March 23 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1103 – Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1058)
• 1361 – Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. c. 1310)
• 1369 – King Peter of Castile (b. 1334)
• 1548 – Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen (b. 1489)
• 1555 – Pope Julius III (b. 1487)
• 1559 – Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia
• 1596 – Henry Unton, English diplomat
• 1606 – Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b. 1547)
• 1618 – James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
• 1653 – Johan van Galen, Dutch naval officer (b. 1604)
• 1675 – Anthoni van Noordt, Dutch composer and organist (b. 1619)
• 1680 – Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)
• 1742 – Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)
• 1747 – Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675)
• 1748 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist, and composer (b. 1684)
• 1754 – Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)
• 1783 – Charles Carroll, American lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)
• 1801 – Paul I of Russia, Russian tsar (b. 1754)
• 1842 – Stendhal, French writer (b. 1783)
• 1914 – Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 – Hovhannes Tumanyan Armenian poet and writer (b. 1869)
• 1927 – Paul César Helleu, French artist (b. 1859)
• 1931 – Bhagat Singh (b. 1907), Rajguru (b. 1908), Sukhdev (b. 1907) Indian freedom fighters
• 1935 – Florence Moore, American actress (b. 1886)
• 1945 – Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese diplomat and General of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff (b. 1891)
• 1947 – Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
• 1953 – Oskar Luts, Estonian writer and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1955 – Artur da Silva Bernardes, Brazilian President (b. 1875)
• 1960 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (b. 1881)
• 1960 – Said Nursî, Islamic theologian (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Raoul Paoli, French athlete, boxer and rower (b. 1887)
• 1964 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 – Mae Murray, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1968 – Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (b. 1918)
• 1970 – Del Lord, Canadian director (b. 1894)
• 1972 – Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (b. 1928)
• 1985 – Richard Beeching, British physicist, engineer, and chairman of British Railways (b. 1913)
• 1985 – Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and professor (b. 1908)
• 1985 – Ben Hardwick, Britain's youngest liver transplant patient (b. 1982)
• 1990 – John Dexter, English director (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)
• 1992 – Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
• 1992 – Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1949)
• 1994 – Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician (b. 1950)
• 1994 – Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• 1994 – Donald Swann, British composer, musician and entertainer (Flanders and Swann) (b. 1923)
• 1995 – Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace and Smokie) (b. 1953)
• 1995 – Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
• 1998 – Gerald Stano, American serial killer (b. 1951)
• 1999 – Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician (b. 1932)
• 1999 – Osmond Borradaile, Canadian cameraman and cinematographer (b. 1898)
• 2001 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)
• 2001 – David McTaggart, Canadian environmentalist (b. 1932)
• 2002 – Eileen Farrell, American soprano (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
• 2003 – Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-born journalist (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
• 2006 – David B. Bleak, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Desmond Doss, American soldier and first conscientious objector Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Cindy Walker, American singer, songwriter and dancer (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer (b. 1973)
• 2008 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Ghukas Chubaryan, Armenian sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Raúl Macías, Mexican boxer (b. 1934)
• 2011 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Eric Lowen, singer-songwriter (Lowen & Navarro) (b. 1952)