Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 15

1937  On October - 15 james Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail) dies at 70   

1942  On October - 15 death of dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed   

1944  On October - 15 death of philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau   

1945  On this day in history death of pierre Laval, former premier of Vichy France, executed at 62   

1946  Death of Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison on October - 15.   

1948  On October - 15 death of edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863)   

1955  Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41 on October - 15.   

1958  On this day in history jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies   

1959  Death of Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1880) on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70   

1963  On October - 15 edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French writer (Ecoute Israel), dies   

1964  Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1965  Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 on October - 15.   

1968  On this day in history bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62   

1969  On this day in history rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies   

1976  On this day in history carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74   

1977  On October - 15 ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77   

1980  On this day in history death of mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)   

1981  Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies on October - 15.   

1982  On this day in history elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies   

1983  Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 on this day in history.   

1985  Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies   

1990  On October - 15 delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58   

1991  On this day in history hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies   

1992  On this day in history dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78   

1993  Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34 on October - 15.   

1994  Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1995  Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82 on October - 15.   

1996  Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

2000  Death of Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912) on this day in history.   

2001  Death of Zhang Xueliang, Chinese ruler of Manchuria (b. 1901) on October - 15.   

2003  Death of Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2005  Death of Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977) on this day in history.   

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1471  Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526) was born on October - 15.   

1542  Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) was born on this day in history.   

1550  Henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on October - 15.   

1674  On this day in history birth of robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together)   

1686  On October - 15 birth of allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758)   

1701  On this day in history birth of marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771)   

1711  Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.