October 15th
156 Notable deaths
Duncan MacDougall
American physician (1866-1920).
Born April 11th, 1866. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1920 at 54 years old
Jason Collier
American basketball player.
Born September 8th, 1977 in Springfield.
Died October 15th, 2005 at 28 years old in Cumming (heart arrhythmia).
Bhanu Athaiya
Costume designer & painter (1929-2020).
Born April 28th, 1929 in Kolhapur.
Died October 15th, 2020 at 91 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Geoffrey Fisher
Archbishop of canterbury (1887-1972).
Born May 5th, 1887 in Nuneaton. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1972 at 85 years old in Sherborne. [ref]
Lluís Companys
123rd president of catalonia.
Born June 21st, 1883 in El Tarròs. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1940 at 57 years old in Montjuïc Castle (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
Indian writer.
Born March 18th, 1926 in Kumaranellur.
Died October 15th, 2020 at 94 years old in Thrissur.
Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'
Indian poet, novelist, essayist and story-writer.
Born February 21st, 1896 in Medinipur.
Died October 15th, 1961 at 65 years old in Allahabad. [ref]
Durgawati Devi
Indian revolutionary (1907-1999).
Born October 7th, 1907.
Died October 15th, 1999 at 92 years old in Ghaziabad district.
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
English composer, music critic, pianist and writer.
Born August 14th, 1892 in Chingford.
Died October 15th, 1988 at 96 years old in Winfrith Newburgh, Dorchester.
Vincent Canby
American film critic (1924-2000).
Born July 27th, 1924 in Chicago.
Died October 15th, 2000 at 76 years old in Manhattan (cancer).
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Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore