In the year 2015
1,155 Notable deaths
Cynthia Lennon
Former wife of john lennon (1939-2015).
Born September 10th, 1939 in Blackpool.
Died April 1st, 2015 at 75 years old in Mallorca (lung cancer, cancer). [ref]
Robert Loggia
American actor (1930–2015).
Born January 3rd, 1930 in Staten Island. [ref]
Died December 4th, 2015 at 85 years old in Brentwood (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Wayne Rogers
American actor (1933–2015).
Born April 7th, 1933 in Birmingham.
Died December 31st, 2015 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Jonah Lomu
New zealand rugby union player.
Born May 12th, 1975 in Auckland.
Died November 18th, 2015 at 40 years old in Auckland (cardiac arrest, kidney failure, nephrotic syndrome). [ref]
Donna Douglas
American actress (1933-2015).
Born September 26th, 1932 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Died January 1st, 2015 at 82 years old in Zachary (pancreatic cancer).
Melissa Mathison
American film and television screenwriter (1950–2015).
Born June 3rd, 1950 in Los Angeles.
Died November 4th, 2015 at 65 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Moses Malone
American basketball player.
Born March 23rd, 1955 in Petersburg. [ref]
Died September 13th, 2015 at 60 years old (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Saeed Jaffrey
Indian actor (1929–2015).
Born January 8th, 1929 in Malerkotla.
Died November 15th, 2015 at 86 years old in London (cerebral hemorrhage).
Sawyer Sweeten
American former child actor (1995-2015).
Born May 12th, 1995 in Brownwood.
Died April 23rd, 2015 at 19 years old in Austin (ballistic trauma).
Fred Thompson
American politician and actor (1942-2015).
Born August 19th, 1942 in Sheffield.
Died November 1st, 2015 at 73 years old in Nashville (non-Hodgkin lymphoma). [ref]
Satoru Iwata
Japanese video game programmer and businessman (1959-2015).
Born December 6th, 1959 in Sapporo. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2015 at 55 years old in Kyoto (cholangiocarcinoma). [ref]
Geoffrey Lewis
American actor (1935-2015).
Born July 31st, 1935 in San Diego.
Died April 7th, 2015 at 79 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015).
Born July 9th, 1933 in Willesden.
Died August 30th, 2015 at 82 years old in Greenwich Village (liver metastasis). [ref]
Lesley Gore
American recording artist, singer, songwriter (1946-2015).
Born May 2nd, 1946 in Brooklyn.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 68 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]
Kayla Mueller
American aid worker and murder victim.
Born August 14th, 1988 in Prescott.
Died February 6th, 2015 at 26 years old in Raqqa.
Jackie Collins
British-american writer and actress (1937–2015).
Born October 4th, 1937 in Hampstead.
Died September 19th, 2015 at 77 years old in Beverly Hills (breast cancer). [ref]
Dusty Rhodes
American professional wrestler (1945–2015).
Born October 12th, 1945 in Austin. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2015 at 69 years old in Orlando (stomach cancer).
Rod Taylor
Australian actor (1930-2015).
Born January 11th, 1930 in Sydney.
Died January 7th, 2015 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Jihadi John
British terrorist and murderer.
Born August 17th, 1988 in Al Jahra.
Died November 12th, 2015 at 27 years old in Raqqa (death in battle). [ref]
Francesca Hilton
American actress (1947–2015).
Born March 10th, 1947 in New York City.
Died January 5th, 2015 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Dick Van Patten
American actor (1928–2015).
Born December 9th, 1928 in Queens.
Died June 23rd, 2015 at 86 years old in Santa Monica (diabetes).
James Best
American actor, musician, artist (1926-2015).
Born July 26th, 1926 in Powderly.
Died April 6th, 2015 at 88 years old in Hickory (pneumonia).
Martin Milner
American actor (1931–2015).
Born December 28th, 1931 in Detroit.
Died September 6th, 2015 at 83 years old in Carlsbad.
Yakub Memon
Indian criminal.
Born July 30th, 1962 in Mumbai.
Died July 30th, 2015 at 53 years old in Nagpur (hanging). [ref]
Sadhana Shivdasani
Indian actress.
Born September 2nd, 1941 in Karachi.
Died December 25th, 2015 at 74 years old in Mumbai (cancer).
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson