In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Valmir Louruz
Brazilian association football player and manager (1944–2015).
Born March 13th, 1944 in Porto Alegre.
Died April 29th, 2015 at 71 years old in Porto Alegre. [ref]
Max Greger
German conductor and bandleader (1926–2015).
Born April 2nd, 1926 in Munich.
Died August 15th, 2015 at 89 years old in Munich (cancer). [ref]
Eduardo Guerrero
Argentine rower (1928-2015).
Born March 4th, 1928 in Salto.
Died August 17th, 2015 at 87 years old in Buenos Aires (pneumonia). [ref]
Jaime Camino
Film director, screenwriter.
Born October 11th, 1936 in Barcelona.
Died December 5th, 2015 at 79 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
José María Mendiluce Pereiro
Spanish politician and writer (1951-2015).
Born April 14th, 1951 in Madrid. [ref]
Died November 28th, 2015 at 64 years old in Barcelona.
Yuri Mamleev
Russian writer (1931–2015).
Born December 11th, 1931 in Moscow.
Died October 25th, 2015 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Vincent Valentine Ezeonyia
First catholic bishop of aba catholic diocese nigeria (1941-2015).
Died February 8th, 2015 at 73 years old (disease).
Lyla Rocco
Italian actress (1933-2015).
Born January 18th, 1933 in Trieste.
Died January 17th, 2015 at 81 years old in Rome.
Ilijas Pašić
Bosnian footballer (1934-2015).
Born May 10th, 1934 in Herceg Novi. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 2015 at 80 years old in Gossau. [ref]
Guram Minashvili
Basketball player (1936-2015).
Born November 25th, 1936 in Tbilisi. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2015 at 78 years old in Tbilisi.
Dobrosav Krstić
Serbian footballer (1932-2015).
Born February 5th, 1932 in Novi Sad. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2015 at 83 years old in Novi Sad. [ref]
Edith Hancke
German actress (1928-2015).
Born October 14th, 1928 in Berlin.
Died June 4th, 2015 at 86 years old in Berlin (cancer).
Brenda Kirk
South african tennis player.
Born January 11th, 1951 in Rhodesia.
Died September 6th, 2015 at 64 years old [ref]
Jouko Törmänen
Finnish ski jumper (1954-2015).
Born April 10th, 1954 in Rovaniemi.
Died January 3rd, 2015 at 60 years old in Rovaniemi. [ref]
Natalino Pescarolo
Italian bishop.
Born March 26th, 1929 in Palestro.
Died January 4th, 2015 at 85 years old in Cuneo.
Krunoslav Hulak
Croatian chess player (1951–2015).
Born May 25th, 1951 in Osijek.
Died October 23rd, 2015 at 64 years old in Zagreb.
Valeria Cappellotto
Italian racing cyclist (1970–2015).
Born January 28th, 1970 in Noventa Vicentina.
Died September 17th, 2015 at 45 years old in Marano Vicentino (cancer). [ref]
Ahmad Alaskarov
Azerbaijani footballer (1935-2015).
Born October 5th, 1935 in Baku.
Died May 19th, 2015 at 79 years old in Odesa.
Boris Shilkov
Speed skater.
Born June 28th, 1927 in Arkhangelsk.
Died June 27th, 2015 at 87 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Khalida Zahir
Sudanese physician and women's rights activist.
Born January 18th, 1927 in Omdurman. [ref]
Died June 9th, 2015 at 88 years old
Keith Remfry
British judoka (1947–2015).
Born November 17th, 1947 in Ealing. [ref]
Died September 16th, 2015 at 67 years old [ref]
Derek Day
British diplomat and olympic field hockey player (1927-2015).
Born November 29th, 1927 in London Borough of Barnet. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2015 at 87 years old in Goudhurst. [ref]
Mykhailo Chechetov
Ukrainian politician (1953-2015).
Born October 3rd, 1953 in Lyubimovka.
Died February 28th, 2015 at 61 years old in Kyiv (falling).
Helga Hösl-Thaw
German tennis player (1940-2015).
Born February 2nd, 1940 in Berlin.
Died September 12th, 2015 at 75 years old in Utting.
Yitzhak Orpaz
Israeli writer (1921–2015).
Born October 15th, 1921 in Zinkiv. [ref]
Died August 14th, 2015 at 93 years old
Deaths 1051 to 1075 of 1235
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi