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March 15th
194 Notable deaths
Léonide Massine
Ballet dancer.
Born August 9th, 1896 in Moscow. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1979 at 82 years old in Borken, Cologne (disease).
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 Riesbach. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1955 at 81 years old in Geneva. [ref]
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).
John Scott Haldane
British physiologist.
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. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1956 at 56 years old in Schruns. [ref]
Mikey Dread
Jamaican musician, record producer, and broadcaster.
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.
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