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October 23 Deaths in History - October 23 Birthdays - October 23 Events
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October 23, 2004 Robert Merrill, opera singer, dies at 85 October 23, 2003 Madame Chiang Kai-shek, more-than-just-a-political-widow, dies at 105 October 23, 2002 Adolph Green, "lyricist, screenwriter", Singin' in the Rain, dies at 86 October 23, 1996 Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67 October 23, 1996 Diana Trilling, writer, dies at 91 October 23, 1996 Lin Onus, artist, dies at 47 October 23, 1996 Ronald Alfred Gardyne "Rags" Butler, sailor, dies at 68 October 23, 1994 Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66 October 23, 1994 William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78 October 23, 1992 Kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies October 23, 1991 Lance Baker, dies at 31 October 23, 1990 Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies October 23, 1986 Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92 October 23, 1986 Lino Ventura, actor (French Detective, Slap, Jig-Saw), dies at 67 October 23, 1984 David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma October 23, 1984 Oskar Werner, actor (Farenehit 451), dies of a heart attack at 61 October 23, 1983 Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36 October 23, 1983 Tamara Shayne (Jolson Story), actress, dies at 80 of a heart attack October 23, 1982 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52 October 23, 1978 Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69 October 23, 1976 Leonard Lee, U.S. R&B-singer (Shirley and Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40 October 23, 1975 Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43 October 23, 1975 Charles Brokaw, actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77 October 23, 1969 Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47 October 23, 1966 Claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88 October 23, 1963 Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 October 23, 1957 Frederick Burton, actor (One Way Passage), dies at 86 October 23, 1954 Henri Zagwijn, composer, dies at 76 October 23, 1953 Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83 October 23, 1952 Susan Peters, actress (Random Harvest), dies at 31 October 23, 1950 Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer and actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 64 October 23, 1948 Eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71 October 23, 1942 Georg Stumme, German general/commandant of African corps, dies October 23, 1942 Ralph Rainger, composer, dies at 41 October 23, 1939 Zane Grey, U.S. western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67 October 23, 1935 Abe Landau, U.S. gangster, murdered October 23, 1935 Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], U.S. gangster, murdered at 33 October 23, 1935 Otto "Aba Daba" Berman, U.S. gangster, murdered October 23, 1929 Thomas F Tout, historian (Manch school of historiography), dies at 74 October 23, 1928 F A Alphonse Aulard, French historian, dies October 23, 1925 Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer, dies at 50 October 23, 1921 John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81 October 23, 1915 W G Grace, British cricketer, dies October 23, 1913 Henry Potonie, German paleo-botanist/geologist (sapropelium), dies October 23, 1903 Francis Ellingwood Abbot, theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66 October 23, 1901 Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank), dies October 23, 1899 W Penn Symons, British gen-maj, dies in battle October 23, 1892 Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer, murdered at 52 October 23, 1890 Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies October 23, 1886 Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer, dies at 67 October 23, 1872 Theophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic, dies at 61 October 23, 1869 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer, dies at 72 October 23, 1806 Franz Seydelmann, composer, dies at 58 October 23, 1801 Johann Gottlieb Naumann, German composer, dies at 60 October 23, 1799 William Paca, U.S. judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 58 October 23, 1782 Joseph Reipel, composer, dies at 73 October 23, 1753 Columban Praelisauer, composer, dies at 50 October 23, 1602 Franciscus Junius, French/Neth calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 October 23, 1450 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 October 23, 1260 Koetoez, Turkish sultan of Egypt, murdered |