In the year 2015
1,235 Notable deaths
Vladimír Hagara
Slovak footballer (1943-2015).
Born November 7th, 1943 in Piešťany. [ref]
Died May 24th, 2015 at 71 years old [ref]
Lucjan Lis
Olympic cyclist (1950–2015).
Born August 8th, 1950 in Bytom.
Died January 26th, 2015 at 64 years old in Unna (cardiovascular disease).
César Boutteville
French-vietnamese chess player (1917-2015).
Born June 24th, 1917 in Hanoi.
Died May 21st, 2015 at 97 years old in Versailles.
Park Jae-seung
South korean footballer (1923–2015).
Born April 1st, 1923 in Korea under Japanese rule.
Died March 12th, 2015 at 91 years old [ref]
Miloslava Misáková
Olympic gymnast (1922–2015).
Born February 25th, 1922 in Mokrá-Horákov, Horákov.
Died July 1st, 2015 at 93 years old in Prague. [ref]
Charlie Beasley
American basketball player.
Born August 23rd, 1945 in Shawnee.
Died April 11th, 2015 at 69 years old in McKinney.
Jan Góra
Polish philosopher (1948–2015).
Born February 8th, 1948 in Prudnik.
Died December 21st, 2015 at 67 years old in Poznań (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Petro Korol
Soviet weightlifter (1941-2015).
Born January 2nd, 1941 in Bredy.
Died July 2nd, 2015 at 74 years old in Lviv. [ref]
Marian Szeja
Polish footballer (1941-2015).
Born August 20th, 1941 in Siemianowice Śląskie.
Died February 25th, 2015 at 73 years old in Wałbrzych. [ref]
Branislav Martinović
Olympic wrestler (1937-2015).
Born November 29th, 1937 in Belgrade.
Died February 26th, 2015 at 77 years old in Belgrade.
Gainan Saidkhuzhin
Soviet cyclist.
Born June 30th, 1937 in Novosibirsk.
Died May 13th, 2015 at 77 years old in Miami (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ole Sørensen
Danish footballer (1937-2015).
Born November 25th, 1937 in Copenhagen.
Died January 29th, 2015 at 77 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Pierre Jansen
French film score composer (1930-2015).
Born February 28th, 1930 in Roubaix.
Died August 13th, 2015 at 85 years old in Saint-Pierre-le-Déchausselat. [ref]
Philippe Massoni
French politician (1936-2015).
Born January 13th, 1936 in Marseille.
Died February 14th, 2015 at 79 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Aleksandr Melentyev
Soviet sport shooter (1954–2015).
Born June 27th, 1954 in Penza.
Died February 16th, 2015 at 60 years old in Bishkek. [ref]
Peder Pedersen
Danish cyclist (1945-2015).
Born November 3rd, 1945 in Nørre Nærå.
Died January 9th, 2015 at 69 years old in Odense (cancer). [ref]
Zdravko Zupan
Comics artist and historian (1950-2015).
Born February 7th, 1950 in Zagreb.
Died October 9th, 2015 at 65 years old in Belgrade.
Michel Scheuer
West german canoe racer (1927–2015).
Born May 20th, 1927 in Luxembourg.
Died March 31st, 2015 at 87 years old in Krefeld. [ref]
Arnold Schütz
German footballer (1935-2015).
Born January 19th, 1935 in Bremen.
Died April 14th, 2015 at 80 years old in Bremen.
David Turner
American rower (1923-2015).
Born September 23rd, 1923 in Oakland.
Died June 26th, 2015 at 91 years old in Jacksonville.
Achim Hill
East german rower (1935-2015).
Born April 1st, 1935 in Berlin.
Died August 4th, 2015 at 80 years old in Berlin.
Oleg Sakirkin
Kazakh and soviet triple jumper.
Born January 23rd, 1966 in Shymkent.
Died March 18th, 2015 at 49 years old in Shymkent.
Mate Trojanović
Yugoslavian rower (1930-2015).
Born May 20th, 1930 in Metković.
Died March 27th, 2015 at 84 years old in Maribor.
Ricardo Ferrero
Argentine association football player (1955-2015).
Born April 5th, 1955 in Córdoba.
Died November 16th, 2015 at 60 years old in Rosario. [ref]
François Mahé
French road bicycle racer (1930–2015).
Born September 2nd, 1930 in Arradon.
Died May 31st, 2015 at 84 years old in Hyères.
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan