In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Elsa Cayat
French psychoanalyst and columnist (1960-2015).
Born March 9th, 1960 in Sfax. [ref]
Died January 7th, 2015 at 54 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris (gunshot wound).
Jaakko Hintikka
Finnish philosopher and logician.
Born January 12th, 1929 in Vantaa.
Died August 12th, 2015 at 86 years old in Porvoo.
Mary Healy
American actress (1918–2015).
Born April 14th, 1918 in New Orleans.
Died February 3rd, 2015 at 96 years old in Calabasas (disease).
Dieter Moebius
Swiss musician (1944-2015).
Born January 16th, 1944 in St. Gallen.
Died July 20th, 2015 at 71 years old in Germany (cancer).
Joseph Frederick Engelberger
American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur (1925–2015).
Born July 26th, 1925 in United States. [ref]
Died December 1st, 2015 at 90 years old in Newtown (stroke). [ref]
Jon Vickers
Canadian singer (1926-2015).
Born October 29th, 1926 in Prince Albert.
Died July 10th, 2015 at 88 years old in Ontario (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
André Glucksmann
French philosopher (1937–2015).
Born June 19th, 1937 in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Died November 10th, 2015 at 78 years old in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Raúl Héctor Castro
American judge (1916-2015).
Born June 12th, 1916 in Heroica Ciudad de Cananea.
Died April 10th, 2015 at 98 years old in San Diego.
Florence Arthaud
French sailor (1957–2015).
Born October 28th, 1957 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died March 9th, 2015 at 57 years old in Villa Castelli (falling from height, Villa Castelli helicopter collision).
Maria Radner
German opera singer.
Born May 7th, 1981 in Düsseldorf.
Died March 24th, 2015 at 33 years old in Prads-Haute-Bléone (mass murder).
J. P. Parisé
Canadian ice hockey player (1941-2015).
Born December 11th, 1941 in Smooth Rock Falls.
Died January 7th, 2015 at 73 years old in Prior Lake (lung cancer).
Zhelyu Zhelev
President of bulgaria (1935-2015).
Born March 3rd, 1935 in Veselinovo.
Died January 30th, 2015 at 79 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Philip Levine
Jewish-american poet (1928-2015).
Born January 10th, 1928 in Detroit.
Died February 14th, 2015 at 87 years old in Fresno (pancreatic cancer).
Craig Gruber
American musician.
Born June 22nd, 1951 in Cortland.
Died May 5th, 2015 at 63 years old in Jacksonville (prostate cancer).
Suchitra Bhattacharya
Indian writer.
Born January 10th, 1950 in Bhagalpur.
Died May 12th, 2015 at 65 years old in Dhakuria (cardiac arrest).
Magali Noël
French actress and singer (1931–2015).
Born June 27th, 1932 in İzmir.
Died June 23rd, 2015 at 82 years old in Châteauneuf-Grasse.
Eugenia Davitashvili
Russian faith healer (1949-2015).
Born July 22nd, 1949 in Urmiya.
Died June 8th, 2015 at 65 years old in Moscow.
Richard L. Bare
American film and television director (1913–2015).
Born August 12th, 1913 in Modesto, Turlock.
Died March 28th, 2015 at 101 years old in Newport Beach.
Xu Caihou
Former general of the people's liberation army (1943-2015).
Born June 22nd, 1943 in Wafangdian.
Died March 15th, 2015 at 71 years old in Beijing (bladder cancer). [ref]
Yao Beina
Chinese female singer.
Born September 26th, 1981 in Wuhan.
Died January 16th, 2015 at 33 years old in Shenzhen (breast cancer).
Peter Dickinson
English children's writer (1927–2015).
Born December 16th, 1927 in Livingstone.
Died December 16th, 2015 at 88 years old in Winchester. [ref]
Doris Hart
American tennis player (1925–2015).
Born June 20th, 1925 in St. Louis. [ref]
Died May 29th, 2015 at 89 years old in Coral Gables. [ref]
Charles Pasqua
French politician (1927–2015).
Born April 18th, 1927 in Grasse.
Died June 29th, 2015 at 88 years old in Suresnes (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ib Melchior
American filmmaker and writer.
Born September 17th, 1917 in Copenhagen.
Died March 14th, 2015 at 97 years old in West Hollywood.
Nicoletta Machiavelli
Italian actress (1944-2015).
Born September 8th, 1944 in Ravarino.
Died November 15th, 2015 at 71 years old in Seattle (disease). [ref]
Deaths 476 to 500 of 1235
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou