March 15th
179 Notable deaths
Josep Lluís Sert
Architect (1902-1983).
Born July 1st, 1902 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1983 at 80 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
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).
Otto von Below
German general.
Born January 18th, 1857 in Gdańsk. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1944 at 87 years old in Friedland. [ref]
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist (1904-1929).
Born June 11th, 1904 in Troy. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1929 at 24 years old in Chicago (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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.
Nikolai Krestinsky
Soviet diplomat (1883-1938).
Born October 25th, 1883 in Mogilev.
Died March 15th, 1938 at 54 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Bo Callaway
American politician and businessman (1927–2014).
Born April 2nd, 1927 in LaGrange.
Died March 15th, 2014 at 86 years old in Columbus (cerebral hemorrhage).
Bill Pickering
Rocket scientist born in new zealand.
Born December 24th, 1910 in Wellington.
Died March 15th, 2004 at 93 years old in La Cañada Flintridge (pneumonia).
George Sherman
Film director.
Born July 14th, 1908 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1991 at 82 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Alice Stone Blackwell
American feminist, journalist and human rights advocate (1857-1950).
Born September 14th, 1857 in New Jersey, Orange. [ref]
Died March 15th, 1950 at 92 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
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The hardest thing you overcome are the ones that give the most meaning. Maxime Lagacé