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In the year 1923
142 Notable deaths
Frans De Haes
Belgian weightlifter.
Born July 28th, 1899 in Antwerp.
Died November 4th, 1923 at 24 years old (influenza).
Ole Østmo
Norwegian sportshooter.
Born September 13th, 1866 in Elverum.
Died September 11th, 1923 at 56 years old in Christiania.
Gustav Lindau
German botanist (1866-1923).
Born May 2nd, 1866 in Dessau. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1923 at 57 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Agostino Richelmy
Catholic cardinal.
Born November 29th, 1850 in Turin.
Died August 10th, 1923 at 72 years old in Turin.
Bernard Gravier
French fencer (1881-1923).
Born February 20th, 1881 in Toulon. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1923 at 42 years old in Paris.
Eugène Mougin
French archer.
Born November 17th, 1852 in Paris.
Died December 28th, 1923 at 71 years old in Paris.
Harold Humby
Sport shooter (1879-1923).
Born April 8th, 1879 in London.
Died February 23rd, 1923 at 43 years old in London.
Lawrence Pentland
Canadian lacrosse player.
Born April 6th, 1879 in Manitoba.
Died November 2nd, 1923 at 44 years old in Winnipeg.
Georges de la Chapelle
French tennis player (1868-1923).
Born July 16th, 1868 in Farges-Allichamps.
Died August 27th, 1923 at 55 years old
Adelina Lopes Vieira
Brazilian writer, poet, short story writer, playwright and teacher.
Born September 20th, 1850 in Lisbon.
Died February 2nd, 1923 at 72 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 142
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy