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December 15th

154 Notable deaths

Vasil Zlatarski

Bulgarian historian (1866–1935).

Born November 27th, 1866 in Veliko Tarnovo.

Died December 15th, 1935 at 69 years old in Sofia.

Milunka Lazarević

Serbian chess player (1932–2018).

Born December 1st, 1932 in Jagodina.

Died December 15th, 2018 at 86 years old in Belgrade. [ref]

Paul Nihill

British athlete (1939-2020).

Born September 5th, 1939 in Colchester. [ref]

Died December 15th, 2020 at 81 years old in Gillingham (COVID-19). [ref]

Jean Paige

American actress (1895-1990).

Born July 3rd, 1895 in Paris.

Died December 15th, 1990 at 95 years old in Los Angeles.

Sven Delblanc

Swedish writer.

Born May 26th, 1931 in Swan River. [ref]

Died December 15th, 1992 at 61 years old in Uppsala (cancer). [ref]

Gersz Salwe

Polish chess player (1862–1920).

Born December 12th, 1862 in Warsaw.

Died December 15th, 1920 at 58 years old in Łódź.

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.

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.

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