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In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
John Henry Holland
Us university professor ,american scientist (1929–2015).
Born February 2nd, 1929 in Fort Wayne.
Died August 9th, 2015 at 86 years old in Ann Arbor. [ref]
Chikao Ōtsuka
Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1929-2015).
Born July 5th, 1929 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died January 15th, 2015 at 85 years old in Shinjuku (heart failure).
Karl H. Pribram
Austrian neuroscientist (1919–2015).
Born February 25th, 1919 in Vienna.
Died February 19th, 2015 at 95 years old in Virginia (cancer). [ref]
Magomed Suleimanov
Dagestani qadi (1976-2015).
Born February 29th, 1976 in Gimry.
Died August 11th, 2015 at 39 years old in Gimry.
Mark Murphy
American singer (1932-2015).
Born March 14th, 1932 in Syracuse.
Died October 22nd, 2015 at 83 years old in Lillian Booth Actors Home. [ref]
Rutger Gunnarsson
Swedish musician, record producer, music arranger (1946–2015).
Born February 12th, 1946 in Linköping Cathedral Congregation.
Died April 30th, 2015 at 69 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish.
Hans Mommsen
German historian (1930–2015).
Born November 5th, 1930 in Marburg.
Died November 5th, 2015 at 85 years old in Tutzing. [ref]
Isa Munayev
Chechen military commander (1965-2015).
Born December 20th, 1966 in Alkhan-Kala, Yandi, Achkhoy-Martanovsky District.
Died February 1st, 2015 at 48 years old in Debaltseve.
Thomas Blatt
Holocaust survivor (1927–2015).
Born April 15th, 1927 in Izbica.
Died October 31st, 2015 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Guy Béart
French singer (1930-2015).
Born July 16th, 1930 in Cairo.
Died September 16th, 2015 at 85 years old in Garches (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Victor Yanukovych
Ukrainian politician, born 1981 (son of former president).
Born July 16th, 1981 in Yenakiieve.
Died March 20th, 2015 at 33 years old in Olkhon Island (drowning).
Hema Upadhyay
Indian visual artist (1972–2015).
Born May 18th, 1972 in Vadodara. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2015 at 43 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Alan Howard
British actor (1937–2015).
Born August 5th, 1937 in London.
Died February 14th, 2015 at 77 years old in London (pneumonia).
Julio César Strassera
Argentine lawyer and jurist (1933–2015).
Born September 18th, 1933 in Buenos Aires.
Died February 27th, 2015 at 81 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Kemal Monteno
Bosnian singer-songwriter.
Born September 17th, 1948 in Sarajevo.
Died January 21st, 2015 at 66 years old in Zagreb (pneumonia).
Martin Litchfield West
British philologist and classical scholar (1937–2015).
Born September 23rd, 1937 in Hampton.
Died July 13th, 2015 at 77 years old in Oxford.
Val Logsdon Fitch
American physicist.
Born March 10th, 1923 in Merriman.
Died February 5th, 2015 at 91 years old in Princeton.
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu
Japanese sumo wrestler (1953–2015).
Born May 16th, 1953 in Sōbetsu-chō.
Died November 20th, 2015 at 62 years old in Fukuoka (cancer). [ref]
Geoff Duke
British motorcycle racer (1923-2015).
Born March 29th, 1923 in St Helens.
Died May 1st, 2015 at 92 years old in Isle of Man (disease).
Alexis Vastine
French boxer (1986–2015).
Born November 17th, 1986 in Pont-Audemer.
Died March 9th, 2015 at 28 years old in Villa Castelli (aviation accident, Villa Castelli helicopter collision). [ref]
Robert Craft
American conductor and writer (1923-2015).
Born October 20th, 1923 in Kingston.
Died November 10th, 2015 at 92 years old in Gulf Stream. [ref]
Jack Goody
British anthropologist (1919-2015).
Born July 27th, 1919 in Hammersmith.
Died July 16th, 2015 at 95 years old in Cambridge.
Douglas Dick
American actor (1920-2015).
Born November 20th, 1920 in Charleston.
Died December 19th, 2015 at 95 years old in Los Angeles.
Sheila Ramani
Actress.
Born March 2nd, 1932 in Sindh. [ref]
Died July 15th, 2015 at 83 years old in Indore. [ref]
Ameen Faheem
Pakistani politician and spiritual leader (1939-2015).
Born August 4th, 1939 in Matiari District.
Died November 21st, 2015 at 76 years old in Karachi (leukemia).
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