In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Mihai Adam
Romanian footballer (1940-2015).
Born July 3rd, 1940 in Câmpia Turzii. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2015 at 75 years old in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
Dutch athlete (1923–2015).
Born October 29th, 1923 in Rotterdam.
Died March 19th, 2015 at 91 years old in Almelo.
Marina Nikulina-Pankova
Soviet and russian volleyball player (1963–2015).
Born March 3rd, 1963 in Bratsk.
Died November 4th, 2015 at 52 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Bengt Berndtsson
Swedish footballer (1933-2015).
Born January 26th, 1933 in Gothenburg.
Died June 4th, 2015 at 82 years old in Älvsborg parish. [ref]
Sebastiano Vassalli
Italian writer, novelist and literary critic (1941–2015).
Born October 24th, 1941 in Genoa. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2015 at 73 years old in Casale Monferrato (cancer). [ref]
Cees van Kooten
Dutch football player (1948–2015).
Born August 20th, 1948 in Alblasserdam.
Died August 24th, 2015 at 67 years old in Deventer (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Lia van Leer
Israeli film archive pioneer (1924-2015).
Born August 8th, 1924 in Bălți.
Died March 13th, 2015 at 90 years old in Jerusalem (disease). [ref]
Giovanni Berlinguer
Italian physician and politician (1924-2015).
Born July 9th, 1924 in Sassari.
Died April 6th, 2015 at 90 years old in Rome.
Dejan Brđović
Volleyball player (1966–2015).
Born February 21st, 1966 in Kraljevo.
Died December 21st, 2015 at 49 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Flavio Emoli
Italian footballer (1934-2015).
Born August 23rd, 1934 in Turin.
Died October 5th, 2015 at 81 years old in Genoa.
Ladislav Chudík
Slovak actor.
Born May 27th, 1924 in Hronec.
Died June 29th, 2015 at 91 years old in Bratislava.
Greg Parks
Canadian ice hockey player (1967–2015).
Born March 25th, 1967 in Edmonton.
Died June 16th, 2015 at 48 years old in Edmonton. [ref]
Ana Hatherly
Portuguese writer, artist, filmmaker and philologist (1929-2015).
Born May 8th, 1929 in Porto. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2015 at 86 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Alexander Nadson
Belarusian apostelic visitor (1926–2015).
Born August 8th, 1926 in Haradzieja.
Died April 15th, 2015 at 88 years old in London.
Revas Chkheidze
Film director (1926-2015).
Born December 8th, 1926 in Kutaisi.
Died May 3rd, 2015 at 88 years old in Tbilisi.
Andy Sutcliffe
Racecar driver.
Born May 9th, 1947 in Mildenhall.
Died July 13th, 2015 at 68 years old in Pluckley.
Géry Leuliet
Catholic bishop (1910–2015).
Born January 12th, 1910 in Richebourg.
Died January 1st, 2015 at 104 years old in Arras.
Gabriele Wohmann
German novelist, and short story writer (1932-2015).
Born May 21st, 1932 in Darmstadt.
Died June 22nd, 2015 at 83 years old in Darmstadt.
Jacques Perrier
French basketball player (1924–2015).
Born October 12th, 1924 in Bagnolet.
Died June 23rd, 2015 at 90 years old in Gassin.
Claire Aho
Finnish photographer (1925–2015).
Born November 2nd, 1925 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died November 29th, 2015 at 90 years old in Stockholm (conflagration).
Bob Minkler
American sound engineer (1937-2015).
Born August 31st, 1937 in Glendale. [ref]
Died October 11th, 2015 at 78 years old in Waldport (respiratory failure). [ref]
Peter Celestine Elampassery
Indian priest.
Born June 28th, 1938 in Muttuchira.
Died May 27th, 2015 at 76 years old in Bharananganam.
Božo Bakota
Croatian footballer (1950-2015).
Born October 1st, 1950 in Zagreb.
Died October 1st, 2015 at 65 years old in Graz. [ref]
Pierre Kalala Mukendi
Congolese footballer (1939–2015).
Born November 22nd, 1939 in Likasi.
Died June 30th, 2015 at 75 years old in Johannesburg (kidney failure).
John Barber
British racing driver.
Born July 22nd, 1929 in Little Marlow.
Died February 4th, 2015 at 85 years old in Palma.
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I discovered to my joy, that it is life, not death, that has no limits. Gabriel García Márquez