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October 15th
167 Notable deaths
Mikhail Lavrentyev
Russian mathematician (1900-1980).
Born November 19th, 1900 in Kazan.
Died October 15th, 1980 at 79 years old in Moscow.
George Francis Hampson
British entomologist (1860–1936).
Born January 14th, 1860 in Marylebone.
Died October 15th, 1936 at 76 years old in Maidstone.
Jean Dasté
French actor (1904-1994).
Born August 18th, 1904 in 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 15th, 1994 at 90 years old in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez. [ref]
Giovanni Reale
Italian philosopher.
Born April 15th, 1931 in Candia Lomellina.
Died October 15th, 2014 at 83 years old in Luino.
Elizabeth Alexander
British geologist, academic, physicist and radio astronomer.
Born December 13th, 1908 in Merton.
Died October 15th, 1958 at 49 years old in Ibadan. [ref]
Yordan Yovkov
Bulgarian writer (1880–1937).
Born November 9th, 1880 in Zheravna. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1937 at 56 years old in Plovdiv (cancer). [ref]
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
Turkish writer (1914-2008).
Born August 26th, 1914 in Constantinople.
Died October 15th, 2008 at 94 years old in Istanbul (pneumonia). [ref]
Fernando Serena
Spanish footballer (1941-2018).
Born January 28th, 1941 in Madrid.
Died October 15th, 2018 at 77 years old in Pamplona (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Giuseppe Caprio
Catholic cardinal (1914–2005).
Born November 15th, 1914 in Lapio.
Died October 15th, 2005 at 90 years old in Rome.
Boris Piotrovsky
Soviet academic.
Born February 14th, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 15th, 1990 at 82 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid