August 23rd
211 Notable deaths
LeRoy Pope Walker
Confederate army general (1817-1884).
Born February 7th, 1817 in Huntsville.
Died August 23rd, 1884 at 67 years old in Huntsville.
Stanford Moore
American biochemist (1913-1982).
Born September 4th, 1913 in Chicago.
Died August 23rd, 1982 at 68 years old in New York City.
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist (1926-2008).
Born May 3rd, 1926 in Wartrace.
Died August 23rd, 2008 at 82 years old in Lynwood. [ref]
Teresa Stolz
Czech opera singer.
Born June 2nd, 1834 in Kostelec nad Labem. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1902 at 68 years old in Milan. [ref]
Kihachirō Kawamoto
Japanese anime director (1925–2010).
Born January 11th, 1925 in Shibuya.
Died August 23rd, 2010 at 85 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Zoltán Fábri
Hungarian actor, film director (1917–1994).
Born October 15th, 1917 in Budapest.
Died August 23rd, 1994 at 76 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction).
Viktor Kaplan
Austrian-czech engineer and inventor.
Born November 27th, 1876 in Mürzzuschlag.
Died August 23rd, 1934 at 57 years old in Unterach am Attersee (cerebral hemorrhage).
Guillermo Gorostiza
Spanish footballer (1909-1966).
Born February 15th, 1909 in Santurtzi.
Died August 23rd, 1966 at 57 years old in Bilbao.
Herbert Greenfield
Canadian politician (1869-1949).
Born November 25th, 1869 in Winchester.
Died August 23rd, 1949 at 79 years old in Calgary.
Marlow Moss
British artist (1889–1958).
Born May 29th, 1889 in London.
Died August 23rd, 1958 at 69 years old in Penzance (cancer).
Esther Cooper Jackson
Civil rights activist (1917–2022).
Born August 21st, 1917 in Arlington County.
Died August 23rd, 2022 at 105 years old in Boston. [ref]
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.
Lev Petrovich Pitaevskii
Russian theoretical physicist at university of trento (1933–2022).
Born January 18th, 1933 in Saratov.
Died August 23rd, 2022 at 89 years old in Rovereto. [ref]
Carlo Delle Piane
Italian actor (1936-2019).
Born February 2nd, 1936 in Rome.
Died August 23rd, 2019 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]
Frederic G. Kenyon
British palaeographer and classical scholar (1863–1952).
Born January 15th, 1863 in London.
Died August 23rd, 1952 at 89 years old in Oxted.
Birgitta Stenberg
Swedish author.
Born April 26th, 1932 in Stockholm, Engelbrekt church parish.
Died August 23rd, 2014 at 82 years old (liver cancer).
Vadim Yusov
Russian cinematographer (1929–2013).
Born April 20th, 1929 in Klavdino.
Died August 23rd, 2013 at 84 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Gerhard Hanappi
Austrian footballer (1929-1980).
Born February 16th, 1929 in Vienna.
Died August 23rd, 1980 at 51 years old in Vienna (lymphoma).
Gunilla Bergström
Swedish writer, illustrator and journalist (1942–2021).
Born July 3rd, 1942 in Johannebergs församling.
Died August 23rd, 2021 at 79 years old in Stockholms Gustav Vasa. [ref]
Heinrich Mark
Estonian politician and lawyer (1911–2004).
Born October 1st, 1911 in Krootuse.
Died August 23rd, 2004 at 92 years old in Stockholm.
Juliette Adam
French writer and salonnière (1836–1936).
Born October 4th, 1836 in Verberie.
Died August 23rd, 1936 at 99 years old in Callian.
Beals Coleman Wright
American tennis player (1879–1961).
Born December 19th, 1879 in Boston.
Died August 23rd, 1961 at 81 years old in Alton.
Hans Lewy
German born american mathematician (1904–1988).
Born October 20th, 1904 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1988 at 83 years old in Berkeley (leukemia).
June Wayne
American artist and educator (1918-2011).
Born March 7th, 1918 in Chicago.
Died August 23rd, 2011 at 93 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Takeuchi Seihō
Japanese painter (1864-1942).
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 77 years old in Yugawara (pneumonia).
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner