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  Death of Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed on this day in history.   

1944  Death of Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau on this day in history.   

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

1946  On this day in history death of hermann Goering, Nazi Reichmarshal, poisons himself in prison   

1948  Death of Edythe Chapman, American actress (b. 1863) on October - 15.   

1955  Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1958  Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies on October - 15.   

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 this day in history 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  On October - 15 carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60   

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

1969  Rod[erique] La Rocque, US western actor (Mystery Woman), dies on this day in history.   

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

1977  Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1981  On this day in history frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies   

1982  On October - 15 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 October - 15.   

1985  On October - 15 meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72   

1987  Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies on this day in history.   

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 October - 15 dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78   

1993  On October - 15 ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34   

1994  On this day in history hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29   

1995  On October - 15 arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82   

1996  Bernard Frank, oriental scholar/writer, dies at 69 on October - 15.   

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 October - 15.   

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

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1471  On this day in history birth of konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)   

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

1550  On this day in history birth of henry, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg/brother of William of Orange   

1608  Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist (d. 1647) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Robert Herrick, Mass, British poet (Together) was born on this day in history.   

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

1701  Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) was born on October - 15.   

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