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December 15th
159 Notable deaths
Helena Patursson
Faroese actor and writer (1864-1916).
Born August 27th, 1864 in Kirkjubøur.
Died December 15th, 1916 at 52 years old in Kirkjubøur.
Reidar Andersen
Norwegian ski jumper.
Born April 20th, 1911 in Ringerike.
Died December 15th, 1991 at 80 years old in Oslo.
Hans Selander
Swedish footballer and manager (1945–2023).
Born March 15th, 1945 in Helsingborg.
Died December 15th, 2023 at 78 years old in Falkenberg Municipality.
Danylo Zabolotny
Ukrainian and soviet epidemiologist, president of as of the ussr (1866–1929).
Born December 28th, 1866 in Zabolotne.
Died December 15th, 1929 at 62 years old in Kyiv.
Georges Aeby
Swiss footballer (1913–1999).
Born September 21st, 1913 in Fribourg.
Died December 15th, 1999 at 86 years old
Paul Wyatt
American swimmer, olympic silver medalist (1907-1970).
Born February 27th, 1907 in Brier Hill.
Died December 15th, 1970 at 63 years old in Brownsville.
Hans Küppers
German footballer.
Born December 24th, 1938 in Essen.
Died December 15th, 2021 at 82 years old [ref]
Kurt Axelsson
Swedish footballer (1941-1984).
Born November 10th, 1941 in Sweden.
Died December 15th, 1984 at 43 years old in Sweden (traffic collision).
Helmar Frank
German mathematician and pedagogist (1933–2013).
Born February 19th, 1933 in Waiblingen.
Died December 15th, 2013 at 80 years old in Paderborn.
Rosa Welt-Straus
Suffragist and feminist.
Born August 24th, 1856 in Chernivtsi.
Died December 15th, 1938 at 82 years old in Geneva.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon