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March 15th
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243 Notable deaths
Slick Watts
American basketball player.
Born July 22nd, 1951 in Rolling Fork. [ref]
Died March 15th, 2025 at 73 years old [ref]
Michele Besso
Swiss engineer (1873–1955).
Born May 25th, 1873 in District 8.
Died March 15th, 1955 at 81 years old in Geneva.
Florence Chadwick
American swimmer (1918-1995).
Born November 9th, 1918 in San Diego.
Died March 15th, 1995 at 76 years old in San Diego (leukemia).
Asa Briggs
English historian (1921-2016).
Born May 7th, 1921 in Keighley. [ref]
Died March 15th, 2016 at 94 years old in Lewes. [ref]
John Scott Haldane
British physiologist (1860–1936).
Born May 3rd, 1860 in Edinburgh.
Died March 15th, 1936 at 75 years old in Oxford.
Daisy Earles
German actress (1907-1980).
Born April 29th, 1907 in Stolpen.
Died March 15th, 1980 at 72 years old in Sarasota.
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
French writer.
Born January 3rd, 1893 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 15th, 1945 at 52 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (drug overdose).
Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg
Austrian politician and nobleman (1899-1956).
Born May 10th, 1899 in Eferding.
Died March 15th, 1956 at 56 years old in Schruns.
Mikey Dread
Jamaican musician (1954–2008).
Born June 4th, 1954 in Port Antonio.
Died March 15th, 2008 at 53 years old in Stamford (brain cancer). [ref]
Lauro Cavazos
American educator; george h. w. bush administration cabinet member (1927–2022).
Born January 4th, 1927 in Kingsville.
Died March 15th, 2022 at 95 years old in Concord.
Paul Cavanagh
Actor (1888-1964).
Born December 8th, 1888 in Chislehurst.
Died March 15th, 1964 at 75 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
John Pople
Nobel prize winning british chemist (1925-2004).
Born October 31st, 1925 in Burnham-on-Sea.
Died March 15th, 2004 at 78 years old in Chicago (liver cancer).
Don Durant
American actor and businessman (1932-2005).
Born November 20th, 1932 in Long Beach.
Died March 15th, 2005 at 72 years old in Monarch Beach, Dana Point, California (leukemia, lymphoma).
Moša Pijade
Prominent yugoslavian/serbian communist (1890–1957).
Born January 4th, 1890 in Belgrade.
Died March 15th, 1957 at 67 years old in Paris.
Simona Kossak
Polish biologist.
Born May 30th, 1942 in Kraków.
Died March 15th, 2007 at 64 years old in Białystok.
Henry Victor
English character actor (1892–1945).
Born October 2nd, 1892 in London.
Died March 15th, 1945 at 52 years old in Hollywood (brain cancer).
Xu Caihou
Former general of the people's liberation army (1943-2015).
Born June 22nd, 1943 in Wafangdian.
Died March 15th, 2015 at 71 years old in Beijing (bladder cancer). [ref]
Lam Jones
American sprinter and football wide receiver (1958-2019).
Born April 4th, 1958 in Lawton.
Died March 15th, 2019 at 60 years old in Round Rock (cancer). [ref]
Judith Scott
American fiber artist (1943–2005).
Born May 1st, 1943 in Columbus, Cincinnati.
Died March 15th, 2005 at 61 years old in Dutch Flat.
Otto von Below
German general (1857–1944).
Born January 18th, 1857 in Gdańsk.
Died March 15th, 1944 at 87 years old in Friedland.
Booth Gardner
American politician (1936-2013).
Born August 21st, 1936 in Tacoma.
Died March 15th, 2013 at 76 years old in Tacoma (Parkinson's disease).
Harry Callahan
American photographer (1912-1999).
Born October 22nd, 1912 in Detroit.
Died March 15th, 1999 at 86 years old in Atlanta.
Okwui Enwezor
Nigerian-american curator (1963-2019).
Born October 23rd, 1963 in Calabar.
Died March 15th, 2019 at 55 years old in Munich (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Josep Lluís Sert
Architect (1902-1983).
Born July 1st, 1902 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1983 at 80 years old in Barcelona.
Rachel Field
American novelist, poet, and children's author (1894–1942).
Born September 19th, 1894 in New York City.
Died March 15th, 1942 at 47 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 243
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