meiningen.
Died August 23rd, 1914 at 52 years old in Tarcienne.
Beals Coleman Wright
American tennis player.
Born December 19th, 1879 in Boston.
Died August 23rd, 1961 at 81 years old in Alton.
Heinrich Mark
Estonian politician and lawyer (1911–2004).
Born October 1st, 1911 in Krootuse.
Died August 23rd, 2004 at 92 years old in Stockholm.
Egon Zimmermann
Austrian alpine skier (1939-2019).
Born February 8th, 1939 in Lech.
Died August 23rd, 2019 at 80 years old in Lech (multiple sclerosis). [ref]
Hans Lewy
German born american mathematician (1904–1988).
Born October 22nd, 1904 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1988 at 83 years old in Berkeley (leukemia).
Vesna Rožič
Slovenian chess player.
Born March 23rd, 1987 in Ljubljana.
Died August 23rd, 2013 at 26 years old in Burghausen (peritoneal carcinomatosis, peritoneal carcinoma).
Zulfiya
Uzbek poet (1915-1996).
Born March 14th, 1915 in Tashkent. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1996 at 81 years old in Tashkent.
Birgitta Stenberg
Swedish author.
Born April 26th, 1932 in Engelbrekt church parish.
Died August 23rd, 2014 at 82 years old (liver cancer).
Takeuchi Seihō
Japanese painter (1864-1942).
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 77 years old in Kyoto.
Leo Borchard
German conductor (1899-1945).
Born March 31st, 1899 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1945 at 46 years old in Berlin. [ref]
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Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore