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In the year 1915
118 Notable deaths
Ida Aalberg
Finnish actress.
Born December 4th, 1857 in Leppäkoski.
Died January 17th, 1915 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Elmer Booth
American actor (1882-1915).
Born December 9th, 1882 in Los Angeles.
Died June 16th, 1915 at 32 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision).
Musa Ćazim Ćatić
Bosnian poet (1878-1915).
Born March 12th, 1878 in Odžak. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1915 at 37 years old in Tešanj (tuberculosis). [ref]
James Richardson Spensley
English footballer (1867-1915).
Born May 17th, 1867 in Stoke Newington.
Died November 10th, 1915 at 48 years old in Mainz.
Gaston Arman de Caillavet
French playwright.
Born March 15th, 1870 in Paris, 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1915 at 44 years old in Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil.
Louis Pergaud
French writer.
Born January 22nd, 1882 in Belmont. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1915 at 33 years old in Fresnes-en-Woëvre.
Helen McNicoll
Canadian artist (1879-1915).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Toronto.
Died June 27th, 1915 at 35 years old in Swanage.
Robert Hertz
French sociologist.
Born June 22nd, 1881 in Saint-Cloud. [ref]
Died April 13th, 1915 at 33 years old in Marchéville. [ref]
Carl Locher
Danish realist painter (1851-1915).
Born November 21st, 1851 in Flensburg. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1915 at 64 years old in Skagen. [ref]
Rudi Stephan
German composer.
Born July 29th, 1887 in Worms. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1915 at 28 years old in Ternopil. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 118
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