In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Louis Martin
British weightlifter (1936-2015).
Born November 11th, 1936 in Kingston.
Died January 16th, 2015 at 78 years old in Heanor (cancer). [ref]
Francis Sejersted
Norwegian historian (1936–2015).
Born February 8th, 1936 in Aker.
Died August 25th, 2015 at 79 years old in Oslo (disease). [ref]
Heinrich Windelen
German politician (1921-2015).
Born June 25th, 1921 in Bolków.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 93 years old in Warendorf. [ref]
Edwar al-Kharrat
Egyptian novelist, writer and critic (1926–2015).
Born March 16th, 1926 in Alexandria.
Died December 1st, 2015 at 89 years old in Cairo (infectious disease).
Maria Kryuchkova
Gymnast.
Born July 7th, 1988 in Rostov-on-Don.
Died March 8th, 2015 at 26 years old in Rostov-on-Don (embolism).
Patricia Canning Todd
Us tennis player (1922–2015).
Born July 22nd, 1922 in San Francisco.
Died September 5th, 2015 at 93 years old in Encinitas.
Uri Orbach
Israeli politician (1960-2015).
Born March 28th, 1960 in Petah Tikva. [ref]
Died February 16th, 2015 at 54 years old in Shaare Zedek Medical Center (hematopoietic system disease).
Jean-Marie Pelt
French biologist, botanist, and pharmacist (1933-2015).
Born October 24th, 1933 in Thionville. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2015 at 82 years old in Vantoux (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sergey Sharikov
Russian fencer.
Born June 18th, 1974 in Moscow.
Died June 6th, 2015 at 40 years old in Tarussky District (traffic collision).
Fritz J. Raddatz
German writer and journalist (1931–2015).
Born September 3rd, 1931 in Berlin.
Died February 26th, 2015 at 83 years old in Zurich.
Arkady Arkanov
Russian writer, playwright and stand-up comedian.
Died March 22nd, 2015 at 81 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
German politician of the cdu and vice president of the union of european football associations (uefa) (1933-2015).
Born March 3rd, 1933 in Mannheim.
Died August 17th, 2015 at 82 years old in Stuttgart (heart failure). [ref]
Bob Cleary
American ice hockey player (1936–2015).
Born April 21st, 1936 in Cambridge.
Died September 16th, 2015 at 79 years old in Hyannis.
Otto Schaden
American egyptologist (1937–2015).
Born August 26th, 1937. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 2015 at 78 years old [ref]
Lubomír Lipský
Czech dubbing actor, actor and comedian.
Born April 19th, 1923 in Pelhřimov. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2015 at 92 years old in Prague. [ref]
Mordecai Roshwald
American writer (1921-2015).
Born May 26th, 1921 in Drohobych.
Died March 22nd, 2015 at 93 years old in Silver Spring.
Frank Martinus Arion
Writer and poet (1936-2015).
Born December 17th, 1936 in Curaçao. [ref]
Died September 28th, 2015 at 78 years old in Curaçao. [ref]
Anatoly Logunov
Russian physicist (1926-2015).
Born December 30th, 1926 in Obsharovka.
Died March 1st, 2015 at 88 years old in Moscow. [ref]
John Hewie
Scottish footballer (1927-2015).
Born December 13th, 1927 in Pretoria.
Died May 11th, 2015 at 87 years old in Lincolnshire.
Annarita Sidoti
Italian racewalker (1969–2015).
Born July 25th, 1969 in Gioiosa Marea.
Died May 21st, 2015 at 45 years old in Gioiosa Marea (breast cancer). [ref]
Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino
Israeli politician (1926-2015).
Born January 26th, 1926 in Mosul. [ref]
Died June 12th, 2015 at 89 years old in Tel Aviv (Alzheimer's disease).
Esther Brand
South african former athlete (1922–2015).
Born September 29th, 1924 in Springbok.
Died June 20th, 2015 at 90 years old in Bloemfontein (falling from height). [ref]
Jean Gruault
French screenwriter (1924-2015).
Born August 3rd, 1924 in Fontenay-sous-Bois. [ref]
Died June 8th, 2015 at 90 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Jimmy Murray
Scottish footballer (1933-2015).
Born February 4th, 1933 in Edinburgh.
Died July 10th, 2015 at 82 years old in Edinburgh.
Rrok Mirdita
Albanian roman catholic bishop (1939-2015).
Born September 28th, 1939 in Montenegro.
Died December 7th, 2015 at 76 years old in Tirana.
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes