August 15th
165 Notable deaths
Bob Birch
American bassist.
Born July 14th, 1956 in Detroit.
Died August 15th, 2012 at 56 years old in Los Angeles (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Otto Braun
German communist writer (1900–1974).
Born September 28th, 1900 in Ismaning.
Died August 15th, 1974 at 73 years old in Varna.
Dr. Atl
Mexican artist (1875-1964).
Born October 3rd, 1875 in Guadalajara.
Died August 15th, 1964 at 88 years old in Mexico City.
Momoko Sakura
Japanese mangaka.
Born May 8th, 1965 in Shimizu-ku. [ref]
Died August 15th, 2018 at 53 years old in Tokyo (breast cancer). [ref]
Kenji Hatanaka
Japanese military officer and conspirator (1912-1945).
Born March 28th, 1912 in Kyoto Prefecture.
Died August 15th, 1945 at 33 years old in Tokyo (gunshot wound).
Jim Dickinson
American musician (1941–2009).
Born November 15th, 1941 in Little Rock.
Died August 15th, 2009 at 67 years old in Memphis. [ref]
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf
German politician (1896-1944).
Born October 14th, 1896 in Merseburg.
Died August 15th, 1944 at 47 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Kanji Ishiwara
General in the imperial japanese army (1889-1949).
Born January 18th, 1889 in Tsuruoka.
Died August 15th, 1949 at 60 years old in Takase (pneumonia, pulmonary edema, bladder cancer).
Giorgio Perlasca
Italian self-appointed spanish diplomat in hungary who saved 5218 jews from the holocaust (1910-1992).
Born January 31st, 1910 in Como.
Died August 15th, 1992 at 82 years old in Padua (myocardial infarction).
Vida Goldstein
Australian feminist politician.
Born April 13th, 1869 in Portland.
Died August 15th, 1949 at 80 years old in South Yarra (cancer).
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy