In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Tom Jones
American racing driver (1943-2015).
Born April 26th, 1943 in Dallas.
Died May 29th, 2015 at 72 years old in Eastlake.
Miroslav Poljak
Croatian water polo player (1944-2015).
Born September 3rd, 1944 in Zagreb.
Died November 2nd, 2015 at 71 years old in Zagreb.
Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum
Iraqi ayatollah-politician (1927-2015).
Born December 17th, 1927 in Najaf.
Died April 7th, 2015 at 87 years old in Najaf.
Joseph Mukasa Zuza
Roman catholic bishop (1955–2015).
Born October 2nd, 1955 in Malawi.
Died January 15th, 2015 at 59 years old in Malawi (traffic collision).
Anne Cuneo
Swiss journalist (1936-2015).
Born September 6th, 1936 in Paris.
Died February 11th, 2015 at 78 years old
Ives Roqueta
French writer.
Born February 29th, 1936 in Sète.
Died January 4th, 2015 at 78 years old in Saint-Affrique.
Bengt Nyholm
Swedish association football goalkeeper (1930-2015).
Born January 30th, 1930 in Härnösand.
Died September 10th, 2015 at 85 years old in Mantorp. [ref]
Robert Folger Thorne
American botanist (1920-2015).
Born July 13th, 1920 in Spring Lake.
Died March 24th, 2015 at 94 years old in Pomona. [ref]
Mikhail Burtsev
Fencer (1956–2015).
Born June 21st, 1956 in Moscow.
Died October 16th, 2015 at 59 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Francisco González Ledesma
Spanish writer (1927–2015).
Born March 17th, 1927 in Barcelona.
Died March 2nd, 2015 at 87 years old in Barcelona (stroke).
Frans Geurtsen
Dutch footballer (1942-2015).
Born March 17th, 1942 in Utrecht.
Died December 12th, 2015 at 73 years old in Alkmaar. [ref]
Jesús Hermida Pineda
Spanish journalist.
Born June 27th, 1937 in Huelva.
Died May 4th, 2015 at 77 years old in Madrid (stroke).
Alberto Ricardo da Silva
Catholic bishop (1943–2015).
Born April 24th, 1943 in Aileu.
Died April 2nd, 2015 at 71 years old in Dili.
Karen Stives
Equestrian (1950-2015).
Born November 3rd, 1950 in Boston.
Died August 14th, 2015 at 64 years old in Dover (cancer). [ref]
Germán Cobos
Spanish actor (1927–2015).
Born July 7th, 1927 in Seville.
Died January 12th, 2015 at 87 years old in Almuñécar.
György Szabad
Hungarian historian, politician (1924-2015).
Born August 4th, 1924 in Arad.
Died July 3rd, 2015 at 90 years old in Budapest.
Varduhi Varderesyan
Armenian actress (1928-2015).
Born March 19th, 1928 in Bucharest.
Died November 24th, 2015 at 87 years old in Yerevan. [ref]
Antonio Larreta
Uruguayan writer, critic and actor (1922–2015).
Born December 14th, 1922 in Montevideo.
Died August 19th, 2015 at 92 years old in Montevideo.
Eevi Huttunen
Finnish speed skater (1922–2015).
Born August 23rd, 1922 in Karttula.
Died December 3rd, 2015 at 93 years old in Kuopio.
Nina Otkalenko
Soviet distance runner.
Born May 23rd, 1928 in Kozhlya.
Died May 13th, 2015 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Margit Nünke
German beauty pageant winner and actor (1930–2015).
Born November 15th, 1930 in Szczecin.
Died January 10th, 2015 at 84 years old in Munich (pneumonia).
Ibrahim Biogradlić
Yugoslav footballer (1931-2015).
Born March 8th, 1931 in Sarajevo.
Died February 20th, 2015 at 83 years old in Sarajevo (disease). [ref]
Jean-Luc Sassus
French football player (1962-2015).
Born October 4th, 1962 in Tarbes.
Died May 22nd, 2015 at 52 years old in Lavaur (myocardial infarction).
Zhivko Gospodinov
Bulgarian footballer (1957-2015).
Born September 6th, 1957 in Vladimirovo.
Died May 4th, 2015 at 57 years old in Varna (cancer). [ref]
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