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In the year 1915
128 Notable deaths
Morgan Robertson
American writer (1861–1915).
Born September 30th, 1861 in Oswego.
Died March 24th, 1915 at 53 years old in Atlantic City (drug overdose).
William Willett
Proponent of british summer time.
Born August 10th, 1856 in Farnham.
Died March 4th, 1915 at 58 years old in Chislehurst (influenza).
Fannie Farmer
American chef.
Born March 23rd, 1857 in Boston.
Died January 15th, 1915 at 57 years old in Boston.
Pascual Orozco
Mexican general and politician (1882–1915).
Born January 28th, 1882 in San Isidro Pascual Orozco.
Died August 30th, 1915 at 33 years old in El Paso.
Charles Frohman
American theatrical producer.
Born July 15th, 1856 in Sandusky.
Died May 7th, 1915 at 58 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania.
Gurazada Apparao
Telugu writer and poet (1862-1915).
Born September 21st, 1862 in Elamanchili.
Died November 30th, 1915 at 53 years old in Elamanchili.
James Elroy Flecker
English poet (1884-1915).
Born November 5th, 1884 in London.
Died January 3rd, 1915 at 30 years old in Davos (tuberculosis).
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev
Russian composer, pianist, music theorist and teacher (1856–1915).
Born November 25th, 1856 in Vladimir.
Died June 19th, 1915 at 58 years old in Dyudkovo (pneumonia).
William Wallace Denslow
American illustrator and caricaturist.
Born May 5th, 1856 in Philadelphia.
Died May 27th, 1915 at 59 years old in Knickerbocker Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Vilbrun Guillaume Sam
President of haiti (1859-1915).
Born March 4th, 1859 in Ouanaminthe.
Died July 28th, 1915 at 56 years old in Port-au-Prince (blunt trauma).
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