Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Oct-23

Died on This Day (Oct-23)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Amir Abdur-Rahim Amir Abdur-Rahim Amir Abdur-Rahim is a former American basketball player and current coach. American basketball player 43 1
Bishan Bedi Bishan Bedi Bishan Singh Bedi is a former Indian cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Indian cricketer 77 2
Libor Pešek Libor Pešek Libor Pešek KBE was a Czech conductor. He was among the most famous conductors of his time, working regularly across Europe as chief conductor of orchestras in Prague, but also for ten years with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Czech conductor 89 3
Jerry Jeff Walker Jerry Jeff Walker Jerry Jeff Walker was an American country music and folk singer-songwriter. American country music singer 78 5
Tony Hoagland Tony Hoagland Anthony Dey Hoagland was an American poet. His poetry collection, What Narcissism Means to Me , was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. American poet 64 7
Walter Lassally Walter Lassally Walter Lassally was a German-born British cinematographer. British-Greek cinematographer 90 8
Jimmy Perry Jimmy Perry James Perry, OBE was an English script writer and actor. English actor and scriptwriter 93 9
Tom Winslow Tom Winslow Thomas Griffin Winslow was a prominent American folk singer and writer, best known as a "disciple" of Reverend Gary Davis and a former member of Pete Seeger's band. American musician 69 15
Lou Jacobi Lou Jacobi Lou Jacobi was a Canadian character actor. Canadian character actor 95 16
António Cabral António Cabral António Joaquim Magalhães Cabral was a Portuguese poet, fictionist, playwright, ethnographer and essayist. Poet and writer 76 18
Reginald R. Myers Reginald R. Myers Colonel Reginald Rodney Myers was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in Korea as a major — for fearlessly leading 250 United Nations troops to victory over 4,000 of the enemy in November 1950 during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient 85 20
Yokozuna (wrestler) Yokozuna (wrestler) Agatupu Rodney Anoa?i was an American professional wrestler. American wrestler 34 25
Harold McCarter Taylor Harold McCarter Taylor Harold McCarter Taylor, CBE, TD was a New Zealand-born British mathematician, theoretical physicist and academic administrator, but is best known as a historian of architecture and the author, with his first wife Joan Taylor, née Sills, of the three volumes of Anglo-Saxon Architecture, published between 1965 and 1978. British mathematician 88 30
P. K. Kelkar P. K. Kelkar Purushottam Kashinath Kelkar was an Indian scientist who is best remembered for being the founding director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, which was established in 1959. Indian academic 81 35
Merle Watson Merle Watson Eddy Merle Watson was an American folk and bluegrass guitarist. North Carolina bluegrass and folk musician 36 40
Auguste Trémont Auguste Trémont Auguste Nicolas Trémont was a Luxembourger painter, sculptor, and medallist. Luxembourg artist 87 45
Al Jolson Al Jolson Al Jolson was a Lithuanian-American Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. American entertainer 64 75
Edward Hill Edward Hill Edward Hill was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War. United States Army Medal of Honor recipient 65 125
Joseph R. Cockerill Joseph R. Cockerill Joseph Randolph Cockerill was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1857 to 1859. American politician 57 150
Charles Whitworth Charles Whitworth Charles Whitworth, 1st Baron Whitworth was a British diplomat. British diplomat 50 300