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September 23rd
161 Notable deaths
Johnny Berry
English footballer.
Born June 1st, 1926 in Aldershot.
Died September 23rd, 1994 at 68 years old in Farnham.
Pavel Grachev
Russian general.
Born January 1st, 1948 in Rvy.
Died September 23rd, 2012 at 64 years old in Krasnogorsk (infectious disease). [ref]
Gu Long
Hong kong born taiwanese writer.
Born June 7th, 1938 in British Hong Kong.
Died September 23rd, 1985 at 47 years old in Taipei (liver cirrhosis).
André Hazes
Dutch singer.
Born June 30th, 1951 in Amsterdam.
Died September 23rd, 2004 at 53 years old in Woerden (heart failure).
Helmut Kunz
Ss officer (1910–1976).
Born September 26th, 1910 in Ettlingen.
Died September 23rd, 1976 at 65 years old in Freudenstadt.
Nigel Nicolson
British politician and writer (1917–2004).
Born January 19th, 1917 in London.
Died September 23rd, 2004 at 87 years old in Sissinghurst Castle Garden.
Patrick Hamilton
English writer (1904–1962).
Born March 17th, 1904 in Hassocks. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1962 at 58 years old in Sheringham (liver cirrhosis, kidney failure). [ref]
A. S. Neill
Scottish educator and theorist (1883-1973).
Born October 17th, 1883 in Forfar.
Died September 23rd, 1973 at 89 years old in Aldeburgh.
George Padmore
Trinidadian anti-colonial writer (1903-1959).
Born June 28th, 1903 in Arouca, Trinidad and Tobago.
Died September 23rd, 1959 at 56 years old in London.
Al Alvarez
English poet, novelist, essayist and critic (1929-2019).
Born August 5th, 1929 in London.
Died September 23rd, 2019 at 90 years old (pneumonia). [ref]
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson