Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Dec-15

Died on This Day (Dec-15)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Jean Adamson Jean Adamson British writer and illustrator British writer and illustrator 96 1
Tim Brighouse Tim Brighouse British academic British educator 83 2
Shirley Eikhard Shirley Eikhard Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist Canadian singer-songwriter 67 3
Taniela Moa Taniela Moa Tongan rugby union footballer Tongan rugby union player 36 4
Donald Fowler Donald Fowler American political party chair American political scientist 85 5
Chuck Peddle Chuck Peddle American electrical engineer American electrical engineer 82 6
Heinz Wolff Heinz Wolff German-British scientist German-born British popular scientist 89 8
Craig Sager Craig Sager American sports reporter American sports reporter 65 9
Blake Edwards Blake Edwards Blake Edwards was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. American film director 88 15
  Oral Roberts Granville Oral Roberts was an American Charismatic Christian televangelist, ordained in both the Pentecostal Holiness and United Methodist churches. Choctaw American Christian televangelist 91 16
William Proxmire William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire was an American politician. American politician 90 20
Jacques Goddet Jacques Goddet Jacques Goddet was a French sports journalist and director of the Tour de France road cycling race from 1936 to 1986. French sports journalist 95 25
Bill Otis Bill Otis Paul Franklin "Bill" Otis was a Major League Baseball player. American baseball player 100 35
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam GCMG LRCP MRCS was a Mauritian physician, politician, and statesman. Prime Minister of Mauritius 85 40
James L. Tuck James L. Tuck James Leslie Tuck OBE, was a British physicist. He was born in Manchester, England, and educated at the Victoria University of Manchester. British physicist 70 45
Shigeyoshi Inoue Shigeyoshi Inoue Shigeyoshi Inoue was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Japanese admiral 86 50
Ernst Boepple Ernst Boepple SS-Oberführer Ernst Boepple was a Nazi official and SS officer, serving as deputy to Josef Bühler in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust, who was executed for war crimes. German general 63 75
Battling Siki Battling Siki Louis Mbarick Fall , known as Battling Siki, was a French light heavyweight boxer born in Senegal who fought from 1912 to 1925, and briefly reigned as the World light heavyweight champion after knocking out Georges Carpentier. Senegalese boxer 28 100
John Addison Porter John Addison Porter John Addison Porter was an American journalist, and the first person to hold the position of "Secretary to the President". American journalist 44 125
Johannes Vermeer Johannes Vermeer Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch Baroque Period painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. Dutch Baroque painter 43 350