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May 15th
161 Notable deaths
Emerson Spencer
Athletics competitor.
Born October 10th, 1906 in San Francisco.
Died May 15th, 1985 at 78 years old in Palo Alto.
Milenko Radomar Vesnić
Serbian politician.
Born February 13th, 1863 in Dunišiće. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1921 at 58 years old in Paris. [ref]
Dominique Rolin
Writer.
Born May 22nd, 1913 in Ixelles - Elsene. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2012 at 98 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ralph Erwin
Austrian composer.
Born October 31st, 1896 in Bielsko-Biała. [ref]
Died May 15th, 1943 at 46 years old in Beaune-la-Rolande. [ref]
Allan Lawrence
Australian long distance runner (1930-2017).
Born July 9th, 1930 in Punchbowl.
Died May 15th, 2017 at 86 years old in Houston. [ref]
Alfred Kuchevsky
Soviet ice hockey player.
Born May 17th, 1931 in Moscow.
Died May 15th, 2000 at 68 years old in Moscow.
Albino Jara
President of paraguay (1877-1912).
Born February 28th, 1877 in Luque.
Died May 15th, 1912 at 35 years old in Paraguarí.
Zbigniew Tadeusz Kaczmarek
Polish-german weightlifter (1946-2023).
Born June 21st, 1946 in Tarnowskie Góry.
Died May 15th, 2023 at 76 years old in Hanover. [ref]
Helvi Sipilä
Finnish politician, lawyer and diplomat (1915-2009).
Born May 5th, 1915 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2009 at 94 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer
German chemist (1899-1957).
Born January 13th, 1899 in Wrocław.
Died May 15th, 1957 at 58 years old in Göttingen.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 161
Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus