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January 23, 2004 Bob Keeshan, Captain Kangaroo/Clarabell the Clown, dies at 76 January 23, 2004 Helmut Newton, photographer, Vogue, dies at 83 January 23, 2003 Nell Carter, actress, Gimme a Break, dies at 54 January 23, 2002 Richard M. Helms, American Celebrity January 23, 2002 Robert Nozick, American Philosopher January 23, 2001 Mary Whitehouse, British Activist January 23, 2001 Jan Kott, Polish Critic January 23, 1999 Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76 January 23, 1998 Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies January 23, 1997 Charles Craig, opera singer, dies at 77 January 23, 1997 David Waller, actor (Lady Jane, Perfect Friday, Hannay), dies at 76 January 23, 1997 Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer, dies at 68 January 23, 1997 Laura "Dinky" Patterson, dies bungee jump at Superbowl rehearsal at 43 January 23, 1997 Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47 January 23, 1997 Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67 January 23, 1997 Richard Berry, blues guy, Louie Louie, dies at 61 January 23, 1996 John Mackin, programmer, dies at 36 January 23, 1996 Norman MacCaig, poet, dies at 85 January 23, 1996 Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at 54 January 23, 1996 Idries Shah, Indian Author January 23, 1996 Harold E. Hughes, American Politician January 23, 1995 Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100 January 23, 1995 Ken Hill, playwright/director, dies at 57 January 23, 1995 Michael Whalley Wickham, artist, dies at 91 January 23, 1995 Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright, dies at 75 January 23, 1994 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76 January 23, 1994 Oliver Smith, U.S. set designer (Guys and Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75 January 23, 1994 Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44 January 23, 1994 Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95 January 23, 1993 Dudley Stevens, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57 January 23, 1993 Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies January 23, 1992 Freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67 January 23, 1992 Ian Wolfe, actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95 January 23, 1992 Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to President De Klerk, dies January 23, 1991 Northrop Frye, Canadian Critic January 23, 1990 Mariano Rumor, Italy's PM (1968-70, 73-1974), dies January 23, 1989 Salvador Dali, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84 January 23, 1986 Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64 January 23, 1984 Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92 January 23, 1982 Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83 January 23, 1981 Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66 January 23, 1981 Samuel Barber, U.S. composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70 January 23, 1978 Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74 January 23, 1978 Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32 January 23, 1978 Hanns Johst, German Playwright January 23, 1977 Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73 January 23, 1976 Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44 January 23, 1976 Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77 January 23, 1975 Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94 January 23, 1969 Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86 January 23, 1966 Jo van Ammers-Kuller, Dutch playwright (Opstandigen), dies at 81 January 23, 1964 Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80 January 23, 1957 Willie Edwards, U.S. black, murdered by KKK at 25 January 23, 1956 Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62 January 23, 1947 Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 January 23, 1946 Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68 January 23, 1946 Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72 January 23, 1946 Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader January 23, 1945 Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37 January 23, 1944 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80 January 23, 1943 Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56 January 23, 1942 Alexander Woollcott, American Critic January 23, 1941 Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65 January 23, 1941 John Oxenham, British Journalist January 23, 1939 Ernst Bla, writer, dies January 23, 1939 Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide January 23, 1936 Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62 January 23, 1931 Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies January 23, 1926 Desire J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74 January 23, 1926 Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55 January 23, 1926 Olympia Brown, American Activist January 23, 1923 Max Nordau, Hungarian Critic January 23, 1921 Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83 January 23, 1913 Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated January 23, 1908 Edward Alexander MacDowell, U.S. composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47 January 23, 1898 W A Remy, composer, dies at 66 January 23, 1893 Jose Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75 January 23, 1891 Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21 January 23, 1883 Gustave Dore, French illustrator, dies at 51 January 23, 1879 Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 January 23, 1875 Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 January 23, 1864 Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50 January 23, 1845 Francesco Ruggi, composer, dies at 77 January 23, 1838 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 January 23, 1838 Joseph Lancaster, English Educator January 23, 1837 John Field, composer, dies at 54 January 23, 1818 Philip Francis, English Politician January 23, 1814 Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52 January 23, 1813 George Clymer, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 73 January 23, 1806 William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46 January 23, 1805 Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63 January 23, 1800 Edward Rutledge, U.S. attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50 January 23, 1744 Giambattista Vico, Italian Philosopher January 23, 1708 Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80 January 23, 1648 Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40 January 23, 1639 Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake January 23, 1622 William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38 January 23, 1548 Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57 January 23, 1516 Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 January 23, 1356 Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies January 23, 1002 Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21 |