In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Fatema Mernissi
1940-2015, moroccan sociologist, writer and feminist.
Born September 28th, 1940 in Fez.
Died November 30th, 2015 at 75 years old in Rabat. [ref]
Tamaki Katori
Japanese actress (1938–2015).
Born October 21st, 1939 in Kumamoto.
Died October 12th, 2015 at 75 years old
Frank D. Gilroy
American playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director (1925–2015).
Born October 13th, 1925 in New York City. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2015 at 89 years old in Monroe.
Lasse Braun
Italian-french pornographic film director.
Born January 11th, 1936 in Algiers.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 79 years old in Rome (diabetes).
Gregg Palmer
American actor (1927-2015).
Born January 25th, 1927 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2015 at 88 years old in Encino. [ref]
Nek Chand Saini
Indian artist, known for building the rock garden of chandigarh (1924-2015).
Born December 15th, 1924 in Narowal District.
Died June 12th, 2015 at 90 years old in Chandigarh.
Robert Stone
American novelist (1937–2015).
Born August 21st, 1937 in Brooklyn.
Died January 10th, 2015 at 77 years old in Key West (disease).
Gene Amdahl
American physicist (1922-2015).
Born November 16th, 1922 in Flandreau.
Died November 10th, 2015 at 92 years old in Palo Alto (pneumonia). [ref]
Assia Djebar
French algerian writer and film director (1936-2015).
Born June 30th, 1936 in Cherchell.
Died February 6th, 2015 at 78 years old in 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Wendell Ford
American politician (1924–2015).
Born September 8th, 1924 in Owensboro.
Died January 22nd, 2015 at 90 years old in Owensboro (lung cancer).
Gunther Schuller
American composer and conductor (1925–2015).
Born November 22nd, 1925 in New York City.
Died June 21st, 2015 at 89 years old in Boston (leukemia). [ref]
Arnold Peralta
Honduran footballer (1989-2015).
Born March 29th, 1989 in La Ceiba.
Died December 10th, 2015 at 26 years old in La Ceiba. [ref]
Francesco Rosi
Italian film director (1922–2015).
Born November 15th, 1922 in Naples. [ref]
Died January 10th, 2015 at 92 years old in Rome. [ref]
Luz Marina Zuluaga
Colombian beauty queen (1938–2015).
Born October 31st, 1938 in Pereira.
Died December 2nd, 2015 at 77 years old in Manizales.
Aleksey Mozgovoy
Pro-russian rebel and warlord in eastern ukraine.
Born April 3rd, 1975 in Nyzhnia Duvanka.
Died May 23rd, 2015 at 40 years old in Mykhailivka.
Dan Walker
36th govenor of illinois (1922–2015).
Born August 6th, 1922 in Washington, D.C..
Died April 29th, 2015 at 92 years old in Chula Vista (heart failure).
Mikhail Lesin
Russian political advisor (1958–2015).
Born July 11th, 1958 in Moscow.
Died November 5th, 2015 at 57 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Natasha Parry
British actress (1930-2015).
Born December 2nd, 1930 in London.
Died July 22nd, 2015 at 84 years old in Saint-Nazaire (stroke). [ref]
Eldar Ryazanov
Soviet and russian film director (1927–2015).
Born November 18th, 1927 in Samara.
Died November 30th, 2015 at 88 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Stein Eriksen
Norwegian alpine skier (1927–2015).
Born December 11th, 1927 in Oslo.
Died December 27th, 2015 at 88 years old in Park City. [ref]
Richard Corliss
American editor for time magazine (1944-2015).
Born March 6th, 1944 in Philadelphia.
Died April 23rd, 2015 at 71 years old in New York City (stroke).
Michael Wright
Turkish basketball player (1980–2015).
Born January 7th, 1980 in Chicago.
Died November 10th, 2015 at 35 years old in Brooklyn. [ref]
Pierre Brice
French actor (1929–2015).
Born February 6th, 1929 in Brest.
Died June 6th, 2015 at 86 years old in Compiègne (pneumonia).
Frank Watkins
American musician (1968-2015).
Born February 19th, 1968 in Tampa.
Died October 18th, 2015 at 47 years old (cancer). [ref]
Raymond Gosling
British physicist (1926-2015).
Born July 15th, 1926 in Wembley.
Died May 18th, 2015 at 88 years old
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Losing is discovering, which is living. Maxime Lagacé