Famous Deaths for 23rd December 2023

1116 – Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1236 – Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1891 – Holger Simon Paulli, Danish conductor and composer, dies at 81
1946 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (b. 1873)
1950 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (Le donne de buon umore), dies at 72
1961 – Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (b. 1910)
1990 – Frank King, West Indian cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies at 64
1995 – Patric Knowles [Reginald Lawrence Knowles], British actor (Chisum, Arnold, Mutiny), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 84
1996 – Krešimir Fribec, Croatian composer, dies at 88
2018 – (Ann) “Honey” Lantree, British rock drummer (The Honeycombs), dies at 75

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