May 15th
172 Notable deaths
Karel Traxler
Czech chess player.
Born January 17th, 1866 in Vlachovo Březí.
Died May 15th, 1936 at 70 years old in Volyně.
Chen Mingshu
Chinese general and politician (1889-1965).
Born October 15th, 1889 in Guangdong.
Died May 15th, 1965 at 75 years old in Beijing.
Natalya Gundareva
Soviet and russian actress.
Born August 28th, 1948 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2005 at 56 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
Keith Andrews
American racecar driver.
Born June 15th, 1920 in Denver.
Died May 15th, 1957 at 36 years old in Indianapolis.
Jerzy Trela
Polish actor.
Born March 14th, 1942 in Leńcze.
Died May 15th, 2022 at 80 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Owen Morgan Edwards
Welsh historian, educationalist and writer (1858-1920).
Born December 26th, 1858 in Llanuwchllyn.
Died May 15th, 1920 at 61 years old in Llanuwchllyn.
Menno ter Braak
Dutch writer (1902-1940).
Born January 26th, 1902 in Eibergen. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1940 at 38 years old in The Hague (intoxication). [ref]
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant
French politician (1852-1924).
Born November 22nd, 1852 in La Flèche. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1924 at 71 years old in Bordeaux. [ref]
Leon Petrażycki
Polish philosopher (1867-1931) and politician in russian empire.
Born April 13th, 1867 in Kalantajova. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1931 at 64 years old in Warsaw.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 172
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner