Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 23

1939  On this day in history zane Grey, US western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67   

1942  On this day in history georg Stumme, German general/commandant of African corps, dies   

1944  On October - 23 death of hana Brady, Holocaust victim   

1948  On this day in history eugeniusz Morawsky-Dabrowa, composer, dies at 71   

1950  On October - 23 al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], singer/actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 64   

1952  On this day in history susan Peters, actress (Random Harvest), dies at 31   

1953  On October - 23 maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83   

1954  On October - 23 henri Zagwijn, composer, dies at 76   

1957  Frederick Burton, actor (One Way Passage), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1959  Death of Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871) on October - 23.   

1963  Raphael HLAJM Verwilghen, architect/urban developer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1966  On October - 23 claire McDowell, actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88   

1969  Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1975  Barboura Morris, actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1976  Leonard Lee, US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40 on October - 23.   

1978  Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52   

1983  Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1984  David Gorcey, actor (Angel's Alley), dies at 63 in a diabetic coma on this day in history.   

1986  Edward A Doisy Sr, discoverer of vitamin K (Nobel 1943), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1989  Death of Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911) on this day in history.   

1990  Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1991  On October - 23 lance Baker, dies at 31   

1992  On October - 23 kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies   

1994  On this day in history robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66   

1996  Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67 on October - 23.   

1997  Death of Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916) on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history death of barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)   

2000  On this day in history death of rodney Anoa'i aka Yokozuna, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1966)   

2001  On this day in history death of ronald William Kirby, British artist (b. 1928)   

2002  Death of Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

2003  On this day in history death of soong May-ling, wife of the President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897)   

2004  Death of Robert Merrill, American baritone (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2005  On October - 23 death of stella Obasanjo, Nigerian first lady (b. 1945)   

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1503  On this day in history birth of isabella of Portugal, queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. 1539)   

1516  On October - 23 birth of charlotte de Valois, princess of France (d. 1524)   

1543  On October - 23 birth of juan de la Cueva, Spain, dramatist   

1634  Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden (d. 1715) was born on October - 23.   

1654  On October - 23 birth of johann Bernhard Staudt, composer   

1698  Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) was born on October - 23.   

1705  On October - 23 birth of maximilian Ulysses Count Browne, Austrian field marshal (d. 1757)   

1713  Peter Burmannus Secundus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch classicist was born on this day in history.