May 15th
161 Notable deaths
Javier Valdez Cárdenas
Mexican crime journalist and murder victim.
Born April 14th, 1967 in Culiacán.
Died May 15th, 2017 at 50 years old in Culiacán (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Charles Kittel
American physicist.
Born July 18th, 1916 in New York City.
Died May 15th, 2019 at 102 years old in Berkeley.
Đorđe Marjanović
Yugoslav singer.
Born October 30th, 1931 in Kučevo.
Died May 15th, 2021 at 89 years old in Belgrade.
Karl-Otto Apel
German philosopher (1922-2017).
Born March 15th, 1922 in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2017 at 95 years old in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]
William March
United states marine, novelist, short story writer.
Born September 18th, 1893 in Mobile.
Died May 15th, 1954 at 60 years old in New Orleans (myocardial infarction).
Patriarch Sergius of Moscow
Head of the russian orthodox church (1867–1944).
Born January 23rd, 1867 in Arzamas.
Died May 15th, 1944 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Venceslau Brás
President of brazil (1868-1966).
Born February 26th, 1868 in Brasópolis.
Died May 15th, 1966 at 98 years old in Itajubá.
Andrei Kirilenko
Soviet politician (1906-1990).
Born September 8th, 1906 in Alexeyevka.
Died May 15th, 1990 at 83 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia
Russian princess.
Born March 11th, 1892 in Nice.
Died May 15th, 1981 at 89 years old in Six-Fours-les-Plages.
Marius Constant
French composer (1925-2004).
Born February 7th, 1925 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2004 at 79 years old in Paris. [ref]
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami