Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 23
Saturday, 15 March 2025
1875 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1881 Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies on May - 23.
1883 On this day in history cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies
1886 On this day in history death of leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)
1887 On May - 23 ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74
1891 On this day in history ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73
1893 On May - 23 death of anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805)
1895 Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96 on May - 23.
1897 On May - 23 aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34
1905 On this day in history martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75
1906 Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1908 Francois Coppee, French poet, dies on May - 23.
1920 Death of Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) on this day in history.
1926 Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1934 Death of Bonnie Parker, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush on this day in history.
1937 John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla on May - 23.
1938 Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70 on May - 23.
1940 On May - 23 andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
1941 On this day in history lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies
1945 Death of Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44 on this day in history.
1947 C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1952 Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85 on May - 23.
1954 On May - 23 h R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
1960 Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies on this day in history.
1961 On May - 23 joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
1965 On May - 23 david Smith, sculptor, dies
1966 Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58
1968 On this day in history james Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81
1969 On May - 23 diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79
1970 Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68 on May - 23.
1973 Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 on May - 23.
1974 Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies on this day in history.
1975 On May - 23 jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
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