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January 15th
207 Notable deaths
Nikolay Skvortsov
Soviet politician (1899–1974).
Born October 26th, 1899 in Tsvetnoye.
Died January 15th, 1974 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Otto Rippert
German film director and actor (1869-1940).
Born October 22nd, 1869 in Offenbach am Main.
Died January 15th, 1940 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Kaija Siren
Finnish architect (1920–2001).
Born October 23rd, 1920 in Kotka. [ref]
Died January 15th, 2001 at 80 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Gabriel-Marie Garrone
Catholic cardinal (1901–1994).
Born October 12th, 1901 in Aix-les-Bains.
Died January 15th, 1994 at 92 years old in Rome.
Albert Oldman
British super heavyweight boxer (1883-1961).
Born November 18th, 1883 in Mile End.
Died January 15th, 1961 at 77 years old in London Borough of Havering.
José María Sánchez-Silva
Spanish children's writer (1911–2002).
Born November 11th, 1911 in Madrid. [ref]
Died January 15th, 2002 at 90 years old in Madrid.
Albert Szirmai
Hungarian composer (1880-1967).
Born July 2nd, 1880 in Budapest. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1967 at 86 years old in New York City. [ref]
Erik Leonard Ekman
Swedish botanist (1883-1931).
Born October 14th, 1883 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1931 at 47 years old in Santiago de los Caballeros (influenza, malaria, pneumonia, blackwater fever). [ref]
Friedrich Leo
German classical philologist (1851-1914).
Born July 10th, 1851 in Resko.
Died January 15th, 1914 at 62 years old in Göttingen.
Maurice Chappaz
Swiss poet (1916-2009).
Born December 21st, 1916 in Lausanne.
Died January 15th, 2009 at 92 years old in Martigny. [ref]
Deaths 161 to 170 of 207
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir