In the year 1915
118 Notable deaths
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.
Charles Frohman
American theatrical producer.
Born July 15th, 1856 in Sandusky.
Died May 7th, 1915 at 58 years old in Atlantic Ocean, RMS Lusitania.
James Elroy Flecker
Poet (1884-1915).
Born November 5th, 1884 in London. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1915 at 30 years old in Davos (tuberculosis). [ref]
Pascual Orozco
Mexican general and politician.
Born January 28th, 1882 in San Isidro Pascual Orozco.
Died August 30th, 1915 at 33 years old in El Paso.
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]
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev
Russian composer, pianist, music theorist and teacher.
Born November 25th, 1856 in Vladimir. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1915 at 58 years old in Dyudkovo (pneumonia). [ref]
Joe Hill
Swedish-american labor activist, songwriter, and member of the industrial workers of the world.
Born October 7th, 1879 in Gävle Parish. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1915 at 36 years old in Salt Lake City (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Lawrence Hargrave
Australian engineer and inventor (1850–1915).
Born January 29th, 1850 in Greenwich.
Died July 14th, 1915 at 65 years old in Sydney (peritonitis).
Anthony Wilding
New zealand tennis player (1883-1915).
Born October 31st, 1883 in Christchurch.
Died May 9th, 1915 at 31 years old in Neuve-Chapelle (combat).
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The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein