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July 23, 2002 Chaim Potok, writer, The Chosen, dies at 73 July 23, 2002 Leo McKern, actor, Rumpole of the Bailey, dies at 82 July 23, 2002 William Pierce, American Celebrity July 23, 2001 Eudora Welty, writer, The Optimist's Daughter, dies at 92 July 23, 1999 King Hassan II, Moroccan Royalty July 23, 1997 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide July 23, 1996 Aliki Vougiouklaki, actress (Madalena), dies at 63 July 23, 1996 Jessica Lucy Mitford, author, dies at 78 July 23, 1996 John Corner, scientist, dies at 80 July 23, 1995 Bob Rundick, poet/DJ, dies at 52 July 23, 1995 Floyd McDaniel, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80 July 23, 1994 Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80 July 23, 1994 Hans J Salter, Aust/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98 July 23, 1994 Henry William Collins, artist, dies at 84 July 23, 1993 Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered July 23, 1992 Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 July 23, 1992 Maxine Audley, British actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies at 69 July 23, 1991 Billie Carlyle July 23, 1990 Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86 July 23, 1990 Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82 July 23, 1990 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42 July 23, 1986 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73 July 23, 1985 Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79 July 23, 1984 Lloyd Gough, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77 July 23, 1983 Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84 July 23, 1982 Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53 July 23, 1979 Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 July 23, 1977 Rene de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79 July 23, 1976 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter (Oly-gold-32), dies at 64 July 23, 1974 Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90 July 23, 1973 Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 July 23, 1973 Marius-Franeois Gaillard, composer, dies at 72 July 23, 1971 Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 July 23, 1969 Deli Floyd, writer, dies July 23, 1968 Don Lillis, NFL president for the New York Jets July 23, 1968 Henry Hallett Dale, physiologist, dies July 23, 1966 Donald Novis, singer and actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60 July 23, 1966 Douglass Montgomery, actor (Forbidden, Daybreak), dies at 56 July 23, 1966 [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45 July 23, 1966 Montgomery Clift, American Actor July 23, 1964 Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 July 23, 1961 Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma and Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 July 23, 1957 G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer, dies at 61 July 23, 1955 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55 July 23, 1955 Cordell Hull, statesman, dies July 23, 1955 Harry Haden, actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 73 July 23, 1951 Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies July 23, 1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies July 23, 1951 Robert J. Flaherty, Director July 23, 1948 D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, U.S. director/producer, dies July 23, 1948 D. W. Griffith, American Director July 23, 1946 James Maxton, politician, dies July 23, 1944 Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp July 23, 1944 Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed July 23, 1944 Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Der Anarchismus), dies at 79 July 23, 1943 Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies July 23, 1943 Meijer de Hond, [Emanuel Querido], rabbi (Sobibor), dies July 23, 1942 Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32 July 23, 1933 Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65 July 23, 1932 Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator July 23, 1930 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52 July 23, 1927 Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74 July 23, 1916 William Ramsey, chemist, dies July 23, 1909 Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65 July 23, 1909 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer, dies at 63 July 23, 1905 Jean-Jacques, painter, dies July 23, 1904 John Simon, public health pioneer, dies July 23, 1885 Ulysses S Grant, 18th U.S. pres, dies in Mount McGregor NY, at 63 July 23, 1885 Ulysses S. Grant, American President July 23, 1878 Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70 July 23, 1875 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 July 23, 1866 Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83 July 23, 1844 Christian Gobrecht, 4th U.S. chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office July 23, 1840 Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 July 23, 1829 Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72 July 23, 1816 Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 July 23, 1803 Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered July 23, 1793 Thomas Mckean, U.S. attorney/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 72 July 23, 1757 Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71 July 23, 1690 Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies July 23, 1685 Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53 July 23, 1645 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies July 23, 1581 Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies July 23, 1568 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 July 23, 1562 Gottfried/Gotz von Berlichingen, German Knight of kingdom, dies July 23, 1403 Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], killed in battle at 39 July 23, 1373 Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies July 23, 945 Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies |