In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Georges Wolinski
French cartoonist (1934-2015).
Born June 28th, 1934 in Tunis. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2015 at 80 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Robert Riettii
British actor and director (1923-2015).
Born February 8th, 1923 in Paddington.
Died April 3rd, 2015 at 92 years old in London. [ref]
David Willcocks
British choral conductor, organist and composer (1919-2015).
Born December 30th, 1919 in Newquay.
Died September 17th, 2015 at 95 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Ron Springett
English footballer (1935-2015).
Born July 22nd, 1935 in Fulham.
Died September 12th, 2015 at 80 years old in Kingston upon Thames.
Marvin Mandel
Governor of maryland (1920-2015).
Born April 19th, 1920 in Baltimore.
Died August 30th, 2015 at 95 years old in St. Mary's County.
Yaşar Kemal
Kurdish writer and human rights activist (1923–2015).
Born October 6th, 1923 in Gökçedam.
Died February 28th, 2015 at 91 years old in Istanbul (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Nova Pilbeam
British actress (1919-2015).
Born November 15th, 1919 in Wimbledon.
Died July 17th, 2015 at 95 years old in London.
Monica Lewis
American actress (1922-2015).
Born May 5th, 1922 in Chicago.
Died June 12th, 2015 at 93 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Ernst Fuchs
Austrian artist (1930-2015).
Born February 13th, 1930 in Vienna.
Died November 9th, 2015 at 85 years old in Vienna. [ref]
William McIlvanney
British writer, precursor of tartan noir genre (1936–2015).
Born November 25th, 1936 in Kilmarnock.
Died December 5th, 2015 at 79 years old in Netherlee (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Richard F. Heck
American chemist (1931–2015).
Born August 15th, 1931 in Springfield.
Died October 10th, 2015 at 84 years old in Manila. [ref]
Arsen Dedić
Croatian singer-songwriter, composer and poet (1938–2015).
Born July 28th, 1938 in Šibenik.
Died August 17th, 2015 at 77 years old in Zagreb.
Jackie Selebi
South african politician (1950-2015).
Born March 7th, 1950 in Johannesburg.
Died January 23rd, 2015 at 64 years old in Pretoria.
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
French motorcycle racer and racing driver.
Born April 26th, 1937 in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Died January 5th, 2015 at 77 years old in Dakar (stroke).
Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo
Prince of bulgaria (1962-2015).
Born December 2nd, 1962 in Madrid.
Died April 7th, 2015 at 52 years old in Madrid (pneumonia).
Árpád Göncz
Hungarian politician, writer, translator, president of hungary (1922-2015).
Born February 10th, 1922 in Budapest.
Died October 6th, 2015 at 93 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Terrence Evans
American actor (1944–2015).
Born June 20th, 1944 in Los Angeles.
Died August 7th, 2015 at 71 years old in Burbank (disease).
Manuel Contreras
Chilean general (1929-2015).
Born May 4th, 1929 in Santiago.
Died August 7th, 2015 at 86 years old in Santiago (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Walter Burkert
German classical philologist and religious scholar (1931–2015).
Born February 2nd, 1931 in Neuendettelsau.
Died March 11th, 2015 at 84 years old in Uster.
Harve Bennett
American television and film producer (1930-2015).
Born August 17th, 1930 in Chicago.
Died March 4th, 2015 at 84 years old in Medford.
Yoram Gross
Polish-australian animation producer and director (1926–2005).
Born October 18th, 1926 in Kraków.
Died September 21st, 2015 at 88 years old in Sydney.
Robert Spitzer
American psychiatrist (1932–2015).
Born May 22nd, 1932 in New York City.
Died December 25th, 2015 at 83 years old in Seattle. [ref]
Chris Rainbow
British singer-songwriter.
Born November 18th, 1946 in Glasgow.
Died February 25th, 2015 at 68 years old in Isle of Skye (Parkinson's disease).
Władysław Bartoszewski
Polish politician and activist (1922–2015).
Born February 19th, 1922 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died April 25th, 2015 at 93 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez