January 15th
207 Notable deaths
Viktor Anpilov
Russian hardline communist politician/trade unionist (1945-2018).
Born October 2nd, 1945 in Belaya Glina.
Died January 15th, 2018 at 72 years old in Moscow (stroke).
Bruno Nettl
American ethnomusicologist (1930–2020).
Born March 14th, 1930 in Prague.
Died January 15th, 2020 at 89 years old in Champaign. [ref]
Gennady Kolbin
Soviet politician (1927-1998).
Born May 7th, 1927 in Nizhny Tagil.
Died January 15th, 1998 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Ernest Dunlop Swinton
British army general and author (1868–1951).
Born October 21st, 1868 in Bengaluru.
Died January 15th, 1951 at 82 years old in Oxford.
Lou Tseng-Tsiang
Chinese diplomat (1871-1949).
Born June 12th, 1871 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1949 at 77 years old in Saint-Andrew Abbey. [ref]
Paul Conrath
German general der fallschirmtruppe during world war ii (1896–1979).
Born November 22nd, 1896 in Rudow.
Died January 15th, 1979 at 82 years old in Hamburg.
Babette Cole
English children's writer and illustrator (1950–2017).
Born September 10th, 1950 in Jersey.
Died January 15th, 2017 at 66 years old in Devon.
Gáspár Miklós Tamás
Hungarian philosopher (1948–2023).
Born November 28th, 1948 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died January 15th, 2023 at 74 years old in Budapest (chronic condition). [ref]
Enrico Toselli
Italian pianist and composer (1883-1926).
Born March 15th, 1883 in Florence.
Died January 15th, 1926 at 42 years old in Florence.
Alma Karlin
Slovenian academic and poet (1889–1950).
Born October 12th, 1891 in Celje.
Died January 15th, 1950 at 58 years old in Pečovnik (cancer).
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By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene