Famous Deaths for 23rd January 2019

1820 – Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
1833 – Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757)
1845 – Francesco Ruggi, composer, dies at 77
1864 – Michele Puccini, Italian organist and composer (father of Giacomo), dies at 50
1875 – Charles Kingsley [Parson Lot], English vicar and historian (Westward Ho!), dies at 55
1969 – Jaroslav Křička, Czech composer, dies at 86
1973 – Kid Ory, American jazz trombonist (b. 1886)
1990 – Allen Collins [Larkin Allen Collins Jr.], American rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 37
2002 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938)
2018 – Stansfield Turner, American admiral and CIA director (1977-81), dies at 94

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