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September 23rd
161 Notable deaths
Hysni Kapo
Albanian politician (1915-1979).
Born March 4th, 1915 in Tërbaç.
Died September 23rd, 1979 at 64 years old in Paris (pancreatic cancer).
Eduard Gufeld
Soviet chess player.
Born March 19th, 1936 in Kyiv.
Died September 23rd, 2002 at 66 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Duke Franz Joseph in Bavaria
German duke (1888-1912).
Born March 23rd, 1888 in Tegernsee.
Died September 23rd, 1912 at 24 years old in Munich.
Fred M. Wilcox
American film director (1907-1964).
Born December 22nd, 1907 in Tazewell.
Died September 23rd, 1964 at 56 years old in Beverly Hills.
Dragan Holcer
Yugoslav footballer (1945–2015).
Born January 19th, 1945 in Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel.
Died September 23rd, 2015 at 70 years old in Split. [ref]
Tilsa Tsuchiya
Peruvian painter and printmaker (died 1984).
Born September 24th, 1929 in Supe District.
Died September 23rd, 1984 at 54 years old in Lima (cancer).
Ernst von Leyser
German general der infanterie during world war ii (1889–1962).
Born November 18th, 1889 in Steglitz. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1962 at 72 years old in Garstedt.
Viktor Schütze
German world war ii u-boat commander.
Born February 16th, 1906 in Kiel.
Died September 23rd, 1950 at 44 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Tibor Sekelj
Hungarian author and explorer.
Born February 14th, 1912 in Poprad.
Died September 23rd, 1988 at 76 years old in Subotica.
Kjell Askildsen
Norwegian writer (1929–2021).
Born September 30th, 1929 in Mandal.
Died September 23rd, 2021 at 91 years old [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 161
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel